NOTE: this video is at 24 frames per second! that's not my fault. i don't know whose fault it is, though it's probably not mine. too late to change it now, unfortunately!!!
I was going to say Tim, what is this like weird Christopher Doyle slow-motion shit you’re experimenting with hahah. I thought it was completely deliberate.
Watching this video as part of the extended Tim Rogers cinematic universe after watching all of Action Button season one opens up whole new layers to the experience
"An Animal Crossing game getting an 8/10 from a mainstream publication would not be THE weirdest thing to happen in 2020" - boy howdy did Tim ever nail it by accident
This has to be why he's such a fan of Kojima. I don't think Tim wants to make games anything like Kojima's games, but I do suspect he wants to make games that are as personal as Kojima's games; as idiosyncratic representative of their lead designer's unique worldview, warts and all.
Tim really doesn't like it when you say that. If you can't respect his co-workers as much as he does, you could at least respect him by keeping that to yourself. You can share your love of Tim Rogers without putting others down.
@@Crusader1089 I hate narcing and telling people this, but its important to me that people aren't mean for no reason here - so thanks for doing it for me. :) @ke she - It's probably better to just say "i like you tim" instead of slagging off his friends and workmates while trying to compliment him. Your choice though, of course
@@cipher893 tims issue wasn't with people not giving his friends praise, his issue is with people slamming his friends while trying to compliment him. There is a big difference
Its worth noting for people that aren't aware; that this is almost definitely because of the new gross 'great hill partners' ownership of Kotaku. It is not because tim doesn't love the work of his fellow employees, the tone of Kotaku articles or the editorial decisions of jason etc. It's not because they're too "woke" or any crap like that -.It's based in a concern that the new rich-boy venture capital ownership are seeking to destroy the unique voice and tone of Kotaku articles/videos, that the writers & editors have worked so hard to build over the last few years. Many Kotaku employees are now unionised, and they're still doing fantastic work & fighting the new ownership in the ways that they can. it's purely just the new CEO-level corporate ownership that people have issue with, and them alone. Google deadspin & spanfeller or read Gita & Rivera's goodbye article if you're interested in learning more :)
@@Cerberus4982 ^ Having said all that, have a read of what the journalists themselves have to say as they obviously know far more than i do twitter.com/gmgunion?lang=en
The part about Stardew Valley being the food truck in Singapoore that has a Michelin star is the reason for why I would watch a 30 minute video about a game I will probably not play.
What Tim Rogers could not have possibly predicted is the terrible global situation that would be transpiring during the first months of Animal Crossing's existence. This totally strangled out any possible room for Animal Crossing to have a 'its not that good' moment.
Sorry to necro, I just wanted to engage with someone instead of posting into the void! So, I feel it HAS had that moment, if it isn't having that right now. I very much like the game, and I played it nearly non-stop at first because I startes 2 months of unpaid leave from work right when it came out. I love the rolling, free updates, but it hit me soon enough how much is missing from this game. It has the POTENTIAL to be the best, but currently, it feels like they sold us into early access. Allow me to explain. Multiple classic furniture sets aren't in the game and, if not tied to a specific season, I don't know when to expect their inclusion (the Modern set, to name one). Crafting is great but I got tired of breakable tools real quick, wouldn't mind some indicator a tool is near death to smooth that out. We received updates for swimming and dream towns, but we still don't have Gracie, a cafe, or more than a single shop upgrade. I can only hope more upgrades are coming sooner, rather than later, to sell more furniture items per day and open up a space for Leif and Labelle to make a permanent shop, and stop wasting days where Redd or Gulliver/Gullivarr could be visiting. I have faith it will come, but as it stands, you can make a sound argument for New Leaf being a better package.
@@donnylurch4207 yeah, I hear all those complaints, tbh I still haven't paid off my house loan, but I don't think that it's had quite as dramatic a moment. For the most part it feels like it's some relatively mild complaints about the game verses a whole 'moment' where everyone decided it wasn't as good as we initially thought.
@@seanwood5550 Right, that makes sense. From day 1 I was suspicious of the lack of features like swimming and the art gallery, but that first big update that added those in gave me faith they'll keep the updates coming. It'll get there!
Tim Rogers was already OP in version 11.0 after the Dragon Quest review, and they still decided to buff him in the Animal Crossing patch? His sheer energy is causing framerate issues now.
Tom Nook gives you a fully interest free loan. He then gives you even larger interest free loans whenever you get around to paying him back. If he is a critique of capitalism, he is not a particularly good one.
I am hype for New Horizons'es. Animal Crossing is my favorite choring simulator to enjoy with a morning cup of coffee as I slowly awaken to a new day full of possibility. Animal Crossing sits in an important pantheon of games that have impacted me beyond just "having a good time", sitting alongside Celeste (inspiration to try new things and push forward through failure) or Earthbound (that friends can be made by opening up yourself to the possibility).
I was a child and understood how to manipulate money in the game's stock market. When games like Wild World introduced online play, it introduced me into foreign stock trading. I was making millions. I, however, do not (currently) have a million dollars in real life by manipulating foreign stock trades... yet. So yes, kids understand the capitalism side of this series.
@@RashidMBey There are some parts where the framerate is cut down in some way. Watch carefully from :15 to :18. It does it kind of a lot. It's not a bad thing it's just peculiar.
@Sky Gravity If you didn’t like the video, then why did you watch 30 minutes of it? That makes zero sense lol I gotta disagree with you though, Tim Rogers makes some of the best videos about games on UA-cam! The humor and editing are great but the content in these video essays is really unique and is super fun to watch and listen to. Really looking forward to the FF7 prereview and hopefully a 7 hour FF7 remake review in April :D
Tim. Don't use your mobile phone on your motor cycle. I paused the video to tell you this. We enjoy you way to much for you to be getting up to those kinds of shenanigans.
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You shouldnt feel bad for breaking character, As awesome as your character is. Breaking the fourth wall, or i guess in this case the character,s veil. Is the beauty.
I do love the Nintendo Switch, it got me back into Zelda and It introduced me to franchises like Xenoblade Chronicles and Fire Emblem, and in a month or so Animal Crossing 🙂
As a psycho (app user lol), I downloaded it the day it was up on the app store out of sheer desperation for new Animal Crossing content. I played Wild World and New Leaf into the ground and accomplished everything there is to do in those games. With a tease of a New Horizons release originally estimated for 2019, and then because of the delay, I think I can say that all the app users just are desperate for a new actual Animal Crossing game. Also, the app is fine. It hits my AC fix. The worst things about it are: the microtransactions are annoying as hell and the constant events and quests are tedious. It kind of seperates itself from the original idea of Animal Crossing as a "do nothing" simulator. Yeah it's not my fav, but it will tide me over until AC:NH
Love that a UA-cam comment from the last vid (about IGN), had Tim replying to it, saying "professionalism would keep me from referencing IGN" got him referencing IGN a ton this vid. Also IGN will give it a 9. Their staff loves the crap out of that series. Would bet money on it. Glad you're alive to make these videos, man.
NOTE: this video is at 24 frames per second! that's not my fault. i don't know whose fault it is, though it's probably not mine. too late to change it now, unfortunately!!!
That gosh darn Tom Nook trying to slow down your frame rate speed until you pay up.
Did this haircut come with TressFX or Hairworks?
Just because you think every game should be 60fps doesn't mean we can't appreciate cinematic Tim Rogers.
The FPS only seemed bad on one of the cameras.
I was going to say Tim, what is this like weird Christopher Doyle slow-motion shit you’re experimenting with hahah. I thought it was completely deliberate.
Watching this video as part of the extended Tim Rogers cinematic universe after watching all of Action Button season one opens up whole new layers to the experience
Animal crossing is a connection game. Some may call it...
A strand Game.
Omg
Animal Crossing truckin’ road trip would be...the ultimate
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is like eating 60 lbs of vegetables at gunpoint
are your saying Kojima ripped off animal crossing? I KNEW IT!
I just bought Death Stranding xd
The first of its kind. A brand new genre.
" When you root around down under the thunderdumpster with a rat as big as me, you're gonna find some weird trash "
- Tim 2020
thats an all timer for sure
"An Animal Crossing game getting an 8/10 from a mainstream publication would not be THE weirdest thing to happen in 2020" - boy howdy did Tim ever nail it by accident
“Ive got a real person in me, and one of these days Im gonna let you see that person”
That hit me hard
This has to be why he's such a fan of Kojima. I don't think Tim wants to make games anything like Kojima's games, but I do suspect he wants to make games that are as personal as Kojima's games; as idiosyncratic representative of their lead designer's unique worldview, warts and all.
Esp after that Boku review now
Animal Crossing: New Horizon: Zero Dawn
Animal Crossing: New Horizon: Zero “Until” Dawn
Until Dawn: Rush of Bloodborne
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sins of a Solar Empire
Animal crossing: death stranding
he should tone it down a little bit. i'm having some huge framerate drops over here. his content is way too demanding.
That Seinfeld hitting puberty impression at the beginning must have overloaded the system.
"a game about delivering letters? That sounds dumb"
Hideo Kojima: hold my beer
I accept your subtle capitalist critique Animal Crossing.
"The easiest way to be a rich person is to fall out of another rich person." - Tim
There is no resonable alternative to capitalism. All the "most admired" countires are capitalism with a few extra provided services.
We are so blessed to have two camera-recorded Tim videos released in three days.
Feelsgoodman moment right there ^-^
no lie last night i had a little drunk cry because i couldn't stop thinking about how i will never get to be actual friends with isabelle in real life
“Analysis is for narcs.”
This man is the only reason I watch Kotaku videos.
Tim really doesn't like it when you say that. If you can't respect his co-workers as much as he does, you could at least respect him by keeping that to yourself. You can share your love of Tim Rogers without putting others down.
@@Crusader1089 I hate narcing and telling people this, but its important to me that people aren't mean for no reason here - so thanks for doing it for me. :)
@ke she - It's probably better to just say "i like you tim" instead of slagging off his friends and workmates while trying to compliment him. Your choice though, of course
Crusader1089 I guess they will get praise...if they deserve it. They should take notes.
@@cipher893 tims issue wasn't with people not giving his friends praise, his issue is with people slamming his friends while trying to compliment him. There is a big difference
He has now quit Kotaku!! My respect for him has skyrocketed and I can now finally move on from Kotaku entirely.
I love that you styled yourself after an Animal Crossing villager especially for this video
i'm glad someone noticed . . . . . . #TRUCKHECK
He looks like his dad
now I gotta know which villager dangit. Is it Punchy??
This is exactly how I imagine I sound when I talk about animal crossing.
I love how he now refuses to say the name of the company he works for.
But says ign over 10 times
Yea why though lol
The suspense kills me every time.
Its worth noting for people that aren't aware; that this is almost definitely because of the new gross 'great hill partners' ownership of Kotaku.
It is not because tim doesn't love the work of his fellow employees, the tone of Kotaku articles or the editorial decisions of jason etc.
It's not because they're too "woke" or any crap like that -.It's based in a concern that the new rich-boy venture capital ownership are seeking to destroy the unique voice and tone of Kotaku articles/videos, that the writers & editors have worked so hard to build over the last few years.
Many Kotaku employees are now unionised, and they're still doing fantastic work & fighting the new ownership in the ways that they can. it's purely just the new CEO-level corporate ownership that people have issue with, and them alone.
Google deadspin & spanfeller or read Gita & Rivera's goodbye article if you're interested in learning more :)
@@Cerberus4982 ^
Having said all that, have a read of what the journalists themselves have to say as they obviously know far more than i do
twitter.com/gmgunion?lang=en
The part about Stardew Valley being the food truck in Singapoore that has a Michelin star is the reason for why I would watch a 30 minute video about a game I will probably not play.
Tim, as an apreciator of the Just Chatting section of Twitch, I would totally watch your take on it.
Tim Rogers: "I'm a dirtbag."
Big everyone energy, right there.
What Tim Rogers could not have possibly predicted is the terrible global situation that would be transpiring during the first months of Animal Crossing's existence. This totally strangled out any possible room for Animal Crossing to have a 'its not that good' moment.
Sorry to necro, I just wanted to engage with someone instead of posting into the void! So, I feel it HAS had that moment, if it isn't having that right now. I very much like the game, and I played it nearly non-stop at first because I startes 2 months of unpaid leave from work right when it came out. I love the rolling, free updates, but it hit me soon enough how much is missing from this game. It has the POTENTIAL to be the best, but currently, it feels like they sold us into early access. Allow me to explain.
Multiple classic furniture sets aren't in the game and, if not tied to a specific season, I don't know when to expect their inclusion (the Modern set, to name one). Crafting is great but I got tired of breakable tools real quick, wouldn't mind some indicator a tool is near death to smooth that out. We received updates for swimming and dream towns, but we still don't have Gracie, a cafe, or more than a single shop upgrade. I can only hope more upgrades are coming sooner, rather than later, to sell more furniture items per day and open up a space for Leif and Labelle to make a permanent shop, and stop wasting days where Redd or Gulliver/Gullivarr could be visiting. I have faith it will come, but as it stands, you can make a sound argument for New Leaf being a better package.
@@donnylurch4207 yeah, I hear all those complaints, tbh I still haven't paid off my house loan, but I don't think that it's had quite as dramatic a moment. For the most part it feels like it's some relatively mild complaints about the game verses a whole 'moment' where everyone decided it wasn't as good as we initially thought.
@@seanwood5550 Right, that makes sense. From day 1 I was suspicious of the lack of features like swimming and the art gallery, but that first big update that added those in gave me faith they'll keep the updates coming. It'll get there!
@@donnylurch4207 TBH I haven't played since the Gamecube one, so a bunch of stuff is completely new to me, I've had a lot of fun with the swimming.
Tim Rogers was already OP in version 11.0 after the Dragon Quest review, and they still decided to buff him in the Animal Crossing patch? His sheer energy is causing framerate issues now.
Tom Nook gives you a fully interest free loan. He then gives you even larger interest free loans whenever you get around to paying him back. If he is a critique of capitalism, he is not a particularly good one.
New game way less mean than original game.
Animal Crossing: New Forza Vegas Horizon: Yakuza Zero Until Dawn 4
Tim's landlord sounds like more of a Tom Nook than Tom Nook.
Tom Narc.
"You can stack fruit!"
- Jeff Gerstmann 2013
I'm sorry I think you mean Big Jeffrey
I'll never understand why Tim Rodgers doesn't get 20 million views per video.
I too am losing my mind waiting for Animal Crossing: New Horizon.
Landlords suck and rich people DO be multiplying. Great job as always, Tim.
This “HELLO” is the best thing I’ve seen all day! I’ve rewatched the first second of the video... many times.
Lol IGN saw this view and gave the game a 9/10
Looks like IGN did in fact watch this video.
He did lol
I am hype for New Horizons'es.
Animal Crossing is my favorite choring simulator to enjoy with a morning cup of coffee as I slowly awaken to a new day full of possibility. Animal Crossing sits in an important pantheon of games that have impacted me beyond just "having a good time", sitting alongside Celeste (inspiration to try new things and push forward through failure) or Earthbound (that friends can be made by opening up yourself to the possibility).
Tim Rogers is at the top of mine and my husbands “celebrities we want to meet” list
Animal crossing is chill as heck. I look forward to putting over 100 hours into New horizons
This seems like Tim’s most phoned in video that I have seen so far and it’s still hilarious
I was a child and understood how to manipulate money in the game's stock market. When games like Wild World introduced online play, it introduced me into foreign stock trading. I was making millions. I, however, do not (currently) have a million dollars in real life by manipulating foreign stock trades... yet. So yes, kids understand the capitalism side of this series.
My favorite era of Tim Kotaku videos is the one with the Monday Night Football music
Tim Rogers: "My opinions are NOT more important than yours"
Also Tim Rogers: *flashes credentials on-screen*
Tim’s original Animal Crossing Review is one of my favourite pieces of writing about video games ever
Oh... now I want a sequel to Grizzly Man. I hope Herzog returns to direct.
Two videos from Tim this week? I don’t even care for Animal Crossing, but once you see the Rogers has blessed us with his opinion, it’s a must watch.
that NFL-films -sounding theme in these videos are really growing on me
the framerate on this video is wild
How so?
@@RashidMBey There are some parts where the framerate is cut down in some way. Watch carefully from :15 to :18. It does it kind of a lot. It's not a bad thing it's just peculiar.
@@RashidMBey Parts of the video look like a David Lynch nightmare sequence.
It's "Gosh Darn wild"
I like that Tim can see the future.
Tim, I truly love your work. Thank you for doing what you do
Massive thumbs up for the term “Muppety“. Tim, you’re truly a pioneer.
I love how english speaking people use the word “Zeitgeist“ more than german people do xd
Tim Rogers looks like the kinda dude who collects Isabelle r34.
Tim, you are not just my unipolar internet idol-friend; you are also my Comrade.
Do not hang out with rich people. Words to live by!
The new Haircut looks great, also your opinion on Landlord is great aswell
this lad putting pocket camp below amiibo festival just about snapped my neck.
I'm just here to appreciate the beautiful waltz of the flowers in the background.
"Go ask your mom to make you some more pizza rolls...I don't know"
Take it easy there Tim.
A 30 minute video by Tim Rogers. That legit felt like half a video. TALK MORE PLEASE!! (we need more Tim Rogers)
Tim Rogers predicted IGN scores should be on metacritic.
I predict that tim rogers will predict that IGN will give doom eternal a 9.3 out of 10.
@Sky Gravity If you didn’t like the video, then why did you watch 30 minutes of it? That makes zero sense lol
I gotta disagree with you though, Tim Rogers makes some of the best videos about games on UA-cam! The humor and editing are great but the content in these video essays is really unique and is super fun to watch and listen to. Really looking forward to the FF7 prereview and hopefully a 7 hour FF7 remake review in April :D
I'm not convinced after that French Laundry line that you're not me. This is art.
Portions of this video make it appear as though Time Rogers is moving
PrePreview: 🌊🌊 Wave Race: (TBA) 🌊🌊 -> First true next-gen first party racer on the Switch!
IGN gave 9. just in case someone wondering
Is Tim’s hair slightly purple or is it just the lighting? Pretty rad either way lol
Brando C think it is just the grays in the light
This was so dramatic and I’m here for it
this is tim's best video to date, no joke.
just started, good to see he's got his pens
Tim is your mind palace ok, why are you having to read the release dates of these games off your notes???
He’s quitting kotaku so his heart probably wasn’t in it
Tim. Don't use your mobile phone on your motor cycle. I paused the video to tell you this. We enjoy you way to much for you to be getting up to those kinds of shenanigans.
I'm glad that people who like your videos like them as much as I do. I like them a lot!
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Thanks for your interest in leaving a review!
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That unknown publication will review it as 8/10. Too much water.
Tim Rogers is my sarcastic inner monologue spirit animal.
Scruffy Tim does a better "Hello"
""Animal Crossing"", humanoid animals, isolated island...
This is all building up to a big Dr. Moreau reveal isn't it?
This Tim Rogers guy is quickly becoming the best reviewer online.
I could feel minutes of my life slipping away listening to this man get off topic.
You shouldnt feel bad for breaking character, As awesome as your character is. Breaking the fourth wall, or i guess in this case the character,s veil. Is the beauty.
this entire video was a beautiful trainwreck
"Numerologists, take note" - Nostragamus
"fall out of another rich person" ok i loled and subbed
Timmy and Tommy have actually been in every game
Came for the Tim Rogers patented weirdness.
Stayed for the Zizekian analysis 09:00.
It must be said.
ANOTHER TIM ROGERS VIDEO SO SOON. YESSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I do love the Nintendo Switch, it got me back into Zelda and It introduced me to franchises like Xenoblade Chronicles and Fire Emblem, and in a month or so Animal Crossing 🙂
It’s gonna be a long offseason without football
Only found this series two days ago.
I love it. Hope it gets big.
admit it Tim you were banned for salacious yoga poses
I prefer my videos in 24 frames per second, i like the more cinematic feel of them.
As a psycho (app user lol), I downloaded it the day it was up on the app store out of sheer desperation for new Animal Crossing content. I played Wild World and New Leaf into the ground and accomplished everything there is to do in those games. With a tease of a New Horizons release originally estimated for 2019, and then because of the delay, I think I can say that all the app users just are desperate for a new actual Animal Crossing game. Also, the app is fine. It hits my AC fix. The worst things about it are: the microtransactions are annoying as hell and the constant events and quests are tedious. It kind of seperates itself from the original idea of Animal Crossing as a "do nothing" simulator. Yeah it's not my fav, but it will tide me over until AC:NH
anyone else find Tim Rogers oddly attractive?
Imagine Mr. Rogers reviewing and playing Animal Crossing.
Hang on a sec...
They gave it a 9.
That's pretty impressive, considering 1) A lot of water and 2) This is not Call of Duty.
pls don't hate on the mobile game...it's what got me into animal crossing 🥺
Someday they’ll make and animal crossing where the game starts with you getting injured and you need to slowly pay back your healthcare debt
Glad you mentioned the capitalist critique... and then did one of your own.
I love this man.
6 years and 9 months.....Nice! Genius!!!
oh boy! This show finally scratches my itch for something similar to Gametrailer's Final Bosman, I love it!
I actually don’t have time to watch this, so I opened it just to throw up a thumbs-up.
Love that a UA-cam comment from the last vid (about IGN), had Tim replying to it, saying "professionalism would keep me from referencing IGN" got him referencing IGN a ton this vid. Also IGN will give it a 9. Their staff loves the crap out of that series. Would bet money on it. Glad you're alive to make these videos, man.
I really enjoyed this video, can't wait for New Horizons!