This Is The Worst Video Game Franchise

[@kiwix_983]

Imagine a person you're chasing screaming: Please dont kill me, i can't afford another match

[@JohnFortniteKennedy_]

*understandable have a great day*

[@givemeyourcreditcardgiveme39]

You don’t know how much this made me laugh

[@fish5580]

Bold of you to assume someone actually plays the game.

[@kiwix_983]

@@fish5580 true

[@hec_3549]

This statement actually fucking hurts

[@lucasfryman4800]

Xavient Games: "There is no game. Now give me your money."

[@charmandyorton006]

The Dark Side of pretty much every corporation: "There is no product. Now give us your money."

[@itsyaboiskeletor3983]

Nice profile pic bro

[@lucasfryman4800]

It's ya boi Skeletor thanks g@mer

[@jaygay6576]

There Is No Game: Wrong Company

[@twiderechan]

@@jaygay6576 At least There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension was a good game... I- I mean non-game!

[@mentalwarfare2038]

Who looked at this and was like “Yeah, this’ll work”

[@subjectory]

me

[@johnmanson804]

EA will someday

[@trinitrobenzene1760]

Tod Howard

[@DMBT77]

EA take notes

[@SumeaBizarro]

Someone at xaviant games duh

[@AidenMontgomerydoesstuff]

So if Charlie was the last player standing by the end of the game, does that mean he won the Culling 2?

[@kalebs200]

he didnt just win a match, he won THE game

[@kadesitton5762]

That is the greatest fucking thing. That is a massive alpha move.

[@tvfhwd]

@Spastik please no

[@polaknasieci1331]

@@kadesitton5762 This is the greatest plan

[@jhakquezyx]

The whole game was the battle royal it was a game to see who the last person still queueing up is

[@prisaodasbolhas]

Evolution of games: Play to win Pay for an advantage Pay to win Pay to not play

[@just_another_internet_man755]

Next: pay to pay

[@janaharanmanoharan9775]

mw when the

[@vxsher]

isnt pay for an advantage same as pay to win?

[@tuna393]

@@vxsher pay for an advantage is sort of like pay to progress. It makes progressing easier

[@justaguy1811]

@@vxsher pay to have an advantage would just make progressing a little more easy but pay-to win is just paying to have an absolute advantage that no f2p player can surmount

[@KingJasonOriginal]

This sounds like the worst business model I've ever seen in my life.

[@batteryram667]

Nice to meet another Kreator fan.

[@voxie6873]

sick pfp coma of souls is a great album

[@legendaryszoke]

This sounds like the worst business model youve ever seen in your life...so far

[@0verDDoS]

Oh but you have heard of me

[@tonysoprano200]

Ol

[@lucascunha4465]

This genuinely looks like an episode from a comedy show where the protagonists meet the parody of EA

[@Icetea-2000]

Yeah that is so bad that the audience thinks this couldn’t actually exist in real life

[@slothjohnson4724]

Yeah man like South Park 😂

[@Blue8lue]

I just can't understand their thought process. TWO times their games failed because their games literally did not have enough players in the entire world for their game to function. Clearly, their goal should be to accumulate as much of a playerbase as possible so this doesn't happen a third time. What do they do? -Release a game on the console with the smallest playerbase of the big three -Charge money just to access the game, when their main competition is free-to-play, and when the franchise's previous entry was free-to-play -Charge money after purchasing the game to play individual rounds The payment model of this game would be a bad idea for a free-to-play game with a pre-existing, strong playerbase. This is straight up suicidal. I'd be genuinely surprised if this wasn't some sort of social experiment to see just how big of a failure you could make out of a franchise.

[@boikrasinki7278]

They did everything opposite.

[@zeroproductions_games]

I believe they have a partnership with Microsoft and so it probably takes them less resources to do (the original game and the free to play version of Origins were on Xbox) I do disagree with the model but they said the reason for it was that it was an efficient way to cover their server costs, I don’t see another way they could have done it, they definitely couldn’t make the money from initial purchases, because if you bought the original game or played free to play Origins, you have the 2020 version, because it’s not a new game, it’s an update to the existing game. Most people that would play The Culling most likely already had it and so Xaviant couldn’t make any more money from those people. There’s a chance their subscription model could have worked in 1 of 2 ways, either make the game free to download (so you don’t have to pay for Xbox Live Gold/Game Pass Core ontop of the online pass subscription for the game) and remove the tokens, or, if they had a partnership with Microsoft like it very much seems they did they most likely could have got it on game pass and charged $20 for the game outside of Gamepass for those who don’t have it, it’s insane to me how they didn’t think to integrate their game into game pass considering how popular it is and how effective it would have been as a measure to keep the servers going as Microsoft consistently pays out based on they player metrics on the game on game pass, they wouldn’t have had to worry about server costs.

[@krishp1104]

Charlie probably gave them the most publicity they've had in years

[@J43Pr0t0]

Facts

[@iamwritingrightnow8217]

White Rice his name is jim sterling

[@viscountrainbows6452]

Cr1tikal basically *is* the marketing for this game, and even he couldn't convince people to play this on a lark before this fake coin-slot update.

[@deltanize9618]

@NoRegretss probably

[@chickenpotbiebro202]

I had no idea about this game until now

[@tseye2478]

The game: *Fails and dies in seconds with 0 people playing it* The people who made it: “People love it let’s make more of it”

[@sehyunjun251]

That sounds like the restaurants in the Kitchen Nightmare

[@meech_k]

Tseye247 dude I played the sh*t out of the culling origins (the first one)

[@vitalnormal2531]

The original culling was beyond fun, my favorite BR by far legit. The problem is that a lot of updates just made the game worse.

[@Howlingd0g]

This is almost the exact quote from Alan Partridge, pitching a regional detective show.

[@FriedriceOwns]

Who is even giving them the capital? Like they must be so far in the red after 2 DOA games like that.

[@bozhidarstavrev2645]

This makes EA look like a charity foundation.

[@alexandermamatsashvili3311]

Comedy gold

[@xibalbagrim]

EA bad Activision good

[@Mohsinahmedd]

Ea is good

[@alexandermamatsashvili3311]

@@Mohsinahmedd they nake gud games (mostly) but they just have a huge paywall for everything

[@ThesuperKylebros]

This is gonna give EA ideas... terrible ideas...

[@Brendanj101]

If EA is Lex Luthor, then Xaviant games is the Condiment King.

[@The-kr9rb]

Then who is Darkseid?

[@mattheholic2]

@@The-kr9rb Bethesda or Blizzard?

[@The-kr9rb]

@@mattheholic2 hmm, no something even more evil than EA

[@ZeblinHost]

@@The-kr9rb the lootbox websites

[@mattheholic2]

@@The-kr9rb Konami

[@salem730]

It’s like being proud of a turd that keeps returning because it won’t flush.

[@roastedficus6227]

Underrated

[@nikitaastakhov9252]

Me talking to the who 13 month old turd won't flush: DONT WORRY MR TURD, HE DIDNT MEAN THAT

[@sebastianriz4703]

pretty good AVGN impression my friend. You have learned well

[@acidity2k486]

Wise words

[@jaxchacky9358]

This comment should have got the best comment ever medal

[@GhostlyGrimace]

*turns on Xbox and joins party chat* "How are y'all doing? Let go get this W!" *Dies in first 3 minutes of match* "Alright, well I'm hopping off for the night, see you guys tomorrow" *Turns off Xbox*

[@BoneThugsRTheBest]

Lmao

[@perrygriffin2371]

That's me on warzone

[@slyace1301]

Either they don't know the game they are making or the head developer thinking about suicide and he wants to fuck with everyone before he takes himself out

[@cloud9mitchellj509]

@@slyace1301 good bucket list option, "fuck with gamers b4 i leave." So many ways to do so ✌:)

[@sneakysnickersnoopy]

*Last seen online 4 years ago*

[@nick8670]

Next game they release is gonna be 'The Culling: Mobile'

[@thegravitycat7014]

10 dollars on playstore. 5 dollars to play. 10 more to play one game without the adds.

[@andrewlr1225]

so just the culling right? i mean the whole franchise already looks like a mobile game

[@Younghoulhead]

No way they aren't

[@gothsukii4922]

It’s sad that you are 100% correct

[@enashimo]

Their game looks like that terrible battle royale Free Fire

[@normalhuman78-53]

This actually feels like a money laundering scheme

[@michaelz.3993]

It definatly is

[@tituswheatbread9646]

@@michaelz.3993 Definitely*

[@michaelz.3993]

@@tituswheatbread9646 just dont

[@RubenTafteberg]

@@michaelz.3993 what? why not? Do you not want see you made a mistake?

[@michaelz.3993]

@@RubenTafteberg nah i just don't like douchebag redditors who point out every damn mistake you make to make themselves feel superior

[@MilanNikolic96]

The Culling: Reverse Psychology Edition

[@Account-nl9yu]

Such an inspiration

[@BananaFace301]

hey guys don't buy our game!

[@minty5645]

1000th Like

[@egg_addict]

Hmmmm... Nobody is playing our game... Let's make people pay for the game, and then make then pay more so that they can actually play!

[@gbm6882]

for masochists

[@kurseng]

The devs should be paying us for playing this game.

[@treshkun6257]

That's what ads are for

[@brickwall6332]

@@treshkun6257 don't ads give the dev(s) money

[@the_jones528]

Literally

[@Appleman-ty6hg]

@@brickwall6332 ads use money to show up And to earn money from ads you put ads that is not yours on a vid that you own to earn money

[@brickwall6332]

@@Appleman-ty6hg you just explained what I said

[@KZ-hu9uj]

"Okay, so our problem is we don't get enough players into our games..." "Let's make it harder to play"

[@exodescult]

"ugh, we have a small player base" "let's make it smaller"

[@teddytalks7555]

Being “harmlessly evil” is like being a cactus without thorns. It’s pointless.

[@lukehickling8024]

Its funny how he made it a pun yet speaks the truth

[@reallyoriginalusername4574]

@@lukehickling8024 yeah

[@legosans926]

300 iq

[@koohkie1666]

Ok that was good

[@drysoup3017]

I see what you did there

[@chrishightower4308]

*turns xbox on, plays one match of the culling* "well, that's enough for today" *turns xbox off*

[@justadude5386]

"Dies from first person I ran into because I'm new" I guess I'll see you tomorrow xXpussysnatcherXx

[@youssefsherif9082]

Joshua Williams bruhh

[@carlwheezerofsouls3273]

@@justadude5386 thats not how quotes work

[@MarioMario-yb3iz]

@@carlwheezerofsouls3273 lier

[@carlwheezerofsouls3273]

@@MarioMario-yb3iz ok bub

[@lefuni_valentine6092]

This game makes cash grabs look like a fundraiser for starving kids in Africa

[@weeabooleader3218]

Valentim Santos 😂

[@21tryhard97]

Lol lol lol lol

[@a.t.9654]

Lmao

[@sechabatheletsane9784]

As a an african kid, can confirm they fed me this week.

[@21tryhard97]

@@sechabatheletsane9784 bruh

[@OscarMor5678]

The culling 2 is one of the worst single player game's ever

[@gonsa_pro]

I see what you did there

[@alexthibodeau979]

It took me a second to get that

[@Lucas-wb8px]

Nice

[@albertgore7435]

There’s no gameplay

[@tomwhiteley6051]

what do you mean 'game'?

[@KoffinKat]

It gets even better - Xaviant since released a reply to the backlash in which Josh states that they limited the daily matches because they were, and I quote, "scared of all the people rushing back, overloading the servers" :D

[@yves_23]

They have to be snorting bath salts off a hookers ass crack at this point.

[@randomdude5868]

@@yves_23This is a roast far beyond my comprehension

[@Wrld_of_Shy]

@@yves_23 this comment has me crying and laughing like a damn hyena holy shit

[@Casper-ve7mp]

@@yves_23 lmao, aint that the truth, the devs were probably on a 10 day crack and meth binge when they came up with that brilliant thought

[@nurdytyrd3816]

Never trust anyone named "Josh"

[@Mordeczka1234]

This franchise is still evolving... *Just backwards*

[@Mordeczka1234]

Why I read that as Devolver? Like Devolver Digital? They actually have neat games, like Hotline Miami 1 and 2, Ronin, Enter The Gungeon, etc.

[@KSURMAHEART]

@Evilpimp so you don't get the reference

[@kingzingo1784]

@@Mordeczka1234 you sound dumb as fuck in that reply. Other than that, this was funny.

[@GonFr14]

Ah, another 19 years old.

[@tomatotom984]

@@GonFr14 minus 10

[@pretzelbodyvarial9629]

Can u imagine being the one guy who won a game in the culling 2

[@MegaVikingen]

That should automatically have earned him some "Gamer of the Year" award. Also it would be quite the achievement to put on your resume. (Interviewer:) "Well I don't wanna give away too much, but you seem like a good fit for the job. We still need to interview some other candidates, so you'll be getting a definite answer... Hold on. It says here that you _won_ a round of The Culling 2? _Won?_ Damn, I can't imagine the level of dedication that must've taken. The waiting alone... Forget the others, you're hired!"

[@dhgmrz17]

Jim Sterling? He stated in his video of The Culling coming back, where he ended up being one of the top players in The Culling 2.

[@danielv943]

*joins game and goes to take a piss* "VICTORY" oh shit

[@UnknownRayDar]

or got into a game at all

[@rappingkinglordgod3864]

DHGMRZ17 why’d you edit your comment but leave the grammatical errors

[@GenericHandle185]

The Culling: Mom's Credit Card

[@dja.b.e5882]

Nice joke

[@JesBdoinItAgain]

The Culling: Mom's credit card, the son of EA: family's credit card

[@B-R-W-3]

Nice

[@justanothergamer7918]

Why does “The Culling” sound like a shitty horror movie? Lmao.

[@hipxel]

Because that word is overused in horror titles

[@totallynotjosh945]

Sounds similar to The Thinning by Logan Paul

[@osmano675]

Because it probably is.

[@thighhighsenpaioof7423]

I thought he would talk about a horror movie

[@AnimatedTerror]

Reminds me of the purge. Although I wouldn’t be surprised if there was already a horror movie called the culling.

[@0Bennyman]

"This Is The Worst Video Game Franchise" "This is the greatest franchise of All Time" Perfection

[@party-m8]

Not funny Didn't laugh

[@ydgjoe]

haha didnt expect to see u here lol

[@marlinazul7786]

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be

[@CA58CA]

I just posted this lol I was didn't look at the comments before hand lol 😅

[@quoteclone]

@@party-m8 mlg anime pfp says something isn't funny 🤔

[@EthGemsnStuff]

imagine wasting a dollar to wait for nobody to join the lobby because nobody is dumb enough to pay for this game lol

[@me4tgr1ndr]

Well, except for one person...

[@blank7652]

Imagine wasting 7$ because you paid $5.99 for the base game lmao.

[@BlissBee]

I bet they made it so it won't refund you if you leave match that hasn't started and theyll go HAHA WE SCAMMED THEM THERE

[@minutemaidpeach]

Am 300th like

[@orbit5311]

ArtWithDatDude Official didn’t the people get refunded?

[@sloop_3522]

How to jump start a dead franchise: alienate almost all players by making it an Xbox exclusive and put up a paywall so high that you can see it from space

[@shr1mpsush1]

Well said, Master Kenobi

[@gomgom9060]

the price has the high ground

[@isaacgsly]

Thank you Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi

[@davidharris3028]

*THE GREAT PAYWALL OF CHINA*

[@JohnsonSteel]

Thank you master kenobi

[@DjVortex-w]

I wonder if they even have enough _developers_ to start a full match.

[@Cenentury0941]

At that point, how do we even know that there's a game beyond the lobby? There were never enough people to even play test it lmao.

[@dimitriwarchief301]

…. Good question

[@joebama6825]

@@Cenentury0941 a few matches were won

[@USSFFRU]

I wonder if they even have the HQ to have developers to work.

[@LegocrazyYT1104]

Your being generous by calling them developers lmao

[@dylansasson6756]

Battlefront 2: Fucks up with micro-transactions The Culling: *Pathetic*

[@ShadowHunterOO]

Battlefront 2 managed to pull itself out of that rancid shithole that The Culling kept digging into.

[@nicholasgallinaro1306]

The Culling: Hold my beer

[@Speedojesus]

@@ShadowHunterOO It wasn't even in a shithole in the first place. A majority of the complaints about the micro-transactions and other shit were complete lies.

[@KB-fk3jj]

@@Speedojesus Maybe, but the point is that literally nobody likes microtransactions, except for the company

[@JaxterXIII]

Ashe yeah, microtransactions suck, but thankfully some games do it right where microtransactions are cosmetic only

[@westbrooke1174]

Lmao this monetisation scheme is literally illegal in Australia and in probably in a lot of other places too.

[@LazyBuddyBan]

and also could be a money laundering scheme

[@satan5458]

I wish it was in America

[@Rat_Fบcker]

Even if it legal nobodybwill playbit anyway

[@BubbleDouble]

I can't tell if they're incredibly stupid or greedy. Probably both.

[@jaspergregorio9774]

definitely both

[@leflairon]

100% both

[@JaydevRaol]

Both for sure

[@bruhmieter5688]

It's pretty obvious what they're doing. They make an absurd idea people come along and trash talk it making it gain popularity. The Devs then proceed to ""give in"" and take the idea down to respect their ""fans"" who they hope will now buy the ""improved game"". They are hoping stupid people will think the game has been improved or something even though they did literally nothing.

[@leozito_lvs]

it sounds more like a money laundering scheme tbh, I can't imagine such level of stupidity being possible

[@Smeeeeeghead]

Everyone else: "WTF is this trash?" EA: "wait, he may have a point!"

[@ferociousjuggler2668]

Clearly an underrated comment

[@deez5595]

Mayank Kumar it’s now at 306 likes. Not as underrated.

[@Tenma2411]

Culling: pay per match. EA: Write that down, WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@NSViewController]

EA Bad amirite guys?????

[@fourtrifiveo4350]

wait what

[@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor3450]

Imagine paying for a game to play it, after buying it. Even EA isn’t this shitty.

[@astrx1774]

EA is a close second.

[@paragonstrike1992]

Hell, I bet even EA themselves would be shocked that another company managed to out greed them.

[@thewarriors3048]

Welcome to MMOs.

[@enc_ale]

Apparently you haven't heard of Fallout 76

[@braeden9350]

Battlefront 2 was basically that at launch

[@misterdinner3648]

"This Is The Worst Video Game Franchise" "This is the greatest franchise of all time"

[@Manafinn0987]

Mister Dinner Insert Spider-Men pointing at each other meme

[@true_neutral3378]

The duality of man

[@TomStapo]

@@true_neutral3378 I was looking for this exact comment.

[@arctorusmedia]

Roblox is the worst game of all time. Nothing beats it.

[@claytondrake7650]

@@arctorusmedia roblox isnt even a game bruh

[@Scramble4]

“The culling: shadow legends”

[@Scramble4]

Why tf does this have 50 likes? This isn’t even funny. Y’all have some low standards

[@siyacer]

@@Scramble4 why don't you delete it then

[@Scramble4]

@@siyacer dont feel like it

[@corpuscularcrevistipalus4640]

I think it’s funny. Haha!

[@Scramble4]

@@corpuscularcrevistipalus4640 no

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

I think the best comparison for their evil is Eddy from Ed Edd n Eddy. Constantly coming up with horrible, predatory scams that no one falls for.

[@kiatorrette5631]

Eddy redeems himself by the end of the series though

[@lexsombersunrise]

True, but at least Eddy has some redeeming qualities. This is just irredeemable.

[@Saiaxs]

@@kiatorrette5631 the end of the show is genuinely good and sweet

[@obijuanquenobi1911]

Don’t do my man Eddy like that. No jawbreakers for you

[@beakiesan6918]

Always chasing the Big Dollar...

[@beardalaxy]

"earn tokens by winning matches!" Oh, you mean like the 1% of the time you actually win in BR?

[@lofvers8907]

It's like gambling (there's very likely RNG in it too), but you get nothing out of it. No money you get back, you get no fun, nothing.

[@viscountrainbows6452]

You win by not nopeing out of the lobby before a match is made. It's more a war of attrition with the server itself. Glory is yours, if you're patient.😌

[@redfive02]

Get good

[@liveactionJM]

Good thing it will be more like 10% since no one will be playing

[@yuibkys3522]

In this one you got a max 16 players and min 8 so its bad instead of horrible

[@SIRCRAZY]

They should just develop shity mobile games that’s where they will find their success

[@danang5]

i doubt they will find success even in there

[@Dockhead]

@@danang5 nah almost every single mobile game takes off to some degree, remember that pile of shit clash of clans? yep still massive and was the biggest grossing game at one point although being free, same with raid, same with tons of other absolute copy and paste shit, too many adults stuck in a situation of not being able to use a coping mechanism for places like work or outside of home so they get into the biggest trend going and feed the system, heck i played a game years ago about green army men, literally like a clash of clans but green army men and didn't seem special or big in any way, a Chinese owned game marketed towards Americans and Russians, i only found out they receive thousands of dollars a day alone for a game nobody seems to know of, like at all by people buying 'packs' or resources on game which turns out to be like full triple AAA pricing for characters to unlock and increase power in. people always says and claim kids possess these markets of games like mobile or thre mommy or daddies, but they dont at all, same way EA makes billions a year from fifa, from ADULT men not just kids, a majority of actual adult men without special needs or a legal status of such pouring there hard earned money into a gullible system that pays nothing back out. i say it always but there is a demand, otherwise we'd have regulations and such or pathways to not allow weird little sick hentai games to be a market on steam, or Battle royale pastes, but thats the thing, people keep buying, then they complain its broken or its not getting updated and released because its Early Access, its crazy since the consumers are actually the ones in control yet we cry and shout about things not changing, why dont we change our actions and mentality? sorry thats my 2 cents.

[@Dockhead]

@Andy Gygi its not the game so to say im disrespecting its the consumers under them.

[@CoolGuyMcgeez]

It’s called pubg mobile

[@umr4h138]

@@Dockheadclash of clans is actually a pretty good game tho lol

[@internalport8776]

Title: "This is the worse video game franchise" Description: "This is the greatest franchise of All Time" Which am I supposed to believe, Charlie.

[@joanabrown8D]

ur mom

[@fs0cieety]

@@joanabrown8Du gay

[@viscountrainbows6452]

Your heart

[@HonsHon]

@@viscountrainbows6452 U saucy

[@stuvant]

Him talking about the culling is the greatest franchise of all time

[@JuanGarcia-gy8vl]

The Culling: Money Laundering Oh boy, i'm so excited to pay just so i die in the first ten seconds of the match.

[@HippieInHeart]

lol what match tho?

[@hannibalburgers477]

RIP Benny Harvey..

[@JMTurkey]

I love how Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing is becoming more adopted as the benchmark for shittiest barely developed game

[@sabinfigaro7334]

Big Riiiigs

[@Hanfgurkenhasser]

You're Winner!

[@ShermTank7272]

It's.... _always_ been like that. Big Rigs is and has been one of the most infamously bad games in existence. Where the fuck have you been?

[@stanknight9159]

Every so often, I watch avgn's video on this game lol. It is a great boost.

[@nonexisting6962]

@@stanknight9159 When I hear people talking about fortnite, I just have to watch his video on Big Rigs.

[@forthelichkingsname]

At this point, they should be the one paying the players to play their game.

[@ethanorfire5822]

@DigitalExtremes

[@valentine4966]

well they can't casue they don't have tokens.. :/

[@sendAJtospace]

OmniFerro As a WF player...damn

[@ethanorfire5822]

@@sendAJtospace As a WF player I will cry with you.

[@jon....]

They didn’t even have enough money to buy a font for the logo so they just used the angry birds font

[@oumardiop1]

i completely agree with you

[@gliongi662]

oumar diop said no one ever

[@shr1mpsush1]

Angry Birds Battle Royale isn't a bad idea, actually

[@duckboiii4441]

Shr1mpSush1 yeah you run around a bit where you get ammo (birds) and resources, then you have to build a fort for a few minutes and then you have to fire at each other’s forts for a bit, and then repeat

[@shadowxxe]

Halo reach: Managed to sustain a semi active player base for 11 years Bad company 2: Managed to sustain an active community for 11 years Star Wars the old republic: Managed to gain a huge spike in players after re-releasing on steam The culling: Managed to kill their entire player base in a day

[@super8bitvideos]

Why are you comparing known franchises, with passionate playerbases, with a steam money grab made by people that have a history of not making good games?

[@shadowxxe]

@@super8bitvideos because the culling before the Devs turned into cartoon villains was actually a decent game

[@shadowxxe]

pc @Fa Mulan it wasn't ereleased on PC initially was it? im talking about the xbox playerbase the reason reach lost alot of its player base on pc is because microsoft introduced this stupid leveling system on pc had they not done that they would have been able to sustain a health polayer base on pc too

[@cletusmandeletusman2328]

Well its not called “the culling” for nothing

[@brennanhinckle9888]

It sounds like they are challenging customers to play their game. Like “I dare you to play more than once a day” or some shit.

[@chilimacaroni4211]

Brennan Hinckle it’s a challenge alright.

[@tyrstone3539]

Whoever moves the comments section on KZbin deserves to be culled

[@dadfather2170]

In culling 2. They might have a sliver of fun with culling 1

[@DDDloki]

I feel like I'm the only person on this platform who doesn't see a single change. What the fuck is everyone on about with this "comments moved", I'm not being sarcastic. I literally see no fucking change.

[@thezoque_]

@@DDDloki it's on mobile. If you're on pc they're in the same place

[@demonicmind1242]

I know right? I hate it. The only seeming quality is that when an Ad plays now, it resets the comment section (as it always has done, very annoying) but since the comments now work by clicking on the comment button (instead of a scroll down) it pops back right where you left off. I love this but besides that it’s kinda weird they moved it

[@DDDloki]

@@catfan__ oh my bad, I thought we were talking about the SWITCH KZbin. no shit it's on mobile. Nothings changed. Edit. Fixed spaces

[@MaserXIV]

That model sounds like an AI scanned the last 5 years of "successful" games and then it made a game using that data, but everything's turned up to eleven.

[@dakat5131]

The way some companies act they might as well be run by robots.

[@scrufflesde-brickashaw333]

Somehow, somewhere, the dev team for this game sat around and thought, "Yeah, I know people didnt play our game even when it was free, but SURELY theyll play it when we take away that free to play aspect, but ALSO make you pay per match"

[@cameronthomp]

When you said that people had to pay 5.99 for the game AND only get one match-per-day, I checked today’s date to make sure it wasn’t April 1st.

[@justin2308]

Cameron Thompson IKR? If this turns out to be an April Fools joke, it’s a very bad one.

[@eddiemate]

It’s okay, you can get 3 extra matches for the low, low, oh so wonderful price of one fucking dollar.

[@skillzerk5433]

Title : "this is the worst video game franchise" Description : "this is the greatest franchise of all time" sending a mixed message charlie..

[@ruv1610]

If you don't know, his descriptions are always "This is the greatest ______ of All Time"

[@S4rdon1c]

Ramsay Bolton this is the greatest worst video game franchise of All Time?

[@0110-d6s]

This is the greatest contradiction of all time.

[@casualsanta]

this is the greatest monetization fail of all time

[@jordanthompson1877]

It's called sarcasm

[@Super-zq3pn]

so basically they dug themselves a grave, but wont lay in it

[@derpadothebird2106]

No they dug the grave, then made a shitty half assed wood tombstone, then showed it to a Hitman instructed to kill them

[@l-_ōlVlō_-l]

On the contrary, they dug the grave, laid in it, and throws the dirt back up whenever you try to bury it

[@peppuccino4556]

They have to purchase the ability to lay in it.

[@justchrisgaming173]

Alvin how is Naughty Dog like this ?

[@65firered]

@@justchrisgaming173 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqDaqHhuprSgo9E

[@pootisspencer5492]

they really took “pay to play” to a whole new level

[@KizaruB]

Xaviant is just culling all the interest I had in this franchise

[@stonefree7973]

Ayyyyy nice

[@GuiltCulture]

Yeah that's a nice free to play on words

[@KizaruB]

Otto Ryodan 😀 good one

[@johnnyboythecool]

Ayyyyyyyyyy

[@MaxAttack78]

*killing you spelled it culling

[@j4unt370]

This seems like some sketch money laundering operation.

[@doobydoes4956]

J4unt probably is ngl. No one in their right mind would make a game so bad as the culling

[@5nip3r56]

Dooby Dooand then remake it 3 times

[@POTATOEH81]

To be fair the first one was pretty fun while it lasted

[@islambale747]

If it is, they need to up their game.

[@wessia4lia]

Thought the same 😅

[@NaturedV]

I was top of the leaderboard when the first culling game was “popular”, and it really does pain me to see how bad xaviant has tarnished their name and ruined everything they had going for them, and still haven’t learned. 1 free Match per day??! How do they think that will even work? They don’t even have a playerbase anymore and they think they can get 16 people to use their free token at a set point of time to even start a match? They have got to be some of the dumbest game developers of all time.

[@Julian-qj7pl]

One v one me in halo reach

[@itsssuper]

@@Julian-qj7pl yeah you tell em julian, show em whos the boss around ere

[@TheZombyKillr]

Same. I loved how dedicated the small community was, and not gonna lie, I loved the first one to death. Then the devs kept making bad decision after bad decision. It was easily one of my favorite games of all time, and then they shit on it, and tried to make a sequel. Honestly a very sad moment.

[@TristanPowers-b2h]

Natured Virus What were you on the leaderboard? Me and my friend were 7 and 8 lol

[@TristanPowers-b2h]

(In NA)

[@RsRj-qd2cg]

It's like when you go to a lazer tag place during off-hours, and pay $8 for a game with only one other person, who just chases you around the whole time.

[@pepetru]

"We are lacking players to play our games, what should we do?" "Let them pay for more players to play with!" "mind_blown.gif"

[@jonnypballin]

I feel like now people are gonna do it for the memes

[@112523]

my brain has a really hard time comprehending this logic

[@agsrf6479]

It's only for xbox though, they know that console players even pay for multiplayer so why not pay to play? PC MASTER RACE

[@karimahsan341]

Mind_blown.gif literally played it my brain. Nice work using .gif format there

[@DamienCloud]

Outstanding moove

[@ivancerecer5758]

*The Culling comes back...but worse* Internet: How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man!?

[@bl1tzs490]

There’s a new killer bean, and I think Charlie should watch it on stream/video.

[@agon_e16]

We’re getting a whole series

[@morgansteeves8427]

Bl1tzs agree

[@bl1tzs490]

MiLk Fghy let’s go boys.

[@g59_tweaky82]

Yessirrrrr

[@Sandwich4321]

Wasn't he watching it on stream yesterday?

[@eternialogic]

EA is a supervillian who has killed many a hero's game franchise, Xavient is just a villain that doesn't know what they are doing.

[@LuvTonique]

>"Unlimited Online Pass" >7 days or 30 days, so you know, "Unlimited" as long as you don't count a week or a month limit as a limit

[@maziu27]

Tfw you pay so you can have a picture next to your username

[@griggs8345]

I think the Unlimited only applies to how many matches could be played, although it's useless since there's 0 chance someone is going to buy it anyways.

[@deast1827]

The "unlimited" obviously means unlimited matches not unlimited time lol

[@unlimited8410]

.

[@LuvTonique]

@@maziu27 Tfw you wanna shame someone so bad you use "You gave Charlie money to support him" as an insult. Try again man, I'm sure you can come up with a good one if you think really hard. I'll give you a start, I'm a brony porn artist.

[@Emboltic]

Imagine paying for token packs just to die off the beginning of the match wasting a token

[@dimitriwarchief301]

Imaginr that? Apparently the developers didn’t

[@jamesnotlame2826]

don't worry, that would never happen as you would never even be able to find a match.

[@ghost_fueled_scarecrow]

Hey completely unrelated but can you send me your pfp on Discord?

[@soggySslopster]

@@ghost_fueled_scarecrow did u get it by now

[@ghost_fueled_scarecrow]

@@soggySslopster Nah, unfortunately It looks really cool

[@Wanderer_of_Sol]

God, I didn't realize that was the same studio that did Lichdom: Battle Mage. Like, Lichdom was far from AAA, but it was still a really decent single player game with really cool spells. You could combine spells and make crazy stuff. It had a really strong concept and gameplay, even if the story was like a 6/10 at best. And it looked cool, like good animations and particle effects. How far they've fallen.

[@uranium68]

It was also one of those games that does the annoying thing of making achievements have stupid numbers, so once I evened out I uninstalled, which is a shame

[@ThatLandonSmith]

I see that shitty game go on sale on the PlayStation store all the time.

[@gerihat-trick7634]

On my ps4 that shit runs at like 12 frames at all times.

[@JustSomeoneRandom1324]

@@gerihat-trick7634 I guess they also suck at porting to console. Which makes you wonder how a console exclusive would run from them

[@dantethewanderer4989]

You can softlock at the first boss if you don't make the right spell. I'm not the only person to figure that out.

[@gearsofwolf1234]

I wish I had the tiniest percent of confidence that Xavient games must have to announce something like this

[@SuperMinecrafter200]

The Culling, the original was fun, the only problem was that as time went on they listened to their community a bit **too** well, like they started implementing stuff left and right because one person requested it, until eventually the game turned to shit and lost popularity, I was around it's final days, and I gotta say it was pretty sad seeing something so good just lose it's life and eventually come to a complete stop, till eventually servers were shut down, and it became a piece of history

[@bearoyay]

Same here man, I still wonder to this day where Rainshifter got his ping from...and now I'll never know...

[@fishyb23]

it was fun asf

[@butterphli3z]

Week 1 of The Culling was the best battle royale that's ever graced the Earth.

[@magentapurpleyap5566]

How much time it took to downfall? Just asking.

[@ThisIsCool45]

So this should be a lesson that the players can be slightly liable for a game's downfall, because they're dumbasses and devs should never listen to them.

[@MrDunmaglass]

I wouldnt call this "predator" Cuz I imagine for something to be predatory it has to work, this is just pathetic

[@HonsHon]

This is like the wimpy nerd at school trying to bully a 6 foot 4 300 pound line backer.

[@notatrollll]

Hons Hon Central Right? EA has the power to push people around, and show the money they gain from their practices. They are successful, despite being bullies. These culling guys are trying to jump on the gravy train, but run around like chihuahuas, a minor annoyance.

[@Saufs0ldat]

It's like a child predator telling kids that they needs to get their parents' consent and then have to pay money to get in his van.

[@doriondouglas6176]

This is like when mr krabs made krusty krab customers pay for every step they took

[@YetAnotherWeebTrash]

Next entry: The Cunnilingus

[@InabaD3X_iluvfishrods]

What's *Cunnilingus*

[@bukitcengkeh1]

Oh no oh no no no

[@Michael_-fi7zb]

Ngl this just sounds like a way to get free advertising. Just say something so stupid that people make videos on it. Then just remove that feature when the game is released.

[@yuibkys3522]

Considering that they are litterely broke that would be the only thing they could do in order to advertise. But knowing them it most likely isnt

[@heliotarrara]

People like to say all publicity is good publicity. That's not the case when your trying to sell a product. Maybe there is some guy out there who likes to collect shitty games, but other than that I can't see people wasting $6 for no reason.

[@thisismyname5657]

When you're trying to sell something.... ehh maybe making yourself look like a complete idiot isn't the way to do it.

[@shrek9025]

There are still better free br games

[@yuibkys3522]

@@shrek9025 thats your opinion i have been unable to find a game that can even offer a similar experience to this one. Best i could find was darksouls

[@DammitSinged]

_If you're the only one playing and getting all those W's you basically get infinite tokens._

[@MiaoNya]

Modern problems require modern solutions

[@yannisconstantinides7767]

The worst bit: "Win tokens by winning matches" This means that even if it manages to take off, winners play for free and new players have to pay more to lose. It's literally the opposite of the pay to win model

[@feelthedelayy381]

Let’s just call it win to play

[@CluelessQuazar]

imagine that one guy who actually loves the culling and pays to play these matches and he just stands there for like 30 minutes absolutely amazing

[@justinc4048]

I feel like even Patrick Star would be against microtransactions

[@Onyxthefem]

Justin C i feel like Patrick Star would be a better game creator than most imo

[@tomdb6744]

I would gladly play a game made by Patrick Star

[@Laughing_Pumpkin]

Mr Krabs on the other hand...

[@Onyxthefem]

Laughing Pumpkin he’d be like ea

[@marmato9332]

Well as his voice actor stated: "Patrick is definitely a gamer"

[@jeremydiaz9642]

Even No Man's Sky had a better launch than this game.

[@valven8087]

It’s a good game now. However, I don’t see this SHIT ever getting good.

[@pax1217]

At least No mans sky survived in a good way

[@TigerWolf111]

FFXIV and No Man's Sky, Gaming's greatest redemptions.

[@astro_saturn]

No Man's Sky aged incredibly.

[@p-y8210]

@ぽぴぽろPopiporo get out.

[@viscountrainbows6452]

The Culling: Totally Not A Money Laundering Scheme I wouldn't be surprised if Big Rigs has a more active playerbase and even modding community today.

[@domino6490]

It literally does

[@justinvzu01]

'You have to buy the arcade machine, and then put in the coins' that just sounds like Blizzard with WoW.

[@EthanPDobbins]

Yea that always annoyed me greatly. When i played they did keep up on it with constant bug fixes, new content for every holiday as well as lore/story driven events and server maintenance but they charged way to much for the game to then turn around and ask 15 a month to play it. . I found out recently everything but the latest expansion is included with the subscription now and that it was dropped to 12.99 a month. I also heard that they began a system to exchange in game gold for game time which does sound like it would reward loyal players and help with the inflation of the ingame economy which had become almost impossible for a newbie to compete in. In the past they had dropped the price of the old stuff but they are doing now what they should have done 10+ years ago price wise. if someone has played since launch and bought every expansion they have paid them thousands. Even right now at 12.99 its gonna be 156$ per year + the cost of the expansion. But even that's not really worth it considering how much they dumbed it down and ruined the story with the panda nonsense and who knows what other fresh sins since i left. They did a fine job making a fun game up to and including cataclysm i'll give em that. If they would have done the smart thing with their pricing earlier and kept up with the quality content they might not have dropped from 12 million peak subscribers to the 1.7 they had at their lowest. from what I hear people are very happy with classic and getting back on track with the storyline and what not but stuff was getting hairy for a while.

[@PanzerMan332]

This is the most bold and desperate move I've ever seen from a game developer. Not even Bethesda has sunk this low with Fallout 76 yet.

[@vlmpineapple3934]

I heard apparently they were making fallout 76 better though with adding a actual story in the next update.

[@gomgom9060]

fallout 76 is ironically getting better with bug fixes and stuff,but still copy paste fallout 4

[@deezboyeed6764]

@@vlmpineapple3934 they added basic shit, its still boring and terrible. A sub par single player game, and doesn't work at all as a Co op game since you can't complete quest together etc

[@courier6960]

Yet

[@killerkitten7534]

VLM Pineapple that’s honestly kind of sad. Because to me that says enough people are playing 76 that Bethesda will keep updating it. I’d love to see the sales numbers because I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the most profitable fallout game solely due to micro transactions

[@admiralmakron]

"It was less successful than LawBreakers" A name I haven't heard uttered in years.

[@Skelatalmaniak]

Lawbreakers was actually FUN as FUCK though, just their brain-fucking-dead team poured all of their money into marketing instead of actually maintaining the game. Its a shame honestly.

[@admiralmakron]

@@Skelatalmaniak they just lied about the monetisation methods and it boned them tbh

[@GenocideGeoff]

I will forever blame the Overwatch community for killing that game. As soon as it was announced everyone said it was an overwatch knockoff and that itd kill overwatch blah blah blah. I pre ordered it. They only wanted 30-40$ for the game not even a full 60$ Man it was fun as hell. It was like unreal tournament almost. Classic arcade shooter with some fun characters to play. The gameplay was also pretty smooth and it played well. It was actually a good game but no one gave it a chance. Probably wouldve done better with more characters. The gamemode they had with Justin Roiland voicing the ball was the best game mode. The Zero G zones in the game were a fresh change of pace as well. I wish the servers were still operational. They shut it down.

[@snapblack4516]

GenocideGeoff That’s true, every game that is an FPS and has characters with abilities seems to be an “overwatch killer” which I wish would be a statement that stops. Would be better if people took these games a base value and not say it’ll kill this game or that game.

[@thatcactus5451]

@@admiralmakron I'm pretty sure they never said they were going Free To Play before becoming available to the public. People just assumed they were.

[@yoshiknight3680]

Title: This is the worst videogame Description: This is the greatest videogame Who do I believe?

[@Silver_Sol]

A true dilemma

[@Silver_Sol]

A true dilemma

[@monstergelo1072]

God

[@virael3801]

I trust Charlie more than penguinz0 so I'm gonna go with the description

[@quackduckquack]

@@virael3801 I only trust critical other two are fakes

[@TheLastArbiter]

It’s so laughably self important. It’s the shittiest game and it’s all like “you should bless your lucky stars that we’re letting you play this masterpiece of a game. We’re doing you a favor by giving you a free round. You don’t even deserve that. We’re that nice. You’re welcome... where’s the applause?”

[@eskel4743]

Imagine your son playing this *Pumps shotgun*

[@marmota8885]

Ok

[@ezno6110]

@@eskel4743 I mean, your reply isnt that creative either dude

[@chromso]

@@eskel4743 Ok

[@Lysergic_]

Ok

[@dakat5131]

"I never thought I'd say this, but why couldn't you just be into Fortnite? Why The Culling?! Why?!"

[@maxyboy9648]

I think they are purposefully going for a world record: least sold game ever

[@thatone2626]

and here we see the culling 4 with 0 games sold matching the culling 5-20

[@AmplifiedMayhem]

If this somehow takes off. All game models will follow suit. So don’t be a shit head and buy in to this. Please.

[@cetitanenthusiast776]

What do you mean? This business model is clearly what every gamer wants. Instead of swimming in our piles of money, we gamers should be spending it just to have the chance of being graced with a battle royale game so good that its mere existence is a miracle. Is xaviant games so out of touch with society that they think people will pay a fortune just to play their game? Nay. They know that anyone and everyone would go straight into debt and sell their souls just for the chance to play even 5 minutes of this unearthly masterpiece. I wouldn't be surprised if an entire religion formed around this game. Ok, for real though, how dumb can xaviant actually get? Could this be the first time in history that an entire company gets collectively diagnosed with a mental disorder?

[@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor3450]

If this gets popular in the game industry, multiplayer games are dead

[@FrnechFrieLikePie]

If this game gets more than 100 concurrent players, I will fuck my own ass. I don’t know how, but I’ll figure it out... not that I’ll need to.

[@maninthemask6275]

I’d buy it.

[@Oscar4u69]

@@FrnechFrieLikePie you can use your finger 🤣

[@AvatarLiam]

The developer looks so sad in that picture , I can only imagine the stress of reattempting failure

[@colehughes2679]

I remember how The Culling made itself less fun with every update.

[@Godsavethecrumpets]

this is like that movie "The Producers" where they actually try to lose money with a broadway play but it turns into a massive success, except this time it actually fails

[@burningicecream9095]

the probably got the idea from that movie except without the big insurance payout for when it fails expect Xavient to be goin’ under within 5 years tops

[@Liesmith424]

I believe this is intentional: they're getting a shitton of free publicity, and they'll follow it up by saying something like "we listened to feedback and will be changing to blahblahblah", and will switch to a F2P model. They're probably hoping that this gives them enough press that they'll be able to get a stable playerbase.

[@chopped586]

just like someordinarygamers said, that it'll leave such a bad taste on everyone that most people won't even bother touching the game

[@Liesmith424]

@@chopped586 Probably; I don't expect it to work, I just think that's why they even bothered with it in the first place.

[@kurseng]

I doubt it's only just a publicity stunt because it is an XBOX exclusive. Also there are already better free to play battle royale out there like COD, apex legends so why even bother to play this shit.

[@Liesmith424]

@@kurseng Not sure why people are arguing with me as if I think the devs had a good idea. It's a terrible idea, regardless of motivation. My opinion is that it the pricing scheme is *so undeniably over-the-top-stupid* that it can only be intentional.

[@thehungwolf4195]

@@Liesmith424 I don't think people are arguing with you, just giving their opinion as you gave yours :)

[@zerofox641]

What business person thought this would work? They looked at EA and went “Ok that but 100x worse.”

[@skinnywhiteboy5590]

Nintendo: let's make a universal online pass that players can use in almost every game Valve: we'll add customization features for free games so people can stand out Xiavient: I like the business model of that EA company

[@phoivos]

it's not even the business model of EA, I've never heard ANY company charge PER MATCH ever before, it's really some new low

[@jaksida300]

generic username :v That’s because of the community attributing value to those items not Valve itself. Valve practically invented the lootbox and heavily monetised their games with cosmetic items.

[@skinnywhiteboy5590]

@@jaksida300 if you look a bit earlier in the replies someone brings up that you can actually refund your items in most of valves games. Also they can be used as items in trading.

[@jaksida300]

Skinny White Boy That’s exactly the person I was responding to. Valve doesn’t get off easy just because they’re everyone’s favourite.

[@skinnywhiteboy5590]

@@jaksida300 well currently they get off easy because they take time making their games, so nobody really complains much.

[@ElbowLongdickem]

"That hemorrhoid that plauged the gaming industry for the last couple of years" Couldn't describe battle royal better myself I thank you

[@atfagent9430]

Royale?

[@lavaman9910]

The title: 'This Is The Worst Video Game Franchise ' The description: 'This is the greatest franchise of All Time'

[@Howlingd0g]

Such is the duality of man.

[@MrRedHoodie]

@Lil Heinz94 I think that's a harsh way to put it, but I see your point. Honestly though, I think Charlie's "lazy" approach to his uploads is somewhat of a selling point. It can feel like you're wading through a sea of content that's tryin to push a point on you or make an impression sometimes, and occasionally it's nice to tune in to just hear some guy give a couple "lazy" thoughts about something and have it just be as simple as that

[@Kerbedis1]

@Lil Heinz94 I don't know man... I'm not 12 anymore, so I'm just fine with his videos. Video kept me interested, he presented all information that I needed. No fanfair, over the top edditing and crappy sound effects needed. If he starts appealing to masses and stops being "realistic and relatable" like you said, then it's not Charlie anymore.

[@donaldolivier6786]

@Lil Heinz94 someone's a bit butthurt

[@makchot3263]

@Lil Heinz94 pewdiepie's videos r worse than shit, even morgz makes better videos than pewds

[@afdelta0120]

As the game industry progresses, I keep seeing ppl defend greedy actions of companies, only to say "they need to make a profit" and back them.... this is probably the climax of that. Game companies need to remember that they're trying to sell a product no different than another company. With inflation, games have been sold same price forever, if techniques are costing a company more, then develop less. Stop pushing development and demanding money. It's sickening.

[@puddingcess8452]

The Culling: "You know how people pay for microtransactions on f2p games? Let's do that but worse!"

[@loirigudo]

How they thought this would ever work is beyond me.

[@naiyakin]

Super this is beyond fucking anyone. Seriously.

[@putnamehere5554]

2017: Culling is a great game 2018: culling was good 2019: culling was good 2020: culling was good

[@ianstuart371]

What?

[@andres.rivera.1821]

Keyword: was

[@SCFick318]

DJ Carlos nah, was is too generous

[@johnramos8703]

Frozia been more like - has been - def isn’t now

[@xmmxthxbutnotondiscord5756]

I imagine that one dude that just buys 3 tokens, waits 30 mins for their match to start, then they die at the first encounter. Repeat this three times and yell at their mom “MOM WE’RE OUTTA FUCKING TOKENS”