Is PB2 really trash? Or is it just rumours? Let's see!

[Bee_Free]

Nowadays, lots of people (mostly newgens) are calling PB2 a "dead flash game", and are shaming people who get good scores in it, or reaches top 1, they are also neglecting the game's value. On the other hand, there are some OGs (Old Gens) who dislike the fact of decreasing the value of PB2. Because in their opinion, PB2 had a golden era back then.

First of all, let's not forget that PB2 is a childhood game, every old player has memories about PB2, especially in old maps such as xnx-base, excl-school, bosscat1-7vs1, terminator-house, max teabag-gunshop, delta501st-zescape, excl-hideandseek, cahir-traps, bosscat1-saw, bosscat1-funny, etc....
And PB2 as flash game, is a miracle that it has Multiplayer (this justifies why the servers are "weak" as pretended by the people who criticize PB2).

In addition, it doesn't matter if PB2 has good or bad netcode, what matters is the memories we had in that game in our childhood. Why was no one trash talking about PB2 back in 2011-2014?
Every old player admits that 2011-2014 is the golden era of PB2.

Therefore, we must not call PB2 a trash game just because there are other games more better. PB2 is a flash game, so It's good as a flash game. Note that there are old players who miss playing in old maps such as the ones I mentioned above.

On other hand, yes PB2 is a semi-dead game because we get like 20 average players per day I assume. Maybe it has a bad new netcode due to tanking and resurrection (which were made on purpose, and nanotech was made as a solution for resurrection).
Despite that, that doesn't mean we can trash talk about PB2 just because it's dead and it can't be like other games such as Apex Legends, Call Of Duty, etc...

If you do not like approved maps, there are custom maps such as saws, bases, etc.. and vice versa.

The problem here is not the players complaining about the game being dead, but the problem is that they shame you for playing PB2, in some situations such as ranked & approved matches.

My point is, do not let negativity rule your thinking. If you like the game, then be it, it's not a shame nor a crime.
If people tell you to go get a life or job, then do not listen to them and think that you are doing something wrong by playing PB2. Because those people who tell you these words are also playing PB2, so they are actually insulting themselves.

In other words, we must not be negative about PB2 just because some or most people are negative.
PB2 is a childhood game, a lovely game, any old player would understand that, and any new player would also understand that, because after few years of not playing the game, the new player will be back and will miss the maps he played back then (which are new).

If we look at PB2 as a normal game and as newbies, we may be right when we call it a trash. But since we are old players, we must be the first ones who knows the real value of PB2, because it's our childhood game that contains our old memories.

To sum up, despite all negative stuff said about PB2, PB2 remains a nice lovely game that represents our childhood memories, not just that but it also contains new features in map making, which makes us more creative.

[broforce1]

i guess ur concern is that why people was not complaining back then and now they do?

imo, in 2011 - 2014 the pb2 was something that still holds up, my only guess is that once the game start dying way more in 2019 - 2021, the remaining people are upset about the game's state so they start blaming the bad things bout the game such as the netcode (which is actually a fact that both netcodes arent stable or natural) PB2 was actually a rushed game, ( u can ask eric about it ).

still ur complementing pb2 because of nostalgia, play the multiplayer now and tell me how different its, im pretty sure u wont enjoy the multiplayer rn, still not everything in pb2 is bad, i liked this game, u had a point when people shame u for enjoying an almost dying game and i kinda agree that calling pb2 trash cuz its dying is dumb, but still they are not entirely wrong as long as there are flaws in the multiplayer that kills PB2, if anyone called pb2 is a trash game then they have complained at pb2 nowadays, but none of em trash talked about pb2 back then, u should understand the people who complain rather than bashing them over.

in conclusion, pb2 isnt trash but at the same time the multiplayer did not hold up because of its flaws and its pretty much not a timeless game so some people will tell u to move on and try newer games, pb2 is only great for being a nostalgic game in our childhood but thats about it, some people trash talk bout pb2 cuz they simply dont like it anymore, but on the other hand, there are people who are critical bout PB2 cause they find potential in it, but i guess that the other side who hate pb2 is because of its community.

[Tossah]

i had good memories with the singleplayer and it's custom maps. but the multiplayer has always been lackluster for me. the multiplayer was good compared to the influx of pay2win cashgrabs that 99% of flash multiplayer games had, but it still was pretty bad: bad netcode, bad connection, awful map choices (crappy ''rp'' maps where the host would spawnkill players repeteadly). the only thing that i remember somewhat enjoying were the saw maps and those maps still have awful design (mainly because you can't respawn until all players are dead, among other things)