Botany Manor, Open Roads, and all the games I rage quit in April | Cannot be Tamed
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- Monthly vlog series to talk about what I've been up to in the previous month - pickups, updates and some thoughts on the games I've been playing. Also a shout-out!
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00:00 Updates
04:31 Pick-ups
05:09 Games
05:42 Open Roads
08:01 Return to Grace
09:28 Botany Manor
11:36 Heroes of Hammerwatch
13:41 8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
14:57 Castlevania: Circle of the Moon
17:51 Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
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"My bank account came out of it less well" lol I think we can all relate to that as well
I always look forward to this, for every end of each month what you have been up to playing. Great job Pam
Glad you enjoy it!
I'd personally say What Remains of Edith Finch is the epitome of advanced Walking Sims, but admittedly it came out near Gone Home and also hasn't really been iterated on since.
I'd say Tacoma is a big step just based on narrative structure alone.
It's true, I guess Edith has been out for almost 7 years.
@@Cannotbetamed1gah, I somehow completely missed you name dropping Edith Finch in the video.
Hope Lily is recovering well! Pet insurance is something I might look into at some point, vet bills are expensive!
I always consider pet insurance, but have never gotten it.
Thanks for this exciting April update video Pam!
I love when Lily shows up :)
So do I.
I love when Pam shows up :)
@@Beastmode-hk3fjso do I XD
@@Cannotbetamed1can you please make a dog playlist?
You're welcome for the carts! Looking forward to the sort of kind of first review of Silksong ^^
Hope Lily feels better after her dental surgery. It's good to know she has a caring & attentive owner. I, too, have been playing Open Roads, i find the story, animation of the characters very flat & lifeless & the interactive elements extremely bare bones. I also played Harold Halibut, which i enjoyed for its claymation graphical style , characters, humour, & heart to be charming & most endearing. As far as walking simulators go, i enjoyed the Vanishing of Ethan Carter, Dordogne, Firewatch, and the Walking Dead season 1.
You've been busy! Totally agree about Ace Attorney 1. It can feel like a slog, and it's a very long slog at that. Later games mixed things up, but most entries in the series are the same thing with one or two added mechanics. The writing is pretty entertaining, though, and that's why I kept coming back.
For what it’s worth, I had the most fun with CIRCLE OF THE MOON on my second play through where all of the cards are available from the start. I loved the birds. To each her own. 😊
I’m messing around with DEAD CELLS now since it has a CASTLEVANIA section. MY GOODNESS! That game is like CASTLEVANIA ON STEROIDS!
Thanks for the Metroidvania recommends! Keep up the great vids!
6:47 I spy with my little eye a Lily's eye. Look at her, living the best comfy life. Random cuddles included.
I remember playing Circle of the Moon on the orginal GBA trying to make it through the game and dropping it 'cause I couldn't see a thing. Then, years later, on a shining GBA SP, the game finally made sense to me, with its colors and so on... I remember it as a nice entry in the 6 2D portable games after Symphony of the Night and a return to the old whip gameplay. All those entries in the series have grinding, it doesn't matter if it's for cards, abilities dropping as souls from monsters, money to buy stuff and so on. Maybe it hasn't aged that well?
As a diehard ace attorney fan, I can understand the issues. I would say the game gets super good later on, but if you're not invested in the characters, then I can understand.
Ace Attorney had some of my favorite characters in any game ever. Such a great series
Honestly the games should be only the trials.
Im always ready for a pam update
Thanks for the vid
I love circle of the moon, but I can relate to you because I feel the same way about Hollow Knight. A game everyone loves that I really don't care for.
I don't think everyone loves Circle of the Moon.
I find it interesting to get a different perspective on walking sims here, because most of the big walking Sims fans don't like any stray from just walking sim. Many of them were praising Open Road for going back to the basics, and not doing what they consider extra that takes them out of the Narrative. Personally for me my favorite walking sims are, Draugen, The Unfinished Swan, and Journey.
I found the narrative of Open Roads too brief, I didn't really get to a point where I cared about the characters.
I like that she used the word "deigned"
I lol-ed of what you said about COTM because I played it on my GBA back in the day and I was addicted to it and thought it was magical so it holds a special place in my heart. It was also my very 1st MV game. But I understand your POV. It's ok that we don't agree on something but I still think you're great and professional!
Man, some Circle of the Moon slander right there. I liked it but I did spam me some save states to get through it
I think a lot of us are afraid to put down and walk away from a game that just doesn't click with us. It's especially difficult when it's a critically acclaimed game, and/or you've dropped a good chunk of money and feel like you owe it to the game to finish. But it's good to recognize when something just isn't fun for you, and move on. There are plenty of other games!
Exactly!
great review
Oh man, couldn't agree more with Circle of the Moon. I was so excited back in the day for a new Castlevania but it was SO clunky. It just feels so bad to move around and play. Thanks for the great video, I'll need to check out a game or two from here!
I enjoy your videos. Thanks for making them 🙂
I'm pretty sure it's mostly my fault that you picked Circle of the Moon again after putting it. For that, I'm sorry. I'm sad you didn't dig Ace Attorney, but also not very surprised. I'll be sure to keep you posted on my progress in the series...
Love your videos and seeing you.
It is absolutely your fault I kept picking it back up again.
Sorry to hear it's been a dud-filled month for you, but glad to hear that Lily's doing well; an ailing pet can be a real downer. Though I do like Circle of the Moon, it's easily my least favorite of the Platventure-style Castlevania games; there is a hack I'd like to try that places cards around the map, so you don't have to farm them, but that doesn't change the fact that the level design is a little off, and Dracula's final form SUCKS, to say nothing of the arena. I usually finish off Dracula by spamming the thunderbird summon to avoid dealing with his short vulnerability window, and if you don't have the cards for that, you can activate any card combination, pause while Nathan's glowing, then choose the cards you want (whether or not you actually have them), and that will still give you the combination, because of when and how the activation works; I've been told that this bug wasn't fixed for the collection. If you care about closure, that is; Aria of Sorrow is much better, and Harmony of Dissonance is my favorite.
This month, I'm at the part of my backlog where I go through games I've finished and wrap up anything I didn't totally complete in them, so by April 4th, I'd finished my last playthrough of Ys Origin, gotten the missing weapons in Ys: Memories of Celceta, and the final ending in Timespinner... then spent almost the entire rest of the month on Yakuza 0, which I managed to finish one day before the end of the month, even beating the optional superbosses with a busted controller, since the PC version screws with the inputs on just about everything that isn't a Logitech F-310. On Laundry Day, I've been playing the Secret of Mana: Climate Crisis hack; don't know if you're a fan of the original, or if you do the rom hack thing, but it is EXCELLENT; lots of really cool changes, though it certainly is a bit harder.
Timespinner is great, I think I only got one ending though.
I gotta get me one of those shirts
Sorry, I think they were limited edition.
Relatable as usual. :) I beat Unicorn Overlord a week or two ago and then they released the 1.04 patch that added post-game content so I beat some of it - then Eiyuden Chronicle came out and I’ve been playing that since. I enjoyed Unicorn Overlord as well. For me, the last continent (not including finishing the last part of Cornia) took the longest so I’d say you have a ways to go. I spent a lot of time on completely optional stuff so my playthrough was over 100 hours instead of the more common 40-50 hours.
I appreciated what you said about Circle of the Moon and Ace Attorney. There’s no reason to force yourself to finish games you aren’t enjoying. I haven’t played Circle of the Moon yet even though I have the collection so I can’t comment on that, but regarding movement speed I’ll give you the heads up that the first hours of Eiyuden Chronicle have a low movement speed that made me worry… until I got an accessory in an abandoned mine that made my character move at a normal speed and I breathed a sigh of relief. I wasn’t sure about the game at first but it really picked up 8-12 hours in and I’ve been enjoying it.
As far as Ace Attorney, while I enjoyed the games a lot (I just have to turn off the legal realism part of my brain growing up in a family of lawyers) I agree that auto-advance would be really helpful and I totally understand not enjoying Japanese visual novels. Personally, the Ace Attorney ones are some of the only ones I’ve enjoyed so far and I think that many of them (especially the story modes in Persona 4 Arena/Arena Ultimax) would benefit greatly from massive edits and being more succinct.
As a silly aside, my first exposure to the Persona series was the Persona 4 Arena game - which spoiled tons of plot points and for both Persona 4 and Persona 3 and drove me nuts with the excessive narration and repetition. But I went on to buy Persona 2 EP, Persona 3 FES, Persona 4 and Persona 5 and 5 Royal after that and have enjoyed them, so at least it got me into the series.
When I did an ad for Unicorn Overlord they gave me talking points and one was that it was 30-40 hours of gameplay. I was foolish and believed this number, my game is going to be so much more than that.
Finished Botany Manor. missed a few achievements,but that's fine. Accidentally restarted Open roads and it over writes your save. I couldnt make myself replay that first day. Played Return to grace a while back. I really lijed that one.
I also stopped COTM at the second phase of Dracula and also because I didn't wanna go back and grind to level up 🤝🤝
Glad the pupper is doing better.
I've played Noita for the first time and it's dope. I also recommend the card-battling ROUGElikes Roguebook and Arcanium, the soulslike Tails of Iron and I'm almost through DREDGE, which is also fantastic.
I second Tails of Iron, but rogue likes. She’s not a fan, I really don’t like them either.
I rarely replay games, I’ve tried the Hitman games they look good but doing the same level over and over again. There’s hundreds of other things to play for the first time.
god, you still look INCREDIBLE after all these years. sorry I was complimenting the dog!
I liked Phoenix Wright a lot, but the last couple of cases are absolutely horrible. Something about a Blue Badger and a horrible song that's stuck in my head for all eternity because I had to watch an evidence tape 50 times to comprehend what insane leap in logic the game intended for.
Aww Lily is the best! More Lily please! 💛
Have you played "Ghost Song" yet? Picked it up physical on Switch and I'm really looking forward to it!
I played a bit and bounced off it.
I too played Circle of the Moon back in the day on the GBA and like you, I stopped just at Dracula. I think I had most of the cards, but I just couldn't keep going.
Hey Pam gave you thumbs up just for Lily's progress. Hope she's getting better.
Honestly I can't blame you on Circle of the Moon.
When it came out it was a step back from compared to Symphony of the Night, yet it was on GBA so it had limitations.
I actually quit playing it and then finally came back to beat it years later.
It is tricky and you need some patience on the farming and leveling up, especially when collecting certain rare cards and rare items/armor.
You need these to help you beat Dracula much easier. ( The more Luck you have the more it helps on item drops. )
I hope you got back to Circle of the Moon and beat it. The ending is worth it. Just take it in strides and don't give up.
I also LOVE the Ace Attorney series. Its better to play the DS versions of the first 3 games.
I just prefer the pixel art better along with the soundtracks. I hope you give it another chance sometime.
It has a wonderful story, lots of anime style humor, and it has lots of surprises.
As for games with me I did play the Unicorn Overlord demo and recently got it.
Haven't had to the chance to play it just yet because I'm trying to beat some other quick games first.
But I can't wait to play it. 😀
Thanks again as always for your time.
I love the Ace Attorney games, but I'd say that you've made the right decision. If you played through two trials and didn't enjoy them, you're not going to like the series as a whole.
It's possible the DL-6 case trial might hook her but it takes a while to get there.
I like your hairband Pam. You look so cute with that. I played TMNT: Wrath of the Mutants and I beat it. I also tried out Freedom Planet 2 and Corn Kidz 64
Healthcare for humans an animals is absurdly and artificially expensive.
It sure is.
Aw, hearing about CV:CotM makes me sad. It's One of my favorite CV games.
Granted, I've never beaten it.
But only because of Dracula.
I never really had any adverse reaction to the gameplay or design.
And had a great experience with most of the game.
But even with most of the cards and abilities unlocked, leveled pretty high, and a pretty stacked inventory, I was never able to beat Dracula.
After kicking the games butt, but losing to Dracula multiple times, I just gave up.
I might try again.
Yeah, give it a go, you're so close.
North Carolina has beautiful beaches too. Did you get to check any out?
No, we weren't anywhere near the coast.
Pepper Grinder is an awesome 2D platformer released earlier this year
OU Vey! Circle of the Moon I agree 100% drove me so crazy! Hated it! LOL
Manually advance text is suitable for people who read slower and don't speak English perfectly; the lack of this option can be a problem for me in some games, because I have trouble understanding the text in time.
But I agree it should be optional.
Yeah, I'm not suggesting it should be the only option.
Glad the dental work went well. She seems to be doing well. Thanks for the candid review of Circle of the Moon. Not all Castlevania games are good.
I fucking LOVE the Hammerwatch games - but I definitely recommend the original game over the roguelike Heroes of Hammerwatch - or the anniversary edition - they actually have cultivated levels rather than being a roguelike.
I think Circle of the Moon is only good if you've never played any other metroidvania before. I got through it, it was a grind, but I just didn't know it could be any different.
With Open Roads, I think the genre should go back to kind of the Shenmu roots (without the action tho, but maybe yes). But the fact Shenmu had a lot more interactions, things to do/explore, and less "on rails". Or multi varieed paths like 'Life Is Strange' (when Butterfly Effect meets Donnie Darko you get Life Is Strange lol).
Aww, poor Lily, dental problems are the worst. Glad to hear she is recovering well, give her an extra scratch behind the ears for me.
Will do
Castlevania forever! Don't give up on them pAm. I have them all (physical, yeah I'm old) played them all and love every one. Best wishes to the dog :)
that's kinda interesting that controls cripple the game. I've been facing that every now and then even with otherwise good games. if they have enough effort to release a game, you'd kinda hope that controls were perfected.
Poor toothless, Lily. Glad she's doing well, though.
I think you are really missing out with Ace Attorny (especially the first trilogy), the game really develop it's comedic side with the chapters, I can't get bored of it
Glad your pup is ok. I spent over 15k between my two mastiffs during the last years of their lives and I would do it again without hesitation.
Yeah, I’ve never been able to get into Circle of the Moon either, for the same reasons you listed.
Ditto Ace Attorney. There’s just too much talking and not enough gameplay. Even the court trials have too much back and forth, not letting you present the evidence you have until the predetermined moment, even if it’d answer one of the earlier discussed accusations.
A Japanese visual novel/adventure game I DO recommend are the two AI The Somnium Files games. There’s more investigation and gameplay in those, with tons of branching paths. And the writing is much stronger. Gives me big Snatcher, anime cyberpunk vibes.
I did play the first AI game, I liked it for the most part.
Cute doggo and owner. Heroes of Hammerwatch is okay, like you said melee classes kinda sucked. I got myself the Castlevania Double Pack for GBA, with Aria of Sorrow and Harmony of dissonance in 1 cartridge. Cost me a pretty penny, but worth it. Also got the DS Castlevania games, just need Order of Ecclesia.
I'd love if the DS games got a re-release.
Well, you asked. I'm hooked on Slay the Spire. That 'one more turn' game.
I get hooked on that fairly often.
The original Hammerwatch is actually the game that drew me into the Roguelike genre. I received it as part of a Humble Bundle back when I was mostly playing indies on my low-to-mid grade gaming laptop and got really hooked on the gameplay loop. It was simple but enjoyable, and the game was pretty easy to finish with a defined ending.
Heroes of Hammerwatch was heavier on the typical Roguelike elements and I still had enough fun with it to put in tens of hours. Something about the gameplay appeals to me, even as a Paladin. The upgrades are incremental but still satisfying. That said, I never reached the end. There's just WAY more content than the original game.
Hammerwatch 2 has mixed reviews and sounds like a departure from what I liked about OG Hammerwatch so unfortunately I'll probably skip it, at least for now.
Keri Russell... OMG, Felicity?!?!
Sorry, I'm THAT old
Aww, Lily!
Omg same for me with castlevania. I love castlevania it’s one of my favorite series, but circle of the moon made me rage quit, I really loved the game but got stuck on the Adramelech boss and could never beat it and rage quit. Lol I also rage quit Metroid prime because of the final boss, but 2 days later I picked it back up and beat it.
I agree circle of the moons movement was rough, the challenge was great though. Some of those bosses kicked my ass over and over. I thought Harmony was the worst. Me and my friends all got so lost in that game had to look it up. Aria is probably the best overall of the 3 but it felt short and too easy to me.
Nice video
the circle of the moon hate was super funny as someone who loved that game back in the day. playing it on modern systems with no QOL is fuckin insane. the double tap to run thing made some sense on GBA but if using an analog stick it's terrible. some mods, or even some QoL romhacks would greatly improve your experience. Aria of Sorrow tho is a banger no caveats(ish)
I clicked on the vid cause of the dog. What an awesome dog!
I agree!
Have you played dawn of sorrow?!! my fave castlevania game! I def recommend it !
Nope, I wish they'd re-release the DS games.
poor lily, such a trooper
Pam, I think you summed up my issues with Circle of the Moon perfectly. Terrible game. I actually think it's the Castlevania game that could most benefit from a remake, though.
A lot of people (some serious Vania Heads even) say that they love Circle of the Moon. As someone that plays as much Castlevania as I can get my hands on (of all eras, sub-genres, etc.) I still don't like it either. :D I've given it multiple chances, and while I can see some somewhat novel systems at play, it just doesn't flow like others, and doesn't feel very good to play. Those are pretty important with a game like this. I would probably give it the edge over any of the 2.5D or 3D games (just because I don't like those either) but it's more or less at the bottom of the 2D barrel for me. As a point of reference, I'd say Rondo is my favorite, followed closely by Symphony, followed by Super, then the DS games, then the other GBA games, then Chronicles, then the NES games, then MSX, Arcade, etc. Then Circle of the moon, then the 2.5/3D games. :D
The thing I like most about metroidvanias is exploring, and the clunky movement makes me not want to explore in this one.
@@Cannotbetamed1 Yes, :) games should not feel like work. Unless it's maybe a game about working, and then if you're the sort to like that sort of thing, I guess that's great. :P
Tried of Tales of Kenzera on ps5 but it didn't click, movement felt kinda float-y, the story felt very cartoonish (not in a good way) but the environments and vistas were really well done.
Doggo 🥰
I'm currently playing fallout 4, gotta say fallout 3 made me feel more involved than 4 does, but I'm only 3 hours in, I just feel like I haven't even found a town to shop at yet, fallout 3 introduced you to a town and everything was like oh nice, this ones just like ok go help other settlers now. maybe I'm missing a key part I tend to do that, but I'm having less fun than fallout 3, hey here's a town, here's something to do, here's another thing blow up that town that helped you. etc
I'm playing Resident Evil HD remake again and I can't seem to put it down lol. The only "new" game I'm playing rn is Fallout 4 (the only fallout I haven't played).
Coincidentally, my youngest cat was just in for dental surgery last week, so I'm going through that. We're still determining how the recovery is going. Things are different day to day. I don't want to have to bring her back already. She's still not good with vet visits which is bad for me.
Anyway, Castlevania Circle of the Moon is good, but it's weird. It's tough to go back to after playing the other games. It's clunky. The animation is stiff. The way the game scrolls up and down for jumps is a bit unpleasant too. I've played through it a few times, but I don't know if I'll ever go back again, so I get where you're coming from. Harmony has its own issues. Aria is fantastic. All three of the DS games are great too, though I don't ever want to play Dawn of Sorrow again without a ROM hack to eliminate the touch nonsense.
I hope your cat recovers soon!
@@Cannotbetamed1 Thank you. I do appreciate it.
Yeah I feel the same way about Japanese novel games. Maybe if I would have played them when they came out but, definitely not for me. I tried Daganronpa and Ace and just can't do it.
It's good to see you and get some news girl! You look more beautiful then ever! Take care, I hope these teeth problems are over, and please say hi to Pam for me.
I know I played circle of the moon. I didn't like the cards and having to figure out what combo did what. I don't think I finished it.
Some of the card things are so dumb. I found a new card and combined it with everything, ran around, couldn't figure out what it did. Looked it up and it turns out it lets you cast spells, which you need to hit down, left, right, up, attack to trigger it. How would anyone know to try that?
@@Cannotbetamed1 I remember that dang 2 headed dragon, or maybe it was 2 dragons. Whatever it was I had such a hard time with that boss until I looked up a way to cheese it.
I just finished Aggelos. Have you played it?
No, but I bought it recently.
Great, now I want to play Hollow Knight in my Super Nintendo, but I can't
Glad Lily is doing well ❤ I thought Circle was okay though I also didn't finish it, like you said the movement is slow stiff Classicvania but the gameplay was fun enough for me. Harmony was way worse, I hated the last 75%+ of the game. Phoned-in boring unbalanced rubbish. Iga obviously didn't know what made SotN good and didn't really get it right again until DoS. Him striking Circle from canon then copying the DSS system for AoS's TSS is so pathetic. I'm still mad about it lol. That was a lot of acronyms 😅 I liked the original Hammerwatch a long time ago, 2013 according to Steam. I only like a few VNs, look at "7 Years From Now" or "One Thousand Lies". Also the VNs by sleepyagents are weird and fascinating, and very short which is nice.
I do in fact want you to pet Lily for me! Thank you 😃
I have done so.
Your make up looks so good!
Thanks!
you MIGHT, just maybe possibly might enjoy Great Ace Attorney more (it has auto-advance). many of the complaints you levy against Ace1 are still there in Great Ace Attorney, but maybe the historical setting and, to me, better overall characters and intrigue, might pull you through. but EVERY ace attorney game is overly long-winded, like there's always like 20% that could've been cut.
lol, Lilly shock the camera. Yeah Circle of the Moon doesn't hold up.... even if you wanted to play it on original GBA launch non-back lit screen.
i showed up here primarily because there was a doggy, but i also like some videogames. phoenix wright is pretty dang awesome, in my opinion anyway.
Always look forward to the monthly update from Pam! I only had one pickup in April and that was Stellar Blade. But since I am still (still...stiiilllll) working on FF7 Rebirth I haven't tried it yet. Helldivers 2 keeps getting in the way of finishing Rebirth. It's just too much fun and sucks me in and then before I know it, game time is over and life beckons and I haven't played any Rebirth. At about 128 hours on Helldivers 2 now and 121 hours on FF7 Rebirth. Hoping to finish it this weekend.
Totally agree on Circle of the Moon. I had it on GBA and again on the PS4 collection. It's really the worst of the Castlevania bunch. Wait, no, the N64 ones are the worst.
As for what games I've been playing, I've been playing some tekken 8, fallout new vegas, yakuza infinite wealth, deep rock galactic survivor, dead by daylight among others.
I need to get to Infinite Wealth. Maybe when I finish Unicorn Overlord.
@@Cannotbetamed1 It's really fun, can recommend! I haven't tried Unicorn Overlord, but it looks interesting, so I'll add it to my backlog.
"rage quit" is such a funny term... until it happens to you 😂
Everybody's so cute in this video
I’ve recommended it before, but if anyone thinks Ace Attorney is full of waffle check out Ghost Trick.
An acquired taste but a hidden gem.
You should play Animal Well, beautiful game!
I have
@@Cannotbetamed1 waiting for your video, ,🤗!
love the hair, you're gorgeous as always
doggo!
Pam I hope you play Alundra one day
Circle of moon is easy. Once you know what to do with card system it is challenging game. You’re playing it blind.
The difficulty was not my issue.
I'm about to finish Spider-Man 2. I'm pretty sick of the game and just finishing it because I'm at 89% completion and might as well complete it. The thing just feels too generic for me.
Lily looks smart 🤓
I assure you, she is not.
@@Cannotbetamed1 really :D she is just a lovable furball then
What app are you referring to @5:18?
Nvm, found it, it's Grouvee
'grouvee' I assume, did a quick google for 'groovy game tracker' which is what it sounded like she was describing and that showed up.
I loved Circle of the Moon. I play a lot of fighters so double tapping to run was whatever, how you feel about it is how I feel about Harmony of Dissonance. I don't like that game at all, it's my least favorite of the GBA and DS games.
I'm not big on visual novels either..region doesn't matter. I see the appeal a little bit but they put me to sleep, haha.