00:00 - Opening
02:35 - Lawbreakers (The New)
10:09 - Quake: Champions (The Legend)
17:54 - Reflex: Arena (The Pure)
25:38 - Conclusion
Written, Voiced, and Edited by Lucas Raycevick
Support the Channel at: / raycevick
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00:00 - Opening
02:35 - Lawbreakers (The New)
10:09 - Quake: Champions (The Legend)
17:54 - Reflex: Arena (The Pure)
25:38 - Conclusion
Written, Voiced, and Edited by Lucas Raycevick
Support the Channel at: / raycevick
Tweet Me @Raycevick
2017 Arena shooter is back! 2019 Arena shooter is dead again
Hm... QC is still well playable, even though that game is flawed in many ways. Doom Eternal's multiplayer wont be outsourced, so there is a chance that it wont be... Whatever 2016's mp was... And lastly and most importantly: Diabotical is coming out in (possibly) a month. So, I'd argue that arena shooters are still very much alive...
@@hugoherbert3702 QC has only 2k active players at peak times. Its a joke.
@@nanobotsaviour3733 I can only speak for my region, but despite of low player counts, it takes me less than a minute to find a match. And that pretty consistently.
@@hugoherbert3702 I hate how Diabotical looks, can't a good arena shooter have good aesthetics as well?
@@hugoherbert3702 just played QC, matchmaking takes
There is no arsenal large enough to make a Texan think twice.
Sky Flier true xD
Well, I ain't Texan, but I'm about an eighth of the way to that point. One SxS (side-by-side double-barrel) Coach gun, just missing everything else.
I'll put it on my list.
Yeah, they can barely think *once.*
@@LtSprinkulz Nice ;)
2019 they're all dead now this breaks my heart
nah, QC is still playable
Quake still playable but down to like 200 to 500 player base (who mostly complain about the game). Honestly they tried chasing trends too much.
Try warfork it's rlly good it's on steam
no, there is another one
@@bigger_mibber6029 Is Reflex dead in 2019? :-(
the situation with Reflex reminds of Titan Fall 2, while it is for different situations, the outcome is similar, both have very low player counts despite being great games and what people asked for
Truthfinder PhD its only 10 dollars might as well just try it out
Wayne the Waffle I agree people should check it, 10 dollars makes it a great deal
Man, this video did not age very well. As of 2019 all of these games are dead.
Same
@@tf2excession yea, I recently just got back in to QC, Q3 and QLive. It's weird that many say QC is dead as it has a pretty committed community, at least where I live as well. Hopefully Id continues to support it with future maps and modes as I'm really enjoying it this far.
@@crevg5186 It never breaks a thousand players on Steam Charts, that's a dead game
There's a new arena shooter called diabotical out on the epic store for free. I've heard its a lot of fun and there's a decently sized community.
@@Meeg- then i wish it all luck.
"The arena shooter is back." and then they're gone..
:(
@@Raycevick Maybe i'm just late to both Quake Champions or Diabotical but its like..."Where are the players at??"
this aged perfectly
truly timeless
@@Raycevick They're dead, Jim.
Less than a year on this video feels far more tragic than triumphant. Lawbreakers is dead, and Quake and Reflex are suffering severely from low player counts. Not to say the arena shooter is dead, but it's certainly taken a hit. I think arena shooters are proving to be a much more niche genre than they were 20 years ago, which is a shame because those are the games I grew up on.
Sethodor You haven't been playing QC, the community has been growing and at certain peak times servers are full. You're just perpetuating this lie about arena shooters. If you tell the lie long enough you end up believing it. :/
@@Gaga4Parma this didn’t age well either
@@onemorescout Sad...:(
I think Arena Shooters were niche even in 1998. Or, rather, Shooters in general were niche back then. They never pulled sales numbers even approaching something like Mario or Zelda until games like Halo and Call of Duty started coming out.
@@deriznohappehquite Tbf gaming as a whole was way smaller than it is nowadays. As sad as it is, I think we have to accept AFPS will forever be a niche, they just don't appeal to the casual audience, which is what makes up the vast majority of the playerbase of other titles. I just wish developers knew there IS a niche for AFPS and just didn't try to make the next Fortnite. Fighting games sells nothing compared to blockbusters, and they definitely don't have huge communities, but they still go hard both casually and as esports, I wish the same could happen with afps one day
Ray, About your Lawbreakers v Overwatch argument, I believe the term you were looking for is instead of having Hard Counters, as overwatch has, Lawbreakers has Soft counters, as things like medics can get killed easier by the assasin or gunslinger, while tank can shred assasins and gunslingers.
Damn, where were you when while I was writing this?
Optimus Prime, I used default bonesaw as medic in TF2 for that reason. I'd just crump people in the face until they died if they got too close. You'd be surprised at how effective it is against pyros.
firescaw I'm quite a bit late to this but I'd have to disagree. As someone who has played in several of the betas, every class has the tools available to outplay any other class. For example, as a medic versus an assassin if you use your kicks and which gun makes the most sense for what part of the map you're in (grenade launcher or pistol) you can keep her off you and take her down.
GrandMoffBarkin I think you missed the point of my argument, I was stating that in lawbreakers, everything is a soft counter, as something like an assassin will have an easier time against a medic, it's nowhere near as guaranteed of a win in a 1v1 like it would be for a genji vs a zenyatta
Nah man, I was just saying that I don't think its a soft counter type situation in this game as in my experience at an equal skill level, every class has a fair shot against every other class.
Going through Raycevick's catalogue in 2023 and this video was painful to watch... His passion, his excitement for the return of Arena shooters... Oh man!
100k subs, again don't forget us when you're famous.
Ikr. Been subscribed since he was 1k and flew to 100k in just a couple of months. Crazy, but it's awesome to see more people appreciating actual content
It's nice to see him succeed, but here's to hoping that his quality doesn't go the way of the dodo like so many other channels that get big.
Found him at 300k. I immediately watched his entire backlog. This is now one of my favorite channels because of the overall feeling of intelligence and polish. I don't see his quality going down anytime soon.
@@klasse4311 he forgot us
"The arena shooter is back" he says, as it dies mere months later.
@@cowCuddler whoops
This video SURE DIDN'T AGE WELL!!!
Gooseman2k2 haha yeah sadly
Kindof errie watching it in a way
Bought Reflex because of this vid
Same :)
And Battle-Royale Happened. And all of these games are DEAD again.
You should look up correlation and causation...
@@Axyo0 If you were a shareholder, would you greenlight a battle royale, a profitable genre proven to generate ludicrious amounts of revenue, or a genre that peaked in the 90s
@Axyo Battle Royale was a craze that every large publisher began to utilize to great success. I think that correlation in this case does mean causation, as developers were forced by publishers to work on more Battle Royale-style games such as Apex, Blackout, and even Nuclear Winter in Fallout 76.
Modern military shooters are killing it too. :(
Half hour of Raycevick? Nut
did you nut though? was it a command?
Xander nut
@@looinrims *aaaaaaah*
God this video makes me so sad. I was so excited at this time as well.
same
Im getting Reflex Rn because of this video, Im gonna get my mates to aswell so we can built up a community, I really love how the game plays, Love your videos
omg you liked my commit , ly bud 🙌🙌🙌😙😙
it will take you a bit to adjust to the mechanics, but youll eventually learn (and the best way to learn is find someone to show you) that the maps are massive playgrounds for movement. you can do wildly awesome jumps. this doesnt take away from the gameplay at all. in higher levels, some people forego skill movement and just outshoot you with excellent positions. you really can find your own playstyle
Ayman laassri it's my favorite game ever, welcome to the family
I did the same. I've already had my 10 bucks worth of fun, and I shall have much more.
No Quake? It's the original arena shooter (next to UT) and it's free!
Damn, this is great. What you said about Gunslinger is true, but it looks like he's the weakest because he has the highest skill ceilling. Devs nerfed him after beta 1 because he was OP if an experienced player used him, so they nerfed him (a bit too much).
Makes sense. Of the two evils, an underpowered character is much less of an issue than an overpowered one. I'm curious to see what they'll do with him in the next update.
yo Raycevick the arena shooters is back woohoo Doom 2, Quake, maybe a new Duke Nukem game
He's weak? I get most damage every match in the team. It's all about setting him up, and he can do every single situation like you stated. He feels more flexible than any other character to me. I lean for the battle rifle and the magnum for halo in every situation to great success and was a god as the hunter in destiny so he feels like a blessing to me personally.
BFG for all
My first comment was bragging that I was the 456th subscriber the this guy and the I knew he would blow up. Now that it's happened I'm just so happy for him!
attitude in reflex sounds like attitude in any new game, or in any not so popular game/community, for example i have psvita, and everyone in gaming community makes fun of this thing and says that it's not great, and dead (it's dead, yah), but its community on reddit is the most nice and caring people in the internet i've ever seen. same, for example was for me a moba from EA called dawngate, its' community both in game and in the internet was awesome. when community is tight and small and people understand that there are not that much of people to play with, they care about each other much more.
I still play reflex and its a lot of fun
I also play reflex still and i think it may be my favorite game.
Reflex may be my favorite online game.
More people = More assholes. Less people = Less assholes. I've always had the most fun in tiny communities of
Exactly. With certain exceptions most of the online games I've played since they were new started with a nice, polite community and then after several years took a deep dive into toxicity. It usually happens when they go free to play, or after they have a successful marketing campaign and repackaging of the product which makes players from poisonous games such as Counterstrike, CoD or any console shooter move to that game.
The best aspect of Arena Shooters is the speed and I'm beyond glad that aspect has returned. Along with infecting other franchises; reminds me of the old days playing UT '04 with friends. Another fantastic video man. Never heard of Reflex but now I'll have to check it out. Just to get better than you.
This aged well.
Hearing high praise for LawBreakers, knowing now in 2020 that it's been long dead ):
Watching this in 2020, so sad that Lawbreakers died so quickly. I had a blast with it during its brief life, and watching this video brought back happy memories.
Thank you so much for mentioning Reflex. It's such a great game, and I'm so sad that there are so few players. Even though I'm in Europe where probably most players are at historically it's still hard to find matches.
absolutely magnificent video
Gotta say, Ray. You're videos are an absolute delight. Keep up the great work! It's truly inspiring.
I had no idea reflex existed, but it looks epic, thanks for telling me.
I almost cried when i saw a 29 min video. Made tea, turned off the lights, casting to the TV, speakers on high volume. 29min of pure entertainment gold ahead of me :D Thanks!
I'm very happy that Arena Shooters are finally coming back, I was a huge Quake and UT player back in the day and still play UT2004 actively to this day, it's just so good. Definitely will be trying all these new games out, Lawbreakers looks very promising.
One day, Raycevick will be narrating a Planet Earth-esque show called Planet Mars. You're like the nerdy David Attenborough.
holy shit, I love how reflex looks. I've always been a fan of smooth, simple models with high quality lighting and antialiasing.
God dude. You've inspired me. Every video you do just gets better and better. Good job my man! I'm only five minutes into it and as always, I'm impressed. Much love my dude keep doing you.
Onestrandedperson your content is rad as well, subbed
Malott0 Thank you. Honestly Means a lot to me when I read things like this dude!
Onestrandedperson is this a subliminal advert?
Colin Campbell Not in the sense that I was directly asking for subs. I didn't put in any words begging for anything. If you'd like, I'll edit it to say something along the lines of being inspired by Rayce without the "creating my own content" line even though he is my main inspiration for doing so and even if you wanted to call it that I don't see what's wrong with letting him know that Ive been doing this because of him.
Onestrandedperson You people who say "Oh man, I love your content so much I made my own stuff!" really aren't being subtle. You're trying to advertise your own channel.
The reason Overwatch got so popular was the personality of the characters and the world they inhabit. Having solid game-play is of course, important. However, that is the most basic aspect of your game. It is the little things that make a good game into an excellent one. There are a lot of games that offer satisfying game-play but fail to offer anything else and therefore, nobody will remember them in couple of months. Hoping Lawbreakers will be something different since Bleszinski is involved.
"the personality of the characters and the world they inhabit." HA-HAHAHAHA-HEHE-HOHOHOHOHAHAHAHA
Oh yeah, Raycevick uploads, time to get some popcorn
Watching this in mid 2018 knowing that both lawbreakers and qc is quite dead is saddening.
LaCr0 QC isn't dead. id aren't really marketing it yet and the game has changed alot for the better in recent months since the start of 2018. If you perpetuate this negativeness it seems to the players. How about arena shooter fans for once actually support a game instead of trying to shit on it. Its not a genre that will become mainstream but atleast it has the ability to have a community that's active and not one that spends it's days with memories and nostalgia to fall back on.
LaCr0 I expect Quake Champions to rise in popularity once it is actually released. Some people wouldn't buy a game that is in beta / early access, some others wouldn't pay for a game that will eventually become free to play, and others don't even know it exists. Once it gets released, is F2P, and they start to market it, I don't see why it wouldn't get more players. I personally was avoiding to buy it simply because is a early access and I'm against paying to be a beta tester, but I started playing it at the free weekend and even at it's current state it is an amazing game totally worth paying for, and I didn't had any trouble finding players with a similar skill level. It also doesn't take too much time finding a match, only a few minutes. I have been playing it everyday since then and if it were released as a F2P much more people would get into it.
This video makes me scream out my pains.
These videos are all phenomenal. Ever since I found your first video, I always come out with a fresh idea and perspective from the very analytical style you put forward - keep up the good work.
I absolutely love your videos. you put so much effort in them
love these videos man, you really sold me on reflex
Lighteningzero I still play reflex arena and its a lot of fun
Wayne the Waffle yeah the community is very friendly and caring it’s probably one of the best online games ive ever played
QUALITY CONTENT
I enjoy the quality of content you bring and put forth, thanks.
Dude...Your videos are sooo good...Damn right amazing...Well thought out, well structured, perfectly presented.
The death of Lawbreakers hurts me to this day.
What about Xonotic? It seems like it would also be about as good as Reflex for a classic-style arena shooter, and it still has a decently-sized community. It’s also free and open-source
Awesome video again Ray, thanks and keep up the great work.
God I love these videos, thanks for making them. Can't wait to watch
Regarding the DUels in QC/Reflex: You might dislike the big maps in QC now, but believe me they are needed. Those of us who play the new Unreal Tournament had to learn this hard way. Small maps actually just encourage a lot of spawnfrags. You can look up some Reflex duel tournaments on KZhead. Winning a match is 50% spawnfrags, 40% positioning, 10% aim. Totally agree tho, Reflex is THE best afps right now. I'd give the honorary mentions to Titanfall 2. The devs didn't realize at the time, but they accidentally created what is almost an afps instead of what was supposed to be the "cod-killer". Months after release the players still keep breaking new mechanics in it, as a result of which it kinda plays like an afps now. First it was slide-hopping, then grenade-jumping, then air-strafing, then eject-strafing... Right now it's grapple hook strafing. With all these exploits in combination with regular abilities, the game got even faster then most afps.
PLAY REFLEX!!!! ALL OF YOU!!
This person is wise! Listen to him!
Already downloading :)
Yeah man :)
Every one of your videos is interesting and extremely well put together and they never fail to broaden my view of video games and teach me something about them.
Your video are awesome, really really awesome. I enjoy every single one of them, and the content you create is of an exceptional quality. Good job :D
Ah yes, the video that aged perfectly and Raycevick didn't take an L for
Exactly!
Rip lawbreakers
Always AWESOME stuff man - top notch
What about the new unreal tournament
Nowhere near finished yet - when its complete or near completion then I think a proper analysis would be well worth it.
I don't agree with the 'nowhere near'. gameplay is all there. and there are more than enough mutators if you don't like some part of the gameplay like speed or weapon balance. feel free to respond with a view point. :)
The sheer amount of placeholder assets, unfinished maps and messy weapon balance speaks for itself. It's far from complete whether the UT gameplay is there or not.
Blacbane i cant wait to see another UT :D always loved the franchise
But its definitely a part of the 'return of the arena shooters' or so i feel. No reason to not talk about it. some of the competitive matches I have seen (duels) give me that arena feel.
Why is this getting recommended to me years after these games died. LOL
Love your vids. Thanks for the quality content.
I like how you made an effort to present this like a real documentary. Enjoying the quality.
the return of a genre featuring 3 dead games
wrong.
@@WROB3L good luck finding an active guest now lol
Raycevick is the saviour of KZhead gaming
I really appreciate the effort you put into putting out high quality 30 minute videos.
Awesome video mate, this is the first video i've seen from you, instant subscribe, well done!
Reflex: the most underrated game of all times. It's a masterpiece!
isn't it just a reskinned q3 cmpa?
The quality is too dam high! I miss the old Raycevick who was reviewing Halo ODST and justified its price back in the day lol I have a few things to say about your latest video. To start, I do not know what kind of editing steroids you are using, but man this video was very enjoyable to watch! The transitions were amazing, the music used fit so well with your narration and visuals. Your transition slides to represent the start of each review were so dam awesome. I know they are some what simple, but I loved how it organized the video so well and how they looked like they belonged and not out of place while having cool music and effect. And one of my most favorite scenes was how you represented the lack of player base on Reflex. It is nice to see a visual to make that impact to show that its empty instead of just saying "its low on players". I have really loved your latest videos due to making me think of trying stuff out of my comfort zone. You have challenged me with your scripts to move on and get out the box that I have been in as far as gaming, because seeing you enjoy all these different kinds of games has made me also "revamp" my gaming experiences, and I have to personally thank you for that. I will probably be trying if not one, but all these arena games even though I have never touched the genre. As always man, I am so happy and proud to be a supporter of yours and will continue to do so. I felt such excitement for your 100k as I waited there with my phone to ensure I got the live count for your, I have never had that kind of invested effort or emotion with any one else probably on any platform. (BTW thanks for using my live count clip that meant a lot to me lol). Before I write a novel on your comment section ill cut it short by keeping it simple, keep doing what you are doing! Because it is just simply amazing! P.S The 100k chicken or duck question was my question!! lol
Watching this video for the second time makes me realize how much I absolutely love your editing, Raycevick. You've got a sense of presentation, pacing, showmanship, and gravitas seldom seen in analysis videos all over KZhead. I just wanted to tell you I appreciate that very much. Don't stop being a great editor with your thoughtful and enlightening analyses, Ray.
Great doc! And now I'm one or your Patrons. Loving this channel more and more.
Sad that Reflex is kinda... dead (25 players average).
23:33, so empty.
Shadow I play it still
I play it still : ) played a 4v4 pickup game tonight for awhile
And now Lawbreakers is going to be shut down, with no end-of-life program. Can you please make a video about dead games; about how publishers and even developers will render games unplayable? I still go back and mess around in CS:S or Half Life 2 Deathmatch because there are still private servers. If multiplayer games don't allow private servers, then shutting down the official servers effectively kills the game. Only in the gaming industry are we okay with buying a product, knowing full well that eventually the person who sold us that product will take it away. What do you think is going to happen to Hearthstone eventually? How about any given MOBA? How about your favorite MMO? Eventually, the plug gets pulled, and the consumer is the one who gets screwed. Please Raycevick, help raise awareness for dead games. This needs to be talked about.
Accursed Farms vibes from this comment.
this video was just brilliant ... subscribed
Every video you put out is a 10/10! Btw. I loved your use of "descent into cerberon"!
Wish they had Quake on Xbox.
You're in luck.
Well well well...
Lawbreakers isn't an arena shooter. It just has movement comparable to older shooters like Quake and UT. I always thought arena shooters had equal (or relatively equal starts), pick ups weapons and power ups. I would categorize arena shooters as such ( I would like constructive criticism of my classifications) - Old School Arena Shooters: Quake, Unreal Tournament, Reflex and few others. These shooters have high TTK, weapons on map, fast movement, high jump height and power ups on map. Characters do not regenerate health. Characters may have dis-equal stats, which come at a cost, e.g. fast characters have low health, etc. These games are/were highly competitive, with a steep learning curve and high skill gap. These games helped build e-sports. - Quake Champions would still fit into this group, despite the powers. Plus the game will have a classic mode. - Goldeneye-esque: Goldeneye 007, 007 Nightfire, Perfect Dark, Timesplitters and a few others. Movement speed varies from slow to high. Oddly, in some of these games (PD and Timesplitters), characters can't jump . Weapons and power-ups are on map. Maps have no emphasis on verticality, due to a lack of jumping. No health regeneration. Characters may have dis-equal stats, that come at cost. E.g. the monkey in Timesplitters is super fast and small, but has extremely low health. These games are not very competitive, and were the go to casual shooter, before the Call of Duty- Era. - Halo-esque Shooters: Halo (With Reach and 4 being psuedo-arena shooters), Star Wars: Republic Commando, and to some extent Crysis 2 and 3, plus others. Weapons are on map. Map power-ups are also present. Characters have moderate to fast movement speed, more recent games incorporate sprinting. Health regeneration is present, and health pick ups are often absent. Jump height is modest to high. TTK bridges oldschool arena shooters and newer military shooters. These games also may or may not incorporate clambering. Halo 1-3, and 5 have established themselves as e-sports, while accessible, the skill gap is large. - Half-Life-esque arena shooters: Half-Life series and First person Red Faction games, plus others. Characters have high health, with long TTKs. Weapons are on map and power-ups are present. Players rely on pickups for health.These games have similar properties to old school arenas shooters, but are more grounded, with decreased speed and jump height. While not always seen as highly competitive, games like Half-life 1/2, have long lasting deathmatch communities. - Third Person Gears of War: Characters have relatively high health, but standard movement is slow. Health is regained via regeneration, and downs are present. Base movement speed while slow, is supplemented by sprinting, and extremely fast movement can be achieved by sliding and wall bouncing. A cover system is present, but cover is also used to enhance movement of the player, via sliding, mantling and wall bouncing. Weapons are on map, but no power-ups are present. This series is highly competitive, with a large skill gap, and a steep learning curve. Gears is also played competitively at the e-sport level. Any other games that could be considered arena shooters? Do you agree with my general classifications?
I would consider Arms of Telos, Warsow, Xonotic, and Diabotical arena shooters. Arms Of Telos looks fucking amazing. CTF was always my favorite gamemode. Oh, and Tribes.
It is kinda unfortunate, that arena shooters can't gain a strong multi-platform presence like they did in the past. I forgot about Tribes, since I sadly never got around to playing any titles in the series.
Arena shooters are defined as Quake/UT-like games and the only thing that is universally common in all of them is the importance of resource control and level design which reflects that with complex level structures instead of flat circular amphitheatres. Arena shooters are meant to promote a type of gameplay in where you can hold your ground against the heaviest hitter and fastest bunnyhopper with your strategic sense alone. Basically, raw skill is not everything. Although there are game modes such as clan arena/instagib that focus on that spectrum alone, I would however not define the genre with these modes. Balance and fast pacedness are not defining aspects of the genre. What tends to make arena shooters balanced and fast paced is not a built in mechanic, rather the skill and experience of the players. So if you make a game where every weapon has roughly the same DPS and your running speed is 100km/h, then yeah - you got yourself a fast paced and balanced game. But the arena shooter orientation in it is just an illusion, an approximation to what you want your players to see and experience.
GroinMischief GroinMischief I wouldn't restrict arena shooters only to Quake/UT and Quake/UT-Like shooters. That seems like too narrow of a definition. Those type of shooters are essentially the original Arena Shooters, ignoring Doom death match, which was the template for FPS mp. I myself, however, refuse to accept games like Overwatch, Lawbreakers and Team Fortress as arena shooters. They don't have any emphasis on weapon picks up. Overwatch belongs to the hero shooter sub-genre, which is it self an off shot of class based shooters like Team Fortress. Lawbreakers, is also a class based shooter, with a heavy emphasis on dynamic movement. I also don't see why Titanfall is being called an arena shooter. There are no arena elements in Titanfall. You, do not rely on any map based pick ups in Titanfall. Plus, there is a strong emphasis, on perks, loadouts, and skill gap compression. Titanfall, especially the 2nd is often called a competitive game, when it simply isn't. One game that personally can't even call an arena shooter is Doom (2016). While there was an emphasis on armour, health and power ups, plus high kills, Doom had only one pick up weapon on map. Plus there was hack modules, that acted as timed perks, boosters and powers. Doom (2016), was a chimera of a multiplayer game, that mismatched elements of arena shooter, with skill gap compression from modern twitch shooters like COD. Maybe the game is a chimeric-pseudo arena shooter...... Doom (2016), due to multi-platform release, and relative success, would of been the game to re-cement arena shooter mp. However, due to lacklustre design,poor balance and bad net-coding. Doom (2016), failed to re-ignite old school shooters, as it only delivered on old school gameplay in single player.
But likewise, if the definition is too inclusive you give free pass for too many different kinds of games. For example, if you defined racing games as games that have vehicles in it - you could call Unreal Tourmament and Halo racing games as well. The definition needs to be stricter for the genre to have any real meaning.
I'd love a follow up to this to hear where it all went wrong.
Man, this is what's called being old. I don't even see the gameplay anymore behind all those particle effects, blurs, buffs, distortions etc. I want my good old UT2004 low res textures :D
If Lawbreakers was free to play and on every platform, I’m sure it would’ve been a big hit. It still looks like a ton of fun to this day. It’s sad
This made me reinstall ut2004. Originally bought it used from a game store, at some point got the steam version. Mad fun, especially with mods.
UT2004 was one of my first games. When Halo and CoD came around, I hated it cause it was so damn slow. I miss that feeling hectic speed.
O M G! You did Snake impression like a big BOSS! :D (your voice is amazing really) And also, fantastic video, as usual :)
Great, great video once again. Congrats on 100K and yes, Klayton is fucking awesome!
The return and quick death of arena shooters*
Reflex and QuakeWorld the smoothest FPS games I've played and with the friendliest communities too TBH.
Your videos are some of the greatest on youtube. I wish more people saw them.
Perfect as always. I think I might give the Lawbreakers a try when it cames out.
Yeah ... I couldn't really make myself get Reflex with that playerbase. Really sucks, because it looks great. Great job as always.
ShakenFoe I play all the time. this is the paradox that hurts reflex but the only way to fix that is to play the game. You have to love the game to get past the lower playerbase. Besides its only 10 dollars.
I played a 4v4 pickup game tonight. It's worth it.
Ten min in and I have to commend you for the effort put forth in making this video. Lawbreakers looks great. One question though: did you look at Toxikk? I thought it was trying to replicate the feel of UT.
Ivan reflex replicates the feel of quake and UT
Absolutely beautiful video! Thank you!
Your content is outstanding, yourself and channels like Gvmers are fantastic sources of info.
I think that if there was a giveaway for Reflex, or if it went F2p or something like that, it would rise in popularity
its only 10 dollars so its worth a try
I mean, Xonotic is free, so you might want to give that a try
Very good video
Excellent content thank you for the vids
You deserve much more subscribers. PS: I loved that swing bug in GTA 4 at the beginning, me and my friend would try all kinds of vehicles to see who can fly the furthest
It is funny how different your experiences with quake champions differed so much from mine. I have always found that the squishy characters dominated sacrifice because you could use your speed to take potshots on the defenders and run "souls" faster than the new players could keep up with. Duel I found engaging mostly because you had to learn how to gain momentum sooner and you had to work harder to secure the victory. I do agree that the current duel maps (not the ones just patched in) suck cause they are too big. The new ones appear to be specifically designed for duel and that's good. From my experience, the Nailgun pretty much exists for squishy characters to deal with the tanks at a range so they won't die in LG duels. But it sucks at everything else.
Quake Champions still has plenty of players to get a game in a couple of minutes, at least in the EU servers. The wait is longer in ranked. Still alive in 2020!
At this point I'm not sure if I keep coming back to your videos because of your voice or your content. Keep up the good work!
Words cannot express how good your videos are
So, it's 2018 and Reflex is as dead as ever and Lawbreakers is even more dead. Reflex has a 24 hour peak of 25 people vs Lawbreaker's 17 people. Considering the lack of hype or marketing for Quake Champions I doubt it will do that that much better. Somewhat better yes, thanks to Bethesda's marketing budget, but not much. Arena shooters will stay dead.
Quake Champions is doing alright. Not great, but better than it was, and certainly better than these other games, which isn't that bad considering it hasn't even released yet.
"Arena shooters are back!" Aaaaaaand its dead again
Arena shooters are my favourite types of FPS, this breaks my heart.
Another outstanding video, thanks once again.
Raycevick, would it be possible to do a video on Serious Sam? I feel like people don't give that series enough credit