Why Being Skeptical Of Games (Like Wonder Woman) Matters - Luke Reacts

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[@SuperSikarlo]

Rest in Peace oh beautiful Nemesis System. You will forever remembered for your amazing work in the Shadow of Mordor/War games. I hate WB.

[@Ashbrash1998]

Such wasted potential

[@Tedi652]

Shadow of War was an awful game. One of the worst ever made by WB.

[@karimdavis7065]

You're not the only one

[@jingleballs9935]

@@Tedi652ok? Lmao. Nemesis sys is still great and much needed.

[@Ashbrash1998]

​@@Tedi652idk Suicide Squad is pretty bad

[@technoempire85]

That incidental Bill Clinton impression is the real MVP.

[@user-hm7kq7tv3t]

WB games a la Bill Clinton: “ I did not make any live service with that (Wonder) Woman…” 😂😂😂

[@jxshram]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@adonict24]

Solid Bill Clinton voice lol

[@RampidWarthogStudios]

Being skeptical is one of the best life skills to learn.

[@babayaga4320]

It's kind of funny that most live service games, that are meant to live on for years, are the first to die. It's almost like, like service games aren't as enticing to gamers, as developers think they are.

[@NeonSuperNovas]

They don’t care what’s enticing to gamers. All they see is a way to create a game that use as less resources as possible and bring in money over a long period of time. Businessmen and women and investors have ruined gaming.

[@BetterChoicesNeeded]

bet hogwarts will be used a hub zone to show off your cosmetics, while you go grind troll fights, and maybe play quidditch which will feel like rocket league

[@damienb8568]

Quidditch is unlikely in hogwarts legacy 2

[@benstanfill363]

I keep hearing people complain about shadow of war but I put like 100 hours in and didnt even know there were microtransactions in it. I absolutely loved that game.

[@enigma7385]

9:45 i've never seen anyone talk like that with that voice, tone and gestures lie about what they say... its seems like a very loyal and faithful character the one you are portraying

[@elijahtiemens5532]

☝️ Underrated comment.

[@misternegative4918]

I bought Shadow of War on release and was surprised with how much people were upset about the micro transaction stuff. I think I just loved the grind and just playing with the nemesis system so much that I never felt the need to mess with it. I probably put in over 100 hours before I finished the story just because I love the nemesis system. Hopefully they don’t do it worse in Wonder Woman, because I want more nemesis system. Also just really want to see how they incorporate it into a Wonder Woman game.

[@benstanfill363]

I probably put close to 100 hours in shadow of war and didn't even know there were micro transactions until some video mentioned it.

[@laseangames]

Posted 1 Minute ago, I think this is the earliest I've ever been to one of your videos! Love the vids! 👍🔥

[@elijahtiemens5532]

9:43 Why is Bill Clinton giving a press release for WB Games? 😂

[@startraffick]

Because he is not Donald Trump.

[@mickeycee8559]

Another bad decision by Sony, days gone was a gem and was building a strong fan base, they should’ve allowed a sequel

[@igrvks]

This timeline might be a doomed death spiral save but at least we get to watch megacorps piss hundreds of millions into these live service trainwrecks

[@brandonreyes7113]

WB just gets worse and worse

[@samuelfawell9159]

Making movies and then deleting them for tax reasons, releasing live service trash, shutting down Rooster teeth. They have become a disgusting company.

[@GiblixStudio]

well they did say that they are doubling down on the DEI/EGS. actively firing everyone who disagrees. so that means WB is a company full of incompetent token employees.

[@Dogtrio]

Thank god I am not their intended audience

[@Random_dud31]

​@@samuelfawell9159what are you talking about? They where a disgusting company even before that

[@samuelfawell9159]

@@Random_dud31 yeah, true, it’s just become a lot more blatant lately, “hey let’s make a movie with lots of potential, make it animated so the CEO will hate it and consider it a waste and delete it, and then focus on nothing by live service games that flop, but if we do it over and over showing we learn nothing, eventually profit… will happen”

[@ChubiceOfChunckle20]

Some people can smell shit so much that piss starts to smell good to them

[@BP-dn9nv]

Please WB, don't run DC games into the ground like you did for the movies

[@SolidSnake240]

I don't see how any gamer isn't skeptical these days. Shit is dark rn 😂

[@codysvlogdays]

My friend is gonna be having a kid. Im pretty skeptical of it though.

[@edwin5145]

Why?

[@juanignaciojimenez1986]

16:55 I was so confused with those two floating versions of Luke

[@jojocasimir1118]

I feel i get you saying bout how the fan feel a connection to the corporate I myself find that I knew Ubisoft cuz I been playing they games since I was 10 and love majority of the games they been releasing I felt like they understand me but later down the line they kept disappointing me

[@Nobuunaga]

They created Shadow of war/ Shadow of mordor and both games were amazinggg. The Nemesis System was soo great. Best creation ever saw in videogames. Now however they waste that potential. It's quite sad the state of GAMES nowadays. Is it over for gaming? Most games are falling apart new games are terrible so i think we get there for sure.

[@joenotyourmama]

Bro your executive voice was spot on

[@pinktigger4393]

The Wonder Woman game better be a greek version of the previous installments of the Arkham series. Open world, ONE player fighting game with npc partners, like maybe superman helping her or something like that. I refuse to waste money on a game to play with friends. If I wanted that, I'd play fortnite or mortal kombat, there is no need in ruining a franchise trying to make it something it's not, and there is no reason to deceive people into buying and playing it.

[@baki484]

They haven't said anything since it's reveal and we don't even have a nugget of details.

[@IsaacChoo88]

In my country, new games cost about 10% of my monthly salary, I will be very skeptical towards any new releases

[@krillepille2004]

Another ”I’m a sceptic!” video. Shocking.

[@user-qp5xw6ty7v]

9:55 😂😂😂

[@williamedwards4151]

I picked up Gotham Knights for 10 bucks on sale. And I still refunded it before 2 hours. And I consider it better than Suicide Squad.

[@Silas_Kow]

Bro, with Warner games I only buy if it has good reviews AFTER launch

[@anonymous_dot_com2326]

Its better to watch a walkthrough and judge for yourself

[@shansolo1652]

I'm guilty. I still have orcs reserves in my barracks I was apart of the problem. I've changed.

[@Shine0222]

Not being designed, and not a live service are 2 different things. Knowing the corporate bs talk and a company like WB, at that time it "wasnt" but it was gonna end up being one

[@kenshin391]

Everyone should be skeptical it's WB and it's Montreal 👀

[@InternetMouse]

Lets just Pray That The game will not turn out horrible. However that's such a small chance it will. I was really excited for wonder woman game here. Ever since suicide squad kill the justice league, my vigilance and alertness has been raised dramatically here. It also hurts knowing That sweet baby inc involved with Marvel's wolverine here. If wonder woman comes out terrible. Then both wonder woman and wolverine have been tarnished in terms of their game value :'(

[@TheLongestTake]

As long as we can agree that a "skeptical review" does not make sense, lol.

[@munchman1324nj]

SUUUUPER early. Love yuh Luke!

[@Zand3rsson]

Never hype. Never pre-order. Never forgive. Never forget.

[@Ploskkky]

Never buy on the first day of release (wait at least a few weeks), Never pay 70 bucks. Always watch multiple reviews that show actual gameplay. Beware of gaming journalists.

[@Zand3rsson]

@@Ploskkky also true

[@briangillett5213]

945 great bill clinton impression.

[@silentfenrir6927]

I enjoy gotham knight for a casual game but it overstayed it's welcome and the ending was weak

[@user-dl8us5ig6b]

It's so weird when a console Fanboy doesn't want a certain game to go to another platform like who gives a fuk as long as the game is still on your platform and you can play it what does it matter plus I would like to play some PS games one day on Xbox so let's do some trades who gives a f***

[@gleekthemonkey4570]

The ONLY thing that gives me hope is that James Gunn is making games in the DCU. I would be surprised if those aren’t single player. Lol

[@Endorsememe]

"helping"

[@nidavelliir]

The Gotham Knights team of all people...

[@rocketdurham4926]

I think your skepticism at times sounds more like a complete judgement or critique, like for dragons dogma, we’ve all seen the gameplay and it looks incredible at 30 fps. You just released like a 20 minute long video that was supposed to be covering dragons dogma, but 3/4 of the video you just said it’s bad because it’s at 30 fps. There is a fine line between a skeptic, or ignorant

[@GameSlayer41781]

Bill Clinton 😂

[@dmadking3817]

Collion Moriarty talking about fanboyism is very rich, Apple Vision Pro rich

[@ericsaari2901]

I was excited for a Wonder Woman game, but WB as a studio has so many red flags that I won't go anywhere near that game until well after its release, if I even do. I have no faith in that project. The studio execs have no vision beyond live service and microtransactions, which I think caused the developers to fumble both Suicide Squad and Gotham Knights, and Wonder Woman I would guess is going to be a similar train wreck, because the best games come from letting a development studio make a game they want to make, how they want to make it, leveraging what they are good at, not meddling, and giving them the time they need to complete it properly. The stance of WB leaves little to no room for any of that.

[@purpleyeti705]

Oooof. Achievement unlocked: you are old. Monolith is known for Mordor first and Fear second.

[@farnoodbakhshi]

Luke aka the Bill Clinton impersonator

[@patrickwillis13]

Wonder woman needs to be good. It's bad enough they fucked up suicide squad (that shouldve been a layup) but gotham knights too. Wonder woman is one of my favorite dc characters and I've been wanting dc games outside of batman to be good so I can enjoy my favorite heroes.

[@overtherenowaitthere]

honestly i had tons of fun with gotham knights, bought it for 15 bucks and played it all the way through with my gf as red hood and batgirl. so fuckin awesome

[@xMontorix]

You enjoyed it because you bought it for $15. Which it is what it was worth.

[@frankopanklaric]

Thank for the heads up. Now I know to avoid it.

[@zerooskil7161]

Themascara basically

[@o0-0o693]

I think phil spencer and elon musk could benefit from just being quiet

[@onepunch9416]

Gotham Knights knights was one of the worst $60 ive ever spent

[@GroggyGrognard]

Approaching any game with a healthy amount of skepticism means that the only people that are unpleasantly surprised by an awful release are the marketing and executive teams of the developers, and the investors that hold stock in those companies.

[@SolidSnake240]

And the people that blindly just let hype take over all rationale.

[@kapnkrunch6833]

If youre not skeptical of all games then you shouldnt leave the house unaccompanied

[@iRemBash]

I’m have been waiting for the Wonder Woman game since it was announced I’m glad it is not live service

[@damienb8568]

Monolith make Wonder woman

[@clover4925]

I dont trust any game until its released and reviews come in.

[@ka0z699]

wow dusting off the old nemesis system are they.

[@jingleballs9935]

I hate mid stuff like Gotham knights. Like either be really bad or really good.

[@theoncousland4587]

Why does Wonder Woman look like an 80s glam rocker?

[@marcusclark1339]

i have no faith in it at all - WB ascribes to ESG companies so same result of Suicide Squad shilling of WW - no one knows how to write her character - live service WB formula (MK a core example) - will ruin the Nemesis System (hilarious how much they patent that only to have nothing to use it on) - we still know nothing of it telling how early it was, even the visual look may completely change

[@PaburoVIII]

I think the Wonder Woman is going to be another train wreck

[@TheForever206]

Anyone who isnt skeptical of WB future projects have 0 sympathy if they get taken advantage of.....again. "A fool and his money are soon parted." You cant save these people.

[@jojocasimir1118]

I hated the ssktl for being a live service game if it wasn’t then I probably would of brought I was hoping it was gone go the Gotham knight route fight the enemy they fight in the comic book but I pray to god ssktl flop very hard

[@alexwilliams4729]

Can someone actually explain what a live service game is, it helps games more than it hurts them.

[@alexwilliams4729]

Luke is just straight up lying about shadow of war monetization system.

[@Sumunuhriginal]

@@alexwilliams4729do your research

[@fafanir82]

​@@alexwilliams4729 WB shills working overtime i see

[@amharbinger]

No, just no. And why?

[@thesho21]

22:48 - Classic cult mentality (I.e. Flat earthers, Trump supporters, etc..)

[@Killerboyh]

Does wonder women even exist at this point

[@AlPacino2502]

Shadow of mordor released in 2014 and was nominated for game of the year, losing to dragon age inquisition. Man I like your videos but please try to read stuff beforehand. Its like the 3rd video in a row with straight up wrong information given to your audience.

[@valetboy21]

Even if it were 2013 Shadow of Mordor would have had little known games like The Last of Us and Grand Theft Auto V to contend with.

[@benstanfill363]

You do know this channel is clips from live streams right? Of course there's going to be wrong info.

[@AlPacino2502]

@@benstanfill363 you do know those 2 things are not in a direct causal relationship right?

[@superstd]

gotham knight bad , S squad super bad = now they want to "help" make wonder women ? 😒 capability aside , they have confidence at least .

[@aoihitori]

Hogwarts Legacy 2 as Liveservice game would be terrible for sure.

[@Humpypants]

can't wait for this game to drop to $15 within 6 months so I can still not get it

[@xMontorix]

Well, ill 100% complete this game. But it seems like it'll be more of a chore now considering it's gonna be like Gotham Knights.

[@m0rianne]

No one asked?

[@zVampiirePlatypus]

Joraptor is gonna say exactly what they want him to say about the game so that's probably why he's got such a good relationship with them. His reviews are worthless.

[@Koustav_04]

Another L for WB incoming 😐 I'll bet they haven't leaened their lesson after SSKTJL.

[@Bionic_Webb]

Wb should just do a sequel to their Batman game but this time give us the dynamic duo have it play like Spider-man 2, we even know that in the origins world for that online mode dick Greyson is still Robin just a young teen it seems so it can work, because technically not apart of the Arkham trilogy and has enough ambiguity to be its own entity

[@B-U-T-C-H-E-R]

I don't think the Xbox thing was a nothing burger. The rumors were that Xbox was going to start bringing Xbox exclusives to PlayStation, and that's exactly what they are doing. The controlled leaks somehow warps their brains, because after it was like everything was fine. This is exactly how they started bringing games to PC, same verbiage and everything. This isn't something that happens overnight, they been working on this for a year at least, probably longer. It's only a matter of time, before it's day and date, just like PC. They're starting right now, baking in multiplatform releases from launch. The only question is by which game will it start. That's not a nothing burger considering the biggest rivalry in gaming, is over. Microsoft created this toxic fan girl bullshit, and actively played into it. They use social media and influencers to try to smear PlayStation, even when it makes them directly contradict themselves, and makes their fans look absolutely stupid. "Exclusives are bad, unless it's ones we buy", $70 games are bad, unless they're the ones we're selling", " sales don't matter, until they do"...................

[@Mr-E-Meat]

Let me fight back a bit. I playbon consoles, NOT PC. I have 0 internet or knowhow on PC. Have not touched one since windows 7. I have been talked down to, insulted, degraded and my intelligence put into questioning because I'm not a PC gamer. I'm told "oh you're not a REAL gamer if you don't play PC bro" I'm sick of that crap being told to me. It's not about a commitment to a plastic box, but talked down to because I don't have a high end Pc (still a box with metal inside mind you) so I ask where is logic in this? I may have a bit of brand royalty because it's what I played on when I was a child. And still play on as an adult. I collect old consoles and games. Yet somehow I get near death threats because I don't own a $2k + high end PC with all digital games that can run at 4k 150 fps or what ever. It's silly to me. In short, a console gamer Luke myself gets talked down for having fun playing videos games.

[@leejones2113]

I pay em no mind. I will play my sega genesis or any of my line of retro playstation games.

[@wabajaba2557]

Well there goes any hype I had for it

[@4tech69]

Being Skeptical is great. Click Bait Skeptical not so much.

[@sicko115]

Honestly I was only looking forward to the return of the Nemesis System, not necessarily a Wonder Woman game lol

[@redninja3056]

OK then don't play it

[@Kgosietsile-j1l]

@@redninja3056 thank you

[@vodkavecz]

Hear me out: AC Odyssey could be a pretty decent start off to make a Wonder Woman game. It has the Amazon armor for Kassandra. She has the demigod level powers. Mod in some long hair on her, and remove the bow and the spear from her back, give her a decent sword, and there you go. Add in a cool story and nemesis system, and we have a fun game.

[@JusticeInGaming_JIG]

Gotham Knights is better than Suicide Squad.

[@iamthewalrus.]

LSM MENTIONED !!!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️💥🔥🔥💥🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥💥 WHAT IS PEAK VG COVERAGE

[@JaySee-sr1yj]

A big reason I liked the mordor games was the Lord of the Rings setting... not sure how a dc comic setting will be good for the nemsis system compared to the orcs in lotr. Also I don't particularly care about dc heroes outside of batman so this would have to be really good to be of any interest.

[@iagosplace]

if they want money then have a seperate hogwarts legacy online mmo thing that uses resources of the next singleplayer game

[@BLUEFIRECAPTAIN]

I was so excited then saw Gotham knights developer.

[@mrthewhite2620]

Hogwarts 2 is gonna be a mess, which sucks cause the first game was so good but they clearly have learned all the wrong lessons from it's sucess and other games failures.

[@seanguinn]

Anything with Sweet Baby inc is poison at this point. Hold your ground people

[@Dogtrio]

Yeha Im sure its them and not the CEOs steering these companies into dumb decisions for short term growth.

[@seanguinn]

@@Dogtrio Sure for DEI points, but you sound misinformed. The reason I brought Sweet Baby up is because they are also working on the Wonder Women game. Do you research before you talk to me. Why even attempt to stick up for a company that clearly hates you unless you’re part of the problem.

[@Amadeus_A]

@@seanguinn Shit, SBI is involved? Damn, should've known since they worked on SS.

[@seanguinn]

@@Amadeus_A Yes sir they are. Been a subscriber to Luke since 2018. He’s a good dude plus smart. Odd that he left that out tho.

[@mysterious___1]

@@seanguinnit’s not odd that he left the sweet baby inc info out. He probably doesn’t want the X trolls to attack him and get on their cancel list.

[@Sumunuhriginal]

Gotham knights is still mediocre it just happens to be better than a lot of garbage we’ve been getting

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

The entirety of monolith games just baffles me. How do you go from coming out of essentially nowhere (don’t @ me about fucking F.E.A.R or whatever) with a LotR game that doesn’t absolutely enrage that cult of a fanbase or just suck in general and is in fact near unanimously praised, then just as quickly disappear into obscurity after the sequel tried to hawk some bs intrusive microtransactions until now when they announced this Wonder Woman game of all things?? Like imagine if after Arkham city, rocksteady just fuckin phased out of existence and we didn’t hear about them again until the suicide squad announcement. Origins, Knight, hell even Gotham knights never happened, it all just ended there in 2011. Utterly bizarre.

[@KratosisGod]

Monolith has existed since the 90s believe it or not.

[@jrrr9219]

Monolith has a long and successful track record. That you're ignorant of them is a different story.

[@fortycello-yx7ju]

Wtf has live service and micro transactions done to the gaming? We don’t need more stupid live service games like gotham knights and suicide squad.

[@novusparadium9430]

You should "ALWAYS" be skeptical of games "NO ONE" asked for. Bro not realizing religion is a worst cult than console fanboism.

[@thanosj3div401]

Xbox was never in league and this proves

[@chadwolf3840]

who funds this trash? how are they not learning?

[@GinoGonzalez12]

Luke skeptical? Wow that’s a first…

[@redninja3056]

What? You're not serious right?

[@The_Apothecary]

Wonder Woman will be another fail. They should focus on a SHADOW OF WAR sequel, does Warner Bros / Monolith own the rights to that game? THAT GAME needs a sequel.

[@raeilltasticinkburke9111]

Cultism 101