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Gloominary
Germany
Приєднався 5 гру 2017
This channel has been made out of my deep love for virtual worlds. I cover various video game-related topics on this channel, especially focused on, but not limited to, role-playing games. I have always felt very strongly about the writing in games. The various ways in which games tell stories, make fictional characters relatable, and ultimately, build worlds, have always fascinated me. This channel is dedicated to expressing my love for games that are particularly interesting in this regard. I am a sucker for Fantasy, be it grim dark, light-hearted or anything in between. Most games covered here fall into this category but I am not restricting myself too much. If a game intrigues me, there is a good chance it will be discussed in a video in some way, even if it's not related to the Fantasy genre in any way.
Format-wise, you can expect to see traditional video game reviews, more open "food for thought" essays and edited playthtroughs. If that interests you, welcome to my channel.
Format-wise, you can expect to see traditional video game reviews, more open "food for thought" essays and edited playthtroughs. If that interests you, welcome to my channel.
Vampyr is a Frustrating Mess of a Video Game
Just a stupid little rant video about the pretty disappointing gaming experience I've had with Vampyr.
Read the review here: www.backloggd.com/u/Gloominary/review/1485534/
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Music:
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines - Chinatown Theme
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines - Downtown Theme
#vampyr #dontnodentertainment
Read the review here: www.backloggd.com/u/Gloominary/review/1485534/
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Music:
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines - Chinatown Theme
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines - Downtown Theme
#vampyr #dontnodentertainment
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Відео
Castlevania: Rondo of Blood is Classic Castlevania Bliss
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Rondo of Blood reminds me of the good old times before Metroidvania was a thing. I love that genre to bits but every once in a while, I need to go back to dwell in that classic Castlevania goodness. Among the traditional titles of the series, this is one of the best. Read the Review here: www.backloggd.com/u/Gloominary/review/1426767/ Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:56 Graphics & Sound 4:39 Gamep...
Gray Matter is an Overlooked Point-and-Click Gem
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An overlooked little indie adventure game that absolutely deserves some love and attention. Read the review here: www.backloggd.com/u/Gloominary/review/1430409/ Music: Gray Matter - David's Theme (Instrumental) Gray Matter - Misleading Signs #graymatter #pointandclick
Deconstructing Star Wars - A Thematic Analysis of Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
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I finally found the time to catch up on a true CRPG classic. This has been on my backlog for nearly 20 years and I wish I had played it sooner. Star Wars: KotOR II is a diamond in the rough. It is an unfinished game, an incomplete experience and yet, a narrative masterpiece. I hope you enjoy this review. Read the review here: www.backloggd.com/u/Gloominary/review/1937542/ Chapters: 0:00 Introdu...
Demon's Souls and the Souls-like Genre
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Even though we really don't need yet another review of this masterpiece, I felt like I still had some things to say. Enjoy this video where I delve into all the things that make Demon's Souls special to me that go beyond the combat and level design. The video is based on my review on Backloggd: www.backloggd.com/u/Gloominary/review/2017767/ You can find me here: www.backloggd.com/u/Gloominary/ ...
Playing Xenoblade Chronicles Made Me Think About Anime Writing
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I felt like antagonizing pretty much everyone and so I sat down and recorded my ramblings about Xenoblade and anime writing tropes for about 25 minutes. Enjoy! Please don't hate me. Chapters: 0:00 Listen to My Story 3:01 My First Time with Xenoblade 6:09 My Second Time with Xenoblade 8:59 SPOILERS: BEGINNING 10:50 The 3 Pillars of Anime Writing 20:25 SPOILERS: END Music used: - Somewhere In The...
Why We Shouldn't Forget Dragon's Crown
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Dragon's Crown is a game that deserves some love. I always felt like that game didn't get the attention it deserved at the time of its original release due to the media outcry surrounding the art direction and, specifically, the female character designs. I made this video to provide a more holistic analysis of the game that goes beyond talking about its rather unique art style, though that aspe...
Playing the Visions of Mana Demo Made Me Concerned
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A short video in which I share my first impressions with regards to the Visions of Mana Demo, that was recently released. Music used: - Another Winter - Trials of Mana Remake - Innocent Sea - Trials of Mana Remake - Phantom and a Rose - Secret of Mana - Further into the Wide World - Terranigma #manaseries
Xanadu Next Feels Like a Lost Ivalice Game
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I turned another one of my reviews into a video because I feel like this wonderful game doesn't get the attention and love it deserves. Music used: - Morrowind Intro - The Elder Scrolls II: Morrowind - La Valse Pour Xanadu - Xanadu Next - The Mystic Forest - Chained Echoes - Grassland - Heroes of Might and Magic II - Clover Ruins - Xanadu Next - Nostalgic Song - Legend of Mana - Two Love - Xana...
A Goodbye Letter to Modern FromSoftware's Game Design
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This time, I thought I'd do something different. This video is based on a review, I wrote an backloggd, where I am regularly logging my games. The video is spoiler-free and only features footage from the first area of the DLC. Let me know if this kind of video is interesting. If people enjoy this, I will upload more videos like this in the future. The review can be found here: www.backloggd.com...
Was King's Quest 8 Better than it's Reputation?
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I always felt that King's Quest 8 - Mask of Eternity got a bad rap in most game reviews. Being published in 1998 and thus as one of the earliest 3D adventure games, this title surely suffered from a variety of problems that were quite common for that time. Among other aspects, reviewers criticized Mask of Eternity for its bad controls, nerve-wracking camera movement and focus on combat instead ...
Schreier can go f**k himself. I just got the game. Can't wait to play it!!!!
Well done! #castlevaniafacts #castlevania3dcollection
☝Dark Souls mentioner! Also very interesting to pick Super Castlevania as your GOAT - it's definitely a sleeper pick in that conversation. It does seem strange to only port the inferior SNES version to the Advance Collection too considering that it's mostly GBA games. Nice stuff, man!
Thanks Yuzu :) Super Castlevania IV is definitely my favorite among the "traditional" Castlevania games, the music alone is so eerie and weird, I love the pixel art and the level design too. When it comes to the series as a whole, I'm pretty sure that SOTN would be my #1 pick, I've played it a million times and love it to bits, cheesy voice acting and all :D Aria of Sorrow is a strong contender too. Regarding Vampire's Kiss/Dracula X, I actually had a lot of fun with the game on my most recent playthrough and I think the game is treated a bit unfairly among the fans. In direct comparison to Rondo, it doesn't stand a chance but on its own, it's far from the worst imo. But you're totally right, I have no idea why Konami put that game on the "Advance" Collection, Konami doing Konami things I guess :D
As a die hard fan of KQ games 1-7 I was highly disappointed with Mask of Eternity as a 14 year old I tried playing it and I was like what in the heck is this crap? I cheated to get the ending and was very disappointed by that as well. However when I became and an adult I played the game again the whole way through and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The game stands very well as a standalone action adventure rpg game but not as a King's Quest game. But with the other games that got 3D versions like Quest For Glory V, and Gabriel Knight 3 with those games they didn't try to do anything fancy and followed the standard Sierra code especially QFGV coming out six days after Mask of Eternity on November 30th 1998. Even though there was supposed to be a multiplayer feature for QFGV that got canned due to time restraints it was still a Quest for glory game through and through. GK3 didn't try to do anything fancy there was some action style puzzles but it was still a Gabriel Knight adventure game through and through and it was released a year after QFGV and Mask of Eternity. Also who knows what Space Quest 7 would have looked like and the same goes with Leisure Suit Larry 8 because those games were canceled.
Holy i didn't know you do youtube videos. Great stuff man, your Shadow of the Erdtree review is one of my favorite of yours so seeing it transform into a video is refreshing. Keep it up!!
Oh, hey Para :) That's really kind of you, thank you very much. Yeah, I'm turning some of my reviews into videos. I'm still learning but the journey is fun.
Dragon's crown has my favorite character designs of all time in any video game and possibly work of art. It merges the classic with the modern and Is spiced with a heavy dose of taboo. Every frame a portrait, And that's before we even get into the actual portraits. This isn't the first time Pearl clutching critics have lambasted genius works of art. Maybe sometime in the future this type of art style can be embraced the way we embrace art of the past.
To combat the immature accusations of over sexualization, They should have just made it an emerald m rated game, with a censored pg13 version. Some ppl *CRAVE* finding something to cancel, And I mean that on multiple sides of the political spectrum.
I bought Demon’s Souls when it came out in the US and it never clicked with me. I bought Dark Souls PS3 for $6 on clearance at Target. I didn’t play it until I played it and didn’t love it and didn’t have people to talk about it with, being late to the party and having bounced off Demon’s. I played Dark Souls PS3 in the depths of my difficulty with insomnia that was giving me symptoms incompatible with my life. This was after the sleep study. I fell in love. I was years late to a gruesome party that had been as deep and resonant as advertised. People engage with this creation myth in a way that helps me contextualize what Faith means. I played Scholar of the First Sin on PS4 during COVID summer. Do I need to tell you I fell in love? I’ve bounced off Bloodborne and DS3 in the intervening years, and I don’t know what will get me to them. I don’t know if I’ll ever play Demon’s Souls, or Elden Ring, or Sekiro, but you’re doing awesome and I can’t wait to see what I see from you next.
Thank you. I'm glad to hear that you found love for the series even though you had to take some detour to get there. I'll be putting out a lot more content in the future so stay put and all the best to you.
Neat
I have such fond memories of this game.
Is it better than its reputation? No.
Your first sentence resonates with me very strongly. Kotor 2 has been my childhood favorite, and for good reason. Such a good game.
I feel you. If I had played this sooner, this would have been a childhood classic for me as well.
KOTOR 2 was made in less than a year.
Jason Shitter ruins everything for everyone.
I was just playing this recently... I kinda "meh" out of the game after getting to the fire mountain. I think I am burning out on the "action rpg" games because it's just mindless hack and slash and in this particular ARPG's problem is the "tedium". You have 4 slots where you have to "share" special items with or potions. I can't tell you how annoying it is to keep switching my equipment around every time I came to a puzzle, boulder, or light bridge. I am really SICK of this kind of game design. If I need an item to get past an area of the game... Make it function like it does for Zelda LTTP... when I get a glove... it's always equipped and I don't need to visit the equip menu to switch it out. Same goes for "limited inventory". I hate it... hate it a lot!
I didnt forget. I play this game everyday on my bed with my ps Vita 😊 ✌️
I dont know how this game is now starting to pop up on my feeds but dam, I am so glad. This is an absolute beast of a game, wish it got expanded upon but happy to see people enjoying it
Would be a lot easier to not forget if they'd bring it to PC. Really wanna play this but don't wanna get a PS4/5 just for this and a few other games.
Playing it on ps3 emulator, havent figured out the online multiplayer if even possible.
I don't understand the beef with the tank controls - it's like the most logical control scheme by which you control the character directly no matter where camera is facing.
We badly need a Dragon's Crown 2
If you don't like this artstyle EAT COPE and swallow it IN SEETHE... LoL it's fuckin awesome... Tho the mermaid it's just comical to me
I think Miyazaki himself said that he wants to stop making souls games after Elden ring. I think he will take the gameplay from souls games and make a game with deeper RPG systems next and throw those other elements from souls games out the window. I think he just used the souls games as a bridge to make the RPG he wants to actually play. He likes games like everquest the most, and most likely wants to make something like it.
This game is so good! I wish Vanillaware would release it on Steam, or create a sequel.
For me, Dragon's Crown deserves to have its own anime since it has its manga and they should adapt it to the anime to make their video game more popular and well-known.
Your English is good and your accent is wonderful
better than dragon age veilgaurd
Game is great, and yes a mainly play sorc bc i like looking at her.
Jason Schreier! You mean that stup*d clown who woke for Kotaku and confirmed a biased piece of sh*t. LoL
Bruh Fleek just played this classic. ain't no way anyone's forgetting this bad boy lol.
elf gang who up get em flame arrows and backstab going
i see dragons crown, i like and subscribe
I met this game accidentally on UA-cam and I must say it was a big letdown when I realized it's available only for Playstation (I'm a PC player). It bring me some reminiscences of some old school beat them up in epic fantasy context like Golden Axe series and Capcom's Dungeon & Dragon.
Yep, the Golden Axe vibes are strong with this one. As I say in the video, you can easily emulate this game on PC with the PS3 version and RPCS3, have fun :)
Just bought it. 😅
I wish this game comes to the Switch!
Anything Schreier blathers can be casually disregarded without consequence.
Locked away forever in Sony jail... :(
Such an amazing game. Went out of my way to find the steelbook of the game and the gameplay is simply glorious in every way. Still working on normal mode, but trying to do as much as I can
I love this game! Compared to the stinking pile of dogshit that dRaGoN AgE: Le Failguard is, this is a 12/10!
this game is side scrolling beat em up FINEST
Although I get most of the points made, I don't understand the necessity of the video. If Elden Ring and it's dlc aren't your cup of tea, just stick to the old games. I've played DS1 and Bloodborne several dozen times each. I love Demons Souls, and Sekiro is probably my favorite Fromsoftware game. Ds2 I've only played to platin and my ds3 platin run I've paused for several months now, because i just can't get myself to like the game. And Elden Ring? I have not played it to this day, because it's too big, I don't like the open world, and I miss the genius level design of Dark Souls 1. My point is: It's ok to not like a game, but it's not always necessary to rant about it.
What's that? The Homm II Grass Theme in a video about Xanadu Next? My friend, how can you combine two of my favorite ever games like that? Instant respect. In all seriousness, I love Xanadu Next so much. It feels like a fantasy game from a bygone era where things could be presented more simply and sincerely. It's kind of like White Lie in Black states and the general theme about The Knight's arc: he's the last true hero of that era, the last knight in that land who stands at the tuning of ages. It's melancholic but beautiful, just like you said, and captures just about everything I love in fantasy.
Exactly! And yeah, I love HOMM II and for some reason I found the grass theme so be strangely fitting in terms of vibes for this game. Cool to see someone felt the same :)
Still my favorite beat-em up
Dragon's Crown is fantastic. I got back into it a few months back, and it sunk its fangs into me all over again. Ended up beating the game on normal with every character and then immediately jumped into hard and currently beat it with Amazon(best character), Fighter, and Wizard. I would love if we got a sequel at some point with some new characters added. Specifically a brawler/martial artist so I can punch monsters in the face. The boss fights are all great, the Killer Rabbit boss fight is my favourite one in the game. I lost it when it appeared. And you can't sing the praises of a Vanillaware game without mentioning the unfairly delicious looking food. I wanna eat a dragon and the Killer Rabbit.
oh yeah, the food in these games looks so delicious and they nail this in every single game :D
@@GIoominary I haven't played 13 Sentinels or Unicorn Overlord yet, but I'm sure it all looks stupid delicious there too.
I took so many screenshots just of food alone in Unicorn Overlord, it looked so good :D
@@GIoominary I guess I should pick it up then. I've been wanting to play another Vanillaware game besides Odinsphere and Dragon's Crown.
My man, you’re burnt out on this genre. Take a breather.
2022? this game so fucking awesome bro I love elf and sorceress
my favorite game of all time.
10 yrs and i still play it 1 hr per day XDDD
is there a build guide and gear affix guide of each class?
i don't know. The dlc didn't feel that bad. i liked the introduction of new weapon types. the only thing that i dislike is heal from afar when they spam in the colosseum