The Extinction of Criminality's Melee Meta

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For a while, Criminality has been a game dominated by a gun meta. Why is that? Why do half of the game's weapons go completely unused by a majority of players? Diving into the history of the ROBLOX Criminality's Melee Meta, I find out why they have been completely wiped out of the question.
This video covers everything up until V2. I didn’t cover the Brawl update as it felt unnecessary since it had no change on melee use in the main game.
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  • @definate
    @definate9 ай бұрын

    onto bigger things now, bye bye crimidality

  • @monobearr

    @monobearr

    9 ай бұрын

    Join the bright side

  • @geedeejam

    @geedeejam

    9 ай бұрын

    personally im waiting for blackout

  • @woomyyy

    @woomyyy

    9 ай бұрын

    blessed

  • @CarvedFromStone

    @CarvedFromStone

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@geedeejam me too but lets be real the wait has been too long. Im not in on what happened to the original but i really dont see why what seems like such a polished project needs to stay closed still.

  • @geedeejam

    @geedeejam

    9 ай бұрын

    @@CarvedFromStone it got dmca'd

  • @Noon32456
    @Noon324569 ай бұрын

    Are we not gonna talk about how they nerfed the grinding method by 100% making the game even harder to play and almost impossible to grind cash with lock picks 💀

  • @lilmanboy1435

    @lilmanboy1435

    9 ай бұрын

    its not that hard

  • @Lvaic_

    @Lvaic_

    9 ай бұрын

    That is what made people kos way more and what made the game not fun anymore

  • @user-pr8gc3nh3b

    @user-pr8gc3nh3b

    9 ай бұрын

    @@lilmanboy1435it’s not hard but 1 its time taking, and 2 by the time u finish grinding it’ll be 10x quicker to spend it

  • @kustomationstudios

    @kustomationstudios

    9 ай бұрын

    @@Lvaic_ FR THO

  • @d_xtrr

    @d_xtrr

    9 ай бұрын

    they lowered the cash rate ever since 1.4

  • @monobearr
    @monobearr9 ай бұрын

    Incredible video def. It’s crazy to think the game was built up around melees but spiraled down into your average gun test game. Also Awesome cinematics and animations dud!!

  • @pro_fail
    @pro_fail9 ай бұрын

    Criminality before was a gritty, harsh, "hood simulator" game that heavily rewarded and punished anyone and everyone that scraped by to survive Criminality now is the equivalent of a COD deathmatch server

  • @elpepetaxio666

    @elpepetaxio666

    8 ай бұрын

    Bro its not that deep

  • @KILLERJUSTIN571

    @KILLERJUSTIN571

    8 ай бұрын

    Why is a tc2 player playing crim??

  • @AAAAA-re6qh

    @AAAAA-re6qh

    8 ай бұрын

    I'm really glad i experience criminality in 1.2 paid access it was so fun and the best 250 robux i ever spent

  • @liamstevo4787

    @liamstevo4787

    5 ай бұрын

    @@AAAAA-re6qh paid access crim was the best icl

  • @Black_Knight1241

    @Black_Knight1241

    2 ай бұрын

    real

  • @HeightsOff
    @HeightsOff9 ай бұрын

    criminality is the embodiment of bad decisions

  • @skedzd

    @skedzd

    9 ай бұрын

    Fr

  • @ImNotFunny541

    @ImNotFunny541

    8 ай бұрын

    Transfur Outbreak:

  • @aamonq

    @aamonq

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ImNotFunny541 can u explain about outbreak? Just curious

  • @dumdum7184

    @dumdum7184

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@aamonqowner doing nsfw stuff on Roblox me thinks

  • @aamonq

    @aamonq

    8 ай бұрын

    @@dumdum7184 default for rbx furry game dev

  • @ZZ-632
    @ZZ-6329 ай бұрын

    Really wish that melees would have more features, like having hitting someone while firing flicking their aim, with combo weapons doing more flick stun after each hit and weapons like the sledge or fire axe just having strong flick stun

  • @memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487

    @memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487

    9 ай бұрын

    Frankly, some concept. Melee techniques. Unlocked by simply using melees, you gain some new attacks, abilities, and options. If you can buy attachments to makr guns better, you can spec to make melee better. Disarming strike. Forces the enemy to drop their firearm if they have one. Bloodlust. After hiting and enemy, gain increased movement speed, and not lose stamina while sprinting for 30s. Flechette: You can throw smaller melee weapons, which deal a flat 100 damage. The final item that would balance things The Ballistic sheild. Offering protection from low to intermediate rounds, this sheild would be heavy.

  • @SheepsAhoy.

    @SheepsAhoy.

    8 ай бұрын

    @@memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487imagine chilling in cafe with your friends and an entire fucking swat team rolls up with ballistic shields

  • @DeadAccount53885

    @DeadAccount53885

    8 ай бұрын

    @@memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487 I like how you mentioned it doesnt protect from the more powerful rounds. I am so tired of games adding riot/ballistic shields and making them completely immune to everything from a .22 to a 50 BMG.

  • @memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487

    @memes_the_dna_of_the_soul5487

    8 ай бұрын

    @PowerOutageGootraxian Yes, but when I say this, the sheild has two hitboxes. The glass window and the metal exterior. The glass window can be penetrated by 7.62x51 mm guns. Basically, Scout, Fal, Scar H, and other similar guns. It is only a very small potion. But once sufficiently damaged, it will break, exposing the slot for anything to get through. The metal portion can be penetrated by the BFG 50 and AWM. And if you aim it at the glass? It's lights out for whoever was hiding behind it. The sheild also boasts the highest stamina consumption for sprinting. But it equips surprisingly quickly for an item of its bulk.

  • @jobelplayedminecraft3700

    @jobelplayedminecraft3700

    8 ай бұрын

    ​​@@SheepsAhoy.this ballistic shield is a thing in the game if im not mistaken

  • @berry709
    @berry7099 ай бұрын

    we love our consistent uploads!!! keep em coming!!!

  • @Hikuria478
    @Hikuria4789 ай бұрын

    I felt like the turning point for melees, was 1.3. This was the height when guns were Criminality’s top priority with expansion. 1.2 melees wills always be the standard for me, as they even the playing field. Now, the crate you are given feels more like “Take whatever weapons you get out this crate, and f**k up whoever is near by”. Melees just don’t feel lethal enough.

  • @Pretzelsaregoodforhealth
    @Pretzelsaregoodforhealth9 ай бұрын

    def,please keep up the good work with these animations. I like to wait 3-4 months for a good video with good editing then just copy paste spam videos.

  • @orby5183
    @orby51839 ай бұрын

    To see my beloved melee's downfall from my time in 1.2 to now actually documented hurts more than anything else, good vid keep up the good work

  • @midnightmarshadow7916
    @midnightmarshadow79169 ай бұрын

    thanks for talking about the melee montages, I miss them and I miss montages that weren't literally all based off of one video lol.

  • @brunoalvarez1551
    @brunoalvarez15519 ай бұрын

    Let's be honest. Criminality's skill ceiling is non-existent ever since you can just pop in an FPS unlocker with your ultra mega deluxe graphics card and have no recoil whatsoever, which pretty much equates to anyone not using a gun or an fps unlocker for the matter already way too powerless to do something about it. The game doesn't care for balance or for the fact that their community might plummet once Blackout or Havoc make their debut. Because it actually looks enjoyable and balanced.

  • @wedoalittletrollin

    @wedoalittletrollin

    8 ай бұрын

    they fixed fps affecting recoil a long time ago

  • @uningenious

    @uningenious

    8 ай бұрын

    ​​@@wedoalittletrollinThey didn't due to how roblox actually works. Never was fixed.

  • @uningenious

    @uningenious

    8 ай бұрын

    Yeah, the gameplay is just dead in the water. No alternative gameplays because armor is expensive and often useless (stun grenade exists), melee is literally the topic of this video (spoiler: it's bad), so you're just left with guns, and now it's just essentially a COD deathmatch

  • @boiledbone3966
    @boiledbone39669 ай бұрын

    I was expecting the Brawl update to shake up the meta alot that or standard but melee only but noooo we got a melee anim revamp which is nice doesn't actually do much with little to no stat changes/buffs. I honestly thought Brawl would be the day of redemption for all melee mains out there but nah its never coming the glory days are over

  • @thatwonguy7352
    @thatwonguy73529 ай бұрын

    Really well made video. Very accurate history of the Crim meta. Keep it up!

  • @antynomity
    @antynomity9 ай бұрын

    This is exactly the reason I finally quit this awful game, I waited 2 years luke a fool for a melee update, and all I got was skins and mid animations, thank you TrashVVZ. Now, you forgot one important thing that killed melees irreversibly and no matter what buff they'd get they wouldn't be back: lunge being nerfed.

  • @nayeet_jr4914
    @nayeet_jr49149 ай бұрын

    I constantly used melees till I was level 50 v1.3 came and I started to use guns

  • @StevenMcAdams-mi8de
    @StevenMcAdams-mi8de7 күн бұрын

    The only reason they want to get melees out of the picture is cause gun mains tend to only rely on ranged because they suck with melee.

  • @JordanHasAnAfro
    @JordanHasAnAfro9 ай бұрын

    Really High quality stuff. glad to see ur back and with such a banger!

  • @tzekusbr6727
    @tzekusbr67279 ай бұрын

    im new to the channel and im kinda impressed seeing how small you are, hope you grow up alot because your editing is pretty good.

  • @Khanical
    @Khanical4 ай бұрын

    I’ve always disagreed with this statement, I always see melees as a high skill high reward weapon. Against solos or small groups melees can STOMP even the most prepared duo (except for tier 2+ helmets) My only gripe with melee is the sheer skill difference between guns and melees. Guns you can pick up pretty easily, just point and shoot. Melee has a much steeper learning curve, especially blunts where you have to account for physics and stuff for that sweet double stun combo.

  • @smordus
    @smordus8 ай бұрын

    bro how much effort you put in video is insane really cool vid

  • @Quallin31
    @Quallin319 ай бұрын

    Holy shieet. This editing is really good. Please keep it up man.

  • @wearenumberone1111
    @wearenumberone11118 ай бұрын

    man I remember buying a full ak kit just to be killed by a metal bat user now its almost impossible to do that

  • @ImperialGaurd
    @ImperialGaurd7 ай бұрын

    They should add back melees canceling gun reload and make them a lot cheaper and guns cost more

  • @undisdained
    @undisdained9 ай бұрын

    browser history playing at the end was the icing on the documentary cake. epic video brother

  • @ReturnerReturned
    @ReturnerReturned9 ай бұрын

    5:42 lmao also about the chainsaw rework, the chainsaw was reworked in LATE PDS, not in V1 crim. fireaxe didnt one tap limbs either originally, while consuming 70% of your stamina (it was dogshit, not part of the meta)

  • @definate

    @definate

    9 ай бұрын

    yeah i do remember that about the fireaxe along with looking back through pds footage though the detail felt rather miniscule to go back and change the voiceline so i left it as is

  • @antynomity

    @antynomity

    9 ай бұрын

    The nerf of melee lunge was so good guys! Standard with less players even on peak hours than 1.2!

  • @Sh_ed11
    @Sh_ed119 ай бұрын

    i still cant believe how def is so criminally underrated. great vid

  • @qChronos
    @qChronos9 ай бұрын

    love the editing

  • @explodinghammeronthe17thof36
    @explodinghammeronthe17thof368 ай бұрын

    This video was awesomingly amazingly edited goodly made

  • @CRUSAD4R
    @CRUSAD4R9 ай бұрын

    Well, it only took 4 months, but he’s back

  • @yusufkaanpvogameplay5542
    @yusufkaanpvogameplay55429 ай бұрын

    sweats saying melees suck before complaining about dying to a bat with an aks 🔥

  • @bebrasmachnayq5691
    @bebrasmachnayq56917 ай бұрын

    "Kiryu san, this is your final battle, make the most of it"

  • @RealChompa
    @RealChompa9 ай бұрын

    I hope our trade appears in the video ( I traded 1 banana sawn off for your banana sawn off)

  • @afrotheartist
    @afrotheartist7 ай бұрын

    i hope melees get buffed, like you run faster with melees so you can catch up to gun users but i don't think they should be as good as guns, but pretty close and more cost efficient

  • @Ongezellig_American
    @Ongezellig_American8 ай бұрын

    How in hell are you able to get sll these 1v1 clips for the background footage in standard? All that happens when i try standard is i just get 4v1d by a zerg of furries

  • @awesometoastb9393
    @awesometoastb93939 ай бұрын

    As someone who has played since pre alpha, I can confirm

  • @Lol-no4sl
    @Lol-no4sl7 ай бұрын

    Find ur wings in the background was surprising but amazing

  • @leso122
    @leso1228 ай бұрын

    honestly feels good to see you get huge i remember hunting u with my friend in 1.2

  • @KR-ql8gl
    @KR-ql8gl8 ай бұрын

    melees started their downfall when all guns were made so muuuch cheaper, a glock which back then was cracked costs only 250 dollars that makes you able to fight at a solid range playing it more safe

  • @juggernut1418
    @juggernut14189 ай бұрын

    LIKE HOW do you edit your videos to be soo good its a 10/10

  • @unit_roblox
    @unit_roblox7 ай бұрын

    how to buff melle ig step one: reload get cancelled by melle step two: every finisher give 5sec rage step three: limb that are cut off by melle give perm debuff like walk slower are worse recoil step four: profit

  • @DC0BR4
    @DC0BR48 ай бұрын

    On PDS however, the meta was katana, machete, metal bat and bayonet. At the start of PDS, you couldn't buy ammo, so the ammo system was added. Recoil also didn't exist. The charge up attacks didn't exist until Pre-Beta. The real reason why melee system fell apart was because GDI. He wanted a gunged game.

  • @definate

    @definate

    8 ай бұрын

    i didn't know recoil didn't exist, i only remember the version of pds where shooting one glock bullet sent your screen to the sky

  • @DC0BR4

    @DC0BR4

    8 ай бұрын

    The recoil in guns was made since the ones that were in the game sucked. So they buffed gun dmg and buff recoil so it'll be balanced, also the Tec-9, Mac-10, AKU, and Revolver weren't in the game originally until the buff. The AKM was meant to be only for the URM, before the M4A4 became the main gun for RCU, the FAMAS was the first rifle, the SSG did exist but it got deleted. Taiga was also meant to be only for the URM, as a faster machete but without blocking. And the UTS was known as KSG.

  • @UltraV12
    @UltraV128 ай бұрын

    1.2 was the last and best version of crim. 2.X and above are the worst versions ever, coming besides with 1.3

  • @mistasilly
    @mistasilly9 ай бұрын

    the thumbnail goes so hard

  • @abstrakt_13
    @abstrakt_139 ай бұрын

    Shovel is still not dead but u need to aim for the head (the target must not have tier 2 tier 3 helmet)if u hit the 1st time in the head u won if they goin on solo

  • @kustomationstudios

    @kustomationstudios

    9 ай бұрын

    Unless you get soloed by a gun user who can just run away. I hated that.

  • @YSleepish
    @YSleepish8 ай бұрын

    blackout paid early access is out, the tutorial is free though so id recommend checking that out

  • @f.entanyl
    @f.entanyl8 ай бұрын

    This is why Aethelbeorn/blood engine was made

  • @oaaaahahahahhaha
    @oaaaahahahahhaha8 ай бұрын

    public dev server era was the best era btw and im pretty sure it came first

  • @skooterthekid8069
    @skooterthekid80698 ай бұрын

    It got nerfed because it had something called 'FUN' and the devs didn't like that.

  • @downergamin
    @downergamin9 ай бұрын

    I remember playing oof combat such a nice game though, it was funny, but hard and kind of ubalanced. And y'know what? That was fun. Miss being frickin' balsted out of the cannon.

  • @papelhat4265
    @papelhat42658 ай бұрын

    dam this editing went hard 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @SputnicWasTaken
    @SputnicWasTaken6 ай бұрын

    The knockdown for fist was removed 😢

  • @JifStuff
    @JifStuff9 ай бұрын

    PDS was also in 2019 I remember playing it in August.

  • @kittarded
    @kittarded8 ай бұрын

    Criminality stumbled so Blackout could sprint

  • @redfoxtheman8533
    @redfoxtheman85339 ай бұрын

    ozone layer guy here : nice video mate keep going

  • @RiotRBLX
    @RiotRBLX9 ай бұрын

    Joined back in pre bata took a break for a year and im only level 46 because of it now i only play every once and awhile and i get a few thousand xp whenever i do man i miss the pit :(

  • @natplayz1989
    @natplayz19898 ай бұрын

    Melees are the only good thing and the only thing i like about crim but guns made them mostly useless even after the brawl update, guns still outpower melees. All the brawl update did was revamp melee animations, added more child gambling and a new gamemode. I was hoping that the brawl gamemode will be like normal crim but what we got was a gun game like aresnal...

  • @keppelin1527
    @keppelin15279 ай бұрын

    Besides camp, to me its like bringing gun to a random Melee fight

  • @Brandonthebarber764
    @Brandonthebarber7649 ай бұрын

    The goat is still posting

  • @ryanplayz684
    @ryanplayz6849 ай бұрын

    Just a question where did you find the Criminality map in the animations you or whoever made

  • @s1olereal
    @s1olereal9 ай бұрын

    god damn i fucking love the editing i wanna have a relationship with ur editing good lord

  • @therandomguywhoplaysroblox7520
    @therandomguywhoplaysroblox75205 ай бұрын

    My favorite wonder weapon is the blundergat

  • @ShopC0ins
    @ShopC0ins9 ай бұрын

    upload days always fire

  • @DashingBobux
    @DashingBobux9 ай бұрын

    blud finally made a new video after like 4 months yessir

  • @Nooby291
    @Nooby2919 ай бұрын

    also the fact that the guns were made ULTRA CHEAP made melees useless. (for perspective before the uzi costed 1750 u can now buy an AK with that now)

  • @Limo35

    @Limo35

    9 ай бұрын

    Yeah the AK literally has the same price as 1.2 magnum and fnp-45

  • @hazardous_cowth
    @hazardous_cowth8 ай бұрын

    When melee buff im tired of using ithaca/s-shorty or semis

  • @Maso_scream
    @Maso_scream3 ай бұрын

    Im a melee knife rambo main since im bad with guns and i love scream aka ghostface

  • @Blob1_2
    @Blob1_27 ай бұрын

    Bluetunes escaped criminality lobotomy

  • @zaneplayx3176
    @zaneplayx31769 ай бұрын

    i mean i wouldn't really worry too much abt the state of crim balancing since blackout's releasing and it'll definitely be better than crim

  • @Ruziqyl
    @Ruziqyl9 ай бұрын

    babe wake up def posted

  • @cool.robloxdude8949
    @cool.robloxdude89499 ай бұрын

    Love the animations!

  • @harddriveharddrive6615
    @harddriveharddrive66159 ай бұрын

    сould you please tell the name of the music in the end? and this video is very cool!!!

  • @definate

    @definate

    9 ай бұрын

    browser history by graham kartna

  • @TheBeanBandit309
    @TheBeanBandit3099 ай бұрын

    As one gaben said it was definitely worth the wait

  • @mashabonnie
    @mashabonnie7 ай бұрын

    What's the music in the vid?

  • @Cactuswithadangeriousweapon
    @Cactuswithadangeriousweapon8 ай бұрын

    Most people rather have a gun than a knife

  • @itsmewhite_forge6673
    @itsmewhite_forge66738 ай бұрын

    Are devs not gonna buff melees then? I don’t understand why devs dont buff things that are unusable, its so weird. Wont be me when i become a dev

  • @kemmyistaken

    @kemmyistaken

    8 ай бұрын

    the devs dont care abt the game lol

  • @misterpoogiesthecat3469
    @misterpoogiesthecat34696 ай бұрын

    bro... come back please...

  • @podpivas11
    @podpivas119 ай бұрын

    we just gotta admit it that criminality is turning into cs go😔😔

  • @dingodsdkaswodw
    @dingodsdkaswodw9 ай бұрын

    The animations were on point. Keep it up

  • @devolution456
    @devolution4566 ай бұрын

    Hello def, plz add link to discord, in the old video it expanded.

  • @KILLERJUSTIN571
    @KILLERJUSTIN5718 ай бұрын

    Loved the animation ❤

  • @Local_Lad
    @Local_Lad8 ай бұрын

    Melee is a lot more fun to, the swap from melee meta to use a gun or go to hell is kind of boring, if I wanted a gun centric PVP game, ID PLAY ALMOST ANY OTHER GAME ON ROBLOX. The melee system was special. And now it’s worthless.

  • @caughtin144p7
    @caughtin144p78 ай бұрын

    Bro somehow didnt talk abt the fact that boxes spawn on you when you spawn and it has a high chance of giving u a gun. To me that complwtely killed melee as there is absolutely no reason to get melee when guns are basically free

  • @selfdetriment

    @selfdetriment

    8 ай бұрын

    didnt think id see anyone mention this, playing back then id search loot and itd give me a melee or cash, and occasionally a gun when it was red tier i believe, i miss when it was much harder to find guns and i actually had to save up money, but coming back to the game weeks ago, the first time i spawn it was next to loot and found a gun immediately

  • @moefoekoa900
    @moefoekoa9008 ай бұрын

    no mention of sawed off being the second best melee??? (beaten by the wrench)

  • @CarvedFromStone
    @CarvedFromStone9 ай бұрын

    guns to cheep now. thats it. thats why. Ak used to cost what 3K? now u can buy one with a few decent floor drops. beretta used to cost what like 2x what it is now. you used to be too broke to afford guns especially good ones now its dirt cheap and getting money seems to be easier than ever at least since the last time i even had to farm. The game dosnt feel fun anymore especially when almost all of my game time is on melee (barely played since the huge update to the map) Waiting for blackout to release before i ever play a crim-like game again

  • @axer1672
    @axer16729 ай бұрын

    The fire axe in question:

  • @flakehats6221
    @flakehats62218 ай бұрын

    They added old map to ps 🤯

  • @GIZMO.I7
    @GIZMO.I79 ай бұрын

    What was the last song used

  • @kustomationstudios
    @kustomationstudios9 ай бұрын

    Criminality is on the verge of extinction itself.

  • @Nicocgboy_lindo
    @Nicocgboy_lindo8 ай бұрын

    Don't care about criminality, all i want to say here is that this is similar to what happend to mortem mentallum, everybody uses the bow now, does not even matter cuz the game is infested with cheaters anyway.

  • @DrippyCreep
    @DrippyCreep7 ай бұрын

    i will never stop using melee im so sigma

  • @shelly._
    @shelly._9 ай бұрын

    Really good video

  • @martinv5315
    @martinv53159 ай бұрын

    Nice editing

  • @erhboredom5718
    @erhboredom57189 ай бұрын

    how do you metap bat

  • @romstergr3011
    @romstergr30119 ай бұрын

    Amazing unique video.

  • @stormyover
    @stormyover9 ай бұрын

    i wonder if people will make melee montages on brawl hmmmmm.

  • @wowthatscool878
    @wowthatscool8789 ай бұрын

    YOUR BACK

  • @blockster0
    @blockster09 ай бұрын

    the lore is the peoplew that didnt pray today were melee haters and were threatenig rvvz with a day without praying to buff guns a bunch thats why

  • @Koykio
    @Koykio9 ай бұрын

    the man can finally rest

  • @matijaivo1568
    @matijaivo15682 ай бұрын

    Shovel>any gun/melee (i have 227 kills on killtrack) prove me wrong

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