That's really a bit much..... really it's one thing if the games themselves make you cry but simply watching someone discuss them? Might have some legit issues somewhere
Insanely well written video essay, both in text and editing. So many people read a script over unrelated B-roll, so it's really nice to see someone take advantage of the medium. Ty so much for uploading this
I'm glad you liked it! The script is always the hardest part (when voice over isn't the hardest part). Finding clips relevant to the story is actually a lot of fun. In fairness to others, it's much more difficult finding clips when talking about gameplay and mechanics.
Wow.. just wow. This was brilliant. Absolutely amazing. The way you spoke as though you were telling the thoughts in the characters heads, explaining the deeper meaning of everything, taking footage from previous games, your editing etc etc, all just worked so well. Laughed at points, got chills at points, probably the best video essay I have seen. I very rarely leave comments on video essays, and in fact I believe this might be the first time. 19:50 - 20:35 - was probably my favorite part, sounds silly but the way your voice got more enthusiastic along with the classic Uncharted track, the way you followed your brilliant script, and the choice of footage and cuts were all just amazing. Get chills there a lot. Throughout the video you had lots of great edits too, such as 5:32 - 5:43 for example. Whole thing felt very professional. Really shocked to see only 1000 views, and 2k subs. Keep it up!
I love this franchise, ripping out all of my favorite music tracks and scenes from games I know so well made this my favorite video to edit. Getting the VO just right on the part you describe took over a dozen attempts, it means a lot to hear that that payed off.
It definitely did, was brilliant! The nostalgia oohooo. And as do I. Was introduced to it years ago by going in blind and having little clue what the game was about. Hits ma feels hard watching this.
Coming from a filmmaking point of view the quality is fantastic, everything including your cues! This was just as enjoyable as playing the game! Looking forward to more
Yeah the pacing is unconventional but brilliant. Starts out slow, making you feel Nathan’s boredom in life. The adventure slowly gets more exciting until the most exciting chase scene of all time. Then it slows down a bit, and slowly gains momentum as Sam and Nate find Libertalia. Then there’s crazy action until the big twist, and then the action becomes super slow again as Nate and Elena reconcile. Then as they find Sam and need to save him it’s a barrage of action and set pieces. Then it ends with a duel like Star Wars, before a magnificent and slow epilogue. Neil Druckmann is a true genius.
16:18 I'm going through some of your old videos and you're really good at timing your script with the footage on screen. anyway, this is a really great video and illustrates why I love Uncharted 4 so much!
My absolute favorite part of editing is when the VO lines up close enough with an important musical beat, that I can just lay them on top of each other.
95% of the time it just happens in editing. So, Sam and Nate step out into a lost city, and Where is my Mind happened to drop and rise within a second of that line. I can't move the music, because it's important where it starts, so I just space the pauses in the narration a little further (or closer) in editing. Things like Sully pointing on cue when he talks about treasure are like the best kind of accidents, but I still have to move the video around a lot because of when the cutscene "cuts" between shots. The 5% is when I'm going on about all the stuff Avery and Two did with their lives, and it's set up to sync with the main theme as soon as their end is laid bare. I'm moving the music to line it up with that moment. I almost never do that. I never know what music will get used until I have already done the narration, I spend a lot of time listening to the sound tracks just trying to find music that will work. It's exciting for Uncharted, Horizon, Night in the Woods, games that have really versatile sound tracks, but it's tough when RE7 has a great somber theme, a ton of horror tracks with awful screeching, and only the "safe room" track in between. I feel like I owe a lot to the composers. These are not as good without their music.
I think Uncharted 4's story resonates more than ever to me now... I'm not like Nathan Drake. I haven't found great treasure, I don't have an Elena or Sully. But I've been afraid I'm not going to be the person I want to be, after so many setbacks. It's felt like my hard work hasn't been worth it. And I've found it hard to accept sometimes that what I do have...the people I care about, and the effect I've had on their lives, is what gives me value. "Sometimes you gotta realize what you've gotta keep and...what you're gonna let go."
Watched this a long time ago and finally found it again. One of the best games of all time. And a video essay of equal quality in my opinion. Deserves more views
And looking forward to replaying this game for the first time since making the video. It has been years and I'm just itching to experience it again with the higher framerate.
Found out your channel a few days ago with you NITW video (that hit straight in the guts, in the good way) and I really love your channel! Excited to see more in the future :^D
Never heard of you before and now I’ve watched half a dozen of your videos. Don’t know if you will continue or not but you have put a lot of heart into these and they are well made. Thank you
Thanks for saying that. I'm sitting on these two if either are your thing. Metal Gear: ua-cam.com/video/Rm2UdCPPpMI/v-deo.html Outer Wilds: ua-cam.com/video/oVjjyDAu-e8/v-deo.html
Just those two and one for 12 Angry Men. I don't really want to start dropping videos if I'm not going to be able to keep up with it. That, and, the Red Dead video is my favorite. Feels like a good place to leave things.
@@OrangeLightnings if that’s what you decide to do you can do you. I would still encourage you to release them and make more if you enjoy doing so. Some of the best video essays I’ve watched (such as untangling God of War by Good Blood) come from rare video postings years later
I will be, Dark Souls is next week, and I try to extract some meaning from its lore. These types of essays take a lot longer to write (Dark Souls, Uncharted), because they're more important to me, so I space them out with some stuff that's "lower stakes".
Orange Lightning I started with your interesting Ratchet vs. Prey video and to be honest I like both video styles. Your visuals apply to your points and I learn to appreciate my favorite medium even more. You know you're doing a good job when all I can think about doing this weekend is replaying UC4 and picking up Prey!
I came across this video and your God of War video today and I loved both. Sad to see that you are no longer making any videos. You have a real talent for these video essays.
Metal Gear: ua-cam.com/video/Rm2UdCPPpMI/v-deo.html Outer Wilds: ua-cam.com/video/oVjjyDAu-e8/v-deo.html Took a break from writing to focus on career. Didn't intend for it to be this long. Working from home for the past year with significantly less social contact took a lot of wind out of my sails. I'm hoping to find some inspiration again as my peers and I get vaccinated, and start to see each other in higher frequency again.
Orange Lightning I’m glad to hear that you managed to stay healthy! And I understand the lacking energy when your life has devolved to working from home and not being able to live normally. I’ll check out those two videos you linked to!
Dude you pull at my heartstrings.. I love how you analyze everything so perfectly! My dumb brain just plays the game.. you have earned yourself a subscriber! Whats the sad song you used at the beginning called?
GREATNESS IS WHAT YOU DO WITH THE HAND YOUR DELT. ... nathan on henry avery ship didnt look twice at the treasure... he was there for his brother.... he finally learned the real treasure in life he already had....HIS FAMILY... and thats why uncharted 4 was the end of nathan drake... a beautiful ending. Ralph was AVERY. drake was TEW in that fight
;_; KyleKalGreen once said that "it is art that helps us have a life" when correcting a intolerant woman protesting for the camera to be turned off, proclaiming: "turn it off, this is important , this is not art , this is life!!" We cherish pieces of entertainment that we hold dear because we find dopamine-making fun in it, while relating or projecting something from ourselves into it all , be it a science fiction role model or a escapist fantasy setting , we all aspire a sense of fulfillment from seeing enjoyable storylines come to fruition to better visualize our own potential achievements. and no matter how many times i hear a Closing overture to a great film or the Staff Credits to some of the greatest games ever , i cannot help but be enveloped in a sensation of wholesome closure for myself. it worth was seeing the end of this , it was worth caring enough to remember it all , it was even worth seeing all this again. it still holds up. And i hope that one day i can cease to divide real-life ordeals with in-game ones to fully realize the importance of both while implementing a meaningful combination of/for both. to Share it all. Damn.
Without the readers, viewers, and players bringing their own ideas and life experiences with them, stories are just the mechanics of "what happened". I think a lot of people on UA-cam do an amazing job analyzing, and articulating why something is objectively good, but less often do I see that same effort put into why it SUBJECTIVELY matters. WHY is it compelling? And it doesn't have to be for a specific, personal reason. It just has to be an honest, no bullshit, "this is what this story brought out of me". On your last paragraph, when something connects with you, real life or otherwise, just start writing, and rewriting, until something clicks into place. It's a surprisingly frustrating process, but it's given me a great appreciation for the real artists, and I've learned a lot about myself.
18:17 That is the most brain dead sentence Drake has said. He is not realising what he is saying. Nathan has nothing to prove since he has found 3 great treasures...BUT his brother does. He didn't find 3 great treasures, Nathan did.
I can totally understand why people love Uncharted 4 story but for me it sucks. Thematically it goes against the entire rest of the series and has the most negative interpretation of Drake's character and lifestyle possible. It tells you that the things that you're passionate about aren't worth dying For unless those things are other people. It tells you that because the pursuit of greatness never ends you should not pursue greatness. It tells you that Drake is the kind of person who would end up like those pirates if not for Elena. Despite the fact that Drake was nothing like them he's always maintained a small group of a loyal friend and would never and has never been portrayed as the kind of person who would betray another for monetary benefit. Uncharted 4 makes the mistakes a lot of later entries in long running video game franchises make. They feel the need to make them characters more "mature" and call into question the morality and maturity of the character in previous games. Uncharted 4 should have been a celebration of Drake's character and his journeys instead it's an indictment.
I could not agree more and bless your heart for being brave enough to say it. While it’s a cute theme in theory, Nathan never seemed to care about the treasure (he never ever gets it, so why would he keep doing it anyway?) as much as he did the journey of it. Sam wanted to do what he loved with his brother for their mother’s memory, it was never about the gold. And it makes me sad to think that some people may internalize that their passions are less important than the people that claim to love them, but would rather they change their personality and identity to be exactly in the mold they want. I think Nathan and Elena are great people, but just not great people for each other. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
I don't get it man, some random channel that uploads shitty clickbait content has millions of subs with hundred thousands of views and your channel has a handful of amazing videos but you only have 6k subs, it's a shame. I hope you get the recognition you deserve and that you will be able to make some good cash on here so that the videos will stay as good and you are able to invest the time you need.
Nate would actually make a badass history teacher
Man I actually cried. You really set the picture of what really made me admire the series. Thank you.
That's really a bit much..... really it's one thing if the games themselves make you cry but simply watching someone discuss them? Might have some legit issues somewhere
@@AntiJewluminatiDwarf🤣🤣🤣
This game is an absolute masterpiece
Insanely well written video essay, both in text and editing. So many people read a script over unrelated B-roll, so it's really nice to see someone take advantage of the medium. Ty so much for uploading this
I'm glad you liked it! The script is always the hardest part (when voice over isn't the hardest part). Finding clips relevant to the story is actually a lot of fun. In fairness to others, it's much more difficult finding clips when talking about gameplay and mechanics.
These games' stories are unmatched
This video is...criminally underrated. Well worded, sensible, I loved it.
This has become my favorite Uncharted video. Good work editing this video.
Wow.. just wow. This was brilliant. Absolutely amazing. The way you spoke as though you were telling the thoughts in the characters heads, explaining the deeper meaning of everything, taking footage from previous games, your editing etc etc, all just worked so well. Laughed at points, got chills at points, probably the best video essay I have seen. I very rarely leave comments on video essays, and in fact I believe this might be the first time. 19:50 - 20:35 - was probably my favorite part, sounds silly but the way your voice got more enthusiastic along with the classic Uncharted track, the way you followed your brilliant script, and the choice of footage and cuts were all just amazing. Get chills there a lot. Throughout the video you had lots of great edits too, such as 5:32 - 5:43 for example. Whole thing felt very professional. Really shocked to see only 1000 views, and 2k subs. Keep it up!
I love this franchise, ripping out all of my favorite music tracks and scenes from games I know so well made this my favorite video to edit. Getting the VO just right on the part you describe took over a dozen attempts, it means a lot to hear that that payed off.
It definitely did, was brilliant! The nostalgia oohooo. And as do I. Was introduced to it years ago by going in blind and having little clue what the game was about. Hits ma feels hard watching this.
Coming from a filmmaking point of view the quality is fantastic, everything including your cues! This was just as enjoyable as playing the game! Looking forward to more
Thanks, that means a lot to someone who has to really feel their way through editing (me).
most fans didnt like the pacing but the slow chapters towards the end are actually my favorite.
Yeah the pacing is unconventional but brilliant. Starts out slow, making you feel Nathan’s boredom in life. The adventure slowly gets more exciting until the most exciting chase scene of all time. Then it slows down a bit, and slowly gains momentum as Sam and Nate find Libertalia. Then there’s crazy action until the big twist, and then the action becomes super slow again as Nate and Elena reconcile. Then as they find Sam and need to save him it’s a barrage of action and set pieces. Then it ends with a duel like Star Wars, before a magnificent and slow epilogue.
Neil Druckmann is a true genius.
Uncharted 4 had the best music
16:18 I'm going through some of your old videos and you're really good at timing your script with the footage on screen. anyway, this is a really great video and illustrates why I love Uncharted 4 so much!
The subtle edits are the best part of making a video. It's so satisfying.
no way this video is this underrated, without a doubt the best uncharted 4 video essay out there
You do a great job at selecting the music and pacing your narration to it. Great as always, always happy when one of your videos pop up.
My absolute favorite part of editing is when the VO lines up close enough with an important musical beat, that I can just lay them on top of each other.
Orange Lightning Do you plan certain bits in advance or does that only happen during editing?
95% of the time it just happens in editing. So, Sam and Nate step out into a lost city, and Where is my Mind happened to drop and rise within a second of that line. I can't move the music, because it's important where it starts, so I just space the pauses in the narration a little further (or closer) in editing. Things like Sully pointing on cue when he talks about treasure are like the best kind of accidents, but I still have to move the video around a lot because of when the cutscene "cuts" between shots. The 5% is when I'm going on about all the stuff Avery and Two did with their lives, and it's set up to sync with the main theme as soon as their end is laid bare. I'm moving the music to line it up with that moment. I almost never do that.
I never know what music will get used until I have already done the narration, I spend a lot of time listening to the sound tracks just trying to find music that will work. It's exciting for Uncharted, Horizon, Night in the Woods, games that have really versatile sound tracks, but it's tough when RE7 has a great somber theme, a ton of horror tracks with awful screeching, and only the "safe room" track in between. I feel like I owe a lot to the composers. These are not as good without their music.
super well presented perspective on Uncharted, you do great work
Absolutely phenomenal analysis. One of the best videos I'm seen about this game. A+. Very well done.
I usually never comment, but I want to say great work and don’t give up on creating more.
Thanks! Working on some new stuff tonight, I don't plan on quitting until I'm clean out of ideas.
These essays are genuinely among some of the best videos I've ever seen. Good job, really!
Absolutely amazing video! Very informative, thought-provoking, and masterfully pieced together.
I really like this kind of videos, hope you resume your channel sometime in the near future, you have a great way in this platform!
I think Uncharted 4's story resonates more than ever to me now...
I'm not like Nathan Drake. I haven't found great treasure, I don't have an Elena or Sully. But I've been afraid I'm not going to be the person I want to be, after so many setbacks. It's felt like my hard work hasn't been worth it. And I've found it hard to accept sometimes that what I do have...the people I care about, and the effect I've had on their lives, is what gives me value.
"Sometimes you gotta realize what you've gotta keep and...what you're gonna let go."
Great, great video. Your hard work is noticed and appreciated.
This made me cry several times
Watched this a long time ago and finally found it again. One of the best games of all time. And a video essay of equal quality in my opinion. Deserves more views
And looking forward to replaying this game for the first time since making the video. It has been years and I'm just itching to experience it again with the higher framerate.
Found out your channel a few days ago with you NITW video (that hit straight in the guts, in the good way) and I really love your channel! Excited to see more in the future :^D
Cécile J ALWAYS go for the gut!
Glad you're enjoying them, I'm looking forward to figuring out what comes next myself!
Never heard of you before and now I’ve watched half a dozen of your videos. Don’t know if you will continue or not but you have put a lot of heart into these and they are well made. Thank you
Thanks for saying that. I'm sitting on these two if either are your thing.
Metal Gear: ua-cam.com/video/Rm2UdCPPpMI/v-deo.html
Outer Wilds: ua-cam.com/video/oVjjyDAu-e8/v-deo.html
@@OrangeLightnings watched both of those. How many videos are you sitting on that you have made and not posted?
Just those two and one for 12 Angry Men. I don't really want to start dropping videos if I'm not going to be able to keep up with it. That, and, the Red Dead video is my favorite. Feels like a good place to leave things.
@@OrangeLightnings if that’s what you decide to do you can do you. I would still encourage you to release them and make more if you enjoy doing so. Some of the best video essays I’ve watched (such as untangling God of War by Good Blood) come from rare video postings years later
Fantastic job. Hope you continue with this style of essay. Will definitely be watching them!
I will be, Dark Souls is next week, and I try to extract some meaning from its lore. These types of essays take a lot longer to write (Dark Souls, Uncharted), because they're more important to me, so I space them out with some stuff that's "lower stakes".
Orange Lightning I started with your interesting Ratchet vs. Prey video and to be honest I like both video styles. Your visuals apply to your points and I learn to appreciate my favorite medium even more.
You know you're doing a good job when all I can think about doing this weekend is replaying UC4 and picking up Prey!
This is a great video. You need more subs!
Share, like, subscribe, let's manipulate the youtube algorithm together!
But seriously, the channel is young, I'm really proud of where it is now.
Some how , this has become my comfort video.
I was in a tough spot , but now I feel good
This deserves way more views. Great analysis
Great stuff. How have i not found this channel before now?!
Great video and this is the kind of analysis we really need
I’m so glad I found your channel 👀 keep up the great work your videos are amazing and heart wrenching
Great analysis, very well edited.
Yeah, you're definitely one of my favourite channels
Thanks for you comments here - I'm glad you're enjoying them!
@@OrangeLightnings I'm glad I found them!
This was such an entertaining video. Keep up the great work man.
Just Beat Uncharted 4, stumbled upon this in my search. Easiest subscription of my life, 100%
Thanks, enjoy!
Best analysis I've seen on this game! Keep up the hard work this was incredible.
excellent analysis. im so nostalgic for this game. actually teared up a few times throughout the video.
This is a beautiful piece. Well done! Subbed!!
I came across this video and your God of War video today and I loved both. Sad to see that you are no longer making any videos. You have a real talent for these video essays.
Metal Gear: ua-cam.com/video/Rm2UdCPPpMI/v-deo.html
Outer Wilds: ua-cam.com/video/oVjjyDAu-e8/v-deo.html
Took a break from writing to focus on career. Didn't intend for it to be this long. Working from home for the past year with significantly less social contact took a lot of wind out of my sails. I'm hoping to find some inspiration again as my peers and I get vaccinated, and start to see each other in higher frequency again.
Orange Lightning I’m glad to hear that you managed to stay healthy! And I understand the lacking energy when your life has devolved to working from home and not being able to live normally. I’ll check out those two videos you linked to!
Great writing and narration
Dude you pull at my heartstrings.. I love how you analyze everything so perfectly! My dumb brain just plays the game.. you have earned yourself a subscriber! Whats the sad song you used at the beginning called?
Thanks Mario!
It's a piano cover of "Where is my Mind" by The Pixies:
ua-cam.com/video/FJvvDO_tCys/v-deo.html
@@OrangeLightnings Wow thank you! and thank you for replying so quickly! Keep making amazing videos, you are truly a beast at them. :)
GREATNESS IS WHAT YOU DO WITH THE HAND YOUR DELT. ... nathan on henry avery ship didnt look twice at the treasure... he was there for his brother.... he finally learned the real treasure in life he already had....HIS FAMILY... and thats why uncharted 4 was the end of nathan drake... a beautiful ending. Ralph was AVERY. drake was TEW in that fight
You deserve more views great vid
Your video is incredible and you have only 1k views , you deserve like at least 200 k more , again you’re amazing keep going !
Beautiful video 5 stars.
I am a very proud barutha
LIQUID, thanks for helping me give it a second pass. I'm counting on burdening you with peer review again.
BAROTHA
Eril Banez Well this is awkward
Fantastic job, mate!
Amazing video
incredible
greatness awaits
Amazing video!!
;_;
KyleKalGreen once said that "it is art that helps us have a life" when correcting a intolerant woman protesting for the camera to be turned off, proclaiming: "turn it off, this is important , this is not art , this is life!!"
We cherish pieces of entertainment that we hold dear because we find dopamine-making fun in it, while relating or projecting something from ourselves into it all , be it a science fiction role model or a escapist fantasy setting , we all aspire a sense of fulfillment from seeing enjoyable storylines come to fruition to better visualize our own potential achievements.
and no matter how many times i hear a Closing overture to a great film or the Staff Credits to some of the greatest games ever , i cannot help but be enveloped in a sensation of wholesome closure for myself.
it worth was seeing the end of this , it was worth caring enough to remember it all , it was even worth seeing all this again.
it still holds up.
And i hope that one day i can cease to divide real-life ordeals with in-game ones to fully realize the importance of both while implementing a meaningful combination of/for both.
to Share it all.
Damn.
Without the readers, viewers, and players bringing their own ideas and life experiences with them, stories are just the mechanics of "what happened".
I think a lot of people on UA-cam do an amazing job analyzing, and articulating why something is objectively good, but less often do I see that same effort put into why it SUBJECTIVELY matters. WHY is it compelling? And it doesn't have to be for a specific, personal reason. It just has to be an honest, no bullshit, "this is what this story brought out of me".
On your last paragraph, when something connects with you, real life or otherwise, just start writing, and rewriting, until something clicks into place. It's a surprisingly frustrating process, but it's given me a great appreciation for the real artists, and I've learned a lot about myself.
18:17 That is the most brain dead sentence Drake has said. He is not realising what he is saying. Nathan has nothing to prove since he has found 3 great treasures...BUT his brother does. He didn't find 3 great treasures, Nathan did.
Subscribed
Does anybody know the bgm from 0:51
That’s the piano cover of “Where is my Mind”, which was used in the game’s marketing.
ua-cam.com/video/FJvvDO_tCys/v-deo.htmlsi=aYvnKvqM-_xn250X
@@OrangeLightnings Thank you very much！！！！ l've shazamed this song for countless times! Already subscribed, keep up the good work!
Moral of the story: Don't get married
Can you make a video on God of War, it'll be so damn good!
It should be next! I'm still writing it, trying to find my way to a conclusion, but it's close.
Great fucken video wow 👏
I can totally understand why people love Uncharted 4 story but for me it sucks. Thematically it goes against the entire rest of the series and has the most negative interpretation of Drake's character and lifestyle possible. It tells you that the things that you're passionate about aren't worth dying For unless those things are other people. It tells you that because the pursuit of greatness never ends you should not pursue greatness. It tells you that Drake is the kind of person who would end up like those pirates if not for Elena. Despite the fact that Drake was nothing like them he's always maintained a small group of a loyal friend and would never and has never been portrayed as the kind of person who would betray another for monetary benefit.
Uncharted 4 makes the mistakes a lot of later entries in long running video game franchises make. They feel the need to make them characters more "mature" and call into question the morality and maturity of the character in previous games. Uncharted 4 should have been a celebration of Drake's character and his journeys instead it's an indictment.
I could not agree more and bless your heart for being brave enough to say it. While it’s a cute theme in theory, Nathan never seemed to care about the treasure (he never ever gets it, so why would he keep doing it anyway?) as much as he did the journey of it. Sam wanted to do what he loved with his brother for their mother’s memory, it was never about the gold. And it makes me sad to think that some people may internalize that their passions are less important than the people that claim to love them, but would rather they change their personality and identity to be exactly in the mold they want. I think Nathan and Elena are great people, but just not great people for each other. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Bruh i started with youre god of war 4 vid im now 5 vids in good fuckin job
I don't get it man, some random channel that uploads shitty clickbait content has millions of subs with hundred thousands of views and your channel has a handful of amazing videos but you only have 6k subs, it's a shame. I hope you get the recognition you deserve and that you will be able to make some good cash on here so that the videos will stay as good and you are able to invest the time you need.