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I find the 2 definitions of pacing to be really interesting because of how you show that one game can be good at one and bad at the other. So games that people have deemed to have "bad pacing" could still be enjoyable because it excels at the other aspect of pacing. This creates two distinct feelings for bad pacing, one of high-level where there are long periods of dull gameplay but the game overall is still fun and one of low-level where the gameplay is poor, but the overall game experience brings it all together.

Metroid Prime's pacing is great. You get to go back through the world now that you're its master. It wouldn't work without this section. That's the whole idea of the game.

thank u for explaining why metroid prime SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you haven't played tunic, you should give it a shot. I agree re: animal well up there with cave story, axiom verge,, hollow knight, etc, but I think tunic is up there as well.

The number of games I've quit due to bad pacing in the 8th and 9th gens is crazy.

For me, it's MGS V, holy shit the pacing of that game is terrible. >loading to open Idroid >long ass helicopter rides >long ass opening credits for each mission

Pacing is such a key thing. I'm playing recent metroidvania Tales of Kenzera: Zau and trying to decide why I'm not over the moon with it. It looks good. Sounds fantastic. Feels good to control. Has great theming and setting. I genuinely like the story and especially love when they start telling old folktales about the world. So what's the problem? It all comes down to pacing. I love the story telling but they interupt to do it way too frequently. It feels good to move about for platforming, exploration and fighting but the balance of the three are off and there are stretches between these things that are oddly empty. Everything is good in a vacuum but when all put together the pacing is awkward; both loose yet overstuffed depending on the element in question. It really hurts it. The pacing, suffice to say, is off. Don't bury it though. It's a timely example so I point out its flaws, but Zau's actually pretty good. I see good games in the studios future. Definitely worth checking out. But if we're to be critical its the little things that stop a good game from being great. And while there's nothing wrong with a seven, truly some of my all time favs live there, we all strive for that ten, ya know?

Something about Pikmin 2 that I didn’t figure out until I got older is that when they made the Wii port (and by extension the Switch one) is they forgot to let you skip cutscenes with start like you could in the Gamecube original. Now you couldn’t skip things like item collecting but growing up I always skipped past discovering the caves, the ship saying something pointless ect. Now in a perfect world this wouldn’t be a problem to begin with but it was interesting learning how you were forced to mash through the ship's dialog in the ports. (Still less pointless text than Pikmin 4)

Uhhhhhhm. Isn't pacing largely up to the player???

Another way I've seen the word "pacing" used to describe variance in intensity throughout a game. An example that comes to mind is COD 4's campaign. Some missions are high octane and engage through chaotic action, while others are slow and engage through tension and immersion. If the campaign were too much of either for too long, it would be boring. Modulating the intensity gives purpose to each part. This is said to be "good pacing".

Your voice sometimes reminds me of David Foster Wallace.

As known by alk noita fans.. "YOUR CURIOUSITY IS REWARDED."

Learnt a lot from this. I'm gonna apply your tips to the game i'm developing. 👍 Thanks for the tips. ☺️👍

It is indeed a masterpiece and one of the best games I played the last years.... And the most amazing thing is that most of the those games came from small team or even a single developer (Tunic, Chained Echoes, Signalis, Hollow Knight)

I really hated bad passing. Before few weeks i have tried to play Desos Ex men kind Devin and hated Unlike human revolution that has 2 with 3 cut Sean in wail game wean something important happens This newer game have cut sean one after the other and let my experience this game i really heated and i install the game because off the stupid cut Sean.

This video had great pacing

Great video! Pacing should ultimately be up to the player most of the time, which is why I've always preferred RPGs like Paper Mario that allow you to decide when you enter combat. It's also why I feel some of the later Mario Party games aren't nearly as fun, because those games gets bogged down with so many animations that it starts to feel like one round of turns lasts forever.

You convinced me, bought it this morning. My seven year old and I had a nice hour play just exploring around, hopefully it will distract him for a while from his attempt to 112% hollow knight.

Great Pikmin video 👍.

Your attempts at humor are grating and overall unendearing.

*Constant low hearts beep noises* *seeing one heart and a half in my screen* Fi: hey, maybe you didn't noticed but your health is low bro

Don't forget the core gameplay pacing such as Bloodborne and Sekiro being fast paced and Dark Souls 2 being slow paced. Generally action games shouldn't be too slow or it'll become "boring" for most players, other kinds of games can just pick and choose to whatever is appropriate or fit a certain vision.

I had to give you a thumbs down because you talked bad about Zelda and Metroid. I'm so tired of fucking punk ass content creators like y'all. That think y'all are game designers. When you start making your own games is when I will take your opinions seriously.

Man F you Metroid Dread awesome

FF 7 remake have very bad pacing

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Should I play Pikmin 1? I loved 4 but didn’t play any of the other games. Is it worth $30?

Aw hell! I just started my first ass creed.... 🥴..... ever

Nice dude keep going!

Pikmin bundled with the Gamecube?🤔... Huh. I don't remember that at all. And that's exactly the kind of useless info I would remember. Pikmin was/is my jam.

Couldn't get into this game at all. Started it and the art style immediately put me off but I tried pushing through anyway. Wandered around aimlessly, stumbled unto the dog that chases you through the small tunnel and obviously got killed because I didn't know this would happen. Got sent back about 30 minutes as punishment and decided then and there to uninstall the game. I don't have the time to deal with "haha, funny surprise, now go back half an hour and repeat at least one weirdly difficult platforming challenge along the way.". This game is FAR from a masterpiece. Just awful design and a complete disregard for the player experience

I figured out the bubble jump technique in the room at 15:21 and didn't learn the bubble fall until much later as I jumped up to the ledge on the right instead of going the way you're "supposed" to. I didn't even notice the whale fan until when I revisited that room later

I really like this video, I don't have much else to say, I just though I should said that, but I believe that resumed: High level bad pacing is when the game MAKES you play something you don't wanna, and Low level bad pacing is when the game DON'T LET you play the game you want it to

If you hadn’t figured it out yet, the sound that he talks about at the end of the video plays every time an hour of game time passes. It’s a reference to… something at the end of the game (won’t spoil)

Whats the Game at 7:10?

How do you make this video and include Skyward Sword but not mention the fact that fully half of your play time in Wind Waker is simply sailing between islands which in the end is really just an elaborate loading screen between areas

Sonic Unleashed is an interesting example where the pacing is determined by whether you like the gameplay of Werehog sections or not. Let's take the HD version. If you like the werehog gameplay, then high-level pacing still isn't perfect. There's travelling back and forth, there are a few sections where you do quicktime events and there's medal collecting that can stop the game in its tracks. However, if you hate the werehog gameplay, the pacing goes down the drain. You spend disproportionately large amount of time not doing regular Sonic stages that they feel like a reward for doing the less fun parts. I think om that case, less than 30% of the game is spent doing the fun stuff.

Pikmin 2 can be fun, it's not anywhere near the experience of the first one, despite having better gameplay, I never feel like Olimar or Louie, Louie is fun, but I never understand him, and Olimar didn't even get to see his family before going back to space, and we don't really get an impression of how he feels about that. Throw in the caves making it feel more like a video game somehow, and you get a much worse game, that I still like.

I agree about pikmin 2 though

Wants to talk about bad pacing yet uses skyward sword over post botw ubisoft collection slogfest…

I felt this in the game Nights into dreams on the Sega Saturn. The first game was great, you went from level to level, straight to the point. When they announced a sequel for the Wii many years later, I was very excited until I started playing. Conversations and more conversations, including boring characters, a boring Hub, it takes more than an hour to reach the first stage. I just wanted to fly a little!

No but he's right about Pikmin 2 tbh

Me playing FF14 and drudging through hundreds of hours of solo quests and filler dialogue just to have access to the group dungeons, trials and raids that I paid for. Yep...

15:46 well actually... (spoilers) You technically shouldnt be able to do it with the base version. I mean, you can of course, but the intended design is for the upgraded version that lets you have infinite bubbles. Very clever game design, given it was probably something people figured out how to do while playtesting and he was like "not only will I design levels for that, but ill make an upgrade so people can do that easier."

If I had to give this game *one* criticism its the.... (spoilers of course) Spinning top item. Ok I swear the amount of eggs and secrets I would have never found without a guide is 99% these freaken slightly spiking ground tiles. Sometimes it doesnt even have that indication. I genuinely think that in a metroidvania these types of things should be like *somewhat* obvious. Even though the blacklight can give you indicators, what am I gonna scroll the whole map with the blacklight out? Also not every time. Even if we ganted this blacklight solution, it should be baked into breakable ground, not just on ocasional walls. I also think the kangaroo blocks should have been just a little more saturated, or at least gave some indication of their existence in the kangaroo room so you know what to look for. But these are minor nitpicks for what is an overall fantastic game.

This video has good pacing.

Aaaah. I was thinking what you will tell me about the greatful AC 1...

Most games are never finished by a majority of players because of bad pacing alone. Excellent pacing in games is so tough to craft because it demands that all other parts (level design, gameplay, story, sounds, arts, etc.) work together to try and produce a smooth curve of global flow (not just difficulty) that carries players through tensions and release. Yeah. Tough.

Devil may cry 5, a great game ruined by the stupid camera showing you that a door closes behind you then again when you finish the fight the camera takes control and shows you where you should go, i dont think i will every finish that game because of this stupid design