Why I Stopped Loving Multiplayer Games

Somewhere between a rant, a shitpost and a video essay, here is half an hour of me talking about why I no longer enjoy PvP multiplayer games. This is my opinion, obviously, if you disagree, that's all fine and dandy.
Enjoy!
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
3:05 The Money Game
7:33 Season Pass Systems And Fomo
15:42 Death Of The Socialite
18:42 The Dream Of The E-sports Wannabe
24:52 You're Dead To Me
Pinyatta Zenyatta art by: www.deviantart.com/dragonitea...

[@literallylaw]

Here is the companion piece to this video, Why I Love Co-Op kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmWxdWZ8oJZki6M

[@AdmiralBison]

There are solutions. push to bring back and make standard the following: - P2P - Just play with friends and people you trust - no anti-cheats required. - LAN - Pc gamers use to do LAN parties - Split-screen - - Adhoc - Nintendo Switch and other handheld gaming devices would excel with this kind of multiplayer feature - offline bots - Especially with self-learning AI in modern times can boost and supplement multiplayer sessions and Internet is not even required. You will notice none of these need or require corporate services and servers and thus cannot be monetized. Corporate greed has ruined multiplayer and gaming in general, in order to turn gamers in hamsters on a wheel generating revenue for shareholders. It doesn't have to be this way if one pushes and supports open source standards and things games used to have before they were systematically stripped away.

[@Gamba16374]

the only multiplayer game i can enjoy at the moment is cod mobile on pc lol

[@ZetaProto]

Halo has the only good season pass system because you can always go back to old seasons. When the new season comes, you can always go back to the old one

[@PersonSmith1]

I didn't watch the video but I assume it's because you were trash and couldn't compete.

[@user-kv5dx8mt2p]

😂 you mad bro cause I said your video tisk tisk I'll buy you some Kleenex so you can cry.

[@yeetyeetyeet1967]

every time we humans have a good thing going, it only lasts a couple years until money ruins it. Every. Single. Time.

[@literallylaw]

Pretty much spot on.

[@itsokthen]

yay capitalism

[@tokofukawap4055]

Socialism or communism would be just as bad, it isnt capitalism that's the problem it's money itself​@@itsokthen

[@fuzethehostage8898]

@@tokofukawap4055you have a fundamental misunderstanding of what communism is. a fully realized communist society would not have money. its in the definition.

[@Guitareben]

​@@tokofukawap4055you don't understand what you're talking about

[@oblonghas]

It’s not just gaming. Greed has stripped culture from humanity. We are legit living in a post-cultural age dominated by algorithms armed with mass surveillance, set on being the most efficient moneymakers possible.

[@literallylaw]

See now someone in these comments is finally speaking my fucking langauge. I agree. Culture is dead, capitalism strangled it in the crib. Personally I think without violent revolution nothing is ever going to get better. All down from here.

[@sheikyerbouti39]

​@@literallylawGenuinely curious. What do you mean by capitalism? To me at least, it seems like it is the "post-modern, post-Industrialized, high technology" version of capitalism that people blame for the current state. So is it not the advancement of technology outstripping the evolutionary growth of humans as a species that has led us to this? That we're operating in a world that we aren't biologically adapted to handle? Not just simply "if I make something and you want it, you pay me"?

[@TheDonkey666]

It's called capitalism. You should read the works of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lening, Peter Kropotkin, Mikhail Bakunin etc.

[@wander7812]

No the problem are the gamers. What a company is abt? making money. For everything. Who gives money? the consumers. Now think abt every cheap p2w or just cheat-overall game like Starfield. Why they succeded? Better yet... WHO gives them money? Now think about it. "Nowdays gaming sucks! they just make traps to get our money!" My brother in christ, YOU'RE the one giving them money. You're the one showing them it works. Want change? then stop buying mediocrisy. How you fall for the same trap and prove it works then blame on everybody but yourself?

[@40cents29]

@@wander7812 Exactly, and I say more: The power is within the masses, there are many examples of COUNTRIES that were changed because people got togheter for a better cause, i'm talking about actual lifes here, not only games, but these days all I see is complaint but no action, people are either too lazy, dumb or passive to make a minimal change for the better. One example is FIFA ( recently changed to EAFC ), EA Sports is very known amongst the gaming community for their micro-transaction hell inside their games and very manipulative mechanics so then you live through their micro-transaction based games, people ALWAYS complain that their games are the same as the year before and that it is extremely inducing for kids to spend money in the game but why would they change? they are breaking profit records year after year. The masses hold the power but don't use it, they hold 99,9% of the worlds power but still dont control shit. Worst thing is that companies don't even have to worry about anything happening, people don't even try to make a change, and even if they do, all the companies need to do is give some AI generated apology and a few crumbs of what they wanted ( and there are some who are so used to be treated like trash that when companies give them their crumbs they feel like they are god and proced to defend any minimal change ). We can turn the world upside-down, but many are too occupied complaining with no action or afraid to get out their comfort zone and make some actual change in real life instead of their favorite rpg game.

[@thatotherguy4528]

“They all want to be e-sports players” perfectly sums up why most are toxic af in game chat, they think that they are right 100% of the time and will try to flame you for trying a different tactic or not doing exactly what they told you to.

[@literallylaw]

Yep, METAs and these mindsets are a curse.

[@Z3t487]

​​@@literallylawThere is nothing wrong in using the Most Effective Tactic Available if you don't tell someone else how they should play. Dictating others is wrong, not the META per se. And i would never play a moder multiplayer game like Overwatch because i don't want to be forced to play as a team.

[@QuarantineV1]

My absolute last game of MP was an OW1 game on Dorado. Everyone chose a DPS hero, once more leaving me to decide whether the team has a health pool or healing. Everyone split up to try fighting the entire enemy team by themselves, which made playing Mercy impossible. Enemy team moved the payload effortlessly until the 2nd point. I switched to Zenyatta, which finally got the payload to stop. My team showed their appreciation by dusting off their mics and telling me that I'm a POS and need to play Mercy because she's META, and I'm throwing by playing Zen. I'm sure all of those guys went pro, like they wanted.

[@johnnymatee]

damn what games are you playing, i swear every game i join no one talks

[@alexlopez-vb5kc]

M U T E. it’s simple really how is a sober sweat playing an fps game going to ruin my drunk experience 🤣🤣🤣

[@StriderStryker]

This is why single player and indie games are getting the respect it deserves. Even modders in every gaming community made every game better to downright hilarious moments I’ve ever seen.

[@literallylaw]

They were always superior, but yeah, now with people being disgusted by the current state of multiplayer, they're giving more of those types of games a chance.

[@alyasVictorio]

All characters being equally playable and well-performed (plus award those who carey the game no matter how good your teammate is) is what roster balance should be

[@Obsession3745]

This is why I play single player games. No stress, no sweats, I can take my time with it. Downside I don't really talk to friends much anymore. Got into achievement hunting too much. It's sad that so many multiplayer games have gone this route.

[@literallylaw]

Really sad. Same thing for me, I've got a lot of friends that live too far away to see in person more than a few times a year, so these games are the main way to stay in touch.

[@Obsession3745]

@@literallylaw yea, I hear you most of my friends live far away but don't really stay in touch for the most part. I can't bear online for the most part so the friends that do game are playing something I don't want to play lol

[@ImNotFine44]

@@Obsession3745i know right. My friends will all be playing rainbow six siege and im just like “no thanks bro”. I’d rather just play something like nightmare reaper or elden ring while i wait for them to play something fun like deep rock or l4d2

[@Obsession3745]

@ImNotFine44 with age I have just become more and more recluse. I don't even want to play online for most games cause then I know I have to complete it, and most multiplayer games have awful achievements

[@ReidnReactn]

@@Obsession3745wdym awful achievements?

[@KingdomKillaz117]

The multiplayer games feeling like work sentiment is something I 100% agree with.

[@literallylaw]

It's the biggest nail in the coffin for me.

[@m_jay5]

Battle passes turn a game into a 2nd job sucking all the fun out of it :/

[@Peetskeet]

no pain no gain baby!

[@Notfakeultra]

@@Peetskeetthat would apply to something that’s real, not a fucking video game

[@Peetskeet]

@@Notfakeultra Nah uh, in multiplayer games u gotta earn the fun whether thats building mechanics / gamesense etc. Its not just handed to you, so thats why it feels like work to people. To me thats what makes it satisfying Singleplayer gamers expect just to plop on the couch and expect fun right away 100% of the time

[@jjay350]

I think the loss of the social scene is the real elephant in the room. You can talk about the mechanics and monetization practices all you want, but the real reason why I stopped having an interest in online multiplayer is simply because it wasn't fun for me anymore when the socialization aspect left. It's all because of the competitive gaming scene really, everyone trying to be some e-sports player and taking every match super seriously, which turns every game into a sweaty experience. I got into online gaming back when everyone had a mic and had wanted to just chat with random people as they played a game. Being the best was never the goal, it was simply having a good time, and the more social people were the more relaxed they usually were at playing the game. Now it's just all about trying to show off and "be the best" in every match, and that's just not fun for me, or engaging.

[@literallylaw]

Yeah. It used to be you could make random friends from matches in these games. Nowadays you're lucky if you're not getting told to kys by your entire team for playing off meta.

[@TheOrionStar]

For me the reason was party chat. Halo 2 online I made a ton of friends and was constantly meeting people. Then Halo 3 you still met a lot of people through custom games but that really changed from friends of friends because everyone is in party chat. Halo infinite I was shocked that they turned off mic by default and never told you. It was only when I commented that no one talks that I was told to go into the settings to ENABLE chat. Even then no one talks, it's like playing with bots and is super boring

[@devinkipp4344]

It's weird to see league now, I used to love playing it and doing crazy builds. That's not really a thing anymore, most champions are forced to build a certain way and everyone hates it if you go off meta

[@flowersthewizard9336]

​@@TheOrionStar swapping between party chat and game chat was usually hilarious

[@Phunckadelik]

omfg what games did you play? saying cs 1.6, diablo, starcraft, warcraft mods, street fighter weren't toxic, full of griefing, insulting and taunting (in various languages mind you) is simply lying and romanticising a nostalgic period in your life. tetris and pong were competitive, pvp isn't the problem, its gamers buying unfair advantages and thus allowing devs to ruin games for profit

[@Ivyiyy]

I feel like a hero being tied up and listening to the villains monolog before he obliterates the world with giant space laser

[@literallylaw]

Good, that's how I know I left an impression. 👁️

[@ImNotFine44]

I can imagine the hero confused as to why the villain has tied him up only to rant about video games

[@nyalan8385]

@ImNotFine44 and then being even more confused because he 100% agrees and is wondering why they are fighting

[@capnc4ke]

I've been saying this for the past 3-4 years. I'm glad more people are voicing their opinion on this aswell. It's one of the main reasons I started making my FPS game. I want to bring back casual gaming, and having genuine fun with friends.

[@literallylaw]

Absolutely, party games and casual games for the win. The toxicity of these over competitive sweat fests has really killed the joy.

[@TheKirBoi]

@@literallylaw Unfortunately I don't think that's going away no matter how casual the game is made to seem. At this point it's just second nature for some people to sweat every single game like it's the next big esport even if that's not the case, just because it's how they enjoy games.

[@Triforcebro]

Then find a way to end streaming as a career

[@capnc4ke]

@@Triforcebro How would that fix the issue?

[@Triforcebro]

@@capnc4ke By diverting today's gamers to see gaming as a fun hobby and an escape from reality again instead of a second job or career, would cut the need for people to "got gud" at such an extended level. Think of the mindset of people in the anime Sword art online and GunGale. When real life currency is a factor and or reward, the games no longer become fun or a hobby.

[@brokenbiscuit3609]

About the whole "more sweats in games now", I think that it's cause a lot of people are getting information about their multiplayer games from KZbinrs and Twitch streamers who try to make the strongest loadouts or builds, basically making a meta that if anyone deviates from, they're immediately singled out and shit on.

[@literallylaw]

I absolutely believe streaming and KZbin culture has increased the impact and overbearing nature of metas as a whole. Almost every person you find whining about the meta in any competitive game will usually be parroting something they heard some streamer they watched say.

[@brokenbiscuit3609]

@@literallylaw it's also hard to pin the blame completely on the content creators when the most watched videos are meta build guides.

[@thedarkdojo5115]

Destiny 2 PvP: Did someone say meta??

[@nuclearsimian3281]

I experienced this in Mass Effect 3's multiplayer of all fucking things. People latched onto the CoD gun, called the Cerberus Harrier, which _on paper only,_ had the best damage, almost the best range, but it had dogshit ammo in the reserve, required almost a full mag to kill a super elite + all your cooldowns, and basically required you to have the location of every ammo box totally memorized or you were fucked. Meanwhile, I would run around with what was usually a non-meta weapon, on a build centered around damage over time, or extending my clip sizes, and I would come up with the most insane builds that nobody would understand because _they did not understand the game,_ they only saw the spreadsheet numbers and then control+F'ed to find the highest damage value, then used the only classes that benefited that playstyle. It didn't even have a competitive mode. I'd love to pull out unusual classes with what would appear to be suboptimal builds in order to have fun, but I'd always be making kills that saved people rather than just farming every enemy in the spawn, yet I'd be able to compete with or outperform the tryhards without much issue most of the time. And it was still toxic.

[@Soliye.]

Games are also a lot more complicated and filled with different “layouts”. Back then, like arena shooters and such, everyone had the same weapons. All the skills were in the mouvement and aim. You couldn’t be “overpowered” unless you had good map control and did take the “overpowered” gun. But it was still fun to play with / against.

[@derekwilliams7144]

I'm happy that many eSports scenes are feeling the pain. Devs are completely focusing on competitive and choking their audience out.

[@literallylaw]

The thing that devs have been doing that's made this worse is trying to force E-sport scenes into existence. Good games, like fighting games which have grown their scenes organically over literally decades, show you what it should actually look like. But all these modern shooter devs design the game around an E-sports scene without even fucking knowing if there will be one. Thus making every single game flop on arrival.

[@Wozza365]

I love CS esports, but most of these games trying so hard to emulate the success of CS is just cringe and so obviously not going to work that it's almost funny. These studios and publishers with a history of abandoning their games after a few years really expect people to dedicate the time it takes to become literally the best in the world at that game when there's such a high chance that the game becomes abandoned? CS has grown organically over more than 20 years to get to where it is now and in some ways it's because of Valve's lack of action that has allowed it to mature, only tweaking around the edges instead of fundamentally changing the game every 6 months like Overwatch kept doing. Not to mention the simple design of CS that makes it such a good game to watch is in stark contrast to the overly detailed worlds and realism that most of these games try to achieve. CS2 looks beautiful but for the most part is still clean and environments are easy on the eye.

[@erosmitdelta]

Devs? They only build what the industry wants them to build lol

[@damsen978]

That's because those competitive devs never made their players actually engage with their game. Or give it variety for casual players which gives incentive to later try to be competitive if they want to. No, just competitive.@@literallylaw

[@devinkipp4344]

Funny no one thinks of guild wars 2. Another game that suffered because of the devs focus on esports despite it being an mmorpg. I wouldn't be surprised if that's why the last boss in the base game was so disappointing. Tbf guild wars 1 was a pvp focused game.

[@brenopaiva7969]

I've been watching a lot of "what went wrong" videos and in every single one of them the answer is always money. From fashion, to architecture, to transportation, to gaming and so on. And I still see people refusing to believe there is any connection between this system to the lack of inovation and creativity. Corporate greed is the biggest enemy we have to face when seeking joy in life, and that saddens me deeply.

[@literallylaw]

I feel more and more people are starting to grasp that capitalism in its current form is the greatest enemy of joy and creativity that exists. It just takes time unfortunately. A lot of time.

[@Matowix]

Like sony putting up psn plus by %40. I've gone single player

[@StevenGarcia-im8rr]

In regards to the lack of community, I fear skill based match making is going to make it worse. Every match now ends with a whole new lobby being created. I met so many people on old COD because we'd be able to see what each other was doing over many matches. It made losing not so bad since you're all learning from each other in a long lasting lobby. I can't help but feel sad at that. Communities and connections are made before playing, not while playing anymore.

[@literallylaw]

Wow, I hadn't even clocked that until you just said it! But absolutely, after every post match of Halo younger me would sit in the lobby and just talk with the people there. That's completely gone now, games try as fast as possible to immediately throw you with the people their algorithm thinks are now the better skill match.

[@PRSWAGSTER99]

That is a great point as to why mp games are dying. I bet they are trying to stop us from communicating on how predatory all these developers are.

[@kommandantkillcode]

@@literallylaw That’s one thing that I feel some games do a lot better with despite not having a post-match communication section, because of how long the matches last, such as War Thunder, or because they have a way to message each other after the match, like OW2, but OW2 missing the end cards and making it much more difficult to group up at the end of a match sucks.

[@downsjmmyjones101]

I love SBMM but you are correct. The same thing has happened with fighting games and MMOs. Arcades were vibrant communities that died when online matchmaking happened. MMOs became boring when you could just get matched with a squad for a raid and you didn't need a coordinated group to beat the raid. We have to realize that things change. We need to be okay making and/or engaging communities outside of games. Either that or we have to get a lot friendlier inside them.

[@DkR2]

This Exactly! I used to love meeting new friends during matches and playing with them for hours.

[@irshman1845]

When people tried getting better at games in the olden days, it was just improving accuracy and learning the map. Nowadays people breakdown every game to find bugs that can be abused for an advantage instead. I still believe streaming has ruined the gaming community. Everyone used to focus on fun, but now everyone is trying to become a millionaire any means possible.

[@literallylaw]

It is crazy how hard people try for clips, like there's so many now nobody even cares.

[@terrylandess6072]

Don't mention the 'olden days' unless you remember that it all went to hell once they began adding a player ranking screen at the end. Before that it was as close to utopia as possible.

[@Aerie1405]

That's not true though, people have been abusing glitches in games since forever

[@tpeterson9140]

@@Aerie1405 yeah I was thinking the same. ppl have always done their max to get an advantage

[@Luzz4136]

​​@@tpeterson9140 yeah, but that wasn't the norm. Now, it seems having a degree in every tidbit of possible advantage taking point in the game is mandatory

[@SUDAGANGTV]

This video explains literally all my frustrations with multiplayer gaming now! I want to believe that things will be salvaged and get better, but honestly I know that’s just a pipe dream. RIP 🪦 multiplayer shooters, you’re dearly missed! 😢

[@literallylaw]

Me too bro, all I want is for things to get better again, I miss the days where we could all have fun.

[@WTFAREUDOIN420]

Even offline - sitting right next to you multiplayer is utter crap. Getting clowned on because of them both other opponents working together, always making me be the first to lose, then they say something along the lines of: "that's just by accident", or , " that's just how it is" or simply telling me to get gud when I'm not even allowed to improve cause they both team my @$$, leaving me to feel frustrated afterwards. And that's smash ultimate in a nutshell

[@SUDAGANGTV]

@@WTFAREUDOIN420 Play against people who are around your skill level. 👌🏾

[@WTFAREUDOIN420]

@@SUDAGANGTV those are the only people that have copies of the game (or even bring their switch) in my area, nor do I have nintendo online

[@justins3136]

this completely explains why I've become such a single player gamer lately and why gaming has become such a lonelier experience over time

[@Sleepyhead2310]

Fr I used to play with my friends all the time and now they're barely online and when they're all online we barely have fun because all these little rats ruin the fun

[@taso8774]

Ive grown to prefer coop pve multiplayer games as of late, like Monster Hunter for example. Much more enjoyable than games where I have to fight sweats. It's too bad that games like Monster Hunter are so few and far between.

[@literallylaw]

Monster Hunter World is so damn good. I put so much time into it once it came out. Totally agree with the sentiment.

[@vividao4123]

Coop pve is where you'll get more welcoming and integrated communities for sure. Vermintide 2 and Deep Rock Galactic are 2 that come to mind.

[@brandonman1315]

Huge fan of Borderlands .

[@lexc1560]

We need more PVE, non live service games! (Destiny is still my go to)

[@derrinerrow4369]

May I suggest Deep Rock Galactic? one of the most wholesome communities I've ever seen. It's probably the only co op game that I'll join some random player's lobby and give a lending hand.

[@VisibleToeHead]

Recently, I’ve felt that other gamers are effectively bots. No mics, no group cohesion, 50% chance of afk/leave. And the ones that do mic up, shouldn’t.

[@literallylaw]

Precisely, you don't even get the social part out of multiplayer anymore. It feels like playing alone while somehow surrounded by "people". I miss early Xbox live days. I made so many friends, and all were random people from matches or post game lobbies.

[@xxraptorsc0pezxx]

​@@literallylaw Soooo true. Felt this to my core. We are more connected than ever before, but also somehow more alone.

[@Killswitch1411]

@@literallylaw We're in the middle of a culture crisis and mental health crisis.. So its not surprising.

[@MrAjking808]

@@xxraptorsc0pezxxehh don’t play to hang out with randoms

[@tk2598]

I was in middle school when MW2 came out. Me and my friends had recently gotten Xbox 360’s with Xbox Live, and it just generally sparked a “craving” in us to play things online together. It didn’t matter what it was. Online multiplayer was just a whole new world. We would go back to old COD games for the novelty, or we’d play GTA4 online and just drive around running people over. I’ve noticed those same friends don’t have the same taste for that novelty anymore; in the same way they liked to play sports in middle school, they now want to play the latest competitive game to “prove something.” Playing anything that isn’t part of the current competitive landscape feels like a waste of time to them, since there’s no personal clout to be gained from having fun in an old game. It’s sad.

[@literallylaw]

Clout is the worst thing to happen to games. Literally nothing more meaningless in the world than clout you get being good at games. All I ever say to those people is "touch grass".

[@VoidyBoi]

Thank you for mentioning SBMM. It's by far the biggest reason why I don't enjoy multiplier games anymore. Being punished for doing good just because the devs want everyone to have a 50% winrate is an absolutely asinine idea. Especially in casual gamemodes, where you're supposed to kick back and relax. Unfortunately, I don't see SBMM going away any time soon, since it has proven to do exactly what it was designed to do: improve the player retention and make the devs more money

[@literallylaw]

Yep, a total joke. And I agree, it probably won't be going anywhere, which is why I just won't bother with PvP in general anymore.

[@LavishPatchKid]

It's basically what happens with anything chicks start to participate in. The dudes get chains tied to their ankles. As soon as you see chicks start to participate in something, just move on; only frustration follows. A lesson we all have to learn the hard way.

[@SirKittersII]

​@@LavishPatchKidWow thats extremely sexist, and chicks is an extremely incel word to use. Games have sbmm because people used to complain that pub stompers ruined their games, so now they won't ever see them. I hate sbmm but it is a product of people complaining and then it working when implemented.

[@LavishPatchKid]

@@SirKittersII "chicks is an extremely incel word to use" 'Chicks' has been used for decades. 'Incel' is a couple of years old, and none of you even use it right. lol I swear, this society is so dumb.

[@devinkipp4344]

​@LavishPatchKid either way your comment makes little sense considering that most of pvp player base is male and that's especially true when you get to the e sport level. Never seen an women compete at that level.

[@Xamsims]

The forced SBMM was what really killed a lot of casual MP fps games for me.

[@literallylaw]

The fact that it's even included in the casual modes is what's really ridiculous. Like if you want to have a mode where all the sweaty ranked people go, fine. But to apply it as a blanket across the game is just a way to make all your game modes as sweaty as the ranked ones.

[@everyone1liesd459]

Same You improve to match the people in the rank and the SBMM just puts you in harder lobbies You essentially get punished for improving I've deleted all of if not most of my pvp games because I don't log on to sweat and practice for the next world cup finals but somehow I'm vs people that are For instance rocket league I'll be in gold and from time to time I'll get plat opponents just because same issue with apex it's become such a chore that I'm actually enjoying other games like No man sky and Fallout 76

[@Lux_Ferox]

​@@everyone1liesd459 This is exactly why I stopped playing games like League of Legends. You get punished for improving.

[@Neoniq41]

SBMM is pretty much the sole reason why I stopped playing games like Apex. Constantly going up against sweatlords while having teammates who just started playing video games just made Apex completely unplayable for me.

[@evangelosvasiliades1204]

@@everyone1liesd459 But if you climbed in rank it was because you were better than those around you. How would it be fair to them for you to continue being placed with people you are clearly better than?

[@Mah-LonCreativity]

The toxicity of the communities killed it for me. Not going back to that. It's not good for anyone to experience this for long periods of time. Damaging to the conscious.

[@literallylaw]

Legitimately probably raises so many peoples blood pressure these days. It really ain't worth the time.

[@rickmortyson4861]

@@literallylaw after some gta online im ready to drop all nukes

[@zombievikinggaming4258]

Toxicity is not even allowed anymore, it's so tame these days

[@Mah-LonCreativity]

@ZombieVikingGaming I wouldn't know since I quit gaming before Overwatch 2 was released in beta.

[@DrNiper]

Well this problem at least has an easy solution: Turn the chats off. Trust me. Works wonders.

[@Emilio-md4bm]

So just this morning I mentioned to my therapist that I no longer enjoy playing multiplayer games like I used to and I didn't know why. Then I saw this and uh... Wow. Spot on.

[@literallylaw]

Well, happy to be of service 😉

[@chickenjoe6765]

this video is exactly how I feel about multiplayer games. I'm tired of forced teamwork and esports mentality for every game, not everyone has a team of friends dedicated to the game as you are, and sometimes you yourself aren't that invested. When every game makes you feel that you have to do your best or you won't enjoy it, it gets tiring and makes you not want to play anymore. It's also sad that almost every game company only focuses on how to make more money, instead of how to make a fun engaging game. This is why I think singleplayer games feel better, and not just a different form of a game.

[@literallylaw]

Agreed.

[@hotshot590]

I couldn’t have said it better myself. Maybe I’m just getting older, but I don’t want to keep up with all of this shit anymore. I just wanna kick back and have fun with my boys online without having to deal with all the sweaty toxic pieces of shit that pervade literally EVERY multiplayer lobby ever.

[@literallylaw]

I keep hearing this, but man I'm only 24 and even I feel the exact same. I don't think it's an age issue, just shit is getting less fun the more greed takes over. You're not allowed to just want to enjoy your time playing games. You better be grinding some dumb pass and sweating for some stupid mandatory challenge telling you to use a specific gun. Cause the devs and publishers demand your soul.

[@Valentien23]

Your 24??? That alone tells us the problem is beginning to span generations; when this is all Over they’ll be talking about this in history class

[@sheeki8688]

This is exactly how I feel

[@symboIiq]

Sorry bro I’ll just let you keep killing me.

[@whitelichmage7004]

@@literallylaw Bro you're the same age as me. I feel the same way about multiplayer games. When you first play a couple matches of Halo or Cod you're like "Hey this is pretty fun leveling up my character getting new perks and weapons". Then about 3-4 weeks later you're like "Man this is absolute horse shit having to play with all of these assholes who have nothing better to do than troll and talk shit about how much you suck at the game, listening to little kids scream in their mics or hackers who like to use wall cheats to see everyone's location". Over time it just got worse and worse having to deal with all of the toxicity and having to pay extra money just to get new maps so you aren't playing through the same map using the same cheap tactics over and over again. I play games solely for the story, content and escapism from reality and multiplayer are certainly not my cup of tea.

[@MamoMark]

I remember when voice chat felt like a novelty, it was crazy to be able to talk to people in any multiplayer game but now it's irrelevant to most people. The advent of party chat was awesome, but I realized how people and myself included, eventually just formed small social groups and never went to public chat again. Being in public chat made you interact with people, even if you didn't really want to sometimes.

[@literallylaw]

It's interesting isn't it? The more technology advances the more it atomises us from our communities and from interaction with others.

[@Ghostpowder]

I always bring this same topic up when I talk about “Xbox live back in the day.” I remember back in Gears 1 where all the dead players were in their own chat lobby. You literally could have up to the rest of the round to talk to the other team. You couldn’t escape it because party chat wasn’t implemented yet. So much shit talking during that time in ranked and if someone was popping off in casuals you’d be talking about the crazy shit going down with the other team.

[@m_jay5]

@MamoMark The first things I do now when getting a new game is to turn off voice chat, hide text chat boxes, and turn off player usernames

[@chigwom7894]

Wish they had forced game chat still

[@ReidnReactn]

Idk even tho im always in a party and i switxh to vc i still hear ppl talking normally and talking shit in my snd lobbies

[@dylandaugherty2380]

This. I didn’t even know what I’ve been missing in multiplayer games, but it’s this. When I first got my PS3, it opened me to the world of online gaming. Eventually I moved into PS4. Gran Turismo 5&6, dirt rally, F1, Black ops 3, Battlfield 4 & 1. All had unlockables you just had to progress through the game to get. You *could* buy every car in GT6, but it just took some time. If you played enough with friends, you eventually get any car you want. We had a core group of like 30 people, with others hopping on occasionally. One night we had an entire team on the Battlefield 1 conquest lobby (32 people). Now look at GT7. I’ve stopped gaming. I don’t have time for the season passes grinds. I’d rather spend my time and money on real life. You can not possibly buy every car in GT7 before they turn off servers without micro-transactions.

[@literallylaw]

Yep, what was it something ridiculous like a decade to unlock every car without MTX in GT7?

[@R32GT-R_Takeshi]

​@@literallylaw it's possible, nearly there myself hahah. But yeah it aint for everyone, takes way too long

[@jayboogie1206]

You hit the nail on the head with this one. Been saying for a minute that the introduction of battle passes has been one of the worst things to happen in gaming

[@literallylaw]

Really has.

[@Thouxanbanquincy]

The worst part about the battle passes too is that most of them just contain filler junk to collect, I cant remember the last time I actually wanted to grind a battlepass

[@mrtoestie2707]

I also think the gaming community itself has aged up on average. I mean there is probably more kids playing games now than 10 years ago, but a higher percent of the active audience are adults. I believe this creates the generally more toxic culture in in-game lobbies. I don’t mean the mindless bs’ing of each other. I mean when people make shit personal, start to persist the issue outside of in-game, and in general just like rubbing their ego’s out on other humans.

[@literallylaw]

You might be right. Most people who seem utterly unhinged these days are grown ass adults who somehow act worse than children ever did when I was a child.

[@mikaela5938]

i wish we could all just be kids forever

[@Euro.Patriot]

Look st GTA V, full of egomaniacs who spend their doll money on shitty booters to kick you offline because you hurt their feelings by killing them more than you killed them.

[@hedge0]

The KZbin recommendation gods have played their role, and honestly I am baffled that this is the first video on your channel, or it seems like it at least. You managed to exactly quantify why I am struggling with multiplayer games these days, especially shooters. Please keep making videos, Id love to see more content, also your voice is very soothing nearly fell asleep and I mean it in a good way.

[@literallylaw]

I'm glad you stumbled upon my humble beginnings, make no mistake I plan to make many more videos to come. I feel like a lot of people I know share this feeling nowadays, this area of gaming has just completely lost its charm. Also, good to hear someone likes my voice, when you spend hours upon hours editing and hearing yourself over and over again, you do not feel that way about yourself. 😆

[@hedge0]

@@literallylaw Also, I almost forgot. Rock and Stone miner!

[@literallylaw]

@@hedge0 Rock and stone!

[@hedge0]

@@daegnaxqelil2733 I hate KZbinrs who shitpost negative content. This was a very well thought out opinion, with good arguments and wasn't overall negative. Just a thought on why they don't enjoy a certain type of game anymore. He didn't say all games are trash, furthermore even examples of good new games were provided.

[@literallylaw]

@@daegnaxqelil2733 If you don't like it, you can piss off. As stated in the video, my channel my thoughts, I post whatever I please. Bye bye :)

[@Quantum_Idealism]

I think skill algorithms have made games far more competitive. Before these algorithms, you'd play and sometimes you'd get stomped by players much better than you. Sometimes you you'd do the stomping. The gamble was part of the fun. Now you're always on the knifes edge where you have to be super focused and play meta or lose every time.

[@metro_heroup]

My worst problem when i played online fps games was playing against team of friends, players who playing all the time together. I was always asking myself: why i should play with random people against people who spend all games together as real team. Its hard to connect with randoms while other team always know how to work together. Thats a mess

[@literallylaw]

Yeah, lots of team games have this issue of matching you against obvious premade teams. It really sucks when you're getting stomped as a group of randoms and literally have no way to match a coordinated group of friends.

[@Magellan6276]

Which is why these games need to implement a "Lone wolf" mode for those of us that want only to play against other lone players

[@DamagePointSeeker]

you literally laid out every reason i absolutely hate modern day multiplayer.

[@literallylaw]

Really glad to see just how many people feel the same way I do nowadays.

[@tobythecat7439]

Man, this hit me hard. I have been a sucker for destiny 2 for a long time. Almost 500 dollars later and I have nothing to show for it. I stopped when the witch queen dlc released. I then recently picked up the dark souls series and man it changed my whole outlook on gaming. I now play games like terraria with a friend, binding of Isaac, and more Indies. This video is amazing dawg, your voice and the attitude really made this watch special one of a kind. This channel will 100% blow up.

[@literallylaw]

Bro, 100 feel you with Destiny. I wish I hadn't wasted so much time and cash on it in hindsight. I've always loved single-player, but with the state of pvp games lately I find myself going hard-core back to only really playing them. Binding of Isaac is also one of my fav indies, I even used an ost from it in the vid :)

[@Cbb3225]

I also got stuck in a never ending 5-minute rinse and repeat online competitive hell hole. Decided to give Elden Ring a try and it was so refreshing. A game with story, at your own pace, optional co-op/pvp, and had an actual ending that left me feeling fulfilled. 5-minute matches may seem short, but they’re designed to trap you in the game. I thought 5-minute matches were perfect for a busy schedule, but i was fooling myself

[@Auuuughhhhh]

@@Cbb3225I’m not sure if I have an issue but I really didn’t like elden ring

[@vain.a2]

@@Auuuughhhhh play bloodborne

[@MattyIcecubes]

I'm so glad this obsession with multiplayer gaming has cooled off some. It's not like it was 10 years ago when developers were scared that any game released without multiplayer support would sell poorly. Now we're to the point where most games are either single player or multiplayer; not much mixing of the two anymore.

[@TheRageLivesOn]

from about 2010-2021, about 85% of all of my gaming sessions were some sort of multiplayer FPS game with my friends, and towards those latter years i genuinely hated being online and always questioned why i was even playing video games. towards the end of 2021, i got a PS5 with Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart and got the platinum trophy on it eventually one random day last year and that platinum popup made me go “maybe i should get more of these”. so now as of writing this, i have 41 platinum trophies with 40 of them being earned this year and i plan on getting plenty more

[@ScorpGamma]

Literally how i started out in 2011 always played multiplayer games with friends and now in 2020 for me I definitely moved away from caring about multiplayer games.

[@SamuraiShooter]

You're not the only one feeling this way...doing all of these battle passes and all while working a full time job can be mentally exhausting, I recently started to feel that way about CoD/DMZ. Great video!

[@literallylaw]

Yeah, they're so obviously designed to waste time and leave none for other games or places you might spend money.

[@Sandkasten36]

Is started grinding DMZ but stopped after the first reset. It were the same old boring quests all over again. Who tf enjoys exfilling 50 toothpastes? And without the quests - DMZ is boring af. And after a few weeks DMZ is just sweaty Warzone. Everyone rushing the spawns. It had great potential. But it lost me a while ago.

[@SchweetCookie]

as i'm falling out of love with overwatch, this hits 😢

[@literallylaw]

Trust me, I'm in the same spot. I wish I could still enjoy it the way I did back during the Beta and early days.

[@momomai7761]

i miss overwatch 1 : - ;

[@SchweetCookie]

@@literallylaw I wish for this, too. Beta was promising.

[@CruxisAngel954]

Overwatch 1 was the last bastion of a different time in multiplayer gaming. OW2 just isn’t the same and after 1000 hours I’m on the verge of quitting it too. Can’t tolerate more than 2 matches before logging off.

[@gustavonovis5980]

Tbh in 2020 during the pandemic i used to watch a lot of videos talking about the meta and trying to rank up by any means necessery but when i actually ranked up i started caring less about the meta and trying other heroes that some could call useless and hating what i used to be in a matter of 1 year In your video i could easily relate to a lot of points he was using ow as an example

[@emanmodnar2]

One thing i liked about TF2 for the short period I played it, was that if you were carrying a team for a long period, the game would switch you to the other side to balance out the power creep of good, skilled players mixing in with the average rabble. I havnt seen any other PVP game do that since. A recent discussion with a friend who was obsessed with RTS games, became obsessed with PlateUp, surprising all of us. His reasoning turned out to be the fact that the game rewarded you for losing, and made the next attempt at the game a little easier. It was a completely different game than he was used to but the little rewards for participation instead of only meeting the final goal got him really in to it.

[@literallylaw]

TF2 was way ahead of its time in a lot of ways. There's a reason some people are still die hard about it to this day.

[@ellagage1256]

This is honestly one of the best videos I've seen on the state of modern multiplayer games. I really miss that earlier era of "Couch Multiplayer" I grew up on and it sucks some players might never experience something like that

[@literallylaw]

I'm glad you resonated with it :) I do agree that it's tragic most people will never know what couch Multiplayer was like, ten times more fun than this toxic hellscape online. If you liked this vid, you might like my one on franchises too

[@NovemberHotel]

I’ve never agreed more with a video than this one. Multiplayer games used to occupy every moment of my gaming time. But over the last 3 years I’ve gone back to playing mostly single player games and only occasionally playing multiplayer. Gotta say, you nailed it on the head with this one. Easiest sub of my life! Can’t wait to see your co-op video!

[@literallylaw]

Thanks so much! The co-op video will materialise don't you worry, but today I'm going to be uploading something of a passion project that I've been working on for quite a bit. So look forward to that! :)

[@GodOfWarConnoisseur]

Being a gamer and only playing multiplayer is like robbing yourself. Isn't it so much better? I am the same way. Used to play apex all day every day for a year straight until I played the entire Uncharted Series, the entire Metro series, the entire Shadow Warrior series, the entire God of War series, Prey, Dead Space Remake, and Need for speed Unbound in just 2 years.

[@knellhurst]

I largely stopped playing competitive games many years ago. All the games I play now are cooperative, or have the ability to completely avoid PvP. I'm reminded why I stopped playing competitive games every time I hop into a chat with the boys and hear them complaining about Apex / Overwatch. Talking trash about teammates, saying the game sucks or the devs suck, enemy has no skill or isn't playing honorably... all the classic lines. Those, and the two of them yelling at each other. Maybe that's how they bond now, lol, but that ain't for me. Plus, the only competitive game I truly enjoyed was Halo 3. Man. Those were the days. The sense of community I used to have while playing that game... the levity... i miss it. That and long Forge mode sessions, sometimes even with friends.

[@literallylaw]

Halo 3 was the peak of my PvP experience as well. Never have I made more friends and had more fun than those golden years.

[@freakdavid4085]

thats becouse everyone now a days blames EVERYTHING but them self for losing. its gotten to the point where its totaly normal to blame your own team for losing and flaiming in the chat. Which is so sad if you think about it, players turning on there OWN TEAM is TOTALY NORMAL in gaming.... like wtf. if you didnt play like a god/Perfekt than focus on yourself and getting better before you blame YOUR TEAM.

[@knellhurst]

@@freakdavid4085 Exactly. Honestly, the mentality of deflecting blame is a problem in a lot of other areas of life, too. I'm guilty of it as well, gamer rage and all, and I've been trying to get that stuff out of me. It's so childish and embarrassing ...

[@freakdavid4085]

@@knellhurst Im gone make a Video about this (on my main channel this is my privat acc) where i talk about the gamer copingmechanism but its gone be in german :D

[@softarmor111]

I couldn’t agree more with what you are saying. I’v been playing competitive online games for more than a decade and the experience is just getting worse and worse. Those games are toxic on so many levels and you almost end up forgetting that you can have fun in those games. Lately I’v been playing solo adventure games or silly co-op games with my friends and it is 10 times more enjoyable.

[@literallylaw]

Bro, one hundred percent where I'm at RN

[@HeWhoSitsOnFences]

This video was awesome and perfectly expresses what I struggle to explain to my friends who still play many of these games. Wish you the best and I’d love to see more of your takes on culture and trends in gaming or even individual takes on games.

[@literallylaw]

Hey, there's a few more good videos on the channel just about gaming and some of the more prevalent trends in the industry. Give those a watch and stick around. Games will always be one of my go to hobbies, so you can be sure there'll also be more to come in future. Along with whatever other weird crap I'm into.

[@honkers112]

Couldn't agree more with literally everything you said. It all ended for me with the release of overwatch 2, when they announced it was going f2p I was like "please no... not again". I launched the game, and there it was, once again, fucking season pass, fucking rotating shop, fucking paying for everything. I played for a few good hours still with friends, but after a while, after a while of playing the game and not getting anything out of it, like I used to in OW 1, I was like "i'm done, i'm tired, I don't want this anymore" and unninstaled the game for good, and I don't plan on playing it ever again, overwatch used to be one of my favourite games and I have some of my best memories with it, but it died, I accept that, I don't want to play this scuffed version of overwatch, it's dead to me, so i'll move on. I now refuse to play any online f2p game, cause I know what im getting into, in every single fucking one. So I went back to playing roguelikes and singleplayer, but then... then I found it, I found Deep Rock Galactic, the one game that says "modern gaming can still be enjoyable" as long as developers do one simple thing, ACTUALLY CARING, and not being complete greedy bastards. Yes man I get it you've gotta make your money, but this is too much for me i'm sorry. Deep Rock is the absolute saint of gaming right now and deserves all the attention it's getting. Anyways, I look forward to future videos from you, +1 sub.

[@literallylaw]

A beautifully written rage filled sentiment I can completely get behind by someone who's user is "Honkers". See, getting to see people express themselves LIKE THIS on the subject is the whole reason I made this channel. Hope my future videos manage to entertain to the same degree and hope to see you out there mining some of that rock and stone fellow miner ;]

[@jose131991]

ROCK AND STONE!

[@crowquet56]

I'm starting to give up on overwatch 2, I genuinely think I'm going to delete it within the week because it's obvious that the developers are incompetent and greedy. I'm sick of games where the developers constantly avoid doing the work they need to do to make the game actually fun.

[@corpsestarch8869]

FOR KAAAAAARL!

[@apollyon9946]

COD has a F2P system that costs $70 to buy into. It's absolutely horrendous.

[@justyouraveragem4a136]

PVE games have just become more fun for me aside from a select few PVP, as not only can I feel like I can branch out with different playstyles and gear without getting stomped into the ground, but it’s nice when you can actually play with other people without so much animosity between people just because they are ticking each other off from different methods of doing things. Plus it’s nice when someone is the last one in something like a wave based survival and everyone is cheering the dude on to keep surviving.

[@literallylaw]

Cooperation is the way.

[@blakenelson4158]

avoid top raid content. its just if not more toxic (unless its with people you know)

[@noureldin6388]

Can you tell me a game like that?

[@denimschaffer9439]

@@noureldin6388the only one I could think of is Destiny raid groups but so far pve games are actually very chill for the most part

[@cerealmama3879]

​​​@@noureldin6388Warframe its another good recomendation, everything is usefull in most of the cases and you can always found a good or a funny build, even one of the starter character is the best for one of the endgame content. In resume, the power fantasy, the good gameplay and the comunity (propably you can ask help and someone will be very grateful to help you) keep the game alive.

[@Kiamyin]

This is actually how i have been feeling for a long time with multiplayer games and i am glad KZbin recommended me something good for once, i grew up on Black Ops 1 and 2 back in the day and i remember lobbies being full of different kinds of loadouts and playstyles, you had people rocking the LMGs, someone running around with the shotgun and the psychopath running around with the ballistic knives and it was just really fun seeing all kinds of different playstyles. Then i remembered getting MW2019 when it first came out and seeing that you couldn't compete with any loadout unless you were running around with a stockless gun that gave you the ADS time of the flash. It's just that every new multiplayer pvp game just turns me away because every time it's as if i don't conform to the meta i'm going to die every 6 seconds. I suppose the upside was that i was able to play a bunch of games that were on my bucket list a while back such as System Shock 2, Deus Ex and the original F.E.A.R. and holy hell those were such good games to play, and i still boot them up time to time along with some Co-op games because at least they don't ask of me to dedicate my life to the game just to get a morsel of fun out of it if the stars align correctly.

[@literallylaw]

All three of those are absolute classics. :)

[@DrMurdercock]

I remember a time in games when you saw someone with fancy skins/clothes/guns it meant they were a BEAST and would usually shit on you. Now it means, Lil Timmy got moms debit card again.

[@GreenWolf2k]

Can I ask why game developers have gone and destroyed post game lobbies or lobbies in general? Some of my best memories in multiplayer games were the friendly or shit show conversations that happened in post game lobbies. I've moved more into playing single player games than multiplayer. I do enjoy playing with my friends but the huge changes in multiplayer games have just changed my taste in games. Though there are still a few Co-op games I love playing with them like Payday 2, L4D2, the zombie Sniper Elite games, and some others.

[@literallylaw]

It is a massive shame isn't it? Without Halo 3 post match lobbies I likely wouldn't have made some of my best online friends. It feels like just another part of this forced movement from publishers and devs away from social party games and towards the matchmade skill based formula. They NEED to break up lobbies because the system post every match decides that everyone in that team usually is of a different skill level and should no longer play together.

[@cremdilly7176]

Because you're not allowed any opportunity to say something mean to someone. It's a consequence of women taking over the industry.

[@Juunniorrr]

I was speechless when you mentioned the matchmaking because it genuinely happens every god damn time! Game's matchmaking seems to be made to simply punish you for winning to much and then put you with people who seem knew to the game. Thanks for pointing this out, maybe this was what I needed to finally realize that I should just stop playing some multiplayer games altogether.

[@literallylaw]

It's simply too aggressive and it feels the same in so many games I have trouble thinking of any where you don't feel punished for just being above average. Every match is a stomp on one side or the other and it's so utterly boring. I'm just glad this video has shown me how many other people agree and also see these blatant issues.

[@LegateSprinkles]

@@literallylaw if your argument is that its a stomp on one side or the other...that either means the skill based matchmaking isnt working and not doing what you are complaining about or not even there? If sbmm is working it "should" be putting together a lobby of similar skilled players or their skill averages out between the teams. The concept of SBMM isnt a problem. CoD gets a lot of flakk but some have pointed out its less of a SBMM where its based on skill but based on getting another game. To make volatile highs and lows to make you feel good one game, simmer you down and then give you another high.

[@hippiesmasher99]

You were able to articulate how I’ve felt about online games now a days compared to how it felt to be in the “gold age” on online games. Great video

[@literallylaw]

Glad to hear it. Hopefully you stick around :)

[@A90sChick]

This video resonated with me so deeply, the content, the music bringing me nostalgic memories, thanks man….I really needed this video. It’s sad what gaming has become. Miss the simple times so much :(

[@literallylaw]

Glad it resonated, even if it just makes you miss the good over all the bad. That's sorta how I feel all the time these days 😭

[@A90sChick]

@@literallylaw Bruh felt 😔😭

[@RickyUltra]

Honestly you hit the nail right on the head when it comes to battle passes. I hate them because I don't have time to get on and grind. I have to balance work, social life, and other responsibilities. Not only that but when I play games in general nowadays I just feel like I could be doing other things at that moment. They say time you enjoy wasting isnt time wasted. But if I'm not enjoying my time playing video games, then I'm wasting my time.

[@literallylaw]

100%. These systems are designed for no lifers and whales. The common person is factored in as, well if they care enough they'll become a whale and pay to skip the season pass and buy everything outright.

[@RickyUltra]

@@literallylaw Exactly dude, Fomo is powerful. Either you sit there all day and grind for the new "content" or you just throw more money at these companies.

[@Minutewave]

I smell this channel is gonna grow larger, this content is so fucking good bro you deserve the blow up

[@literallylaw]

Thanks man, I'm trying my hardest to keep putting together quality videos in the free time I can find. So fingers crossed for the future :)

[@fivetwoeighty7012]

On the subject of meta, I’ve found that good roguelites constantly shatter conceptions of “good” meta. Like yeah, there may be a core set of consistently effective strategies, but sometimes, sheer rng will force you into unique (and often incredibly fun) synergistic spaces.

[@literallylaw]

Love rogue likes. Risk of Rain 2 and Binding of Isaac might be two of my fav games ever.

[@fivetwoeighty7012]

@@literallylaw I’m a sucker for card games, so slay the spire and monster train are my current obsessions

[@krazyxp2329]

This video should have over 10 million views EVERYBODY needs to hear this. Watched it like 10 times now. I couldn’t have said anything better myself

[@literallylaw]

If you want more of this kind of thing, share it. I refuse to have any socials cause I'm a massive hipster, so I can't self promote :)

[@ExplodingImplosion]

🤓KZbin is social media though

[@literallylaw]

@@ExplodingImplosion I don't know man, makes me a ton less miserable than conventional social media ever has. That alone should be enough to differentiate it 😜

[@technicalbacon]

love to see some love for titanfall 2 :)

[@literallylaw]

@@technicalbacon one of the greatest first person shooters of our age. It got done dirty by the timing EA decided to release it.

[@elios7623]

yeah it's the same for me, been playing league of legends for a long time, about 10 years but finally dropped it when the last fun gamemode (aram) got infested with dumbasses, or like.... more than normally hey also what song is this? at about 25:00

[@lnsani1y]

I'm no psychology expert or anything, but I think there are multiple reasons for people being more toxic, for one, I think older generations raised us to well behave and be nice to people, one glance at what the youth nowadays are and you would know what I mean, for example, if you behave quite well and get good grades, your parents will reward you with that one game you always wanted, nowadays most people buy multiple games to not deal with their kids, another thing if you behave badly or swear or anything you would actually be punished and not be able to play for a while, which sucked so you would try to avoid it, also you would have a limited time to play per day or even per week, because your parents cared about you and your wellbeing. You could argue also that the stress we get from work is usually translated to anger in video games, you really don't want to see a cheater or a troll after your 9 hour job. One last reason because I feel this is important, you have to keep up with gaming or your knowledge will become obsolete, and here is the real reason, people aren't welcoming and forgiving as before, you are crap at this new video game you just played? "you are literally dogwater" instead of the things I used to hear like "oh you will get better with time" or I even used to hear stuff like "you are good for someone who just joined the game" even though I was utter trash. Side note: streamers cursing and shouting and promoting, intentionally or not, toxic behaviour do contribute to this as well, take old tyler1 for example.

[@literallylaw]

Good read, interesting thoughts.

[@mileskile9520]

I think it’s just that gaming has become more mainstream and a lot of people are bad, punishment still exists for kids, most of the time kids aren’t the ones trash talking. Of course there’s those few kids who suck, but that’s not the majority of trash talkers

[@CurtisPutnam]

Last night I played some overwatch to try to relax just to be told to kill myself 4 times in the first 20 minutes. Just makes me feel like ive outgrown multiplayer games.

[@susanna8612]

​​​​​@@mileskile9520kids will become trash takers too eventually when they constantly hear grown ass men trash talking to them and to each others In multiplaying games. Kids start to think this is normal adult's behavior. I really wish parents would not just put headphones on child's ears to avoid disturbing themselves with gaming noises but would actually stop to listen whats been communicated In online games or in internet over all. Im pretty sure most parents would be shocked and not let the kids join those game session anymore. Especially young girls has to listen some un imaginable humiliation and trash talk In online gaming communities always. As an adult female gamer I stopped using voice chat long ago even if I could not really care about some small soul's trash talk, I take nothing personally and only feel sorry for them But when Im gaming I want to enjoy my time not listen some idiots who has failed In their personal lives and are now putting their frustration and toxicism on others.

[@Spongebobber463]

Dude that is exactly right it makes so much sense

[@farazpoursorkh247]

It’s so damn true breaks my heart that i don’t have the joy for multiplayer games anymore, whenever i pickup a long not played multiplayer game to play like overwatch 2 or … i don’t feel like enjoying it but forcing my self to win and be stressed out in the game, constantly complaining or shouting to my friends. Still i would love to play single players like RE4 remake or Dead space , cyberpunk etc but that’s another story. The love and joy for games like bo1 or mw2 etc is either dead or much less than it was before.

[@literallylaw]

I feel the exact same. I wish this genre was still capable of being a joyous time.

[@AlexanderDuncann]

Absolutely spot on assessment. We saw within a few decades, the innocent and genuine joy of gaming; Transform into yet another "industry". They took the golden goose and strapped it to an auto-egg-extractor. The constant online, time sapping, loot box, daily log in rewards, grind, rinse and repeat tactics of multiplayer games are what makes me keep my PS2 collection. But take heart; When you get up and walk away from the constant muse of multiplayer games, go invest yourself in bettering a skill or studying something deeply. Doing things for others, living a fulfilling life and loving others better, and you will soon realize that the muse of multiplayer games goes quite silent and you realize how tiny and insignificant it is compared to real living.

[@literallylaw]

Oh don't worry, I'm bettering a skill right now, first by making this video to shit on current MP games. Taught myself editing from scratch for this project :)

[@gentianp7383]

Damn I just played this video in the background and it ended up being a really enjoyable watch. It felt real like someone out there just voicing all these emotions I’ve felt about these games but couldn’t find the words for. Good work man keep it up 👏

[@literallylaw]

Thank you! Hope to make many more to come :)

[@icantread1058]

16:50 i think the problem is people are stressed from FOMO. I find myself getting angrier than normal when someone kills me as im just trying to do challenges. It tilts me so hard i end up quitting soon after, but i imagine someone a bit more hard headed would blame everyone else and project that anger onto them.

[@literallylaw]

Yeah, FOMO absolutely enables this mind set.

[@kekwig]

Damn bro top tier quality video my g You where able to describe the feelings I had towards mp games that I couldn't understand why my enjoyment was slowly receding. Picked up the re2 remake Wich I would have never done before and I enjoyed the heck out of it. Developers putting real work into something, hiding easter eggs and surprising the player when least expected.

[@literallylaw]

Love to hear it bro. Hope you have many more good SP experiences to come.

[@windmonkey95]

The vast majority of my time used to be spent playing multiplayer games almost exclusively, now I don't even THINK about touching any of the multiplayer games I have (unless it's co-op), and I CERTAINLY don't entertain the idea of actually paying even a penny for a new multiplayer game, if it's multiplayer and came out in the last 5 years, you can be 100% certain it is, at best, mediocre, but more than likely completely unplayable/mind numbingly boring garbage that's more concerned about pan handling on the main menu than making sure you have fun in the actual game.

[@literallylaw]

Completely with you on that entire journey.

[@pinkaxol8015]

I'm fully guilty of the fear of missing out and grinding in a game to complete a pass. I understand your point and yes it is scummy that games implement this.

[@literallylaw]

They play on all the things in our psychology that makes us tick.

[@BigGreen945]

The last multiplayer game I tried to get into was Halo Infinite and I realized that what killed Halos spirit was the heavy monetization. The older games like 3 and Reach had you earn the cool sets of armor while this game has everything monetized and locked behind paywalls. Many games have followed this trend and this is a major factor in what has killed multiplayer games for me.

[@literallylaw]

So much yes.

[@Jackerler20001]

There has become a point in time where I just can’t casually play mp games anymore, and that when I don’t care about cosmetics anymore. The only time I hop on games like OW2 is if I have a squad of friends to play, but can never play with randoms anymore, it’s infuriating and unfun. Cosmetics is mp focused game I don’t care anymore also, before i did because it felt satisfying to finally get a cosmetics you put your effort and time into. It was also cool to see other people wearing cosmetics that you know that they put a lot of effort getting. But nowadays if I see someone with cosmetics, it’s not as cool as it was before, I just think “oh okay, so little Timmy just used his mama’s credit card to get those”. It’s not uncommon to see me rocking the defaults skins because idgaf anymore about them and am not gonna spend money for shitty, overpriced cosmetics. I’ve noticed I’ve been mostly putting my time into single-player only games/modes, which I can tell I have more fun over mp games.

[@literallylaw]

Smart man

[@AverageYoutubeViewer123]

I blame the sweaty KZbinrs, they made a whole new generation of arrogant players

[@iamjoeysox]

I can’t begin to say how much you hit the nail right on the head with this video. I miss the old days and I’m finding it hard to teach my son that games should be fun and meta/winning, etc isn’t all that matters, but in todays world and the popular streamers, KZbinrs and esports culture are pushing kids towards these negative outlooks on gaming. I remember being a kid and having a counter strike clan and all kinds of online friends, events and just generally a much different environment than todays toxic discord and other lobbies. Then you’ll sometimes get an even worse solution as the devs try to fix the issue and end up with no voice chat, etc or an extremely controlled and limited social environment… I also noticed the days of couch co-op are dead. It’s so frustrating trying to find games my son and I can sit on the couch and play together. The closet you can seem to get is buying 2 entire setups with copies of each ga,e and any dlc they might have, etc and for many peoples that’s just not an option.

[@literallylaw]

The couch co-op thing hits so hard. I loved playing stuff whenever my friends would come over and we'd drink, chill out on the couch and just go through the Halo campaigns or anything with split screen. And now there's literally nothing for us to play except sports games or fighting games.

[@DLTA64]

i'm glad this popped up in my recommendations you perfectly described my exact feelings of not being able to get hooked on multiplayer games anymore

[@literallylaw]

Glad it resonated man

[@TEMPGZ]

I absolutely love everything about this video. Glad to see that this feeling is shared amongst so many others and it's not just me "getting too old for gaming", which I always thought was complete bs. I miss gaming but I find myself trying my hardest to hype myself up into playing anything at all for these past years. The gaming scene has been completely dreadful for so long already that I find it so hard to find any type of amusement out of just about any game at all, unless I have a good pre-made group of friends to go into it, which also sucks because of the aspect mentioned in the video where the social aspect of gaming is pretty much dead at this point, overrun by tryhards, cryhards and these "too cool to care while simultaneously playing like their mother's lives depend on the outcome of the game" types lol. I've always been a die-hard multiplayer gamer 🤓if you want to call it that, but nowadays it's just painful to boot up anything at all... generally speaking, singleplayer games lack the challenging aspect and co-op games require you to have a good group to play with, which I, for the most part, don't. 💀Amazing video tho, I'm very happy that this topic is being brought up more and more, I doubt that it'll make any drastic changes anytime soon but I hope that in a few years or so, people go back to making games focused on fun to be had, and not this whole "competitive" team-based bullshit that we see on just about any recent games.

[@literallylaw]

Even tho this was my first video, I'm still happy every single time someone comments and finds that it resonated with how they're feeling. I made it with the same mindset, I thought nobody else really felt this way.

[@tubularcandy812]

I quit multiplayer because everyone sweats like crazy. On the ps3 everyone played for fun. But I just switched ro single player games. They are so good and are way more relaxing than online sweat where it feels like work.

[@literallylaw]

Singleplayer and co-op are the only types of games that I still bother with at this point.

[@meatmanmagoo]

The point I relate to the most has to be toxic chat segment, on CoD MW3 I filled my friends list on Xbox with randoms I enjoyed playing with. I play the new MW2 and get called every slur in the book. I know there are people who go "the good ol days" but when it bleeds into people just screaming at any noise in the lobby, it becomes less of the good ol days and just another reason to have everyone muted,

[@literallylaw]

Honestly, it never felt like bad toxic in the old day lobbies. It was usually a bunch of kids screaming about each others mums. Nowadays you've got just scum, like death threats, slurs on top of slurs. It's pathetic. I miss being able to make actual friends with randoms.

[@chigwom7894]

Voice chat was the best part, all these games are trying to take away game chat. People just can’t handle being called words over a video game, it’s sad. Games will never be how they were

[@DiabolicalYounglingslayer]

@@chigwom7894 "People just can’t handle being called words over a video game" Grow up.

[@chigwom7894]

@@DiabolicalYounglingslayer okay buddy 💀??

[@Patrick-lf5xi]

Love that you’re still commenting and engaging with the community (just a few hours ago) on this video. Well done video with valid points I’ve been feeling all too familiar with the last few years. You earned my sub!

[@literallylaw]

Hey, might be working full time now, but all that means is my videos will come out slower. I always wanna stay in touch with the viewers and people who make the effort to communicate with me. At least as much as I can with the limited time. :) Welcome on board.

[@benverderniks3185]

One thing i find kinda funny honestly is that the Strict SBMM games have now makes the Sweat issue way bigger than it actually is. Competitive mindsets in games isn't something that suddenly appeared like 2-3 years ago. Its been a thing for way longer. The reason it feels so sweaty in Games like CoD now is because of the SBMM. Any time i jump on a CoD like BO4 or WW2 i have way more fun because i can actually sit back and enjoy. Yeah because those games aren't in their prime anymore you'll encounter better players more often but when you encounter them in those games it actually doesn't feel frustrating to play against them because you don't play against them every match. Competition actually doesn't feel punishing there and i instead actually feel encouraged to try my best when a so called Sweat is in the lobby. I don't have that feeling in MWII. I don't think ''wow a good player, I'll try my best this game'' i think ''another sweat lord that has been matched against me because the Matchmaking System deems its my turn to suffer, next game i'll probably be put against a disabled kid that has no chance of winning against me because i got destroyed last game.'' which is also why winning or losing has lost all meaning. I don't feel accomplished for winning, i feel annoyed because that means i'll be matched with a kid that's playing like he's trying to save his kidnapped family. SBMM also makes you want to run META because of the nature of SBMM. You can't afford to use the less viable gun when Strict SBMM is in effect. The only thing in MWII i enjoy besides the occasional Resurgence match or DMZ is Ranked because there my effort is not punished. I'm not punished for being good at the game there.

[@literallylaw]

100%. Which is why I think SBMM as a system is crap. The fact most games have it so that it ping pongs you like this between extremes, and completely does invalidate the feeling of winning out of merit just ruins games.

[@Devious.official]

I do find it incredible how anyone can be excited for a battlepass when every single person who completes it will have all of the same cosmetics

[@literallylaw]

Right? Everyone every single one of those seasons always looks the fucking same. Because they all want the new thing they just unlocked.

[@Devious.official]

@@literallylaw Exactly, and not to mention how everyone who completes it is going to have all of the same cosmetics

[@tubester358]

I asked myself the same thing about the absurd amount of toxicity in MP games even when the devs go out of their way to try and make the game feel less serious and more fun/goofy, and I think a part of it is social media and people that grew up largely around that. It's very easy for people's mistakes to be singled out and highlighted for everyone to see nowadays, and there's a fear of that, especially when in these team-oriented games there's seemingly always a primary person to blame for the ultimate failure of the team even if multiple players made multiple mistakes, and as a comp player you're expected to just be able to deal with being flamed and use it to fuel yourself because for some people it does work that way (maybe even for the people flaming you but certainly not for everyone). Another thing is as mentioned, the primary rewards you get without paying money for the game is ranks, stats and clips to share, so you'd be annoyed at team mates that have supposedly robbed you of those. Social media has also been seen to attract egotistical people and as games are more prevalent in that space so more egotistical people will be drawn to popular games which are also easy to make content from (people are there to see the game even if there's nothing interesting about you yet). All in all, I believe most of these kinds of issues are design issues and devs can choose what behaviour they want to incentivize in their games, and it's pretty clear where their priorities lie. It's sad coz the art teams also do a fantastic job and only get better over time, but everything else is booged down by business decisions. * About data, the problem is how much they ignore user feedback compared to it, but they do acknowledge some nuances around it, like they also know how popular a hero is and their win rate per map, and on hero mirrors vs non-mirrors, the data isn't useful unless it's that rich. The main issue is how they'll interpret it after, or what their agenda is. E.g. They're afraid of nerfing or changing Mercy too much coz she's the most popular hero.

[@literallylaw]

100% agree with you on it being a tragedy that devs pretty much prioritise this. And also, that yes, the artists do amazing jobs, even with OW for example, where the character designs world and everything else are so iconic, but they're trapped in a game most people just hate now. Blizzards devs are also just inept at balancing, they always have been since basic old WoW days, so it's really not surprising that they still fail to interpret data well or in a way that's conducive to real improvement in the state of the game.

[@girth_goblin]

I’m so glad you mentioned halo mcc. It’s still such a great game, makes me nostalgic for the old days

[@literallylaw]

The original trilogy will always be some of my favourite time spent gaming in my life.

[@KiteoHatto]

Destiny2 broke me from fomo. It was getting to a point where i didn't have time to keep grinding because i was so burnt out and wanted to play something else. After missing a season, even though it felt bad, i think i got over it. Now i just don't attach myself to cosmetic items anymore in other games. As i got older i felt like i got worse and worse pvp anxiety, so now i just play coop survival games with 2 friends or solo storyline games. I can't even get immersed into mmos anymore, they all feel like different flavour of second jobs.

[@josue1996jc]

i REAAAALLLYYYY felt you with that "balance characters" part. i LOVED playing azir in LOL since his realease, hell even all my nicks in video games are "shurimain" because of shurima. it had all i wanted from a champion, range, mobility and a REALLLT high skillcap that i really inverted a LOT of time in, and 2 months later when i was just getting the grasp of what i can do whith the champ, they neerfed it by removing half of his kit because in pro play, he can do more damage than any other champion IF everyone focus on protecting him . . . . yeah . . . soooo . . . because of pro play i cent really have fun with the shit i like to play anymore

[@literallylaw]

Literally. When the 1% of pro players cry about shit, it doesn't matter how much less fun the change will be for the 99% of the actual player base.

[@AstonN7v]

Dude you hit the nail on the head! When I was younger I loved playing online, now it's mostly monster hunter and other coop games for me. It's good to know that others share the same sentiments I do about multiplyer games!

[@literallylaw]

I'm likely going to feature some MHW footage in the co-op video actually. Great series :)

[@m_jay5]

The first things I do on a multiplayer game now is turn off voice chat, disable text chat boxes, and turn off in game usernames = FREEDOM

[@literallylaw]

Smart

[@creeperboi6478]

I don’t remember buying any modern multiplayer games besides Cod black ops 3, I’ve mainly put my mind on local multiplayer games because those always seem better to me

[@literallylaw]

Local multiplayer is always the best, the issue is simply most people don't live near their friends, especially once they're adults.

[@joshfromsmosh3352d]

​​@@literallylawthat's why IMO online local style or online coop games are great. Games using steam's networking solution, no port forwards, no bs. Me and another friend are currently playing through borderlands 2 with all its side missions. Coop is soooo seamless its not funny

[@peters.9463]

I have experienced the same as I grew up with the early beginnings of the internet and I played my first online RPG game (Ultima Online) in about 1998. Of course I played CS (not the GO one), UT, UT2003, Battlefield 1942, etc. In the beginning you had trolls too, but in general the people were OK and nice to each other. Today I don't even have to play 5 minutes in BF V to see the first insult in the chat. In my opinion it is not only the thing that everyone wants to be an e-sport gamer, but its the frustration the games generate today! You know everyone wants to get the little extras from the battlepass as fast as possible, so in fact everyone is anoyed and even pissed to grind it. So you login and try to fulfill the next step of your pass, whatever, and you get shot down every time because you must fulfill this f****** assignment where you have to knife or kill somebody with a flamer on a map made intentionally for snipers! It don't even make you angry about the players from the other team but even teammates! Finally you get into melee range to some opponent and you are ready to knife him / roast him and then your teammate just shot him with his shotgun!!!! Because he has already the next assignment to grind which states "use your shotgun"!!!!! It is sooooooo anoying to play those games I loved in the past today! It would really be funny to play those games today too, if all this season pass, lootbox, whatever mechanics would not exist. Then you just would play the game because its fun and not for some stupid grind and many of the players would play their roles on the battlefield as it is intended from the gameplay mechanics.

[@literallylaw]

Honestly, agree with this so much. That's a big issue now, it's that players are even incentivised to play more toxic and less for fun by the very way assignments and crap like that are designed.

[@slaven18]

Same as you, started with Q2 and original CS 1.0, then UT, UT2003. I liked it mostly not online but in LAN in game rooms ( dont know exact word in english, basicly place with 8-10 computers connected in lan, you pay by hour and you play either single player or you can play with others in lan). There was always fun and banter but it never went to toxic cause if you were asshole to someone three seats down, well, it could turn ugly fast. We also played lots of original Starcraft, Warcraft 2 and best multyplayer game ever, Heroes 3. Online world in 56k modem era was fun, most players didn't have microphone so it was less of toxic shit talk. Later, i played Combat Arms for few years and that game was reasonably good, you could be competitive without spending money, but you could spend money and buy some op gear that made up for lack of skill. I want even mention WoW, that game was kinda fun and good if you had good guild, but pvp was not that fun. These days, as someone in mid 30s, i dont have time to "git gud" and i don't want shell out real money on ingame shit. So i play mostly story driven games , RPGs mostly. FPS, as much as i love them, especially online multiplayer ones, are not for me. It's either invest bunch of money or bunch of time or both. I miss old games like Q3 arena, with simple mechanics, fast paced action, no special skills items or unlocks. Learn weapons, learn map and shoot at each other.

[@brentwillems1316]

I feel like what you said about every game wanting an e-sports scene rings very true. People seem to be more focused on competition than actually enjoying the game. I also feel that people nowadays are a lot more aware of their online anonymity and abuse that fact by being horrible to others in game. I can image that when voicechat first became a thing lots of people were a lot more carefull (totally speculating that btw) And does anyone know the song that plays at the end of the video? I feel like I know it, but I can't put my finger on it

[@literallylaw]

If you mean the credits song it's Respite from the Binding of Isaac soundtrack. If the previous one, then it's Falling Into Dream from Far Cry 3. Don't quote me on this it has been a while since I edited this 😂

[@maxkaltenhauser9282]

I agree with all your points and that is someone who played competitive CS for a long time. The difference back then was that there was always a clear difference between "sweaty tryharding" and having fun for me. If I wanted to Tryhard and compete I would go on IRC, ESEA, ESL, FaceIt or similar sites to it and there were only people there that looked for the same kind of competitive gameplay. Generally also not that toxic and you would recognize the people and form teams or friendships out of that. Going on community servers or casual matchmaking was just for shits and giggles, a nice round to lay back and relax. I still remember the times when me and a friend joined a casual after work server run by a few older people and I got banned for "aimbotting" because I just wrecked everyone. Good times. But that doesnt happen anymore, it has become almost impossible to have fun playing with friends who are bad because everything is so damn serious. Despite having been a competitive player I spent countless nights on surfing servers, hide and seek or just regular casual servers. For me CoD4 Promod was also an amazing experience, a lot of good players but ultimately just a server where you can pop in and without tactics or caring about winning you just play a few intense rounds of CoD and you can go at any time. I dont always want to commit to an hour of gaming, or turn off my music to hear footsteps. Hell I dont want to be stressed by people yelling about ranks, why cant I just get a community server with good players that are all there to have fun and enjoy the game? Maybe I need to reinstall CoD4 and see if there are still Promod servers, for me they were the best of both worlds.

[@literallylaw]

Exactly, this might not have been as big of an issue when there was somewhere to go for either kind of player. But now, there are no walls, there is no difference. Every match is sweat. Every lobby is the same. Fun is bad cause fuck us I guess.

[@technounionrepresentative4274]

I'm tired of being called poor just because a feature i spent a good amount of my life experiencing (earning rewards through gameplay) disappeared, what is bad about being upset that something that you used to get just by spending 60 dollars now costs an additional 20 dollars once every month

[@literallylaw]

Nothing is bad. The only people who'll shit talk you are brain washed drones who's opinion is worth as much as the toilet paper you wipe your ass with.

[@mikeexits]

Man, when you played Atempause by C418 at the end I got hit with a wave of nostalgia. I listened to C418 religiously all throughout my 2nd half of high school and that album (along with Minecraft Volume Beta, One, and 72 Minutes of Fame among his older stuff as well) was one of my top listens. Bringing back the cold and lonely yet warm and fuzzy feeling I associate with that part of my life is certainly something only specific combinations of art and concepts can do for me nowadays. And it's made magnified because my current adult life as a serious artist was also partially catalyzed by C418, both by inspiration, just from having played Minecraft in the first place to discover his music, and his 2012 Minecon panel explaining how he got into making music in the first place. Then there's the gaming videos I used to make on the channel I'm commenting with, where my school friends would tell me to record let's plays of certain games and tell me what they thought of them in person. Lots of feelings have been called forth upon watching this video, and all tied up into memories of playing games and bonding with close friends, some of which I make art with to this day. Great video :)

[@literallylaw]

Oh man, reading this actually brought a smile to my face. I'm really glad I managed to bring back that sort of feeling for you with the vid, hopefully I can make more stuff that resonates like that :)

[@patrickholt8782]

Some of my best times have been on multiplayer. How ever it gets old when I get stuck against the navy seals. After a while getting stomped does get old. So you stop playing and then you just never get back on. Local multiplayer takes some of the sweaty edge off.

[@yungfiend6830]

Some indie games have been using free “season passes” Deep rock galactic is a good example. There’s some hope in indie titles. Battle bit also has a free progression system. I really hope games like these don’t die out completely. They’re getting more and more rare these days.

[@RednekGamurz]

Pretty much my thoughts exactly. These days, I mostly tend to just play in the custom game browser on MCC and Infinite. Matchmaking is just a job now. Even games that aren't FPSs are starting to have these problems, like Multiversus has a fucking limited time battle pass for some reason. Why the hell does any game, but especially a platform fighter, have a battle pass? It's stupid, and killed any motivation I had to play it. That, and they kept nerfing a character I liked to play, because they also balanced the game around data. As for the lack of social aspects, while I think some of that has to do with everyone just chatting on Discord and other similar programs, the other issue is that games don't have pre/post game lobbies anymore, and new games don't encourage voice chat. It's such a shame what happened to multiplayer gaming.

[@literallylaw]

The limited time issue is really the worst. I don't want to put in the same time into a game I have to put into doing my job.

[@GhostRiderPR2059]

​@@literallylaw Multiversus is a game. I'm glad that that game is fucking dead and buried. Let's hope the triple A fighting games don't follow the Battle Pass train because, by the next 6, 7, 8, or 9 months, I won't have time to even enjoy MP anymore.

[@duck74UK]

That bit near the end was super relatable, sbmm in casual modes and the inability to pick up teammates slack in new games really killed modern multiplayer for me. I find myself only really playing older games or solo-multiplayer stuff. But it sucks because, I miss playing stuff like CoD, even the new Halo, but everytime I load one up, if i'm not trying my hardest and running meta, in casual, we get rolled, and that's not fun for anyone, not even the winning team. All because the system is expecting it of me.

[@literallylaw]

It's horrible isn't it? I just want to not sweat and have a night of Halo with the boys. 😭

[@Thatboygtmike]

lol hope your channel continues to grow man. This is good articulation and love the fact that you don't really filter your words and opinion

[@literallylaw]

Thanks bro. Yeah, I don't get people who filter themselves for KZbin. Like, why would I even bother making videos if I wasn't actually speaking my mind.

[@tobitubby_]

That's the first video I see about the current situation about multiplayer games (or life service in general) that I can agree on. Many people underestimate the impact of fomo and monetization, but you really naild the problem with this one.

[@mastax1234]

great video, sadly a lot of the gaming industry has lost touch with their original fanbase, AAA gaming will just be a cash grab going forward and gen Z and beyond will never know what true great gaming was like where we never had to pull out our wallets to unlock something.

[@literallylaw]

I miss not having to be a pay pig just to have access to everything that should be there by default.

[@mastax1234]

@@literallylaw Definitely, I miss the days where you just popped in a game and you were playing right away, no day one mega patches, no stupidly long updates. no installs, no terms of agreement screen popping up saying you need to sell your data or some bullshit. The only company that still gives me that classic gaming experience anymore in Nintendo, They have yet to fall to the pure greed that has infested other companies. I see a lot of people being mad about the fact that Nintendo games are gonna be $70 going forward, But I would gladly pay that if they dont ever add in microtransactions or other monetized bullshit.

[@shodan2002]

Glad indie devs exist

[@shoto42]

I’ve realized that i haven’t played fps multiplayer, battle royal, or free to play game in a long while. I’ve been playing games with my friends where we can just chill like pve, story game, puzzle games, games that don’t require you to spend a dime in order to a cool cosmetic. Me and my friend do play the occasional campaign from a fps cause that’s the only fun part of them. We literally beat halo 1 on legendary for FUN.

[@literallylaw]

Co-op campaigns are so good. So lame there aren't that many, when MCC came to PC, me and a friend who had loved Halo CE as kids decided to even do the LASO run of it. That was hard. But still more fun than most multiplayer matches I have.

[@ihaveajojoaddiction9592]

you should try titanfall 2, oldish game that got abandoned by respawn, but honestly the best fps, period, and it’s still got an active community and multiplayer (that’s actually fun). it doesn’t have a battle pass or any FOMO, 85% all of the cosmetics are unlockable with gameplay, and the ones that aren’t are of equal quality of the ones that are, plus are pretty damn cheap (5$ max for the most expensive thing that’s not a pack if I can remember right), the gameplay is top tier, just look up any video of it, and the multiplayer is pretty fun cause it’s got no skill based matchmaking, and if pvp isn’t your thing it has a group pve mode with up to 4 people called frontier defense, and to top it off it’s got vc, which is nice but I’m pretty sure you can only hear it if you’ve got a mic, which is sad. campaign is short and sweet, but amazing at the same time, and as a quick warning the game has a history of getting ddossed cause some guy got upset he wasn’t being hired at respawn so he’s crashed apex and titanfall repeatedly over and over in the past few years, but that hasn’t happened in a bit so it should be good. no crossplay though, but still the best fps out there

[@shoto42]

@@ihaveajojoaddiction9592 I actually have that game but it’s hard getting into lobbies. I played it a lot before the DDOS attacks, but I still found the game really enjoyable and the gameplay is legendary

[@quadratic5392]

I honestly really like how league of legends approaches monetization where almost all the cosmetics are available all the time and you get crates with skins from time to time and you don't have to spend anything to get cool skins

[@literallylaw]

I feel like Riot now have so much money that they don't really need to be as scummy in the way they make it. Especially since most league players are addicts and provide a constant cash flow 👀

[@bethanyswetzheirhander]

One of the few multiplayers i play is actually a really, REALLY underground game: Tony Hawk's UnderGround Pro (better known as THUG Pro) and i've realized that it solves a lot of the problems shown in this video, so i thought i'd share it with you. First: no monetization. Yes, you readed it right, you don't have to pay for the game, you don't have to pay for cosmetics and you don't have to pay for anything! Second: it's a skating game. Once you play shooters for a long time, they start to all feel the same, but since THUG Pro dosen't have to fear "not selling well" they can do what they want, and in this case it's an idea that it's not new (Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 came out in 1999) but that SO many people havent experienced yet, that it almost feels like it was something new Third: community. It is no surprise that since the last Tony Hawk game done by NeverSoft (Tony Hawk's Proving Ground, 2007) the series has lost popularity, and so the community of THUG Pro is really small, but this is not something bad, at the contrary, this is perfect! You WILL encounter the same people hundreds of times everytime you play and get to meet them, and, if you get real toxic, people are just gonna ban you from their servers, and you will only be allowed to play at FCFS, and i don't think people will want to play with you so they will just leave. Fourth: skill and playing games. It's really easy to start playing Tony Hawk, but it's really damn hard to master the game, and so you will be learning tricks and tips from the people you play with, not only that but when you play a match, if you do some sick stuff people are gonna praise you, and even if you do bad, the game just displays the points at the end of the match, so you really didn't "lose" Fifth: graphics. Since this game was done for the Tony Hawk fans, there is no problem with keeping the classic PS2 graphics, so almost every PC can run it smoothly Hope some of you begin to play THUG Pro since it's such a good game with such a small playerbase, and maybe, JUST MAYBE, this will result in another Tony Hawk game being released by Activision

[@literallylaw]

I've actually played this conversion mod. I always enjoyed the older Tony hawk games, but I'd much rather get another Skate instalment personally. I had way more fun with those games and the way the board controlled.

[@jaylenpatterson611]

Loved your story telling and the delivery! This really summed up a lot of what I've been feeling with multiplayer games and I've since been exploring a bunch of single player titles like before.. Gonna go watch the rest of your videos now :)

[@literallylaw]

Awww, thank you, I really do appreciate it, hope the other videos also manage to entertain :)