History YMMV / Videogamedunkey

* HePannedItNowHeSucks:
** His ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'' video garnered such an immense dislike from people that it remains one of the biggest pieces of criticism about his channel even years after it came out. Not only did Dunkey seemingly intentionally misrepresent the game, either by taking cutscenes out of context such as Ophelia saying "Your excellency", or by showing gameplay of him flat out playing wrong,[[labelnote:Such as...]]When fighting a Giant Slug, he repeatedly hits it with sword attacks, rather than trying to exploit the snail's weaknesses.[[/labelnote]] but his Reddit thread made in response flat out had him admit he basically stopped around ten hours and that he wasn't really paying attention.
** Many were unimpressed by his extremely negative review of ''VideoGame/DeathStranding'', mainly because they feel like he was completely unfair to the game and deliberately played it wrong (for example, spending much of the video ''trying to scale sheer cliffs'', something the game expressly warns against, then [[NeverMyFault claiming the controls were bad for not letting him do so]]). Even some who agreed that the game wasn't great felt that Dunkey went too far.
** His ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' video has gotten so much contention to the point that there's something of a BrokenBase between fans of the series itself on the video. Those that don't despise the video say he's fairly speaking about criticisms already present about the game and the jokes shouldn't be taken seriously. Those that do mainly say that the presentation of the jokes in the video took things out of context and misrepresented the game, and they might have had a hand in why even years after release, there's still discourse about hotly contested [[FandomEnragingMisconception surface-level misconceptions]], such as [[BestKnownForTheFanservice Pyra's design]], or the optional female rare blades allegedly making it into a "waifu-collecting game". These tend to overlap with criticism about why dunkey reviews [=JRPGs=] in the first place despite his history with them as mentioned above. What hasn't really helped this is his continued jabs at the series ever since, such as Pyra and Mythra being announced for ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'', and a snide remark at the then-upcoming ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'' in his Anti-E3 2022 video.
** When he actually covered ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', all hell broke loose. His initial video was only mildly contentious given most of the ''Xenoblade'' fandom already knew he wouldn't like the game, but it received some flack for showing parts of the game considered spoilers in the early days of the game's release. Then Dunkey posted a screenshot from the game's ending on his Twitter with no context and no spoiler warning. ''Xenoblade'' fans were '''livid''', sparking arguments all over Twitter between them and those defending Dunkey's opinions on the game.
** His video on ''VideoGame/MultiVersus'' was controversial enough that the thread about the video on Dunkey's subreddit was locked shortly after it was uploaded. Even those who generally agreed with his critiques of the game questioned Dunkey's decision to spend the first half of the video complaining about the inconsistency of the roster, [[DoubleStandard shortly after praising Smash for having a wide and varied roster]]. Dunkey pretending that the roster is full of outdated characters who nobody knows or cares about falls rather flat in the face of the game containing Batman, Superman, [[Franchise/LooneyTunes Bugs & Taz]], [[Franchise/GameOfThrones Arya Stark]], and other well-known characters. He then goes on to complain that a game where Bugs Bunny can throw a custard pie at Shaggy in the Batcave is "taking itself too seriously".
** ''VideoGame/{{Horizon}}'' fans were ''not'' pleased with "[[VideoGame/HorizonForbiddenWest Horizon Forbidden Game]]", where he essentially slaps the game with a SoOkItsAverage label and claims that there's literally no reason to buy and play it when you could buy ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' instead. Many took issue with the fact that he had clearly used ManipulativeEditing to make it seem like Machine battles were a minor part of the game compared to the generic human enemies[[note]]The only footage he shows of him fighting machines is hitting a single Scrounger with a spear attack near the beginning of the game, when in that same sequence you have to [[VideoGameSetPiece drop a rusted space shuttle on three gigantic snake robots and fight a damaged one with its own tail weapon]], and the footage of human enemies that he used is the only quest in the entire game where you have to fight the Eclipse cultists from the first game due to them being TheRemnant[[/note]], and neglecting to mention that [[PlayTheGameSkipTheStory those not interested in the story and dialogue can simply select the dialogue options with the quest marker and skip through all of it]], making his criticism that the game talks at you way too much fall flat when the dialogue is easily skippable[[note]]He also didn't bring up that every single conversation optional or otherwise in the game is uniquely motion-captured, [[AuthorsSavingThrow rectifying complaints]] about the stiff, wooden dialogue from ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn''[[/note]].
** It happened again with his video on ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers''. Many Sonic fans accused Dunkey on Twitter of deliberately trying to make the game look worse than it was, either by going out of his way to find bugs or exaggerating the game's {{Railroading}} tendencies, along with more frustration akin to the above ''Xenoblade 3'' controversy by spoiling the game's FinalBoss in the video. It got to the point where fans accused Dunkey's fans of review-bombing the game when the video dropped, with Dunkey later claiming that the fans were doing it ''themselves'' to try and make his fanbase look bad, and fans of the series firing back by pointing out how SEGA has a history of responding to poor reviews by scrapping everything and trying something new and accusing him of cherry-picking a few of the low-score reviews to try and pass the blame.

** His glowing review of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' was criticized by a large number of the fanbase as being to uncritical and failed to point out the game's many perceived flaws. Dunkey made a followup video which agreed many of the critics' points, but still mocked some of the game's diehard haters as well as other reviewers who gave it negative reviews.

** "Yet Sephiroth once again intervened." [[note]]A sound clip from the story recap for ''Final Fantasy VII Rebirth'', which Dunkey plays repeatedly in his video on the game.[[/note]]

* NeverLiveItDown: Dunkey's friend Sky Williams is now known commonly as the guy Dunky beat in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash]]''.

** Related to the first example, Dunkey has made his stance on anything {{Anime}}-related clear: if it's not by Creator/StudioGhibli, he's not going to like it. Many fans are fine with this because it's something that he acknowledges as a bias in his "Game Critics" video, so it's not like his audience doesn't know what to expect if he reviews an anime game. That being said, he has taken ''multiple'' potshots at various anime games' fanbases, most notably the ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'' community because it's a traditional [=JRPG=] with a few questionable characters and moments[[note]]"Why does the Furby who talks like Jar-Jar Binks have a SexSlave robot!?"[[/note]], and in the opening of his review of ''VideoGame/GuiltyGearStrive''(a game he actually likes) he makes a blanket statement that anime fans devour anything anime-related uncritically regardless of its quality. Needless to say, such inflammatory statements don't sit well with the parts of his fanbase who are also anime fans.

** His ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'' video garnered such an immense dislike from people that it remains one of the biggest pieces of criticism about his channel even years after it came out. Not only did Dunkey seemingly intentionally misrepresent the game, either by taking cutscenes out of context such as Ophelia saying "Your excellency", or by showing gameplay of him flat out playing wrong [[labelnote:Such as...]]When fighting a Giant Slug, he repeatedly hits it with sword attacks, rather than trying to exploit the snail's weaknesses.[[/labelnote]], but his Reddit thread made in response flat out had him admit he basically stopped around ten hours and that he wasn't really paying attention.

** And when he actually covered ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', all hell broke loose. His initial video was only mildly contentious given most of the ''Xenoblade'' fandom already knew he wouldn't like the game, but it received some flack for showing parts of the game considered spoilers in the early days of the game's release. Then Dunkey posted a screenshot from the game's ending on his Twitter with no context and no spoiler warning. ''Xenoblade'' fans were '''livid''', sparking arguments all over Twitter between them and those defending Dunkey's opinions on the game.

** In his gameplay video of ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'', he jokingly claims that because there's no [[Film/SpiderMan1 Bone Saw]] or Big Wheel[[note]]A c-list Spider-Man villain from the comics whom Dunkey repeateadly jokes about[[/note]], he'll have to give it a 0/5. Come the release of ''VideoGame/MarvelsSpiderMan2'', there's a ferris wheel in the game which is actually called "Big Wheel" as a MythologyGag, which Dunkey shows footage of in "Gamers Review Spider-Man 2" over a hyperbolic review talking about how it's the greatest game of all time.
** "The 10 Year Wait for GTA 6" is a narration-less montage of fans' increasing desperation and grasping at straws over Rockstar Games' complete silence over ''[[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto Grand Theft Auto VI]]'', with Dunkey's only comment being video description reading "[[SarcasmMode I have it on good intel it will come out next week]]". ''Four days later'', Rockstar ''finally'' announced a GTA 6 reveal trailer would be released in early December.

** "The graphics, that's really what this is all about."[[note]]From his [[https://youtu.be/BfZpBZCdCCo "Future of Gaming"]] video, mocking Jerry Rice's interview promoting ''Jerry Rice & Nitus' Dog Football''[[/note]]

** ''VideoGame/{{Knack}}''

** [[NeverMyFault "I'm wearing a blindfold." (or other permuatations thereof)]][[note]]From his ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker2'' videos whenever he dies while playing a hard course.[[/note]]

** '''LAUGH!!''' '''''LAUGH!!!''''' [[labelnote:Explanation]] Dunkey tells a terrible joke in his ''Comedy Night'' video as a vehicle to [[LamePunReaction screech this]] [[SurrealHumor into the microphone.]] It picked up a use as a sort of rimshot substitute, being slapped right after a joke that is incredibly painful, obvious, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs or both.]][[/labelnote]]
** "Your Excellency"[[note]]From his review of ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'', where he makes fun of how often Ophilia calls her adoptive father "Your Excellency" (see the ValuesDissonance example on that game's YMMV page for more details)[[/note]]
** "Nope, you are nitpicking and biased, I win, bye bye"[[note]]A phrase from his second video on game critics, criticizing how people abuse internet anonymity to be rude and illogical.[[/note]]

** "This is like (x) at (y)'s house"/"Tail Time"/[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Gex Gex]] [[note]]The format of a large variety of the jokes in the Gex series of games (with (x) and (y) often being incredibly outdated references), which Dunkey found repetitive. The format has become a default template for jokes in the Dunkey fandom since the release of the second Gex video. Surprisingly, has nothing to do with the Gex meme within WebVideo/ScottTheWoz's fandom, which ascended to memehood for very different reasons.[[/note]]
** "Zero Dislikes"[[note]]After his [[https://youtu.be/vC5JnJD9KzY "Dislikes are Disabled"]] video, where Dunkey notes that [=YouTube=] has hidden dislike counts and makes a number of satirical hot takes while mocking his viewers for being unable to dislike his video in a way that apparently counts. Comments said that he must be correct because the video has "zero dislikes."[[/note]]

* NeverLiveItDown: Dunkey's friend Sky Williams is now known commonly as the guy Dunk beat in ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash]]''.

* OlderThanTheyThink: ''Apparently'' before Dunkey started his channel in 2010, he had a channel called Meatwadsprite that he started in 2008. And before that, he made a channel called [=jmonkey21=] in 2006. And before ''that'', he had a Newgrounds channel dating back to as early as 2003.

** "[[Franchise/MetalGear You're that ninja...]]"[[note]]Gained popularity through his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8iBBJE_MZ0 Metal Gear Solid video]], wherein he repeatedly splices the aforementioned quote with Snake's constant ParrotExposition.[[/note]]

** His glowing review of ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUsPartII'' was criticized by a large number of the fanbase as being to uncritical and failed to point out the game's many perceived flaws. As mentioned above, dunkey made a followup video which agreed many of the critics' points, but still mocked some of the game's diehard haters as well as other reviewers who gave it negative reviews.

** His "The Jontron Rant" video, especially the "Fuck you Dunkey, I do not watch your videos because you are black!" joke become a lot less funny when WebVideo/{{Jontron}} spoke openly about his controversial opinions regarding racial politics.

** "The 10 Year Wait for GTA 6" is a narration-less montage of fans' increasing desperation and grasping at straws over Rockstar Games' complete silence over GTA 6, with Dunkey's only comment being in the video description and reading "[[SarcasmMode I have it on good intel it will come out next week]]. ''Four days later'', Rockstar ''finally'' announced a GTA 6 reveal trailer would be released in early December.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Some have criticized Dunkey for giving takes on traditional [=RPGs=] and games with Japanese storytelling, since he has publicly stated that he generally dislikes their various traits, but reviews them anyway. In particular, his review of ''Octopath Traveler'' received such backlash. His videos on ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee'', in particular the ''Pikachu'' video, can be seen as caricatured exaggerations of Dunkey's criticisms of [=JRPGs=], as it reflects much of the criticism towards his points in the more serious ''Octopath'' video. In 2019, Dunkey also gave [[https://youtu.be/_tsFZ8F_qcY a mixed but overall positive review]] of ''VideoGame/DragonQuestXI''. In his "Best of 2019" video, he [[https://youtu.be/SzfmtGESBxw?t=437 lists several [=JRPGs=] he played that year]], most of which he enjoyed, and one of which (''{{VideoGame/Earthbound}}'') even made it onto the list. The aforementioned ''Dragon Quest XI'' would go on to be named his 3rd favorite game he played in 2021.
** [[https://youtu.be/dVQcZa4O01A "Discussing Last of Us 2 with Youtube Comments"]] largely consists of rebuttals and TakeThatCritics responses to various Website/YouTube comments, but he also addresses controversial points and acknowledges some criticisms of the game as valid (such as characters being MadeOfIron and other [[ContrivedCoincidence contrivances]]).
** He received backlash for his withering review of ''VideoGame/DeathStranding''. He later made a video revisiting the game, in which he admits he had fun on follow-up playthroughs, and gives the game a more even-handed critique. He would go on to name it his seventh favorite game he played in 2021.

* AcceptableTargets: Creator/TetsuyaNomura has not been in Dunkey's good graces, to put it lightly. Ever since his review of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'', Dunkey highlights Nomura's involvement with the games he reviews, implying or outright lambasting what he views are nonsensical storytelling from Nomura's end.

** It happened again with his video on ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers''. Many Sonic fans accused Dunkey on Twitter of deliberately trying to make the game look worse than it was, either by going out of his way to find bugs or exaggerating the game's {{Railroading}} tendencies, along with more frustration akin to the above ''Xenoblade 3'' controversy by spoiling the game's FinalBoss in the video. It got to the point where fans accused Dunkey's fans of review-bombing the game when the video dropped, with Dunkey later claiming that the fans were doing it ''themselves'' to try and make his fanbase look bad.

** His video on ''VideoGame/MultiVersus'' was controversial enough that the thread about the video on Dunkey's subreddit was locked shortly after it was uploaded. Even those who generally agreed with his critiques of the game questioned Dunkey's decision to spend the first half of the video complaining about the inconsistency of the roster, [[DoubleStandard shortly after praising Smash.. for having a wide and varied roster]]. Dunkey pretending that the roster is full of outdated characters who nobody knows or cares about falls rather flat in the face of the game containing Batman, Superman, [[Franchise/LooneyTunes Bugs & Taz]], [[Franchise/GameOfThrones Arya Stark]], and other well-known characters. He then goes on to complain that a game where Bugs Bunny can throw a custard pie at Shaggy in the Batcave is "taking itself too seriously".

** His "The Jontron Rant" video, especially the "Fuck you Dunkey, I do not watch your videos because you are black!" joke become a lot less funny when {{WebVideo/Jontron}} spoke openly about his controversial opinions regarding racial politics.

** Played for laughs in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziUMJB3id8I "Remakes and Remasters"]]; when he argues that "''[[Videogame/GoldenEye1997 GoldenEye]]'' fucking sucks", his number of subscribers immediately drops from 2,861,339 to 15.

* SubbingVersusDubbing: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in "Video Game Acting". He admits that the people affirming that japanese games sound less ridiculous if played with japanese voices over the often-terrible English dubs probably have a point... but come on, there's [[SillinessSwitch a button that makes the game instantly hilarious]] and they expect him to ''not'' use it?

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: His VideoGame/MegaMan2 LP, which becomes a [[MythArc lengthy and strange]] story about him and his [[BigBad rival Steinfield]], [[CuckoolanderCommentator rarely saying anything relevant to the game]].

** His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vprjSFyDpV0 video]] on ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' fractured his fanbase, with fans of the game believing he gave the game an unfair shake, making several [[CriticalResearchFailure Critical Research Failures]] and outright failing to mention the existence of several game modes. Some even went as far as to accuse him of making several of the same mistakes he criticized game journalists over in his infamous Game Critics video. Others believe this was [[StealthParody entirely intentional]], citing the lack of a regular "Dunkview" in the title.

** Despite a mostly positive review of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', dunkey angered fans by casually tweeting out a MAJOR endgame spoiler without any warning at all as a joke. [[SarcasmMode Surprisingly]], Xenoblade fans were not amused. Made even worse after he took said tweet down and pretended that everyone was mad at the video rather then the spoiler.

** Despite his mostly positive review of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', dunkey angered fans by casually tweeting out a MAJOR endgame spoiler without any warning at all as a joke. [[SarcasmMode surprisingly]], Xenoblade fans were not amused.

** While not as vocal as the above examples, there are people who dislike his ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'' video. Some see that the video might have had a hand in why even years after release, there's two hotly contested [[FandomEnragingMisconception surface level misconceptions]], be it about [[BestKnownForTheFanservice the female lead's design]], or the optional female rare blades allegedly making it into a "waifu-collecting game". These tend to overlap with criticism about why dunkey reviews [=JRPGs=] in the first place despite his history with them as mentioned above.

** Despite his mostly positive review of ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'', dunkey angered fans by casually tweeting out a MAJOR endgame spoiler without any warning.