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Thanks so much for the kind words!

Thank you that means a lot!

Personally, I would have liked this game to have a more thorough campaign as I said in the review, but I guess they felt the story had been told so many times already that revisiting again would seem repetitive. I never watched the show so I'm not sure what I'm missing from Vegeta's story here. It is light, spanning only Saiyan to Majin Buu, but I didn't need another round of Zamasu and Goku Black segments, that's for sure. Never played the other games and honestly thought the what if scenarios were new, but I'm seeing now Xenoverse games had some of them. Sparking Zero does have a lot of them though. I did miss Kami house, but not sure what other locations were missing? Again, I never watched the show lol. I'd argue online is actually not the overall focus of the game. I'd say Custom Mode is. Ranked combat and online is there, and I could see people saying that's what they play for, but I don't think the developers ever intended to build a properly balanced competitive game. This game has many characters but they cheat a little bit with so many Goku, Vegeta and Gohan's; although I think including them all is a good thing. I did miss some fighters like Supreme Kai, Pikkon, and others. I think the game offers a lot of tournaments here, sufficient number of options imo. I don't think the game is perfect at all, and there is something to be said about nostalgia glazing (even for me in this very video) but it was the right game at the right time for me. I haven't been keeping up with the series, a chance to get back into these DBZ arena fighters meant a lot! I'm sorry the game didn't click for you and I hope it improves in DLC!

Oh shit they didn't include mountain road, glacier, kami house and kami lookout. Damn, forgot about those ones.

@ I do enjoy the game but as someone who not only grew up with the series but has and currently is keeping up with super the game leaves much to be desired. The game dropping 90% of players on steam is really telling. I think you should do a replay of the original BT trilogy (you can play the spin-offs if you’re so inclined) and the raging blast games and you’ll see how and why SZ is so dissapointing and lacking in content.

Sparking Zero could have really used some sort of challenge mode. I remember in Tenkaichi 2 (maybe in 1 and 3 as well, but I'm most familiar with 2) there was Ultimate Battle Z and I do think SZ would have benefitted from something similar. Wouldn't surprise me if it's added later. More content is always good.

@@Carlisle-mn3fv Also, thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts!

I think one of the toughest things for me when making this video was trying to maintain a critical eye since I knew I loved the game so much. I didn't want to spend the whole time gushing, but there are times in this video in which I overcorrected for that leading to some of the stuff you're talking about like the nitpicking. What really stands out to me was how I gave Sly 1's music the nod over Band of Thieves. Totally disagree with that now-a-days.

I'm glad this video reached you and brought you some joy during a chaotic time. My favorite thing about this video, along with my other Sly ones, is realizing how many people love the series as much as I do. Thanks for watching!

Trust me I would have loved to use original footage but I just don't have anyway to access it and record it with my current set-up and I'm hesitant to use other people's content in my videos. But I totally understand your point. I would choose the original in a heart beat if I could. Something about those PS1 graphics blended with the incredible skyboxes and sounds, man, that was something special. Thanks for taking the time to check out the video and leaving a thoughtful comment!

@@nopnapnarp8047 No worries, hope you can maybe get permission next time! Keep it up :)

I'm glad you got some value out of my video! Best of luck with your passion!

Thanks for watching my videos!

That's greasy sweet

You can ignore them for awhile but you need them to leave Magic Crafters for Beast World

@@nopnapnarp8047 I forget the unlock numbers but I’m not saying to completely blow them off or to be completely obsessive and 100% all of them.

Thanks for taking the time to watch it!

Fair point!

Truth be told, I've never played any of those games! I'd be more likely to cover Ratchet and Clank, but right now I'm focusing on new games and the Spyro series!

@@nopnapnarp8047 *shocked Pikachu face*

You're welcome! Thanks for watching

I'm too early into the game to tell. Like an hour and a half in! So far, I like the menus and art style, combat seems familiar to the persona games, and I'm excited to play more. You?

@@nopnapnarp8047, I'm kinda on the fence here, haven't bought it yet - that SEGA's 70$ pricetag bites like a bitch, especially with them day-one DLCs and DENUVO of all things.

@@nopnapnarp8047, I'm kinda on the fence here, haven't bought it yet - that 70$ pricetag... And day-one DLCs, seems like SEGA never changes.

@@nopnapnarp8047, I'm kinda on the fence here, tbh. That 70$ pricetag... And DENUVO of all things. Seems like SEGA doesn't change

@@nopnapnarp8047, I'm still on the fence, tbh.

Yes sir

I think Nix is cute! Lots of immersion breaking through the game, I'll concede that. I still had fun with it though.

Oh that would have been amazing!!! A chance to see one of Bentley and Murray's ancestors would have gone hard

@@nopnapnarp8047 personally I would have tried to avoid direct assentors. And because I appreciate your response here’s a list of assertors and plot points. If Murray had on e it would have been in Egypt because there’s a thing about king tut being killed by hippo. Or in the desert because there isn’t water so there would be a bit of irony. Theres also a famous Mexican drug lord that had a hippo. So in the wiled west you could have had Murray’s assentor be imprisoned. In the Middle East would have been funny if Murray’s assentor is the one that does the belly dancing. Btw this would be a woman. In Japan an assentor of the panda king would be his sumo bodyguard And there would be fox ninja trying to kill him. Being his carmelita. Also you have to throw a kappa in somewhere. It’s to perfect. Maybe the Kappa this cooper Yoda. Then for cave men times. Have this Cooper steal from the Sabertooths, and when the woolly mammoths attack, they almost wipe out all of the Sabertooths. There would be one female Sabertooth who hunts down this Cooper. Being the first Carmelita. As for general changes to him. I’d make this Cooper very savage and scary, rather than gibberish he talks in broken English, but rarely speaks in the third person. All of this hype on how dangerous he is, so his name being Bob Cooper lands better. This way the gang is actually surprised. As for the knight he should probably have a Charge to break down walls and move blocks like Sly. Also I’d have the thevus ratcoonis be the main thing to chose there time. The rule is that only when a sly is unable to write there entury it causes them to time travel. So as soon as the Sly gives up hope of being rescued then that’s when it activates. One other thing is that I would have had the team try to improve the time line. So in the medieval times Bentleys ancestors helped Slys defeat a dragon, and was almost completely excluded from the tale out side of the most bare minimum mention’s. This caused him to be bitter and stay poor while the Knight became rich. I’d make the medieval assentors flaw be that he’s proud and that he refuses to admit when he’s wrong. The ninja would be that maybe he commit issues. Maybe while he’s stoic he’s a womanizer, is stoic around his bros because he’s ashamed of refusal to commit to a single longer then a week. Wild West is too much wild cow boy. And the mid eastern one is so sarcastic it has trouble taking things seriously, and uses this to blow off people genuine problems. Like his 40 thieves felt under valued because he kept on blowing them off. He didn’t make these remarks to blow them off. He made those remarks because of commitment issues and did that hoping the problem would just fix itself. Hope you enjoyed that comment.

Interesting take, I like it!

@@nopnapnarp8047 glad you like it. If you really want Dimitri to be playable, I’d have his game play be that he tails people, and can go invisible for a short while when you first press the crouch button. In this game play system. He all he can do crouch and jump. And has invisibility bar. And isn’t pretending like a real playable character, and is just a way to make infiltration deeper into the enemy’s base more believable. As far as Penelope you could have her be frost for second to Panda king. And her gameplay introduces RC/mech stuff. I’d also have the Black Barron be a RC creation to justify the twist better.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! It's always nice to see a comment like this to know I wasn't alone in the struggle.

your problem is just treating it like it's DS3 when it's not, you have to position better, move around more and jump to make your own openings. Don't ever wait for the boss to just hand you one.

I'm glad you enjoy the Mz Ruby boss fight! That makes perfect sense that you'd like them as a rhythm game buff. I'm struggling to think of any rhythm sections in Sly 2 though. I mean you have Bentley singing in Sly 3 as well as the dance sequences in Sly 4. Am I overlooking one for Sly 2?

@@nopnapnarp8047 There is a chapter wherein you dance with Neyla to impress Carmelita in a disguise to persuade her to dance with you during the heist. I believe it's the clockwerk wings heist. I recently played through the trilogy so that's why it's fresh in my mind :^)

@@andreasvandieaarde Oh yeah duh! How could I forget that one

Pretty bad huh lol

It's alright to comment three years later, I'm still here and reading every comment I get! That's amazing. Two days ago I double checked my Sly 3 PS2 case just to make sure I didn't overlook it. No luck.

Kay's personality and the traditional outlaw archetype don't go hand in hand that's for sure

Thanks for taking the time to watch my video and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Sly 3 has it's issues, but it still contains some of the best overall moments in the entire series. Looking back on these projects, I think that's what I'll take away most. Sly 2 had the best story, but Sly 3 had the best individual character moments.

To be fair Starwars has always been political.

I'd like to hear more about the political statements you believe this game makes. Genuinely asking for further elaboration. Thanks for taking the time to comment!

What exactly has ruined Star Wars for you? I think even outside of personal/political ideology, there has been a lot of apathy towards the franchise in the last 10 years. Another question. I understand that a lot of people are not accepting of DEI in gaming, what is it about this game in particular that you think crosses the line for you personally?

@@nopnapnarp8047 first, thank you for being reasonable. Well phrased questions. Respectfully, are you in development or journalism? I grew up loving Star Wars. I could not possibly count the number of times I’ve seen the original trilogy, but also even the follow up trilogy. I owned lots of the games from rogue squadron to battlefront and others. I owned memorabilia and light sabers and some of that jazz too. So I was a fan. It’s a bit hard to articulate in a concise way. It (understandably to me) devolves into wokeness infecting the space. Because truly, the more refined specific examples stem back to ideology changing the product. I know it frustrates defenders, but it is the root of what has changed these things we love. The removal of masculinity. The inability to punch down. To inability to be edgy or risky or offensive - which can serve as humour or add depth to plot or characters etc. I just detest quotas being worshipped in media. Hire women. Hire LGBT folks. Hire whoever. But god damn make it in merit. Some projects will have little to no representation. Some will have a lot. It doesn’t matter. Just make it equal opportunity and hire the best talent. Right now, we do not have the best talent on projects (be it Star Wars or gaming). We have under qualified activists. So stuff takes longer to produce, costs more money, is injected with ideology, and much of the work gets outsourced to other studios to help them limp over the finish line. And the quality sucks. I’m playing Wukong right now and it is breathtaking. Visually stunning. It’s punishing and powerful and the gameplay mechanics are extremely deep. Compare that with outlaws that had a female lead (of course - they’ve explicitly stated that they want all games to feature lead women), who looks terrible, with overall underwhelming graphics, abysmal AI mechanics, a laughable stealth system and a soft “safe space” vibe to being an outlaw. You can’t do any outlaw things. I could go on. But it’s a cancer that is ruining the stuff we love. And I’m done. We’re done. We will smash things in sales that are free of “the western gospel”. But won’t touch any this shit they are poisoning. They gas light us about it existing. They hate their toxic fan base (which is most of their original fan base). So they can keep losing billions while scratching their heads.

I'm not in development or journalism. I'm just a guy who plays video games as a hobby and takes it a bit further by making videos as a creative outlet and as a bit of extra income. I think conversations like this are very important because while we obviously have disagreements, we can't let that devolve into - OMG DIFFERENT OPINION, THEYRE AUTOMATICALLY EVIL/BAD, etc. We can always respectfully disagree. I think you've outlined some good points. Yes, hire the person that is most qualified for the job. Levels of work ethic, talent, effort and other things like that are unique to every individual; and if you want your product to succeed, you're better off bringing in the most qualified person. I agree there. That being said, I think sometimes games get an unfair shake over DEI related things before the game is even released. There are some incredible games out there that incorporate that ideology in sometimes minor and sometimes major ways. I'm reminded of Marvel's Spider-Man 2 last year which definitely was inclusive, and Baldur's Gate 3 which was perhaps the most left-leaning game I've ever played. Both titles performed well critically and commercially. But there are other games that include DEI elements that don't do well, and are even complete failures in some cases - Concord, Outlaws, Forspoken, etc. I guess I just wonder how much of the criticism is genuinely about the game versus people going in wanting to hate a game for DEI inclusions. In the case of Outlaws, I think this is a perfectly fine game. I can only speak to my experience, but I didn't find it to be broken; just simple in most of it's systems. Lacking depth, but not awful. I'd say the game is average before it being good or bad. It makes me reflect on how extreme opinions are rewarded on social media platforms and their algorithms. Another commenter alluded to this as well, but in a world where every game is either a disgrace or an amazing experience, there's very little room to say a game is good not great or average not awful even if that's probably the case. The DEI stuff doesn't dissuade me from buying a game, but at the end of the day, everyone should vote with their wallet and use articulate their reasons for why they decide to purchase something or not. Some people take it to far by harassing developers or other industry members, and I can't get behind that at all. Vote with your wallet and make your voice heard respectfully. Also, yes, Star Wars now-a-days generally sucks overall. I was a childhood fan too, and it's really fallen off. Disney has milked it way too much.

@@nopnapnarp8047 all of that is totally fair. I agree that the response from either side (particularly the anti DEI folks) right now is hot. I’m hot. And we have to be careful not to just point and shoot at everything, for sure. But we’re in a bad place. There’s a reason billions of dollars being lost on TV shows and games. A reason studios are closing left and right. A reason the gaming community is lit the fuck up. And so part of me feels that a strong response is needed to right the ship. We don’t care what people believe in. We have no gospel of our own we’re imposing on people. We’re not forcing compliance or tastes for others. But we’re being loud (vocally and monetarily) to let studios know that fans don’t want this. We want the space free of ANY ideology. ANY politics. Just make good stuff. Allow anything and everything to exist, for the market to sort out (which it is - in failures and successes). Let EVERYone be allowed to exist as who they are, including “toxic men” who represent a massive swath of gamers. We’re pissed cause they’ve ruined franchises. They have broken Star Wars, lord of the rings, the Witcher, assassins creed, Ghost of Tsushima, dragon Age, Marvel, saints row, far cry and on and on. We love these franchises - Theres a reason they got so big on the backs like fans like me. Because they cared about and listened to gamers. Just leave us alone. And we’ll go back to playing games and ignoring the outside noise.

Thank you for the conversation. I found a lot of this to be helpful in understanding another point of view.

I think this team would make a great bounty hunter game, and if had been their focus from day one, this game may have been received better.