Worst MMO Ever? - Rebirth Online

[@TheFusionElement]

I'm so glad I found this channel, I haven't laughed this much in a long time. The level of sarcasm and the way you narrate your experience is flawless.

[@JoshStrifeHayes]

I hope it continues to be entertaining :)

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@JoshStrifeHayes Your channel reminded me of Teamtanks, one of the best MMO's i ever knew. Its such a damn, damn, damn shame it stopped getting support and lost its playerbase (but people still remember) so i would really appreaciate a video about it!!

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@JoshStrifeHayes Your channel reminded me of Teamtanks, one of the best MMO's i ever knew. Its such a damn, damn, damn shame it stopped getting support and lost its playerbase (but people still remember) so i would really appreaciate a video about it!!

[@Ikxi]

My exact thoughts!

[@jakhiplayzgamez3366]

Haha 69th like

[@dialaskisel5929]

"When you press the auto-wear button, the better equipments than now is worn to you." Truly, Shakespeare could have written this line. Art.

[@anamggss]

Yes because your armors you have worn on you right today is very not good :((

[@ChristmasLore]

Translation is an art...

[@hazukichanx408]

"Marry, whenst thou presseth down upon thine auto-wear button, forsooth, the better equipments than be knownst to thee in the present time, be donned upon thine own self." -From Shakespeare's "Rebirth Online"

[@Shachza]

"Nipples thanks me and takes me to level 195." I laughed wayyyyy too hard. Nipples is now a legend to span all MMOs.

[@KollinsPlays]

"Even having this game installed on my PC is making the other MMORPGs on it worse." I've had that feeling before.

[@anautilus2004]

TFW you hit level 81 on the introductory quest

[@michaelgamel5915]

Ttthhhatttsss power creep for ya!

[@zerofourfiveone]

FFXIV be like:

[@ChristianCTaken]

@@zerofourfiveone Only if you buy the story skip for a story driven game?

[@Jiffles]

@@zerofourfiveone Nah, you do manage to overlevel the story but that's only if you're actively seeking out levelling or have the road to 90 buff which sends xp into overdrive, but you have to seek that out mostly. Beyond that at best you're 1-3 levels above.

[@philritter9042]

I really wonder what the lvl of the highest player in that game is when you are able to get 500 or so a day if you really try

[@wesleybucher944]

"The increase rate will itself increase" gave me flashbacks to calculus and second derivatives

[@daisy_ttcunedited7506]

"touch the npc" *sexy music*, IM DONE! lol!

[@flamefierce998]

Touch the npc: meh Touch the screen: meh Caress your screen: Oh.. oh my...

[@Doomerang01]

Plot twist: it actually deletes every other game on your system. You are permanently stuck with Rebirth. Any game you install will instead reinstall Rebirth. There is no escape.

[@kindkindred]

thats why its called rebirth!

[@autobotstarscream765]

Rebirth? More like Refunded!

[@Doomerang01]

@@autobotstarscream765 You get refunded with Rebirth.

[@AK-fr5zv]

@@Doomerang01 Replaced your PC? Free Rebirth for you. You can run, but you can't hide.

[@sorrenblitz805]

@@AK-fr5zv ahaha joke's on you Rebirth you weren't released on console! I win.

[@eyoshinthemaximum]

11:54 I legitimately cheered and celebrated because it was more interesting than the rest of the game

[@discounthorde1944]

Of all things to make me recoil in digust was the part "only jumps when you release it and not when you press it".

[@tvctaswegia497]

For me, fingerprints smeared on the monitor had me shaking. 😅

[@kaydwessie296]

I was across my room getting a pajama shirt to put on, heard that line, and cringed so hard I dropped the shirt I just picked up

[@shrimpvendor9911]

Got 99 Woodcutting right as the 99 Strength part came up.

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen3215]

10 shrimps for 450 gp leave it or take it. Final offer.

[@topponder7250]

Somebody give this man a medal. A true hero in the dank trenches of mmorpg.

[@nathanalexandre9043]

He's not deserving k thanks bye 😊

[@sadie4479]

I’m super happy I searched this video out to watch before downloading this game. Thanks for the heads up!

[@StoovTV]

Phone game developer: We should make a PC MMO! Phone game company: We have PC MMOs at home. PC MMO at home: Rebirth

[@pryce4917]

"This game is like the second bowl of cereal" ... I felt that.. It never is the same.

[@oneoranota]

This just reminded me of a fond childhood memory -- and I don't have many, so I'll take it. When I was a child, we weren't allowed cereals at home. But my parents would send me to summer camp every year. And you see, the breakfast in summer camp was usually a buffet. Which meant, there was no one to stop me from having four bowls of cereals ! So that's exactly what I did every morning of summer camp =D

[@subtledemisefox]

Idk man, there's just something about pouring a second helping of Cocoa Pebbles into the bowl of the already chocolate flavored milk

[@The1Helleri]

5:23 Laughed at the LiF reference. We used to call those fur missiles. Devs did a good thing early on by giving them eyeshine at night and making it so they'd give a low growl if you go to close to them (which gives you about 2-4 steps to start backing up and avoid being attacked). But then they broke their out of combat sounds somehow so you never heard a warning growl anymore and couldn't hear them running up behind you.

[@contentlocked99]

We've all got a little frost batmonster inside us.

[@Ellebeeby]

Truer words ne’er were spoken

[@licit1337]

"Something interesting happens" *pretends its from Rebirth* "I got 99 strength on Runescape" "Back to, what was this game even called again? Rebirth" Im going to literally die from laughter

[@hazukichanx408]

Savage. Savage verbal brutality. But not, I think, undeserved...

[@cheeher3212]

I applaud you for suffering through this so we don't have to. Thank you for your 6 hours that you can never get back.

[@Oxxyjoe]

There's a kind of progression here. This game is kinda like, as if the League of Angels people heard your comments, removed the particles and wings, as well as most of the aggressive little things to click which all want your money, and said "Here ya go! We'll now see just how much your improvement has enjoyed."

[@cors4302]

Then something interesting happens "I get 99 Strength on OSRS"

[@RiuKurai]

nice

[@owafamosa7615]

@Tobias Gerald who asked

[@ammagon4519]

@Tobias Gerald wow, truly a convincing advertisment, thank you totally not a bot.

[@llllB06llll]

@dictatorofneptune ssemi afk is the way

[@Hextrill]

Best part of the entire video!

[@LeonedeBeaumont]

I died at the "IS THAT THE TERA SYMBOL?? OKAY, NOT EXACTLY BUT IT'S FAR TOO CLOSE!" LOL!

[@farlonmuentes6004]

this is a theory... what if there's an evil cthulhu entity that's kept at bay when a company releases this kind of games and they are actually saving the world from them?

[@julife.ka.3899]

So that's why they put out games without worrying about its quality and just focus in getting out the next one? That would make sense

[@Karak-_-]

* cleares throat * *Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.*

[@alexreilly6121]

@@Karak-_- try saying that ten times fast while pissed i dare you

[@opalishmoth8591]

Someone make this the plot of something STAT You know let’s just go all out: The world is plagued by endless trash MMOs. One man, Definitely-Not-Josh-Strife-Hayes, is on a journey to review them all. Then one day he somehow learned the truth- how the passionless games are the only thing stopping an eldritch being from destroying the world. Because of Shenanigans(TM) he ends up inside one of these games Using his unrivaled ability of…. Common sense he uses his knowledge of tropes to save the world And like banish the greedy corporations from games and have all games be full of good design and artistic passion and whatever The premise is a great set up to just make a parody about all the over the top flashy fantasy stories where the player character is only one who does anything. Im just imagining Not-Josh, the savior of the realm scream in frustration at having to give an NPC a glass of water from the spring thats right in-front of them

[@messiahsoldier]

The sass you add to these videos makes me like them more, thank you.

[@jangabriel3117]

I actually got curious enough to download this. I play a lot of it, while eating, while working out, while sleeping. This game is literally one step away from not needing you.

[@ethang.8238]

I mean its from a phone game Whadya expect? Actually input?

[@_lun4r_]

@@ethang.8238 same with a "better mobile mmo": BDM it also has a auto battle button go to a grinding spot, press auto battle and enjoy that free exp and loot on your character

[@oneoranota]

When you are genuinely enthousiast at the idea of not playing the game, it's the sign that you should uninstall.

[@_lun4r_]

@@oneoranota I mean most of mobile MMOs just revolve around the built-in auto battle bot, there's clearly a point to have it Mobile controls are hard to master for an MMO

[@lunaeons45]

@_lun4r_ and to be fair, it's a great addition to have as an option, Just so when you need to do something suddenly you can auto, or if you just wanna grind for a certain thing but have responsibilities. But it definitely shouldn't be the focus of design and have things built around it

[@majortom7038]

“I wonder if I can finish it (the fight) just banging the keyboard against my face ... i can” lol 😂. You sir, are very funny 😁

[@goldenferitas2614]

And yet ingame you can see the mouse going over the abilities and clicking them ^^

[@Firepulser]

@@goldenferitas2614 yes. clearly he can't. the onscreen and the video feed were different.

[@commandershepard4235]

I absolutely love that he recorded himself uninstalling the game. lol

[@Ellebeeby]

You’re Commander Shepard and this is your favourite thing in the video.

[@atomicradiotheater]

#Spoilers #DeBirth

[@nathanalexandre9043]

Should uninstall his terrible game playing skills while he's at it lmao 😂

[@fuinharlz]

"Remember when the player actually mattered" This is the reason I still play mmos from the 90's. For actual games I keep on the single player story driven, cRPGs and aRPGs. I gave up on mmos long time ago. I remember when playing the 4th coming for the first time... there were no tutorial, but it was easy to identify that clicking on an npc would make him talk to you... thing is: there was no quest screen, no quest log, no quest dialog screen. You would receive "quests" by talking to the npcs (by talking I mean REALLy typing the words and talking it on overhead chat, to the npc), using keywords that most of the time would be highlighted on their spead. But you had to actually pay attention to what they said, as the npc words were all the info you'd get on what to do, where to go, who to speak with... and since there were NO quest log, well... you had to write ir down. Okay, after some time ppl who played enough and wrote down every quest they did, made a website with a collection of all quests, who to speak, where to go... but even following those "tutorials" that felt like the 90's and 90's game guides on magazines, you still had to play, read, find easter eggs and so on.

[@nathanalexandre9043]

That just means you yourself and not the character you created wanted all of the attention 😊 cope, no worries

[@markyvn]

I'm so glad I found this channel because of Asmongold. Best thing to listen to while I'm eating, and doing some work

[@BrB-j1k]

The famous game dev. Oscar Wildcrafter once said "If I had more time, I would have put in less systems"

[@fang4223]

You know, during the same time period this game was released, there were a lot of MMOs that more or less were the same thing: an idle game where the most efficient way to play was to let the game play itself. I can remember at least two others.

[@atomicradiotheater]

What are the other two?

[@fang4223]

@@atomicradiotheater Both Korean skill rotation games. I can't remember the name of them for the life of me, unfortunately. I remember they both had these nigh unkillable pacifist mobs in each main town that were kind of like, mascots, and if you hit they they'd run off a bit, taunting you. Probably made by the same company. and I remember even more existed, just, can't remember much about any of them.

[@markkajc]

I played so many of these on mobile about 10 years ago. I had bad taste

[@fang4223]

@@markkajc I was a poor kid who loved MMOs. I just played whatever I could get my hands on.

[@Elzyark]

your content is.... such high quality??? you deserve more subs tbh

[@AnimeSquirrel]

These videos have made me realize something that's probably a reason why i quit WoW. My character has no noticeable relevance to the story. I'm just a glorified task doer for the real main characters. SO why should I do anything at all?

[@beetheimmortal]

Basically my probelm with WoW. Since everything is a prerendered cutscene, there is lterally no way to include the player character. You are just a faceless grunt.

[@zinc2zinc2]

@@beetheimmortal that explains why i got detached from wow

[@Suilujz]

I liked the Shadow Vault in wotlk, normally doing quests for a faction only unlocks you items at their quartermaster blah blah but with the shadow vault your actions built the place. You got to see it transform from a scourge pit to a base for the ebon blade. Doing quests that actually changed something felt nice

[@nathanalexandre9043]

​@@zinc2zinc2ff14 is worse...much much worse 😊

[@GrandCorsair]

I wonder if you could theoretically max out your level by just training a hamster to run up and down the keyboard while you sit back and read a book or something.

[@corbanbausch9049]

Probably. It would also be more entertaining as well

[@luminatron]

@@corbanbausch9049 The hamster, not the game.

[@Felunya]

Just found your channel yesterday and now binchwatching your content. love it :)

[@onomatopoeia7505]

Binchwatching...? Ooooooh you mean BINGEwatching.

[@daonlyowner6631]

me too xD

[@TinieMassive]

Grats on 99 strength!

[@imadeddineeljamal3191]

Uninstalling was the highlight of this episode XD Also congrats on 99 in osrs

[@Errorsnake]

I felt very satisfied as he uninstalled the game, dont know why, just a sudden wave of relief :D

[@MissCinny]

Got to level 19 before the game explains that the exclamation point means a quest giver? Amazing...

[@desanimoosrs6443]

I wonder what kind of person chooses this kind of game over literally any other free MMO. What are its draws? I can see why someone would play, for example, Life is Feudal or Raid even if they are aware that it is a flawed or outright bad game. Maybe they really want a hardcore survival experience or want to play something familiar and don't care at all about finding the perfect experience. But what does Rebirth have that others don't? Based on your video there is no well-written or at least unique worldbuilding nor stories, no unique or challenging PVE mechanics, not much of a community, not particularly expansive world to explore, nothing that encourages role playing, and the skilling and crafting systems are basic. So what the hells keeps the servers afloat?

[@JoshStrifeHayes]

Sunk cost fallacy and whales

[@chocobro3198]

I think it's because it's also on mobile. Ever since the release of games on mobile, there are a lot of people who didn't use to ever game, who explore and try out games on it. They know squat about what an actual good MMORPG should be like. Considering how, this game, would seem epic to me back when I didn't know much about games, and I thought games on my Commodore were exciting... I can see how people may think it's good when they're not really gamers in general.

[@Zabe_B]

late but, as someone who will play games that i know are bad on purpose, i can probably give some insight. i play games like this because sometimes i want something that's not going to demand a lot of attention, but that i can still "play" and watch things happen and numbers go up. it's usually something to do while i watch a video or even play a different game. idk why but i usually prefer to be doing 2 or even 3 or 4 things at once

[@anautilus2004]

Everything about this game, from the story/quest interactions to the UI to the level design, makes me think "this is just Neverwinter but bad"

[@TecTitan]

Josh, you're getting stronger every time I see you. (this is my second-ish video)

[@boopycookie4886]

"i got old school runescape on my second monitor right now" me: glances to my two osrs clients that are open on my 2nd monitor XD EDIT: are you using runelite? i hear like system notification sounds and it made me check my runelite clients O.O EDIT: yes ya do

[@pencilbender]

Conrad low key almost carrying this whole game with his emote

[@AviraRosalita]

I love how the tutorial just gives up in confusion. I probably be like that too if I were a game system.

[@cloudyskyla]

I'm surprised your channel isn't even bigger than it is, these videos are great :)

[@devinm524]

been following the channel for a long time, and I feel like I need to say you get stronger every time I see you

[@HikingFeral]

I searched your worst mmo playlist and I'm sure half the videos aren't on there. It's always a nice surprise to find ones I haven't seen yet. Thanks for making them Josh.

[@ChristmasLore]

Been binge watching for 3 days, and I noticed the same thing, seems more than half of them are "unlisted"- or at least not in the playlist

[@crystalgoddess4085]

22:00 We all know if this was a certain other game, stealing wyvern eggs wouldn't be that uneventful or easy, you'd have a very angry mother hunting you down trying to kill you.

[@Lodenuri]

Beak Thing sends their regards

[@itsshowtime6412]

This guy deserves a medal for mentioning OSRS in every single video!

[@evrfreez]

On my second watch through this series, and I must say that this one looked like it caused you more pain than most. A top-spot contender to be sure!

[@aksh7811]

I'm playing this if it really makes time seem longer. 5 mins feel like 6 hrs? I'm in! As i grow older, time seems to go by way too quick. I need this

[@pid8307]

Josh stop being right *EVERY* time! Loved the Factorio analogy.

[@weed1329]

The faint background music at around 0:30 is the same music as outside highsteppe in the VRMMO, OrbusVR: Reborn

[@ADunleavy]

2:00 One of the main reasons for not loading in both models is to make it easier to understand who is speaking. If both are models are there it can sometimes be confusing as to who is currently talking if there is no clear indication, loading only one person fixes this. 21:30 Very possible, in fact we do see it possible, except you used the wrong footage. If you look at the monitor, its different to what is shown. I'm not saying that you lied since the monitor does show it working, rather it shows that the game is so basic that you can't tell the difference between slamming your face against the keyboard and actually playing the game correctly. Finally, from the bottom of my heart, thank you for playing this game for me.

[@doommaker4000]

Well, you could instead darken one of the characters to indicate it's not speaking... But yes, this is a completely inconsequential nitpick

[@tree2300]

laughing my ass off while playing osrs getting 4th wall breaks about osrs has been incredible. binging this entire series with sore cheeks

[@slevinchannel7589]

Your channel reminded me of Teamtanks, one of the best MMO's i ever knew. Its such a damn, damn, damn shame it stopped getting support and lost its playerbase (but people still remember) so i would really appreaciate a video about it!!

[@nattysupersoldier3642]

bruh my belly is hurting with laughter from your overview and i can totally relate those deep feelings of despair when a game is just painfully shitty!

[@SiliconSlyWolf]

I love the art in some of these games, and wish the design would be put into a better game mechanically and graphically

[@ShadowWolfRising]

The Touch the NPC joke was perfect dude. 10/10

[@jkb2016]

26:50 What, haven't you de-eaten enemies before? It's like eating, but in reverse. No, not just throwing up. The eaten item - like an enemy - has to reconstitute completely.

[@Deriathan1]

"You have become inactive ..." best death message.

[@Maggerama]

Ah, baseball bats and boxing gloves! A classical combination.

[@LEWIS1992]

Strangely, this looks like one of the BETTER games you've covered! XD Love this series, keep them coming! :)

[@Jokoko2828]

God, I love how the menus look, it's the most bargain-bin souless menu design on the market and all Korean phone games seem to use it.

[@Krasshirsch]

"The three kingdoms nearest has formed an alilance ..." - Rebirth Online

[@chrisjackson1215]

Its almost like practically every Asian MMO in the past 2 decades have been total shit.

[@unknownaura]

Except Black Desert Mobile

[@jasondphoenix]

@@unknownaura that's just as bad

[@daonlyowner6631]

What about Black Desert Online?

[@Acueil]

Scratch Asian and change it to Korean and Chinese, and you would be correct.

[@rolfs2165]

@@unknownaura I played it for 2h with friends and one of them went on a massive rant because a) it doesn't track quest progress for the group and b) they don't instance bosses. So everyone in the group has to kill 10 whatevers _individually_ and then you come to the boss and have to find yours amongst _a dozen of it_ because every player spawns their own boss and you can only damage yours. In short: BDO is total shit.

[@Mischievous_Moth]

grats on the 99 strength, I'm working on leveling attack right now.

[@xintrosi6829]

The gnoll captains were having a general staff meeting. What rotten timing!

[@edwardlecore141]

The moment you realize that every themepark mmo shares all these flaws, just not as obviously. They all Rebirth, but hide it better.

[@Nukestarmaster]

Meh, I can forgive that so long as it's fun.

[@miguelcondadoolivar5149]

Then we could say all third person shooters are Ride to Hell: Retribution, all looter shooters Anthem, all RPGs Valhalla Knights 3 and all open world games Rage 2.

[@zukiginagato2215]

Loved the elevator music at the uninstall part! So Deep! So precious! So meaningful!

[@rammyportnoy3707]

Imho we absolutely need these games, they make the best videos.

[@jikbleach5403]

The level increases, the increase rate increases: The Increasing

[@Pinkscales]

I cannot believe i never found your channel until you covered earth 2, you are awesome!

[@novaomega7337]

The cereal analogy was the most human and real thing I have heard in a long time.

[@UnrivaledPiercer]

I expected level cap to be 200, when you reached 203 I was both happy, and disappointed at the same time... Emotions are weird, thank you for playing this so I don't have to.

[@206Zelda]

Dang I wish I could play as a (hyena) gnoll and go on a long crusade of killing mankind in honor of my fallen captain and burrow. Not just that, but I begin to make bonds and in-depth progression with other standard monsters (who have also been afflicted by the onslaught of adventurers), form a band of misfits, and do numerous kinds of quests to achieve my goal (stealth, gather, kill, negotiate, ambush, etc.). Think 'Dragon Age', but if you actually started as a minor darkspawn way back at the beginning and play out the entire game through that perspective. I bet the RPG would be amazing.

[@liamjones7944]

I like how KZbin recomends me a video of the game I just uninstall, to be honest all games are exactly like that, (MMO Mobile Ones) I know 3 different games almost exactly the same it looks like if they shared the same source code or something which is actually funny. Anyways good video!

[@hellohello-in8ik]

I am glad you played this , so I don't have to 😂👍 🙋

[@seebbwin6009]

oh gosh this was actually hilarious. the rubber band horse thing made me LOL

[@richardstill8689]

how DARE you sir, you must always have the second bowl of cereal, bloody heathen

[@bordel6121]

I really enjoy your videos. EDIT: I'm on a Josh Strife Hayes marathon and having a blast, join me folks.

[@BR-ec2ph]

Tip: The pet's the buff is effective at the highest quality and level.

[@Slagomancer]

I've been doing the "touch the screen" gag for years, great to see it represented in video form.

[@Boredom_Incarnate]

12:00 I have a window open, that I'm watching right now, with the title of the game immediately below it in the title.. And yet when you asked what the game was even called *I* drew a blank! xD

[@Werchiel]

Thanks to this video I found out that there's a Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition edition on steam. And it's available for 5 euro at the time of writing. Thank you.

[@Constrict0r]

The yellow and black tracksuit I believe is a reference to "The Bride" in Kill Bill.

[@xJAKEx117x]

"It's like I'm annoyed that the game took away gameplay from me so I can take gameplay away from the game..." Never thought I'd hear that, that had me rolling.

[@Fjuron]

These enemies seem so dead... walking around in circles, doing nothing. Because getting the impression of them being living creatures - we don't want that, would we?!

[@Oakeer]

I love your love for Runescape, It's wholesome

[@matheus-kirchesch]

Gratz for the 99 str

[@whydidyoutubeaddthis]

What kind of baby man only eats one bowl of cereal?

[@absopositivelynotacult9638]

21:22 Lol I get it's supposed to be a skit but we can clearly see the mouse moving in the bottom. In case anyone else didn't notice

[@casualseraph709]

Old vid, but never too late for a week deserved Gz

[@chrisward9218]

Your character looks like if Guts and Griffith had a kid, and Guts was the mom

[@chrissennfelder7249]

I don't even play MMOs, but these videos are perfect procrastination media.

[@CyhAnide]

27:18 - Someone may have commented this already, but the midline ellipses are a sign that this game was machine translated, possibly from Chinese? Machine mistranslation quirks are so ubiquitous and distinct that, provided a long enough block of text, one could conceivably work out which language was translated and which MTL provider was used. What nifty jank.

[@Daikuro1]

The best part of this video is raising awareness of Factorio for those few who haven't heard of it yet.

[@Zakkleberg]

I love Factorio so much, that analogy hits just right for me

[@RonstoOSRS]

1:08 *script starts* "alilance" quality content lets go