Games you can never play again.
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- ...in all interpretations of that phrase.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
2:46 Multiplayer
6:05 Removal
8:35 Permanence as a Mechanic
12:31 Time
14:48 Outro
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Things I have learned from the comments:
1. Outer Wilds covers much of the same topic.
2. OneShot covers much of the same topic.
3. OneShot is the game that has that cat creature I see everywhere.
4. I made a LOT of people cry
That "cat lady" (Niko) has no canonical gender, like Frisk and Chara from undertale
It may sounds like asking too much but... play Outer Wilds. It's just... that kinda of game you wish you could forget everything about just to play it again and relieve those moments.
This video made me go through a nostalgic crisis
@@Aeonsteel I'm sure that cat lady appreciates this
Outer wilds is easily one of the best games I’ve ever played, I wish I could forget everything about it and play through it for the first time again. Your only limit in the game is your own knowledge
Undertale was originally going to delete all the data for the game and force you to rebuy it if you did genocide
That'd be a really cool thing in theory but obviously not in practice. God, I love Undertale.
@@TheCursedJudge undertale isnt good at all. The story is just murder bad and the gameplay is pac man without walls
I recommend left on replay's video on undertale. It's pretty well made, and tbh I think his interpretation makes sense
@@dogeweedballs42069 I'm one who thinks that Undertale is broadly overrated, but there's a difference between just saying "murder bad" and forcing the player to confront the fact that the capacity for evil exists inside them. You could just as easily oversimplify Halo Reach as being "war sad :(", but that kind of ultimately misses the point
@@dogeweedballs42069 I just straight up dislike its gameplay, regardless of story or artsy point it's making.
Two quotes from Satoru Iwata before he passed away “If I could start over, I wouldn’t change a thing.” “No part of my experience has been a waste of time”
Damn, serious Raoh energy. "Of this life, I've not a single regret!"
Okay?
"but in my heart... I am a gamer". Said at a time when gamers were stigmatized and demonized by the entire mainstream political and media establishment.
" If I start my life over again, it's bad for one life time, but I don't start my life over again, it's bad forever." - Iwata
satoru gojo
Oh man, I remember when we were all trying to stay on the Halo 2 servers as long as possible. Thank you for the trip down Memory Lane.
Walshy the 🐐
R3AP3R117 was there
I was level 50 in swat MLG. I still have the same account but no proof of my rank. sad.
There's a philosophy in game making. Games must be places of joy. And keeping players there for any other reasons would makem places of boredom. You were playing for no joy.
@@aleyzeeo-aleyzee2101huh?
The legends that are the Noble 14. I think as the internet/gaming becomes older and game archivists' fight becomes more difficult as copyright, ownership, and corporate bs gets more complicated, their story will ring closer and closer to home for a lot of folks
I was just thinking about that.. About how.. that same story plays out in microscopic ways over and over again and will continue until something breaks.
"As someone who was desperately obsessed with Undertale as a kid"
Jesus I'm getting old
As someone who was playing Donkey Kong Country as a kid, same
Insane how time works. This line stood out to me more than the whole essay.
To me, Undertale is another game in my backlog that I bought "a couple years ago" and I'll get around to playing any day now.
Undertale was released less than 8 years ago. There is no "was" here. This dude either wasn't a kid then or he is still a kid now.
@@Zartanyus 8 years is only 2 years away from being a decade. Someone who was 15 years old then is 23 now.
"It's a brutally depressing experience, where nothing you do can erase the mistake you made and every option gives you a sliver of the life you had before. The world around you is dead, no matter whether you survive or not." Is high praise 🙏
Thanks for remembering my dumb little flash game ❤
It genuinely is such a unique game and you did wonderfully with it ❤
DUMB? Nah man, you’re a legend. I love your game! It’s a beauty!
I remember getting recommended that game by a Vsauce video and I still stand by my decision to work in the lab every day. Your use of permanence was very novel and I have huge kudos for the vision of the game.
OH SHI- It's you! Hahaha man your game was a rollercoaster of emotions, thanks for making it 👍👍
I remember watching Letsplays of it! I’d say it influenced Indie gaming, and the story was great! 💗
Damn… I’ll say this now. looking back at how I enjoyed undertale and other games and not wanting them to die but couldn’t stay playing those games because of me getting older and having more responsibility’s. After watching this video I cryed for the first time in 14 years. All I want to say is thank you for making me relive those memories.
Still haven't tried Undertale, is it worth a go?
@@AndrewKachaniwskyabsolutely worth
@@AndrewKachaniwsky yees
Same here man. I didn't even realise how much impact they'd had on me until now. Surprisingly hit the feels quite hard this one........
@@AndrewKachaniwsky even watching videos of it does not compare to being there for the first time. Play it
"These experiences we had cannot be changed or forgotten; time will always march forward, and as distant as those memories get, those foggy but unforgettable moments, they'll always be a part of you, for better, or for worse."
This hits hard.
Halo Reach actually changed my brain chemistry soo much. I don't think there is any game that is like it.
It's my favorite game of all time, I actually made a video like 3 years talking about it, but it's unlisted.
Three words, Red dead redemption.
@@TheCursedJudge where linkie
@@BIGNUGGET5434Red Dead Redemption 2
It made me cry ngl
"Whats more human than being irrational" that line hit me hard
I’m a word freak, and that line is phenomenal
Because you're also genZ and now you're gonna put that in a tiktok
@@solmoman woah dude he just was giving away how he felt lol
@@solmoman that is gen alpha
Why did that line strike you the way it did?
I say being rational is more human; it’s what separates us from other animals
This is probably one of my favorite videos of all time man, it’s so well made and speaks true to a message that deeply resonates with me. As stupid as it sounds video games mean a lot to me, they truly are a beautiful art form and to know that so many of them have an expiration date simply due to the progression of interests, the market, and especially money gives me such a severe sense of FOMO. When I realize there are games I can’t play or experience, games that gave so many people so much joy, realizing I’m not able to share that joy or just understand it even years down the line is so saddening. I wish all games could be as timeless as the memories people made with them. Too many games to experience, not enough people to experience them forever, and not enough time to experience them all.
In a way it makes the art form a little more beautiful, knowing that it’s fleeting, I just hope soon there’s a return to the games that were once made with love, games like battlefield 2042 will never experience a dedicated group of players trying to keep the servers alive and I think that’s what every developer should strive for, but publishers and their money get in the way time and time again.
Sorry to get all melodramatic over something like video games but truly, there is no medium that I could ever love more. Born too late to explore the earth born too early to explore the stars, but damn I was born at the perfect time to experience anything I could want to, at least on the other side of a screen lol. Good enough for me.
Amazing video man.
💔
Just go play real sports. Games rot your body.
@@justdev8965 definitely not true bro, video games do no harm, but playing too much and not being active. Too much of anything is that way, similar to how being too physically active wears you down, it’s good to relax and take a break. But trust me I play plenty sports and work out lmao, I just enjoy videogames far more
It doesn't sound stupid man, I think you hit it right on the nail.
@@flutedknight523 thanks man, it was a topic I often thought about, it’s cool to see someone materialize it into a very succinct video
This is a bit off-topic so I apologize, but... Thank you very much! Ya made my day a lot better. All the memories of my friends and I playing so, so many games together in our teens before all the time-consuming responsibilities of life made it so hard to find time to do any gaming. We're all in our mid-30s. Ahh, I love the smell of nostalgia in the morning...
Young ones, take this to heart, never take your youth for granted. That time is precious.
that parallel of the last mission of reach to the theme of the video is inspired film making 10/10
I appreciate it Weyln, I remember watching your Rust stuff when you first blew up and I found your channel again recently, it's cool to see you.
the goat just commented on such a peak video
wait wtf do u remember playing with a random kid on a rust server like 7 years ago? had a big ass rock in the snow completely walled off on the inside of the rock. i remember you showing me your channel back then at like 1k subs. con fucking grats on blowing up dude not sure how i never realized.
Welyn! I love your content, it's what made me appreciate great commentary like this
wot u doin ere mate good ta see ya
I was expecting a generic list.
I was not expecting an incredibly sad, melancholic, nostalgic, somehow eye-opening and genuinely emotional experience.
I've never seen your channel before, and I wasn't subscribed...
...I am now, because this was fucking amazing.
same af.
Viewer: How depressing is your next video on games going to be?
The Cursed Judge: Yes
Yes, this was a different kind of experience...
I fucking agree
R.I.P Strikeforce
As a Man living in the deep south of Alabama it's rare for me to cry, as a kid I was always told that crying makes you less of a Man, and by consequence, less of a person. But this, this video here, did what the death of my mom, the death of my Aunts Uncles, the death of my grandparents, the loss of the love of my life, whom I've never been able to replace, couldn't do. Made me less of a man, and changed my outlook on life, showed that time is a true constant, and the only true enemy.
Thank you.
No less of a man at all. I'm a big ass former cop. I cry when the time is appropriate. Being a man means that you don't let what makes you cry break you down and cause you to give up.
It’s better to cry and let and let it out than to keep it in my man. Stay strong!
Entering Waterfall in Undertale is genuinely one of the most memorable story telling moments in gaming. Using the slowed theme song of a later boss that somehow sounds good while creating it's own entirely separate theme and area that slowly makes the player begin to grasp the role they play in the story and the weight that it holds takes a genius thats rarely seen.
As I heard the words "Obsessed with undertale as a kid" it became clear to me that I'm a fairly old man.
I still recognized it as a, maybe not new, but definitely not as an old game. So I googled it and it dawned on me that this game is nearly 8 years old.
I'm 29, I think being on the internet kind of makes this seem much older because we are now surrounded by kids online, the reality is that we are not really old, not truly old, we don't even know what that feels like yet, but we have an artificial sense of being ancient because we are always interacting with people we normally wouldn't have due to the age gap
Hearing that line I automatically assumed Undertale was a rerelease or remake from a 90s game and the guy in the video played the old version as a kid. Only when I read the comments it became clear he was definitely referring to a game that, to me, did not release that long ago. I still can't wrap my head around how someone was "a kid" a few years ago and now making youtube documentaries.
The lifespan of Undertale is roughly 1/6th of my life. To hear it described as old is truly bizarre to me. I still play games that make it look like a toddler by comparison.
Undertale came out when I was 16
I think what´s also weird is that he talks about halo 2 like he was there.
When I was a kid I had to convince my mom Halo reach wasn’t violent because it was alien blood… if only she knew, one of the best and most memorable experiences in my life
On the Arbiter missions, it was MY mission to paint entire rooms with my friendlies' lovely blue blood 😂😥
Lmaoo I had to do the exact same thing, good times
Can’t you tell her?
ah he took the "its only aliens" route
I was at a friend's house and he just got halo, his mom heard Johnson say shit then kicked everyone out the house and beat his ass. Lol
This invokes haunting nostalgia. I had such a close group of friends that I met online and played games with between 1999 and 2003 while we were all in college and/or recently graduated. We met up a few times a year for LAN parties, and traversed into IRL friends. As jobs, marriages, and children became life priorities, and death had its way as well, we all wandered away from the playgrounds where we fought together, and the IRC channel where we convened in the meantime. The LAN parties had dwindled as well. I still fire up a few of the games occasionally and find that the games aren't much without those people. I have been longing for that time of my life for twenty years. Of course, as cliche' as it is, I didn't know that would be one of the most memorable times of my life while I was in it. And I know that I will never have that feeling again.
this really made me think about all my decisions, my memories, and most of all, the fact that i can only experience something, i can only experience life, one time.
I still remember dying for the first time on “Lone Wolf”. I kept expecting the objective to update, but it never did. As soon as I saw the special cutscene I knew what it really meant. Felt like I had my heart ripped out. Hurt having reality set in
The original Halo trilogy contained Christian themes in its lore. Can the Covenant be forgiven for the war they started?
Did anyone ever find a way to trick that into rolling credits without you actually dying? Star Ocean 2 and FF7: Crisis Core had 'unwinnable' battles that you could glitch the game into going past... you still lose as far as the game is concerned of course.
@@Mark-in8ju I honestly liked the religious symbolisms and themes in Halo. Sure it could be taken multiple ways, but I feel like it added a lot more depth to the lore.
Spartans never die, they're just missing in action.
@@congruentcrib I agree
A game that would've fit perfectly into this video is OneShot, as the entire game's permise revolves around the idea that you only have one try of completing the main charachters goal (hence the name OneShot, as in you only have one shot). Even though the version on Steam does have a "secret" ending after your initial first playthrough, after completing the game for a second time, it will lock you out of playing it ever again.
[SPOILER WARNING!]
It doesn't really lock you out, you can play again, but instead of Niko, you play as TWM who is posing AS Niko. But it will never be the same, because you know what happens next and what will occur. Oneshot is magical for its ability to make you realize, that you can only really play once. Even when you are replaying, it isn't the same, because you know everything.
@@Ver0Epsilon True, I forgot about that. As you said, OneShot plays a lot more with the idea of the player only having one "true" playthrough than other games.
I almost didn't watch the video because I'm dodging spoilers for that game and was certain it would be here.
@@masterboa6321 dont go anywhere Oneshot related, I spoiled myself the beginning, and it was boring and pred8ctsble, cause i knew what to do. I hate spoilers, everyone does. For your enjoyment, please dont read my previous reply.
@@Ver0Epsilon The original OneShot (not the steam version) was special, if you close this game, Niko is DEAD, with nothing you can do to undo it...
In the christmas of 1995 my parents bought me and my brothers a playstation. They did not buy us any games for it because it was too expensive, we simply had the developer disc that game with it. I was a little kid but I remember seeing it boot up the first time. I remember the game "Battle Arena Toshinden" and how when we saw the 3d characters for the first time, we all lost our minds. It was so real. Each attack, he combo, felt like we were watching a live action movie. We can never have that exact same experience again. If I went back in time to that moment, I already experienced it once so I can't really have that exact same moment.
There is something amazing about reading a book for a first time, seeing a movie, listening to a song, playing a game, just experiencing something the first time. I envy those who get to have those moments again. I ran a D&D game for some younger kids back some years ago, tried real hard to make a whimsy fun game with memorable characters. I remember the look on their faces when I introduced a silly bird NPC. They hadn't gotten to experience something like this before. They are all adults now and no doubt have had better written stories given to them. But I am sure they still remember that first time.
My old elementary school was torn down, you can never walk those old halls. Many of my favorite restaurants growing up have gone out of business. This applies to so many things. Time marches on, the things we love disappear sometimes as well. You never know when something you do, will be the last time you do it, or someone you talk to you never speak to again. Time marches on. It's sad, but at the same time it's what makes it so special. You should always try to appreciate what you can for that reason. "Transient guests are we..."
The scary thing is millions of people have come before us, living all sorts of lives in different time periods. They are all gone, with the most famous just text in history books. Millions more will come after us too. Life will move on even from us and our world. The change never stops even if we wish it didn't. Everything has it's day, then it's over.
I love this format of an over arching narrative with moments of other stories interjected adding more meaning to the arching narrative this isn’t criticism or analysis this is art
I was expecting you to mention the Outer Wilds. That's probably the first game where not being able to play it again hit me like a brick.
I know I can't ever truly re-experience it for the first time again.
But I admit I still revisit it. I still go flying around and looking at this strange, scary and yet wonderful solar system.
I've practically beaten the game 100%. But I still play it anywa6, cause I love it so much.
@@DeathAngel-ft8oz I've been thinking of giving this game a chance for quite a while now, and honestly? I probably will now. I've heard a lot of good stuff, heard some music, but I never touched it. In hope it's really as good as portrayed! ^^
the only literal version of this title
@@rxjsamira please do, it's a piece of beautiful art that each person can only experience once each lifetime.
@@rxjsamira probably the best game I ever experienced. Do not look up any information about it before playing.
I love how you tied the Halo 2 server story with Halo Reach’s Lone Wolf mission. Insanely poetic
Was that what they were going for with the mission?
@@v.rokumonsen9338 nah, couldnt be bro. Game was done by then. Cool that Bungie left the lights on til the last person left, so to say.
@@v.rokumonsen9338 not it, it tied well, but they didn't have that in mind
As someone who writes fanfiction, this type of feeling hits slightly differently: I've since finished 4 stories so far, and all of them are worlds with characters that I have spent years of my life with, essentially, and after finishing those stories, I'm always left with like a sorrow that I'll never see them again (I'm a firm believer of a story ending where it should, in case that answers some questions).
Show proof
Cringe
You are not alone with that feeling. Endings are nessecary, but they leave you with a hole that is difficult to fill.
@@Timveerman15 zoombie
God, endings terrify me to be honest. Not because I don't want my own character's story to end, but because I want to do them justice. To give them, not a happily ever after, but an ending that makes them satisfied. An undead warrior, finishing a quest and fulfilling its fantasy, a cleric of a god, ending heretics and seeing their leader destroyed. All given something dignified, and never touched. Unless I wish to show how they are, never defiling them, forcing them to bear arms, but instead to give me and the theoretical people who enjoy them, a small smile before they say goodbye.
Discovered this video by pure accident and I have to say... I really enjoyed it. There was something so truly poetic and beautiful about its content and delivery. Thank you for making this!
Halo Reach has one of the best endings in video game history to me. The ending to that game is so amazing while being something that is ultimately depressing at the same time. The thrill ride that that story is, is found basically nowhere else in gaming. It's one of those games that I wish I could entirely forget to replay again because I want to experience it again for the first time.
Oh boy lemme tell you about FF crisis core which basically has the same ending as reach
@@MILDMONSTER1234 I tried so many times to survive and hope there was a beatable outcome to crises core only for it to be hopeless. Great memories I wish I could do again for the first time. Over 15 years later its still as memorable as ever. Rip Zack
Halo Reach is the most recent game I played to the credits a few weeks ago.
So the feels and everything about it is still fresh and boy did it hit me hard.
Such an amazing merging of gameplay and storytelling.
A couple weeks ago, I played through Reach for the first time ever. Fantastic game, though I wish it was a little longer.
We are emotional junkies.
This video is pure nostalgia, and not just because it talks about games that are no longer, but because it managed to put me in a mood I haven't experienced for years, I don't even know how to describe it, it's a weird mix of existential dread, inspiration and pure focus on the here and now while also thinking about the past. You truly managed to transport my mind to a place I haven't visited in a long time, it's been a while since a piece of media captivated my attention to the point where it felt 10x longer than it actually was, and even now that it's finished I'm still actively thinking about it an hour later. Bravo.
@@RobotronSage This reads like satire. On the off chance you're serious, there's an important point you're seeming to intentionally miss.
The community and atmosphere of Halo 2 being mainstream, easily accessible without 3rd party software, and feeling completely alive knowing everyone at school most likely had an account and also played is what truly "died."
Let's consider the Mega Man battle network legacy collection that is about to release in April. Why am I going to spend $60 on it, even though the roms are readily available for free? Because of accessibility and an actual online community that will breathe life into a niche series. Being able to queue up against and trade chips with an actual online community as opposed to some niche circle in a discord is a night and day gaming experience.
You as an enthusiast yourself must surely know what I mean when you give your pitch to normal people about the preserved classics.
If it's not on Steam, Epic, PS5, Xbox, Switch, BNET, etc. no one is going to care about playing it or taking the admittedly tedious route of emulating and connecting with people.
These preserved classics typically rely on P2P and never have dedicated servers, or any of the updates and features / DLC / patches that come with a game actually being kept alive by the company itself.
What you're describing exists, but it's just not comparable unfortunately. I've went down that route with Dolphin/ Slippi with Melee for gamecube and Project M. There was a community of like maybe 200 people globally because millions of people instead were playing Ultimate on the Switch.
@@RobotronSage talks about gamers but plays pinball 😤 smh
@@RobotronSage Maybe lay off the crack for a while, nothing in this life lasts forever, you can preserve games as much as you want, one day no one will care as everyone will have moved on to newer things.
Things change, it's inevitable, and there's no point in staying attached to the past, this has nothing to do with corporate propaganda, it's just a fact of life, you have to learn to move on a let the past be.
If you really care that much about old games, the best you can do is remake them with current technology as this will breathe new life into them and a new generation of gamers will get to experience them.
@ribcut well said!
@@RobotronSage you're wrong and you should feel bad
What started of as an interesting video, really caught me offguard by how emotional it got towards the end. Actually made me tear up. Beautiful! You've earned yourself a new subscriber for sure. :)
I’m currently working through your catalogue and I’ll tell you man. This was a very novel thought presented in a very comprehensive way. Thank you for his experience.
"Goodbye To A World", by Porter Robinson, is a song that encapsulates that feeling of seeing the world of your favourite MMO, one you've spent countless hours in, disappear becasue the servers shut down. I think it's a beautiful song and I wholeheartedly recommend everyone listening to it.
Oh wow, I did not realize that song was genuinely inspired by the concept of MMO games being shut down. That's pretty dope. Extra cool because I associate that song with Undertale too lol
I heard this song a few years before my memory started remembering. (Which isn't saying much because I only started properly remembering like 3 years ago and I am 15 almost 16), but I used to sing "Lonely, I am so lonely, and it's the end of the world, don't blame yourself now" Because I didn't know the lyrics properly because of how much of a foggy memory the song was. But the first time I rediscovered it, I oddly felt like I had found an old part of myself again. This comment made me rediscover it a second time, and it yet again feels like finding old memories of me playing at the playground of the old daycare I went to, sitting on the bark pretending to sell ice-cream down under the slides in the wooden box. When all I had to worry about was if the girl I had a crush on liked me back and if my iron beads were heated properly so I could take it home. Those were good times. I don't have a good way to end this comment off properly so.. Thank you, genuinely, thank you :)
Have an amazing day and if times aren't looking up for you at the moment, it will get better, good job for sticking through it all. and if they are looking up, good job on playing your cards right. Signing off.
@@ICanHazRecon911I’m pretty sure it wasn’t actually supposed to be about MMOs. I think OP just interpreted it that way.
thank you, this reminded me of NFS World. i could only play it for a year as a kid because the servers shut down in 2015, but that game meant the world to me. i still remember the fireworks going off in free-roam exactly when the plug was pulled. me and tons of other people gathered up in that one spot, watching those fireworks, sending goodbyes in chat, reunited in this virtual final gasp of life... i couldn't not shed a tear.
i had dumped my profile beforehand, so i could play it offline, as such a project was announced before the shutdown. it did come to fruition eventually, and i could play my game again, albeit by my own. multiplayer was planned, so i kept waiting... until my old hard drive died 3 days before i wanted to back it up.
my profile, the last screenshot from the official servers, named "the end of the world.png", all gone.
true, the game did receive a fan-made revival a few years later, and i did play it extensively for some time... but that just wasn't the same. i was a different person by then. the memories did not fully match what i was playing.
i should not have opened that HDD that one day, maybe it was still possible to save it... well! thanks again, i guess i needed this.
I have that record, it's an amazing soundtrack
Every time I see Halo, it reminds me nothing is the same, and it can't be repeated. That was my friends' and I high school video game, and now I don't even know where my friends are...😢
Different time in our lives; its super weird now...
Fuck man. I miss my homies too.
Same with my buds I played GOW3 with online. Had our crew and had a lot of fun...no longer
Strange that in the presence of so many social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat) ... that people are as alone as ever.
@@RNAPolymerase Indeed.
This hits really hard given how video games are going more and more digital only
This was surprisingly very deep and had a spark of emotion. Loved it!
I can't explain why, but this was soul crushing. Had a lot of good buddies from school that used to play halo. We All graduated, started families, and never spoke again.
Game of life 2.
contact them. just say hi. life is short.. just reach out.
everyone has gone through the same
It's called growing up, get over it.
@@prezidenttrump5171 lol k tough guy
I was expecting a trivia video about games that can't play anymore, but instead received a philosophical discussion about time, about life is ephemeral and how we can't just fight it, no matter how hard we try.
Well done
That's just not true, life expectancy keeps growing and immortality will eventually be a thing if we don't destroy ourselves first.
god this video was insane dude, super compelling and you hit on absolutely everything i wanted to know. please keep it up, i would LOVE to see more of this 💛💛
I got this video in my recommended. No clue why I didn't hear about you before. Phenomenal work, exactly my jam.
almost made me burst into tears lmao. been dealing with the whole "nothing lasts forever, time won't slow down for you, stop living in the past" kind of vibe lately, and this video just really nails that feeling. It's a bittersweet feeling for sure but god damn, if it isn't human to feel this way!!
Then I won't watch it. I feel bad just reading comments about how Pokemon was never good and the like. I doubt I'd be able to handle watching this video, even though I'm pretty sure the only game I recognize (I skimmed through the preview that shows up when you hover over the bar) is Undertale.
Then I recommend you play Xenoblade Chronicles 3, it plays into that theme beatifully
Stop being so uplifting, you're making me teary eyed lol
I havent cried in two years but this video has me tearing up on the brink of crying as the last points you made in the video about our memories never being changed or altered hit me hard since my brother died in a fatal car accident and one of my fondest memories i have is of me and him playing halo 3 together, even though he always demolished me in that game i always loved playing it with him and after his death ive never found as much joy in my life as i did when he was still here. To this day i still have his xbox 360 and the same exact game disk we played together on which i clean frequently so that when im feeling sad or lonely i can play it and explore the worlds we made together in forge and get a rush of memories that always brightens my day even when it comes with a sense of mourning. Words cant describe how touched i am by this video
❤❤❤
Awwwww now Im crying🥹🥹
That is a beautiful story
My condolences and I wish you the best❤❤
And remember, Spartans never die they just go missing in action❤
I'm sorry about your brother. Glad you can somewhat be happy with the memories and its so cool that you clean the disc every so often
Rest in peace bro
This comment is beautyful
I loved this video. It hit a lot of my childhood games and then continued to hit games of my teenage and adult life. It's sort of forced me to realise how in over our heads we are sometimes and how just like things In real life games can be shut down. They can't all last forever. Sometimes we can just sit in a room full of friends or even family and talk about the good ol' times and what we miss. I love this vid man keep up the good work
Thinking about this video some more, I've come to recognize something about myself. My favorite pieces of media, particularly games and books, I tend to put on hold as soon as I recognize they are life changing, monumental works that, even if unfinished, have already cemented themselves in my mind as belonging to my all-time favorites. My favorite game is Pathologic 2, and I have been frozen in day 6 for years. I've not deigned to read Moby-Dick after putting it on hold. Who knows how long I'll be at chapter 22 for? Yeah, I procrastinate alright, but here I have found another reason for my habit: You can only ever have that first experience one time. I'm trapped in the futile attempt to freeze time, to prolong and preserve that precious first experience for as long as possible.
Thank you CursedJudge for allowing me this insight.
This made me look back at the last 22 years of gaming. 22 years of fun, friends, and game after game. Some we’ll never get back again, others will live forever. But this point that you’ll never get that first feeling again, you’ll never be a kid after school at a buddies house again. Time moves on, but the memories are forever
Until you forget or all who could remember are dead.
No one can beat time. At the end of the road even memories fade away.
We only have our actions and what we left behind weather it be bad or good. Though no one will remember a whisper of it in a century. It doesn't mean that they had no impact.
I needed this thank you Jack
Wow, wise words…
@@dr.dreamer8914 my cod2 highlight reels will live on foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
The last guy in Noble 14 when the other guy went off: Gentlemen... It has been a privilege playing with you
That hurts
They could still meet up in Halo 3, ODST, Reach and beyond if they shared gamer tags and added each other as friends.
That was an amazing story, thank you for memories, and feelings. Very WELL done!!
One of the coolest stories I've heard in a while. Great video. Love the comparisons with other games too. Thanks!
The halo 2 story would have been even more wholesome if the last 2 players became friends and met in real life
they probably did
Were it so easy
@@blazetheplaneswalker you just unlocked a core memory with that line
😢
This isnt a fake reddit story..
Man flappy bird was hilarious, everyone was just confused when it was taken off the app store
I got the APK file if you want it
Very legit prob not a virus
Honestly I completely understand why he did it. It takes a big person to do something like that.
I remember some kid murdered a family member out of frustration and then a week after that it was off the app store, probably no relation but at the time I thought that was the reason the creator decided to take it down
@@leithfischer9431 no that was a fake story.
This was such a beautiful video that brought back so much memories of my childhood. thank you so much.
Surprisingly watchable video. Because you're a good writer. Thanks
This is the best video essay Ive seen in a minute
The soundtrack
The wording
The nostalgia..
10/10
Check out kaptainkristian hands down makes the best ones
"Whats more human than being irrational" this was an epic video. Im not crying, youre crying.
I read that at the same time he said it.
I almost did too.
"You're crying too!"
@Scott's Precious Little Account You've never looked at imaginary numbers then 😂
Honestly one of the most heartfelt videos ive ever seen and one of the few videos ive ever given a like to, fucking amazing, made me tear up too and reminded me why i wanted to make games so badly
This was heartwarming and heartbreaking, and for me perfectly timed in it's arrival for me to view. Thank you for the profound and poetic commentary.
incredible video, thank you
@Kmac2021 no u
AYY ITS KMAC! Good te see ye here lad!
holy shit where’ve you been?
Yo, where is guitar tip 4?
Hi Kmac2021 , how are you doign
Going through abandoned VR Chat worlds gives me those same feelings you mentioned in the end. Especially if they have pictures of the people that used to play there on the walls. Who were they? What made them leave? Are they even still alive? Doesn't matter, all that's left are their memories.
I took videos of my gameplay on those abandoned worlds, its hard to watch them when they were full of players and a younger me behind the headset.
As a fellow VRC player, I cry looking back at all the photos I've taken. knowing so many beautiful people and even meeting a lot of them irl. it hurts knowing the inevitable, but it makes the memories made that much more bittersweet
you should try visiting historic places like pompeii THATS powerful
@@dabootvvI think Pompeii feels a little different because it isnt an instance that was loaded into reality for me and me alone.
Similar experience with abandoned second life sims
this video felt so much longer than it was, from the very beginning i was so incredibly invested and those 17 minutes felt like an hour.
I'll hold this video near, it was amazing, and you are as well for creating it. wp, very VERY wp
This was so beautiful. Thank you.
Your thoughts about Halo and undertale are Awesome.
Undertale for a long time had a really bizarre feel about it. There's the bright side with all the quirky characters, jokes, and happy endings, but then there's this crushing feeling of repetition and hopelessness. The characters are stuck in a loop and you're perpetuating it. On top of that, it does an effective job at commenting about player agency, and how players slowly realize what Flowey really means as a character.
One day I wanna make a video just gushing all about Undertale, there is so much to that game
@@TheCursedJudge Then the only rational thing for me to do is subscribe and wait
Your channel is great
Somtimes I think I'm the only person who just despises Undertale
@ChipTheOtter you are. There is no reason to hate it with the exception of the fanbase. Its truly a masterwork in player centered story telling.
@@Milkmangood58 I wish it were so
Man this was an incredible video on so many levels. It really got me thinking about all of my favourite and unforgettable experiences ive had whilst gaming through my whole life and the fact that I know Ill never re-live them the same way ever again but the memories I have are just that. Memories. Memories that tickle that original feeling inside that I once had while playing Goldeneye or Dark Souls or Zelda for the first time. But it can never truly fulfil that yearning to go back and play them again for the first time. Its so sad but its beautiful at the same time. You have 1 new subscriber in me.
This was honest to god beautiful, i actually shed a tear just listening to the final part of this video, thank you
Even nearly a decade later I'm still coping with the cancellation of Silent Hills and the removal of P.T. That was going to be such a good game.
I’m hyped for Silent Hill F, but that looks more like a Fatal Frame that a Silent Hill.
The teaser for Silent Hills (the non playable one) looked awesome with Norman Reedus too
@@DocTime56 I'm pretty excited for F too, and also the SH2 remake. I'm happy Konami is finally doing something with the franchise, instead of just sitting on it like they have been for the past 8-9 years
After Silent Hill: Downpour, I really hope they have their Resident Evil 7 moment and turn the franchise back into what it used to be
They did Kojima so dirty
@@pe3094yea idc what they might do good I still hate the company for what they did to him
Today I finally completed the 100% of Super Mario Galaxy, a game I have played since I was a kid. Now I have watched your video and I'm crying remembering all the moments I lived playing it, how I struggled with the first boss and the satisfaction when I beat it, the first time I heard Gusty Garden Galaxy... Even if it's sad to think that I will never experience that for the first time, I'm happy it happened. Thank you so much.
If I had to choose, that's probably my favourite game, and I don't even really play consoles. A great game, for me, is one that you can re-play and still get some satisfaction out of. OK, you know the plot twist and what will happen at the end, but I still get a good deal of satisfaction seeing it all play out again. Same goes for other media: if I can't re-watch a film (or read a book for that matter) and still get at least some satisfaction about how the story is told, then it's not a good film for me.
This video made me tear up. In a sad but also content way. Great video.
This is one of the most well made videos ive ever watching. To be honest if i could either have any super power or be able to rewatch every video without remember what its like i would choose rewatch videos.
It's so sad when you played a game, you liked it, but forgot about it for some years. And after it you realize that that one game you loved was deleted forever. And all was left it's burning memories.
Battlefield heroes... such great memories
But on the other side of the coin. It's knowing that that game got a proper burial provides a bitter sweet feeling. You won't get to play it again, no one will. That won't prevent you from moving on as a person. There will always be other games, and no one else can take away the memories u made playing it to begin with.
Recently, The Completionist went onto the 3DS game store and purchased every single game, and stored their base save files along w/ all possible DLC on Hard Drives to be placed in a "Video Game Museum".
But I kinda feel if that goes against what the developers want. The store went down for a reason, these games lived, and they died. Trying to preserve something robs it of its right to pass on. In the same way it would feel immoral to resuscitate some1 who doesn't want it; it feels wrong to permanantly store a game that was destined to disappear forever. It's knowing that the game will be gone that gives it meaning. It almost invalidates its very existence when u refuse to let it go away in peace.
Heartaches...heartaches...
Sounds daft but I’m like that with some flash games😂
@@Earadon my loving you there’s only heartaches…
My heart goes out to those players, who held on as long as they could.
thanks for making this video, it hit hard.
This video is beautiful! A true story and work of art. Amazing job, you have earned my sub!
I didn't expect such a deep introspective. Thank you.
i cannot imagine the surreal feelings ApacheEnforcer experienced being the last person on the Halo 2 servers. To be that person means that the game probably meant a lot to them, so to be the LAST person to be on the servers- the last person to ever experience your favorite game...i can't imagine how it would feel. it would be so isolating.
Didn't he get rewarded or acknowledged by Microsoft?
@@thatguythatplaysgames3221I hope so. He has more dedication than everyone at Microsoft combined.
@@thatguythatplaysgames3221no. To answer your question, no “reward” or “acknowledgment” of any sort for what I did.
[Source: I *AM* “APACHE N4SIR”, Guinness World Record Holder and the last person to be on the Halo2 servers after being kicked off after 673 hours 58 minutes after -ZERO HOUR-]
It wasn’t my FAVOURITE game… it was one of me favourites but it was the one that made the biggest impact in the gaming community. It was the reason why we had voice chat. Proximity voice communications. The reasons we had 100 friends on our friends list. To name a few. Without Halo 2 and all it’s framework we wouldn’t have XBOX LIVE the way we had it then and the way we have it now as it was built around Halo2. Without Halo 2, we wouldn’t be as advanced as what we were then or at that time. We have a lot to thank Halo 2 in the background even if you were not a Halo fan… you have a lot to be thankful for!!!
Halo2 servers had the biggest following vs other games like Mech Assault or any sports game… the Lobbies in Halo were top notch and after a game it didn’t disconnect you and throw you outta the lobby like it did like Mech Assault 2 did (which was a pain in the ass, cause if you didn’t write down the Gamertag of the person you liked or got along with you had no way of finding who you were in the lobby and gaming with but in Halo 2 you could carry over from one game to another [which was nice]).
For me personally, Halo held a special meaning to me and I wanted to play some more games with friends a few more times for old times sales. So that’s why I played and didn’t want to put down the controller… 🎮
@@apachen4sir631 Well now I feel like a dick
This video is a piece of art and I was crying at the end. I'm in a point in my life right now where I feel like no matter what I do it won't matter, but knowing that there are people who will still fight to the end, even if it seems hopeless, that's what I live for. I'm going to keep fighting, even if it seems hopeless.
Hey friend. You're worth while and people love you. Always remember that. Don't give up hope.
Fighting to the bitter last. For if I don’t fight, why am I here?
We are all fighting together my friend
Bro gave a whole sermon 💀
Don't you dare go hollow.
This video is a masterpiece, you made me remember all the good memories i had growing up playing games with my friends. Through a video thats a special way of video making. Thank you
This made me feel a lot of things. When i think about some of the most traumatic times or fondest memories in my life, i always feel like im visiting an empty world that everyone else has already left behind. And still i sometimes long for it.
This was…incredible. It’s been so long since I felt what this video made me feel. 41 years old, sitting here with my dogs, listening to my wife talk in the phone, and just feeling memories flood my mind of Halo 2 matches, as my tears flood my eyes.
Go outside and touch grass
Ok boomer
Lmao
I swear as good as the comments are, the replies can be totally opposite and cringey as possible.
42 and I still have such a fond spot in my heart for halo 2 and then halo reach… unforgettable times and memories. I feel you brother 😢
You made me create a new playlist to save masterpiece videos like this to remind me why I love games so much. Thank you for making this!
Oh shit I didn't expect to see you here
Love your videos
There is one such video that i know of that can be called a masterpiece video - "The mystery of "MICHAELSOFT BINBOWS" by nick robinson. check it out if you havent already
@@jonathanwright108 same
Wild Insym spotted
This was a great video. You covered a lot of games not mentioned in other videos and you had some great things to say as commentary to it all. First vid of yours I've seen and I've subbed.
Wasn't expecting it to be this type of video, really touching.
I'm definitely subbing
That was one hell of a video. I don't think I've ever had someone so perfectly summarize why video games in general are painful for me as I approach 30. I boot up games now and either they are the same thing I've already put 1000 hours into and can't possibly explore more, or they're unfamiliar and deeply unsatisfying because I have already experienced so many endless hours of incredible joy and curiosity. No matter what I do, every time I pick up a controller these days I am simply overcome with a deep sorrow and wistfulness for those careless summer days where I knew that my friends would come over, we'd boot up the latest obsession, and the hours would breeze by with unfettered joy. I find that emotion in other things these days, but after so many ups and downs for so much of my life, video games are just too emotional and embittering to enjoy anymore.
Bro I'm starting to feel you, it's all either too familiar or too foreign. I want something comfortable, but not something I've played a thousand times. By the time I played Halo Reach almost all enjoyment of it was lost on me. I didn't care about the story enough to continue, or the gameplay. I was confused how people could love it so much since I couldn't, but it was perhaps the burnout that ruined the game.
wow this touched me :') i hope that a game of some sort come round and that you and your friends can enjoy it together as the hours go by and endless joy comes through.
In my late 30s so I feel your longing for the games and types of games you miss & put time into. But, gaming as a hobby is just that. If you don't like the games your playing, try a different genre or platform/console. The back of games I have from even 3 years ago, is still in the teens. I find newness & enjoyment from top 10 games that are highly rated everywhere, by multiple sources. But, I don't let my hobby consume me. There's still lifting heavy objects and putting them down. Overall, my time is very limited these days...dang my kids and thier video games. 😅
Tldr; video games aren’t enjoyable and fun anymore so we should all find different hobbies to do until a new big hit comes out which is a low chance
Probably just a you issue
Miss Halo Reach a whole lot. Me and my cousin played back when I was 4 until I was 13, we wish we could go back. Lone Wolf was such a great mission, too. A worthy end for Bungie’s Halo.
Me(7) and my brother(11) at the time were soo confused and thought we were doing something wrong in that mission. We both shared the controller to see who can last find the way out of that death zone, but then we realized that it must be time-based on survival. So we both shared again to see how long we will both survive. No matter how long we survived we always ended up seeing the same cutscene at the end. Then we realized, this is it. This is how the game ends. There is nothing further, but a downfall of your crew dying and eventually you at the end of it all.
This game will always be on my list of best games I played and had the most fun.
Its still active on master chief collection though
@@ethanshenk2058 Yea but 343 changed it. Campaign wise yea its fine, but online multiplayer is a shell of what it once was. Even when Reach servers were active once Bungie dropped the IP, they made changes for the worse. Idk if you remember TU Slayer, but that marked the beginning of their reign with bleedthrough shield damage. They changed the mechanics of a wildly popular game and wonder why it failed once they took over.
You can't vote on maps, they dont cycle the old maps enough and you're forced to play on their newer ones that are terrible, they have the bleedthrough damage, spawning with a DMR and pistol is asinine vs AR and pistol because teams can focus fire kill anyone instantly. They took away creative and fun arcade style game modes in Action Sack and changed it to be king of the kill or capture the flag.
They just never understood who the fanbase was/is. So yes, you can go play it again, but it's not the same game.
I love these kind of rant videos that always come back around in the end, gives me the feels man
This might just be the most amazing and beautiful video I've ever watched.
Holy crap. This video actually made me quite emotional. How most people would see the last matches as survival, it was actually a labor of love for so many. Truly inspiring thank you
Glad to see I'm not the only one
This "short" video felt like hours. It was a deep, heartwarming video that I will have a hard time finding anywhere else. Thank You!
It's a shame it wasn't hours
@@ApofKol it didnt need to be. It was beautiful as it is
thank you this was amazing i am happy to have found this, this is inspiring on another level
Did not expect the video to turn out like that. It was beautiful!
“What’s more human than being irrational” is one of the best quotes about life I’ve ever heard.
Reminds me of “Predictably Irrational: the hidden forces that shape our decisions” (a book by Dan Ariely)
Honestly, this is the closest a video essay has been to being perfect in my eyes. Only thing it’s missing is a mention of Outer Wilds. You should really play that game if you haven’t done so yet.
I haven't, a lot of people have told me to play it in the comments though. I'm a little broke rn but I'll get it when I have the chance!
Dudes voice is soothing AF no homo
@@frogfarmer3551 you spittin facts bro
Check out Jacob Geller. Has the same vibe as this dude in the way he delivers the information. Always good to double up on essay sources bc they take a long time to make 😜
@@TheCursedJudge you're broke now, you'll be broken soon after playing. 10/10 dont google a single word
This video had settled upon my soul like heavy blanket. It has been sometime now, and I still have shaken it. I need to go pray.
This has been one of the most profound videos I've watched. It hits home for me. I thank you for that.
I couldn't even begin to imagine the emotional roller coaster the last player went through knowing once he was gone, it would be no more.
Some of what you described is how I feel exploring dead Minecraft servers, still clinging until the unpaid fees finally end them for good. Same with once-bustling survival servers now housing a small, dedicated playerbase. It's very melancholy looking at everything done, everything lost, and acknowledging the things I will never see. There's a heartwarming melancholy saying goodbye to things left behind, and knowing that someone somewhere remembers them for the beautiful works of creativity they were.
Mineplex going down earlier this year hit me really hard. I have tons of memories on that server, and the reality that its time was limited had never really occurred to me before the server was gone forever. Now all I have left is Hypixel, but that will inevitably die someday as well. Online games cost money to keep up and running and, because of this, every single one has a limited lifespan. Fortnite, rocket league, apex, hypixel, etc. all have a ticking clock. Some day it will no longer be viable to keep the servers running and all those games will become nothing but memories.
@@orange_turtle3412Wait what Mineplex died ?
What the hell....
That was my favourite server on MC
@@NehanPlays Yeah. It shut down earlier this year.
There used to be a minigame called Dwarves Vs Zombies. It used to feel *huge* . Then, the main dev had arguments with other devs, they went a little insane, and it died. Eventually, without the main server, recieving updates and the like, all the spinoff servers died.
There have been times I visited the old spinoff servers, and it's just empty. Games which used to host well over 20+ people, now with one. Some servers eventuallly downsized to one minigame, usually not DvZ. Some became creative plot servers. All are barren.
The last sentence isn't entirely true, of course, there *is* a small community organising games weekly, but you have to search to find it.
Very respectfully and elegantly done, perfect music, tone of voice, script and respect for the Art that is all of our videogames.
Top Job mate, nostalgia cannon fired.
conclusion almost made me cry. amazing video
The antidote to this sort of backward-looking melancholy is novelty. I don't grieve the loss of my ability to experience great things for the first time ever again, because I know that there are countless other first time experiences still waiting for me, some of which will be as spectacular as anything I've ever seen. A life filled with novelty is a life well lived.
I am so very blessed by the simple ability to remember and perfectly emulate the feelings of the first time I did anything. The first time I beat Reach, my entire body shuddered, and so it has every single time afterward. When I completed Shadow of the Colossus for the first time I cried as the beautiful, beautiful music played and those credits rolled, and so I do, every single time. After my mother passed away, I went to my father and told him 'I can't even remember what she looked like from memory' and we wept, and now, years and years later, I can remember that moment and cry just the same. I only wish everyone were able to remember so clearly, physically, mentally, and spiritually.
This is the exact lesson Outer Wilds teaches through the narrative front to back.
True, but at the end of your life, there are no more new experiences and all you are left with are memories. Without preserving the past, no one would even know what you are talking about when that time comes.
Halo: Reach was the first game to give me a more existential view of the world and everything else. It was going through the stages of grief without having lost a person. This video has reignited that feeling of "I'm only here for so long, and I shouldn't be scared of the end cause then I'll only waste my time worried about something I can't control". This video means a lot, and I know I'm not the only one who sees the beauty in dark subjects like this.
Clicked on the video, not knowing your channel, expecting some easy list video for nostalgia pandering and wound up getting a thought provoking essay on a topic I hadn't really considered before. Amazing work man!
Bro your videos are cinematic masterpieces especially this one it just hits me hard in my feelings thank you for your efforts and for these videos man just keep going