Youtube Retro Gaming Title/Thumbnail Trends That Annoy You

[TruxtonTatsujin TruxtonTatsujin]

might be just a pet peeve of mine but there are a lot of Youtube title and thumbnail trends I that I just find really annoying to see, especially if it's on multiple videos from different channels. This is one I've been seeing a lot recently. Saying a game is "stuck" on a platform. Just sounds so stupid, trying to paint exclusives in a negative light just for clicks. There are thousand of games that will never be ported to a modern console, we'd be here all day if we continue talking about "stuck" games. In the age where almost everything can or will be emulated there's really no excuse for not playing a game you want to play. Having a game built for specific hardware shows off what you can accomplish with it, devs are always trying to optimize for the target platform. It's only natural for games to be tied to the hardware they're made for.
Anyway, just felt like ranting over something that doesn't really matter in the long run, sometimes it's nice to vent. What are some that get under your skin?

 

[bjork]

I wish that when someone makes a video of some super unknown glitch or some new speedrun strat, that they actually lead with that, then provide history. I just want to see the glitch and then I'll decide if I want to know more about it. I don't need to first know that beerballs316 made a forum post in 2002 that said he did it but provided no evidence and then wonkytaterz actually pulled it off under tas conditions or whatever, for like 35 minutes. Or first know how checksums work or whatever. That stuff is all fine and good, just put it in a different order.

 

[Iguana-0]

Anything with Mr Beast's face on it. That annoys me

 

[Donte]

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[Glimbo]

Is X still worth playing in current year?
A good game is a good game. Who cares how long ago it was released. It's especially stupid when I see it used on games that aren't even old.

 

[Iguana-0]

Is X still worth playing in current year?
A good game is a good game. Who cares how long ago it was released. It's especially stupid when I see it used on games that aren't even old.

True

 

[Jeff]

I do not like the thumbnails that feature their real emotional faces that look AI generated because the algorithm says so to do it and the title next to the image begins with either, "We, "I, "Did I, "Is this, "This is terrible, here's why" which equals clickbait and false rumors.

 

[RageBurner]

Just bombastic, clickbaity video titles and thumbnails in general (we all know boobs make heads turn, no need to be so upfront about it, literally).

As for platform exclusivity, that's another can of worms. I can understand it, but only to a point. The more time passes, the more there is a risk these games will be lost media due to the lack of a wider release, and that is not good.

 

[Tonberry]

Is X still worth playing in current year?

Yup, this is the one I was gonna post too.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

Is X still worth playing in current year?
A good game is a good game. Who cares how long ago it was released. It's especially stupid when I see it used on games that aren't even old.

This one, good lord this one. Puts me in a "Listen here, you little shit" mood.

 

[TruxtonTatsujin TruxtonTatsujin]

As for platform exclusivity, that's another can of worms. I can understand it, but only to a point. The more time passes, the more there is a risk these games will be lost media due to the lack of a wider release, and that is not good.

I get that, it is best that games are made as available as possible. I just didn't like it when they talk about, say, the PS2 like it's some long lost archaic relic that you can't play games on in current year.

 

[Iguana-0]

I get that, it is best that games are made as available as possible. I just didn't like it when they talk about, say, the PS2 like it's some long lost archaic relic that you can't play games on in current year.

Yeah i think the last time i looked. You can buy a PS2 for like 50 bucks or something.

 

[RageBurner]

I get that, it is best that games are made as available as possible. I just didn't like it when they talk about, say, the PS2 like it's some long lost archaic relic that you can't play games on in current year.

I totally get what you mean, yes. I guess there's the facr that retro collecting isn't easy, or cheap, so people would rather be able to get the games without hunting after the platform they were originally made for because of the heavier investment.

But yeah, it's definitely clickbaity at the end of the day.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

The stupid arrows and circles on thumbnails.

 

[RageBurner]

The stupid arrows and circles on thumbnails.

It's fine to be more into squares and triangles, don't worry.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

Another I'd add is when the video is titled something like "Hidden Gems on the PS2" and the "hidden gems" in question are stuff like God of War or Metal Gear Solid 3. I don't know what's so hidden about the most popular games on a console.

 

[Iguana-0]

Another I'd add is when the video is titled something like "Hidden Gems on the PS2" and the "hidden gems" in question are stuff like God of War or Metal Gear Solid 3. I don't know what's so hidden about the most popular games on a console.

Yeah MGS3 is considered by many to be the best in the series. Kinda like how many consider Tekken 3 to be the best of the Tekken games [Subject of Opinion]

 

[ciro64]

I think it's easier to say what's not wrong with youtube rather than what's wrong with it... or modern internet in general.
One day I got so fed up with this shit that I did nothing but watch Zelda CDi poop videos the entire morning.

Btw I use an extension called Remove Youtube Suggestions :3
There's even an option to disable it temporarily (10 minutes, 20, you choose)

 

[Iguana-0]

I think it's easier to say what's not wrong with youtube rather than what's wrong with it... or modern internet in general.
One day I got so fed up with this shit that I did nothing but watch Zelda CDi poop videos the entire morning.

Btw I use an extension called Remove Youtube Suggestions :3
There's even an option to disable it temporarily (10 minutes, 20, you choose)

I'll take that into consideration... God bless you Ciro!

 

[Gamma]

Any Thumbnail with AI in it.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

I think it's easier to say what's not wrong with youtube rather than what's wrong with it... or modern internet in general.
One day I got so fed up with this shit that I did nothing but watch Zelda CDi poop videos the entire morning.

Btw I use an extension called Remove Youtube Suggestions :3
There's even an option to disable it temporarily (10 minutes, 20, you choose)

TBF, I can think of worse ways to spend a morning.

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Another I'd add is when the video is titled something like "Hidden Gems on the PS2" and the "hidden gems" in question are stuff like God of War or Metal Gear Solid 3. I don't know what's so hidden about the most popular games on a console.

Title: "TOP TEN GAMES YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF!".

Content: Pac-Man, Monkey Island...

 

[Iguana-0]

Title: "TOP TEN GAMES YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF!".

Content: Pac-Man, Monkey Island...

Games everybody and their piece of Toast have heard of.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's icon RanmyakuIchi RanmyakuIchi]

Yeah MGS3 is considered by many to be the best in the series. Kinda like how many consider Tekken 3 to be the best of the Tekken games [Subject of Opinion]

Oh totally, but if I'm watching a vid like that then I'm looking for something new or something I missed out on. When I get recommended something super well known and popular it's like

 

[Jacko the Lantern]

I hate how HBomberguy’s “X is Y and here’s why” has been adopted by the torrent of pretentious video essayists that sound like they have a knife in their chest.
It’s such an open title that it can mean anything. It could be a biography of a celebrity, a game review, or just an internet drama vid.
It’s practically a tame clickbait.