My POSITIVE Gaming Hot Takes!
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- Опубліковано 5 лип 2024
- There are a lot of hot takes in the gaming world. Put a bunch of opinionated nerds like us together on the internet and we're going to speak our minds! But I was recently turned on to the idea of "positive hot takes" by a video from @infernofoxgaming10 (here's the video: • My Video Game Hot Take... ) and I wanted to take a crack at one of my own. These are takes that might tick some people off, but they're not at the expense of anything that anyone likes. These are things that I like or want to see become better versions of themselves. I'd love to know some of your positive hot takes, so drop them in the comments below, and be sure to check out InfernoFox too!
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00:00 Intro
02:05 Hot Take 1 - Exclusives
09:40 Hot Take 2 - Remakes/Remasters
15:30 Hot Take 3 - Final Fantasy XV
21:30 Outro - Ігри
My positive hot take is: Wow, we are spoiled for choice these days! The 8 and 16 bit generations produced some great games, but we got a good RPG once every 6-12 months. PS1 era was a little better, PS2 was amazing. PS3 had a few stand out games, but not that many. Now it seems like we get a 9/10 game every couple weeks. I wish I could play it all, but I doubt there will be a time where I want to play something new and there isn't something just out, or something I missed waiting for me.
It's basically impossible to play all the good games nowadays, and that's both good and bad. Good because yeah, we have SO many options, there's never a drought. And bad because it's not quite as easy to have a conversation with ANYONE about the biggest hits, because not everyone will have played the exact same awesome games that I have.
100% agree. Like I don't have a PS5 or XBox series only a Switch and an 11 year laptop and their is still really great new games I can play.
thanks for the positivity my man needed the pick me up and to see what you like.
You're welcome, and I appreciate you saying that!
FF XV was really meaningful to me as well, and I would argue is one of the best stories about loyalty and friendship, and how far would you be willing to go to fulfill your duty, even at the cost of that friendship itself. Also, the development time pushed the hype way above where it needed to be, so the game suffered for it in terms of reception.
Pd. This format is great! I really love your thoughts, so I hope you keep this up!
Very true, I wish they would have handled the pre-release differently, because without the decade of hype leading to a game that was different than people were anticipating, it might have gotten a different reaction.
Love the hot takes and 100% to the ports and remakes. Keep them coming! It means more people can experience the game, so what's not to love?
yes!! the future can only exist if it is accessible
Heck yeah! The more the merrier!
Thanks so much for adapting my idea and providing some EXCELLENT hot takes! Definitely think they're good ones, especially about Final Fantasy XV. This is SUCH an underrated game, and doesn't deserve the hate that it gets. It really felt like a piece of Americana, but wrapped in the stylings of a Final Fantasy game and Kingdom Hearts-type battle system.
Yeah, that's what I loved about it, too. The wrappings of reality with this crazy insane fantasy interior, it just really activated my imagination!
Now, you see? This is why I love your channel.
Aw, thank you!!!
Casually drops that he's a published author and doesn't plug the book, come on bradon! Name and synopsis dude!
humble king lol
Hahah, I honestly don't know if you can even buy it anymore, the publisher is out of business I think. The book was called Heaven's Forgotten, just an urban fantasy set in 1990s Chicago.
@@JustTheGems oh I think I found it! Does your surname start with J, main character called Moria?
Many content creators dump on games regularly which is fine but it makes for a heavy or negative vibe. This was a nice positive change from the norm! Hope to see more positive hot takes in the future! Great video!
Thanks! Yeah, I'm also kinda weighed down by the negativity on the platform, which is why I was so glad to see InfernoFox's video. Breath of fresh air!
Stumbled across your channel last week and managed to catch up with all your videos….your the hidden gem UA-camr I’ve been searching for! Can’t wait for the new content. Keep smashing it
Wow thank you so much! I really appreciate that!
Regarding your hot take #2 - I have no issues with remakes and remasters; some are good, some aren't, the market decides the relative value of it. If it's good, and people buy it and enjoy it, and the company makes money, everyone wins.
My hot take would be that the biggest problem with video game remakes and remasters is that the following 7 games have never had one (except for the Pixel remaster): Trails in the Sky FC, Trails in the Sky SC, Trails in the Sky the 3rd, Final Fantasy 6 (my favorite game of all-time), Final Fantasy 9, Dragon Quest 5: Hand of the Heavenly Bride, and Dragon Quest 8: Journey of the Cursed King. Those are 7 of the greatest games of all-time, in my opinion, those are 7 titles that more people need to play and enjoy, those are seven titles that could really benefit from a remaster. The Sky trilogy is only playable in English on PC, not consoles, Final Fantasy 6 is an SNES game that's been ported to more modern consoles, but there's no way to play it without 90s sprite graphics (Pixel remaster was great, but could we get modern graphics and sound?), Final Fantasy 9 is from the Playstation 1 era, and not as many people have played it because it's release was completely overshadowed by FF 10 (the first playstation 2 FF). Dragon Quest 5 never got an original English release, people had to go out of their way to play it, and Dragon Quest 8 has never been released outside the Playstation 2.
Star Ocean Second Story R got a remaster last year. I played it, and then, I remember what the problems were with all Star Ocean games. They all feature luck-based crafting systems (which objectively suck) and they all feature strong mid-evil fantasy storylines in the first half of the game, which are pretty good, and terrible Sci-Fi stories in the second half, which drag on. Every Star Ocean game has it's plot resolved with techno-babble "magic" that has no logical cohesion in the second half. I say this as a fan of Star Ocean, it's a solid franchise, but Star Ocean Second Story is NOT the Sky trilogy, or FF 6 & 9, or Hand of the Heavenly Bride or Journey of the Cursed King. It's a good game, I liked it then and I like it now, but it's OST doesn't have "Dancing Mad", "Roses of May", or "Silver Will, Golden Wings" or "Fatefull confrontation" (The Axis Pillar Boss theme, which I fell in love with because I tried to beat Sky SC on Nightmare Difficulty and got perpetually stomped on by the Enforcers).
There were so many resources poured into Second Story R, and the remake was perfect, the flaws in that game were all the flaws in the original game that were kept. I guess my question is: if you're going to remake things, why are you remaking The Last of Us Part 2, a remake which does play like a shameless cash grab, since the time that passed between the remake and the original was so short that, really now, how much work did you really put into improving the experience? FF 6 still has so much nostalgia, a faithful remake with modern graphics and sound, would be magnificent.
It's kind of why I have a hard time being that sorry about the layoffs in the industry; the video game industry is pretty terrible at understanding what its customers want. Japan is much better at it than the US is, which is why the massive layoffs are mostly state-side; Japan seems to be doing fine. I'll end my comment here, it's gone way too long, and no one is ever going to read it.
Good points - one of the big differences with Japan is that it's very, very hard to lay someone off there, so mass layoffs aren't anywhere near as prevalent. And honestly, the US games industry is so focused on funneling money to the top of each company that even a really good remake/remaster probably isn't preserving all THAT many jobs. In an ideal world, it would go a lot further toward keep devs in work. Because at the end of the day, it's the devs that end up suffering from the layoffs, and it's not even them that are running the industry into the ground. Good old Bobby Kotick and his friends... Ugh. But anyway, yeah, I can see your points on Star Ocean 2R as well, and I desperately hope for a Sky trilogy remaster soon.
I struggle with the negativity towards games but this was great so thank you. Final Fantasy XV was amazing. I played it before the DLC came out so I need to go back. It was the first game I platinum on PlayStation. The guy trip, companionship thing was one of my favorite parts of the game.
Totally, it really resonated with me.
It took me a while to think about but I think my positive hot takes are that I think Paper Mario Color Splash and Origami King are good. I also like all the Fire Emblem games which include Fates. I’m sure there are more lol
Nice! If you think of any more, drop them here!!
I love remasters, ports, HD remakes. A lot of older games have bad controls that need updated to make them better
Absolutely! The chance to make an already good game even better, I mean, why not?
This was a refreshing topic! It's not often you see more positive hot takes here, which is a nice change of pace
I agree - I'd much rather talk about things I like than things I hate.
Hey Branden (or should I say, The Trails Guy). Thanks for making this video. It's the first time someone got me interested in playing FFXV. I will definitely pick it up when I can. The way you talked about it made me think of Nier Automata too for some reason. Have you played it? Appreciate the good vibes, man
Hey thank you! (Trails Guy 4 Life)
I've played Nier Automata and it's FANTASTIC.
My biggest problem with ff15 was outside of the 4 friends there was never any time to care for anyone else. So when that Leviathan scene happened it was supposed to be sad but i just did not care. And that feeling was repeated the entire game. But hey, im not gonna hate on you for liking it at all. I really enjoyed hearing your take on it. Great video man.
Thank you! Yeah, I can totally see how it's not going to resonate with everyone, I just feel very fortunate that I was able to vibe with it.
Man, really good takes. Specially the exclusives, I was shocked by the idea but you are right. We can steer towards that by buying on what is the most open platform and that's PC, there are some walled garden in there but Steam and specially GOG are the options that don't tie you to a brand of hardware. And thanks to some very talented devs and Valve's support we are now given the option to also choose between Windows and Linux so PC format is most likely the way to follow.
Yeah, and even though people will argue that, like, Steam is exclusive or GOG is exclusive or Epic Game Store is exclusive or whatever, it's not the same thing as consoles. I don't have to buy a Steam computer or an Epic computer in order to buy those games. I just have to download a different (free) launcher. Even if that might be SLIGHTLY annoying, it's still leagues better than having games locked behind $500 machines.
Another great video brother, thanks for putting it together! While I don't align with you 100% on FF15, which I played at launch all the way to completion and again last year after all the patches and DLCs, this is totally your opinion and I am glad you liked it. I just felt that FF15 ended up rushed and incomplete at times, even if we consider the story was only being seen by Noctus' perspective.
Anyway, keep up the great work :)
Oh definitely, even as a lover of 15 I can acknowledge it was incomplete and simultaneously rushed AND infinitely delayed! 😅
- I love basically every Pokemon game
- I really enjoy Kemco games
- genuinely adored what FF7 Remake did with its plot/ending. (Rebirth... I gotta see it in context...)
Nice list! I haven't played much Pokemon, but I'm with you on the others!
I'm with you on Final Fantasy XV. Experiencing the story in full with its supplementary content had an emotional impact on me that no other Final Fantasy could match. When I finished the book, I was just in awe.
I've played every Final Fantasy game a myriad of times. I replayed all of them recently. Like everyone, 9 used to be my favourite. But after replaying them, it became clear that 15 blows 9 out of the water in terms of narrative. And 13 follows after it.
As a 30 year old, 15 and 13 hit so much harder. They're real stories with real characters. The narratives are significantly more complex than the previous Final Fantasy games but the story is told through clear focuses. That's good story-telling.
Agreed, there’s something to be said for the more “epic” stories of games like FF9, but as I get older I like the more focused stories in games like FF15
I have a headcanon that Final Fantasy XV and Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest are in the same world. Endgame spoilers for both so I'm going to leave a number of spaces before I detail why.
Take a look at that very last room where you fight the Dark King in Mystic Quest. Compare that to the room where Noctis gets sucked into the crystal. Also, take a look at the Dark King's first and second form. I like to imagine he is using the Royal Arms from XV to attack you and Phoebe. I don't put a ton of stock into this theory but its fun to ponder over.
Hey that's pretty interesting actually! I wouldn't be shocked if someone on the dev team at least had this in mind as a fun easter egg.
I love FFXV more than i love myself, and I'm so glad more people have been giving it a second chance and learning to love it
Yeah, I hope it continues to get a following!
I have an even hotter take in that I actually really enjoyed Final Fantasy xiii. Now, I also happened to agree with the criticism. But there is something beautiful about that game that I can’t pin down. I enjoyed the battle system too. Not my favorite in the series but I did love it for what it was.
I'm with you, there's a lot to love about 13. I get the criticisms, but they didn't keep me from having a good experience.
good for you enjoying FFXV, this game honest to god, killed my soul and I feel like a part of me never been the same since i played it. at some point I just started speeding through it, begging it to just end. never have I been scorned so hard by a video game before.
Haha oh no! Good on you for sticking it out! 😅 I'm kinda the same way, if it's a big game, even if I'm hating it, I still kinda gotta see it through.
I love your content. Chills me right out. I loved FF15 to. Was the 1st one I fully finished (was late to the JRPG party) and don't get all the hate. Since then finished a few more and it's in my top 3 along with 16.
Nice! Yeah, 16 ranks pretty high for me, too.
This makes me want to dive back into ff15, genuinely positive outlook
I need to make time to play it through again too.
youre damn right FFXV is good. i enjoyed my time with it, i loved the combat and the the core group of characters. now granted, i cant remember the overall plot very much, but I KNOW i was moved by the ending, i at least remember that lol. not to mention i got the platinum for the game, so i definitely fed into it. ive always said this about XV AND XIII as well. great take and im always glad to see people defending that game.
Glad to hear this! Yeah, I'm glad 13 is also getting a bit of a resurgence of support lately, too.
I really like hearing your takes! I rarely reply to videos but I always feel the urge with yours, I rly appreciate that u have a relationship mindset with your approach to this platform, your heart is in a good place and ur not just leashing urself to the algorithm & common expectations like so many creators do. ur true to urself & also make space for everyone, a both/and approach that is what we need more here! I appreciate your gentleness & care
I liked ur takes in this video. I agree, console exclusivity is simply a capitalist ploy at this point, though it was birthed from a different place then other media so the backstory is more legitimate than its existence tday. it began in a way where video games didn't exist as one thing, therefore the multiple systems (which functioned quite differently as hardware!) had quite uniquely coded games that would only work on a certain console, so it was easier for companies to hold on to that separation & take advantage of it for profit later on. we are at a place now where consoles & gaming code is standardized enough that the only thing making games exclusive is companies' desire for profit & the gatekeeping barriers they put up (esp for indie developers & poor gamers). I also do not buy into the "leads to lack of competition= bad games" argument... it's actually the exact opposite from my perspective. good games come out of cooperation & sharing ideas & having art, creativity & passion be the focus as opposed to rushing (& often straight up abusing) workers to pump out the next moneymaker (or sad clone of a rival company's moneymaker). the pressure that is put on developers to make the next big cash cow so the company can steal sales from others is detrimental to everyone involved except the 1% of hardcore capitalists at the top, & the seperation means that most ppl who play games will be financially locked out of experiencing some of the wonderful art out there.
this leads me to remakes/remasters. I think they are wonderful, as long as they're made out of love, care & accessibility & not simply a cash grab. often, they remove the very barriers that I was just talking about! because something previously exclusive is often released on all platforms. for instance, I never had the opportunity to own any PlayStations growing up, because that money went towards Nintendo. when final fantasy X came out, I wanted to play it so badly, but didn't have the console it needed or the money for any of it. now, 20 years later, I just started playing the HD remaster on PC. that's fantastic! so ya, overall I'm all for it, with the usual anti-capitalist caveat :)
as for final fantasy XV, I have no opinion as me just starting X is only me playing my second FF game (the first being FF Tactics advance, I fricken loooved that game as a kid!).
I loved reading this, thank you! Yeah, I think we're vibing on these issues, I'd love to see these artificial barriers torn down between people who enjoy games. And the bummer of it all is, so many of us have been conditioned to think that this division is actually GOOD for us. Hopefully things continue to standardize and the focus can be just on the art these developers are creating.
ur so welcome, thank u! 🙂 I'm glad u mentioned the division conditioning aspect- the more divided we are, the more easily we can be taken advantage of by capitalism!
I think the good thing about exclusives is that developers only have to focus on one system and get the most out if that particular system and work on it alone rather than trying to work around multiple places to play it that could bring up issues! But it would be nice to see games on as much devices as possible and in more hands! Remasters and remakes are nice, though i feel it would be cooler to see it for games that where stuck in certain regions and release them worldwide, because there be loads of games like parasite eve id love to get a offical release to play in Europe. I always thought people liked and felt FF 15 was good! Not a brilliant game, but one you could easily enjoy! Nice to see a postive takes on gaming!
I think the focusing on one system thing is true to an extent, but it was more true back in the old days. Nowadays, the consoles are all using off-the-shelf architecture, so it's pretty easy to release on multiple platforms. In my IDEAL world, though, there wouldn't be platforms at all, so everyone would be working with a sort of "standard" of specifications. With some wiggle room for higher frame rates/better graphics or whatever, so people could still choose preferences.
But anyway, thank you! I really like the positive takes thing, I may have to do some more.
My takes on your takes:
Exclusivity: Agree with this. Exclusivity exists for a negative reason: to sell consoles and gain market share. It's actually kind of disconcerting to see people actually buy some of the things they tell the public about it. All consoles and the PC itself serve various market demands, that's why they are successful. They all have advantages, disadvantages, and most importantly, preferences that gain audience loyalty. The software itself exists as a parallel market. That's the cold business analysis, but what Exclusivity harms artistic independence and creativity as well.
Remakes: I'm of 2 minds about this. On one hand I agree, they are fantastic. I'm playing through P3 reload right now, and I can't believe how much I'm enjoying something I finished several different ways already.
I think it can be a cash grab though, or sometimes just be disappointing. I really looked forward to the front mission 1st release...only to see that it's almost too faithful...faithful to the point I wondered why I wasn't playing the DS remaster. It's called a "remake" but it isn't, it should be a different game, or have a massive game play or art expansion.
yesss so nice to hear from others on a similar page!
Absolutely, I think remakes/remasters can go VERY wrong if they're not handled with care. If all you're doing is creating a way for people to play the game, then a simple port will do just fine. If you're going to remake/remaster, include some compelling reasons to upgrade, for sure.
My positive hot take is that remakes and remasters are a necessity to allow newer generations experience what we experience in the older years of gaming. Oh and Radiata stories is the most underrated square Enix jrpg and needs a remaster or remake more than any other rpg
Exactly, until we get to a point where it's trivially easy to play any game from the past, then remasters and remakes are providing an important service to people who missed them the first time around.
~~when two people who understand FFXV share a glance across a crowded ballroom~~
My positive hot take: the only bad game is one that makes you a worse person.
~~meaningful look received. timid wave.~~
Cheers to FF15!
I thought the story of ff15 felt incomplete,but it hooked me enough that I was sad id was more fleshed out at points. The combat was phenomenal to me, just chef kiss.
Definitely incomplete, and I know they worked hard to try and address people's issues with it (I didn't really have any issues with it personally, I felt like it told the story I wanted it to tell, but I think all the additional stuff is great regardless).
I really do love remasters/remakes as well, just maybe not have one 3 years after the release of the original lol. But hey, if it's 10 years later or more, why not! It really does allow for more people to experience a game, even more so since people would be willing to spend normal price on a remaster but maybe not necessarily $200 on the original that only comes on a certain console, which is why I also agree that the more platforms a game can release on, the better. Granted, I could see how it's hard for indie teams to port their game to all platforms. And yeah, I thought Final Fantasy XV was alright, wasn't my favorite but it wasn't terrible either!
And thanks for showing that post by Geoff Keighley, I'm going to check that out!
Yeah, there's an argument to be made that it CAN be "too soon" for a remake/remaster to come out, and I'm sympathetic to that for sure. TLoUP2 was... PROBABLY too soon, all things considered. 😂
Thanks for the video. I love this concept! My positive hot take would be that Trails of Cold Steel 1 is my favorite game in the franchise. While I think all the political intrigue was interesting in all the other games I really loved the focus this game had on the development of the relationship of the characters. While I haven’t played the Sky games, the rest of the games seemed to focus on the big bad things that were going on in the background. This game just felt like it was about the characters themselves. (Even though the prologue gives a preview to some of the later game events). Many felt the school life parts were boring but these were some of my favorite parts. The writers did an excellent job of making me feel attached to these characters.
Totally, Cold Steel 1 is so excellent at character and world building, it lays a really solid foundation for the rest of the series to operate on. Without the work that Cold Steel 1 did, you wouldn't have anything beyond it.
I love final fantasy 15! But I also loved the 13 trilogy lol. Go you!! Final fantasy 15 is great, and was a great experience to follow through several lines of media. Such a great story as well.
I tell you what, I'd be down for a 13-series remaster at some point here, I think more people would be into them now than were back in the day.
I almost skipped to the Final Fantasy XV hot take. Have to say that I agree that people are too harsh on it, and the DLC does make it more complete (though too bad they didn't finish that). What makes the world intriguing is the fact it is different from the other games, taking a more modern setting (and also they tried to do something different too). I enjoyed my time with it and so did my daughter. I also will never forget humming the classic theme with Robbie Daymond (who voices Prompto) at a convention once.
Yeah, I'm in love with the world aesthetic, like it's just such a cool juxtaposition. I want more of that.
XV was my first FF after a giant break from X. Really loved it; don't get the hate outside of the DLC issues.
Yeah, I mean, there's room to criticize how the game was delivered for sure, but it's still a great overall package.
One thing I’d love if games were able to be played cross platform would be getting rid of trophies. So much dev time is wasted on them and really they add nothing that could not be done in other ways to reward players.
Yeah, I for one never really clicked with trophies or achievements or anything. It doesn't really do much for me, so I personally wouldn't be sad if they weren't a thing (though you and I might be in the minority there, I'm not sure.)
Great topic of discussion
Thanks, it was fun!
Thanks for this.
Thank YOU!
I think, to a certain extent, XV is already looked at a little more positively than it was before. I think most just remember how it launched more then anything else and fall back on that. I doubt many who bought it initially went back and replayed when all the extra DLC stuff (that should have been there at launch, but I digress) dropped. Maybe a few are doing so now and changing their tunes, as people have started to do with XIII. Or maybe the generation of fans who played it and loved it are now feeling more comfortable talking about it.
I don’t make videos and see all the comments like you do, so I’m probably still in the minority, but I do think it’s looked at in a better lens then it once was overall.
I've heard from quite a few FF15 fans, and it does me good to see we're not alone out here. 😁 But I think you're right, my theory is also that the people who were angry about it have moved on to be angry about other things, leaving just the fans to continue talking about it.
Dude, thanks for you
No, thank YOU
I can appreciate somebody enjoying Final Fantasy 15. I haven't played it yet but I think I will give it an opportunity. I actually own a physical copy but never played it.
I can understand people's issues with it, but it just really resonated with me SO strongly.
Appreciate your hot takes. Thanks Brandon.
Thank you!
I am a big fan of remasters and remakes in principle. While they can be cash grabs, so very often they prove to be either a chance to play older games or they improve on older games or offer a new experience with a known game. RE and Dead Space and Star Ocean 2 or the Mafia Definitive Edition and many more.
Imagine playing your favorite old games with modern graphics and improvements on things that did not work the first time? Give me Sleeping Dogs Remaster, I pay full price.
Yeah, it's easy to write off remakes but, like, for a lot of us it's just SO COOL to see some of these games brought back and given new life.
Couldn't agree more about FFXV! I know not all of the story is really presented in the main game itself (a lot in the DLCs, anime, movie, etc.), and that's kind of a crime. But if you you know the context of everything, holy shit is it a beautiful story. The game play gets dumped on sometimes too, but I love it. The early game was meant to feel like a road trip with your bros and that's exactly what it felt like.
100%! It just gave me so many good feelings, and I loved exploring other angles on the story in the other media.
I agree with you!
💯
I literally just platinumed this yesterday on PS4.
I would give it…
Gameplay-9.5
Story-8
Music-10
Chef's kiss! I should go back and platinum that one of these days.
Another angle for your original argument of movies not being exclusive is that there are a lot of movies and shows that ARE exclusive to their respective streaming service. You have to subscribe to Netflix for Stranger Things and to Amazon Prime Video for Invincible and to Disney + for anything Marvel or Star Wars. It's not locked to a specific hardware but it IS locked to a specific streaming service.
I think the main problem with FF15, and the main reason I have no desire to play it, is that it looks very much like Final Fantasy: Jersey Shore Bro Trip. Whether it actually is or not, it definitely looks like that's what it is. I'm much more about the FANTASY in Final Fantasy myself. You're not an idiot at all for liking it though.
I agree with the Remasters. As long as it's been a generation or two and they do something to improve it like quality of life improvements or making it HD, then I'm happy with it. I wish they ported more earlier games to modern consoles too. Like why aren't all the 3DS games on the Switch? Where's Radiant Historia?
Yeah, and even in the future I'm imagining, I could still seeing "that" sort of exclusivity remaining. Like, if I want to watch a particular show, I have to subscribe to Netflix or whatever. That's kind of annoying, but I'm not gated out of it by some hugely expensive piece of hardware, so it doesn't bother me AS much.
And yes, if they would just give us Radiant Historia on Switch, I'd be a happy camper.
Very cool topic, super charming gaze
Thank you!
15 is really cool, though it started the trend of Final Fantasy having uggliest NPCs in gaming, which is sadly at a peak with Rebirth. I think a lot of why people hate it is that it has that cold feet not action not rpg battle system, and that it was never "completed".
That what we imagined vs13 would be was so "peak" as some would say doesn't help it either.
The hype train leading up to it definitely did it no favors, that's a sad fact.
I like the concept of this video, but disagree with the positive hot takes. Exclusives sell consoles and give them their own identity and reason to buy them. Also the digital movie comparison, Apple, Amazon, etc are controlling your digital rights. As for the remake/remasters, I am not totally against it, but if it could just run and look better for free like how PC does it (sometimes Xbox) by adding frame rates, pixel counts, then a similar rerelease is a ripoff. But the games that are full remakes with robust new content, that I can see positives in that.
as a Disabled gamer, I think having all games available on all systems would simply make everything more accessible, & have each console focus more on what unique experience of the same game they can offer, meaning we would all have even more choice in how we want to experience our games!
also, I agree, the digital movie comparison doesn't work as the rights are controlled in a similar way, I'm glad u pointed that out! which unfortunately will continue to happen until capitalism finally finishes it's death-spasms & we all start actually working tgethr for everything other than profit... lol
@@terrjackson9283 I mean the Xbox and PS have similar libraries overall, but Sony has its own stable of exclusives and often inks deals with Japanese devs for exclusive rights to certain games.
I would challenge by saying, imagine consoles were taken out of the equation. No consoles, just sit down in front of your TV, pick ANY game ever made, and play it. That's what we get with movies right now, and I think having that same experience with games would be awesome. And you're right that Apple/Amazon/etc. control the digital rights for movies, but my bigger point there is just, I can buy/rent the movie from WHOEVER I want. I don't have to get corralled through one particular studio's app in order to watch a particular movie.
I think there can definitely be differing viewpoints on this, but I guess that's where I stand. I think it would be worthwhile to try it, as an industry, and see if we (as in us, the players) would benefit.
@@JustTheGems that seems like PC gaming, but PC gaming has choices like Steam, Epic, GOG, Windows Store/Xbox on PC, Playstation on PC, and the world of emulation. Something about a console and physical media I luv, I know the physical media is being compromised with downloads, but thats another issue.
For your first point, you can't buy a big mac at Burger King. Should we get rid of all resteraunt chains and condince them into one? Thinking about it, it might not be a bad idea, would save a lot on food waiste anyway. Bringing it back to games would you just make all the ips and technology open source? Nintindo patents a lot of its tech and makes games specifically disgned for it. Would you outlaw the patents or make those kinds of tech to software integration illegal?
I wouldn't do any of it myself, personally. I'm all about enjoying art any way you can. But to your analogy, I wouldn't say you should be able to buy a Big Mac at Burger King. But there's a piece missing that keeps it from being a one-to-one analogy, because there's no device or other thing necessary for you to consume either a Big Mac or something from Burger King. You don't need to invest in proprietary technology to enjoy those things, so in the same way, I'd like to see us not have to spend money on proprietary technology in order to play particular games, that's all.
Missed the other part of your question. I don't know if "open source" is how I'd describe what I'm thinking. It's similar to the format wars that happen whenever a new movie format is introduced. Every major player presents their submission for what the new standard should be, and whoever wins in the market becomes THE standard for all going forward. Beta lost to VHS, HDDVD lost to Blu-ray, etc. So Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, whoever could put forward their idea of what the next thing should be, but only one comes out in the end.
I like this idea for a video. It seems like recently a lot of creators I watch are like, this is an objectively bad game and if you like it you have no taste. I liked 15 a lot. It wasn't perfect and I wish it had gotten some of the story content that they'd talked about, but I was engrossed the whole time I was playing it. Heck I played it twice when royal edition came out.
I guess one of my positive takes is that Tales of Legendia is a brilliant game and should be held up with Symphonia and Abyss for that era. Legendia gets no love and is considered one of the worst Tales games but it's a fave of mine, always has been. I'm about to restart it with a patch that has the second half dialogue added back in and I'm super excited.
yesss, any creator who learns into a righteous, judgemental & binary & false "objective" approach (good/bad) as opposed to the reality of both/and, open-minded & subjective perspective gets an immediate red flag from me, I really like how Brandon is coming from the latter, a very human & inclusive relationship based approach
Yes!! Legendia is maybe my favorite Tales of! (Either my first or second, it fluctuates.) I LOVE that game so much! I need to look into that patch you're talking about.
@JustTheGems just look up the undub, it adds all the Japanese dialog back to the game, since an English dub of the second half was never done.
I love FF15 too. My favorite is FF7 but I really liked FF15 and FF16. I also like FFIX but I know 15 and 16 isn’t loved like 7 and 9. Especially 15 but I really like it and I’m glad that’s two of us lol
Yeah, and don't get me wrong, 7 and 9 deserve their love, but I see all these games as siblings to each other, and it's hard for me to dislike any of them. I definitely like some more than others, but 15 in particular just resonated.
Without ports/remakes or Remasters games like Live A Live wouldn't have come to the West. So I'm all for it if it's done well.
Totally, if care is put into it, it can turn out great
Maybe having first party games console exclusive for a set period of the time? 🤔
I agree with all your points here. Even FFXV. It’s not in my top five, but it’s WAY higher on my list compared to most people.
Btw, someone made a mod for XV where the boys had Power Rangers outfits on. Now I’m convinced we need a Power Rangers open world game.
YES, Power Rangers open world game would be awesome. Fly around Angel Grove, random encounters with putties. I'd be all over that!
But movies and TV shows are getting locked behind gates of streaming services now
Yeah, it's... it's not great. :(
Just before going to uni I saved up enough to get one 7th gen console and I went with the 360 back then for one game, Tales of Vesperia, amazing game, so glad I got to experience it but that was literally the only game on a Xbox platform I was interested in….. UNTIL Hi-Fi Rush came out recently, It’s the first time I was jealous at Xbox owners 😂 I hope it gets a Switch port but I’m seriously considering getting a PS5 for Tekken 8, Dragon Ball Z Sparking Zero and Hi-Fi Rush.
I didn’t know much about Hi-Fi Rush, but as soon as I saw the little Xenogears homage they put in that game, I knew I had to have it. 😅
I feel like I just listened to the Communist Manifesto.
This is a joke btw. Also, XV is seriously one of my favorite games. My hot take is: I am Setsuna is sincerely one of my favorite games of all time.
I Am Setsuna was beautiful. I need to replay that one of these days.
my top 3 ff games: FF8, FF4, FF15 in that order
EXCELLENT
I think that taking away exclusivity would take away from the gaming experiance as games would tend to lose part of their individual identity and move even more quickly towards the 'lowest common denominator' and we would see a lot more generic feeling games. I absolutely hated FF XV but it has nothing to do with the story as I never got to the story due to hating the look and gameplay mechanics to the point that it was one of the greatest disappointments I have ever had in buying a game. I am not so much a FF fan though I did enjoy a few of the earlier games.
I disagree from my perspective (u can see my main comment if u wanna hear sum more of where I'm coming from!) but I am curious to ask what u would consider the "lowest common denominator" & why moving from competition to cooperation would result in that? from my perspective, the focus is already unfortunately too often put on a "lowest common denominator), which is profit, leading to so many soul-less cash-clones, rushed buggy messes, rehashed "proven profit" ideas & worker abuse.
It's possible, though I tend to think opening up a wider audience would be something that would jumpstart creators to make even better games. If you're not playing to a captive audience, you have to try a bit harder, you know?
@@JustTheGems 'If you're not playing to a captive audience, you have to try a bit harder, you know?'
Uh, looking at games that are already available on all platforms, do you really think that is the case? Would you say companies like Ubisoft or EA put as much care into their games as a company like Nintendo?
@@FearItself187 There'll always be low-rent media properties. They exist in film and TV too. But innovation is spurred by competition, not by sealing yourself with an audience that is psychologically motivated to support whatever you make because it will reinforce their bias (which they developed because they invested money in a particular platform).
If you can give me an example or two of a walled garden truly spurring creativity, I'm open to it. I'll change my mind if I believe I'm wrong on something.
@@JustTheGems I don't understand why you think having every game available in one spot would breed competition, but console manufacturers vying to sell the most consoles doesn't, or at least doesn't to the same degree. Surely when the success of your console relies on attracting the most customers you would put more effort in so that you have the best games on your platform?
Would you say that Nintendo doesn't produce innovative games? They innovated with the hybrid console which has now been copied by various other companies, that certainly wouldn't have happened had they not had control over their own platform, and they popularized motion controls with the Wii in a similar way. It was competition between rival console manufacturers that spurred Nintendo into innovating, something that wouldn't have happened if there was only one place/way to play games.
Conversely, could you give any examples of Sony or Microsoft innovating specifically due to their games no longer being exclusive to their own platforms? Are there any innovative multiplatform games you could point to that you don't think would exist if they were exclusive to one system?
Final Fantasy 15 is a great game I liked it 😊
Always glad to find another 15 fan!
Positivity? On the internet? What sorcery is this?
Expected joking aside, it really is nice to just have pleasant sentiments going around now and then. It's so easy to let yourself stew in negativity since it comes naturally to many but that's also a good way to ruin your outlook on so many things. There's just too much misery and jadedness out there.
I guess one positive hot take from me is that we don't really get truly bad games anymore, or at least anywhere near as often. More often than not, it usually just boils down to individual tastes more than the actual quality of a product. Well, that and the situations surrounding said product but that's a subject for another time.
Throughout the years, primarily being more into the niche spaces, I've come to appreciate a lot of games and other sources of media even if they might not be the best things out there. Many of them usually don't score well, mediocrely if not outright terribly even, but they were memorable enough experiences that I still fondly look back on for one reason or another. Maybe they had a solid gimmick I liked, maybe they didn't so anything special but where just solid overall, maybe their stories got me invested, maybe I loved their aesthetic or music, maybe there was an underlining message that spoke to me, or maybe I got to them at just the right time.
A game I like isn't a good game, it just had enough aspects I managed to resonate with.
A game I didn't like isn't a bad game, I just didn't connect with enough of it.
It isn't about whether something is good or bad, whatever those qualifiers may mean, it's about what we managed to get out of the experience. And when it comes to that, we are spoiled for choice. Not everything is going to be for everyone, but there's always something for everyone.
I completely agree. I hesitate to ever say a game is "good" or "bad" because that's so objective. Like you said, the skill level of devs across the board is so, so much higher than it was 30 years ago, so a truly "bad" game is pretty rare. It's like film now, where there are directors whose work is going to be more my taste, and other directors who aren't. We have so much in the way of choice now.
I have to disagree with you on having a baseline for all consoles and no exclusives. I think that would be bad for everyone. I won’t try to explain it all in here. But I really like the video and the theme.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on it at some point (maybe if we can connect at MGC or something), I've given it a lot of thought and tried to look at it from the other perspective and I couldn't find a compelling reason to maintain the current order. So I'd love to learn what you're thinking about all that.