Worst MMO Ever? - Inferna (and new channel announcement)

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New Channel - Josh Strife Plays
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Inferna is a perfect example that while a small team CAN make an mmorpg, they probably shouldn't.
Join me as I ride sabrespark the lion around mountains and play what is essentially metin 3.
Thank you to the supporters on Patreon and Twitch for keeping the channel going :)

[@kirakat1535]

I like how you can tell how old a JSH video is by how long the Patreon list is.

[@AcornElectron]

Direct correlation between font size and time also.

[@Firepulser]

Eh? that was a list of something? looked like a page of lines to me...

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

There is also something to do with the hair

[@wyndman]

If I can read the list it's old 😂

[@michaelkenner3289]

When I was studying film making you could buy licenses to songs called something like "not the James Bond theme" or "not the Titanic song". They were cleverly written pieces of music to sound like a piece of music while remaining legally distinct. Good for parodies, etc. That opening song definitely sounds like it's sold as "not the game of thrones theme". It references the musical ideas and patterns of the original just too much to be an accident.

[@leovaeg]

yeah, its absolutely the GoT Theme with a few bits and pieces cut out or shifted slightly to avoid lawsuits insanely scummy

[@andrewhewer8921]

Definitely, kinda sounds at points like the artist just modified the a-d-f-g pattern and added some other stuff and put it on a cello. Really scummy for sure

[@Zack_Wester]

is there a website or something. would love to get some tracks four our DnD group. like a Ride of the Valkyrie at diffrent level of competence dependent on how things go. because I can recall at least ones where we all said you know what music would fit here. Ride of the Valkyrie but its played by a drunk band.

[@Joe90h]

Play Of Crowns

[@baerthe]

Can't wait for Josh Strife Pays, a unique Cyptocurrency for MMO players; and Josh Strife Stays, a travel vlog channel focusing on best plays to play MMOs! lol

[@stoneymahoney9106]

He should try Transport Tycoon - Josh Strife Delays

[@PepperJAQ]

Random aside... (*waves to fellow art/mtg fren*) XD It always amuses me when different parts of my life/entertainment cross paths.

[@ericb3157]

reminds me of "grey still plays", who named his Minecraft character "grey still slays".

[@dorderre]

you mean "best places to play MMOs" right? ;)

[@brogangh]

theyre the new Josh Strife Craze

[@streakyanchovy]

3:53 Josh: "I will name my lion Saberspark" Me: "Ah, I see. You are a man of culture as well."

[@queennaragmambi8888]

indeed he is

[@drakkenmensch]

Josh: This reminds me of Joshua and the Promised Land, so I'll name my lion Saberspark. Saberspark: *No.... NO!!!*

[@sirmckinpants5701]

SAD TO THINK they never goin to make a sequel of the legendary Joshua and the promised land... Or we can have a remake....

[@MoriShep]

YES

[@kyotheman69]

hope he comments on this video still Saberspark best video besides his latest one that calls KZbin for their bs, mobile ads are cancer

[@M4XD4B0ZZ]

@@sirmckinpants5701 actually a lot of youtubers are reanimating it

[@magegamer806]

@@kyotheman69 They are really horrible. It was a great video

[@Omahdon]

I can't believe this was a 20 minute commercial for a second channel; I am appalled! Flabberghasted, even! *subscribes*

[@futonrevolution7671]

Oh, hey! Were you in Gems of War? I was trying it out, last week, mashing through the paint-by-numbers plot, then a single line of voice acting popped up, and my brain froze with an "is that... Dan McNeely?!" It isn't on your imdb, so it's been really bugging me.

[@BlasphemousCrow]

Fucking LOST it so many times, but especially at "Like you ordered the Game of Thrones theme from Wish." XD

[@anjom9234]

I was really into "Of all the games that exist, this is one of them"

[@carloshenriquezimmer7543]

I am pretty sure that this same tune was REALLY USED IN GOT, but as a background travel music or something like that. Not even joking, if I am wrong it was some tune very similar to that.

[@elitistnoob9564]

It's pretty much the same song just slightly changed 😂

[@vulpix0r]

Call me childish, but the 69 gold part got me laughing.

[@Valvad0ss]

Lmao same

[@Kenionatus]

Can I recommend making a series called "Not the worst game ever" about mediocre games with outstandingly good or interesting aspects?

[@dreioo8759]

Not as catchy.

[@lordmawkish1286]

Okayest Game Ever

[@Rudofaux]

Nice concept. Reviews of sleeper games.

[@0bashie]

@@lordmawkish1286 Yes lmao

[@starblazing1160]

The problem I can see is that it would take a lot of work for someone to care about something that’s kinda meh. If something is outstandingly good there’s an audience for it. If something is outstandingly bad there’s an audience for it. If something is mediocre, the audience is probably too bored to care.

[@JamJestKesh]

This game, at first sight, from classes to controls to every system and design, looks like somebody wanted to have Metin2, but not owned by Game Forge, and without the auto farmer.

[@ghostassassin1107]

This game is the Metin2 you have at home.

[@mr.serperior7002]

Man the first moment i saw mount on attack animation i knew it was a metin2 clone i played that game for way more than i should do when i was a kid ans when it was still popular around my country it actually quite sad that someone tried to make a fixed version of a long dead game to faill miserably

[@ereder1476]

it aims ot be a spiritual successor yes. metin 2 had huge quality but was plagued by gameforge as well as low effort from the KR devs. this game always tried to solve the environment issue of Metin2 including the terrible invinsible wall that plague metin2. So far so good concidering the insanely low budget. ANd in fact it doesn't need a high budget for what it aims to be. Just a good animator and art direction.

[@s.kasecky8156]

You don't need new game to have your own Metin . There are dozens of private metin servers, where more than 90% of metin's playerbase is.

[@ereder1476]

@@s.kasecky8156 private server are dogshit. they are meaningless. they add BS modified and powerup. Current metin isn't just bad because of the cash shop. It's bad because they have implemented unbalmlanced update who the RUINED the game. Private server are all "P-server" for fun for what? 1 week? non P server are corrupted as fuck, might as well go to gameforge directly eddit: + metin is a game that is played on the long run. the game is design that way: you need 150books to go from master to GM. that's 5-6 month. No private server last that long anyway. WHo would invest time in such a grind if the server can shutdown at any moment? It'sv like playing dynasty warrior with no saves

[@TheParasiteDk]

I have fun memories of playing LOTRO with my brother, either doing the quest where you need to survive as a chicken, or playing the "taking the hobbits to isengard" game, where we use low level hobbit characters to run as far east as possible and see how far we get before killed :D looking forward to the LOTRO video :)

[@voilvelev6775]

I was about to ask about that. LOTRO is considered bad now? I remember people REALLY liking it back in the day.

[@BlueFlameWolf]

@@voilvelev6775 its still doing very well and has a dedicated community and developers. With regular expansions to.

[@jeffreydanielmaurer9159]

@@voilvelev6775 Lotro got bounced around dev teams for a while. It certainly doesnt have the care and cohesion that it once did.

[@mrclown268]

@@voilvelev6775 lotro turned into such a grindfest that i started to play runes of magic again to recover from relentless grinding.

[@GalliadII]

@@voilvelev6775 it has become far too easy. which makes me sad. It used to be very well balanced. now you can pretty much solo it. I remember 10 years ago, you could not do epic quests alone, you needed a group and it was awesome. Now I solo quests 2 levels below the recommeded and I get bored.

[@ShadowProject01]

Josh Strife Slays: “This game feels like if the elderscrolls were dropped on its head as a baby and spent all its preschool years eating glue.” Me:☠️

[@Crazdor]

You and Inferna both. And, presumably, the THREE MAN DEV TEAM.

[@jamesick]

ok

[@DirgeTV]

I could see "Josh Strife Slays" as either a series where he just absolutely roasts the hell out of a game from start to finish or him attempting some on point cosplay. I mean he taught himself how to leather craft sooo...

[@SparkySummers]

"You don't need to be kicked in the balls for 6 hours to learn that being kicked in the balls isn't fun" Speak for yourself.

[@Shadethewolfy]

... honestly, that sounds like something Yahtzee would say lol

[@cynicalcitizen8315]

Some peeps are into that, I guess...

[@BigPuddin]

Personally, I'm retarded so I can only learn via the judicious application of pain.

[@Elenrai]

@@cynicalcitizen8315 As our lord and saviour Skeletor say: JOKES ON YOU! IM INTO THAT SHIT!!!

[@franciscopereira5760]

@@cynicalcitizen8315 yeah, they are called castrated men

[@MrAwesomeNarwhal]

As an oldschool metin 2 player, this looks A LOT like metin 2 mechanics. Even the mount combat is eerily similar. I have a feeling someone wanted to make a metin2 tribute but failed quite miserably.

[@pandeomonia]

> As an oldschool metin 2 player Hello I have a question: Why

[@KoloXD]

Or they succeeded, who knows.

[@jermu8706]

@Rias Gremory blind nostalgia

[@yungalpha1942]

It is tbh a fanmade Game from oldschool metin players

[@magman5126]

​@@pandeomonia Back in like 2008/2009 metin 2 was huge in Poland, every kid in school was playing it.

[@Landsberk]

Thank you so much for your Worst MMO Ever series. I'm from Russia and honestly we have very little content makers who rely on MMOs, especially those that were bad. After searching a little, I found your channel and I was addicted. I can't stop and now watching everything that was on the channel. Thanks from all russian gamers!!

[@Grimno]

Josh Strife Hayes: "Oh look, other players!" Me: "Why?"

[@DoingFavors]

The text on the Patreon is becoming SO incredibly small, it's glorious.

[@iagodiago]

The developers definitely can create beautiful landscapes. They should have focused on a Singleplayer RPG.

[@sedrik02]

only 1 dev work on this game, only 1 ^^

[@koboldparty4708]

@@sedrik02 It says 3 though?

[@Jack-jp8bz]

@@sedrik02 das mean dont make mmo, but its say 3 thoo?

[@david18cruz1989]

@@Jack-jp8bz what if the other 2 devs are just the first dev alternative personalities?

[@belstar1128]

Maybe some of these games where made to be single player at the start but then tacked on online game play just because it was technically possible.

[@psykopyro]

I love that you use the Plato's Cave analogy. Really reminded me of my sixth form years of Philosophy and Ethics classes. Back when I had aspirations and dreams.

[@anoninunen]

There is a sentiment I have occasionally seen that says "criticism is never worth more than the creation it criticizes". Josh regularly proves this to be false.

[@Nerobyrne]

yeah, that makes no sense. If we take this to it's extreme, it would mean that we can't criticise something like racism. Racism is worthless, but criticising it is very important, lest people fall into it by being lied to by power hungry individuals.

[@actually5004]

@@Nerobyrne Racism is not worthless, it's socially reprehensible and shouldn't be practiced in the modern age- this doesn't mean it's without worth. Nobody would bother using racism if it didn't work.

[@Nerobyrne]

@@actually5004 well, that's an interesting viewpoint I suppose.

[@creativedesignation7880]

@@actually5004 Whether or not racism has any type of worth very much depends on whether one is a racist or the victim of racism and this apllies to basically everything. If you can profit from a famine it's not worthless, if you can gain influence from a nuclear holocaust it's not worthless. Maybe whether or not something can have worth to someone is just not a great metric to judge it's overall quality?

[@BigPuddin]

@@Nerobyrne Wow. You're so incredibly brave to say "racism is bad."

[@SwartFrancois]

"Of all the games that exists, this is one of them". Man, those 3 devs have families. Why do you slay them so?

[@xchronox0]

Because of the "Kill 3 devs" quest.

[@larunasoftpaw570]

Oh man, REALLY hope you can get LOTRO working… that was my “mom won’t pay for a WoW subscription” game of choice. It got really frustrating towards the end of the free content but I loved it while it lasted. Would love to see your takes on it. (Also I played it with the girl in high school who wrote smutty LOTR fanfiction. Good times…)

[@teetbeezoon]

Josh: "The opening theme sounds like you order the Game of Thrones theme on Wish!" I really think that is one of your best jabs ever! Almost sounded like Yoda playing the GoT theme song, fucking it up like he fucks up syntax!

[@i_die_a_lot_in_video_games]

"this looks like 2nd year uni work" [*nervously looks back at my 2nd year at uni that i just finished*] josh you have such high expectations of us xD

[@DiegoDuarte]

These quests remind me of Flyff, to eliminate small enemies, then normal enemies and enemy captains, like Little Lawolf, Lawolf and Captain Lawolf, and it increases the amount of quest items needed to complete the quest and the chance of drop is drastically reduced. And I was in a good vibe, I played Flyff for over 4 years, I even created a Hero, oh dear!

[@MikhailKutzow]

Excited about the new channel. I'm honestly not the biggest MMO fan, but your content is so good that I am still very interested in it. So getting to see you cover non MMO games is everything I could have wanted.

[@lw8882]

That wolf growl reminds me of old arcade cabinet beat-em-up games where you could only carry one weapon and it got destroyed in a few hits. But those games had an excuse they had like 896kb of storage.

[@mitasakiiful]

I appreciate you taking one for the team by spending two hours on this so we didn't have to.

[@GrimJRS]

This game took a long time to make, all the team needed was someone with common sense and someone to write a story, and together they could have made an amazing game.

[@MaxiM_PL]

"Let me kurwa be rich" - Złoty Jeż He speaks the language od my people 😂👌

[@agis_]

LITTY 😂🔥

[@MrocnyZbik]

Yes he is XD

[@BigPuddin]

Don't Czechs, Poles, and Ukrainians say "kurwa?"

[@sauwensvk7589]

+ slovaks ​@@BigPuddin

[@adamwinfield9057]

At this rate you'll only have a few pixels left for each patreon supporter's name at the end of your videos. It's good to see your continued growth and success :)

[@eviloatmeal]

Patreon perk: Your name will be used for antialiasing.

[@Nightweaver1]

When you named that lion "Saberspark," I laughed so hard I think I scared myself a little. I did NOT expect a Saberspark reference from you.

[@rednassie1101]

I think you've reached the point that even in 1080p, the Patreons are almost unreadable. Comgrats on getting this far, but it could require a new poll.

[@BrayzGaming]

Ouch, I'll be interested in your Lotro video. Lotro has a small but tight knit community and still has regular updates, more than can be said about the past some 10 mmo in this series

[@wizardsghost876]

I tried to reinstall and replay LOTRO a couple of weeks ago, but even failed to get the game starting. Downloading / installing / patching was a pain in the turbine aera, but now it completely didnt work :(

[@Whosimon]

I tried it out again last month, for the first time since like the late 2000s and I did not make it more than 3h, everything aside from it having the benefit of having the lotr name felt horrible from a modern standpoint.

[@mrclown268]

@@wizardsghost876 did you try switching launcher to 64bit version?

[@Lorddraigo]

As we appear to be getting to "bottom of the barrel," I'm surprised that DnD Online hasn't been reviewed yet. That's the first MMO I played, and I'd love for Josh to check it out.

[@Remianen]

Might be a problem since it's run by the same developer as Lord of the Rings Online. If LoTRO isn't optimized for DirectX 12, I don't think DDO will be either.

[@daveice20]

@@Remianen this guy is filming on a toaster that lags in a game like Inferna... I don't see how being optimized for DX12 has anything to do with anything, his rig can't even run DX12 lmao

[@McDonaldWilliamT]

@@Remianen not sure. I manage with it for DDO. Still boot it up with a couple friends from time to time for a bit of a dungeon crawl run if my local tabletop group can't meet up that week. That said, I really don't recommend it for solo play. Even with hirelings you kinda *need* a party for a lot of the content. Which makes sense given its basically a pretty close 1 to 1 port of 3.5 Edition.

[@boobehry]

I hope he does, I'd imagine he would say good things about ddo

[@solomonchild3398]

Ddo was the shit when it first came out. Back then you could find groups so fast for the content too

[@hamana1034]

This series is great

[@samantha8701]

First time I've ever subscribed to a channel with no videos yet. Looking forwards to seeing what we get on the new channel!

[@knightmer3645]

Can't emphasize this enough how AWESOME this guy is ! Literally has 5k Subs on a new channel within 3 hours, with 0 VIDEOS ! Do you realize how amazing you are ?

[@alexreilly6121]

he low-key suggested there'd be pr0n there so everyone subbed asap

[@JagEterCoola]

@@alexreilly6121 ... What?

[@Brawneteer]

"I will name my lion, SaberSpark." Bruh don't do that to me, I spit my drink out

[@EdBurke37]

Every second I listen to this games theme Josh's description sounds more and more true.

[@DimmuDeer]

I love Saberspark's movie reviews

[@myrdana]

As someone who actually played Lord of the rings online recently, if you get it to work its not too bad at all and great for a more casual lotr world loving audience. Sadly there is the fact that getting all leveling content will cost you easilly 200 dollars + and the endgame having a lot of pay to win features. To me its a B tier MMO. pretty good, but major flaws being a big dealbreaker. This all making it impossible for me to recomend to new players.

[@jonathansoko1085]

i quit lotro when i got to a quest giver and he told me to buy the questline in the cash shop, i said nah and uninstalled

[@TheCoffeehound]

Unfortunately, LOTRO went downhill when they went free to play around 2010 or so.

[@pocketheart1450]

The developers are talking about completely redoing the monetization in Lord of the Rings Online. They know it's bad. And frankly I mean they were just kind of figuring out what a free-to-play system even meant in the west since they were the ones basically figuring it out.

[@jonathansoko1085]

@@pocketheart1450 If Lotro did the wow system of you buy game and a 10-15$ sub id gladly do that. Im in my 30s now and i have zero time or want to play a game thats sole purpose for existing is to milk me for more money beyond the box price and sub. Just lemme get the game, and a sub and let me play.

[@fuchswolfsson2622]

@@jonathansoko1085 yeah, it sucks. Lotro is not a f2p game, even if it is advertised as such. The f2p is more like a free trial and a horrible experience if you try to get on in the game. I mean technically you can grind the points to unlock stuff in the shop - but i guess you have to quit your job then. If you sub, you have all story content unlocked (as far as i sm aware) and you can clearly see, that it was designed to be a sub based mmo (with some extra stuff in the store slapped on it). Tldr., its a sub game with s horrible f2p option. Only worth playing, if you love middle earth and tolkiens works - thats the sticking point for me, as this is by far the best digital version of middle earth that exists and unfortunately it seems that its not gonna pass that torch anytime soon.

[@dusksentry5836]

Josh putting Raziel in the new channel banner is already a good start

[@nakenmil]

Not gonna lie, I got a serious Totalbiscuit vibe from this video, especially towards the end. The rapid-fire, tight-lipped rant. Good stuff.

[@lardosmug]

I really miss him...

[@nakenmil]

@@lardosmug me too, buddy. Me too.

[@MidnighterClub]

"This is what happens when you find the character rigger on Craigslist." Just my guess: that's someone's attempt at IK. The legs are all funky because they're trying to connect to the ground but someone couldn't get it to work quite right. I'm pretty sure even a rigger from Craigslist is better than that.

[@cheezzeballz]

How did Metin 2, of all games, get a clone of its own 💀😭

[@Teuwufel]

central/eastern european nostalgia. Metin2 was very popular back then.

[@darkgather2808]

its starting already!.... the clone wars

[@belstar1128]

It is a important part of Slavic culture you need to drink a lot of vodka and have grown up under communism to understand.

[@Teuwufel]

@@belstar1128 ...this is so wrong

[@AtmaDragoon]

Already eagerly awaiting the 3rd channel where you review skincare products: Josh Dry Face

[@LoudRevised]

POV: it’s 2 PM and you remember it’s time for the Weekly, Worst MMOs series.

[@pokolba9]

This game: ancient Chinese villages and cities with a Latin-English name, habited with Japanese named people and African/European looking civils. Good job, consistency.

[@mrnickhox]

I've actually wanted to see you review other games in this style pretty bad, I am a new ish sub and when I found this series I've binge watched it, and man, your humor and the way you review just gets to me, as a game dev I do appreciate the sometimes pedantic review of some things, I want to see ALL that can go wrong so I can ya know, not do that. Hyped for Josh Strife Prays where you literally just become a pastor and guide us to heaven :)

[@UrbanSyed2904]

Or Josh Strife Tries, where he tries games develop by Developers such as yourself :D

[@mrnickhox]

@@UrbanSyed2904 I WOULD BE HONORED IF HE REVIEWED MY GAMES (even tho I don’t have any to show at the moment) BUT THAT WOULD BE SICK

[@UrbanSyed2904]

@@mrnickhox Right!~ he can give his honest opinions to Game Devs passionate in developing their games, hey Josh, can't you do a series like that? at least try 1 episode to see if there's a viewing for it....

[@seanwarren9357]

Thanks for the positive review, it means so much to us. High praise indeed, it's an honor, Strife! See you in game!

[@ShinOpaque]

Another video, another day Mabinogi is saved from this series lol

[@yoAventus]

We patiently await the day.

[@ravenhellkite8124]

I have never subbed to a new channel so fast. Can't wait for the new type of content you'll make on it.

[@BrokenArrowX]

just FYI, basically no MMO other than WoW uses DirectX12 atm. Even Guild Wars 2 is still on DirectX9 as of right now, so that's not the issue with LOTRO. (what the issue is I have no idea though, launches fine for me)

[@DoAGoldeneye]

And even WoW's DX12 will crap out on some people!

[@aureliaaurita6498]

@@DoAGoldeneye Could that be the reason for GW2 announcing its switch to DirectX11 instead of 12?

[@milhousevanhoutan9235]

@@aureliaaurita6498 they wrote a whole news post. It boils down to "DX11 allows us to support a wider range of operating systems, it's good enough to fix the frame issue and allows tons of upgradability." From an outside perspective upgrading from DX9 to DX11 is relatively straightforward, whereas DX9 to DX12 is akin to rewriting a program in a completely different programming language. WOW can spend the dev resources to do so that, not necessarily any other company.

[@cericat]

@@milhousevanhoutan9235 it also potentially locks out some of the player base, I would bet a non-zero number are still on Windows 7 and MS only supported DX12 on W7 for a small list of games mainly WoW in the first place.

[@milhousevanhoutan9235]

@@cericat Yes that's exactly a thing, which is why I said "It allows them to support a wider range of operating systems." Specifically DX11 allows them to support all the way back to Vista, though you are right that Win 7 is the overriding concern. Additionally considering the Mac client was just shut down at the same time they ended 32-bit support, they aren't afraid to EOL a client that a small portion of their userbase is running so it's probably not just 'non zero' but a 'reasonably high minority' the mac client was always buggy and difficult to work with so a lot of people just bootcamped their macs to play gw2 on windows to avoid the mac client. I also believe that even though they don't officially support it I imagine they at least thought about people who may be running Linux and running some kind of WINE setup for gaming, which DX12 is notoriously finicky for those people while DX11 runs pretty much easy breezy beautiful.

[@facetioustitan3900]

Hell yeah, excited for the new channel and seeing your brand of sarcasm unleashed on more games

[@vizthex]

never did I imagine Josh would reference Saberspark, but I'm here for it.

[@FoggysWalkthroughs]

13:50 - I didn't expect to find my Bioshock walkthrough to be featured in Josh Strife Hayes video :O I feel honored :D

[@andrewowens1043]

As someone who majored in Philosophy, I greatly appreciate the Plato's Cave reference, it made the video that much better.

[@RasenRendanX]

i did not expect a Saberspark reference in this video and i am very happy now

[@LoudRevised]

Joshua and the Promise Land. I didn’t expect a meta reference from another worst series.

[@rgb999]

wish you only the best with the second channel, see you there soon, or not so soon, will still be there, good luck, and also get some rest in between

[@eryana9437]

Don't play lotro through steam, that's just asking for trouble. I know it's an mmo from a decade ago, but it was pure gold before they went down the free to play model. The sound track is awesome and the environmental detail really brings middle earth to life. Also some of the quest lines are just *chef's kiss*. And then there is the awesome community that still sticks around.

[@stellasadbrains6898]

The quest "A Striking Absence of Boar" in Evendim has been stuck in my head for years, I don't remember what even followed it up but everything about it was so incredibly meta that I will never not laugh at it

[@Yotanido]

They put the game on steam, so it's an official place to get the game. Being able to run it has got to be the bare minimum requirement, and if it only works from some sources and not from others, they have failed miserably. If this is really an issue, they'd be better off removing it from steam.

[@JOSHthGamer]

What's wrong with the steam version? edit: nvm watched the video. I never had any problems tho. But that was last year

[@belstar1128]

Yea the game looked super cool to me because pipe smoking was a skill (i am not sure if this was true) but ofcourse like all good 2000s mmos i wanted to try but could not because of bad pc and no money and time it became trash just as i was getting ready to give it a try.

[@RyleeStrange]

i'm already liked and subbed...i wanna give extra props for the saberspark reference.

[@ereder1476]

it's (free) early access (alpha stage) made by one or 3 dude who want to recreate the uniqueness of metin2: open world musou... Come on now, this is low hanging fruit.. meanwhile STAR CITIZEN is still ...404 no video found?

[@Makensha]

I mean, at this point the series is, "hey check out this random MMO I tried"

[@JoshStrifeHayes]

@@Makensha basically yeah

[@ereder1476]

@@JoshStrifeHayes i'm eagerly waiting for your video about SC. it have free flight weekends as well as a fully functionnal cash shop (argueably moreso than the game itself), with multiple layers of things to optimised ... wait.. is the cash shop the game? It's pratically an early access game at this point, with ~300m $ spent

[@TrickityHouses]

I actually discovered this main channel through your other channel's armored core video. Good stuff Mr. Plays!

[@SailorIda3]

"so in that regard its better than LOTRO" Me: *brain damage* no, please dont say that T.T Also, I have direct X12 and play it nearly daily :)

[@jfbeland690]

ikr.. i have a powerful PC and LOTRO was ez to install and runs great, dunno how Josh manage to fuck that up lol

[@SailorIda3]

@@jfbeland690 my pv isnt powerfulöl per say, quiet old and im about to update it piece by pioece :)

[@sorrenblitz805]

I really love that the natural reaction to the number 69 is universally a chuckle and the word "Nice".

[@hjalfi]

This actually looks like a reasonably competent game engine (player-specific gravity notwithstanding) which desperately needs game content designed by someone who knows how to design MMO game content. You know, with a plot, maps that make sense, chained questlines which follow a storyline, and NPCs with names.

[@jasonsmith6658]

Glad you made a new channel for other games, your an excellent watch on KZbin, very clean professional, and humorous.

[@robert.r.g]

I have two recommendations for this series: Dekaron and Cabal. They are fairly old games with numerous flaws, but they aren't all bad. They would be great material for a well-structured critique.

[@afonsowiborg5298]

Really looking forward to the new channel! Love the Idea and Can't wait to see what you come up with!

[@ShintarsVideos]

Has this series made you more appreciative of good MMOs? As in, a bit more willing to forgive some flaws as these bad games show just how much MORE could go wrong when making one of these?

[@exodus3461]

As much as I love your MMO content, I am super excited for your new channel!

[@thatchanguy]

I love that you’re expanding into other genres. I’m making a list of bad games I’d love for you to review. Plot Twist: You are actually a zombie who thinks he’s playing a game but are actually shambling along and are an NPC in a real RPG game.

[@UHavABadConnection]

#1 Daikatana

[@DoingFavors]

M. Night Shamalamadingdong twist: He's a zombie in a virtual reality full dive experiment that the United States Governement has used to find a way to control the population, in an effort to keep their experiments on the low they kidnapped Josh and turned him into a zombie and forced him to start reviewing bad MMO's tricking the public into thinking he's a human all along, meanwhile they feed him the brains of every MMO player who thinks Metin2 is a great MMO in order to satisfy his lust for death and bad MMO experiences. Why make him a zombie you ask...? that's the twist... YOU are the zombie.. YOU are the experiment.. JOSH is....your.....father.......

[@fireflyry]

Nice call on the new channel, Peon also struggled with trying to stick to just MMORPG content, look forward to some new genres and retro fun!!!

[@garybicknell2135]

This looks like something a student did in their spare time to pad out their resume with experience hoping nobody would look deeper than that the game existed on Steam.

[@mocharoll3486]

Ngl I saw Josh's character and I was like "is that YMS??" Also I completely lost it when Josh called the lion Saberspark

[@Mepawnz85]

Finally some boxing mmo! I always dreamed about boxing cute little animals! 🙃🙃🙃

[@sirius.0]

You get a yikes from me bruh

[@Mepawnz85]

@@sirius.0 That's totally fine bruh

[@cyraxuser]

New channel seems awesome! Excited to see contents

[@xtremefurrycat]

so a new scp where you play the game and then its like groundhogs day every time you try to play any game it just turns into this game, no matter the platform it is on or what it is played on... you just get forced to play it over and over and over again o.o

[@komiks42]

That can become "true" scp But i'm to shitty writer

[@XiLock_Alotx]

“My legs do this…I don’t know what this is”? I’m absolutely in tears right now

[@SoulFoxie]

The fact that he even got 20 minutes of footage out of this game is astonishing

[@RemKoshmar]

Super exited for the new channel! I really enjoy your commentary on the games as you play them and getting more of that is great~ I can't wait to see all the games you'll be covering! I also have one... very obscure little rpg I'd love for you to check out some day, too!

[@nebufabu]

"The LV50 equipment requires LV30 drops you no longer can get" is actually a decent idea in a game with a player-owned shops or auction house. It can be done right. Again, old City of Heroes had something sort of like that with the whole IO/purple set crafting... Except there was a legit way to decrease your level and everyone had a ton of alts. The marketeering game was _cutthroat_ but still fair enough that if you didn't want to engage with it, you could.

[@jeebbers5195]

I absolutely love the reference to Plato's The Cave. So good!

[@martinhensel8737]

I wonder when Silkroad Online will get on the list. Great Video, as always!

[@sunsage3754]

I'm sorry for the pain you suffer to create this content, but god do I love the really bad ones more than the okay ones. The Warframes and the Guild Wars and even the Aura Kingdoms put the Fiestas, Tales of Toast, and this nonsense into even starker perspective. And the snark on the worst of the worst is just plain fantastic.

[@CrimsinTheShaman]

Josh, new subscriber here, love your MMO content. And I totally understand and love the idea to start a new channel. Looking forward to it, and count me as a subscriber.

[@andreluizmacielbrito7407]

assim que testei o jogo já esperava ele aparecer por aqui na serie

[@ajmx307]

Eu to esperando até hoje aparecer o "Grand Fantasia" nessa série.

[@andreluizmacielbrito7407]

@@ajmx307 joguei bastante o grand, e sim é outro q provavelmente vai aparecer por aqui

[@cheyennereynoso4116]

Dude, I’ve binged the heck out of this and one of your other channels the last couple weeks. I really enjoy it.

[@cancelmetal7005]

Some people work hard, some others make a name for themselves by trashing one's efforts.

[@JoshStrifeHayes]

Some people leave useless comments.

[@MattGambler]

Fun fact, I found josh strife plays first, and only eventually after making my way through the "was it any good" series, did I also find my way over here. Strangely heartwarming to eventually run into this announcement, thank you for hours and hours of enjoyable content, good sir o/

[@xelldincht8149]

"Inferno is what would happen if Skyrim slept with The Witcher 3 and then spent 9 months heavily drinking" lol, love that quote

[@Fr0hman]

Glad to hear about the other channel! Also, you should definitely check out this older MMO called Haven and Hearth. It's definitely unique.

[@murrayboyton8779]

I look forward to your hotel reviews channel, Josh Strife Stays.

[@MesaGaming]

"I'm working on a new channel...." - you've said enough, subbed.

[@CrashGordon94]

1)That Saberspark reference, lol! 2) Kinda surprised at the problems with LOTRO, I know someone who was into it and never heard of this. According to other comments, it might be the Steam version. 3) Definitely hype for the new channel!

[@chemputer]

I've always wanted to see Josh Strife Hayes riding Saberspark, we can check that off the bucket list.

[@sebastianbaeckmann81]

Also, can´t wait for the upcoming beauty channel "Josh Strife Slays"!

[@PaladinGear15]

subscribed to the new channel right away, I wanna hear about the MMOs, new games, old games, fun! ^^

[@Yaavie]

Would love a LotRO video! I am still having casual fun with it every now and then.