Uknown 9: Awakening, the unremarkable game nobody knew existed...

[@YongYea]

I'd love to see AA games make a comeback, but this is definitely one example on how not to do that on both the dev and publisher side of things. PATREON: www.patreon.com/yongyea TWITTER: twitter.com/yongyea INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/yong_yea TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/@yongyea TOP PATRONS [BIG BOSS] - Devon B [BOSS] - Gerardo Andrade - Michael Redmond - Phil [PRETTY LEGENDARY] - azalea

[@Hyscuff]

Uknown

[@404Errored]

Wow talking about a fitting title for a game....

[@ElNegus9985]

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[@spritemon98]

......

[@ZurigaSungama]

Thanks for the update, Kiryu-chan!

[@thisisfyne]

I'm not saddened by this at all. I was a contractor for Reflector (the studio behind this game) and they were HORRIBLE. That experience was beyond chaotic because nobody there had a clear vision of what they wanted, despite this they were putting inhuman pressure for things to progress, and to top it all they didn't want to pay for the work. Despicable company getting exactly what they deserve as far as I'm concerned.

[@bloring1222]

You should at least be saddened for the people you know who have worked on this then. I worry for their jobs especially because of how the video game industry is now. I blame your ex higher superiors for this mess.

[@xx_senkuro]

Whoever is management or the director don't realize that you need a vision for things to progress. It's not gonna come together with that fairy dust like BioWare gloated about for Anthem.

[@Dr.DisrespectFan918]

I clearly see the vision they were going for

[@txorimorea3869]

@@bloring1222 LMAO

[@txorimorea3869]

Now you know how it feels to be a minion for the dark side, the evil ones.

[@steffithemad8327]

Man, am I saving a ton of money this year.

[@MarioXVI]

Guess what.. You will save ALOT of money in the Future ;)

[@smgofdvld]

It sucks I found out about limited run I think I have bought more games unfortunately 😞 I did get persona 4 and 3 though so no regrets but yeah

[@talison461]

Ive dropped gaming as a hobby.

[@ytho3505]

Good for you

[@wasuh464]

You know what other new ip tried to expand the universe before the game was released and critically evaluated? Advent rising. Look at what happened there. It doesn't hurt to look at past failures in the industry to make sure you don't repeat mistakes like that.

[@SpikeRose]

I didn't expect a sequel to Forspoken this quickly. I'm almost impressed.

[@Fickji]

I think we should call the phenomena: Forspoken vibes. I'm getting Forspoken vibes from this new game.😄

[@Nedk82]

Forspoken was a masterpiece compared to this slop. Dei sweet baby inc game in all its glory these devs are fools

[@Turian_Hustle]

Forbroken

[@soulechelon2643]

Frankly, and I say this as someone who actually played Forspoken: It's legit far better than whatever this game tried to be. Not saying it was amazing, just saying it was better.

[@SomeKindaSpy]

@@Nedk82 smooth brain comment. get back in the basement.

[@Whit3WolfXArcadia]

To flop harder than Concord is an achievement

[@d.f.6334]

Ngl, I didnt think that was doable. I genuinly thought we had peaked.😂

[@gerald9815]

dw rumors say that concord is coming back to take the achievement back

[@olit4063]

It's pretty impressive

[@vorenceshoshi]

At least its higher than Dustborn XD

[@Jack_Slate]

It's relative. Concord had much more money invested in it, from what I understand.

[@cytheh]

now CEOs will point their fingers at this game and say : see, I told you single player game is dead.

[@BenjaMan64]

At the same time as they ignore successful single player games such as Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom, Astro Bot, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Metaphor: ReFantazio and others.

[@SomeKindaSpy]

They're intentionally going to ignore those games because they had a clear goal and passion behind it. Those games were designed with the fun in mind, and don't have insane monetization. These sleeze-bag slime sucking parasites on the industry need to piss right off.

[@Mecks089]

_> Laughs in Space Marine 2._

[@wrathfirex]

​@@BenjaMan64black myth wukong, stellar blade

[@BenjaMan64]

@@wrathfirex I knew I had forgotten some. Thanks for adding them.

[@TurtleChad1]

It really lived up to its name.

[@teddyholiday8038]

Yeah the name really writes so many jokes

[@Fl8yd_Johnson]

Oh, hey it's you again.

[@ardent835]

I'm guessing 9 is the number of people looking forward to the release of this game.

[@galax12370]

HUH

[@anakinskyguy6582]

This reminds me of quantum error, quantum error indeed it was 😂😂😂

[@LordMuzhy]

The Gollum game had more players 😂

[@viziontrex]

Tbf it had its brand name carrying it

[@victorfox2972]

It was better. Or at least funnier to play.😊

[@ravenshrike]

The best part of the failure is that Both U9A and Concord were meant to launch entire universes with a large add-on media of other types. Schadenfreude!

[@celwenileran2135]

Concord even has a small animated short coming up on Amazon.

[@sion7651]

"schadenfreude" is german. there is no english word for it. word for word it would be "damage joy" it basically means you are happy when someone gets what they deserve especially when they had ill intentions. or when you feel joy because of the suffering of another person no matter the connection

[@nekotranslates]

@@sion7651 nah... "schadenfreude" is other peoples misfortune, to put it short

[@Penguin77799]

​@@celwenileran2135 Cant wait to skip that episode!

[@sion7651]

@@nekotranslates misfortune is a good word for it but that alone does not discribe what the other person feels when it wittnesses the misfortune of others. ist deutsch deine muttersprache oder hast du es gelernt?

[@K1ngC0ur7n3y]

This year was truly a legendary year in gaming. Too bad it's legendary in the same manner as the Titanic or the Hindenburg.

[@soulure]

To be fair, we also got OceanGate

[@linusgustafsson2629]

And no signs of companies changing. "Nah, it was just a fluke that all these games designed the same way, all flopped".

[@AzraelAlpha]

​@@linusgustafsson2629 "are we so out of touch that our games now suck? No. It's the gamers who are wrong."

[@KellyKMc]

@K1ngC0ur7n3y Oh, the humanity!

[@Nedk82]

Yea once legendary studios infected by dei and ruined

[@nyanchat2657]

I saw a video of someone who speaks the language NPCs talk in and apparently it's complete gibberish taken from online videos (mostly 'chicken chicken chicken' over and over again) so you know no one involved gave a single shit

[@frogsshadow4189]

Funny considering that sweet baby inc said they helped make it more diverse and inclusive

[@HuskySansVergogne]

I saw that video too (the channel is called Private PRIME) The laziness and incompetence of the devs is showing

[@soulure]

You can thank Sweet Baby for that one, it's in their wheelhouse

[@ViralWatchMedia]

There's talking about coffee and ordering chicken basically the entire time while they're talking and it's on a loop. They thought there was no one going to play the game that was native Hindi speakers lol

[@kri1ndawn440]

There was also one clip where the dialogue was likely grabbed from a math tutorial, which I found funny af​@@ViralWatchMedia

[@RayGBullet]

i guess you could say the game was...Uknown

[@Noah-zq8cb]

Good one 😂

[@whatevr99]

(Rimshot plays)

[@leosunger]

(budum dis) 🥁

[@ryand8024]

Clever girl....

[@MrYoungHegelian]

👏👏👏

[@jns.rns2]

My bank account is identified as Non-buynary

[@pagan.majere]

exactly ! lol

[@sgt.thompson98]

I think I lost my lung laughing so hard at this

[@everythingmetal9400]

I tip my hat to you.

[@ashernotheis76]

Lol.

[@gimmeurshibaquik7]

Lmaooooooo

[@Pete-vz5uj]

This whole Double A, Triple A thing is stupid. What is AAA? A "Ubisoft Original" that comes out needing 9 months of updates to be stable?

[@Blisterdude123]

That whole 'Ubisoft Original' thing was always funny as hell to me. A pathetic attempt to lend unwarranted prestige to factory-made churned out slop.

[@aquapendulum]

This game's asking price is $50. AA sounds appropriate.

[@linusgustafsson2629]

I think the amount of AAA's kind of symbolize how many worked on it / how much it cost. So when you hear AAAA, you know they threw in a bunch of diversity hires and spent a lot of money on it.

[@Blisterdude123]

@@aquapendulum I am, tragically, old enough to remember when 50 bucks was premium 'triple AAA' pricing. And I'm not even that old.

[@skeeva4523]

No sir, that’s a AAAA game

[@locodesert2]

I literally just found this game out like an hour ago and was shocked seeing Bandai namco published it

[@spritemon98]

I'm more surprised that Bandai published it

[@locodesert2]

@@spritemon98 I’d have to see more of this dumpster fire of a game later. How much did they even pay Bandai namco to even get it published?

[@Killer_Turnip]

I remember seeing it online at some summer game event 2-3 months back...but it's been dead silent since 😅 I think they showed combat with a narrator explaining it? Was pretty meh.

[@locodesert2]

@@Killer_Turnip i just like saw it on steam randomly and was super confused when Bandai namco even published this and fell into this rabbit hole

[@TheNameIsSR]

​​@@locodesert2it's not like Bandai exactly has an eye for quality, they were just lucky with From Soft and the back catalogue of actually good Namco games because of the merger (R.I.P. Namco). Bandai was always known as the LJN of Japan.

[@Fireopal94]

You forgot to mention that the co-founders of SBI, Kim Belair and David Bedard are in charge of this game. David is the brand content manager at Reflector Games and Kim is listed as the Story Architect.

[@hafirenggayuda]

Smells like nepotism

[@jakub7244]

Hi didn't forget, he just cant say it.

[@Ithyphallic777]

"Story Architect" has to be the best made-up title I've ever heard of lmao. I'll start referring to myself as "Fecal Architect" whenever I void my bowels from hereon.

[@Ithyphallic777]

@@jakub7244 yeah, scared his boyfriend (Kim) will withhold cuck time.

[@Quintessence4444]

@@jakub7244 annoyingly enough even mentioning it will be used as a shield.

[@21palica]

Unknown 9 will be the number of active daily players on Steam in a few weeks.

[@nono4273]

Uknown 9 saw concord and said: hold my beer, I can do one better

[@mananoublack213]

worse*

[@xdami4nx]

If you read the steam comments, most people who played this game got it for free with a graphic card

[@slaskos]

i got the game for free, but did not even bother installing it

[@tehrickles1447]

Yep, AMD cards are pairing with this and Space Marine 2 at the moment. Kind of a mixed bag.

[@jackryan740]

It’s pretty stupid to set up a whole universe of a new IP without improving on the one main game

[@rasmachris94]

Honestly, this is on Bandai Namco as a publisher. Part of the expectation of the publisher is marketing and the fact that a lot of people didnt even know of this game is enough to highlight the fact that they didnt do their job.

[@Kimvanloocke]

To be Fair who would spend money and time making adds for it

[@thereaversden6847]

Unless it's named Tales of, A Soulborne or DBZ, Bandai doesn't exactly have the most positive of marketing for their games.

[@rasmachris94]

@Kimvanloocke Bandai Namco given their presumable contractual obligation. Could be the roi was projected to be low, but then why hire an actor for mo cap? Seems weird to get a named actor to role as your main character only to not advertise it. You'd think they'd want roi on whatever they paid her at least, having a named actor being an easily marketable feature.

[@sxuld]

how you gonna get people to buy this as a publisher?

[@jadak100]

Not the only reason for this thing to fail but...yeah..

[@TheMrFancyKiwi]

Toss it next to Immortals of Aveum. Double A game devs need to think like indie devs and not Triple A devs. Take the risks that Triple A devs won't take but small indie devs don't have the resources for.

[@MedalionDS9]

Ironically, by you covering this game it may put more eyes onto the game

[@AlwayzFresh]

more eyes sure, but def not more players.

[@Walt_Xander94]

I won't. Heck, I recall this game being presented at the VGAs or another game show. I just forgot about it & now I'm seeing that the game's a flop. So, any coverage wont help a game thats already dead

[@nicorobin7762]

yeah more people can see that it’s not worth buying

[@Quintessence4444]

Yep eyes but there's no way that'll lead to sales.

[@JamezGrimm]

Were they going to launch the first 8 Unknown games? Or is everything explained in 9?

[@aljunbelong737]

It's still unknown for them

[@Knight71288]

The other Unknown projects are books, a planned series and so on. There will be the other numbers, but I doubt that anyone wants that crap or that it will come after that amazing success of that game.

[@rocketraccoon1976]

You'll never know. 💁‍♂️

[@ravoniesravenshir3926]

If I recall Right.... SBI had their hands in this game too.

[@AlReaviz]

Not just had. The CEO is the Story writer.

[@Quintessence4444]

Nah man you just hate women or something. /s

[@123Suffering456]

Yep. Which should've been mentioned in this video because it's undoubtedly an important aspect of why this game failed. Yong knows this too, yet doesn't want to say it.

[@keeysOST]

You're telling me Bandai published this instead of making a Xenosaga remaster smh

[@linusgustafsson2629]

They probably have a Xenosaga remaster too. Just that the sensitivity readers are improving on it since it was "unreleaseable" as many things offended them.

[@AlReaviz]

@@linusgustafsson2629 DUCK THAT!!! I'd rather Xenosaga Stay PS2 Exclusive and Emulate it. Then see it butchered by these insecure bunch. Hell bandai should return the property to it's REAL owner. MONOLITH soft.

[@FaithPvP]

No mention of how Sweet Baby Inc. was involved?

[@karls4937]

His part of the industry, gotta pretend everything is just fine, needs to keep his job somehow 🤷‍♂️

[@senormarston]

It was? Lol so happy to see it fail then

[@AlReaviz]

It was painful to watch his brain overload to avoid this topic.

[@matthewosterman9030]

I’m confused what are you guys talking about

[@Waterspells]

I don’t think that is inherently a bad thing although most games they take part in are bad. Alan wake 2, god of war ragnorok were good. No reason to mention them

[@MrAliex09]

It’s very sad that the game’s title perfectly describes mostly everyone’s knowledge of the game itself.

[@Exotac]

Reminds me of the game Remember Me, because after release the title started to feel like a plea for something the game itself knew wouldn't happen.

[@XPuntar]

Words do have power ... so do not name the game/book/whatever after some strange phrase that has meaning of being hidden/unknown/unremarkable/below average!

[@St4rTr3v1Ut10n]

Remember Me was actually a decent game. I got it on a Steam Sale, wouldn't have paid full price for sure, but it was great. The combat needed a little more polish that could've been done in a sequel. The problem is, just like with Remember Me, you have activist developers who put identity first. Dontnod complained they received pushback because their protag was female, which is a lie because people like Tomb Raider and Metroid

[@Exotac]

@@St4rTr3v1Ut10n Yep. The only reason I remember Remember Me is that it was the first game I saw where the marketing was fixated exclusively on the fact they had a female protagonist and that was all the media was talking about. Then it flopped, and nobody ever spoke of it again. It's such a commonplace thing nowadays but it wasn't back then, so it stuck in my head. In the end I guess I've done what the game wanted. I remember it. One of the few who do lol.

[@tanmoymridha5002]

Remember Me is actually a good game. Played it last year

[@wearsjorge55]

Remember me is alot of fun. Took me back to PS2 beat em ups, wish we had more

[@RayTheomo]

The simulation is just making fun of us at this point. The games literally called "Unknown" the jokes write themselves.

[@jmbrignon2712]

There was actually ONE group of gamers who were very aware of this game: those who are on the lookout for Sweet Baby Inc games to avoid. Unknown 9's narrative director is the head of SBI and that was more than reason enough for many gamers to boycott the game. SBI's kiss of death strikes again. But I'm not surprised that Yong is late to the party; I've been getting all the latest gaming news from a bunch of other KZbinrs for a while now, but I still watch Yong for nostalgia's sake.

[@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14]

Oh yeah the schizo gamers, right 😂

[@spritemon98]

I've found no commercials for this game

[@chestbumphero]

Same here, but recently Bandai hasn’t been the best when it came to its selling of games for some reason. For some they will put all the money into the marketing, but then after there’s just nothing

[@linusgustafsson2629]

I use adblocker so I don't see ads for any games. Still able to find games I like on Steam. (They have too many garbage horror games on there though)

[@AlReaviz]

How could you!!! There was... and... uh... you know... YEAH!

[@redknights2007]

IGN gave it 5/10. Should've been a 2 at best.

[@linusgustafsson2629]

I thought they only gave 7/10.

[@careyosoup274]

that is a real world 2. if IGN doesn't hand out it's standard complimentary 7, you done know you screwed up.

[@viziontrex]

Did you play the game?

[@Tnscla]

@@viziontrex Nobody played the game bro

[@viziontrex]

@@Tnscla personally I don't give out scores to game I've never played but maybe I'm just being unreasonable

[@deboyz1014]

How not to launch? Hell, its more like how not to make a video game is more like it.

[@Hollyclown]

It doesn’t help that there seem to be no advertisements for this game. I haven’t even heard of this until people started talking about it once it’s out.

[@CandidateNr182]

At 09:00, it's not a timeline; everything there has already been released, which is kind of even worse since the shared world of these entries seems not to have helped out the game at all. So it's not just a game that has flopped; the entire shared world has flopped, for example, with the two released books combined only having around 200 reviews on Amazon while the comic book's first volume only has a single review.

[@HenrikoMagnifico]

Yong Yea afraid to mention the elephant...

[@fantasystar7777]

Dude is a VA. He is essentially held hostage by a dangling paycheck. Also with things like kickVic etc. He probably doesn't want to lose his job or worse. It's sad but it is what it is. This is one of "their" tactics.

[@BlackBinderGames]

@@fantasystar7777No, he agrees with them. He grew up in Venezuela and used to spout socialist nonsense in every video.

[@danieleberly9629]

Yong clearly gets VA work because of Sweet Baby Inc. Don’t bite the hand that feeds

[@DaDaDo661]

100%

[@CrystronHalq]

I mean so what? Its still a video about the shortcomings of the game and even labels it "dead on arrival".

[@danieleberly9629]

@@CrystronHalq so what? He ignored half the reason the game failed. The video is disingenuous by him cherry picking which shortcomings he would discuss. He would have been better off just not talking about the game at all

[@CrystronHalq]

@@danieleberly9629 at the end of the day. If the game sucks, the game sucks. Even good faithed developers can have it like this. Yong saying the game sucks also pertains to the developers sucking. Give him a break.

[@jpteknoman]

This game wasn't a failure, it sold out to its entire intended audience.

[@jmbrignon2712]

@@jpteknoman Yep. Shame the “modern audience” don’t play video games.

[@Pawts]

Odd that Yong didn’t mention Sweet Baby Inc. in this video. 🤔

[@yerameelcanales287]

Sadly I’ve noticed this too

[@THE_joshbeoulve]

Nah we knew it existed. People have just had enough of SBI and it's time they reap what they sowed. The absolutely idiotic part about all this is that the C-Suite will see this and blame the consumers for not consuming, call them -ists and phobes, and claim that single player is dead.

[@weshuiz1325]

For the CEO of (not so) sweet baby inc 🤮 of a "narrative consulting company" she failed to write a good story? Who would have (un) known?

[@wasteofskin1551]

Conveniently skipped over the elephant in the room.😂

[@yerameelcanales287]

Tip-toed around it

[@SolStone]

Yong Nah

[@AlReaviz]

He is playing it too safe. So safe in fact, he is making it obvious. Sad to see him fall. Since 2077

[@WolfyRagnarok]

He doesn't need to make the whole video about it or anything, but refusing to even acknowledge it feels so disingenuous.

[@KristianKumpula]

That's supposed to be something obvious but I just can't figure it out unless I try to think like a stereotypical gamer. Please tell me it's not something misogynistic or racist

[@khmnc]

i just realized, this is game equivalent of the cinematic universe mistake that studios made with movie franchises.

[@DaveModer]

The stench of Sweet Baby is strong with this one… Yongy why are you so afraid to address the elephant in the room?!

[@faded1to3black]

He's trying to tow that line of being a "good guy", and they can't mention anything to do with sweet baby, or DEI stuff. It will make them look like they're on the "wrong side". Can't have that.

[@agentdrozd]

Lmao this company lives rent-free in your heads

[@faded1to3black]

@@agentdrozd it's just a fact though. I don't obsess over it. I just don't buy any games they're affiliated with. Simple. Everyone knows SBI is terminal cancer to the majority of games today. Pretending like it makes no difference is just dishonest.

[@pvshka]

@@agentdrozd no, but it is in a complete free-fall with their projects.

[@wilkinlow]

He’s in the VA industry you wouldn’t want to piss off certain people in this industry or you’ll be labelled as sexist and racist

[@caseylascallette7269]

Not gonna talk about the elephant in the room huh?

[@RdTrler]

YongYea doesn't talk about elephants. All the times he dunks on Starfield, he doesn't mention who owns them.

[@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881]

Baby elephant

[@fantasystar7777]

Dude is a VA. He is essentially held hostage by a dangling paycheck. Also with things like kickVic etc. He probably doesn't want to lose his job or worse. It's sad but it is what it is. This is one of "their" tactics.

[@slicerneons3300]

Sweet Baby Inc Detected. No sympathy from me.

[@yepievelux5295]

To ignore the two big elephants in the room being Sweet Baby and character looks boring is truly is something. I noticed you didn’t made a video of DustBorn when it came out right? These types of stuff speaks volumes

[@danieleberly9629]

At this point I’m starting to think Sweet Baby are the ones getting him work

[@GeorgeMonet]

It's because his cares more about his VA career than making videos now. So he went the way of the game journalists.

[@BRUXXUS]

Isn't it the publisher's job to promote and advertise the games they publish? It's in their best interest to make sure a game sells. Without that support, they're just investors. The game actually looks kinda neat, honestly.

[@SolusWhite]

Don't forget the involvement of sbi.

[@AlReaviz]

He tired. But we could see on his face. He failed.

[@Youtube.changed.myname]

You completely avoided the fact that the game and creator's youtube channel got a lot of hate, because Sweet Baby inc worked on this game. Almost every video on the official channel is downvoted to oblivion and every comment calls for a boycott because of SBI.

[@WarpChaos]

Of course he's not going to mention that. He's part of the industry.

[@markobucevic8991]

Well, dont work with em, simple solution

[@yurtthesilentgod1225]

He's part of the "good guys" now that he's getting roles with voice acting. Can't risk them ruining his career I guess. Idk.

[@inthecellar5951]

@@WarpChaos💯 Yong needs is access media!

[@inthecellar5951]

As for SBI I wonder how much ‘consulting’ fee they charged to these naive studios…

[@maskedspartan7397]

Sweet baby is basically economic suicide

[@FangSeasons674]

No wonder how you like your own comment

[@celwenileran2135]

Imagine hiring a consultation firm that siphons your budget and basically divides your vision of the game. Instead of... you know, making the game better.

[@flamingscar5263]

This is the daily reminder that indie gaming, AAA gaming, nor of course AAA gaming, are immune to bad games None if these are "the best" or "better" they all have shortcomings

[@randomenvelope]

I disagree, it is subjective.

[@kongman536]

Yo Mr. Yong, you gonna talk about how Sega just straight up admit we don't own Sega games?

[@yacdj]

It is worth noting that most of Steam reviews come from people who received the game for free by purchasing an AMD product. So the acual sales must even be lower than expected.

[@libor2010]

Sweet Baby Inc. death kiss.

[@nanaorihara9801]

Video game companies are starting to do the same mistakes that TV shows make which is not advertise their product in anyway and the only time people are even aware of its existence is when it's getting canceled or poor sales figures. I had no idea this game existed until it was flopping.

[@Nayr090]

I actually tried a demo of this game at PAX West. No wait to try it, which already says something. It was really convoluted to play, the tutorial was nearly nonexistent. Nothing really made sense or was intuitive while playing. Kind of makes sense that it turned out like this.

[@leolightfellow]

The only people who knew about Unknown 9 are the people who follow Sweet Baby Inc Detected lol.

[@DragonLover2489]

Who is this whole sweet baby inc? They a dev team a publisher. I hear the name so much but I dunno who they are?

[@rogan4338]

They are a consulting group focused on DEI.

[@smgofdvld]

I saw it while downloading dark pictures but yeah I only saw one trailer from it and then I guess it released and nobody cared

[@koagz]

@@DragonLover2489 A consultation studio that prioritizes "diversity and inclusion" over gameplay and story. They gaslight and fearmonger studios to include their consultations for the "modern audience" which we clearly see doesn't exist time and time again. Imagine getting paid millions to produce dogshit characters and stories with countless dev studios hiring you even after proven it doesn't work.

[@GoldenBoy.17]

@@DragonLover2489 They are a consultant group that advises developers on how to write about minorities.. theyre hated because they inject a politicised agenda into games where its not necessary.

[@slayerjjjX]

DEI. Enough said. The rest of redundant, especially if you are not going to mention the elephant in the room.

[@jonnynaruto4]

Along with a lack of polish, the first thing I knew that this game even existed, was when it was getting poor reviews

[@madddogg8044]

I am not sure on this, but didn't The Witcher series get a bad rep with fans of the Witcher Franchise in the end? Like they altered the story or something from the games and books and people started ditching the show? I ask because that would make the Yennifer actress not the best pick to draw in fans of the Witcher franchise. (shrug)

[@Walt_Xander94]

It did. Started after Netflix made Cavil leave. And he knew his shit, knew about the books & the games.

[@hedition9346]

The bastardization of Witcher series was not her fault.

[@chrisrahl8577]

​@@hedition9346she could've added her voice to Cavills criticisms of the direction the show runner decided to take the series.

[@hedition9346]

@@chrisrahl8577 maybe, but maybe not. In fact probably not. There is a bunch of incompetent writers and producers we can clearly place the blame on. I don't see why we shouldn't be objective and not blame just about anyone except Henry. This game is shit because it is shit. Nothing to do with the casting of her. It can cast Henry Cavill in it and it will be only slightly less shit. In fact if there is any IP that want to cast a non-white female character, this original IP is just as good as it can be. Otherwise it will just mean we feel there should never be a non white female character at all. Then we are no different from the wokies, just the direct opposite.

[@madddogg8044]

@@hedition9346 correct, I am not blaming her, I am referencing the decision to pick the same actress from this incident implies a similar intent to push a certain agenda. She is associated with it, even if unintentionally.

[@MaximillionPegasus88]

Sweer Baby Inc was involved, so that didn't help

[@DexterMullen]

Just keep hiring sweetbaby inc...

[@geopoliticalnutz7350]

I'm gonna say what YongYea won't say. This game will always be DOA because it is SBI's game. People are waking up to it. SBI and the "consultant" activists are cancers of the video game industry.

[@yerameelcanales287]

Why did he not mention this though? It’s very concerning

[@Tryptic2x]

@@yerameelcanales287 Because he is either a coward who is afraid of blowback for mentioning it, or he agrees with the SBI message.

[@RedwindAndBeyond]

@@Tryptic2x Since he can not give a straight answer, we can only assume.

[@raidenshotgun5997]

@@yerameelcanales287 He wants his sweet sweet review copies from these SBI infected companies and doesnt want to compromise his sponsorships as well, YongYea sold out a long time ago

[@jakub7244]

@@yerameelcanales287 He gets paid by the said activists.. ofc. hes not gonna say bad words about them.

[@Carnax6969]

Funny enough, I've bought myself a new PC and this was one of the games that came as a bundle because of the build choice. I've not heard of this game nor paid much thought to it, the only game I cared for in the bundle is Space Marine 2, so it's just interesting to know what the current state of this game is.

[@timildeeps_ilc]

For some reason the game “remember me” comes to mind 🤔

[@Fickji]

It feels more like Forspoken but with less advertising. Like someone knew they had another Forspoken on their hands and didn't even bother with a marketing budget.

[@timildeeps_ilc]

@@Fickji guess it wouldn’t hurt to check it out Forspoken wasn’t that bad to me

[@nightterror89]

It looks like a game from DMC3 era, but even back them it would live in the shadow of DMC

[@Johnny.1994]

Sweet Baby = Financial flop

[@Waterspells]

God of war: ragnorok?

[@Johnny.1994]

@@Waterspells Worst God of War game easily

[@draw2death421]

​@@Waterspells sold way less than the game before

[@Waterspells]

@@Johnny.1994 lol you have brain rot if you truly think this company makes a game flop

[@Skybreaker1337]

This tells me they STILL think SHE was the star of the Witcher. Out of touch olympics going strong this year.

[@111mrsandman111]

You not said the 3 little words and the reason the game failed. So this was the last time i saw one of ur videos. You are one of Them.. Sweets baby inc.

[@Tryptic2x]

He's a coward. He never mentions that side of things for ANY of the games that have failed because of it.

[@111mrsandman111]

@@Tryptic2x the war is on. We see it in the comments. half of the People are informed ona sheep Chanel Like this one. OF CORSE HE KNOWS ABOUT SWEET BABY!! When gamers dont fight back now, it will be 4 Eva in the games. Dont buy the shit 💁🏻‍♂️ This is not Like Cinema, we can win this 👍🏻

[@setlik3gaming80]

The aWokeaning is out of sight. its genesis is torment and bile.

[@sigh-cosis]

Is this game launching poorly our fault too?

[@bubblegumxo]

I see people toss around the insult "looks like a [insert old console] game" too often. But my god if this doesnt look like something straight out of 2003. Even if it was released over 20 years ago, it would still do nothing to pardon the dullness and overwhelming mediocrity of this title. To think this is a 2024 release, and SOMEONE thought they had a golden goose on their hands in the form of a new multimedia hit is just freaking insane.

[@CanadianBaconPwnage]

With a name like that, I'm not surprised.

[@Lydeck3r]

YongYea doesn't do any research on what he talks about. The game was given away for free, when you buy AMD Ryzen processors or AMD Radeon RX Series graphics cards. Most of the reviewers say that on steam. I got the game myself when I bought the RX 7800 XT, it wasn't a good game.

[@PulaskiSkater71]

No one sweetbabyinc trash. I have a massive backlog. I’ll wait for good games.

[@longlivethesheet4561]

Are we still on this shit? I guess game executives who continually ruin projects with microtransactions and live service BS are off the hook now

[@kevingame3198]

@@longlivethesheet4561 and now adding politics into our games On the equation that seems like a bleak future for gaming unless project 2025 can change that with plans to abolish DEI

[@Zathren]

​@@longlivethesheet4561until SBI is removed from the industry every single game they touch will get blacklisted. If you don't want to open your eyes to the very real culture war that is ripping apart every aspect of this country, that's your choice. Hope that choice brings you joy.

[@Exotac]

@@longlivethesheet4561 We'll be on this shit indefinitely until the consultancy grift comes to an end. And no, they aren't. Contrary to what seems to be going on in your brain, there can indeed be multiple elements at play that are making the industry worse.

[@longlivethesheet4561]

@@kevingame3198Games have always had politics in them. Time to cancel BioShock I guess

[@nicholasapicella5764]

Didn’t know this game existed until videos of it flopping came out

[@bloring1222]

I agree that AA needs to come back. However, let’s not ignore that there have been AA games that have released over the last 5 years but most of them have failed. The problem is promotion. If you’re a AA Studio releasing AA games, you still need to invest millions in promoting a game. Imo, the big problem is, there has been a lot of Mid games under the AA banner and a lot of gamers are not willing to spend $40-$70 for a game because of the world we live in right now, and because FTP has become a prominent thing in this industry.

[@bloring1222]

If a game released under an 80 Metacritic score, the game is destined to fail nowadays. The average gamer pays attention to these reviews and will vote with their wallets. You can have a game that launches at a 90 Metacritic score, and that will entice people to check it out. But because players are so worried about paying money for a game that underwhelmed them, they are going to express their voice. I haven’t checked out this game, and I’m not willing to because of the price of it, but like I said, promotion is a BIG factor, especially in this day and age.

[@evanboeckler9610]

Game so unknown yongyea hasn’t even fixed the title yet

[@TheInnocentRabbitofCaerbannog]

Basically a xbox 360 slop game nobody would remember

[@ManOutofTime913]

The 360 had legit better slop.

[@winstonsmith3703]

​@@ManOutofTime913also some worse. I got a free code for the game with my CPU and played it. I've played some worse games from the 360 online store. Is the game good though? Eh not really I'd only suggest it if you're really *desperate* for some uncharted like gameplay.

[@thetalkinganvil8366]

Everyone knew it was DOA. Devs don't want to make games for gamers.

[@elchavode6479]

I love how he ignores the DEI elephant in the room

[@FangSeasons674]

You like your own comment

[@neondemon5137]

Concord: But you've heard of me Unknown: literally doesn't even exist in the zeitgeist

[@gokux75]

Sweet Baby Inc is the main reason this game failed. Gamers are tired of DEI games withbse stories and ugly characters.

[@finnmarr-heenan2397]

Can we expect a follow up video? “ how not to dub a yakuza game “

[@bf3ram]

Where were the other 8 unknown games?

[@rocketraccoon1976]

No one knows.

[@rellikai945]

The first and last death flag for whatever you're working on is you already working on the expanded universe before it's even come out.

[@forslos8756]

You should research just a little more about this game to know how bad it was. Sweet baby inc involved already red flag to gamer, this game is also giveaway from buying AMD products so realistically the sale is much much lower than you think.

[@kagelynx]

Dragon Age 4 is next

[@AnotherGamingDude]

Yong why you report on this game without saying why it failed? Are you so afraid of cancelation?

[@hermityt1]

Ignores the obvious and then claims this game is AA. No, this game is AAA.

[@regular-user]

The audacity to think that Sweet Baby can create anything, let alone comic books, shows and more. The audacity! 🤣

[@MrWulf81]

I really don't know into which channels all the marketing money went. I basically can't remember seeing any advertising for the games that were unsuccessful this year. I may remember some of them were mentioned once during a stream together with dozens of other games.

[@autopepithesi]

DEI was the problem. Everyone is aware now about those games.

[@s1laz2425]

To be real most people didn't buy this game as soon as they seen sweet baby inc hand their hands in it.

[@AoGbeverage16]

When will these companies learn that consumers are sick and tired of DEI and Sweet baby inc.

[@thesteelside]

Sweet Baby Inc doesn’t have the power you think it has and these decisions come from the top down to them they write what they are told and paid to write.

[@michaelbarattin4458]

Flintlock was a good AA. So was Banishers and Evil West.

[@Thresher326]

So, I guess Yong won't mention the elephant in the room. :/

[@fenuxbon370]

This is a “too safe” channel now. There’s better channels discussing it

[@MusicSkeletonKeys]

He has a healthy mindset without something living rent-free in his head. Get a life.

[@MezzoForte4]

And what elephant is that?

[@gerald9815]

@@MezzoForte4 they say that ignorance is a bliss.

[@winstonsmith3703]

@@Thresher326 not everyone wants to hear about the culture war.

[@ryanbarker5217]

'the more powerful the attacks on your victims becomes.' uhm... what? victims? are you playing the villain?