Adam Srayi
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The Echoes of a Palace
In this video I talk about the video game “ECHO” and what its setting says about our relationship to luxury and wealth.
Patreon: www.patreon.com/AdamSrayi
Music in order of use:
Arrival in Blue - Narita Boy ost
Vitality - ECHO ost
Blue Sacred Tree - Narita Boy ost
Floppy Island - Narita Boy ost
Red Desert - Narita Boy ost
Trichroma Quest - Narita Boy ost
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gamerant.com/quebec-canada-video-game-tax-subsidies-program-removal/
venturebeat.com/games/polands-new-20-million-rd-funds-goal-breed-a-game-development-juggernaut/
study.gov.pl/news/gowin-polish-government-will-support-game-developers
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#echo
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Games That Understand the Majesty of Solitude
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In this video I talk about how Journey, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Death Stranding display an understanding of what I call “the majesty of solitude”. www.patreon.com/AdamSrayi Music in order of use: “Constellations” - Goodbye Volcano High ost “The Call” - Journey ost “Apotheosis” - Journey ost “First Movement: Andromeda” - Elite Dangerous ost “Kerry’s Song” - Cyberpunk 2077 ost “Eastward Bound”...
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In this video, I give Astro’s Playroom its flowers. Patreon: www.patreon.com/AdamSrayi Music in order of use: Memories of Play - Astro’s Playroom ost Playstation Labo and Gatcha - Astro’s Playroom ost CPU Plaza - Astro’s Playroom ost I’m Your GPU - Astro’s Playroom ost That’s the Way to do It - Astro’s Playroom ost Cooling Springs - Astro’s Playroom ost SSD Speedway (Powerup and Boss) - Astro’s...
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God of War: How To Write a Quiet Character
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Levers of Control
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Levers of Control
Long Live Cancelled Games
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Long Live Cancelled Games
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The Anatomy of a Great Video Game City
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The Anatomy of a Great Video Game City
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Where Are All the Mom Games?
Red Dead Redemption 2: Simulating a Love of Nature
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Red Dead Redemption 2: Simulating a Love of Nature
World Building with Aesthetic Contrast
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World Building with Aesthetic Contrast
Cyberpunk 2077 in a World of Ads
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Cyberpunk 2077 in a World of Ads
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Games That Redefine Victory
Batman Arkham Knight is a Game from the Future
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Batman Arkham Knight is a Game from the Future
Why Ray Tracing in Video Games isn't Very Impressive (yet).
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Why Ray Tracing in Video Games isn't Very Impressive (yet).
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Bloodborne: A Compliment Sandwich

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @AsymmetricalCrimes
    @AsymmetricalCrimes 4 години тому

    If we didn't have military ads we would either not have a military at all, or forced to use a draft. Both of which are objectively worse alternatives.

  • @leroyjones8459
    @leroyjones8459 День тому

    I think you're being a bit hard ,stop being so damn picky.

  • @aigreenbee9852
    @aigreenbee9852 День тому

    This is not just a great game. This is a masterpiece of mankind.

  • @Freaky..
    @Freaky.. 2 дні тому

    4:28 I noticed how his hand, instead of going to Atreus, goes to the knife. A symbol of violence. Kind of shows how his violent past makes it hard for him to be there for his son and how Kratos chose to protect his violent past, rather than tell Atreus anything until the end of the game.

  • @inquisitordragon306
    @inquisitordragon306 2 дні тому

    Nowadays everyone is an expert critique.

  • @OttoOG3
    @OttoOG3 4 дні тому

    I have a nitpick with this video: Nielsen doesn't do content ratings for TV. Nielsen ratings determine how many people/households are watching a specific show. If the show has high ratings, then it's popular. If a show has low ratings, then it's not as popular. (I think that's how it goes, anyways.)

  • @symh2813
    @symh2813 4 дні тому

    'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy describes the Marketing Department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as: "A bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes." Curiously, an edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica which fell through a rift in the time-space continuum from 1000 years in the future describes the Marketing Department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as: "A bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the wall when the revolution came."' Good ol Douglas Adams.

  • @vulcantuminello1127
    @vulcantuminello1127 4 дні тому

    Amazing critique, subscribed

  • @sncaz1767
    @sncaz1767 5 днів тому

    amazing vid

  • @harrisonw1002
    @harrisonw1002 5 днів тому

    Honestly I find all these visual critiques so nitpicky. Aside from the aggresive time of day changes and lighting inconsistencies, I hardly noticed these. I think you could go through any photorealistic game and find a bunch of far more egregious errors. This is easily the best looking game I've ever played. No, the graphics aren't perfect, but it's hardly "two steps back".

  • @vissandre3845
    @vissandre3845 6 днів тому

    Also this video refering IRL ads is so true and one big example of this is cocacola. I mean one of the trailers said "this is not just a video game, this is a warning"

  • @vissandre3845
    @vissandre3845 6 днів тому

    I wish CDPR saw this vid and realised people care about shit like this and how much better small stuff like this makes the game.

  • @thevillager8339
    @thevillager8339 7 днів тому

    I stand by the point that it is anti competitive to allow ads as large corporations get an advantage and humans are susceptible to what is shown and said and easily manipulated. Not that I have any faith in capitalism though.

  • @TOP5RAPWEBSITE
    @TOP5RAPWEBSITE 7 днів тому

    21:36 That's not true. You *can* climb that granite rock face (El Capitan). It's the first thing I did when I saw it. And iirc there's loot on top.

  • @basilchiu1209
    @basilchiu1209 7 днів тому

    What you describe can be seen along Woodward Avenue in Detroit, from West Grand Boulevard to 7 Mile Road. No where else in the city will see billboards for luxury liquors, and all in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Surprisingly, there is a grocery store. Along 7 Mile, though, you will not, but you'll be able to buy the three things that will lift your spirits: alcohol, marijuana, and religion.

  • @RATthingything
    @RATthingything 8 днів тому

    0:55 no way i got a guy with 235 hours in cyberpunk and has less achievements than me

  • @jcly96
    @jcly96 8 днів тому

    Sure lets just act like Link from The Legend Of Zelda hasn't been around for nearly 40 years.

  • @tom4u84
    @tom4u84 9 днів тому

    Ich brauche ein werbevideo für cyberpunk in night City wie man in einem Store einkaufen geht

  • @tom4u84
    @tom4u84 9 днів тому

    Cyberpunk night City Vide; fordert in dem Video [Kommentare] zur Gestaltung von night City (virtuell) + Geschäfte (Stores) 🎉❤🍀🌿✨

  • @tom4u84
    @tom4u84 9 днів тому

    Das Video hier ist night City Display Werbung

  • @tom4u84
    @tom4u84 9 днів тому

    Veganes Kochen zwischen Duft Nebel bunt

  • @tom4u84
    @tom4u84 9 днів тому

    Einkaufen gehen durch Geschäfte in dem Spiel simulieren

  • @tom4u84
    @tom4u84 9 днів тому

    Spülmittel Duft cyberpunk

  • @tom4u84
    @tom4u84 9 днів тому

    Gibt es da auch ein kaufland?

  • @zaniwoob
    @zaniwoob 11 днів тому

    On the story: sci fi is interesting as a platform to introduce new ideas, new concepts, new technology with new applications and new implications. All this with the emphesis on NEW. The first story did a great job and made the story interesting. The second story made it a back drop. The introduction of the zeniths could have been a great stage of colliding civilisations with the introduction of new technology infusing with the existing ones we already had. It's hard to explore this world after the main mission. It's all in all pretty but shallow.

  • @halfgod9235
    @halfgod9235 11 днів тому

    POV: goto North Korea. “0 advertising anywhere” 😂😂😂

  • @srayiii
    @srayiii 12 днів тому

    Time to unionize!

  • @ignatius2128
    @ignatius2128 14 днів тому

    I loved the video! I have one suggestion though. I think you could add a list of games featured in the description. Or even better for future videos, add a title card the first time you show footage from a specific game. That way if someone sees something they like they'll know where it comes from.

    • @AdamSrayi
      @AdamSrayi 14 днів тому

      The video description has been updated. Thank you for the suggestion!

  • @yarnx14
    @yarnx14 14 днів тому

    ooooOoooOOooooOOOOOO! SOJASIL MACHISTADOR! AN EXXXXPLOSION OF TASTE! that one's still stuck in my head and I haven't play cyberpunk in a year

  • @haidodinho7635
    @haidodinho7635 15 днів тому

    #1 in my best games ever but that shit goes fucking haywire every 2 weeks

  • @blubb-blub3852
    @blubb-blub3852 15 днів тому

    At first i read cyberpunk 2077 in a world of AIDS

  • @ciunia54
    @ciunia54 15 днів тому

    I live in Krakow, Poland (BTW one of the city where CDPR has it's studio) where it's pretty much totally forbidden to place billboards and most of the outdoor ads with only fee exceptions. The quality of life after this regulation improved greatly and I would love to see this kind of regulations in the whole country where we have a problem with outdoor ads in general.

  • @bobsonny
    @bobsonny 15 днів тому

    Huh? Nothing from within can help with emotional pain? I guess metacognition and mindfulness don't exist then...

  • @noahgolden-cv1pc
    @noahgolden-cv1pc 15 днів тому

    The fact that you made this particular video ad-free is awesome, just subscribed.

  • @bobsonny
    @bobsonny 16 днів тому

    There's a bit of irony at 6:43 in the construction "It wasn't until halfway through the game [...] *that I finally understood the intuitive nature* of the open world." Not so intuitive, then, eh?

  • @bobsonny
    @bobsonny 16 днів тому

    Fantastic analysis. As someone who also loves this game the way you do, I found this video to tackle some of the more annoying features I havent seen others talking about. That damn campfire animation!! How did they not notice? How did it not bother them? The dark lighting in armor or face paint shops! Why would they decide to make the lighting IN-shop dependent on the lighting OUTSIDE of the shop?? So many silly decisions (or critical oversights) in an otherwise amazing game.

    • @bobsonny
      @bobsonny 16 днів тому

      Ack!! And the invisible walls! Good lord, that was so frustrating. Especially when you're on one of the Quen missions - there's an area nearby with a campfire but you can't get TO the campfire easily, because there's dozens of invisible walls.

    • @bobsonny
      @bobsonny 16 днів тому

      Can definitely say, though, climbing trees ranks near the bottom of "fun things to do as a human" for me.

    • @bobsonny
      @bobsonny 16 днів тому

      Omg. The knockdowns from enemies. Aloy takes a little nap every time she gets knocked over. It's so, so frustrating.

    • @bobsonny
      @bobsonny 16 днів тому

      In fairness to skill trees that only unlock in a certain order, that's...pretty standard, ya know?

  • @petaludas88
    @petaludas88 16 днів тому

    The stormbird incident with the sky in burning shores is a nice touch though

  • @petaludas88
    @petaludas88 16 днів тому

    you can press O to reset the shildwing so u dont need to do these 2-3 steps

  • @petaludas88
    @petaludas88 16 днів тому

    the point of the vertical grapple points is to glide after you shoot yourself into the air

  • @TycoonTitian01
    @TycoonTitian01 17 днів тому

    Now that you point it out it’s scary how many of those ads I recognize and can hear in my head even though they are years old

  • @Derk_Mage
    @Derk_Mage 18 днів тому

    Nicola! Taste the lo- SHUT UP!

  • @fumioshwartz7114
    @fumioshwartz7114 18 днів тому

    alot of the complaints you have are things you only start to notice with games you really enjoyed imo. also the glider clip shown is unfair. that deescalated faster than normal due to the game not wanting you to enter a quest area. you can immediately tell when the game starts pulling you down more vertically in that clip.

  • @CherenkovTVG
    @CherenkovTVG 19 днів тому

    My Favortie Cyberpunk goes like this "Momochi Momochi Momochi Momochi"

  • @lightdarklightdarklightdark
    @lightdarklightdarklightdark 19 днів тому

    perversion of humanity is correct. the ball is rolling so fast though

  • @thewatch491
    @thewatch491 19 днів тому

    Nobody: Adam: I hate the way that you, talk the way that you walk, i hate the way that you dress.

  • @weirdschampoo2289
    @weirdschampoo2289 19 днів тому

    This is one reason why I love the country side and will stay here forever. After only a day in larger cities, bunch of people, noice, cars and ads I get stressed and tired. But then on the way back home, all quiet, open landscapes and fresh air. It's like all the stress just seize existing

  • @Joshua-gp1ns
    @Joshua-gp1ns 20 днів тому

    Thanks for this video, great great great help to me! Thank you very much 🙏

  • @bronson__roi6435
    @bronson__roi6435 21 день тому

    I played and beat this game and couldn't help but feel like it was slightly disappointing the entire time but could never figure out why. You summed it up perfectly for me

  • @Sobasicallyandthenprettymuchye

    Not being able to climb trees was a weird gripe. Or the glider not deploying instantly.

  • @SuitorASMR
    @SuitorASMR 22 дні тому

    The fact i actually wanna try NICOLA! and "taste the love" just proves how good these ads are