Asad Anjum
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AAA Games Need To Take More Risks
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The Highs And Lows of Insomniac's Spider-Man Series
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Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Horror Retrospective
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The Beauty of Games That "Trust" You
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Why Stealth Sucks
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The Beauty of Demakes
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The Ultimate Soulsborne Boss Ranking (With Shadow of the Erdtree)
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The Marketing Campaign That Destroyed A Franchise
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Your Favorite Games Are Being Deleted
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Ragdolls, And Why They Matter
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PAX Games That Blew My Mind
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The Game That Begged People To Stop Buying It
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Little Devil Inside Is Back. But It's Changed
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I Made A New Game Every Week. Again.
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Video Games And The Fight For Legitimacy
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Harry Potter ahh title If you're a little eagle eyed you might have noticed a video very similar to this one popping up on your recommendations recently. Some of the same talking points, similar conclusions, even a few similar examples. To clarify, this video was entirely written and recorded prior to me seeing that video. All similarities are purely coincidental, and I reached out to the creat...
The Scuffed Game Awards 2
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The Scuffed Game Awards 2
Wait...Did They Actually Fix Redfall?
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Wait...Did They Actually Fix Redfall?
I Made A New Game Every Week
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I Made A New Game Every Week
The Future Of Open World Games
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The Future Of Open World Games
My Weird Obsession With Moving Levels
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My Weird Obsession With Moving Levels
PlayStation's Billion Dollar Gamble
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PlayStation's Billion Dollar Gamble
From Software's Design Has A Big Problem
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From Software's Design Has A Big Problem
The New Cuphead Sucks
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The New Cuphead Sucks
The Modern Renaissance Of Animation
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The Modern Renaissance Of Animation
Crowsworn's Demo Slaps, Final Fantasy XVI Is A Mixed Bag | What I Played Summer 2023
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Crowsworn's Demo Slaps, Final Fantasy XVI Is A Mixed Bag | What I Played Summer 2023
This Country Is The Biggest Question Mark In Gaming
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This Country Is The Biggest Question Mark In Gaming
Designing the Unremarkable
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Designing the Unremarkable
Purposeless Dialogue
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Purposeless Dialogue
The Weird, Worrying Future of Bioshock
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The Weird, Worrying Future of Bioshock
You Should Play These Games
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You Should Play These Games

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  • @dat_boi_kermit
    @dat_boi_kermit День тому

    I think his room is in the high containment or something, its in arkham knight and i think its where joker goes after the first "boss" fight

  • @sierralovat5498
    @sierralovat5498 День тому

    I mean Arkham was a pivital location in lovecraft lore

  • @bootyhole_whisperer
    @bootyhole_whisperer День тому

    I just started replaying Arkham City, but I think I'll put a pause on that and replay Asylum first. Fucking wow, dude. Y'all did an incredible job with this video.

  • @doubledragon98x79
    @doubledragon98x79 2 дні тому

    I remember reading that book and all I thought was “wtf”

  • @Curlyfries237
    @Curlyfries237 2 дні тому

    53:17 “BE GOOD” for the 3rd time even though the last time it was said was 20 minutes ago is funny

  • @Flopsaurus
    @Flopsaurus 2 дні тому

    Very disappointed you didn't mention A Plague Tale

  • @gaidgekettle2260
    @gaidgekettle2260 2 дні тому

    1929 was the stock crash, Black Friday. Amadeus literally killed his broker out of anger and realized how normal killing humans he felt were wrong had become

  • @asolomoth1066
    @asolomoth1066 4 дні тому

    I got the early access Hyper Light Breaker and started playing it. The game has a dparry mechanic, but it just feels... not good. The game uses flash indicators, like Dead Cells or Metroid Dread, to tell you when an attack is coming; however, the timing is inconsistent. Sometimes the flash means you are about to be hit. Sometimes it means you will be hit in two seconds. Inconsistency makes it unreliable. And it just stops the enemy's attack, which you could also do by shooting or hitting them before they attack. Or just dodge away. Those are better options. There was a lot more I was having trouble articulating, but this video is really well made and is gonna help me immensely with giving feedback to the deva, so thanks! plus, I thought the "dad's belt" joke was funny

  • @bossgaming1905
    @bossgaming1905 4 дні тому

    Someone should game share arkham origins with me fr 😭😭💀💀

  • @JamesWitte
    @JamesWitte 4 дні тому

    Dude your carrying on about his Middle ground views on feminism is pathetic.

  • @MadRaiiden
    @MadRaiiden 5 днів тому

    The issue for a lot of stealth games is that they push too much into the "wait around until the AI stares at the wall" trope. Yes games will often have alternatives, but the core gameplay makes that the easiest fall-back for the players, especially on a first playthrough. Even games that it looks like we're both considering a masterpiece, the Dishonored franchise, has a bit of that issue. Someone unexperienced will have a much slower and boring gameplay than someone who knows what they're doing. The "get good" argument is dumb because a lot of people may leave before that can happen. Dishonored will make players do away with that slower style pretty quick, probably as soon as you've escaped from prison, but it's still a thing that most players will go through. (+ Dishonored also has that chaos system that would need a total rework for the next instalment if it ever comes, but that's another topic) A lot of action-adventure AAA games will have that trait too. And struggle with it a lot more than Dishonored does. I absolutely loved Ghost of Tsushima, but I'm also aware that its stealth is just a faster version of that, due to the enemies not being that smart. A basic change of having the AI realize that the Ghost is here, but not knowing where exactly, and just acting accordingly would go a long way. Maybe they start searching more things, growing paranoid and nervous, pushing them to make more stupid mistakes or checking more stupid spots, allowing the player to make the most of it. This would make the AI continue to do dumb stuff, but this time it feels like it's directly caused by the player's actions and not just the AI being stupid.

  • @adamkrzeslak4326
    @adamkrzeslak4326 5 днів тому

    it's hard to just stumble upon new game analysis/essay channel that's actually good and made with passion and talent so I'm really happy I randomly stumbled on this video nowadays most of channels of similar theme are just actually rundowns of what happens in said game good luck with your channel I'll definitely be waiting for more once I get caught up with rest of your videos

  • @d4c960
    @d4c960 5 днів тому

    Highs: Marvel's Spider-Man Lows: Marvel's Spider-Man 2

  • @barretoleandroariel
    @barretoleandroariel 5 днів тому

    Dude take a shower, your hair looks filthy

  • @minku2523
    @minku2523 6 днів тому

    aragami is one of and my favorite best stealth game

  • @gulanhem9495
    @gulanhem9495 6 днів тому

    Absolutely wild that a game creator gets haunted and needs to apologize for rightwing opinions. For once a game with a rightwing leaning angle would have been made, but it got harrassed and canceled. Leftism is so despicable.

  • @AJZane95
    @AJZane95 6 днів тому

    I agree. Context cant explain why people hated this game. Imbeciles.

  • @wobblewokgaming655
    @wobblewokgaming655 6 днів тому

    Yeah, the Guardians never stop talking. And yes, that's a good thing.

  • @NewWarhammerNerd8881
    @NewWarhammerNerd8881 6 днів тому

    Immediate like for both the Comicstorian and glitch bit, this is about to be a great vid.

  • @crowdedcrouton
    @crowdedcrouton 6 днів тому

    Stealth games are my favorite, so i thought i was gonna hate this video buuuutttt nah this is good i like this video. Great points were made.

  • @Brody-r5o
    @Brody-r5o 6 днів тому

    Was not expecting the red dead 2 music. Very nice touch.

  • @hunterwade9030
    @hunterwade9030 6 днів тому

    Not enough side missions. They should really focus on the the Arkham game formula

  • @tommyraftis9272
    @tommyraftis9272 6 днів тому

    Literally just finished this game tonight 😅

  • @platypusnoise
    @platypusnoise 7 днів тому

    I never played the og, but i got Ultra free with ps plus. I'm having a blast. From laughing at the narrator to hating to falling in love with Bucket

  • @chillociraptor5007
    @chillociraptor5007 7 днів тому

    Nemesis system on an environmental level + mgs/lou2 stealth + ghost recon gameplay loop would be perfection

  • @fuckouttahere327
    @fuckouttahere327 7 днів тому

    Well I guess I can play it again... I just finished it 100% about 4 days ago.

  • @LukeBannon-e3r
    @LukeBannon-e3r 7 днів тому

    The industry needs to take less risks Hear me out: More investment in smaller studios who want to try out new ideas. The caveat - you have to divest funding in tentpole blockbuster tat. That’s how the Returnals get made. Putting all the chips on the table for a few AAA titles is a far bigger risk than investing in loads of smaller studios.

  • @caluya2339
    @caluya2339 8 днів тому

    Thanks for giving attention to Returnal. It's an amazing game! It's a Triple AAA experience of their usual arcade games

  • @kipper807
    @kipper807 8 днів тому

    Returnal deserves way more love. It has impacted me far more than I would have thought when i picked up a few hears ago.

  • @obredaanps3
    @obredaanps3 8 днів тому

    Gamers don't buy games that take risks. Too busy complaining, labeling a game as woke and making up memes about how bad the games are. Death Stranding took a risk and got labelled a "walking simulator". Last of Us 2 took a risk with its story and despite its success, the voice actress received death threats. Prey bombed despite being an amazing immersive sim. Influencers/streamers make more money and farm more engagement by being negative. This is why I ignore streamers and youtube critics. I come to my own conclusions and play as many games as possible.

  • @okasart
    @okasart 8 днів тому

    I thought they way they handled the villains was perfect in the first game. I just think that the second game falls into the same problem most sequels do. And that’s just because it worked for the first game doesn’t mean it’s a right fit for the second. They did the same thing in tears of the kingdom. Botw was a great game with flaws, and I don’t think the second game was about fixing those flaws but about giving us a new game that worked well just like the first. People still had stuff to complain about with the first but at least the problems could be overlooked and the game still worked as well as justified its own existence, when it comes to the second game I feel like it just doesn’t serve the narrative in the same way. I don’t understand why these game companies can’t reinvent their formula. I find them fixing problems that didn’t even exist.

  • @IGSA101
    @IGSA101 8 днів тому

    The Spirit of Arkham message that recounts the patient immediately murdering after being freed isn't about Mad Dog, it's about a separate killer who murdered Quincy Sharp's wife. There's a point in the spirit of arkham messages where Quincy takes over writing them.

  • @tomdarragh8692
    @tomdarragh8692 8 днів тому

    The point about one note Batman is perfect. When Barbara Gordon pops herself Batman sounds unimpressed.

  • @SoLazy100
    @SoLazy100 8 днів тому

    I predict this console generation will end the same way as the last one did for me. With a Naughty Dog game beeing the best of the generation imo (The last of Us Part 2, Intergalactic) and a Housemarque game beeing my favorite (Resogun, Returnal).

  • @safariatari1094
    @safariatari1094 8 днів тому

    I love how the actual character designs and aesthetics of the the second game are so much better. It feels like its trying to be as colourful as possible, instead of the first game's really boring visual realism that it tried to do with the city graphics and villain designs. The swinging and traversal is also much better. But these are like some of the only things about Spiderman 2 that I actually enjoy. I think the biggest issue with the game is that it treats the symbiote as like this mindless alien zombie that only wants to bring out the worst in people and eventually invade Earth. This is so boring in my opinion, because there's no room for any actual character exploration in a plot device that changes someone's entire personality. This works in a game like web of shadows, because that game trades interesting character development for a crazy story that is interesting to watch because of how insanely it escalates. Spiderman 2 doesn't commit to this crazy escalation until the 3rd act. The symbiote in the comics and some other stories works because it enhances already existing negative feelings and rewards the host with power. It only ever feels like Peter has negative feelings about his work as Spiderman in dialogue, which isn't enough in a visual narrative medium. With no room for actual character development, the story had to make any character without the symbiote just seem as goodhearted as possible so that there is enough of a contrast to the symbiote, which is why every character feels like a commercialised parody of themselves that speaks like they work in HR.

  • @jiggerypokery2962
    @jiggerypokery2962 9 днів тому

    AAA games need to make more risks??? 2/3 of the games in your thumbnail flopped hard. GAMERS need to take more risk.

  • @evandraghici1462
    @evandraghici1462 9 днів тому

    the thing with ghost of tsushima is that... it is like that... just play in lethal, in lethal, any group of 3 or more could spell demise is you arent prepared, it makes the stealth, especially late game, a lot more gripping and tense

  • @firstlast6226
    @firstlast6226 9 днів тому

    Alan wake 2 didn’t innovate gameplay wise, its just more alan wake

  • @maviebaby
    @maviebaby 10 днів тому

    I understand wanting to see Miles struggle in the same manner as a young Peter, but I'm actually glad that they didn't go this route. Miles struggles plenty and makes a lot of mistakes, especially in his own game. That said, Miles' early years shouldn't be as clunky as Peters because he's actually being mentored by the OG. Peter trains Miles for a year before letting him fly solo and then Peter doesn't retire until Miles is 2yrs in. This version of Peter basically gives Miles X-Men or Bat-family level training. For this reason, I'm glad that they didn't make 17yr old Miles a clone of 17yr old Peter.

  • @עומרלוי-ב7ג
    @עומרלוי-ב7ג 10 днів тому

    Every once in a while i remember this game and thinking to myself what the deal with it. I'm looking forward for it but it's probably won't happen soon

  • @robertkenny1201
    @robertkenny1201 11 днів тому

    I hope Marvels Spider-Man 2 is the last time Harry Osborn is ever Venom in any media.

  • @GhostOfSparta305
    @GhostOfSparta305 11 днів тому

    What irked me the most about Returnal’s release was the crying about its $70 price tag. Like…what? Returnal is one of the most REPLAYABLE games out there, I’ve gotten hundreds of hours of pure gameplay out of it, yet somehow a linear 20 hour single player game you’ll beat once and forget about is not worth it? Maybe game companies need to get better at communicating replayability in marketing, bc Returnal at $70 is some of the best value out there, up there with fighting games.

  • @Nova-_-Nova8
    @Nova-_-Nova8 11 днів тому

    Spider man 2 has my favorite enemy base activity with the Symbiote nests. Theres just something about the finisher where you uppercut a symbiote then pull the civiliian out that looks really good, clean and cinematic. My high ass just loves looking at it while im one hit away from dying with the last stand suit equipped while in the sunrise, morning and sunset times of the day. I also feel that without the brute symbiotes to fight it makes the symbiote nests better

  • @SmellMyPeanut
    @SmellMyPeanut 11 днів тому

    Wild how returnal feels so underated, but some.people just don't like hard games with permadeath. So it might be right where it should be :) still pretty popular iknow, but for what the game is it should be even way more popular I feel like.

  • @TiitusKyrönlahti
    @TiitusKyrönlahti 12 днів тому

    death stranding was a masterpuece you c

  • @Thedukeofderps
    @Thedukeofderps 12 днів тому

    Happy Batday Birthman!

  • @TipsyMoose69
    @TipsyMoose69 12 днів тому

    6:39 wow you nailed it. Astrobot won GOTY 2024 😂

  • @zachde5940
    @zachde5940 13 днів тому

    I feel like Risk of Rain 2 kind of got to some of the ideas that Returnal first.

  • @PandaJerk007
    @PandaJerk007 13 днів тому

    Great video! This topic takes me back to the better days of gaming :) like 2005-2015 era. Hopefully we will get there again soon!

  • @qwertydavid8070
    @qwertydavid8070 13 днів тому

    Before I watch this video, I just have to say that one main reason for my lack of investment in Spider-man 2 was the seeming lack of continuity, at least from an outside perspective. For example, the first games sets up miles morales a lot. This, combined with the hype from the spider-verse movie, made me generally more invested in the story of miles morales. I WANTED to see where the story would continue. However, with spiderman 2, all of that is lacking in the promo material. We see new faces we hadn't seen before, new villains we can't really care about. There are still so many plot points from the first two games that hadn't been properly explored. Spiderman 1 felt like a proper cataclysm, spiderman miles morales felt like a bonus side fight, spiderman 2 feels like another tuesday. We are simply not given enough time to properly invest ourselvs. Imo the promo material for this game was lackluster. It should have focused on showing us where the story left off, seeing us where the characters are going us. This is something god of war ragnarok did damn near perfectly, and it's why I had more investment in that story.