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Video Game Tango
Приєднався 23 чер 2019
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Arcane Season 2 is a worthy continuation of the critically acclaimed first season, though it struggles to fully match its predecessor's brilliance. Season 1, celebrated as perhaps the greatest video game adaptation ever, captivated audiences with its rich storytelling and world-building. Season 2 builds on this foundation but stumbles with its hurried pacing, an overload of new characters, and reliance on montages that dilute emotional depth and scene development.
Despite these flaws, the season shines through breathtaking visuals, an even more impressive soundtrack, and deeper integrations of League of Legends lore. Longtime fans of the franchise may find this chapter even more rewarding, as it enriches the universe with polished animation and memorable moments.
While Season 2 feels overshadowed by the excellence of the first, it remains a triumph of storytelling and animation, ensuring its place as a must-watch for both fans and newcomers.
Citizen Sleeper is a narrative-driven sci-fi RPG that blends tabletop mechanics with a deep, emotionally engaging story. You play as an escaped android worker struggling to survive on a lawless space station while evading hunters. Inspired by tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs), its gameplay revolves around time-sensitive actions and resource management, using mechanics like clocks from Blades in the Dark. Each decision carries weight, with a palpable sense of pressure as you navigate the station's challenges.
The game stands out for its excellent writing, where relationships with NPCs evolve dynamically, and decisions can lead to betrayal or blackmail. The mechanics are simple, letting players focus on impactful choices while the narrative explores themes like survival in a hypercapitalist society. The aesthetic combines a retro-futuristic vibe with striking character art reminiscent of Kill Six Billion Demons.
Developed by Gareth Damian Martin, Citizen Sleeper offers 6-10 hours of gameplay, with plenty of replayability. Though multiple endings are possible, the richness of each playthrough makes even a single experience deeply satisfying. A sequel is planned for release next year, building anticipation for more from this thoughtful and immersive series.
The Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct celebrated the franchise's legacy with exciting updates across its games. World of Warcraft marked its 20th anniversary with new events, rewards, and expansions like The War Within and Season of Discovery. Classic players can anticipate Mists of Pandaria Classic in 2025 and nostalgic content from Cataclysm Classic. Hearthstone unveiled expansions exploring the Emerald Dream, Un’Goro Crater, and alternate-reality adventures, while Warcraft Rumble introduced “split Leaders” and announced a PC beta. Charitable efforts included the Reven Pack to support CureDuchenne. The event teased more updates, keeping fans eager for the franchise's future.
Meanwhile, the Video Game Tango team expressed mixed feelings about The Game Awards. They enjoy the show’s game reveals and announcements but critique the awards as often favoring popularity over merit. In their latest episode, Andy, Nick, and Josh dissect nominees for categories like Game of the Year and Best Multiplayer Game, offering insights on the awards' strengths and shortcomings. Despite criticisms, they agree the spectacle is worth watching.
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Arcane Season 2 is a worthy continuation of the critically acclaimed first season, though it struggles to fully match its predecessor's brilliance. Season 1, celebrated as perhaps the greatest video game adaptation ever, captivated audiences with its rich storytelling and world-building. Season 2 builds on this foundation but stumbles with its hurried pacing, an overload of new characters, and reliance on montages that dilute emotional depth and scene development.
Despite these flaws, the season shines through breathtaking visuals, an even more impressive soundtrack, and deeper integrations of League of Legends lore. Longtime fans of the franchise may find this chapter even more rewarding, as it enriches the universe with polished animation and memorable moments.
While Season 2 feels overshadowed by the excellence of the first, it remains a triumph of storytelling and animation, ensuring its place as a must-watch for both fans and newcomers.
Citizen Sleeper is a narrative-driven sci-fi RPG that blends tabletop mechanics with a deep, emotionally engaging story. You play as an escaped android worker struggling to survive on a lawless space station while evading hunters. Inspired by tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs), its gameplay revolves around time-sensitive actions and resource management, using mechanics like clocks from Blades in the Dark. Each decision carries weight, with a palpable sense of pressure as you navigate the station's challenges.
The game stands out for its excellent writing, where relationships with NPCs evolve dynamically, and decisions can lead to betrayal or blackmail. The mechanics are simple, letting players focus on impactful choices while the narrative explores themes like survival in a hypercapitalist society. The aesthetic combines a retro-futuristic vibe with striking character art reminiscent of Kill Six Billion Demons.
Developed by Gareth Damian Martin, Citizen Sleeper offers 6-10 hours of gameplay, with plenty of replayability. Though multiple endings are possible, the richness of each playthrough makes even a single experience deeply satisfying. A sequel is planned for release next year, building anticipation for more from this thoughtful and immersive series.
The Warcraft 30th Anniversary Direct celebrated the franchise's legacy with exciting updates across its games. World of Warcraft marked its 20th anniversary with new events, rewards, and expansions like The War Within and Season of Discovery. Classic players can anticipate Mists of Pandaria Classic in 2025 and nostalgic content from Cataclysm Classic. Hearthstone unveiled expansions exploring the Emerald Dream, Un’Goro Crater, and alternate-reality adventures, while Warcraft Rumble introduced “split Leaders” and announced a PC beta. Charitable efforts included the Reven Pack to support CureDuchenne. The event teased more updates, keeping fans eager for the franchise's future.
Meanwhile, the Video Game Tango team expressed mixed feelings about The Game Awards. They enjoy the show’s game reveals and announcements but critique the awards as often favoring popularity over merit. In their latest episode, Andy, Nick, and Josh dissect nominees for categories like Game of the Year and Best Multiplayer Game, offering insights on the awards' strengths and shortcomings. Despite criticisms, they agree the spectacle is worth watching.
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Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod earth's fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them as They tread. ~ H.P. Lovecraft , The Dunwich Horror This is what I think of every time I watch this vid.
You guys should really try something before rendering an opinion. I was able to accumulate two weeks of water in my first 40 min of gameplay. For someone not able to extract and get water it doesn’t matter because they will not have had any loot to lose. You have to have successful extractions with water to accumulate anything to lose such as vendors and such. You can have a 2 month surplus of water within a few hours. I don’t think mechanics need to be designed for people who only play a few hours every couple months and if that’s what you are playing you most likely don’t have much to risk losing. The game does a great job of keeping you on the edge of your seat and the water mechanic adds to that when you’re not playing.
Thanks for the update and critique! We practice research before buying, and we are regularly vocal about it. Sometimes we jump right into a game without much research before buying, but it's relatively rare. The water complaint was by far and large the most often-complained element of the game, leading to mixed reviews on Steam. We certainly try our best to be transparent about our opinions and what leads to our own biases, and we definitely tried to make it clear we had not personally tried the game, because as excited as we are about the message surrounding Fun Dog and the game, we feel it is a responsible thing to read reviews before making what amounts to a large purchase for a lot of people! Keep in mind, we never review games we haven't played (we hardly review games at all) and we are not a review channel. We report on game and industry news for the most part, and give peaks at games we are excited about, or have recently played. I'm happy to hear your opinion on the game, and the Steam reviews have changed to be more in line with yours as of a couple days ago! We will be following up with The Forever Winter as the game progresses, as we really are excited by prospects of this game! Thanks!
The price here in North America is like okay 700 but like god damn in Europe and Asia 900 usd like hell nah
It's a very powerful console, but that is a steep price no matter the region! 900 dollars though, that's something else entirely. Yikes!
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"people complain too much about the bad games and don't talk enough about the good titles that don't get enough attention" "Here's some of the good games that EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT that came out this year" It hurts your point if you can only point out well known good games Alannah, recommend something that hasn't been streamed to death on Twitch.
31:49 Alan woke 2 little has zero talk and dropped of the clif and sweet baby inc 🙄
3:49 her bf wrote a lot of her reviews
3:00 well that explains the bad writing
PlayStation 5 disc drive check in is probably a licensing work around. In July, 2022, Sony Group (PlayStation) transferred all raw material, sourcing, and manufacturing to Sony Corp (not PlayStation). These are legally separate entities and legally Sony Corp can't share the Blu-Ray patent license they own with PlayStation. PlayStation now has to pay a license per unit. The check-in probably negates some of the cost because Sony Group can say the license for that part was never activated.
Thank you so much for those details! I imagine that probably is their work-around!
"I like a challenge."
Go josh!!!!!!
Hi I’ve been supporting you and I really Ike your gaming and your really funny.
If you need help with your profile picture for UA-cam I can help you. you can reply to this comment if you want the help:)
Thanks so much! I'm glad you like it! Let us know if there's more you'd like to see or hear from us!
Insane how far behind and outdated Nintendo tech is compared to sony or Microsoft. Even valve is destroying them with steam deck. What a bleak and scary time for all Nintendo fans m
thank you for uploading had to leave at 1:25:80 so I get to listen the rest tonight
Of course! Now that we stream to UA-cam the VOD"s will be up right after the stream! The edited versions go up a couple days later too!
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Okay wtf is with the music? Loud music and low voices don't go well together. I was going to give this an honest watch. I gave you two minutes and the music never stopped while I fought my bleeding ears to hear what was being said.
I appreciate your feedback! We're still a work in progress, and still working to make a better production all the time! I'll definitely work on the mix! Thanks!
It sucks I deleted it.
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Very true.
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“You do not have the cholesterol level for that game.” Buwhahahhaha😂😂😂
Bloodborne is also very a renaissance hellscape style
@@amandamanzanares7046 I LOVE the style of Bloodborne! 🤗
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Haven't seen andy since I was in 10th grade back in '04. Glad to hear you're still gamin dude!
Thanks for stopping by! I remember trading PS2 games back and forth with you in high school haha!
Oh yea! Glad to see ya well bro!
@@FoxVelox222Yeah dude, I hope you and the family are doing well! I saw your Star Citizen setup, and it looks dope!
@@videogametango big ol money sink but it's fun.
All the anime grunts made me use headphones while playing Lost Ark, haha!
Interesting list, surprising results, lol.
That's how you get little wet Andy's
Loving the MST 3000 vibes of these reviews. Good stuff guys.
The 3D glasses part cracked me up lol.
I missed the spooky vids stream, glad I could catch it here.
As one of the most beloved anime series of all time, the bar was set really high for them to clear with Cowboy Bebop. I haven't watched any of the trailers (just saw screenshots on my social media timelines) so that I can binge the series with a totally fresh viewpoint. I hope they nail it, it would convince studios to put in more work for adaptations.
Right on, guys!👍
Thanks for watching!
I'm listening to this while driving home in traffic.. Good job guys!
So glad to be back at it.