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I feel bad for Shatterline group. if anyone has like a justified reason, it's these guys 😢. A REAL war hit their home front and their devs and crew are working on fucking war time scenario. What a horrible scenario. I hope all those workers are safe from that studio

"It seems like a huge issue when your character shooters doesn't get any new characters" tf2:

BTW Macro, don't bother on giving DrDisrespect's Extraction Shooter AKA DeadDrop a shot. It's being called out having NFTs in this game. There's a ton of assets being stolen, it looks crap, the mechanics are confusing, the shooting feels unnatural, the microtransactions are way too stingy, and let's not forget, NOBODY wants to play it. It is a cashgrab through and through.

3:12 Shatterline is honestly the most fun I ever had in a fps game.

I'm coping so hard, I really hope the finals doesn't die. Such an amazing game and it deserves so much success

Rip hyperscape, never forget

2:46 'Marathon coming up in the horizon'...boy do I have some bad news for you Macro

I loved The Cycle (Frontier) and it will always stay in my heart. I will always be a Prospector from Fortuna III

I really disagree with Battlebit dying. Right now the playerbase has been dwindling because there hasn't been a major update since December, but we're getting a HUGE new update within this month and I think that'll help a lot. I don't think Battlebit will ever truly die, it's just not really a "primary" game. It's designed to be one of those games you pick up every once in a while, blow stuff up and then come back when you feel like it. Will you guys shut the fuck up in the replies, I don't care if it's cope or not, it's my opinion stop arguing please

I remember just waking up in the morning and all I wanted to do was play Shatterline. Those were good times.

Your not dead you have one of the most unique series I’ve seen on KZfaq every time a new character releases on ovrrwatch I always know to look for the macro channel and every time a new game comes out I always go to your channel to see your review

Ive played Shatterline and I loved it. Too bad its dying.

Shatterline hasn't died, it hasn't been properly born yet. I'm really starting to see overall development improvement but it's been hard because of the war

It’s really sad to see that the finals is an honorable mention in this, I know it’s not got the most amount of ppl but I still play very often and I hope it’s not here next year

4 years and I'm still surprised that I haven't seen Rocket Arena in any of the lists

I’ve never played tarkov but the unique part about the cycle that I couldn’t stop talking about was just the open interactions when you approached other players - I’ve never played anything that felt almost like you were participating in a psych experiment when it came to how you should approach teamwork and just that thrill alone kept the game fresh every time I tried to get into it- if cycle has to die then I wish other battle royals would at least steal that idea

Damn 4 years, good work

I’m really happy to see gigantic come back because I was younger whenever the game got turned off and it was one of my favorite games to play as a child so now I wanna replay it

I don't know why but this is one of my favourite series on KZfaq. Seeing what games went and came is cool and how the gaming market changes as time moves on.

Macro Macro! i'd love if you mentioned Dauntless in one of these vids!! it's an Epic Games game and was a Hunter World type of game but with some little tweaks, used to be one of my favorite games but... epic just forgot it existed, there were basicly no updates anymore and most things they promised (like a damn bow) just simply never came

Man I’m so happy Gigantic is getting another chance, I loved it :,)

My friend is still crying about cycle to this day, I didnt really play the game as much as i wish i did. i look back at the times and i did play it and wish i still could. RIP

I constantly play the finals and get games in a minute so he war right to not call it dead

A few dead games might still have sum chance due to people starting to be kind to these games and alot of these games truly do deserve a revival

WE LOVE THE FINALS

I remember watching this guy ages agoooo glad to see his content is still as good

That’s crazy that it’s been four years I still feel new to the channel community

Man i miss hyperscape. It was such a cool game just too late

I'm still surprised Rouge Company has a playerbase. Showed my friends it a few weeks ago and they loved it

ngl i loved the cycle. the video you did on it summarizes it pretty well. while i was never good at it or anything, the situational feeling u get from extraction games is just so exciting, idk what the braindead mainstream trend shit is saying but personally im totally here for the extraction shooter surge, if its still happening (cant wait for marathon)

your intro reminded me that I had popcorn. thanks.

Really surprised (and confused) that Shatterline was on this list as it's is still getting updated and a fairly active playerbase.

feel bad for shtterline it was fun but you forgot to put normal apex in here for like the 4th year in a row bro your slipping man

Dude gigantic was so fun and awesome to play, the fact that you have 2 big monsters duking it out while depending on the players scores are is awesome

I was waiting this video !!

Do guys think Helldivers 2 will have good staying power? For me, I’ve put 90 hours on the game, haven’t hit level 50 yet. It isn’t because it’s bad, but because it is inconvenient and time consuming. Super credits seem to be rarer (if anyone has any idea what level spawns the most, I would love that. I can’t find any info on it anywhere) so getting new stuff takes at least 15 hours for 600~. Also, between school, studying for finals, work, excercise, and having time with family, Helldivers long run missions are inconvenient. Having shorter games modes that are just survival modes that give you super credits instead of samples, XP, or medals would be a way to retain the people with little time to grind. I would put down another 200 hours if the game had this retention and convenience.

Ant time macro brings up hyperscape or titanfall 2 it's like an American hearing a 9/12 joke....it's too soon

I have watched one of your videos in so long. Love the vids be watching form over makes no sense

I love fraglabs so much I hope they're all safe and can continue to grow and deliver some banger games

This channel will never die. 😊😊

im really sad about the cycle frontier. I loved it.

Every time for the past 4 years I would leave myself a little note in each of these videos, hoping that I could look at them, and see myself and the person I became. Cool video

DUDE i love the boneworks song outro is so cool!

I've been involved with the cycle since the alpha of the very first version back in 2019, and I was really sad to see the game go. While you mentioned one of the main reasons, cheaters were more of a thing that started a very unfortunate series of events. Basically, development got slowed down to get as many people working on the cheater problem as possible. They fixed it well mind you, got a new anticheat, implemented gear refunds (you will get back items that you lost to cheaters) and season 2 was (from my experience) almost without cheaters, and even if you met any, you'd get your stuff back. Sadly, because most people were working on the cheater problem, other aspects of the game got left with less attention. Things weren't developed properly, implemented with patchwork solutions. Basically, Yager built up something called technical debt. Imagine you're trying to build a house, but while building the foundation, you run out of workers and have to make do with ducttape. It kind of holds together, but anything you build on top will be unstable. The Cycle was built with spaghetti code held together by "abstract ducttape" and any new additions they wanted to make were slowed down by a faulty game foundation. On top of that, add drama within the community that led to Yager communicating less and less and the final nail in the coffin, which, ironically enough, turned out to be Roblox. Roblox bought Hyperion, the anti-cheay Yager was working with, and with that, the cheaters returned late in season 3. It was really sad to see the game go. I've had the pleasure of playtesting stuff, sitting inside voice calls with the devs and talking about the game, their vision and sharing ideas/feedback. There really was a passion and a lot of talented people behind that project. It was really sad to see it go, and I hope their next game will share the cycles amazing art and atmosphere. Anyways, I gotta finish writing this so I can continue watching the video. Haaave fun!

It hurts to see Shatterline dead. Oh, and just a quick correction, Marco. It's pronounced "Kyiv", "Kiev" is the Russian pronunciation.

Honestly Tcf was my favourite game of 2022-23. The PVP was amazing and the gun and gear progression in general was fun. Also the maps had tons of secrets and easter eggs which made it fun to explore the maps, and i also loved the interactions between players. I met so much people that i still talk with to this day through Tcf, and i hope this game comes back some day. R.I.P. Tcf 🙏

dam marco i have been watching your channel for more than 4-5 years wow

As a big finals fan I really hope it'll stay alive, but I doubt it sadly :(

Ow2 is actually on a upward trajectory right now!

I picked up the cycle when it was just at its beginning. It was originally a battle royal type game with in-game events and relied on completing objectives to get money and buy better guns from a shop that you could access at any time. This (In my opinion) was the better version of the cycle as it gave a breath of fresh air to the genre with most interactions happening between players and the environment. It might also have been the community as when meeting most players people would team up with the proximity chat. It is important to mention a thriving ranked system with multiple guides and updates throughout its roughly 2-3 year(maybe less idk) existence. Then when it got revamped into a Tarcov-like extraction-based shooter it still had that same whimsical appeal but with higher stakes. This made it interesting and fun with continuous updates throughout its shorter life of just over a year. The problem I found was obv the hackers, servers and whatnot but also the grind and scaring of new players as the community had seemed to lose that friendliness as seen in the game before. Just to add that friendliness was still there because every time I was killed, I would always hear over mic "Sorry dude it's for a mission" at least we got an explanation.

Hey @Macro, I loved the video. I was wondering if you could cover the game Naraka Bladepoint.

I did buy starfield, no I did not beat it

Battlebit AINT GOIN ANYWHERE‼️

Though I'm not sure if you have tried it yet, have you tried playing Hawked? It's another extraction shooter but it seems more lively than the cycle

The cycle frontier did come out in a full release but was only out for like a year

Shatterline doesn’t deserve to be in this list. It’s not even out on console yet.

1 min and 0 views. Bro, fell off.

Macro! will you cover the HUGE battlebit update when it comes out its gonna be insane and i just don't feel its geting the hype that it need

Shatterline(s) coop gamemode was like, my favorite thing about the game, it was such a great gem tbh, so sad that it died.

I will do -1 push-ups for every like this gets

i really hope more people give gigantic a try, its really fun. hopefully a big streamer gives it a shot and likes it or something

Do you have any tips on keeping a game alive? I haven't even started my game, but I'm now kind of paranoid about it... Is it just regular content updates? But then, why did Multiversus's player numbers kept going down.

I recommend checking out "Them's fightin' herds" its a really cool pvp fighting game inspired by mlp. It had a story mode campagin as well, but it only had one chapter with the promise of a lot more. But after a while (around a year ago) they announced that they were ending development on the game, and the future story mode chapters werent coming. Barely any players now. Not sure how long the servers will stay open.

We really need another anthem video. Now ik what ur thinking when u hear about this game. But I'm not gonna lie I picked this up a week ago and I'm having the time of my life idk why it just feels good. Sure it lacks story but it's gameplay is just something else. Wpuld love to see a Anthem video man

This channel ain’t dead it’s going great you got a thousand likes in 30 minutes bro

Moooooore, me and my team are busy making a big game and we need more vids like this to make sure we don't make the same mistake too 😉

its that time of year again

Although it's been talked about already quite abit, I'd love for you to do a video on Vainglory. It was an old mobile MOBA game that was really unique and if things had gone right, would've rivaled the popular MOBAs we have today (at least on mobile).

I recently picked up Gigantic: Rampage Edition, when it launched on console, and honestly, it's been a blast to play. All the characters are unique and have their own set of abilities, the combat and gameplay is fast, and cosmetics and skins can be earned through player progression and in-game currency. I honestly do hope the game keeps kicking. Although, one of the only downsides is the matching making is kinda bugged at times...

Still hop on shatterline sometimes by myself, but because it took me 72 hours to get level 5 weapons an none of my friends want to put that time into a small inconsistently updated game. It's not a "main" game to play.

Never lost hope with multiversus. I really enjoyed it during open beta and I can't wait for its return

I playing Starfield right now. I didn't beat it, but i come back to this game to play it for a few days and then stop for a while

what about dark and darker do you think it is on it's way to death or is it still kicking ?

I love the power shift mode in the finals it made me play it again because my friend is 5 people so there would always be 2 left out

I'll never forget the dev's of the Cycle and Spellbreak. I followed these games before they even released and in their prime I had a ton of fun playing. I understand The Cycle tried to compete with Tarkov but Spellbreak had NO EXCUSE to fumble so damn hard. RIP to both of these games. You will be missed (im currently studying game development and I might make a better Spellbreak if nobody alse tries in the future. Mark my words)

6:47 note on the apex mobile one. The game assets are being recycled for a different game made by tencent called "High Energy Heroes" so if there is people who still wish to play a mobile apex, look forward to that releasing

i played the finals for a week or two right when it released, it was the most fun ive had on a game in a while it got kinda repetitive with not enough modes i know theyve fixed it so i hope it succeeds because it is a really fun game

This video series is better than the Super Bowl

I really hope that Shatterline can come back, as I genuinely really liked the game. Really hope the best for all that worked on it.

Gigantic looks fun so I hope it has a successful come back

Great vid ❤

i actually really liked shatterline and tried to get my friends to play. it really sucks to has what happened to the team, life really hits sometimes and puts things into perspective.

Bro the cycle as so good, im sad now...

I don't want to see the finals one day on this list it's so fun to play with friends

A dead/dying game that I think you missed is Omega Strikers. The dev team said they're pretty much they aren't planning on doing much more than lifesupport for it as they move onto other projects set in the same universe. Really fun game, but I got into it right at the end of it so I'm kinda sad about that.

I bought Starfield and enjoyed it. I "replayed" it twice. I love the atmosphere and aesthetic of the game. Seeing Beth updates it once in a while, I'm hoping they'd drop a huge one soon and I'll start playing again.

Please cover Gigantic if it comes back! I loved the game when i was younger and am so sad it died and I want to see it returne and succeed.

Shatterline would have been a fantastic game I remember following it vividly. I honestly think at some point they need to attempt to bring it back, if it wasn’t for that invasion the game would definitely have been alive

You HAVE to make a Gigantic for noobs. A friend of mine who was dedicated to the game until its very end convinced me to buy it, and it's absolutely peak. If people cover it, it can have the chance to stay successful.

I played Shatterline very recently, and it was so much fun! However all my friends got bored much quicker than I did, and all migrated to Overwatch 2 (questionable decision imo) I didn't follow them, and occasionally we now play Trailmakers together just like we did before discovering Shatterline. On a completely unrelated note, I think the ingame lore mirrors what happened to Fraglab scarily well, doesn't it?

Hey Macro if you ever make a video about games coming back a good one to include would be cyberpunk 2077 as that game has finally been fixed and it’s a a lot of fun to play or even make a for noobs on it again.

I played star field on gamepass and I loved it, I beat it and completed most of the large side quests that were very fun. After that I stoped playing, it’s more of a fallout in space but it was announced as a no man’s sky.

One of the main problems with Apex legends was that they always had events you didnt wanna miss out on. the game was overwhelming, you always felt like you might miss out on something for taking a break

might have been covered in a previous video but another "reborn" game is Worlds Adrift

@TheMacroShow, can u cover about durango wildland???

I liked the cycle more when it was a weird hybrid between battle royale and extraction shooter where everyone started with a pistol and you had to call in better weapons and gadgets and the winner was whoever completed the most objectives while still surviving. I feel like they could have carved out a niche cuz the wait times for matches was under 5 minutes with minimal cheaters.

Thank you for the video

Gigantic is making a comeback. Although, I'd love for wizardry online to be back

Love your videos macro