I remember watching that clip of Sam Fisher referencing Solid Snake on YT, the way he says, "it's only me" I find genuinely haunting, and sad. Because I was a young man who just left school when MGS1 and splinter cell released a few years apart from each other... and now that's all over, that era/genre is over :/

I am a big sucker for immersive sim stealth games like the Thief series and Dishonoured. Sadly those games are quite few and far between as they are unprofitable. It is somewhat of a niche market and the nonlinearity and deep lore makes developing it harder. But still in my heart I thank all the previous games and pray for more of them.

I've never played Splinter Cell nor Metal Gear, but that video of the guy saying "So, it's only me" hits me each time.

A recommendation for a future video: the decline of HORROR GAMES. They're suffering the same problem as stealth games -- titles are now oversaturated with as many gameplay mechanics as possible that genres are blurring together, like you said, and a lot of niche games genres (like stealth and horror) are losing their identity. I haven't played a good horror game in a while so maybe I'm behind on the times but that was my first thought when you started this video. For example, Dead Space 2 is arguably one of the best horror games of all time and Dead Space 3 was just another un-scary action game trying to be everything to everyone. And that's one of the main problems with games now...it's either 1.) everyone is trying to go the live service route and convince you that cosmetic upgrades and slight gameplay variations with each repetitive event is both innovative and interesting, or 2.) AAA game releases are now trying to encompass as many elements from as many genres as possible that at times games seem unfinished, unpolished, or outright broken (I love Elden Ring too, but it falls in this category). Again, love your stuff and your humor. Thanks man!

I'm amazed that you didn't mention the Batman Arkham games, especially Arkham Asylum where the relative small levels, enemy placements and tools at your disposal can give you a ton of creative options for stealth. I'm aware that AA is not strictly a stealth game, but the stealth is so engaging that you WANT to remain undetected.

So glad I found your channel, you’re criminally underrated!!

You nailed it by describing stealth games as a type of puzzle game. I didn't pick up on it myself until the recent Hitman trilogy. Sure, it has crouching and a detection meter, but that alone is rarely enough to succeed. And like puzzle games, a stealth game oftentimes has a brute force solution, but it isn't as satisfying, or it outright punishes you for not finding a solution. Games with "stealth mechanics" usually miss that and the worst that happens is you get forced into an action sequence that was just one of the other game mechanics.

Alien Isolation is the most intense stealth game I've played for sure,easily my favourite too.

So glad you mentioned StealthGamerBR. Soon as this video started I was thinking about them. They’re the reason I started playing the Hitman games

You're on your way from being a youtube boy to becoming a big youtube MAN. Glad to have been here from the start.

A big problem I have with the evolution of the stealth genre is that it started out that you were the weak guy who needed to sneak around because you couldn't fight anyone directly. But as it evolved, now you're the super killer, and the reason why you do stealth is to murder as many people as you can without anyone noticing you're there.

I know the Tenchu series was probably a little bit too far before your time but it is the best example of a good stealth game in my opinion. I tend to stay away from stealth games that have guns just because they usually end up just being a sniper simulation for me. Everything you said about Ghost of Tsushima, Tenchu pioneered.

Well constructed, well paced and interesting content. Good video

I felt the same way whenever I try the "stealth" route in modern games but couldn't really describe why I found them so unsatisfying...this was a very useful video.

Man the videos you make are just so good in quality to be honest. Kudos to the dedication!

First 2 Minutes were really captivating, very unique, nice.

As someone who grew up playing Stealth games as their favorite genre of game (Hitman Blood Money, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory and MGS 3 being some of my favorite games of all time), I appreciate the effort you put into this video

This actually really inspired me. What if a new passionately dedicated stealth game comes out in the future? I'd be so happy

Tenchu and Shinobido on PS2 had a lot of the satisfying stealth kills, including that wall and door kills.

Green screen video essays are the superior format! Actually getting to see a youtubers personality through their mannerisms and body language makes the video watching experience much more personal! Keep the format!

This channel is going to blow up. Great presentation. Great scripting. Intelligent commentary... good job brotha... can't wait to take this ride with u.

Bro the jump in quality is immaculate. Keep up the good work man!

This was an awesome analysis. Thanks for taking the time to make this. Loved it! Looking forward to your future videos.

i've been binging your videos and holy shit you're script writing is amazing, it's been awhile since i've genuinely been so captivated by video game related video essays. please continue keeping up the amazing work

Binge-watching all your videos right now. Love the humor!

Your videos are absolutely incredible man i really enjoyed this

Yo, your vocal presentation is amazing. I’ve done theatre and your pronunciation is great. Also, Splinter Cell Blacklist was actually a good game, man… I remember hating Conviction because it was more action focused while Blacklist went back to giving you gadgets and tools to be stealthy. It allowed action, like Dishonored, but had many tools for stealth gameplay, again, like Dishonored. You should definitely check it out if it goes on sale. It was a gem that was overlooked because the one before it sucked.

This was a really good video man, very well paced, edited and you articulated your points really well.

Bruh you present your vids like you’re spitting straight fire 🔥 keep it up 🤙

Dude it’s like way early in the morning I’ve been up all night and your video just started auto playing and man I cannot believe how little likes you have gotten for such a well put together and edited video this was keep it up man you have got yourself a new subscriber

great video! keep up the good work!

Hey! You're doing great! Keep it up dude.

My issues is that they are more immersion breaking than most other genres: Like you become invisible in a shadow everyone should be able to see. Guards are basically blind and hearing disabled and have a memory of 30 seconds. But I can see though walls.

great vid keep the good work up!

10:29 : that metaphor was so nice, felt like poetry, your writing is really good in these videos

I'm so glad to find this channel

Well written and performed. Glad I subbed

Wow great production and great voice this channel has potential

What a great video. Finally some true love for the stealth genre. You have earned a sub. I look forward to watching the rest of your videos and your upcoming ones as well.

Great video! Really well done.

Really glad I found your videos and channel you're most definitely underrated and I'm sure you'll blow up looking forward to your next videos!

Solid piece of analytics. Well presented. Thank you.

Great video! The message for the industry is really one I wish they‘d take to heart. (Side note: I think you understated Thiefs influence though, when mentioning only metal gear solid as the main influence of splinter cell‘s, and Deus Ex‘s stealth, and putting it in the same category, influence and depth wise, with the original metal gears and castle wolfenstein, when at least in my opinion it fits not just chronologically, but also in the previous categories more into the group with Tenchu, and Metal Gear Solid…)

Glad i subscribed, love stealth games

Loved your open world video, and this one is no different. Keep it up, man. You got a good thing going.

I just found your channel and I'm glad this video is the one that popped up! I really love stealth games so thank you for showing the decline in stealth games because maybe it will inspire some dev to make a good one!

Great video bro!

It's a day when Lextorias uploads

Just subbed yesterday, and loving all the videos!!

Recently tried out Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes just to dabble in Stealth games for a bit and god damn, the atmosphere, graphics and overall immersiveness were insane. Like, contextual stuff guards are talking about, different finishers when hiding and just overall feel. Really cool!

That was such a great intro im in for the full video after that 😂

Love the video and your channel man

I found your open world game video assay. Your scripts are so well constructed. You know these games so in depth (those that you know at least) and yet you look like you have a life!

Bro you deserve so many more views, just gained a new sub!

Found your channel from the open world video in my recommended. Subscribed. Rung the bells. Watching all your videos. Keep up the great work.

I understand that you cannot talk about every single stealth game, but one of the bigger franchises that keeps the genre alive to me is the "Sniper Elite" series. To me they stand shoulder to shoulder with the new Hitman Trilogy

damn these videos are so good, KZfaq waited too long to put you in my recommendations lol

Bro your punchlines got me in stitches haha. On top of that I'm also gaining knowledge on gaming history. All in all great formula!

how don't you have a million subs? ur channel is criminally underrated

Hey great video! Nice voice and i really liked the format with you in the screen!!

i agree i miss the old true stealth games. lol great video man # subed keep it up bro

Great video and channel. I'm sure you gonna get to 100k real soon.

Could have earlier games too, but when you mentioned Siren as adding stealth to horror, my brain went to Clock Tower for the Snes/Super Famicom. The interactivity was very point n' click puzzle game, but the premise and main mechanic was a tiny yet invincible man with giant scissors chasing you around and popping up out of nowhere to get you, forcing you to hide, run away, and find ways to all around not die.

Yeah you're gonna blow up soon, glad I'm here early

Very underrated video and channel btw. I feel like you're going to blow sometime next year, keep grindin.

1:06 Like you said, I don't think it was an option. When I check the game card on consoles it labels stealth games like: MGSV: TPP, SC: Blacklist as "Action & Adventure"(Unlike PC stores like steam). Some of those games bought in the action and adventure genres may have been stealth titles. I'm unsure if this study was done on consoles only, pc only, or combined and I know stealth is less popular today but, c'mon.

10/10 most compelling subscription pitch

As with every genre, when the triple a industry moves on to the next toy to play with, indie games pick up the slack. I recommend covert critter to metal gear solid fans, its one of many awesome indie stealth games out there. (Specifically made for mgs fans)

I realized the whole line between action and stealth games blurring while playing the splinter cell series. In the original Splinter Cell as well as Splinter Cell Chaos theory you can control your exact movement speed and how much noise your making. They also tell you how hidden you are in the shadows. Then with Splinter Cell Blacklist it’s just crouch to be sneaky and parkour. Yes it still felt like a stealth game but the precision of the original is gone.

keep it up!!

Started watching for the metal gear praise, finished watching for the unsatiated stealth hunger

The intro is just 👌 so little effort, yet amazing.

Really solid and thought-out video! For all that the stealth genre has done for gaming, it's an absolute shame to see it in its current state; especially now that the tech exists to really do it justice. While it falls outside the scope of what you wanted to focus on, one of the best stealth games I've played in a long time was Mark of the Ninja from a few years back. It manages to bring much of the depth of a proper stealth game (managing noise levels, light level, enemy line of sight/cone of sight, learning patrols and hiding bodies) into a 2D side-scroller way better than I expected, and really makes you feel like a badass for pulling off clean no kill/no alert runs of levels. While most big studios seem content with lower-hanging fruit these days, there are definitely still some small ones looking to keep stealth alive.

Oooh that cyberpunk at the end. It’s the game that finally got me approaching combat with guns ablazing like the chrome stuffed maniac they wanted me to be.

Very good!

Great video! You should check out Styx. Highly underrated stealth game where you play as a goblin infiltrating a castle. Game is pure stealth and nothing else!

Good quality videos! Surprised you don't have 500k Subs already! Only thing I would prefer for the future is another background for the last part. Couldn't really look at the screen with that background.

Nice analysis. I wanna replay the 3 first Splinter Cell now.

Looking forward to this one

I like those games. Good video very complete informations.

ughh i wished i found u later when u have more videos, ive binged thru all ur gaming ones ;(

Just found this channel after watching your video on horror. Think I'm gonna binge these videos and sub. Also SC Chaos Theory is at least the best stealth game I've ever played and I can't recommend it enough.

Thank you

It's only a matter of time the Algorithm notices your stuff Your essays hit a nice sweet spot of not too long, not too short I loved your take on Elden Ring

That intro is top tier

Spot on explanation. Gamers got casual and dont wanna think and play smart anymore, that's why new stealth sections are lazy as devs adopt to more casual approach. I miss old games and MGS will still remain my fav stealth and game franshize ever.

The fact that u mentioned Tenchu made me soo happie

Damn, i was personally attacked at 9:09 lol

Not a bad video found it posted in discord, first time seeing the channel. So glad you at least mentioned Thief: the dark project! Would've liked for you to cover a bit more with it, mainly just how important sound is to the stealth genre as a whole! Thief's whole design is based around this. Think I'll give the Hitman series a look thanks to this video. Might as well give that open world video a look too. Thank you for the video. 🤝

That opening gag had me sub lololol

The algorithm just recommended this video to me and I loved it! You're writing, pacing, delivery, and editing are very cohesive and mesh together really well. You definitely deserve more subs. I feel like the merging of stealth and action in big games is partly due to both's ties to combat as a central mechanic. In metro exodus for example, I like roleplaying by going the sneaky routes, but it's not as engaging as other titles such as the old school metal gear solids. One "stealth" game I do love though that has no combat is The Marvelous Miss Take. It's a small, top down, heist game from a few years ago where you sneak around and steal some art. Simple as that. It's got engaging mechanics and no gruffy edgy male protag haha. I definitely hope that one day, we get a game for the stealth genre that does what Disco Elysium did for the RPG scene.

Cool video

Hitman games are dominating now, also MGSV is the best Stealth game in terms of gameplay, I wish more games take inspiration from it

There was a popular game Project IGI it is making a comeback, should try that. It was so popular in Asia.

Ey yo just found your videos. You're great, also you suit a headband.

I'm glad Shadow Tactics got mentioned at least :D I love stealth as well and this is one of my favourite games of all time. Even tho I have every achievement and basically know every guards position and route in every level, I regularly replay the game. It's such a shame that the development studio who made it, Mimimi Studio, had to close down

I love stealth games, I love this video, I love you T_T

Stealth games haven’t declined in popularity. Stealth game have ALWAYS been niche. And will always be niche. And devs/publisher don’t like that they lack the mass market appeal and high return that other genres bring. Also you missed Tenchu and Thief, which also came out in 98.

" when that came out, I was 1." Oh dang, I feel old. That does make me realize something I took for granted though. Growing up alongside the medium of video games has given me much more knowledge and understanding of it than I realized. Makes me wonder what kind of experience my son will have with games.

I love games that have stealth options. Games like ghost recon future soldier and wildlands were both games where I loved the ability to take out one or two guys at a time.