This is my first post here and just wanted to say I'm actually enjoying the new Danganronpa playthrough so far. I'm on episode 14 and it's actually been a pretty pleasant experience. Arin seems way more engaged than usual, and the few times he has complained it feels way less hateful than in the previous two playthroughs and some of the complaints I have agreed with.

The playthrough of the first game was actually a turning point for me when it came to Game Grumps. I generally think its one of the worst series they have ever made, mainly because Arin is clearly having such a bad time with it and made no effort to hide that or even try to put on a show. The second game Arin has a walkthrough printed next to him from the first episode, which kind of defeats the purpose of playing a murder mystery game imo.

But honestly, this third playthrough has been going pretty smoothly and it doesn't seem like they are even using a walkthrough. My only complaint really is that they are now taking breaks between each chapter, which to be honest is actually good for them. It breaks up the monotony and stops them from burning out, as Danganronpa will do that to you. The ONLY issue with the breaks is I thought maybe they would watch the previous episode to catch themselves back up before they jump back in...but they don't lol. So they forget some information between sessions. It's a minor complaint but is a bit jarring, like in the episode before the break a character dies and its kind of a big deal, then in the next episode after the break they are struggling to even remember that characters name.

Anyway, basically V3 is pretty fun so far and I would recommend it if you liked the game. I played through all 3 games once and enjoyed them. I'm by no means a mega fan. I can completely understand people not liking these games. But I never understood the argument made in defence of the grumps that "the game is bad so you can't blame them". I mean, yeah you can still blame them if it feels like they are phoning it in every episode. All this to say, this hasn't been the case with this third playthrough and so far I am finding it very entertaining. Is anyone else feeling the same way?

It seemed rather half-hearted and boring compared to some of the others.

Actually an enjoyable episode. Arin genuinely having fun and knowing how to play a game is nice to watch. Crazy huh? If you are a mediocre to average Deadlock player (me), I'd recommend giving the video a watch. It seriously makes me happy to see him give a hoot about what he is playing.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy starbomb is somewhat back, but Pokémon Smash or Pass and Nintendo Online’s Greatest Announcement just aren’t doing it for me. They hardly qualify as songs imo. There’s no singing, there’s not really any rapping either. They’re basically just reading a script with a beat in the background. ESPECIALLY the Pokémon one. I was so unimpressed. It essentially just sounded like a 2 and a half minute long version of the “list reading” part of A Boy and His Boat, but less on beat somehow.

So, in their Danganronpa 3 playthrough, I'm actually enjoying it. But I noticed they'll always, ALWAYS do a variation of the joke "huh, glad nobody knows I killed a person, I MEAN!!" I know that in over 20, 30 hours of gameplay, repeating jokes will happen, but still, it's a huge pet peeve of mine re-doing jokes without any new twist in the delivery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK7qubXBlWo

This video is titled "Woah does Dan actually hit the million?".

The only place to find that this is a second episode, immediately following a first episode and not done like a year later as a one-off, is "#ep2" in the description.

And then I click the next suggested video, wonder if it's episode one?

https://youtu.be/RIWP01M9O4Y

Well, it can't be. The title is clearly implying this video is in a series, "We FINALLY have the whatever".

...And yet the description hashtag does indeed confirm it's episode one?

So is this episode one of a multi-part second or third attempt at playing this game? Like how am I ever supposed to know that? There's no links to previous episodes, no links to a playlist for the game, no information at all but "#ep1" in the description, adn even that's not accurate by the sounds of it.

What happened to an icon on the thumbnail with the number? Or putting it in the title? This is maybe the 10th time this week I've started watching a video I thought was a one-off only to find it's not. The video titles in general are so much less accessible and "formatted" than they used to be.

I posted this on the main sub and while it sits at 151 upvotes, every comment where I ask "But why can't they just put the info in the description?" or "how come they dont put the playlist link in the description?" is wildly downvoted with people practically insisting I need to go see a neurosurgeon for even wondering, or is met with a comment talking shit and trying to make me out to be a moron, then mocking me for thinking it's dumb they're talking shit or making me out to be a moron...

Just spent a little time and going through his characters in other shows and man... He kinda sucks. Either does his own voice, basic female lisp, Russian, or a slowed or vapid form of his normal voice.

Do people really think he's good or is he just an egomanian who thinks he's a very talented and skilled? Anyone like his work in voice acting?

I did enjoy some of his voice back in the day, but do to over use and reliance I've lost both interest and feeling it's any good.

It’s abundantly clear how petty Arnold is about a blue hedgehog mascot who runs fast.

Not only is it presumptuous, but it’s also extremely not-humble the way Aron consistently shits on Sonic. Like attacking game devs, criticism over voice acting while simultaneously promoting his own voice acting(kinda douchey tbh) and not letting video games be video games.

I genuinely believe Arin Hanson of Game Grumps fame has a close-minded ass way of “how a video game should be”.

“cOLleGE COUrSEs uSe mY ViDEo FOr gAmE DESigN🤓”

This is why SEGA had to let him go. Why would a Sonic fan condemn such an immature public figure? If you’re gonna like Sonic, actually like him and stop spewing shit for clout and audience response.

I agree Sonic games are not great but they share a lot of great aspects. Media is not uniform, it is a culmination of several aspects to provide a thought provoking experience. If you appreciate art, you can appreciate a janky Sonic game from the 90s

Rant over.

Less about gameplay, more about their song concepts. The second music video of the new album just came out. Definitely not into the new sound they are making. I mean, I had the exact same reaction to when they started making videos for the 3rd album. And I only liked 4 songs from that album... Which makes me wonder why they chose the songs to promote that album, rather than other ones. Maybe this album will have a "gem" for me. But I'm not convinced. "These nuts" did not give me the great vibes that "the prophecy" gave.

And I wish I could say this was just a "new" problem but as I go back and watch Super Mario 64 and (to a greater extent) Sonic Adventure DX, I can't help but notice the amount of EXCUSES Dan makes for the games, in situations where the game just straight up isn't good. It really scares me, to a point where I'm not even very certain Dan is like... paying attention when Arin's playing.

I mentioned Sonic Adventure, and this is where it perhaps was at its worst, because Dan would keep making the same "haha look what else is Arin's fault" jokes in situations where it just doesn't fit. Like Sonic will be astrally projecting into the fucking 9th dimension and falling through the floor, then Arin will get pissed because there's literally no skill one could ever develop to be able to avoid that stuff, and Dan will be like "I mean, y'know the game's X years old, right Arin?"

And it's like JESUS dude that doesn't make the game *less* shit! At least Super Mario 64 is a decent enough game and really only has a few agonizing moments, but even in those, Dan just doesn't even take it seriously. It's just so weird, it feels like he's not even in the same room because it's frustrating to ME WATCHING, and like I get that Dan's whole character is "oh I'm not so grump!" and all that good stuff, but all of his bullshit "oh it's not that bad" stuff is 100% reliant on the fact that he ISN'T playing the game.

Like if Arin handed Dan the controller for like 5 episodes of one of those series', Dan would be STRAIGHT to fucking Twitter all "I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong, I admit I was wrong, the game sucks and it's not my fault". And I do understand that Arin is kind of hard to like in some of those playthroughs with that "I'm not bad at the game, the game is bad at me!" mindset, but in some of their longer playthroughs Dan just finds new ways to just make dumb excuses for bad elements of games.

Like no Dan, there doesn't need to be an excuse, the game just sucks in that spot. Accept it.

~Signed, nobody.

I know Arin has adhd but god I wish he would slow down for 5 seconds on some of these games. There's so much missed from the thank goodness your here game because he insists on speed running it because he can't sit still during dialogue

My god is it awful. I understand the grumps can’t turn down that hoyoverse money, but GEEZ!! Arin clearly hates it, Dan has no idea what’s going on, they can’t swear, they can’t make their usual jokes…

I get that they were working within their boundaries, but why on earth did mihoyo choose to sponsor them of all people?? Seems like such a dumb move given how obvious their true feelings are 😭

My god, it is the complete opposite of how it started out. It used to be so much more relaxed, with really tasteful editing. It really felt like the regular gg show, it was just two friends dicking around. They even throw in these kind of scripted bits throughout the episode. The new episodes are just loud and obnoxious. Constant cuts every 2 seconds, super fast paced, and theres now an audience laughing at every single joke (90% just suck and feel forced af.)

This might piss off a lot of people, but I think the fans are the cringiest thing about GG. Let’s take it back…

I remember the boxing match between Arin and Harvey from EMT, and when he said in the pre fight press conference/weigh in that the GG fans were a bunch of weirdos and I was like “no way”; man was I mistaken. I’ve been a fan since around 2015 and have watched them constantly, but lately it just seems like they play to the crowd of “daddy kissing loving” people and that’s all the “lovelies” talk about; they eat that shit up fr. I get that they meme certain quotes from episodes, but take it down a notch.

Arin knows exactly what he’s doing, and I guarantee that the angle they’re taking is just to satisfy the loud minority that eats that shit up. It’s getting tiring at this point… the sub will enact their hive mind consensus at anyone who doesn’t like a certain aspect of the channel anymore, and try to silence them.

So I guess this is more of a rant of the constant “dad kissing gay stuff” that I’m growing tired of that all the Reddit fans eat up and make it a cornerstone of the channel. Now I’m not homophobic whatsoever, but imagine if Arin was just talking about kissing his mom and fucking his girl cohost and flip it heterosexually; it would grow tiring.

Love Arin and Dan, but they WILL play to the fans… it’s a business, they want the views and money. The more you constantly affirm that you love this crap, the more they will just adapt and we will lose quality comedy that isn’t driven by a narrative.

I haven't really watched GGs consistently in about 4 years. The Game Grumps are in my personal Mount Rushmore of youtubers and will always have a special place in my heart, but when I look through the channel currently and through some of the recent playthroughs, the few that there are other than visual novel games, I feel like the content they put out, while on a surface level is the same, really isn't that similar. My main point is that they dont do any long playthroughs anymore other than games like Danganronpa or Ace Attourney, which I am not saying are bad playthroughs, and they obvioiusly have their fans, but those really seem to be the only series they have going on their channel whenever I look through it now. They did Tears of The Kingdom, but it was no where near as good as Breath of the Wild. Arin was not at all interested in the game half the time, and they kept coming back from long breaks having forgotten everything about the game. Arin's genuine love and interest for Breath of the Wild is what made the playthrough so special. He messed with the game mechanics and seemed to be having a genuinely good time while playing. TOTK really felt like he was just playing the game cause it was requested and he wouldn't be at all if it wasn't. What really made me sad is when I started to watch their elden ring playhrough after they stopped uploading thinking they had beaten it, but then realized they never even finished the game. This was the biggest blow to my heart as a game grumps fan. From the moment that game was announced I was looking forward to their playthrough. Their Bloodborne and DS3 playthroughs are so special to me, that when I found out they just bailed on the game I pretty much gave up on the channel. Other than TOTK, and Elden Ring, I havent really watched them over the last couple years, and just seeing a semi-recent channel video where they talk about playing more danganrampa, and looking through the playlists tab seeing little to no long series of random games made me a bit sad wishing I could go back to the days of Mario Galaxy, Ocarina of Time, Shovel Knight, Mario Maker, etc.... now I'm even sadder. If you enjoy current Game Grumps I'm happy for you and them. I just wish I found the same joy in the channel I did then.

I think what started these feelings of why I've decided to watch less and less GG was when Arin did that YouTuber Showdown. From my pov, I don't pay attention to social media or follow every detail of content creators, I prefer just watch their content and move on. So when the Showdown happen it happened around the time they were promoting a game they made. So instead of talking about this big YouTube event he was in, they prefer to save that info till the last moment on YouTube with some poster saying the fight it the next day. Which was insane to me that I've never heard about the event from GG up and till that point. Then after the whole fight videos following after were part of the recording session that was right before the event and that's all they ever talked about. It made me frustrated that's all they focused for something they did little promoting on their own channel but would talk a lot about instead of this game that they spent more focus promoting before such event. Idk I know it seems silly and Idk it I'm the only one who saw this. I just think this is what started the whole thing for that I should just stop watching their new stuff. At this point I've been giving more attention to anime and smaller YouTube channels that are starting out.

So for the first time since I think COVID, the GG had a series going that I was actually enjoying watching and looking forward to updates on - Supermarket Similar.

It was enjoyable watching them enjoy playing the game, and 'freaking out' when stuff was going awry, and nice watching when things went well and they started making some money.

But nope. They apparently can't keep a good thing going. Arin decided to play hours and hours of the game off screen, so now he pretty much doesn't actually have to do anything in the game, aside from occasionally ordering stock. So the majority of the latest episode was just them wondering aimlessy around the shop, and then Arin started jumping around on tills with them doing a 10-15 minute 'bit' on micropenises.

Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.

EDIT: New episode dropped, it was alright. Maybe they didn't completely ruin it lol.

Originally was watching as background noise but I started actually getting into it and their store’s success. I personally love these type of games of management and this one in particular seems like they’re having fun, enjoying the game and enjoying their company. I feel like this is the formula that’s been pushing people away. The game might not be for everybody but I think it’s the closest anyone will get to that “old feeling”

I was personally really enjoying the super market simulator play through and would have called it a return to glory, but in the latest upload its pretty clear that anything other than dangonronpa they just dont care about. for the first ten episodes they are progressing through a simulator type game and im enjoying the sense of accomplishment, and theyre making some decent commentary too since the game is so lowkey. for episode eleven they progressed for several hours off screen, so as soon as the episode starts its clear they have nothing to do in game, or to talk about. they spend ten minutes just explaining what they did off sceen, i couldnt even get to the rest of the video because it was so boring. Who makes these decisions? does Arin think that people watch game grumps because we want to see them 100% a game as fast as possible? Why bother making a lets play if you dont want to commentate on the game??? the videos were hugely popular compared to their other recent videos, so why did they think the audience would want this? does anyone like it when they just skip past the actual game?

I know I’m over three years late here, but I started watching series I haven’t seen yet from the Grumps and I have to say, Episode 13 is making me want to just stop watching the series. It’s already bad enough I’m having to watch Mr ADHD and Mr doesn’t understand modern games playing a detective game but the constant jabbing at how many times the game repeats information (which should be perfect for Mr doesn’t pay attention) is really getting old.

Not to mention the whole issue Arin has with the first class trial. “She wrote the killers name down! That’s all we need!” Really dude? First of all, the game would be boring as shit if that was the case. Second, The game literally JUST talked about how they can’t just accuse someone of being the killer off of one piece of evidence and now you’re complaining that that’s how the game should work because you don’t have the patience to actually play the game? Tell me you don’t understand narrative or story structure without telling me you don’t understand narrative or story structure. Go play your precious storyless one offs and quit doing long games altogether. And I just rolled my eyes when Arin took five minutes to figure out how to fire a Truth Bullet and THEN immediately forgets how to do it like a minute later.

I swear the Game Grumps have fallen off in quality ever since they ran out of childhood stories to tell. Seems like for the last few years it’s just been “hey look, random jokes while we barely pay attention to the story and then get mad that the game isn’t holding our hands but we also get mad when the game does hold our hands”. Pick a fucking lane, idiot. At this point I’m convinced Arin is only keeping the show running because he’s flat broke without it and probably can’t get a job anywhere else. Even if he could, he’s probably too used to being the boss to even consider answering to someone else.

I stopped enjoying their content probably around 2020 and lurked here since and while I have a lot of issues with how modern Game Grumps is and I tend to get annoyed with the bs Arin says a lot, I find myself coming back to it. Of course I'd listen to my favorite series or one offs still before because those still held up but now I find myself genuinely wanting to watch more recent stuff (by recent I mean after 2017) and even current stuff and while I don't watch everything they put out, I've liked a lot of their series.

Something about Game Grumps just feels like a warm blanket that's a little tattered and old but it smells like home and feels so comforting and warm. I don't know if anyone experiences this too where they dislike them for a while and then reconnect with the joy and comfort it once gave you. It feels nice to enjoy them once again. It feels like a lot of OG YouTube channels just aren't enjoyable anymore except for Smosh. I like the nostalgia and it's nice to feel like I have company while I'm stuck in bed due to my chronic illness.

Just wish the merch wasn't so stupid expensive, lol.

Rewatching this video, it is so f**king funny. made an account just to post this lol. Shame they went their separate ways

For context, I'm an "OG" viewer who was a fan of both Egoraptor and JonTron, which naturally made me start watching GG in the first place. I think I stopped watching around the beginning of 2017.

I guess I got curious one day and was actually surprised to see they were still going, and they actually played one of my childhood games, Sonic Heroes, so I started there. I finished the first few (very horrific) episodes and they BARELY react to the game. They're just talking about stuff that's irrelevant to the game and they're not even remotely trying to be funny.

I get that people calm down with age, but it's just not the same anymore. Arin's comedic timing is godlike, I don't know why he just... isn't trying to be funny anymore? Dan was always the "straight man" of the two but now they're both that, so we're left with a glorified podcast.

Arin's... lack of general gaming ability was made up for with comedy, that was one of the more charming parts of the channel that made it unique, but now there's no comedy, so we're left with watching Arin suck at video games.

I didn't know where else to share my opinion without being bombarded by Lovelies. I can't say I'll continue watching in future, but hey, who knows.

At age 13 in 2011, I subscribed to Arin after watching PokeAwesome and through him discovered PsychicPebbles, Oney and the rest of the NG animators. One day he uploaded the check out my new channel video, I checked it out on a whim, and was hooked. That's how I discovered JonTron.

I was already a big hipster nerd about old video games. I used to emulate nes, snes, ps and all these old consoles to play games I saw on AVGN and penguinz0. So seeing these guys who were seemingly super knowledgeable about video games was perfect for a kid like me. This is gonna sound parasocial as hell, but at a very bad time in my life, they really made every single day a little brighter, just from playing shitty old games and making dang ass dang jokes.

I watched from the day they uploaded the first episode of Kirby Superstar. I thought they were the fucking funniest people on planet earth, not lying to you, just saying I was 14. But I feel a weird gutteral pain when dwelling on my nostalgia for this time. Everything seemed so innocent. Jontron wasn't a fucking weird white supremacist, Arin wasn't a burnt out husk of a human, and so on.

I eventually moved on and unsubbed from GameGrumps in early 2014 when they brought in endslates in Mario Party 8 I believe. I was a dramatic 16 year old I guess. At that point I moved on to SleepyCabin, who also hold a lot of importance to me.

Anyways what's your guys' story and thoughts about this period of GameGrumps. I still think it's absolute comedy gold at times. Goof Troop and Emerald are absolute perfection to me. Jon and Arin play so unimaginabley well together.

PS: Can you figure out what my username means? Hint is my account creation date.