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How This Game Made MOBAs Simple
Looking back on one of the most unique mobas of all time
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Chapters:
0:00 The Story Of Hots
1:57 The Rise Of Mobas
4:36 Why It Failed
9:32 Lessons Learned
12:25 Outro
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My Experience with Aeterna Noctis
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My experience with Aeterna Noctis, featuring best light arrows of all time Watch me live: twitch.tv/JohnSongNow Consider supporting me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/JohnSongNow Other Socials: Twitter: JohnSongNow Instagram: JohnSongNow Discord: discord.com/invite/a7YcSeuH9H Chapters: 0:00 The Most Hardcore Metroidvania 1:55 What Is Aeterna Noctis 6:57 The Platforming And...
My Experience with Blasphemous 2
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My Experience With Gato Roboto
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My Experience With VVVVVV
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My Experience With Metal Slug
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My Experience With Metal Slug
Battle Passes: The Quest For Your Time
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My Experience With Path of Exile
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A Recap of My 2023
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A Recap of My 2023
The Importance of Video Game Box Art
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The Importance of Video Game Box Art
My Experience With Counter Strike 2
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My Experience With Counter Strike 2
My Experience With Celeste
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My Experience With Celeste
Why I Love FPS Games
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Why I Love MOBAs
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Why I Love MOBAs
Karthus.
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Karthus.
Blitzcrank.
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Nasus.
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Merge Sort Explained
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Merge Sort Explained
Bubble Sort Explained
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Bubble Sort Explained
A Comparison of Pathfinding Algorithms
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Introduction to Parallel Programming
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Introduction to Parallel Programming

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @fernandowisconsin800
    @fernandowisconsin800 2 дні тому

    astar is the goat

  • @bennie1079
    @bennie1079 Місяць тому

    for anyone who hasn't tried this game; go try it! While it's fanbase has sadly turned somewhat sour the last few years, probably due to content vanishing, the game itself still holds up imo.

  • @MrJozerdan
    @MrJozerdan Місяць тому

    Great analysis. Perfect moba-like for me.

  • @someguy8842
    @someguy8842 Місяць тому

    My problem with Hots and why I bounced of was gold and last hits that to me makes those games function on such a base level to me taking it out ment I was going to play almost none of it

  • @TheSwedishTomato
    @TheSwedishTomato Місяць тому

    HotS my absolute favorite Moba. Faster and easier than Dota, Slower and more complex than League. Such a shame that Blizzard executed their own game.

    • @basvriese1934
      @basvriese1934 Місяць тому

      Slower than League? In League you're just grinding for fifteen minutes doing just about nothing before you even get to play a real game

    • @TheSwedishTomato
      @TheSwedishTomato 29 днів тому

      @@basvriese1934 In league fights lasts for about 1-5 seconds, and it's very rare "just about nothing" is ever done for the first 15 minutes of the game. Unless of course we're talking about pro play.

  • @schnader
    @schnader Місяць тому

    Great video, though I wish you would've gone a bit more in depth in which made HotS unique from it's peers. I'd argue the leveling system with choosing upgrades was genius and very refreshing. Despite this, having shared XP removed the ability for a single player to have a big enough impact to win the game. The amount of bots and AFKs in this game was also far worse than in any other MOBAs because nobody really cared about winning in this game. Locking in certain units and having to play on a map in which they aren't very effective at was also a dealbreaker for many players, for good reason of course. I applaud Blizzard for trying something unique and sticking with it, and for all I care they totally succeeded on that vision.

    • @ivangolubev9531
      @ivangolubev9531 Місяць тому

      I'd say good play from a single player can and is big enough to win the game. Leoric's tomb on 20, Sonic Arrow, Mosh or just a good rolke execution from a sololane player, all of these things will have enough impact to win

  • @billyobardo
    @billyobardo Місяць тому

    Nice video man, All support for hots videos <3

  • @patrikholo5820
    @patrikholo5820 Місяць тому

    Good Video mate :) High quality considering your amount of subs/views ! Keep it up, wish you the best.

  • @gabezuum
    @gabezuum Місяць тому

    i didn't see the video yet but, all hail hots, love from brazil my man

  • @ikoLinh
    @ikoLinh 3 місяці тому

    venia por mas videos de programacion pero ok

  • @markokraljevic1590
    @markokraljevic1590 3 місяці тому

    you should talk faster, this is too slow

  • @ynnn991
    @ynnn991 3 місяці тому

    Great Video. You made a really good point about the linear exploration and uninspired level design in the end of one of my favorite games. My biggest "problem" with Blasphemous 2 is the comic look, though. Yeah of course, the levels look absolutely great most of the time - especially compared to the early first game - but there are some details which really undermine the overall immersion into that dark and depressing world. Radames for example doesn't seem to fit in the game at all, just because of his comic-like look. Same for the cinematics - which are quite nice to have - but hey're just waaay to clean. I would have preferred less cinematics, in favor of in game events like in Blasphemous 1. Remember the entry of the warden, the first boss in the first game? Remember how Ten Piedad "introduced" itself to the player? That's what I want! Another "downside" is the music, which - again - is actually great aswell, but sometimes feels a little out of place. I think Part 1 just hit the spot perfectly with more quiet, calm and atmospheric parts. All in all it's complaining at a very high level. I absolutely love both Blasphemous games and I'm really looking forward to the upcoming expansion and DLC.

    • @JohnSong
      @JohnSong 3 місяці тому

      I think it's for a different audience compared to the first and tries to appeal to a broader set of people who might of otherwise been put off a bit by the first. I was really really impressed with the game itself and at times I even liked the cleaner look but I can understand how if you especially liked the first game post DLC you might think that it's underwhelming and not true to the original. Still though hoping that the DLC comes along and addresses a lot of these issues like it did for the original!

  • @JoshuaADaniel
    @JoshuaADaniel 4 місяці тому

    I've considered playing this at some points in time but every time I try to convince myself to try it, something about it puts me off from actually purchasing it, not sure why. Feels like a Metroid + megaman + untitled story game which is pretty appealing to me so not sure why I refuse to buy it esp since it's fairly cheap comparatively

    • @JohnSong
      @JohnSong 4 місяці тому

      Pretty cheap and very similar to megaman. I wouldn't say it's super long but the price way so low that it was worth trying alone just for that

  • @JohnSong
    @JohnSong 4 місяці тому

    Seems like the this game isn't too well known since it's such a small and quick title though. Still though I think if you're ever on the fence about trying out any Metroidvania, I think this is definitely one of the games you should start out with

  • @methewhenmethe8055
    @methewhenmethe8055 5 місяців тому

    "featuring the most upside down gameplay ever" may i introduce you to geometry dash

  • @akpokemon
    @akpokemon 5 місяців тому

    I LOVED this game! It made me feel like such a skilled gamer when I beat it. I grew up with (challenging) 2D platformers as the AAA games of my day--not FPS. So its (visually) simple and straightforward platforming and bare-bones graphics was a breath of fresh air, after having been bombared by the ridiculously convoluted microtransaction menus in mobile games and FPS HUD menus for years. I noticed you incorrectly said "VVVVV" (x5 V's instead of x6 V's) in your video card. I also made the same exact mistake the entire time I played it--It's confusing because "V" in Roman Numerals is "5"...but there are actually 6 V's. It wasn't until I talked to my nerdy coworkers about the game that I was corrected. Wow didn't know it had a level editor. That'd be overwhelming. I played it on iPhone like 5 years ago--don't remember if they had a level editor/community levels on the iPhone

  • @PokeNebula
    @PokeNebula 5 місяців тому

    Love the heck outta this game. Great video!

    • @JohnSong
      @JohnSong 5 місяців тому

      Still a great simple retro game!

  • @adrianen9440
    @adrianen9440 5 місяців тому

    Wait why is your DFS skipping lines here at 1:33, why is it not visiting yellow cells?

  • @TimKapow
    @TimKapow 5 місяців тому

    Love METAL SLUG!!! Awesome video!

  • @PIYUSHTAILORstillalive
    @PIYUSHTAILORstillalive 6 місяців тому

    Am I the only one who thinks video is fast fowarded?

  • @Barnaclebeard
    @Barnaclebeard 6 місяців тому

    I've never seen it written "AStar" instead of "A*" before. Has something changed?

  • @infamoustony
    @infamoustony 8 місяців тому

    In grid, dijkstra IS bfs, because distance between every grid cell is 1. When you have distances though, dijkstra is going to find the optimal path and bfs is just going to find the path with the smallest number of road

  • @MonkeySimius
    @MonkeySimius 8 місяців тому

    Pretty major flaws in the comparison. The red dot always being in a corner mitigates some of the flaws of poor path finding algorithms. Also, having only 1 possible path eliminates some flaws of poor pathfinding algorithms.

  • @gorkemvids4839
    @gorkemvids4839 8 місяців тому

    This was amazing, dfs performance was a surprise too

  • @Chiberia
    @Chiberia 9 місяців тому

    Green means stop, Red means go, got it. Also, this irrationally infuriates me.

  • @kxito4945
    @kxito4945 9 місяців тому

    Thank you

  • @Zander10102
    @Zander10102 10 місяців тому

    All one take, eh?

  • @dandymcgee
    @dandymcgee 10 місяців тому

    would be cool to see a version of this with more relevant modern algorithms like ANYA, Block A*, Sub-TL, Lazy Theta* w/ Optimizations, etc.

  • @ts.doctork
    @ts.doctork 10 місяців тому

    The modern sequel is a pay2win mobile game garbage, it's really sad and disheartening to see one of my favorite childhood IP being violated like that.

    • @JohnSong
      @JohnSong 10 місяців тому

      Hopefully one day they'll make a true sequel to this game, for now we just gotta wait for SNK to cook something up eventually

  • @juanmacias5922
    @juanmacias5922 10 місяців тому

    Playing Metal Slug in an arcade cabinet in Mexico will always be one of my fondest memories. :D

  • @JoshuaADaniel
    @JoshuaADaniel 10 місяців тому

    I bet that Japanese arcade doubled in profit that day that we played cause I died every 3 seconds

  • @JohnSong
    @JohnSong 10 місяців тому

    Sorry for the later half of the video but I had a bit of a busy month with some IRL stuff and wanted to still post this month, but I should be good and back with a slightly changed up style of video for April

  • @nangld
    @nangld 10 місяців тому

    There is also a much simpler and faster algorithm which was used in early RTS games like Dune 2, Warcraft and Doom. It involved casting a ray into the direction of the goal, and if the ray hits an obstacle, they the algorithm either uses a right-hand side rule to go around it or shots a ray into random direction. It isn't guarantee to find the shortest path, but has constant memory usage and usually finds the path faster. You can also run it in parallel by shooting several rays. It also works when you have to navigate an actual drone without a pre-made map.

    • @bengudca792
      @bengudca792 10 місяців тому

      Flow field pathfinding?

  • @johndeleon8741
    @johndeleon8741 Рік тому

    The heuristic used in A* doesn't necessarily need to be the Manhattan distance. It works well with regular grid-placed nodes but in real life geometric scenarios the Euclidean distance would be the preferred choice.

  • @JohnSong
    @JohnSong Рік тому

    One of the games I hold with the highest regard in terms of both fun and variety, really hoping that Path of Exile 2 lives up to the same hype as it's predecessor!

  • @mauricioaviles
    @mauricioaviles Рік тому

    Add loops to the maze!

  • @gautamgamer3984
    @gautamgamer3984 Рік тому

    This is such a good video and such a relatable topic. I used to love seeing box art of all the games my mother and father bought when they would go out. Thanks for doing this video.😊😊😊

  • @JohnSong
    @JohnSong Рік тому

    The last video essay of the year! I'll be back next year with some more videos like these, but in the mean time I'll be uploading a recap of this year coming sometime in December

  • @magicmulder
    @magicmulder Рік тому

    Great video but 3:11 “Hueristic is Manhanntan” triggers me. 😂

  • @acasualviewer5861
    @acasualviewer5861 Рік тому

    Too bad you didn't try bidirectional search. That is the only one I thought would have some chance of beating A*

  • @Julzaa
    @Julzaa Рік тому

    3:44 "on average" cool cool, but where's the average?

  • @necromancy999
    @necromancy999 Рік тому

    good vid man :)

  • @JohnSong
    @JohnSong Рік тому

    A second video in more a video review fashion this time talking about a more popular game that I've been playing a lot recently. I've been getting a lot more used to the format/style of these types of videos so hopefully better edited ones coming soon! Two days after this Valve added back community maps so nice

  • @morathanan
    @morathanan Рік тому

    Bro, its very hard to understand what youre saying. Try to speak slower, not "swallowing" words.

  • @omarhousari9081
    @omarhousari9081 Рік тому

    Could you make a video on heuristics soon?

  • @GretgorPooper
    @GretgorPooper Рік тому

    Dijkstra is bad for graphs with unweighted edges.

  • @OuaisAmelie
    @OuaisAmelie Рік тому

    i like your editing style it’s very pleasant and chill

    • @JohnSong
      @JohnSong Рік тому

      Thanks hoping to ake a few more like this in this style

  • @Insmort
    @Insmort Рік тому

    don't use top-left use bottom right instead and make texts a bit smaller (and you dont have to write the developers)

    • @Insmort
      @Insmort Рік тому

      good video btw

    • @JohnSong
      @JohnSong Рік тому

      Noted thanks for the feedback! I'll change it for the next vid a bit, though i try not to used the bottom right since the channel icon is there but I'll def shrink the text