Worst MMO Ever? - Forsaken World: Gods and Demons

[@CharlesGriswold]

"At this point, I experienced gameplay." Clearly, that was an oversight on the part of the developers.

[@darkmiros6105]

Most likely: HE NEEDED TO USE A HEALTH POTION. Such a ridicules hard game. Thats needed to report to the developers.

[@TheRenofox]

I bet he could have paid real money to avoid doing that.

[@cassandrapurdey5119]

Must be, did they forget to add the auto-potion?

[@IamaPERSON]

@@cassandrapurdey5119 forget that, the game needs to start itself! THAT'S what needs fixing!

[@nahuelkid]

@@cassandrapurdey5119 unnaceptable. Literally unplayable

[@Zhortac]

"Hey, you ever play Forsaken Worlds: Gods and Demons?" "No, never played it, but I am max level"

[@forog1]

If anyone PLAYED it then they are doing it wrong.

[@hyoryo]

Does that still count as a game? To me it looks like the longest trailer in movie history.

[@SgtBlane]

@@hyoryo basicly a boring movie with bad visuals

[@JustSkram]

@@SgtBlane so a david cage game

[@TaoistDragon]

If only real life worked that way.

[@ThunderbolttheFox]

I am so used to the auto systems just being a blatant excuse to make a game unreasonably grindy so the progression can be paywalled. This is the first time I've actually seen one basically play an entire game through without hitting any obstacles whatsoever.

[@arcamean785]

Oh but he had to click a potion! Or.. maybe not, it might of been a scripted delay that he accidentally forced to happen.

[@Nirual86]

@@arcamean785 or he would've won anyway, just with very little health left.

[@Neolith_]

commenting to make fun of your KZbin banner.

[@fallsilently8666]

I feel like I've just wasted fourteen minutes of my life. Truly the most immersive review I've ever experienced.

[@MegamanXfan21xx]

Hey, we got to see his cute dogs. That's not a waste of time.

[@Bacon-egg-cheese]

Every time I see one of these its an mmo I've never heard of and never do I think its for a good reason, every time I'm like "oooh whats this" and then the second I see its a mobile game I check out.

[@gazza7693]

lmao

[@randomthegreat2329]

Hey, that Baldur's Gate DM'ing was quite nice too :3

[@Leapyean]

I feel bad for editing Josh for having to actually watch all the play footage to pick the parts we did see... the real hero of this game review!

[@todo9633]

I was worried when you walked away from the computer, I was afraid that the game was gonna open the cash shop and start buying things on auto too.

[@1987MartinT]

It looked like it was going to do that to me. That screen from 4:44-5:12 looks like part of a cash shop. Something like a screen with offers on it.

[@DerAnanasbaum]

The most engaging part about this game was when it announced a guild war for 8pm, because it made me think about a different mmo

[@augustday9483]

Honestly I'm actually impressed that the devs managed to create an entire MMO that plays itself. That's not exactly an easy thing to pull off. I bet the devs used to program gold-farming bots for WoW on the side.

[@moRaaOTAKU]

Auto shit was very popular in asian games

[@imtiredtiredtired]

@@moRaaOTAKU well, we want to reach max level and brag about it but not to waste time playing so we could keep studying to get A grade otherwise our parents will disown us

[@shadyjeff6100]

@@imtiredtiredtired username does not check out

[@Nirual86]

I mean its not even the first MMO like this Josh has reviewed. In fact this might very well be the same devs that blessed us with the League of Angels games. Not exactly the same name but close enough that it might've just been a slight rebranding or something.

[@brakhai5605]

At times it looked like some chinese kid locked in some basement somewhere played the game for Josh. You know... with all the cursor movement... It looked like an actual human held the mouse in their hand.

[@skyephoenix801]

This game had auto-everything so mastered that Josh didn't even have to do the review. It even handled the review for him.

[@kyarabarrion4523]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Bluecrimson217]

No, no, he had to say something.

[@Rikudo44]

I give the game a 2/10. Would have given it a 3/10, but it didn't watch the video for me.

[@300SonsofOdin]

I rolled 18 on Initiative. I cast "Mage Armor" on Gorian and Move away behind the tree oposite of the big man.

[@VoxCord]

I actually just came here from the Baldurs Gate review. Can’t wait to try it!

[@simP001]

13:07 I love how Josh's just laying on his bed in his default outfit like a Sims character

[@Gurtington]

In his default outfit like a sims character xD LMFAO

[@Rin-vh9so]

*loads up sims 4* I know what I'm gonna do today.

[@kalajel]

Wait, you mean this is not a simulation?

[@udalix]

Do you change your clothes everytime you wanna just lay down on your bed, even for a few minutes, ie not bed time? Lol "I love how he doesn't get undressed to use his furniture". OKay.

[@tomboomeronacrv]

@@udalix mate... did you get pissy over THAT? Really?

[@powermanx87]

“The game plays itself so dad was able to give me pets and take me for walkies! 10/10 GOTY” - Josh’ Doggo

[@Eguzky]

Josh Bork Hayes?

[@criminalsen2441]

Ngl this comment freaked me out til I got to the end🤣

[@PrismTheKid]

Josh has become so familiar with MMOs that he can now play them telekinetically from the comfort of his living room sofa

[@kennykiller]

I hear Buddhist monks have always been able to form TCP/IP stacks within their brains.

[@andrzejsugier]

I like the idea of this episode, but I mostly use this series as background to keep my company when I'm working, so this episode requiring my full attention really tanked my productivity for 10 minutes ;)

[@LaydiNite]

Same, it was worth it though.

[@PoptartParasol]

I use it to fall asleep. I was so confused when I just kept hearing mobile game sound effects. Now it needs my full attention, totally worth the sleep deprivation though X'D

[@udalix]

@@PoptartParasol I feel like that a big insult to a content creator, "I watch your stuff so it can bore me to sleep." Like your saying their stuff isnt engaging and easy to turn your mind off to, not a compliment really.

[@martinford4553]

@@udalix I do that too but it's exactly because it's engaging and not boring that helps me go to sleep. I can't sleep without thinking about something, might as well be something interesting, easy that way too, because leaving my head to it's own thoughts will certainly mean I get no sleep. The interesting and entertaining videos help me relax and focus my brain instead of letting it wander.

[@DemonLordRaiden]

@@udalix Depends really. You could also say it's because he has a soothing voice and it's easy to just close your eyes and listen.

[@vishishify]

Seriously one of your higher patreon tiers should be a dnd session with you as DM.

[@benedict6962]

The key step is that you will never see him or the dm screen, it will be a perpetual loop/stream of auto-MMOs replacing his profile pic as he narrates.

[@benjamingasaway9882]

He is quoting an early part of an old game. Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast released in 1999.

[@Oskanwhitchfather]

@@benjamingasaway9882 Yeah. Love me some BG:ToSC. I'm replaying BG2 right now, actually!

[@porgesomer]

Gorion: "Run Child! Get out of here!"

[@ultimatedude80]

I would pay a good penny for that

[@shafta2010]

Utilising the gameplay to perfection by enjoying walks with dog and spending time with friends and family. Truly this mmo is ahead of its time and it tries to make us human again!

[@TiddyTwyster]

This feels like some humanitarian aid from the UN

[@StarboyXL9]

Based devs?

[@brianviktor8212]

Truly an interactive let's play segment. We, as viewers, played the game as much as Josh. I think we all had the big brother's unplugged second controller feeling the developers intended.

[@vetreas366]

Completely disagree, I didn't click on that potion so I experienced ~150% less gameplay. Immersion ruined!

[@xaviermm5506]

Lmao not the unplugged second controller trick 🤣🤣

[@linkboynine9814]

Honestly, this video should've just been titled 'Things to do while Forsaken World farms cryptocurrency or *whatever* it's doing with your CPU as it plays itself to max level.'

[@ZedNull.]

i love how they give a boss literally 65 health bars for you to auto attack to death. If that doesnt scream "we dont know how to make a mmo" nothing does.

[@oneoranota]

Maybe it was supposed to be 5 health bars, but the dev heavy-fingered it and no one noticed?

[@knighttemplaroftentacult7123]

This is, probably, the most perfect way of showcasing the "show, not tell" principle I've seen in a while. Masterful as always, Josh.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Very good video

[@swiftpinion]

Ladies and gentlemen behold...the self-reviewing game! I was more curious to know what situation Josh would be in each time it would cut back to him lol

[@jaytraveller]

definitely the best parts of the video!

[@insertcoolnamelater9334]

Finally an MMO that allows you to leave the house and touch some grass. 10/10

[@mariestarlight]

I laughed so hard I actually started crying. Overlaying New World on top was comedy gold.

[@mandisaw]

When he pulled out Otherland, that's when I was gone 😂😂

[@talismanb6449]

@@mandisaw FIrefly. Seriously. And walkies for the doggos. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Relocklabs]

still better than Dreamworld

[@tuph4088]

I was also a huge fan of the Firefly reference with the dinosaurs

[@byungbin1395]

The gameplay was so thrilling that I genuinely struggled keep my eyes open. Truly, a staple of a good game is for the player to just want do something else entirely.

[@davidwijaya8563]

Journalist: what a revolutionary game, now you can play games without wasting time.

[@henriquefraga4486]

That's kinda RuneScape, but taken to a whole new extreme

[@TaoistDragon]

I mean why play games when you can not play them?

[@denmanfite3156]

I'm absolutely convinced these games that "play themselves" are doing something nefarious which is why they have an interest in you leaving the game on all the time.

[@DoveAlexa]

Undoubtedly.

[@ribozyme2899]

Probably mining bitcoin or smth

[@superlad6684]

yeah, probably. used to trust steam until i downloaded a chinese pubg knockoff and then it got removed from steam and went snooping around to find out why and it's because it was mining bitcoin and it would still mine bitcoin if you had the required 3rd party launcher still installed, not a word from steam about it, just had to find out myself.

[@kerianhalcyon2769]

Could be why there was that massive "Pay x to play the full game now" followed by a MASSIVE download queue window. I can't help but feel like some of that had to be malicious data or spyware designed to turn your PC into a sleeper agent hooked to a big red button in Beijing. But in all seriousness it's why I rarely have trust in many Eastern-made online client games.

[@LuluTheCorgi]

@@superlad6684 unlikely that it was bitcoin considering how little hash rate GPUs can get on SHA256 Probably some other crypto

[@tranquildragonsden5640]

This just goes to show, that Josh, has mastered.. “ The Art of speaking without speaking “. P.S I want to clarify something here. What I wrote was a play on words taken from a quote by Bruce lee in the film Enter the Dragon, where he is asked what his Art Style is. He responds with 'My style? You could call it the art of fighting, without fighting'. Knowing that Josh was a Martial teacher at some point, there was a high chance he would know the film and the line. It wasn't a comment to garner likes ( Though, thank you to those that did. ) It was simply a throw away comment. So Haters and Trolls, have at it :) last i say here.

[@melonytoni9016]

I dont think so because I didnt get the point of the video. Does this games as an automated system that plays for you? How is he playing without playing or does he try to imply something?

[@tranquildragonsden5640]

@@melonytoni9016 I'm guessing you're trying to Troll, or are hard of understanding, or didn't read any other comments ?. Because i see lot's of other people understood exactly what he was getting at or " implying ". Or you're not a native English speaker in which case, things got lost in translation. And since i like to give people, the benefit of doubt, yes it automated, a lot of it has an Auto system, which is what Josh was implying and showing without speaking ( apart from the small parts where he did. ) Have a good day. :)

[@melonytoni9016]

@@tranquildragonsden5640 Im not a native speaker but I understand the language very well. Just doesnt matter if he doesnt say a single word. I didnt even know there are games that have an auto play system, that is insane. And how is someone supposed to get that, if it isnt even explained in the video. Even if its implyed for people like me, a system like this is absolutely unheard of.

[@BaconPizzaWaffles]

But you, have not, mastered, the art, "of English gr"ammar. You write like William Shatner speaks.

[@melonytoni9016]

@@BaconPizzaWaffles Who dafuq cares about the art of english grammar. The video was a mess.

[@Mara_thorn]

My thought process in this video: 1."most popular RPG of the year? This will be a good video" 2."oh okay, maybe he just let the game explain it itself" 3. **Realisation**

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Know the Wakfu-Franchise from France? I just ask cause its not much known, so i wondered how many out of a random Sample-Size would know.

[@Mara_thorn]

@@loturzelrestaurant I definitely heard something about it somewhere before but can't remember when and where

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@Mara_thorn Well, its an epic franchise, so why not watch an AMV (a music video about it) and see if you feel some Hype? It has a weird and long name, but i can just write it into a comment and you copy-paste it into youtubes searchbar, duh.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@Mara_thorn Here: 'Nox vs Grogaloragran - No Fear!

[@imtiredtiredtired]

I love this. This game enables you to have an account as powerful as a 24/7 online sweaty basement dwelling NEET but you're stil keeping your life together because the game plays itself. Beautiful.

[@xorsama]

u know i wish the opposite was true, wish life played itself n i auto farmed money and i could play games manually lol

[@StarboyXL9]

That's actually a really funny and good way of looking at it

[@luminatron]

@@xorsama You actually can if you're filthy rich. The money just makes itself.

[@xorsama]

@@luminatron truuu

[@ghy97]

I was expecting Josh to come back to the desk with a crucifix and holy water to exorcise the ghost that was playing on his PC.

[@j.asmrgaming1228]

probably one of your easier videos to make: the dinosaur part was easily top 10 best youtube moments in 2021

[@uzrdutiutfiztdf3545]

its from firefly, an iconic and sadly very short lived tv show from the early 2000s. basically a character driven space western action horror comedy or so.

[@AikenDrum1715CE]

It was sublime, I felt a sense of supreme serenity wash over me.

[@jakeloh9456]

@@AikenDrum1715CE I was a leaf on the wi-

[@LordSluggo]

@@uzrdutiutfiztdf3545 a victim of the early 2000's reality TV show doldrums. I honestly think if it had come out in the 2nd half of the decade it would have been the hit of the decade

[@uzrdutiutfiztdf3545]

@@LordSluggo probably yes. but only if fox could not mess it up so much, like airing episodes out of order, rejecting the pilot and have them write a new one over a weekend, change the airing time and day all the time, doing no advertisement what so ever, etc

[@FormattedWill]

Respect on making a 30 second joke work for an entire 15 min video, and it worked every time. On a side note, the game might as well create accounts and characters too, that way everyone in the world would be "playing" it, they just wouldn't know it yet

[@clintmcbride7830]

Ehhh. I found myself skipping through it and this is probably his only video I won't rewatch. But then again, I blame the game though

[@CEverett9979]

Truly, not since the all consuming League of Angels has MMO gameplay been so enthralling that you could just walk away and it plays itself.

[@mido9573]

I almost want to see JSH do a 0 button let's play of league of angels where he literally presses no buttons and sees what level he gets to

[@alexblack4048]

PW Ent has perfected the autopathing with this game it seems lmao

[@Sorrowdusk]

Wait.... League of Angels is hands free??

[@sanfransiscon]

I almost want to try a challenge to beat a game like that with as few inputs as possible

[@Jandau85]

Damn, AFK Arena requires more input than this game, and it actually has the acronym "AFK" in its name...

[@kamoinar1905]

@@datboi04 Some people just enjoy seeing a number go up by itself I guess.

[@TheHordeQ]

Initialism

[@defaulted9485]

@@datboi04 Its the concept of Cookie Clicker but players are able to automated the number from the beginning. Idle game is a derivative of Clicker Game which the upgrade includes auto generation of number on the middle of gameplay. I said so because I played a dozen in my past. And damn people are really into these.

[@nakenmil]

@@defaulted9485 At least cookie clicker is tongue in cheek.

[@Maidbots]

Actually true, you can lose in AFK Arena if you try to just spam "next battle", which, doesn't seem to be the case in this game. Idle games are fine for whatever niche plays them, but this is taking it a bit too far.

[@Vexxa_]

i remember, roughly ten years ago, my bf at the time tried to get me to play the original forsaken world. he used the bot function as a selling point, and i couldnt figure out why someone would want to play a game that doesnt even want you playing it. this is somehow much worse!!

[@Unapologeticweeb]

this looks like the nesting doll of ports this is basically a mobile port of forsaken world that is somehow ported back to pc

[@lancevance6346]

I used to play back then and the servers actually used to pop off. Was kinda decent and I had fun. Then the auto farm/bot function got added much later on to farm some kind of ingame currency. And then that's all you saw people doing everywhere. Less and less people started hanging around the main city that was a big part of the fun.

[@aidanmusumeci8429]

Ahh, yet another classic from Joshdryface. Such a skilled gamer and reviewer, playing, reading, clicking, resting, walking among other things. All at the same time, truly a master of his craft. 😅

[@killerluuk]

Truly *

[@kurovah5475]

How thoughtful of the devs to create a game that both plays *and* reviews itself. Truly a GOTY

[@PrMultivers]

Wait! What happens to Gorion? Did we defeated the armored man and his bodyguards? Did Gorion has been killed or injured? ... Oh, at the end, I cast detect magic and I loot the bodies!!! The MMO? Wait, there was an MMO in this video?

[@thatpoemguy2083]

I know this reply is nearly a year late, but if you want to find out, go read The Belgariad, by David Eddings. It's an excellent fantasy series.

[@PrMultivers]

@@thatpoemguy2083 Honnestly, thank you so much!

[@thatpoemguy2083]

@@PrMultivers Okay, I do have to admit, I made a mistake there. Missed the "Candlekeep", which means it's actually from Baldur's Gate, the game, not a novel. However, my original point stands. The Belgariad _is_ an excellent series, and it _does_ follow the adventure of a young man named Garion, and it has an early scene fairly similar to this.

[@Delaterius]

"We should make World of Warcraft, only better!" "What about the gameplay?" "Huh?"

[@Petq011]

Good thing the original didn't play itself last time I checked... This mobile thing seems to be something different in general, as I think the original is still normal on the original platform.

[@Petq011]

Yeah, that feels like a complete downgrade from the original... sadly...

[@marianpazdzioch6632]

It's a cinematic game. A game, but like a movie.

[@Vaerlayn]

This is where I joke and say they succeeded. But I am not afan of tab target XD

[@BloodyScythe666]

The D&D Dungeon Master part was more enjoyable and entertaining than the whole game footage. Thank you.

[@jerodak6462]

Did you roll initiative? I got a 4.

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

@@jerodak6462 got a 0, y'all have fun fighting

[@NaoyaYami]

Made me remember when Josh played almost a whole WH40k battle with actual minis while waiting in queue for a match in that WH40k game.

[@Algernonab]

He was actually narrating a scene from the beginning of a D&D cRPG called Baldur's Gate. (The original, not BG3 which released very recently.) You should play it. It's an excellent game.

[@Ironication]

I unironically would thoroughly enjoy Josh narrating through a BG1 run as a GM.

[@anfhe]

A few months ago, I read a western fantasy-based webnovel (can't remember if it was Chinese or Japanese since I read someone else's translation), and I remember an early story scene where the main character and her group, riding a flying ship, gets attacked by some kind of large bird demon-like creature which pierces through the ship's shields. The intro of this video made me remember that scene so vividly that I had to stop it 30 seconds in just to type this review.

[@DaedalusRaistlin]

I think this was a very well spoken and thought out review. I'm glad I watched until the end. The game really does speak for itself in many ways, though the fact that you had to point out health potions are manual is disconcerting. Surely it could auto-use those in some way? Little conveniences like these are pretty important.

[@kevinseraphin5456]

Don't worry, the solution to this probleme is probably in the cash shop ^^

[@Gutigwolfe]

He didn't even have to say many words, the video spoke for itself.

[@thebeardedhammer7130]

Yeah, I heard that is a quality of life update they are releasing next month.

[@olmomoreno9972]

What I'm most intrigued about is the story of how the bronto and the rex set aside their differences to embark on a journy full of hardships in search of a new land until the rex's forseeable, yet unavoidable betrayal.

[@billbuehler4959]

It's a story that ended too soon with a well-placed harpoon

[@riverlynnxo]

Argh, mine is an evil laugh!

[@N0rdW1nd]

Some timestamps for "Gameplay Highlights" 1:25 Screen tapping 1:42 a genuine Josh Strife look a like (Wrong beard but still) 2:41 presentation of a gaming mouse 2:52 some magic optical mouse tricks 3:05 a surprisingly clean keyboard 3:18 magic spell preparation 3:45 Teleportation 3:58 Coffee Mug flexing with content.. Like for real! 4:03 some cool dudes on screen 4:34 Badgerhunter69 on the way to hunt some nasty Badges 4:36 magical appearence of Badgerhunter69s friend SnowWhite9000 5:04 Another relaxing flexing with the same mug (bet it's empty this time) 6:11 Preparation of a Space Marine to kill some Shoota Boyz 6:31 Another showcase of Nerdlicence 6:56 Virtual Reality 7:46 That's not how I remember "The Land Before Time" 8:20 A gamemaster in the right mood 10:39 Random facts about Joshs Twitch 11:31 A "better" game appears magical on screen while other game is running. 12:26 SnowWhite9000 gets some cuddly treatment 13:02 Badgerhunter69 licks it's prey 13:38 The final verdict out of 10 Srsly watch the damn video

[@SeleenShadowpaw]

Shouldn't it be 'badgerhunter69' tho? They are 'DACHS'hunds after all x3

[@N0rdW1nd]

@@SeleenShadowpaw Badgerhunter69 is amazing I lol'd really hard :D

[@WombatOfWimbledon]

13:02 Dog thinks owner has literally died of boredom

[@ranthalling]

I did like when he quoted the sequence from 'Baldur's Gate' as if refereeing the scene.

[@ms.laceysaeke9721]

Bless you for making this list

[@svoloch125]

That D&D segment made me realize something: A whole lot of people, me included, would be willing to pay good money for Audiobooks made by you. I want to listen to the entirety of Dune series in dulcet tones of Josh Strife Hayes.

[@BlanchetFlaurian]

Yes! Please! Make it happen! And a D&D Campaign mastered by JSH! °o°

[@Mike-qc8xd]

hell id like a seat at his table

[@Mmmm_tea]

sure I will vote for that but it isn't something I would be willing to throw money at

[@KariWasHere.]

agreeed, or i would even pay to have a seat at his dnd table haha

[@kimchung864]

I'd like to see him run DnD

[@zidahya]

This makes being a streamer so much easier. Great game. Now we just need an auto-like and subscribe feature.

[@bobothegoat]

"Hey Michael! Try to play the game." "I thought I was playing the game Jon, but I've been using the wrong controller the whole time. The game's playing itself, Jon!"

[@Arkhavist_S]

Look, dude, I'm just saying if you need one more project to run, "Josh Strife Hayes DMs Your Campaign ASMR" is a series I would absolutely consume in its entirety.

[@Owlsnerf]

I was actually disappointed when that part of the video ended we need more

[@LittleGoblinBoi]

That would be the only ever ASMR related thing I'd watch...

[@Arkhavist_S]

@@LittleGoblinBoi Ah - it's not so bad, despite the mixed reputations. It comes in many more flavors and quality levels than might first meet the eye, and Josh would undoubtedly be stellar at it, if he so chose. Still, to each their own, of course.

[@relaxandlearn7996]

yes pls

[@LittleGoblinBoi]

@@Arkhavist_S it's not that I think every ASMR video is inherently bad just because they are ASMR, I just don't feel comfortable having someone whisper in my ear. If people like it so be it, but I don't.

[@Valinrista]

"I'm going to play the worst MMOs so you don't have to". Now I feel abused

[@GabrielGosselin]

Yeah, I mean, he didn’t play that one. So does it mean we have to play it?

[@DBahamut]

@@GabrielGosselin Well, you already did. You played as much as he did, at least.

[@Kawamura2]

@@DBahamut Almost. He DID have to click once.

[@ODSTD56]

7:41 I wasn't expecting such a deep emotional story as this. By God, I'm crying after watching such a beautiful story.

[@zachariahm.kemper7406]

I was more intrigued in the dnd campaign than the game

[@katherineminor3402]

That's the start from the original baldur's gate game.

[@zachariahm.kemper7406]

@@katherineminor3402 ah, cool beans, I have the second video game and haven't gotten much time playing any actual table top games unfortunately

[@katherineminor3402]

@@zachariahm.kemper7406 the whole bhaal spawn saga is just simply amazing story telling and overall great games. Especially for dnd. It uses 2nd edition rules* .

[@cattrucker8257]

It's like it's actually an experiment of whether it's possible to make a generic MMO simulation populated entirely by AI for a facsimile of real MMO environment. I like to think this is how bots train to play other games. Or how they spend their downtime when not being used in them.

[@aisutistoto5771]

This is beautiful.

[@Sorain1]

Holy shit, someone actually made the 'mmo' I thought up as fiction. One that literally plays itself... god help us when/if one of these NPC's gets sentience...

[@mightylink65]

I know what this is... the developers intentionally set this game up to allow bot farmers in China to run hundreds of these clients at the same time just so they can increase their daily active users. It's not about how many people are actually playing the game, it's about how many screens are running.

[@SobiTheRobot]

But...why? What's the end goal if it's just bots?

[@SeisoYabai]

I dont think that makes any sense.

[@Captain_Hapton]

“Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!” I love you, Josh. You deserve a hug just for that. Stay shiny, Josh. Stay shiny.

[@uzrdutiutfiztdf3545]

always sjiny to meet fellow browncoats unexpectedly^^

[@SapphireDragon357]

How do Reavers clean their spears? They run them through the wash.

[@ReneGrays]

@@SapphireDragon357 Too soon, that will always be TOO SOON!

[@Kirkmaximus]

It warms my soul that at least 100 people know the reference to that skit. Now back to reading more gorram books by James Lovegrove. ^^

[@h2opoloboy211]

I want a whole series of stuffie dino adventures.

[@toriistorii6939]

Josh: starts narrating the beginning of Baldur's Gate 1 Me: absolutely captivated

[@GottkaiserFhqwhgod]

Same. A magical game that I started countless times in my life.

[@zenhaelcero8481]

A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one!

[@alfredsparman5165]

Same

[@ChristesII]

At that point, I realized that I played the game too much since I said the words with him.

[@GottkaiserFhqwhgod]

@@ChristesII This is heresy. You can never, I repeat, NEVER play too much Baldur's Gate.

[@korybass136]

Him trying to login was the greatest moment of what is happening I've ever seen. And when he just sits there so confused about what is going on in game its even better.

[@Obelion_]

seeing how this game basically palys itself without any player input, i now want them to fully endorse botting and make something like a bot manager, where you make bots that make more bot accounts and you can assign tasks to each bot account to build your gigantic bot empire

[@MegamanXfan21xx]

The only real work you'd have to put into it would be to have it use a potion when your health hits 20%.

[@veronicaveeroni]

Black desert mobile is the game your looking for

[@DudeTheMighty]

A bot manager where you manage bots and assign them tasks. That sounds like a colony sim game, something like Rimworld or Dwarf Fortress. But, like, in an MMO context.

[@VLITMER]

Could literally get endorsement from advertisers from botted numbers

[@Nirual86]

I mean thats basically cookie clicker, although with those kinds of games you at least have to click in the beginning and all.

[@daveducont2587]

This should be on your 3rd channel: Josh Strife doesn't play.

[@WeltenbaumInc]

that would be very good :D

[@bonyfax2345]

And it would just be a almsot always running live stream fest of his screen with a cam pointed into his empty room

[@Lain013]

Josh Strife Plays In A Background Window. Entire channel of games Josh plays in a background window to play in a background window while watching Josh Strife Plays.

[@jusstyno]

Josh Strife Waits

[@meddle98]

Josh Strife AFKs

[@udalix]

Literally a full 6 minutes of footage of this guy doing other things in life, randomly cutting back to the game playing itself, GOLD.

[@IcynezYuki]

Forsaken world: "Let's make a game but there's a catch we remove the game part, so we just make a"

[@HowlingDoom]

The perfect game for game journos and those who think games should just allow players to skip bosses and stuff because they're too hard.

[@alexblack4048]

Thats been the comapnys whole point since they were founded basically, there is no essence to their games, their first games they brought from china like perfect world international(2004) were barely decent for their time, got abandoned around 2009, then fully in 2012 for the sake of forsaken world, abandoned that one for neverwinter(a game im surprised has managed to have decent content at all) which im sure are now abandoning for perfect world mobile and forsaken world gods and demons which looks like a mobile game so yeah, absolutely terrible company. Its honestly sad that i used to be so into perfect world international and forsaken world as much as i was, i just didnt have access to anything better, thankfully guild wars 2 has saved me when they went free to play.

[@TinchoX]

Ah yes, another whale fishing "game" without the GAME element, typical.

[@skillo6399]

Says the guy with Venti pic, from a gacha game lol

[@satqur]

@@HowlingDoom ... Game journalists heaped glowing praise on the entire Dark Souls series and Bloodborne and Sekiro and Doom Eternal. Hell even that one guy who sucked at Cuphead basically said that's not the type of game he ever plays (IIRC that specific guy basically just plays visual novels and turn-based RPGs and mentioned to his boss that he probably wasn't the guy to ask IIRC), admitted he sucked ass but shared it because he thought people might enjoy watching him fail, and said something along the lines of it seeming like a fantastic game, but one made for people who aren't him. Hell IIRC his Cuphead article was the one that brought up questions of whether or not anyone is entitled to the ending of a game, and seemed to be fine with the idea that there are some games that some people might not be able to beat. Where actually are all these alleged game journalists I keep hearing about railing against any sort of game difficulty? Because I've never seen one, I just keep hearing (without evidence) that they allegedly exist somewhere.

[@Qalorful]

This is honestly the most hilarious one yet. He doesn't even need to say anything, we know what he'd say and it's even better for it.

[@CplSpider]

The Firefly reference was amazing, as was the comedic timing. Well done JSH!

[@maltardraco9555]

Game: "Tap anywhere to enter game." Josh impersonating Patrick Star at the museum: "Touch!"

[@348joey]

@Grim reaper Wow! The harpoon from 'Jellyfish: The Movie'!" *touch*

[@disguy7345]

Fiesta online: im the worst mmo ever made josh! Forsaken world: Hold my shovelware

[@creativedesignation7880]

Nah, it's gonne hold it for you.

[@kennygallagher4700]

The worst part? I had nostalgia for Feista, when he was going to review it. And I even had a guess at all the systems he was going to critique. And then he played it, and it wasn't anything I remember. The tutorial? Thats not what I remember it being. The starting town seems to have changed twice now and is back to the original. Hell, it seems that even the playerbase is gone, the starting city used to be stacked with players of all levels just socializing. I remember it being an OK game as a kid. It was a game. And it wasn't...awful. It's a shame they massacred an already kinda limping MMO.

[@Ithirahad]

"Shovel my Ware"

[@tomtomsdad]

@@kennygallagher4700 yeah it was way different than I remembered as well :/

[@symbiotespidervenom7120]

Fitting, how since the game plays itself, the review writes itself along with it. Masterfully done, Mr. Hayes, masterfully done

[@Doomerang01]

Holy crap, I almost immediately realized you were reading word-for-word from one of the early encounters in Baldur's Gate! I've not played that in years yet hearing this made me grin like crazy. It's amazing how such a good game can stay in your memories years after playing. Do you plan on playing BG on JoshStrifePlays?

[@kyotheman69]

this piece of shit mobile game ripped off other existing games like lots of sound effects and music are taken from WoW and other mmo's, actual good ones, this turd is just pure trash

[@Whimsykiller]

@@kyotheman69 how is that related homie was asking if Josh was gonna play baldurs gate

[@Dreygen5]

He actually played through BG2 during his streams several months back. When his patreon list was actually readable.

[@mitchhaelann9215]

Glad someone else caught it.

[@luminatron]

@@Dreygen5 man he needs to learn to scroll that like Internet Historian or HBomberguy does

[@Hurbster2112]

I'd love to see Josh's take on The Secret World. Remade so they can add more monetization to it, then abandoned. I think the original version is still running as well. Loved the game.

[@oldmanharley4018]

the secret world was a fantastic nugget of weirdness, great atmosphere, some very engaging quests that demand you know some latin or morse code to crack, literary easter eggs everywhere, a shame the combat was shit. but hey, josh liked that weird ass mmo no one knew about, the chances he'd like TSW are not completely out of the picture.

[@Jandau85]

TSW is my prime example of an MMO that should have simply been a single-player game. Specifically, the first act should have been fleshed out and expanded into a full-length puzzle-RPG Lovecraft-and-Steven-King-inspired game...

[@x23849]

tsw was amazing and i love it so dearly, i cry knowing i will never replay my favorite parts or get to know where the story was going. but an mmo was definitely the wrong format

[@Vapendragaren93]

Ooh The Secret World! Played it like a madlad during beta and release.. Such a cool game. Sadly it was missing something :P

[@alexblack4048]

I've just started playing this game this year, it's an alright chill game, no big involvement but an interesting world

[@KubinWielki]

I like the fact that I just woke up, gotten myself some coffee and decided that before I actually start to human today, I will listen to Josh's soothing voice speaking his usual well articulated arguments for the next 15 minutes. And I chose *this* review to watch.

[@rosalindcormier4384]

Oof

[@victim2077]

Great video. Really shows struggles of a reviewer, trying to find balance between subjective and objective points of his work. Also it lets us peak into inner workings of giving game a right score. None other video touched me so deeply that tears start flowing.

[@mrr0r508]

This release shows so much of his personality, it's great.

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Know the Wakfu-Franchise from France? I just ask cause its not much known, so i wondered how many out of a random Sample-Size would know.

[@elviira-io2ps]

@@loturzelrestaurant i know u didnt ask me but i know it and have watched it on netflix a while ago

[@SandroilaKook]

As someone who absolutely loved the original Forsaken World as a teenager, this is just pure sadness to watch. But also hilarious as it perfectly represents the new "gameplay" LOL

[@rodionstern439]

Same. Used to play all-nighters when I was a student, had a great time. Seeing current state of the title is just sad.

[@lancevance6346]

Same. The center point of the city with the healer guy (Henry?) , people dueling in front of him all the time , the world chat being hilarious, arena queues, people stacking evasion/accuracy builds etc. I logged back in 3-4 years ago just to relive some nostalgia by looking at my character. Turns out it's deleted and taken over by these guys....

[@ArcadiaP]

This was one of the absolutely funniest thing I have seen in such a long time, dying from laughter.

[@tacoguy210]

F

[@DerNicknag]

fully agree

[@mintiistrqwberri5483]

When the game is too boring and there is autoplay, it turned into a dog video

[@DerNicknag]

@@mintiistrqwberri5483 ngl the dogs are super cute

[@jonerikson5925]

Josh: "there are no words to describe how bland and vanilla this game is playing itself so I've decided to not use any". I also have a black and tan daschund, she's 15 and is determined to outlive the family at this point.

[@ryanperrier9634]

I also have a 15 year old black and brown daschund! They never stop being adorable puppers

[@ScriabinOTBeach]

Me too!! Her name is Charlotte and is the purest thing on the planet. It's just me and her now but I wouldn't be surprised if she's still around after the universe collapses

[@lordxtheth2634]

Is it bad, that I actually heard his voice in my head saying this, probably in the exact tone and cadence that he would have, had he said it?

[@AmericanBoy88]

I've been trying to find this game the game you could go afk

[@moonynight6374]

I'm rooting for her. Bc my dog is doing the same, he turned 14 this summer. But he is still baby.

[@dr.kineilwicks7002]

Having watched your entire Otherworld review series, seeing you read the book was oddly pleasing. Also your chair is awesome and your dogs are adorable. :D

[@austrianbeatboxchamp]

Not gonna lie, but this silent review is by far one of the most amazing ones I have seen in a very very long time! Thank you Josh

[@loturzelrestaurant]

Know the Wakfu-Franchise from France? I just ask cause its not much known, so i wondered how many out of a random Sample-Size would know.

[@Neetaku86_vt]

Nothing like "playing" a game that's SO BAD it LITERALLY reviews itself! Edit: Holy crap this comment blew up!

[@kyotheman69]

play what? these shitty mmo mobile games are cancer, not sure how this came to PC, these games just play themselves

[@Hexamus]

"Playing"? What "playing" as there aside from the reading of Baldur's Gate or New World?

[@Neetaku86_vt]

@@kyotheman69 Cross play. What can you do?

[@craigh5236]

@@kyotheman69 Mobile games are cancer, period.

[@thefunnyaerialman]

@@craigh5236 Hey! Don't you diss my boi Cut The Rope like that!

[@Kinenhi]

I legitimately wheezed out loud with laughter at the MTG, the dragon puppets, and the DM screen. I could scream those skits were so good I'd watch this again just for the timing and delivery.

[@phosphene2638]

“To commemorate the sacrifices made by King Eperio, the capital took on his name.” Ah, okay, Eperio is an interesting name for a city. “Rysengrad”

[@Sorrowdusk]

King Espirio Rysengrad III

[@InsanityFactor]

Also I swear the narrator said "Risen Bread" instead of Rysengrad

[@tixxoncraft]

@@InsanityFactor if i click translate on your comment,it makes rysenbread to auferstandenes brot,which is in english,resurrected bread,they named their city resurrected breae

[@Orinslayer]

Isengard, but different

[@leonardceres9061]

@@Orinslayer yeah totally I was literally thinking the same shit!!!!

[@voices0000]

3:55 wow, the game realized you were spending quality time with your dog and rewarded you with pet power. awesome and terrifying

[@Genethitami]

Daaaang. I remember Forsaken World when it was new and shiny after Perfect World came out all those years ago... tbh I can't believe anything out of it survived, even if only the looks that were plastered onto this heresy. That said, I very much enjoyed your editing and.... silence. I don't know why but watching you do random things is kind of fulfilling for my insomniac brain.

[@glasscier]

oh, wow. forsaken world (2012 one lol) was my favorite pastime in middle school. so many fond memories, though i havent played or followed the news ever since. rlly curious about your commentary !! edit: silence speaks louder than words lmfaooo

[@aeonredgrave3752]

Mine too. Played up till our servers closed (russia) and then about 2 more years on private... NOW LOOK HOW THEY MASSACRED MY BOY

[@didymosstyxx8395]

Holy crap this game looks and plays nothing like it used. It’s crap now

[@malapias]

Oh, I rember orginal too. Had some fun times in it. Loved my vampire. To bad game went to shit.

[@MsTatakai]

i remmember this game name... i thought i already knew the game.. i was wrong... this is not Forsaken Worlds... this is Forsaken Worlds A.I. adventure

[@Ziegrif]

I need answers. wtf is this thing? what was it before?

[@Auriorium]

When Raid Shadow Legends has more gameplay.

[@kekvit_irae]

The worst part is that this isn't even unique. My ex used to get sucked into these kinds of games, and I've seen this exact UI a hundred times before. These Chinese companies take the same UI and game mechanics, translate only the required bits, and then put it up on the Western market for whales. It's a Numbers Go Up game, but for the extremely vulnerable.

[@rodneygong8226]

The worst part is actually the fact that this one that Josh played ain't even the worst of them in terms of how predatory and auto stuff it is. At least here Josh had to click a few times, some I've seen doesn't even do that, literally full auto game. I've also played similar ones (just to see how bad some are for shits and giggles) but it's really limited on what can be autoed. The one i played for a bit, Crusaders of light, let's u auto quests but once u get into dungeons and raids and world bosses, u won't be able to clear any on auto, u had to actually had to learn mechanics.

[@fenrissilverfang8419]

The only reactions I had for this were: 'Is that the wolf dying sound also used in WoW?', and 'Does it actually count as a game if you're not playing it?'... I guess the music could be a lot worse... even if the audio mixing seems terrible.

[@MoonAndMidnight]

the wolves even have the same dying animation as the ones in WoW!

[@SledgeLP]

I could have sworn I heard some gnome death sounds too

[@chromasus9983]

I think the dwarf death sounds were from WoW too. At least for animals I am pretty sure there's a ton of stock animal sound effects, so you're bound to hear them in a lot of games.

[@belstar1128]

The sound is nostalgic to me.

[@LumpyBumps]

The dinosaur fight reference to firefly was much appreciated on this end of the internet

[@chriscommander4700]

Why is this not higher up?

[@LadyDoomsinger]

I loved the Firefly reference, but the Baldur's Gate reenactment made my day.

[@poppythedogofwonders]

The spots where everything goes silent for Josh's shots made me think my computer was lagging

[@xrystofersoule5119]

Suggestion for the next review: Digimon Masters Online.

[@CrobatmanIamthenight]

God yes

[@kevinrahman1990]

Yaaas

[@Reyna3103]

that would be so awesome to see

[@belstar1128]

I would have played that if it came out before 2007 but it was too late to stopped being interested in digimon by 2009

[@xrystofersoule5119]

​@@belstar1128 I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. The worst monetizing practices that you can imagine.

[@neiloch]

You have amped up the comedy on this one. Absolutely on point. I haven't laughed this hard in a while. those carefully curated reaction shots in the first minute have me howling.

[@assheismyheart]

Same!

[@NoForksGiven]

Cant believed i watched a JSH video with nearly 7 minutes of no narration, and liked it

[@devin6968]

You put more effort into this review than the devs put into making this game

[@Sagitta62]

Dev "Is that code blender compiler finish?? just dump it on the floor and let the dogs roll in it for a while"

[@WolfHeroEX]

To be fair, they did put a half-decent bit of effort into the content, and then they put a lot more effort in to ensure said content cleared itself correctly.

[@jepeman]

Didn't know you had cute dogs before this game, therefore it really must be the most popular Fantasy RPG of 2021 and the best MMORPG. Especially, since it playing itself allowed you to focus on the best part, doggos.

[@raafmaat]

i like how it was only just released but the steam tagline said "most popular game of this year!"

[@SuperVini310]

It's one of those shovelware MMOs, isn't it?

[@Onidrako]

Yep. With endless power creep

[@yochlel2642]

This is possibly your most ambitious video so far. A historical moment for all of videogame review channels, and perhaps even all of KZbin. 5/10, needed more dog scenes.

[@LaydiNite]

I didn't realize just how sarcastic one man could be without needing to speak.

[@wideboi5179]

his is absolutely PERFECT! I've been looking for a game just like this! I'm a busy man these days, what with my 5 jobs, 14 wives, and 37 kids, any free time I get is extremely precious! But with this game, I can just turn it on and it starts playing all by itself! FANTASTIC!

[@insanity-vr6vu]

I really enjoyed the parts where dog's were included, really made me feel immersed in the whole experience.

[@alexreilly6121]

yea its a really clever game to make us believe we're out walking the dog while gaming.

[@T61APL89]

I feel like every other video of yours in this series was prepping me for this game's intro... I was still not prepared

[@SgtBlane]

7:36 i love the fact that someone actually said ''Welcome, new friend'' as if this game is actually being ''played''

[@zimechopentagram]

This review speaks for itself, everything is automatically done, no wonder the game is doing poorly on the steam reviews

[@z1mt0n1x2]

wasn't always like that, back in closed beta it was actually decent. i guess this is what happens to tencent games...

[@SoftExo]

"poorly". It still has near 40% rating, how does this have any sort of rating.

[@miuletzmitzu6641]

@@z1mt0n1x2 I remember my sister playing forsaken world back in the day, early 2010s i think. I remember the game being a decent mmo that you actually play, not some mobile phone crap. Sad to see what games have become nowdays

[@RayearthIX]

@@miuletzmitzu6641 To be fair, when they released the mobile version a few years ago (edit: 5 years ago) it wasn't this automated. Yes, it had auto running for quests, but you did need to click through dialogue, actually play combat on your own (it had auto, but it was absolute trash and never combined skills correctly), choose and upgrade your stats and abilities, and manage your equipment and inventory. I have no idea what this thing is where you don't even need to do any of that.

[@TheElino]

This entire video feels like an intense fever dream

[@D3vious113]

Have a like just for that Firefly reference. Apparently I haven't subbed either, so there's that as well. Stay shiny my dude o7