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WHY Is This $7?! A Rant
The current state of the gaming industry is pretty frustrating. Criticism is crucial in driving change. Comparing past and present games reveals a decline in content quality and quantity, reflecting a shift towards monetizing every aspect of gameplay. This practice needs to be challenged to ensure a better future for gaming.
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Starfield - ALL NEW HUGE Update - Trackers Alliance (Bounty Hunting), Creation Kit and More!
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Massive changes come to Starfield in the form of new missions, and new faction / guild, full mod support the release of the Creation Kit and much more. If you would like to help support my channel, please check my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/obsidianant Any support is massively appreciated! Music by Epidemic Sound
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 - NEW Footage, Details, Gameplay AND Release Date
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Starminer EVERYTHING We Know About The Upcoming Ambitious Space Game
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Starminer's latest details reveal how navigation and direct ship control will work. Starminer is set to release later this year and will place players in control of a growing empire. If you would like to help support my channel, please check my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/obsidianant Any support is massively appreciated! Music by Epidemic Sound
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 New Details - Plus New Content for MSFS 2020
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New details for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 were revealed as a part of the latest developer Q&A. Plus Microsoft also discussed the next updates of MSFS2020. More on Microsoft Flight Simulator: www.flightsimulator.com/may-30th-2024-development-update/ If you would like to help support my channel, please check my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/obsidianant Any support is massively appreciated! ...
Three Great Looking NEW Space Games
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Three new upcoming space games, Starminer, Era One and Warped Space all have interesting takes on the genre. Both Starminer and Era One are about empire building, whilst Warped Space sends the player focuses more on exploration and other things. 0:00 Intro 0:19 Era One 3:22 Warped Space 5:52 Starminer Starminer store.steampowered.com/app/1116050/Starminer/ Warped Space store.steampowered.com/ap...
Sins of a Solar Empire 2 - First Look At MASSIVE 4x Space Game
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Check out Sins of a Solar Empire 2 here: steam.gs/l/157jf/ObsidianAnt - The game is a grand strategy RTS game set in space. This video was sponsored by Stardock
Elite Dangerous - A Completely ORIGINAL & New Ship - The Lakon Type-8
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Frontier have revealed the Lakon Type-8, a brand new original ship that will be coming to Elite Dangerous soon. This ship is a cargo / trade focused ship, and will be optimized towards trading. HCS Stream Deck Connector: www.hcsvoicepacks.com/products/streamdeck-connector?variant=41785418940499 ECM Community Event: www.elitecommunitymeet.info/home If you would like to help support my channel, p...
Space Games That FAILED: The Stories Behind Their Downfall
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Over the years, numerous space games have come and gone, many of them were highly respected. Here's a look at a few of them along with the events that led to their downfall. 0:00 Intro 0:49 Kerbal Space Program 2 6:38 Jumpgate Evolution 8:14 Star Wars Galaxies 11:16 Earth & Beyond 13:56 Black Prophecy Shadowzone on KSP2 - czcams.com/video/NtMA594am4M/video.html If you would like to help support...
New And IMPRESSIVE Upcoming Space Games
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There's a bunch of great looking new space games on the way, what's more some of these are full on space sims. Whether you are into combat, mining or exploration there should be something here for you. 0:00 Intro 0:20 Remnant Protocol 4:00 In the Black 6:43 Planet Prospector 9:15 Age of Space If you would like to help support my channel, please check my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/obsidianant...
Microsoft Flight Simulator - All the Latest As NEW Content Gets Release Dates
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Microsoft Flight Simulator has a range of updates coming out over the next few months and the latest dev updates provides a release window for many of these. Additionally there's some details on a few highly requested features. Latest update for Microsoft Flight Simulator: www.flightsimulator.com/may-16th-2024-development-update/ How to Free Fly in Dune czcams.com/video/dkDZFEUr3Rc/video.html I...
Star Citizen 4.0 - This Might Just Change EVERYTHING
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CIG have detailed the release of Star Citizen 4.0 and tentively scheduled it for the third quarter of this year. The huge 4.0 patch includes the new system of Pyro, new planets, gameplay loops and much more. Star Citizen 4.0: robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/19975-Roadmap-Roundup-May-15-2024 If you would like to help support my channel, please check my Patreon page: www.patreon...
Starfield Is Getting BETTER - HUGE New Update
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Starfield's latest update brings a number of improvements to the game, including new maps, customizable difficulty settings, interior ship design and much more. The patch also brings performance improvements to the Xbox. If you would like to help support my channel, please check my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/obsidianant Any support is massively appreciated! Music by Epidemic Sound
GREAT Endless Space Games - Now CHEAP On Steam
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There's a ton of great space games out there, many of them can be played for huge chunks of time. Here's a selection of some great cheap space games on Steam. 0:00 Intro 0:14 Exo One 1:58 The Banished Vault 4:13 Stardeus 5:54 Rings of Saturn 7:51 Genesis Alpha One 9:46 EVERSPACE 11:28 X4 and Stellaris If you would like to help support my channel, please check my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/ob...
Star Citizen - CIG Have CHANGED the Game - Plus Tobii Eye Tracker 5 Camera Boost
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Check out the Tobii Eye Tracker 5 with a 15% discount: tobii.gg/ObsidianAntSC323 & the Tobii sweepsteak: tobii.gg/ObsidianAntW-SC323 This video was sponsored by Tobii
Homeworld 3: Epic Campaign Moments, Asteroid Fields & Co-op Wargames
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Homeworld 3: Epic Campaign Moments, Asteroid Fields & Co-op Wargames
The FUTURE of Microsoft Flight Simulator - Plus Sim Update 15 Delayed AGAIN
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The FUTURE of Microsoft Flight Simulator - Plus Sim Update 15 Delayed AGAIN
Starbase’s SHOCKING Return with MASSIVE Improvements
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Starbase’s SHOCKING Return with MASSIVE Improvements
Elite Dangerous - Frontier DOUBLE Price of Cosmetics As Community Reacts
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Elite Dangerous - Frontier DOUBLE Price of Cosmetics As Community Reacts
Elite Dangerous - Python Mk2 Preview - First NEW SHIP In Five Years
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Elite Dangerous - Python Mk2 Preview - First NEW SHIP In Five Years
Kerbal Space Program 2 - END OF THE LINE? Future Uncertain Among Layoffs
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Kerbal Space Program 2 - END OF THE LINE? Future Uncertain Among Layoffs
Will YOU Give Starfield A SECOND Chance (Or Play it AGAIN)? - Shattered Space DLC
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Will YOU Give Starfield A SECOND Chance (Or Play it AGAIN)? - Shattered Space DLC
MASSIVE Space Game Update - Everspace 2 Incursions
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MASSIVE Space Game Update - Everspace 2 Incursions
Microsoft Flight Simulator - HUGE New Details On 2020 And Some Info For 2024
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Microsoft Flight Simulator - HUGE New Details On 2020 And Some Info For 2024
Elite Dangerous - Engineering Changes, P2W Update, Powerplay 2 Details
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Elite Dangerous - Engineering Changes, P2W Update, Powerplay 2 Details
Elite Dangerous To SELL Ships for REAL Money
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Elite Dangerous To SELL Ships for REAL Money
Where Next For Starship Simulator's Very AMBITIOUS Space Game
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Where Next For Starship Simulator's Very AMBITIOUS Space Game
Microsoft Flight Simulator - New Big Update - All the Latest
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Microsoft Flight Simulator - New Big Update - All the Latest
Underspace - A NEW Space Game - Overview & The First Hour
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Underspace - A NEW Space Game - Overview & The First Hour
The BIG Changes Coming to SPACE GAMES in 2024
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The BIG Changes Coming to SPACE GAMES in 2024

Komentáře

  • @davidb.3678
    @davidb.3678 Před 17 hodinami

    Yup 100% on target here.

  • @truenetgmx
    @truenetgmx Před 17 hodinami

    Rules are simple - if I can get full game for price of your 15min dlc - then fu :) Remember - they started it with horse armour - fool me once....

  • @Xaryxai
    @Xaryxai Před 19 hodinami

    reminds me of that one cowboy bebop episode.

  • @FunScrump
    @FunScrump Před 19 hodinami

    Starfield, you are not pretty enough to behave like this...

  • @mrfishsticks266
    @mrfishsticks266 Před 19 hodinami

    Just checked the new mods today... The new armor and clothing it's amazing and totally free. And the aliens from Star Wars it's incredible too.

  • @JBBoomer
    @JBBoomer Před 20 hodinami

    I wish they'd just find a publisher/backer and work on ED2.

  • @crazy4gta1
    @crazy4gta1 Před 21 hodinou

    I’m just amazed at the fact that the entire universe is only 4 GB big

  • @rywagner156
    @rywagner156 Před 21 hodinou

    That's so wierd because I got the mission for free when I logged on the lady from the tracker alliance was at the lodge waiting for me.

  • @yaosio
    @yaosio Před 22 hodinami

    Star Citizen sells jpegs for hundreds of dollars. Todd saw that and the dollar signs spun around on his eyeballs.

  • @Sighman
    @Sighman Před 22 hodinami

    It will be interesting to see your video on FDev's financials which are due any time now. I believe you did one last year and the year before?

  • @Oktokolo
    @Oktokolo Před 23 hodinami

    No problem. I will just only ever buy a Bethesda game when i can get it as the complete edition on sale. They aint the only ones making games and their older titles have the biggest singleplayer modding communities on Earth. I can just keep playing them as there are new mods and even fan remakes still being made. And then there are also other franchises and other genres which are better suited for indie development. If big game companies want to play it that way, i am ready to keep voting with my wallet.

  • @ElErizoSombra
    @ElErizoSombra Před dnem

    $7 is 10% of most major titles right now. Is that $7 DLC giving you 10% of a game?… No? Then its not worth it. You said it gave access to a mission that took 20 mins to complete. For 10% of the price of a major title, it doesn’t give even 10% of the playtime to complete the base game…. Well… maybe it does for Starfield. DLC is fine when it adds something meaningful to the game. If it doesn’t change something with the main story or have some different unique gameplay… then why?

  • @OneHeroTV
    @OneHeroTV Před dnem

    If you don't like it don't buy it. You guys complain when DLC is 40 dollars....no one is going to develop anything for you for free, everything costs.

  • @neXib
    @neXib Před dnem

    If people want cosmetics and want to pay for it I think it's fine, but I think anything not a huge addon should be free otherwise when it comes to content. Just look at No Man's Sky. That said my worry if I had a successful game would be all the background costs with so many servers, licenses and stuff needed. You need a way to have some money coming in after release too.

  • @mbjkdajensen
    @mbjkdajensen Před dnem

    Please have Bethesda fix operation Starseed, and make better looking space suits.

  • @IAMPAUL2021
    @IAMPAUL2021 Před dnem

    Interesting question for debate: are you gonna send any of the proceeds you made from this video to the authors you reviewed? At the time of writing that’s about $3.600 dollars isn’t it?

  • @I_am_a_human_not_a_commodity

    I couldn't agree more. Triple A gaming is no longer about fun, just making money. Quite a lot of indie devs are rocking it though :D

  • @Vakich
    @Vakich Před dnem

    You sound like 80 years old fella, bloody hell 😂

  • @thecursingexplorer138

    Didn’t you showcase the new ship in elite that you have to pay for as well? Don’t complain about what you support.

  • @TheScottishClaymore

    Do the tracker alliance creations finally allow us to put bounties in the brigs?

  • @alexlaza5301
    @alexlaza5301 Před dnem

    For me, if Starfield's base game have enough contents that worthy the triple-A definition, then I don't mind some icing on the cake paid extra contents. But Starfield clearly the completely opposite, a big and empty game...

  • @maydaygoingdown5602

    Great news for me. Ive already purchased the Python Mk11. Stellar. I'd buy Krate, and Anaconda too if i could. I can't be arsed nor the time to do that amount of Grind.

  • @DemonicAlucard
    @DemonicAlucard Před dnem

    honestly i want combat flight simulator (WW2 with these graphics)

  • @ShevaiAsan
    @ShevaiAsan Před dnem

    If they weren't turds, they'd just have you spend the EXACT amount you need to purchase the EXACT amount of 'internet coins' to get the exact thing you want; or at the least just let you buy it directly. This mobile monetization of making you have 'dollars and coins' left over should be held to the same standards as 'gambling laws' are; because it makes you want to perpetually 'use up' all your left over money on the account.

  • @jonahfalcon1970
    @jonahfalcon1970 Před dnem

    If you don't want to buy it... DON'T BUY IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jesus, it's simple. Stop complaining about stuff you're in no way required to purchase.

    • @ObsidianAnt
      @ObsidianAnt Před dnem

      Stop complaining about things you don't have to watch or read! 🤣

    • @jonahfalcon1970
      @jonahfalcon1970 Před dnem

      @@ObsidianAnt Where did I complain about watching or reading? The fact of the matter is I hate people who complain about the price of something then buy it. See: every modern sports game.

  • @earlofdoncaster5018

    I hope this is just the last limb spasms of a dying game.

  • @Jim-8
    @Jim-8 Před dnem

    In game purchases = Don't buy those games

  • @pahking66
    @pahking66 Před dnem

    Agreed I don’t want to be nickel and dimed either

  • @specrtre
    @specrtre Před dnem

    Absolutely gross God forbid you just get a game anymore

  • @tylersizelove7521
    @tylersizelove7521 Před dnem

    Your criticism is absolutely valid Ant, it's called rightcheous indignation and anyone who wants to say otherwise are against freedom of speech.

  • @hamishdundee385
    @hamishdundee385 Před dnem

    Where's the VR version Bethesda??

  • @lethalrave4621
    @lethalrave4621 Před dnem

    There has been a noticeable uptick in people defending these anti-consumer behaviours. They could be corporate A.I bots trying to make public opinion look less unanimous than they actually are so they look better, at least that is the only rationale I can think of as not many sane people would argue for things that degrades their experiences and makes them more expensive for them as well.

  • @JustinOhio
    @JustinOhio Před dnem

    "If you don't like it, don't buy it", haha. Wow. So if nobody ever complains then they just keep pushing and pushing, then where's the limit? $100 for content that takes 15 minutes to play through? "If you don't like it, don't buy it!!". People are so hypocritical until it effects them. Response to them I guess...."If you don't like criticisms, don't read them."

  • @aetherial87
    @aetherial87 Před dnem

    At least they gave us 1000 free credits to use on Creations but that pricing is still stupid, lol

  • @ryansarafin12
    @ryansarafin12 Před dnem

    It's not a matter of how expensive the quest are, it's the fact that we have to pay for them at all. Imagine only getting to play the first mission for The Crimson Fleet quest line, or the Free star Ranger, or the Vanguard quest line, and then having to pay $7 for every quest afterwards. It's absolutely ridiculous and greedy and I cannot believe people are actively defending this

  • @mortekaieve4729
    @mortekaieve4729 Před dnem

    I have a feeling a lot of these jobs are going to be more instanced than anything, I can't imagine a game where you can fly around and find different fires all over the world with the amount of detail and computing power that would take. Interested to see how they pull this off.

  • @tbpg_snowball4978
    @tbpg_snowball4978 Před dnem

    This game has everything a space game could ever have. Yes, it needs polishing. Yes, it has some bugs. But this game has significantly more potential than any AAA game out there. It’s a clear passion project and I would love to believe that it’s going places.

  • @balancedstone
    @balancedstone Před dnem

    If the game is good ill happily pay quite a lot for a good dlc. Obviously I wont ever pay $7 for a single mission for a garbage game. Bethesda are just following the trend of successful gaming companys going downhill, I don't care about their games anymore.

  • @doctor7836
    @doctor7836 Před dnem

    I made a thread criticizing this on the steam forums and it was not well received. I wasnt expecting that much of the modern player base to be so tolerant of this behavior from a studio.

  • @aschergamer2213
    @aschergamer2213 Před dnem

    It is absolutely our responsibility as consumers to not buy something unreasonably priced. That is the negotiation between producers and consumers. As with the other iterations of the Creation Club, I feel that the prices should be halved at the very least. I agree with your sentiments and I’m heartened by your belief in the power of complaint and redress. I was fine with the price of StarSim mining, but a small addition to a new apparently a la carte questline is indicative of the systemic nickel-and-dime tradition for games. If the big conglomerates can address their price gouging (Walmart, Amazon, etc) so can Bethesda, but more accurately XBox. Thank you for the video

  • @PyrophonicTTV
    @PyrophonicTTV Před dnem

    The pricing of micro-DLC, because that's what this is, a micro-DLC made by an independent body, should not be the price of almost every new indie company game that has come out over the past 2 decades. The pricing should be below or equal to $5, and the higher increments of costing should be saved for bundles, where the increase in content can be used as an excuse for the cost. This costing formation is borderline live service, since these creation club content don't disable achievements in the save it's used in, but that $7 back in 2016, for Fallout 4, would've gotten an expansion that adds an entirely new crafting system, weapons, quests and NPCs. The Line must be drown here, no further. No more, I say, to $7 CC content that would get done in less than 2 hours.

  • @JonBowe
    @JonBowe Před dnem

    Imagine buying technology addons for your car, oh wait BMW. Microsoft are trying to get their money back from buying Bethesda, as the original sales of Starfield probably never went anywhere near their projected sales.

  • @ilynx2008
    @ilynx2008 Před dnem

    As a real ATP pilot and user (sometimes frustraded by it) of FS2020,I think is promissing,bu I did NOT see what I ALWAYS see while flying : veihicle traffic! why they left it tottaly off? and how about night time? and there is any improvement to weather?

  • @arkturhellsing1484

    I had not remembered just how much content Morrowind had. Starfield was already disappointing to me story and exploration wise but now its even worse.

  • @LG1ikLx
    @LG1ikLx Před dnem

    Imagine charging for something that should be in the game. I am willing to take a bet that it was planned to be, but then they decided to add it to Creations. BGS are so greedy these days.

  • @MrDazTroyer
    @MrDazTroyer Před dnem

    Horse armor 2.0

  • @YouLikeBosch
    @YouLikeBosch Před dnem

    A good reminder that corporations don't change, unless it's for the worse. In terms of Bethesda, do with that information what you will.

  • @spike238
    @spike238 Před dnem

    Had a look at the CK development software , Respect to whomever works with it , doing a simple re-skin shouldn't be to difficult , but adding in any sort of character movement , physics , lighting , animation , voice and myriad of options , all takes time .. on the other hand , nobody is forcing the purchase ..

  • @Leo-yh1lj
    @Leo-yh1lj Před dnem

    I feel like if you pay for a full game you shouldn't have to pay for more ingame content. It's kinda if you buy, for example, a receiver/amplifier. When bought you noticed you it only plays in Mono. But to have it in Stereo you have to pay for a firmware update to unlock that. Oh and you want Dolby or any other formats? You can get this if you pay a certain amount again.

  • @StonedRedneckMarine

    I'm not even going to buy the game now that they've done this. I was waiting for the initial issues to be resolved before buying. Not anymore.