Alien Isolation: Made me feel isolated Tetris: No female characters Assassins Creed: Too much Ass The Walking Dead: Not enough walking The Sims: Too simulated Subnautica: Not enough birds Indiana Jones: No set in Indiana Red Dead Redemption: Not enough Red Kingdom Come Deliverance: Didn't deliver any Come Flight Simulator. Doesn't let you drive cars
In Red Dead Redemption 2, I had hunted down the Legendary Bear and skinned its pelt and was bringing it back to the trapper. Along the way a woman asked me to bring her back to civilization and I genuinely grappled with the decision to leave that pelt behind since I was so immersed in the game. So when I left her there and brought the pelt to the trapper I ended up feeling like a major piece of shit and it was honestly the best moment I've ever experienced in a video game
I know you know this but you can leave legendary pelts behind & still get the clothes from the trapper or you can quickly ride past the woman & get the random event again.
@@bromachrome Shoulve left her there. If game was realistic, some person would come and rescue her after ya left. Like that part when ya didnt save that guy at Saint Denis bronte party which random person saves him. Being choked.
@@SeriousDragonify my guy it was 1899 and these events happen in the middle of no where, there is absolutely no guarantee that anyone else would have ended up saving her.
@@IX929 I don't have to imagine anything, this isn't Yakutsk, in central Europe biking season is 8-9 months. If you ask me, 9 months of trying not to kill any of the bloody idiots is way too long. And don't even get me started on e-bike delivery guys. The first thing they're asked on their job interview is probably "Do you have a death wish? If so, you're in the right place, sign right here on the dotted line".
@@IX929 I don't have to imagine anything, this isn't Yakutsk, in central Europe biking season is 8-9 months. If you ask me, 9 months of trying not to kill any of the bloody idiots is way too long. And don't even get me started on e-bike delivery guys. The first thing they're asked on their job interview is probably "Do you have a death wish? If so, you're in the right place, sign right here on the dotted line".
FINALLY someone talked about streamers playing rdr2, most of them pretty much just rush through the story while barely exploring the open world and take things slow, i mean just look at ishowpeed's recent playthrough. Especially when the game was first released a lot of youtubers were rushing the game just so they can pump out a review as quick as possible then complain about how slow the game is and how the open world is empty💀
To be real though, there's no reason to interact with RDR's open world. It doesn't get you anything. You can hunt, but there's better hunting games that aren't as arbitrary. There's not much more outside that either, there's "random" events where people ask for a ride somewhere, usually not where you're going, and scripted events which play out the same way for everyone. I enjoy slow games, I really liked Death Stranding, but holy shit RDR2 is tedious.
@@Not-Kurosawa I mean exactly what I wrote. Hunting doesn't get you anything, pelts aren't worth anything, random events are repetitive and also don't get you anything, and scripted events play out the same way for everyone. You factually don't get any reward for exploring, it's meaningless to interact with it.
@@JZStudiosonlinegetting perfect pelts allows for more customization for outfits, trinkets change the overall gameplay experience with certain buffs and what not. most of the secret stuff as the meteor house, heavens gate reference, ufos, bigfoot skeleton. all of which are found by interacting with the open world. legendary fish around the map, multiple different quest lines by roaming around the map. this has to be rage bait.
In some Stalker 2 reviews some reviewer put your weapon getting jammed as a con, like it's an intentionally choice to add that with awesome weapon jamming animations and some reviewer just says oh my gun jammed in a Post-apocalyptic, survival game? Nah that's a con right there. Crazy how we let these people review games.
The thing about the IGN review of Alien Isolation is the fact that the reviewer was complaining about getting attacked while hiding. If you have the Motion Tracker out, the Alien can hear it and attack you. One of the core features of the game and he didn't know how it worked.
The absolute audacity to say, in the same video, that you don't like BG3 and that you love Starfield is worthy of respect. Great vid. Happy to have found this channel.
@@anthonyernst999if are looking for cool red dead let's play u should check out Markiplier so far he barely uses fast travel so he does alot of running with his horse but he provides interesting commentary sometimes goofy and sometimes serious like topics on life and stuff also he has a fun gimmack in his let's plays the problem is he bad at riding so he crashes his horse alot of times and it's so funny someone even made a compilation of him crashing his horse
I think these game reviewers aren't playing the game to experience it, they are playing it to review. This means they are too busy trying to 1. get through it quickly so they can get their review out on time and 2. break down the components of the game into bite sized ratings instead of throwing themselves into the journey that the game has created. Imo that makes video essays waaaaay more reliable and honest because they tend to be a reflection on the experience of the game and they get released post hype (usually). Game reviews and game scores don't have that kind of love and dedication in mind. Brilliant video!
reviewers, streamers, youtubers etc simply do not play videogames as a general gamer would which in turn makes any reviews/opinions/critiques pretty much moot
Another factor that compounds this is the assumption of reviewers to arrive at a single objective truth. In other words they don't factor in their own subjectivity nor that of their readers. I suppose that's because in Journalism school they are essentially trained to become investigative journalists, who indeed are looking for 'the truth' when dealing mostly with hard facts. If the reviewer of Days Gone simply added the layer of subjectivity by mentioning that she personally got really annoyed by the damage/repair/upgrade mechanics but that it's great if you love that kind of stuff, the review would have been infinitely better as a frame of reference for deciding whether you like the game or not. EDIT: I should've watched the entire video first.....This exact point is made at 19:45
While I do agree with most of what you’ve said, I have disagree with your opinion on TLOU2. I have a whole host of issues with the game, but the biggest one I have its terrible pacing between its two playable characters.
You’ve managed to, not only say an actual valid critique, but also managed to say that’s it’s YOUR opinion! this comment is better than the entirety of ign wow
The first 4/5 of the video I was agreeing with you, but TLOU2 stuff. Bruh. I don't have an issue with Abby being buff, but you can't go "it's a video game bro" while talking about a series that grounds itself as much as possible to realism. And in the case of Abby, IT DOES make sense. She's in a place where there's plenty of food, so she CAN focus on working out (which we're never really shown). BUT it is believable. Why else do you think she gets skinnier by the end of the game? Or why many of the characters are skinny. There's also other valid criticisms of the game. Why did the pregnant lady go out? Ellie kills dozens of men and doesn't flinch except if the story asks for it. The "holocaust" line (it's just cringy). Poor pacing. The video was supposed to be about critics (going by the title), but then devolves to talk about gamers, who disliked a game, and saying they're wrong. Which, in the beginning you were complaining about critics who gave Alien Isolation, Pokemon, Or Days Gone dumb critics. So how is that any different than you going "bro it's just a video game, it's not real life" ? Motorcycle breaking down easily from hitting too many enemies? Bro it's a video game, not real life. Alien seeing me because it's smart? Bro it's a video game not real life.
1:40 Okay, I actually agree with the principle in IGN's review, but they delivered it very poorly. The water routes in ORAS were dreadfully boring because the designers tried to have a near even amount of land routes/water routes. But unfortunately, the land routes are just far more interesting than surfing through a bland open sea for half the game. IGN understood this, and I think they aren't entirely wrong, but damn, they couldn't have phrased it worse... There is a difference between saying, "Water routes are too repetitive and bland." and saying, "Too much water." which basically summarizes my entire issue with game journalism most of the time, even if it's rooted in a genuine critic, it's so poorly articulated that it just comes across as completely incompetent.
@@drgonzo123legit would play a farming sim but based in the height of cowboys. Working toward mine and my moms dream of owning cattle and pushing them again like my great grandfather did
Why do people who like Tlou2 always dismiss the criticism it gets as just weirdos on the internet hating it. There is very very valid criticisms of the game especially it's writing which is great at points then hits a brick wall in others. Neil's goal was to make people feel for Abby but when the fight with Ellie happens 9 out of 10 people will let Ellie kill Abby. I also did it without even realizing that it's something most people do
I agree, it also doesn’t make sense from a lore perspective for Abby to be built like she is without the use of steroids, which she most likely wouldn’t have access to for obvious reasons (it’s 20 something years into a zombie apocalypse). Also the pacing was wonky with how it made you play as Abby, if the game kept flip flopping between perspectives then it would have had a more cohesive flow, but letting the player experience most of Ellie’s story before Abby’s makes it incredibly difficult to put yourself in Abby’s shoes.
Have you seen how many weirdo’s on the internet there are? Of course I think it’s weird to dislike the game. “bad writing” is as generic a criticism as “woke”.
@@TheSCIOnce not really the game is pretty much flawed with the entire message it’s trying to portray. It’s a revenge story, with no pay out in the end. Ohh Ellie had a change of heart and doesn’t kill Abby that killed her father figure but she slaughtered everyone else in her path.
I agree on everything you said, but if you refund too much on steam they can block your refund privileges, they said to me in a e-mail "it is not made for testing purposes, you will be blocked if you keep this up" when I did exactly what you said on VR games.
What I normally do before buying a game is that I check the general reception of the game and see if it fit me or not for example you and everyone loved days gone but for me I just didn't feel it because I was genuinely tired of the zombie troupe as a whole (also great vid as always man )
It's definitely not a game that's everybody's cup of tea and that's totally fair! I think looking at a games general reception can be a good idea steam reviews are solid
Yeah, take one look at the gameplay and if you feel like doing that for a couple hours give it a chance, hordes are awesome and the story isn't bad exactly, only real critique I'd have would be how much and for how long the story dictates which side content you can and can't do
@@jorgealbertohernandezgutie7696 To add onto that, my personal critic on Days Gone is that the MC's dialogue is weird and speaks like he's introverted, weapon wheel, and that maps lack of interesting locations after story plot covers the area.
he has since replayed it and actually enjoyed it quite a bit, but many of his criticisms (like the waypoint simulator type mission design that leaves no freedom whatsoever) are perfectly valid
I mean I like the game also but it definitely has issues. Like it being a waypoint simulator like the other guy said. But the shooting is also clunky. If you keep aiming after shooting then you have to again press lmb to cock the gun. The movement doesn't feel snappy and feels way too floaty. I personally prefer rdr1 shooting mechanics but the feel of shooting in rdr2 is much more impactful. No game is perfect. He also couldn't enjoy the game because during the time the game was released he lost his save file which made him dislike the game more.
@@noobtube9551 because it's a single action revolver, you need to cock it before you shoot it, it's floaty because you're not playing as a special ops soldier who's been training for 50 years, you're playing as a malnurished outlaw who just happens to be in a lot of gun fights
This is brilliant, well communicated and spot on. When I was thinking of getting the last of us 2 I read some reviews, the top two reviews were long critiques of the game pointing to everything they didn’t like, the problem was both reviews were word for word identical, people were copy pasting someone else’s review. I played the game and absolutely loved it, that’s when I completely lost respect for online reviews
For RDR2 DarkviperAU was one of those streamers, hell, he even called himself ‘RDR2’s biggest hater’ but actually played the game and enjoyed it. His content primarily sticks to GTA V with GTA online being sprinkled in and yet, he has a loyal fanbase who support him. We need more streamers like him
RDR2 is the greatest game that has ever been, or will ever be made. it is the culmination of everything that i love about videogames. it has the spirit of an indie game, with the budget of AAA.
@@danibarack552 every element of the game is aligned. theres a distinct sense of human authorship. it feels like the people who made it cared very deeply about it.
Good games get ignored by gamers more than critics who would rather buy the 21st copy of Call of Duty over Celeste, Animal Well and Okami. Nobody is incentivized to take risks and be creative.
Funny how You brought Starfield to the conversation. From what I saw, people ain't going after this game, because it's a Bethesda game in space. They hate it, because Bethesda hyped it so hard, people believed they'll finally gonna break the formula (which they actually hinted at throught the interviews), but turns out that wasn't the case and we got Fallout in space. Nothing bad about that, but if you're gonna atract a space sim crowd with a game like Starfield, I'd recommend transfering all the power to your shields.
Clever joke at the end lol When they showed off the gameplay trailer it was clear that the formula was going to be in the classic Bethesda style, I think it makes sense for people to be upset that they didn't break the style they've been running for the last 15 years. But I followed the hype all the way from the 2018 announcement to the launch and I don't think there was any false advertising But of course, I can understand people misinterpreting what they'd be getting themselves into
It is also because they are tired of Bethesda's laziness and started to open their eyes after Fallout 76 because oh boy...the release was not smooth at all in terms of just performance and bugs.
@@CrackedJust1nIt isn't the classic bethesda style you n*t classic bethesda style is getting distracted while going to a mission and accidentaly serve a god in the process or find a badass suit that's not in starfield.
21:52 After 4 years, a lot of people still don't like TLOU2. Shot in the dark, maybe they actually do have valid reasons and you simply disagree. How long does this grudge have to last before its fine to say, "a lot of people didn't and still don't like the game and that's ok."? 5 years? 10? It's fine to just admit that people legitimately didn't like it without venom towards them, especially if you're asking for them to treat you the same. Doesn't seem very forgiving is all.
He did acknowledge that people still don't like the game. His point is the discourse around it is annoying. I personally think that the game is flawed but why that much hate.
The game is really good, probably a slightly lesser story than tlou 1, but infinitely better gameplay, the best graphics that the ps4 ever got, some of the best acting, it's an entirely cohesive and polished game from anywhere you see it
@@Justin759-j6e because this dude is a Neil Cuckmann glazer who can’t get over his beloved garbage game. Just like many of the other journalists that he’s supposed to be mocking in this video.
@@jorgealbertohernandezgutie7696entirely cohesive is a huge strectch. I can even use one of the dumber arguments to refute that. In a normally grounded game that at least obeys the strength of human beings, why is abby built on the same level as top level female body builders or natural female lifters that have top level genetics and modern support? Plus joel trusting strangers is not a sign of growing love but a lack of survival instincts in an apocalypse.
dear just1n trudeau while i sadly didnt use this video as something to watch whilst eating my sleep schedule is fucked rn so im using this to keep myself awake and hopefully get it back on track, thank you.
I lowkey hate public opinion because sometimes a game that is hated like fuk is hated by 98% people who have seen 10 minutes of gameplay from a popular person who dislikes it and just adopts other peoples opinions instead of thinking for themselves. Everyone has the same regurgitated opinion. Some games are just that bad, but sometimes you just got to try. But the worst part is liking a game (which is literally your opinion) and getting blasted to oblivion by people who haven’t played anything but Roblox but saw a popular twitch streamer clown on it.
To be honest I liked the video but I will say the way you take very silly arguments and avoid honest criticism against LOU2 is exactly what game journalists have been doing. As I said I liked the video but I find that somewhat hypocritical. It gives off the feeling that negative feedback isn't as reasonable or civil as positive feedback based on your personal feelings. In the future it would be more fair to make fun of the silly arguments as well as acknowledge the well-founded ones to avoid misrepresenting alot of normal people with differing opinions to your audience that may already agree with you. Ironically that's the point of the video. Again no hate lad, you have great insight in subjection in critique and how we should see "critic reviews". Keep it up Lad.
I completely agree with your criticism, I think the video would have been much better had I also brought up the very real criticisms about TLOU2 especially since there are a lot of really great arguments out there Thank you for the comment!
Appreciate it lad👍. Just watched a few of your other videos , good stuff man. Currently in my fourth year of Game Development in college and your videos are more inspired than my lecturers. 😂 @@CrackedJust1n
You know I’m not a huge fan of Red Dead Redemption 2, but you want to know why? It’s literally only because it’s not my kind of game, no other reason. The game is gorgeous, looks beautiful, has an incredible story, has a thriving world, etc. I’ve even bought the game and played through the whole story and got really immersed. I loved it. But as I said, it’s simply just not my type of game. It’s not something I would want to play again nor is it something I could keep playing. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with the game, it’s an absolute gem, it’s just not my type of game and that’s all.
Don't forget that on release, a lot of these games had poor performance and bugs. Reviewers have to take that into account. Days Gone in particular did not run well on launch. User reviews being good now is the way a customer can tell this has changed.
There are several reasons why i dislike abby from tlou2, but being a woman isn't one of them. I personally do not like this game, and it is because it disrespects the first game in almost every way possible, from spitting on joels grave and killing him a really stupid way. Joel survived 20 years of the outbreak, and he suddenly goes into a room filled with armed strangers and tells them everything about him, then gets beaten to death in a very brutal way. How am I homophobic for rooting for the Gay character which is ellie.
6:12 is it just me or is this not crazy at all? You just said this game has many parts that the majority will not appreciate as much as the target audience. And to the casual pirates fan, overrealism in controls just make the game worse. Im not defending the critics, im just saying this is a terrible example. After all, game journalism is supposed to help as MANY people as possible
@@CrackedJust1n 18:17 captainsauces way of playing story games on youtube eg. his gameplay on life is strange was also a good way of exposing his audience to an amazing story but very minimally interrupting the narrative for quick jokes and one-off comments. whenever i watch captainsauce play a story based game i find myself in a positive feedback loop because i want to watch both his funny commentary on gameplay and the story by the devs
The complaint for the bike being damaged for running over zombies is baffling, even in State of Decay where running over zombies is a significant part of the appeal, they still damage vehicles
Bro you are so right I pretty much sat in silence until everyone realized the game they said sucks suddenly is so good because there aren't any more games in their opinion.
I'm playing it for the first time currently. I'm hunting for the satchels and I am blind I haven't seen any playthroughs or trailers only know that people praise it any tips?
Uhmm uhh, fuck. It wasnt all that long ago since i played it for the first time but i stopped as I got bored. Tho yes, rdr2 is amazing. And when i played it, it felt like the sun turned to perfect temperature, the shooting... ah tho i kinda rushed the story a lil more cuz it was the most fun part bout the game.
"The exaggerated swagger of a black teen" bit was to be fair written by a black man in his early 20s, so he's the most qualified to make that statement.
I also can’t seem to get into Baldur’s Gate 3, mostly because of the tactical combat, which I find genuinely boring, but also the lack of voiced protagonist, which is something I didn’t mind with other games, fondly enough
i am not into it either, couldn't tell you why. it might be because DnD 5e is a god awful system, it could just be the aesthetics, or maybe even the setting of faerun, but th egame is objectively good.
Yeah combat didn't click with me either, I was missing the kind of chain buffs or future planification that makes this sort of thing work, in the end it was just picking an attack and throwing it, it was a pity because divinity original sin2 was great in that regard, i also found the story in comparison with its competition, pillars of eternity, pathfinder, etc. In the end the only thing I found that made it stand out was graphics and budget with everyone being voiced, I also find it odd that the PC isn't voiced most of the time despite having a voice actor and voiced lines but it was maybe a choice to make dialogue feel more fluid
I remember people complaining about RDR2 being too realistic when it came out (particularly the looting taking time) but when I actually got around to playing the game it didn't bother me in the slightest, it just made the world and my actions feel more real
Nah, there is such a thing as RDR2 having too much "immersion" to the point that the gameplay suffers from it. If I'm choosing to stop hunting or actively park my horse on top of beasts just to skin them faster because I'm on the 80th hour of gameplay and have seen the animations hundreds of times, it's definitely a valid issue. At the end of the day, RDR2 can solve these issues by adding a skip option to the skinning animations or to the pre mission horse riding, but didn't. That's a valid criticism.
I have a group of friends that constantly bash me for liking “niche” games like cry of fear, faith the unholy trinity, sally face and risk of rain 2 (CoF being my fav). I also listen to really niche music (my favourite bands are windir, Tool and Death grips), so they basically just accuse me of having a really bad taste in everything and say that I’m trying to be different. It’s a shame that certain people can’t be more open minded…
@@josephgonzo I mean i listen to nicher stuff like sun o))), sleep or totalselfhatred. Tool in the metal community isn’t considered that niche but for normal ears the complex time signatures, weird lyrics and particular riffs, yes it is.
Fun fact I agree with you for the first part until TLoU2 (I’m sorry I just wanted to play the game as Joel) and Starfield (loading screens, endless boring and uninspired dialogue and creepy NPCs killed it for me) I absolutely tried and like forced myself to like and love these games but the more I tried the more I failed. I preordered the super expensive collectors Starfield edition. I glad you liked them but this is how games are. Not all games can be for everyone. And hey I didn’t like Baldurs Gate 3 as well 😆 Loved Destiny 1 and couldn’t get into 2. Buddy told me how much he loved it I bought it and still disliked it. I just hope games like RDR2 will still be made although the COD and GTA Kids love to dopamine rush everything.
The Biggest gripe all had with Alien isolation was the forced QTE on all Doors\Power Generator ... the repetition of maps and what you have to do over and over to beat one... the Alien had no AI but path tracing it used to track you (if you change paths and just stood still you where invisible to all NPC), and the wrong alien was used that protected the Alien Lair ...a Praetorian that has indestructible skin and can only be killed by fire ... yet they used the basic drone that any Marine could kill with a single bullet ... and that One prison scene transition that showed how the nest was made ... that felt so out off place ... yet, all this was ignored ...
5:08 I think a review should be all about personal opinions/issues about the game. The reviewer should be vocal about what they didn't like and why. If they didn't like the game, they should give it a bad score. They shouldn't give 8/10's to every game just because some people might like it. If you often find yourself disagreeing with IGN or Gamespot. Find other reviewers who share opinions similar to you. I often watch videgamedunkey or arlo on youtube because i know that if they like a game i'm going to like it too and vice versa.
you certainly made a lot of generalized statements about people who dislike Lou2. After saying not everyone will agree on games due to their nature. The reason I personally don’t like it, is 1, I have no interest in playing the character that killed a much loved character from the previous game. 2 the ending, if someone killed my father ( father figure in Ellie’s case) there is absolutely no way I let them go. I dont think it’s a bad game, I just don’t relate to the story at all and don’t like playing as the person who kills our Mc from the first game.
That’s cool, TLOU2 is still a masterpiece. I’m sorry you’re too much of a simpleton to really appreciate it. You’re what we call one-dimensional. But hey to each their own. That said, I actually felt some of the things you talked about as I first played through it, but the difference was I was incredibly curious what the journey was going to be like in spite of those uncomfortable feelings. I hated having to play as Abby first but at the end of the day I’m glad I did. It makes me sad that so many ppl shut it down bc of thoughts like “no, I don’t wanna!” Boring ppl like you bum me out.
i think the main reason ellie didn’t kill abby was she realizes she’s losing herself. throughout the game we hear the lyric “if i ever were to lose you, id surly lose myself”. joel says in the last conversation with ellie that he would still go back and save her if he could do it all over. joel would lose himself if he lost ellie and now we see her doing just that from losing joel. as she’s drowning abby we see a flash back to that last conversation and it’s at this point where she realizes what joel was saying. she realizes that she’s losing herself because she lost joel and now understands why joel killed SO MANY PEOPLE to save her and doesn’t regret it. she killed a lot of people because he died and joel killed a lot of people to prevent her from dying. i think her letting abby live is shows that she has finally forgiven joel. once she forgives him there is no reason to kill abby. what joel did was WAY worse to her than what abby did to joel. it wouldn’t make any sense to forgive joel and not forgive abby.
@@whiskeybuddha1995 "I’m sorry you’re too much of a simpleton to really appreciate it ☝🤓" get off your moral high horse, you aint a genius to like a game with a mediocre writing compared to the first game. The gameplay is enjoyable but the story is just not good and it doesnt help that the fan base is all redditors with fedoras calling someone who doesnt like the story "simpletons". That whole para just tells me who you are as a person 💀. The kinda person that says "to each their own" and in that same paragraph calls the other person a "simpleton" and "boring people that bum you out". Couldve just said "I like the game personally" but to each their own
On the Streamer angle, I liked how ActMan streamed RDR2, He engaged with fans during the non story nparts but let all the story parts play out without a word
21:05 so whats the solution. Ign states on their website that their reviews are opinion already. Shouls they always say "I dont like this but some might" . The fact that someome else might like something the reviewer doesnt is already implied.
They're already known for giving 9 to literally everyone, and the moment they give a 6.5 to an objectively mediocre AAA game, everyone blasted them, I liked Days Gone, I loved fighting hordes and several of the missions, and while I won't ever defend that Alien review, Days Gone getting a 6.5 is not at all crazy, had it come from anyone but the "9 to all CODs" outlet
@jorgealbertohernandezgutie7696 IGN has who they think is the best suoted for each game which vote by their own standards. The guy who reviews cod is probbably a massive cod fan and doesnt ask for a lot to enjoy iy. Realisticly there is no wrong score, Good or bad is pjrely subjective. Watch "dont trust game reviewers" by a channrl callrd rantwo?
@jorgealbertohernandezgutie7696 there is no "right score" even for COD. Cause by telling someone their score is too high or too low you are telling them that they are enjoying the game wrong. Reviews are just opinion. The only review you can trust is your own. Also they are knkw for giving a 7 to everyone. Which makes sense. Most games you are interested in are gonna be good enough to be a 7 but not masterpieces.
Love how when he talked about TLOU2 critics, his analysis had the same issues as the ones he outlined with the critics, it's a good and deeply symbolic meta joke that represents the hypocrisy of the critics and definitely not just1n being hypocritical which lead to some commenter writing a deep and meta joke that is definitely not hypocritical!
Personally, I couldn’t stand Days Gone. The plot progression and devices weren't great, the writing lacked depth, and the voice acting just didn’t land for me. While I did enjoy exploring the open world, the lack of variety in enemies and activities also made it feel repetitive. But hey, to each their own. That’s kind of the whole point of the video, right?
The alpha sapphire critique is a completely valid one that applies to sapphire too. The overabundance of water types means that it makes the game much easier because you can just power level a grass/electric type pokemon and just nuke the conpetition 90% of the time
Honestly, as much as i like to shit on reviewers, they did give me a perspective on a lot of things. Some time back, i went back to some games i remembered really liking but all their reviews being trash. And honestly.. it wasn't a fun experience. Most of these games actually weren't as good as i remembered and it properly ruined my memory of them. I loved NSMB2 when it came out. Replaying it a few months ago made me realize that it's actually a fucking boring and easy game with very few new ideas and doesn't get above "meh" for me nowadays. We often forget that reviewers are encouraged to not let their personal experience during their playthrough influence their review too much. And let's just say, if we all going back to games we love, separated and isolated from the experience we had when discovering it, a lot of games we love aren't actually as good as we remember. The best example was Fortnite: OG. A lot of people went back to that and hated it, because not only were they expecting something else from the game at that point, but they themselves were not the same person they were when they first played the game. Also, to the progression point: I agree that games need progression. But the best games are those that feel great from the start and only get better. Something like Ghost Of Tsushima or Sekiro, who give you all important mechanics from the start and just give you more fun bonuses afterwards. In RDR2 for example (a game i love), the horse riding at the start felt like shit. Yeah, the progression felt good, but why do i gotta be frustrated for 10 hours before feeling that in a game not built for that kind of experience? Why can't the horse follow me from the start, but over time and affection, it gets faster, stronger, and gives us a special ability like time slowdown? It's a valid point that i feel too many people glorify.
Favorite's a loaded word (and it belongs to the adoring fan), but the winter section is truly the best part of the game, showing that Joel's bs not only ruined Ellie but saved her, she learned to survive and fuck others over from him
The "too much water" one is true though, who has EVER looked back on a Pokémon game and the first thing they remember with fondness is their time spent surfing and diving? **NOBODY!**
I remember seeing darkviperAU saying RDR2 wasn't that good for him bc its was too slow getting from A to B and when you try to do something different to do an objective the game just tells you nuh uh. I kinda understand why he said those things because it is kinda true but at the same tine its like... Thats the point? Not going rambo with a horse with a rocket on his ass. (He actually played it again and said he liked the game, but he still thinks is partially true for some missions)
Days Gone is one of the extremely few games where I had watched an entire playthrough of it (because I was convinced that I would never buy it). However, some months later I found the game on sale and decided: "Sury, why not?" Let me just say... I. Loved. All of It. I not only beat the main story, I 100% it and got every achievement (something I never do). I even grinded out the Challenges mode because I liked it so much. It's too bad people wrote the game off. If I ever find the confidence, I would like to do a character study on Deacon St. John one day.
Every time I watch a video about "video game critics" I am reminded of the video I watched of a lady who criticized two new games and then stated she never played video games. One thing I do understand is that we need and get different games to satisfy different gamers. I play the games I like. Life is simple if you let it be. No game is for everyone. HAPPY GAMING.
hm I agreed with everything in this video and didn't think I was one of the people who fell for game hate bandwagons but it caught me by surprise when you said you loved Starfield! I haven't tried it because of everyone saying it was mid or even bad and since you seem to have the same taste as me I might actually give it a chance now! Great video as always! :)
Definitely give it a chance but I just couldn't do it. I'm a fallout 76 apologist and even I couldn't make it though starfield without feeling massively disappointed. The hate was warranted but that doesn't mean you won't necessarily enjoy it.
Critics don't understand video games, but I, a person dependent on income based on playing, discussing and reviewing video games am not a critic, I am some other thing that is not a critic.
I have the perfect example of this! I absolutely love Rain World. The devs poured their hearts and souls into it and made an entire virtual ecosystem with unique AI, beautiful art, and absolutely incredible storytelling. Sounds good, right? So yeah the critics said “Uegh uegh hooo it’s too h- hardddd 🥺” as if that isn’t the point of a game where you play as a creature at the bottom of a food chain. Its job isn’t to hold your hand, its job is to simulate an ecosystem that took over the ruins of a lost civilization. Just because it’s too hard for you doesn’t mean you can’t practice or appreciate the factors of the game that don’t rely on difficulty. There are countless ways you can fight against predators that you can learn if you actually take the time to experiment with the world and resources at your disposal.
You do bring up a fair point with TLOU2, but I still think that the story was pretty bad as Ellie had little reason to spare Abby at that point. It would've made for a much better ending if Ellie killed Abby and the cycle of violence continued.
Why? So she could continue to be miserable and spend her following years being empty and aimless (much like how Abby was, until she found some solace in helping Lev and Yara). I think that everything that happens in Santa Barbara happens in the right way and that is precisely what gives Ellie a complete arc. She manages to break out of her obsession and salvages some hope of finding a better path forward. She is also able to SPIRITUALLY lay Joel to rest at the very end (after physically laying him to rest soon after his death), finding some strange form of closure in that. Ellie doesn't really spare Abby because she got to peep Abby's backstory or anything lol. In fact, a LOT of the game is intentionally about people being ignorant of other people's stories and making no effort to understand them cuz they are too consumed with anger and hatred. Ellie's agency, and lack thereof, is a BIG part of her story in BOTH games. Revenge isn't really why she goes after Abby in the end, it is guilt, trauma, and wanting to reclaim some of the agency that pretty much everyone has denied her throughout her life. She either never gets to make a choice, and when she does.... someone else comes along and takes the chance of acting upon it away from her. As she is choking Abby out (now, this is my interpretation. This moment is quite ambigious), she realizes that she simply doesn't feel better. Abby is a mere few seconds away from giving up the ghost and Ellie does not feel better. She is literally bawling her eyes out. So she lets go. She CHOOSES to not go through with this. She realizes that this is NOT what Joel would want for her. So she stops, and leaves. Now, one can say that "why didn't Ellie realize this sooner?". Good point. To that I would say that people rarely realize what's good for them at an ideal time, or quickly. It is often at a rock bottom moment that someone can see things clearly. Ellie had been too wracked with anger, guilt etc to see that what she's doing simply wouldn't help her. She herself wasted 2yrs that she could've had with Joel and she will never get that back... and doing this won't bring that back. Just my thoughts, sorry for writing so much.
Isn’t her life still miserable her going after Abby made her lose her ability to play the guitar and her lover she still lost everything the ending showed why revenge stories arnt the greatest
Also ngl his statement on Abby’s body type was such stretch holy shit lmao he should of kept that she was a soldier not the whole fiction thing cause tlou is mostly built on reality (I can see Abby body type being real buff woman exist it’s just people were not happy playing as a mc killer)
@@SidPhoenix2211 Until you realize Ellie murdered tons of Abby's friends and allies...yet spares Abby, see the problem? The idea sounds good but the execution was poor, honestly, they should have given us the Dishonoured type of system where the more people we kill the worse ending we get...but nope instead we don't get a choice in the matter.
@@royalhistorian5109 i think the main reason ellie didn’t kill abby was she realizes she’s losing herself. throughout the game we hear the lyric “if i ever were to lose you, id surly lose myself”. joel says in the last conversation with ellie that he would still go back and save her if he could do it all over. joel would lose himself if he lost ellie and now we see her doing just that from losing joel. as she’s drowning abby we see a flash back to that last conversation and it’s at this point where she realizes what joel was saying. she realizes that she’s losing herself because she lost joel and now understands why joel killed SO MANY PEOPLE to save her and doesn’t regret it. she killed a lot of people because he died and joel killed a lot of people to prevent her from dying. i think her letting abby live is shows that she has finally forgiven joel. once she forgives him there is no reason to kill abby. what joel did was WAY worse to her than what abby did to joel. it wouldn’t make any sense to forgive joel and not forgive abby.
I feel that a lot of people don't realize that video games like Books and movies have to be reviewed from two different perspectives: As Art and as entertainment. I think reviewers tend to analyse games as art (Innovations, storytelling) while non-fans tend to look at games more as entertainment (fun, replayability, amount of content) Let me know If I am wrong
At 18:15, dude rhadamant is so pog for that. He never speaks during cutscenes and always plays the game before actually streaming it so he know when to shhhhh.
Let me get this straight. Your argument is that games criticism, which established that it's inappropriate to give anything less than a seven. Which copy PR directly from publishers. Who give the same COD, FIFA, Assassins' Creed, and whatever Bethesda cut n' paste is current 9/10 every time. THOSE guys aren't lenient enough with how they critique games? OK.
Whilst I somewhat don't mind Abby your argument for the muscles being valid is kinda shit. There are obvious differences between Mario, Roadhog, and Abby. One being the last of us is made in not a cartoonist fashion. Intended to be more grounded and real. Which contradicts what you said you believe about physique of women. I've seen women with similar muscle mass although to be fair they were on steroids, but perfectly feasible if the right mutation appears
Alien Isolation: Made me feel isolated
Tetris: No female characters
Assassins Creed: Too much Ass
The Walking Dead: Not enough walking
The Sims: Too simulated
Subnautica: Not enough birds
Indiana Jones: No set in Indiana
Red Dead Redemption: Not enough Red
Kingdom Come Deliverance: Didn't deliver any Come
Flight Simulator. Doesn't let you drive cars
Somebody hire this guy
@@CrackedJust1n just hire? bring him to the top of the review industry
Red date redemption also doesnt have any red dates
Dude this was funny 😂.Not enough red 😂😂😂
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In Red Dead Redemption 2, I had hunted down the Legendary Bear and skinned its pelt and was bringing it back to the trapper. Along the way a woman asked me to bring her back to civilization and I genuinely grappled with the decision to leave that pelt behind since I was so immersed in the game. So when I left her there and brought the pelt to the trapper I ended up feeling like a major piece of shit and it was honestly the best moment I've ever experienced in a video game
I did the same thing in my first playthrough.
I know you know this but you can leave legendary pelts behind & still get the clothes from the trapper or you can quickly ride past the woman & get the random event again.
@@AlanShore97r/woooosh
@@bromachrome Shoulve left her there.
If game was realistic, some person would come and rescue her after ya left.
Like that part when ya didnt save that guy at Saint Denis bronte party which random person saves him.
Being choked.
@@SeriousDragonify my guy it was 1899 and these events happen in the middle of no where, there is absolutely no guarantee that anyone else would have ended up saving her.
"What kind of biker drives aroun super carefully anyway" as someone who rides a motorcycle, the ones who want to stay alive do that.
@@bastiwen this 100%
Unfortunately, it seems that very few want to stay alive. 😰
@@raics101 what do you think bikers do? Wheelie everywhere go 300+ everywhere crash for fun ?
@@IX929 I don't have to imagine anything, this isn't Yakutsk, in central Europe biking season is 8-9 months. If you ask me, 9 months of trying not to kill any of the bloody idiots is way too long.
And don't even get me started on e-bike delivery guys. The first thing they're asked on their job interview is probably "Do you have a death wish? If so, you're in the right place, sign right here on the dotted line".
@@IX929 I don't have to imagine anything, this isn't Yakutsk, in central Europe biking season is 8-9 months. If you ask me, 9 months of trying not to kill any of the bloody idiots is way too long.
And don't even get me started on e-bike delivery guys. The first thing they're asked on their job interview is probably "Do you have a death wish? If so, you're in the right place, sign right here on the dotted line".
FINALLY someone talked about streamers playing rdr2, most of them pretty much just rush through the story while barely exploring the open world and take things slow, i mean just look at ishowpeed's recent playthrough. Especially when the game was first released a lot of youtubers were rushing the game just so they can pump out a review as quick as possible then complain about how slow the game is and how the open world is empty💀
well ishowspeed is a joke anyways, so there's that.
To be real though, there's no reason to interact with RDR's open world. It doesn't get you anything. You can hunt, but there's better hunting games that aren't as arbitrary. There's not much more outside that either, there's "random" events where people ask for a ride somewhere, usually not where you're going, and scripted events which play out the same way for everyone. I enjoy slow games, I really liked Death Stranding, but holy shit RDR2 is tedious.
@@JZStudiosonline wdym theres no reason to interact with the open world bro what rdr2 did you play💀
@@Not-Kurosawa I mean exactly what I wrote. Hunting doesn't get you anything, pelts aren't worth anything, random events are repetitive and also don't get you anything, and scripted events play out the same way for everyone. You factually don't get any reward for exploring, it's meaningless to interact with it.
@@JZStudiosonlinegetting perfect pelts allows for more customization for outfits, trinkets change the overall gameplay experience with certain buffs and what not. most of the secret stuff as the meteor house, heavens gate reference, ufos, bigfoot skeleton. all of which are found by interacting with the open world. legendary fish around the map, multiple different quest lines by roaming around the map. this has to be rage bait.
This is why i don't really trust anyone's opinion on games on the internet because who is gonna know more about what i like than me
The CIA probably.
In some Stalker 2 reviews some reviewer put your weapon getting jammed as a con, like it's an intentionally choice to add that with awesome weapon jamming animations and some reviewer just says oh my gun jammed in a Post-apocalyptic, survival game? Nah that's a con right there. Crazy how we let these people review games.
Dying light 3 gameplay when
@@SeriousDragonify stay mad kid
@@therealmasterchief69 Stay jealous on the truth, kid.
Maybe if the developers worked a little harder they could finally fix the damn guns from jamming
omg hii
0/10 video, there was too much talking about video games
The topic was about video games so I don’t know what you were expecting
@@coltongoldhe’s being sarcastic, he’s acting like today critics. That joke went way over your head😭
Gamespot has got to hire you
@@coltongold You are actually stupid bro
This is an S Tier comment.
The thing about the IGN review of Alien Isolation is the fact that the reviewer was complaining about getting attacked while hiding. If you have the Motion Tracker out, the Alien can hear it and attack you. One of the core features of the game and he didn't know how it worked.
Not sure if this is me misremembering but didn’t the ign reviewer also play in the highest difficulty?
@@OwnerGriffin108 I honestly don't remember, but it wouldn't surprise me lmao
@@JeremyGregsonthe ign reviewer played on hard and then complained that the game was “too hard”
💀@@blakebenskin1969
@blakebenskin1969 he should have played on nightmare 😂
The absolute audacity to say, in the same video, that you don't like BG3 and that you love Starfield is worthy of respect.
Great vid. Happy to have found this channel.
Remember that Moist gave DMC5 a bad reviwe because of "cringe dialogue"
Well said. Watching streamers play RDR2 is painful, most don't appreciate the game at all.
People's attention span is low these days
Like giving your friend a beautifully cooked roast and watching them wolf it down in two seconds
Yeah, because they're focused on entertaining their audience 24/7. Its a big reason why I prefer videos
@@anthonyernst999if are looking for cool red dead let's play u should check out Markiplier so far he barely uses fast travel so he does alot of running with his horse but he provides interesting commentary sometimes goofy and sometimes serious like topics on life and stuff also he has a fun gimmack in his let's plays the problem is he bad at riding so he crashes his horse alot of times and it's so funny someone even made a compilation of him crashing his horse
I'd raise you one further and say watching streamers is painful.
**cough** nick eh 30 **cough**
I think these game reviewers aren't playing the game to experience it, they are playing it to review. This means they are too busy trying to 1. get through it quickly so they can get their review out on time and 2. break down the components of the game into bite sized ratings instead of throwing themselves into the journey that the game has created.
Imo that makes video essays waaaaay more reliable and honest because they tend to be a reflection on the experience of the game and they get released post hype (usually). Game reviews and game scores don't have that kind of love and dedication in mind.
Brilliant video!
reviewers, streamers, youtubers etc simply do not play videogames as a general gamer would which in turn makes any reviews/opinions/critiques pretty much moot
Really great point! Also wow can't believe you're here wtf!
Exactly 💯 💯
100%
Another factor that compounds this is the assumption of reviewers to arrive at a single objective truth. In other words they don't factor in their own subjectivity nor that of their readers. I suppose that's because in Journalism school they are essentially trained to become investigative journalists, who indeed are looking for 'the truth' when dealing mostly with hard facts.
If the reviewer of Days Gone simply added the layer of subjectivity by mentioning that she personally got really annoyed by the damage/repair/upgrade mechanics but that it's great if you love that kind of stuff, the review would have been infinitely better as a frame of reference for deciding whether you like the game or not.
EDIT: I should've watched the entire video first.....This exact point is made at 19:45
that spiderman ign clip still haunts me to this day bru bru
It's a classic 💀
he was right doe
@@S_F_S 0/10 shit baiting
@@DoomsDave. Which one, I wanna see 🙈
@TathyaNandan starting of this video
While I do agree with most of what you’ve said, I have disagree with your opinion on TLOU2. I have a whole host of issues with the game, but the biggest one I have its terrible pacing between its two playable characters.
Fair enough! A valid critique
You’ve managed to, not only say an actual valid critique, but also managed to say that’s it’s YOUR opinion! this comment is better than the entirety of ign wow
garbage opinion
The first 4/5 of the video I was agreeing with you, but TLOU2 stuff. Bruh. I don't have an issue with Abby being buff, but you can't go "it's a video game bro" while talking about a series that grounds itself as much as possible to realism. And in the case of Abby, IT DOES make sense. She's in a place where there's plenty of food, so she CAN focus on working out (which we're never really shown). BUT it is believable. Why else do you think she gets skinnier by the end of the game? Or why many of the characters are skinny.
There's also other valid criticisms of the game. Why did the pregnant lady go out? Ellie kills dozens of men and doesn't flinch except if the story asks for it. The "holocaust" line (it's just cringy). Poor pacing.
The video was supposed to be about critics (going by the title), but then devolves to talk about gamers, who disliked a game, and saying they're wrong. Which, in the beginning you were complaining about critics who gave Alien Isolation, Pokemon, Or Days Gone dumb critics. So how is that any different than you going "bro it's just a video game, it's not real life" ? Motorcycle breaking down easily from hitting too many enemies? Bro it's a video game, not real life. Alien seeing me because it's smart? Bro it's a video game not real life.
1:40 Okay, I actually agree with the principle in IGN's review, but they delivered it very poorly. The water routes in ORAS were dreadfully boring because the designers tried to have a near even amount of land routes/water routes. But unfortunately, the land routes are just far more interesting than surfing through a bland open sea for half the game. IGN understood this, and I think they aren't entirely wrong, but damn, they couldn't have phrased it worse...
There is a difference between saying, "Water routes are too repetitive and bland." and saying, "Too much water." which basically summarizes my entire issue with game journalism most of the time, even if it's rooted in a genuine critic, it's so poorly articulated that it just comes across as completely incompetent.
I think this a really well put comment, thank you, this makes a lot of sense!
yeah idk did anybody actually hate ign for saying "too much water"? i thought we all laughed at it cause it sounded so ridiculous lol
Ah, I see where you went wrong. You’re using logic and reasoning. Rookie mistake.
My bad G
@@CrackedJust1n seriously, great video. I’ve honestly played RDR2 front to back 3 times now. I just can’t get enough of that cowboy life.
@@drgonzo123legit would play a farming sim but based in the height of cowboys. Working toward mine and my moms dream of owning cattle and pushing them again like my great grandfather did
The bo2 multiplayer music in the background during the Day’s Gone segment woke a damn sleeper cell in me
What about the GTA IV Lost and Damned theme song?
@@ITRAVICGTA IV😂😂
@@FBGDon2Gunz yes, GTA IV
Why do people who like Tlou2 always dismiss the criticism it gets as just weirdos on the internet hating it. There is very very valid criticisms of the game especially it's writing which is great at points then hits a brick wall in others. Neil's goal was to make people feel for Abby but when the fight with Ellie happens 9 out of 10 people will let Ellie kill Abby. I also did it without even realizing that it's something most people do
I agree, it also doesn’t make sense from a lore perspective for Abby to be built like she is without the use of steroids, which she most likely wouldn’t have access to for obvious reasons (it’s 20 something years into a zombie apocalypse). Also the pacing was wonky with how it made you play as Abby, if the game kept flip flopping between perspectives then it would have had a more cohesive flow, but letting the player experience most of Ellie’s story before Abby’s makes it incredibly difficult to put yourself in Abby’s shoes.
Have you seen how many weirdo’s on the internet there are? Of course I think it’s weird to dislike the game. “bad writing” is as generic a criticism as “woke”.
@@TheSCIOnceseems like ur coping
@ The other side is coping. I get to celebrate the monumental achievements of the game, and can comprehend its complexities. Hope that helps.
@@TheSCIOnce not really the game is pretty much flawed with the entire message it’s trying to portray. It’s a revenge story, with no pay out in the end. Ohh Ellie had a change of heart and doesn’t kill Abby that killed her father figure but she slaughtered everyone else in her path.
I agree on everything you said, but if you refund too much on steam they can block your refund privileges, they said to me in a e-mail "it is not made for testing purposes, you will be blocked if you keep this up" when I did exactly what you said on VR games.
Lmao is that real?? I guess the way of the sea is still strong🏴☠️
Don't do vacuum cleaners dirty like that, they have a soul too
Next video is my apology for the blatant vacuum disrespect
It takes 2 boss fight flashback intensifies
They're already dirty
@ Damn you got a point
Machine spirits
What I normally do before buying a game is that I check the general reception of the game and see if it fit me or not for example you and everyone loved days gone but for me I just didn't feel it because I was genuinely tired of the zombie troupe as a whole (also great vid as always man )
same
It's definitely not a game that's everybody's cup of tea and that's totally fair! I think looking at a games general reception can be a good idea steam reviews are solid
@@CrackedJust1n exactly
Yeah, take one look at the gameplay and if you feel like doing that for a couple hours give it a chance, hordes are awesome and the story isn't bad exactly, only real critique I'd have would be how much and for how long the story dictates which side content you can and can't do
@@jorgealbertohernandezgutie7696 To add onto that, my personal critic on Days Gone is that the MC's dialogue is weird and speaks like he's introverted, weapon wheel, and that maps lack of interesting locations after story plot covers the area.
12:33 I still don't, and never will understand how someone could dislike RDR2 (I'm looking at you Darkviper)
he has since replayed it and actually enjoyed it quite a bit, but many of his criticisms (like the waypoint simulator type mission design that leaves no freedom whatsoever) are perfectly valid
I mean I like the game also but it definitely has issues. Like it being a waypoint simulator like the other guy said. But the shooting is also clunky. If you keep aiming after shooting then you have to again press lmb to cock the gun. The movement doesn't feel snappy and feels way too floaty. I personally prefer rdr1 shooting mechanics but the feel of shooting in rdr2 is much more impactful. No game is perfect. He also couldn't enjoy the game because during the time the game was released he lost his save file which made him dislike the game more.
@@meinkungfu yh rockstar makes amazing games but some of their designs are outdated for the type of game they now make.
I have a friend to refused play RDR2, because he doesn't like cowboy.
We are not American 😄
@@noobtube9551 because it's a single action revolver, you need to cock it before you shoot it, it's floaty because you're not playing as a special ops soldier who's been training for 50 years, you're playing as a malnurished outlaw who just happens to be in a lot of gun fights
This is brilliant, well communicated and spot on. When I was thinking of getting the last of us 2 I read some reviews, the top two reviews were long critiques of the game pointing to everything they didn’t like, the problem was both reviews were word for word identical, people were copy pasting someone else’s review. I played the game and absolutely loved it, that’s when I completely lost respect for online reviews
For RDR2 DarkviperAU was one of those streamers, hell, he even called himself ‘RDR2’s biggest hater’ but actually played the game and enjoyed it.
His content primarily sticks to GTA V with GTA online being sprinkled in and yet, he has a loyal fanbase who support him. We need more streamers like him
"Re*****d, I can say it." Would be so fucking crazy lmfao
I'd see it as 100gecs lyrics lmao
Should have said the forbidden N
Half of the vanoss crew be like:
You thought we would not notice the 8:14 transition ? Great work as always Justin!
Thanks bro!
RDR2 is the greatest game that has ever been, or will ever be made. it is the culmination of everything that i love about videogames. it has the spirit of an indie game, with the budget of AAA.
Indie? How can such a huge game seem indie?
@@danibarack552 every element of the game is aligned. theres a distinct sense of human authorship. it feels like the people who made it cared very deeply about it.
@@danibarack552 Are you slow?
Perfectly put bro
It’s good, but you’re actually thinking of Bloodborne in terms of greatest to ever exist sorry
Good games get ignored by gamers more than critics who would rather buy the 21st copy of Call of Duty over Celeste, Animal Well and Okami. Nobody is incentivized to take risks and be creative.
Funny how You brought Starfield to the conversation. From what I saw, people ain't going after this game, because it's a Bethesda game in space. They hate it, because Bethesda hyped it so hard, people believed they'll finally gonna break the formula (which they actually hinted at throught the interviews), but turns out that wasn't the case and we got Fallout in space. Nothing bad about that, but if you're gonna atract a space sim crowd with a game like Starfield, I'd recommend transfering all the power to your shields.
Clever joke at the end lol
When they showed off the gameplay trailer it was clear that the formula was going to be in the classic Bethesda style, I think it makes sense for people to be upset that they didn't break the style they've been running for the last 15 years. But I followed the hype all the way from the 2018 announcement to the launch and I don't think there was any false advertising
But of course, I can understand people misinterpreting what they'd be getting themselves into
It is also because they are tired of Bethesda's laziness and started to open their eyes after Fallout 76 because oh boy...the release was not smooth at all in terms of just performance and bugs.
It's a bethesda game without exploration, fraction of weapons, toddlers vetted by a hr style writing and 16x the loading screens it's the worst one.
@@CrackedJust1nIt isn't the classic bethesda style you n*t classic bethesda style is getting distracted while going to a mission and accidentaly serve a god in the process or find a badass suit that's not in starfield.
21:52 After 4 years, a lot of people still don't like TLOU2. Shot in the dark, maybe they actually do have valid reasons and you simply disagree. How long does this grudge have to last before its fine to say, "a lot of people didn't and still don't like the game and that's ok."? 5 years? 10? It's fine to just admit that people legitimately didn't like it without venom towards them, especially if you're asking for them to treat you the same. Doesn't seem very forgiving is all.
He did acknowledge that people still don't like the game. His point is the discourse around it is annoying. I personally think that the game is flawed but why that much hate.
The game is really good, probably a slightly lesser story than tlou 1, but infinitely better gameplay, the best graphics that the ps4 ever got, some of the best acting, it's an entirely cohesive and polished game from anywhere you see it
@@Justin759-j6e because this dude is a Neil Cuckmann glazer who can’t get over his beloved garbage game. Just like many of the other journalists that he’s supposed to be mocking in this video.
@@jorgealbertohernandezgutie7696entirely cohesive is a huge strectch. I can even use one of the dumber arguments to refute that. In a normally grounded game that at least obeys the strength of human beings, why is abby built on the same level as top level female body builders or natural female lifters that have top level genetics and modern support? Plus joel trusting strangers is not a sign of growing love but a lack of survival instincts in an apocalypse.
dear just1n trudeau while i sadly didnt use this video as something to watch whilst eating my sleep schedule is fucked rn so im using this to keep myself awake and hopefully get it back on track, thank you.
You're welcome Doomsdave! Hope you get your sleepschedule fixed bro
my sleep pattern is totally fucked up too.
I lowkey hate public opinion because sometimes a game that is hated like fuk is hated by 98% people who have seen 10 minutes of gameplay from a popular person who dislikes it and just adopts other peoples opinions instead of thinking for themselves. Everyone has the same regurgitated opinion. Some games are just that bad, but sometimes you just got to try. But the worst part is liking a game (which is literally your opinion) and getting blasted to oblivion by people who haven’t played anything but Roblox but saw a popular twitch streamer clown on it.
Exactly
Sounds like you’re putting too much weight on want other people think. If you like it, cool. Who gives a crap what everyone else says?
To be honest I liked the video but I will say the way you take very silly arguments and avoid honest criticism against LOU2 is exactly what game journalists have been doing. As I said I liked the video but I find that somewhat hypocritical. It gives off the feeling that negative feedback isn't as reasonable or civil as positive feedback based on your personal feelings. In the future it would be more fair to make fun of the silly arguments as well as acknowledge the well-founded ones to avoid misrepresenting alot of normal people with differing opinions to your audience that may already agree with you. Ironically that's the point of the video. Again no hate lad, you have great insight in subjection in critique and how we should see "critic reviews". Keep it up Lad.
I completely agree with your criticism, I think the video would have been much better had I also brought up the very real criticisms about TLOU2 especially since there are a lot of really great arguments out there
Thank you for the comment!
Appreciate it lad👍. Just watched a few of your other videos , good stuff man. Currently in my fourth year of Game Development in college and your videos are more inspired than my lecturers. 😂 @@CrackedJust1n
You know I’m not a huge fan of Red Dead Redemption 2, but you want to know why? It’s literally only because it’s not my kind of game, no other reason.
The game is gorgeous, looks beautiful, has an incredible story, has a thriving world, etc. I’ve even bought the game and played through the whole story and got really immersed. I loved it. But as I said, it’s simply just not my type of game. It’s not something I would want to play again nor is it something I could keep playing.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with the game, it’s an absolute gem, it’s just not my type of game and that’s all.
4:47 I always had a feeling that ai was more aware on higher difficulties in tlou, and now I know for sure, holy crap.
That's the medium difficulty lol
@@CrackedJust1nwhat game was that
The Gay of us no sorry the last of us 2@@ryanmcflyin4374
Bro I'm really enjoying these longer and analytic type of videos, I hope you do many more :)
Many more to come! Thank you :)
Don't forget that on release, a lot of these games had poor performance and bugs. Reviewers have to take that into account. Days Gone in particular did not run well on launch. User reviews being good now is the way a customer can tell this has changed.
Days Gone bugs were fixed within a week. It wasn't that bad.
15:53 Arthur carrying an AK make my day lol :)))))
There are several reasons why i dislike abby from tlou2, but being a woman isn't one of them.
I personally do not like this game, and it is because it disrespects the first game in almost every way possible, from spitting on joels grave and killing him a really stupid way.
Joel survived 20 years of the outbreak, and he suddenly goes into a room filled with armed strangers and tells them everything about him, then gets beaten to death in a very brutal way.
How am I homophobic for rooting for the Gay character which is ellie.
⚠*if you abuse the refund system too much, steam will stop letting you do it*⚠
19:12 how it felt watching speed play red dead 2
Why would you even subject yourself to that?
I thought this was a year old video but its 3 hours old
omfg you just made me realize it was HOURS ago
Huhuh lil goofy ahh hehheh 🤓👆
6:12 is it just me or is this not crazy at all? You just said this game has many parts that the majority will not appreciate as much as the target audience. And to the casual pirates fan, overrealism in controls just make the game worse. Im not defending the critics, im just saying this is a terrible example. After all, game journalism is supposed to help as MANY people as possible
They should rate the type of game and how good it is at being that type of game as two separate scores.
The IGN review for death stranding still ticks me off to this day
first time watching you, really great video!
Thank you Fazepepper! You're a really great commenter!
@@CrackedJust1n 18:17 captainsauces way of playing story games on youtube eg. his gameplay on life is strange was also a good way of exposing his audience to an amazing story but very minimally interrupting the narrative for quick jokes and one-off comments. whenever i watch captainsauce play a story based game i find myself in a positive feedback loop because i want to watch both his funny commentary on gameplay and the story by the devs
9:37 "The main source"??? For who?
Casual gamers, you'd be surprised
@ fair enough, but with each day that is becoming less of the case. We have to educate our casual friends.
People need to realise that you can hate objectively good thing and love objectively bad things
The complaint for the bike being damaged for running over zombies is baffling, even in State of Decay where running over zombies is a significant part of the appeal, they still damage vehicles
Bro you are so right I pretty much sat in silence until everyone realized the game they said sucks suddenly is so good because there aren't any more games in their opinion.
Rdr2 is the best… just saying.
I'm playing it for the first time currently. I'm hunting for the satchels and I am blind I haven't seen any playthroughs or trailers only know that people praise it any tips?
@@Red_MitGmake sure you stay stocked on gun oil and ammo and be sure to have money on hand if you need to pay off a bounty.
I’m on my ninth playthrough bro😭😭😭 the game is so peak
@@Red_MitGupgrade your weapons and keep things in shape. It’s very important.
Uhmm uhh, fuck. It wasnt all that long ago since i played it for the first time but i stopped as I got bored. Tho yes, rdr2 is amazing. And when i played it, it felt like the sun turned to perfect temperature, the shooting... ah tho i kinda rushed the story a lil more cuz it was the most fun part bout the game.
RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 is the greatest game I’ve ever played 🐐🐐🐐
4:05 Sounds like skill issue to me.
"Too hard" might be one of the worst critics ever
"The exaggerated swagger of a black teen" bit was to be fair written by a black man in his early 20s, so he's the most qualified to make that statement.
I also can’t seem to get into Baldur’s Gate 3, mostly because of the tactical combat, which I find genuinely boring, but also the lack of voiced protagonist, which is something I didn’t mind with other games, fondly enough
Yeah like I said in the video, couldn't tell you why it didn't click with me it just didn't
It's ok not to be into every genre. I'm not into dark soul type games but they're very popular. 🤷♂
i am not into it either, couldn't tell you why. it might be because DnD 5e is a god awful system, it could just be the aesthetics, or maybe even the setting of faerun, but th egame is objectively good.
@@comyuse9103eh it twists the rules so much that that can hardly be reason
Yeah combat didn't click with me either, I was missing the kind of chain buffs or future planification that makes this sort of thing work, in the end it was just picking an attack and throwing it, it was a pity because divinity original sin2 was great in that regard, i also found the story in comparison with its competition, pillars of eternity, pathfinder, etc. In the end the only thing I found that made it stand out was graphics and budget with everyone being voiced, I also find it odd that the PC isn't voiced most of the time despite having a voice actor and voiced lines but it was maybe a choice to make dialogue feel more fluid
I remember people complaining about RDR2 being too realistic when it came out (particularly the looting taking time) but when I actually got around to playing the game it didn't bother me in the slightest, it just made the world and my actions feel more real
the gameplay is atrocious and not even realistic
anybody remember the 'Cuphead incident'?
i didnt read the timestamp correctly and a big chunk of TLOU2 got spoiled
Nah, there is such a thing as RDR2 having too much "immersion" to the point that the gameplay suffers from it. If I'm choosing to stop hunting or actively park my horse on top of beasts just to skin them faster because I'm on the 80th hour of gameplay and have seen the animations hundreds of times, it's definitely a valid issue.
At the end of the day, RDR2 can solve these issues by adding a skip option to the skinning animations or to the pre mission horse riding, but didn't. That's a valid criticism.
I dislike these "walking simulators", yet I totally agree with your point. Some games are not for everyone, people have different tastes.
I have a group of friends that constantly bash me for liking “niche” games like cry of fear, faith the unholy trinity, sally face and risk of rain 2 (CoF being my fav). I also listen to really niche music (my favourite bands are windir, Tool and Death grips), so they basically just accuse me of having a really bad taste in everything and say that I’m trying to be different. It’s a shame that certain people can’t be more open minded…
Most people are sheep and it is good you are not like the sheep.
is Tool considered niche😭😭
@@josephgonzo I mean i listen to nicher stuff like sun o))), sleep or totalselfhatred. Tool in the metal community isn’t considered that niche but for normal ears the complex time signatures, weird lyrics and particular riffs, yes it is.
Swedish depression sim is truly the best game ever, it really makes you feel like you're getting run over
@@jorgealbertohernandezgutie7696 simon henriksson COULD be me
Fun fact I agree with you for the first part until TLoU2 (I’m sorry I just wanted to play the game as Joel) and Starfield (loading screens, endless boring and uninspired dialogue and creepy NPCs killed it for me)
I absolutely tried and like forced myself to like and love these games but the more I tried the more I failed. I preordered the super expensive collectors Starfield edition.
I glad you liked them but this is how games are. Not all games can be for everyone.
And hey I didn’t like Baldurs Gate 3 as well 😆
Loved Destiny 1 and couldn’t get into 2. Buddy told me how much he loved it I bought it and still disliked it.
I just hope games like RDR2 will still be made although the COD and GTA Kids love to dopamine rush everything.
12:40 He ment Penguinz0 with unnamed streamer btw
The Biggest gripe all had with Alien isolation was the forced QTE on all Doors\Power Generator ... the repetition of maps and what you have to do over and over to beat one... the Alien had no AI but path tracing it used to track you (if you change paths and just stood still you where invisible to all NPC), and the wrong alien was used that protected the Alien Lair ...a Praetorian that has indestructible skin and can only be killed by fire ... yet they used the basic drone that any Marine could kill with a single bullet ... and that One prison scene transition that showed how the nest was made ... that felt so out off place ... yet, all this was ignored ...
5:08 I think a review should be all about personal opinions/issues about the game. The reviewer should be vocal about what they didn't like and why. If they didn't like the game, they should give it a bad score. They shouldn't give 8/10's to every game just because some people might like it. If you often find yourself disagreeing with IGN or Gamespot. Find other reviewers who share opinions similar to you.
I often watch videgamedunkey or arlo on youtube because i know that if they like a game i'm going to like it too and vice versa.
you certainly made a lot of generalized statements about people who dislike Lou2. After saying not everyone will agree on games due to their nature. The reason I personally don’t like it, is 1, I have no interest in playing the character that killed a much loved character from the previous game. 2 the ending, if someone killed my father ( father figure in Ellie’s case) there is absolutely no way I let them go. I dont think it’s a bad game, I just don’t relate to the story at all and don’t like playing as the person who kills our Mc from the first game.
That’s cool, TLOU2 is still a masterpiece. I’m sorry you’re too much of a simpleton to really appreciate it. You’re what we call one-dimensional. But hey to each their own. That said, I actually felt some of the things you talked about as I first played through it, but the difference was I was incredibly curious what the journey was going to be like in spite of those uncomfortable feelings. I hated having to play as Abby first but at the end of the day I’m glad I did. It makes me sad that so many ppl shut it down bc of thoughts like “no, I don’t wanna!” Boring ppl like you bum me out.
@@whiskeybuddha1995 average retarded satanist be like
i think the main reason ellie didn’t kill abby was she realizes she’s losing herself. throughout the game we hear the lyric “if i ever were to lose you, id surly lose myself”. joel says in the last conversation with ellie that he would still go back and save her if he could do it all over. joel would lose himself if he lost ellie and now we see her doing just that from losing joel. as she’s drowning abby we see a flash back to that last conversation and it’s at this point where she realizes what joel was saying. she realizes that she’s losing herself because she lost joel and now understands why joel killed SO MANY PEOPLE to save her and doesn’t regret it. she killed a lot of people because he died and joel killed a lot of people to prevent her from dying. i think her letting abby live is shows that she has finally forgiven joel. once she forgives him there is no reason to kill abby. what joel did was WAY worse to her than what abby did to joel. it wouldn’t make any sense to forgive joel and not forgive abby.
@@whiskeybuddha1995 "I’m sorry you’re too much of a simpleton to really appreciate it ☝🤓" get off your moral high horse, you aint a genius to like a game with a mediocre writing compared to the first game. The gameplay is enjoyable but the story is just not good and it doesnt help that the fan base is all redditors with fedoras calling someone who doesnt like the story "simpletons". That whole para just tells me who you are as a person 💀. The kinda person that says "to each their own" and in that same paragraph calls the other person a "simpleton" and "boring people that bum you out". Couldve just said "I like the game personally" but to each their own
@@whiskeybuddha1995 that’s cool, TLoU2 is still a garbage game and you look like a genuine idiot defending it online
On the Streamer angle, I liked how ActMan streamed RDR2, He engaged with fans during the non story nparts but let all the story parts play out without a word
“Too much water” as if the plot of gen 3 isn’t team magna wanting more land and less water and team aqua wanting more water and less land
Man the end of the video is so off-putting man, at least the first half was good
21:05 so whats the solution. Ign states on their website that their reviews are opinion already. Shouls they always say "I dont like this but some might" . The fact that someome else might like something the reviewer doesnt is already implied.
They're already known for giving 9 to literally everyone, and the moment they give a 6.5 to an objectively mediocre AAA game, everyone blasted them, I liked Days Gone, I loved fighting hordes and several of the missions, and while I won't ever defend that Alien review, Days Gone getting a 6.5 is not at all crazy, had it come from anyone but the "9 to all CODs" outlet
@jorgealbertohernandezgutie7696 IGN has who they think is the best suoted for each game which vote by their own standards. The guy who reviews cod is probbably a massive cod fan and doesnt ask for a lot to enjoy iy. Realisticly there is no wrong score, Good or bad is pjrely subjective. Watch "dont trust game reviewers" by a channrl callrd rantwo?
@jorgealbertohernandezgutie7696 there is no "right score" even for COD. Cause by telling someone their score is too high or too low you are telling them that they are enjoying the game wrong. Reviews are just opinion. The only review you can trust is your own. Also they are knkw for giving a 7 to everyone. Which makes sense. Most games you are interested in are gonna be good enough to be a 7 but not masterpieces.
@@100dayGamer What in the fucking mental gymnastic.
Love how when he talked about TLOU2 critics, his analysis had the same issues as the ones he outlined with the critics, it's a good and deeply symbolic meta joke that represents the hypocrisy of the critics and definitely not just1n being hypocritical which lead to some commenter writing a deep and meta joke that is definitely not hypocritical!
they don't know how to play the game correctly and then complain that modern video games aren't fun anymore.
mfs gave rainworld a 45 buh
Personally, I couldn’t stand Days Gone. The plot progression and devices weren't great, the writing lacked depth, and the voice acting just didn’t land for me. While I did enjoy exploring the open world, the lack of variety in enemies and activities also made it feel repetitive.
But hey, to each their own. That’s kind of the whole point of the video, right?
Did not have the same opinions as me, cringe and not based. (Being me is based)
damn straight
The alpha sapphire critique is a completely valid one that applies to sapphire too.
The overabundance of water types means that it makes the game much easier because you can just power level a grass/electric type pokemon and just nuke the conpetition 90% of the time
The refund thing is so real, one of the best features of steam. It truly is a platform too good to be true and i love the owners for keeping it fair
Honestly, as much as i like to shit on reviewers, they did give me a perspective on a lot of things. Some time back, i went back to some games i remembered really liking but all their reviews being trash. And honestly.. it wasn't a fun experience. Most of these games actually weren't as good as i remembered and it properly ruined my memory of them. I loved NSMB2 when it came out. Replaying it a few months ago made me realize that it's actually a fucking boring and easy game with very few new ideas and doesn't get above "meh" for me nowadays. We often forget that reviewers are encouraged to not let their personal experience during their playthrough influence their review too much. And let's just say, if we all going back to games we love, separated and isolated from the experience we had when discovering it, a lot of games we love aren't actually as good as we remember. The best example was Fortnite: OG. A lot of people went back to that and hated it, because not only were they expecting something else from the game at that point, but they themselves were not the same person they were when they first played the game.
Also, to the progression point: I agree that games need progression. But the best games are those that feel great from the start and only get better. Something like Ghost Of Tsushima or Sekiro, who give you all important mechanics from the start and just give you more fun bonuses afterwards. In RDR2 for example (a game i love), the horse riding at the start felt like shit. Yeah, the progression felt good, but why do i gotta be frustrated for 10 hours before feeling that in a game not built for that kind of experience? Why can't the horse follow me from the start, but over time and affection, it gets faster, stronger, and gives us a special ability like time slowdown? It's a valid point that i feel too many people glorify.
No matter how bad AI is in the winter section of TLOU part 1, Ellie is still a bad ass. Easily my favorite VG character.
Abso friggin lutely!
Favorite's a loaded word (and it belongs to the adoring fan), but the winter section is truly the best part of the game, showing that Joel's bs not only ruined Ellie but saved her, she learned to survive and fuck others over from him
The "too much water" one is true though, who has EVER looked back on a Pokémon game and the first thing they remember with fondness is their time spent surfing and diving? **NOBODY!**
Brian Cranston would be the most real life lookalike of Arthur Morgan if they ever did a live action red dead
I remember seeing darkviperAU saying RDR2 wasn't that good for him bc its was too slow getting from A to B and when you try to do something different to do an objective the game just tells you nuh uh. I kinda understand why he said those things because it is kinda true but at the same tine its like... Thats the point? Not going rambo with a horse with a rocket on his ass. (He actually played it again and said he liked the game, but he still thinks is partially true for some missions)
no shit its the point. they dont want you to do anything outside of what the mission wants you to do.
Days Gone is one of the extremely few games where I had watched an entire playthrough of it (because I was convinced that I would never buy it). However, some months later I found the game on sale and decided: "Sury, why not?"
Let me just say... I. Loved. All of It. I not only beat the main story, I 100% it and got every achievement (something I never do). I even grinded out the Challenges mode because I liked it so much. It's too bad people wrote the game off. If I ever find the confidence, I would like to do a character study on Deacon St. John one day.
I would love to discuss with you about The Last of Us 2, because I just think the opposite of what you said, on TLOU2. If yes, do tell
What do you disagree with in regards to his statement?
Every time I watch a video about "video game critics" I am reminded of the video I watched of a lady who criticized two new games and then stated she never played video games. One thing I do understand is that we need and get different games to satisfy different gamers. I play the games I like. Life is simple if you let it be. No game is for everyone. HAPPY GAMING.
FACTS
“In her defense it kind of sounds like she says it”
That’s not how that works
hm I agreed with everything in this video and didn't think I was one of the people who fell for game hate bandwagons but it caught me by surprise when you said you loved Starfield!
I haven't tried it because of everyone saying it was mid or even bad and since you seem to have the same taste as me I might actually give it a chance now!
Great video as always! :)
Wow thanks for this comment Pepo, it's definitely not for everybody but personally I really enjoyed my time with it!
Thanks for the support friend :)
Definitely give it a chance but I just couldn't do it. I'm a fallout 76 apologist and even I couldn't make it though starfield without feeling massively disappointed. The hate was warranted but that doesn't mean you won't necessarily enjoy it.
Critics don't understand video games, but I, a person dependent on income based on playing, discussing and reviewing video games am not a critic, I am some other thing that is not a critic.
19:18 that was NOT necessary dawg
Well that wasn't me that was the streamer guy
In my opinion, red dead redemption two is the closest humans have ever gotten to a perfect video game
That’s too real bruh I feel like I can’t play any other open world game now because it can’t even come close to red dead.
I have the perfect example of this! I absolutely love Rain World. The devs poured their hearts and souls into it and made an entire virtual ecosystem with unique AI, beautiful art, and absolutely incredible storytelling. Sounds good, right?
So yeah the critics said “Uegh uegh hooo it’s too h- hardddd 🥺” as if that isn’t the point of a game where you play as a creature at the bottom of a food chain. Its job isn’t to hold your hand, its job is to simulate an ecosystem that took over the ruins of a lost civilization. Just because it’s too hard for you doesn’t mean you can’t practice or appreciate the factors of the game that don’t rely on difficulty. There are countless ways you can fight against predators that you can learn if you actually take the time to experiment with the world and resources at your disposal.
You do bring up a fair point with TLOU2, but I still think that the story was pretty bad as Ellie had little reason to spare Abby at that point. It would've made for a much better ending if Ellie killed Abby and the cycle of violence continued.
Why? So she could continue to be miserable and spend her following years being empty and aimless (much like how Abby was, until she found some solace in helping Lev and Yara). I think that everything that happens in Santa Barbara happens in the right way and that is precisely what gives Ellie a complete arc. She manages to break out of her obsession and salvages some hope of finding a better path forward. She is also able to SPIRITUALLY lay Joel to rest at the very end (after physically laying him to rest soon after his death), finding some strange form of closure in that.
Ellie doesn't really spare Abby because she got to peep Abby's backstory or anything lol. In fact, a LOT of the game is intentionally about people being ignorant of other people's stories and making no effort to understand them cuz they are too consumed with anger and hatred. Ellie's agency, and lack thereof, is a BIG part of her story in BOTH games. Revenge isn't really why she goes after Abby in the end, it is guilt, trauma, and wanting to reclaim some of the agency that pretty much everyone has denied her throughout her life. She either never gets to make a choice, and when she does.... someone else comes along and takes the chance of acting upon it away from her.
As she is choking Abby out (now, this is my interpretation. This moment is quite ambigious), she realizes that she simply doesn't feel better. Abby is a mere few seconds away from giving up the ghost and Ellie does not feel better. She is literally bawling her eyes out. So she lets go. She CHOOSES to not go through with this. She realizes that this is NOT what Joel would want for her. So she stops, and leaves.
Now, one can say that "why didn't Ellie realize this sooner?". Good point. To that I would say that people rarely realize what's good for them at an ideal time, or quickly. It is often at a rock bottom moment that someone can see things clearly. Ellie had been too wracked with anger, guilt etc to see that what she's doing simply wouldn't help her. She herself wasted 2yrs that she could've had with Joel and she will never get that back... and doing this won't bring that back.
Just my thoughts, sorry for writing so much.
Isn’t her life still miserable her going after Abby made her lose her ability to play the guitar and her lover she still lost everything the ending showed why revenge stories arnt the greatest
Also ngl his statement on Abby’s body type was such stretch holy shit lmao he should of kept that she was a soldier not the whole fiction thing cause tlou is mostly built on reality (I can see Abby body type being real buff woman exist it’s just people were not happy playing as a mc killer)
@@SidPhoenix2211 Until you realize Ellie murdered tons of Abby's friends and allies...yet spares Abby, see the problem? The idea sounds good but the execution was poor, honestly, they should have given us the Dishonoured type of system where the more people we kill the worse ending we get...but nope instead we don't get a choice in the matter.
@@royalhistorian5109 i think the main reason ellie didn’t kill abby was she realizes she’s losing herself. throughout the game we hear the lyric “if i ever were to lose you, id surly lose myself”. joel says in the last conversation with ellie that he would still go back and save her if he could do it all over. joel would lose himself if he lost ellie and now we see her doing just that from losing joel. as she’s drowning abby we see a flash back to that last conversation and it’s at this point where she realizes what joel was saying. she realizes that she’s losing herself because she lost joel and now understands why joel killed SO MANY PEOPLE to save her and doesn’t regret it. she killed a lot of people because he died and joel killed a lot of people to prevent her from dying. i think her letting abby live is shows that she has finally forgiven joel. once she forgives him there is no reason to kill abby. what joel did was WAY worse to her than what abby did to joel. it wouldn’t make any sense to forgive joel and not forgive abby.
I feel that a lot of people don't realize that video games like Books and movies have to be reviewed from two different perspectives: As Art and as entertainment.
I think reviewers tend to analyse games as art (Innovations, storytelling) while non-fans tend to look at games more as entertainment (fun, replayability, amount of content)
Let me know If I am wrong
Noo I think you are right, it always depends on the person reviewing it and their understanding of the medium
I view video games as both art and entertainment .
Thinly veiled TLOU2 glazing.
love how this guy will say game journalists have awful gameplay and bad takes yet agree with bad takes in his comment section.
nice editing bro. nose exhaled many times. good video essay.
lmao’d at sounding rod
At 18:15, dude rhadamant is so pog for that. He never speaks during cutscenes and always plays the game before actually streaming it so he know when to shhhhh.
Let me get this straight. Your argument is that games criticism, which established that it's inappropriate to give anything less than a seven. Which copy PR directly from publishers. Who give the same COD, FIFA, Assassins' Creed, and whatever Bethesda cut n' paste is current 9/10 every time. THOSE guys aren't lenient enough with how they critique games? OK.
yeah? They are opinions, if they gave COD a 9 while RDR2 a 3 then that is perfectly fine, a bit absurd and uncommon, but it's their opinion, not facts
haha! you got me on the first 23 minutes! when i saw your TLOU II opinion i disliked so fast lmao
Whilst I somewhat don't mind Abby your argument for the muscles being valid is kinda shit. There are obvious differences between Mario, Roadhog, and Abby. One being the last of us is made in not a cartoonist fashion. Intended to be more grounded and real. Which contradicts what you said you believe about physique of women. I've seen women with similar muscle mass although to be fair they were on steroids, but perfectly feasible if the right mutation appears