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@alexshvartz6232

3 ай бұрын

I hope you one day try out a game called Zero Hour its a small community but its fun

@jordanfourtwenty9694

3 ай бұрын

Awesome Video As Always. Great to wake up and sip my coffee to! Keep up the awesome shit.

@skylers9804

3 ай бұрын

I'd be cool if you looked into BioShock 2's multiplayer. I played it back in the day and really enjoyed it, I'm sure it's a dead game now but it probably has hardcore players still active. Anyways thanks for the video and all the great content!

@BlackMoonHowls

3 ай бұрын

@@skylers9804OMFG I forgot about that, that's right it WAS a thing but not for long and by the time I found out about it and played it once. It was only me servers were beyond dead when I got my hands on it que'd up on a map and that was the last time I ever played that mode again. Then I just got good at the story mode, became a loot goblin and was rewarded that invisibility thing for being a good rat in the first game. Bioshock 2 Minerva's Den was my favorite at the time. I had a very good friend that let me borrow his copy of the games and all the DLC for them. I got to Infinite by 2013 graduation Highschool the same year, what a good summer that shit was. Getting drunk, smoking weed and playing vidja games on the assbox 360. That was when Halo Reach was still relevant and Bungie made their last Halo game, 343 was up and coming with Halo 4. Damn man. I'm turning 30 next month and I was a young teenager when all that went down.

@BlackMoonHowls

3 ай бұрын

Warface or maybe Rouge Company?

Everytime I watch a Rye 'dead games' video, I feel a certain sense of melancholy for most of these so called 'dead games'. Like you know they had a larger community and fanbase when it was released, but the community just slowly bled off throughout the years and now only a small loyal handful remains. There's something sad about that to me.

@aeonstar293

3 ай бұрын

Its actually the opposite for me... finally, the normies are gone, the true fans can gatekeep their community properly.

@BlackMoonHowls

3 ай бұрын

@@aeonstar293 Basically me when Tim and Ninja fucking left Fortnite and all the asinine trash I could finally actually play and feel good about it. I got gud and I absorbed the sweaty builder type I'm not a Creative Builder I learned that shit on the fly and then EPIC created No Build and forced everyone to not build for a LONG time just after I started to pick up turtle fighting and edit wars. "Window" shopping with a shotty and snipey. It felt like a weight had been lifted from the game, gatekeepers left so they actual normies can play a video game for once without all the sweaty people with no lives. Yes, there are still "We like Fortnite" kids in it but they tend to sound better when they are getting their in-game ass cheeks clapped than when they start in with that "Based/Cringe" two-word dialogue crap they all have. Better to hear their dying vidja game screams being drowned out by your music you are blaring and having that 6pm beer.

@foxblaze2965

3 ай бұрын

@@aeonstar293Greatest thing for a game’s health; Losing all of the “normies” which makes keeping the servers up lose its sensibility to higher ups You just want games to die

@Heroinexoxo

3 ай бұрын

Gatekeepers are weird. And normies leaving your game will eventually completely kill it off unless the game has dedicated servers, which of course is up to whomever wants to pay to run that dead POS. @@aeonstar293

@TheL1arL1ar

3 ай бұрын

There are more people on average playing halo master chief collection, than halo infinite multiplayer. The community is still active just full of sweats now.

It was beautiful seeing you and Dudka having fun together despite the language barrier

@jonvro4022

3 ай бұрын

I had that exact feeling playing Squad with a Russian dude, he could speak more English, but him trying to articulate stuff was just so funny and wholesome. These are the reason why we play lads… it’s the little things.

Meeting people like Dudka is the reason I select all servers when doing Tarkov scav runs

Americas Army was a game I loved and hated. When I got drunk, I use to get the M249 and kill my teammates and hide in a tree for 20 minutes while the insurgents tried finding me... the memories lol

@L1ndd2

3 ай бұрын

Just like the founding fathers intended

@scottbowers7431

3 ай бұрын

At least he got to play on bridge, that was one of the best maps in the entire game i think. and needing decent honor in AA2 to even play some servers

Cuisine royal AKA CRSED FOUD was alpha test for enlisted. People that couldnt enter enlisted closed tests had to play cuisine royal. When enlisted was released into open beta 99% of people imidiately lost interest in cuisine royal as they were waiting for enlisted release.

That was my house at 14:58 lol, i was wondering why there was so much loot and deathboxes around xD

You and Dudka summed up gaming and why it's beautiful. Two countries, that if you watch the news apparently are almost at war with each other directly, yet there you are, playing a game and laughing away with absolutely no care for that BS.

@Skie_blu

3 ай бұрын

It's the governments that are the problem, not the people!

@mayor_elder1888

3 ай бұрын

​@@Skie_bluNo these people want this war, all you have to do is talk to them about it. They blame Ukraine and the Ukrainian people or call the government Nazi, which is nonsense and just an excuse to invade.

@Goldenfightinglink

3 ай бұрын

​@@mayor_elder1888Facts, they def want to shoot innocent people and only cared when these innocent people slapped back. It's like a trumpie saying their the good guys, it's just factually wrong and is bad guy mentality

@rubotok3703

3 ай бұрын

​@@mayor_elder1888 they've been told lies to believe by their government, and all their lives are never told to question them, most of them are blind to it

@Kirusion

3 ай бұрын

When the rich wage war it's the poor who die, best quote to sum up all wars, 99% of the fighters don't want to be there but they have no choice, we're all brothers in the online space

I played America's Army from AA2 to Proving Grounds , in Proving Grounds I was an official Beta Tester and had to sign a US Army Confidentiality Agreement along with an Official Secrets Document . We tested new maps Weapons and features for both the game and the version which was for the Training of US Army Soldiers , I suppose I'm still legally bound by those agreements . When I played I was a member of the [NOLB] Clan ( No One Left Behind ) which was mainly made up of US players and we had our own server in AA2/3 and Proving Grounds .

@cabriskus4700

3 ай бұрын

It’s funny cause I played this game as a child. And as of today I am literally just waiting for the next available bus in my town to get sent to Army boot camp.

2:59 those are italian guys playing in group, it's incredible you walking into italians playing a dead game like that. Heartwarming

@profracist

3 ай бұрын

Vero

@killmace

3 ай бұрын

I always get caught off guard, when i hear Italian on a english video

@E_Proxy

3 ай бұрын

@@killmace me too. 'cause there's not so many of us

Dudka was undoubtedly baked as hell

@kh-ro5su

2 ай бұрын

he hit the bong immediately before beginning to laugh at the outfit

Dudka makes me smile uncontrollably, such a light hearted man, you know he's the kind of guy that ever one loves to be around

dirty bomb was such a hidden gem before the developers abandoned the game.

Please include Planet Side 2 on your next video. It’s also a free shooter with good rating that many people don’t know about.

@schwipsy

3 ай бұрын

idk if its dead though, it still getts big updates

@ArcturionX

3 ай бұрын

Not really dead. Still has several thousand players.

@generalv.1891

3 ай бұрын

@@schwipsy considering that it has 5 huge maps but only one map at a time is open because there are not enough players, i’d say it’s pretty low pop game. Compared to the games on this video, you are right

@rifandyadnan9501

3 ай бұрын

@@ArcturionX when compared to the golden days the player count is pretty low, it's not dead for sure though

@Zaza-of2gx

3 ай бұрын

I used to play planet side two a bunch

My parent couldn’t buy many games I wanted as a kid, so I spent a lot of time of Free games. Seeing Army Proving Grounds brings back so many memories. It was such a lively game back then. I stopped playing when I finally got CoD but it’s always had a special place in my heart

Man, dirty bomb was one of my favorite games and it will always have a special place in my heart. I played a lot of it growing up, and i met tons of nice people through it (including most of my internet best-friends) and just having an absolute blast throughout the years. It's an absolute shame witnessing how it just withers away. No other game has had me this emotionally invested. And i still know a ton of things about it

CRSED: F.O.A.D. is kinda funny because the graphics, maps, textures and everything else are on point and identical to everything featured in their more live and major game Enlisted.

@matthewjones39

3 ай бұрын

So that’s why it looked so familiar, lol.

@IWant2Perish

3 ай бұрын

@@matthewjones39 Yep same dev, I didn't know for a long while either.

@dammbenderisgreat

3 ай бұрын

Apparently it was the test for enlisteds engine and textures is what some other people in the comments said

@terrynixon2758

3 ай бұрын

From what I understand it was a test bed that became more popular than expected

@fajagaming5969

3 ай бұрын

Because it was a testbed for Enlisted :/

I'm an older gamer. I played Rise of the Triad online. You will almost certainly not know the reference. Your videos are so damned wholesome and nostalgic, I love it. Thank you.

Absolute bangin video rye, please dont take so long next time. Something about the way you script/edit these videos just feels so comfortable to me, and in a severe time of discomfort for myself, its nice to have something that can provide that for me. Love ya Rye, hope all is well.

@RyeGamesOfficial

3 ай бұрын

I'll try my best. I'm so glad you enjoy the videos :) stay strong!

18:45 This game is pretty popular in asia especially for kid and teen in Thailand because there are famous streamer and youtuber used to and still play it, 19:52 you can see there are many Thai names shown on the name board.

Socom us navy seals was used to recruit people to the navy . And a lot of people that play it to this day have said they served or are serving and socom was a big influence on them doing so !

@Gatorade69

3 ай бұрын

I have heard that some people still play it, I remember reading in Reddit a way to play PS2 games online. I don't know which one I have, I think Socom 2.

Hey Rye Games, I know you probably won't see this message, but I just wanted to say that I've been here since you had around 3-4 thousand subscribers, back in the early days. It's amazing to see how much you've grown since then, and I'm incredibly proud of your journey. Your videos are fantastic, and it's no surprise they're getting such great views now. Keep up the awesome work!

Rip America's Army: Proving Grounds Had lots of fun but sad to see it go

I have over 2k hours in the game Unturned. It's hay day was 2015. Had so much fun playing it at the time.

@legallyblind393

3 ай бұрын

Still got a fairly big player base. I went thru a stint of playing factions religiously for a few months

These videos are so wholesome and sweet. He always meets the nicest people. Keep up the great work!

I miss the OG Americas Army (not proving grounds) it was one of the most fun gaming experiences I had solo. You had the US and basically terrorist. You had to go through "training" in order to play a certain class whether it was Medic/Sniper. Game modes were a blast. Decent selection of maps. Hell they even had cheat specific servers for people who just wanted to cheat because surprisingly Punk Buster (I think that was their anti-cheat system) was actually pretty effective I don't think I ever ran into a hacker in normal servers

5:10 that's what the army is all about, not being a scoreboard winner but completing the mission and making sure the team makes it all back

dudka's laugh is so genuine and contagious, i love it

Dirty Bomb is awesome. Sunk over 350 hours in it when it was alive - loved the sound of a headshot from it and overall a blast to play. Was really sad when they stopped development

Your videos are amazing and have made me cry a few times. Being 17 and growing up with old and new tech/games. I experienced alpt of the dead and low pop games you explore. Dirty bomb being one, played back when i was in high school 😂. I love your videos and one day ill come back and rewatch these videos to remind myself where my life as a gamer started and what games i used to play. One day ill be able to experience those memories again. Thank you for showing love to these games, in all your videos.

One of my fav. series. Thank you for doing what you do and for sharing it with us:)

I learned about America’s Army after I had already signed my papers. My recruiter gave me a copy that allowed me to make an account with the little service member identifier beside my name. This was way back at the end of 2002. I had some fun with it. It was kind of jank, but not bad.

I played Dirty Bomb for a while. I stopped playing over 5 years ago but I've always been curious if the updates got better. You made me want to replay it.

@DaveWraptastic

3 ай бұрын

After 8 tries or something like that they finally made Phantom somewhat balanced. For starters he's not entirely invisible anymore.

its alway so wholesome when you find nice people on the games you play it gets me into a feeling of nostalgia keep up the good work pls

I used to run a dedicated Americas Army server for a friend in the Army (UK) back in the day (Duggie264) Server, was an awesome game with a decent community, Pipeline was the map of choice. A stoned Russian a great partnership

I remember playing that first game years back. It was pretty low budget feeling but it was a lot of fun if I'm honest. Like a hidden gem of it's time

I love CRSD, mainly gotta play solo to get the bigger lobbies of 27-35 people. The duos and squads is pretty low player count. Been playing since it was called cuisine royale as well.

Man, I played the original at launch. It had this cool boot camp tutorial that taught you some real stuff...that never gets used in the game.

What's crazy is i played a beta test for Dirty Bomb, never knew it ever released as a full game.

I love this series, just found you and your videos are so high quality!! I would suggest you change up the thumbnails a bit more though cause its already hard to tell which one I watched. But damn these videos are awesome great stuff!

I look forward to these videos Rye! Theyre awesome!

i haven't even played these games, yet i feel so nostalgic,sad and wholesome at the same time

These are my favorite videos on KZread. Well done, bro

I like how you played that game with Dudka. You maybe really have fun together I believe. Sometimes we play games for such bright moments as this.

I really enjoy watching these videos. Looking forward to see more (and maybe different?) content from you!

It is always a good feeling when Rye uploads a new video.

You make so many unforgettable memories while playing for your videos, you're awesome

This was a very entertaining video. Nice job!

I'm always excited when Rye uploads another "dead games" video. Keep exploring Rye

Never stop this series please

Your videos are so wholesome they always make me smile :)

I played so much AAO2 and AAO3. I'm glad i found a small group that has AAO3 up and running.

Good video again man! Good vibes. Hope y'all are healthy.

20:26 that guy was name "I'm chicken" lol

Please do "Nox" which is basically is a game made by westwood back in the day. It is like diablo but the pvp needs no grind The community is still somehow alive

@poorsap1598

3 ай бұрын

Really? I need to try and get that to launch again. It was equally as good imo as Diablo 2. Even the single player game was good. Sound effects were amazing, and game play during multi could be a free for all or team building however you wanted. Awesome game all around.

Another great video my dude

Dude my friend and I played cuisine royal for a couple of months and it was really one of the funniest games I’ve played with him , it was dumb as hell and difficult to get used to but I love the game to this day … crsd is pretty dam fun I just suck at using the abilities 😂😂😂 glad to see it again, thanks for the walk down memory lane my dude

I remember taking the tests inside Americas Army 2. I enjoyed the game because it added realism to what was allot of arcade games at the time. Some of the animations reminded me of Rainbow Six 3. But you accurately checked the breach and forward assist on your rifle when you took it out for the first time. Just a bunch of small details like that. I don’t even remember if the game had a team death match game mode. I think it was all objective based which helped form actual team play.

dudka is a living legend fr!!!!

I played AA:PG a lot back on the PS4 in like 2017. I remember when they added new guns even. I met so many chill people on it. I ran the sniper or DMR all the time. cuisine royale was also a big game I played, but I stopped playing it. I couldn't find it anymore, but the name change really does explain why. I never played Infestation Survival Stories, but I met 2 of my closest friends on Infestation The New Z and still play it from time to time.

Awesome video, please Enemy Territory Quake war next please

Nomad was really fun with everyone

I remember watching E3 2015 and they were showing this game Dirty Bomb, and at the end of it said something like: free 2 play, available right now. Instantly downloaded it and played it for a couple of days. Good memories.

Warmode mentioned! omg I used to play that game a ton, years ago. Even back then the game was always considered crappy, but it had a charm that other, better fps games lacked haha

I have about 40 or 50 hours in Warmode, and I can tell it's still obscenely broken even after all these years. The biggest issues I constantly ran into back then were bugs that would randomly make you spontaneously die, spawn protection that would make you a piece of tissue paper but would make newly-spawned enemies borderline invincible, horrific weapon balancing, borderline nonexistent matchmaking, and a completely useless anticheat. Honestly, I do not miss that game at all.

I played CRSED back when i was cuisine royale. Was the only battle royale game i played for longer than a day. Good memories from the og updates

On cuisine royale, I remember a broken glitch that pretty much gave you aimbot when on a mounted MG. One of my best gaming memories.

always love these videos

Dirty Bomb was really fun when it was very popular, when all the streamers were playing etc. Great video Rye

You should check out Skylords reborn it was a old EA game remade by the community. at most around 50-80ish players on at once. People mostly only play 1 mode and its a small nice community. Peek hours are 15:00 - 22:00

Love the vids man ❤❤❤

i remember army recruiters was actually passing out the game disc version of americas army in HS 2016

Damn I Love ur Videos 👍Keep Up the Good Work😁

LOVE YOUR VIDS RYE

Oh god, Americas Army. I remember looking up the exam questions online because my english wasnt very good back then, but i really wanted to play as a medic, so i had to pass. Cuisine Royale also looks exactly how Enlisted looks like now.

I saw CRSD: F.O.A.D and I was so happy someone finally covered it lol

I played Dirty Bomb for a bit about a year ago and it was a lot of fun. It is a unique game (hence the dedicated playerbase) while also offering a bit of something for all types of players. It made me genuinely sad to know that the game was abandoned when I realized how much fun I was having in it; could see it becoming my main game for a bit if it wasn't dead.

I still play crsed often becas of your viteos and i got my ferinds to paly to :) thanks

I was a test dummy for the original game way back in 2002. Was ranked for Americas Army. It was the most amazing game ever.

That was an awesome video ❤️

You should try King Arthur's Gold, I remember playing it a lot as a kid and loving it, it's community is much smaller than it used to be now.

Infestation was one of the biggest scams. 1 game developed by russian Sergey Titov called WarZ (name changed due to restricted name of WarZ), meanwhile 2 another games were published, both THE SAME survival in desert/wild west style. The same game, different art styles published few times, scam with bugs, money grabber. The only game, where zombie could kill you while you were sitting/driving by your car :D

single greatest youtube series ong

hope these videos revive the games just a little

Thanks for another great watch, Rye, have a great day

American army proving grounds used to be so fun, once the main community servers stopped a lot of the main players I knew stopped their servers. I was a part of a close community that would join these other bigger ones to play against. Very fun

That trainyard map is brilliant. I wish that kind of map existed in more games

I played CRSD F.O.A.D when it was known as cuisine royale and honestly it was the most fun I've ever had playing a battle royale. I miss it, might try it again.

I was there when the AA was announced and released. It got quite a popularity around my circle of friends, as just around that time, CS was moved to steam which made playing unofficial version impossible for a while (until eventually cracked), and AA was free to save the day. There was also another game at that time, based on Unreal engine - Tactical Ops, has that been covered yet?

Very nice work!!! Imma check a couple these out. 2nd video earned a sub love this shit!!!

The Dudka arc was extremely wholesome

You should try Splitgate. Idk how dead it is but it is free and incredibly fun. Hard but it is essential Halo and Portal mixed together

@Gatorade69

3 ай бұрын

Hard ? Guess I'm just naturally good at it. Gotta lean into using the portals. I haven't played it in a while but the devs have stopped the updates, unfortunately.

@nickfoxfighter

3 ай бұрын

@Gatorade69 it can be. Shooting mechanics are fun. It is very fast paced and allows for a ton of creativity

Man I spent soooooo much time in AA when I was younger. Man that brings back memories. Also I was never in the military. I tried to get in, but couldn't for medical reasons.

Dirty Bomb needs a revamp and update. I loved that game so much. Might hop on and play on those community servers again

i love it when you explore dead games 🥰

You should do Brink next. It was a game I used to play on my 360 back in the day and now it’s free on steam and it got a little community

AA:PG was my childhood, met some amazing people on that game

welcome to rye we got: - minecraft ost bgm - undertale/deltarune ost bgm - probably other ost bgm - games - ... - yeah that's all after this vid nice video man

awesome job dude

hi Rye game I have a question, when is your next big series in the command similar to Raft? I love watching your Raft series, like to see something similar to that. You have a great night or day depending on what time zone you're in. Have a great night or day. and good job i like it