lol the amount of times I've said this about a game all the way until I finished it, put it up, never to be played again. And then years later tell people about how amazing the game was.
Hannah got called out harder than a person saying the least convincing lie. All things aside this video is very true to me. Especially darkest dungeon which he mentioned
4:07 Congratulations, you’re becoming a True Gamer. That drive to kick the shit outta the thing that’s been giving you hell until you win is a quintessential experience. Good job killing that Ogre!
19:19 A balance-patch is when developers look at the statistics of the game, say Overwatch, and decide that one character is being chosen too much, and another is played too little. So they will slightly change damage, health, cooldowns, accuracy, or any other variable to strengthen or weaken the character.
We're talking about ensuring that none of the players' pre-game choices have enough advantage over the others so as to discourage the use of specific characters. But I like to think of it in therms of gambling. No one wants to take an unfair bet. Chances are they use data from all those multiplayer matches to derive the statistics to make those game balancing adjustments.
@@jeremybk54 I think you start darks souls 3, then bloodborne, sekiro, elden ring. Either that or just start elden ring. I think she's a long while out but if she wants to feel accomplished beating games soulsborne is definitely peak.
@@TheCoolestBear1as god of war fan i love sekiro and bloodborne they have an special place on my heart and i love elden ring too but not much as the other two
The combat in this game is deeply satisfying not because it is easy but because it is hard. Every game has rules, learn the rules which will not happen overnight.
@@HannaHsOverInvested As a witty man once said "That's hardly a selling point. Bread goes hard if you leave it out long enough, but it's hardly an improvement." I love hard games and I did not enjoy this game's combat, and by the halfway point I could not wait to beat it and never touch it again. Hopefully you will enjoy more than I, or you will call it off before it frustrates you too much. My personal recommendation is to drop the difficulty and enjoy the story. It's not shameful, I was very tempted to do it myself, and I've been gaming my entire life.
@@LethalShadowAs a wise man once said: "We do not play games because they are easy, but because we are hard!" I mean "Because they are hard!" -JFK God of War's new direction sucks honestly.
Daryl : "you're not having fun, you're not having a good time, you are falling victim to the sunk cost fallacy and everything in your life would be better if you just stopped plaaying this game" Hannah : "No"
When I started watching your videos a few years ago, I never would have guessed that your interest in story would take a backseat to "getting better." Really interesting to watch your gamer development, although, I kinda selfishly miss the focus on story. Either way, I'm curious to see how your journey unfolds. Keep it up, Hannah!
if I had to guess I would say its because the gameplay is the novelty. if you think about it, a lot of games you play for the story, you probably don't care much about the gameplay, because you are already used to it and played the same thing thousands of times, so the "powergaming" takes a backseat over just enjoying the story. also why I don't think its bad design for story heavy games to have simple gameplay, and "gameplay heavy" games to not spend much time with dialogs and cutscenes favoring indirect storytelling.
A few things to ease your pain on God of War. To explain once and for all since your chat is kind gullible sometimes and makes you more confuse than it should. 1: To dodge, move Kratos to the side that you want and press the "Dodge" button. 2: To roll, again choose the side that you want Kratos to roll and press twice the "Dodge" button, you can roll even backwards or towards the enemy to attack it, again just move Kratos and press 2 times the "Dodge" button. 3:Use the R3 to lock into an enemy "you will notice a white dot in the middle of the enemy" this is make more easy to dodge and roll and it will help the boy with his arrows. 4: if you wanna change your target when locked just move the "R" analog stick to the left or right and the target will change. 5: always check your Health and rage before picking up those health stones or rage stones, sometimes is better to left alone and get it back if you need it. 6:it's difficult and not always work but if you block the incoming heavy attack of an enemy at the right time "Called Parry" it will kind enter a slow motion state for a brief time "i think you noticed this while playing" when this happens you can attack the enemy and deal more damage.
On the subject of replaying games, its often not just about being a replay type of person, but also the type of game. Some games are just more replayable than others, and sometimes you'll find yourself wanting to just replay a certain level or part. Its all relative.
Hannah, you can finish the game at balanced. Plesee don't think of it as second easiest difficulty since it assumes you know alot of mechanics to make it as such. Before of after battles in an empty area you can practice few moves and then perform them consistently in a fight build muscle memory and move on to the next set. You can significantly reduce information load. Sometimes you may have to go and collect additional items to level up and upgrade, enemies get stronger so should you it's only fair. And lastly mind set, there is no pentality for losing its a learning opportunity.
To be honest you were getting quite good in the last stream. (The rest of my comment is meant to be helpful and not patronizing. Just to be sure the intent comes true in txt form). But you could learn the new moves when there are no enemies around so you can just focus on the buttons (then you just can focus on learning the timing when there are enemies and not the whole thing). Also, when in the menu, the buttons to press and the actions they will do is indicated at the very bottom right of the screen. (X to select. x to equip etc). The main thing to know for arrmor is that when you look at an armor piece in the menu it will show a green arrow up next to the big number in the lozenge at the top right if the armor is better than what you have. Or a red arrow down if it is not as good. (If you want more health or strenght you could focus on the health or strenght bar listed under the lozenge. Again, green is good, red is bad). When you get a new item you can press square to see it in the menu. There you can see if it is better and put it on right away (Not all items will be better as you might find some low level things you missed earlier). You could use a resurection stone too as it gives you another chance if you die. You can buy it at the Brok or Sindri store. This game is quite hard and long to learn even if you are a long time gamer. So it is totaly normal that it is a slow process.
I literally burst out laughing when he called you out. Was not sure you saw this when I posted it in chat as the rage made you end the stream suddenly. I had only come across it a few days earlier and when you were saying you hated the game reminded me of it. The hate does make you improve as you proved when you beat that ugly ogre. The skills you learned fighting it has helped you kill the elves a lot easer. Daryl has some other videos that you might be interested in. I need to watch some more too as his channel is new to me.
God of War is not anywhere near the hardest game out there (although upping the difficulty does give all the enemies crazy more health and aggression), but I don't think I have heard anyone call it an easy game. The clip you showed of you being mad at GoW is a location I remember feeling suddenly overwhelmed. You are supposed to realize the game expects you to start aiming higher.
Gamer rage is universal, doesn't matter if it's born out of persistence, the desire to get better, or even the desire to be objective and giving a game a fair shake. It can happen to anyone. And I love seein' a new gamer go through it, 'cause I resonate with it. Even when it's someone speaking a language you don't understand, you just KNOW how they feel when they get rekt by a boss fight they ALMOST beat.
They tell you to play god of war because it's a game they love and they would love to see you playing it , they don't think if it is a good game for a person that has never played a video game/ it's not a gamer , for a normal gamer this game is a breeze with an amazing story and cool gameplay. They don't think if you have the require skill to even enjoy the game or make it good youtube content , that part it's up to you to decide. If you keep playing games you will get better at them , that's for sure like everything in life if you keep at it you get better and hopefully enjoy it more. Almost forgot there are alot of easier amazing games that require less mechanical skills and are good for youtube/streaming content like : -Telltale the walking dead -Detroit: Become Human
Become Human is a shitty game though, as is most things David Cage is involved. if you are going to suggest a narrative heavy game its better to suggest Disco Elysium instead.
Those recommendations are not games since they don't require any skill to progress and will not help her become a better gamer. They are interactive movies. She should still at least try "playing" one of them to know if it is something she would like though.
If they ever convince you to play Dark Souls/Bloodborne/Elden Ring, you will know the true essence of this in ways you couldn't begin to imagine. True pain.
I think it's important to learn how to be upset. It's hard to think about something if you can't separate yourself from it, and it's hard to separate if you feel stressed or unprepared. Not changing the difficulty is a pride thing. Not changing the settings is more of a fear thing. As far as struggling in a new game, it's not uncommon for someone to play a game and enjoy it, and then start a new game and struggle from the raw, immediate contrast to what came before. It might not be a bad idea to try a different style of game between each massive, AAA over the shoulder story-driven, adventure game. You don't have to take this advice, of course, but I know after I play a game like Dark Souls or Elden Ring, I struggle to play other third-person action games for a while. God of War feels weird because you have too many similar games as your sample size (which most people do). Maybe try something like Inscryption or Firewatch. A game that asks for your interest instead of demands it.
I liked Daryl Talks Games video “The Two Ways We Lose.” As a new gamer, I found it described my raging about games, and helped me think more about ways to handle things.
That fight with the ogre was the very first time I felt frustration with GoW 2018, cause nothing I had or learned, worked on him. Not to mention how “weak” it felt to hit him with the Leviathan and I just had to, “Git Gud”, though to be honest, I think I also used the axe throwing method to kill the ogre 😅 After reaching level 8, ogres are just barely an annoyance, and a really nice ride for crowd control. So my advice is, you’ll get better with the controls, and you’ll get better controlling Kratos and using the i-frames whilst dodging and rolling away. It’s such an amazing game and amazing story, it’ll be a delight! I also realize that your health is still very short…did you not get a set of the apples already? That’d help
Here the thing that a game like dark souls brings out beautifully: You are going to die, a lot. You are going to be frustrated. You are going to want to throw your controller. You are going to want to quit. But then you get a little further. Then a little more. Still dying, but a little more. And then, you beat that section you could only dream of getting past. And it feels SO good. You have proven to yourself that you can learn from failure and persevere. And that is a beautiful thing.
I felt this with Sekiro. And going backwards to Dark Souls after that smooth experience, I didn't think I'd feel it again. But I did. The runbacks. The gravity. The limited movement. I hated it. It was great.
@@HannaHsOverInvested The best time to use the rage is when your health is low as each punch you land while in rage mode gives you a bit of health back. You are also invulnerable while in rage mode so you can pick up health stone around if you want. If you hit an enemy or get hit it will reduce the time you can spend in rage mode. Also, there is often health stones inside the pot/jar/vases on the ground. In a fight or after a fight you can hit them for a chance to heal.
Damn. Your reaction to getting called out like that made me genuinely lol. Full disclosure....this was me with God Of War on playing it on hard mode against Queen Sigrun. For whatever reason I just couldn't get the timing down. Work on your timing. See how long it takes you to raise your shield. Count it if you can. Same for your evade. Timing is key. Best of luck to you. Finish it! Beat their asses. You got this.
I put a total of 8k hrs into Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 and I haven't played Destiny 2 for 6 months now. Quitting a game you've put hundreds to thousands of hours into isn't that hard. People do it a lot actually all the time when a new game comes out and all of a sudden that game they played for hours is now sitting on the shelf for just as many hours as it was played. It's ok to move on, never touch it again. Or to move on, and touch it again for nostalgia after several years.
I don’t think you’ll have a desire to replay games until you get hit by a good RPG. Baldur’s Gate just came out and I’m utterly sucked in, playing multiple campaigns of different characters simultaneously. The opening is rather epic feeling. Other RPGs, or Role Playing Games, which are driven by story and character choices are: Fallout games, Elder scrolls games (Skyrim, Oblivion, etc), Knights of the Old republic (a bit dated now), lots of online games such as World of Warcraft, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and so many more.
I fully get the 'not changing difficulty' thing. I had to lower the difficulty for one fight in the story of Jedi Survivor, and I was not able to enjoy the game after that. I went from searching every nook and cranny for loot, and taking my time with the game, to just blitzing as fast as possible just so I could say I finished the game. I still don't have a positive opinion of the game, even though I loved it before that fight, and I still feel that it was an objectively good game.
Thank you for this. I've been watching your content since world of warcraft and it's UNBELIEVABLE how much your relationship with games has changed. Please don't be discouraged by finding things you don't like. I know you'll find your way towards the experiences you're interested in and the ways to enjoy them like you'd want them the most.
22:53 Hannah, I absolutely SCREAMED LAUGHING AT THIS. I'm pretty sure anyone in a mile radius thought they were listening to murder. THANK YOU I NEEDED THAT 😂🤣
Also, as always you are doing great! Once you beat God of War you'll dance with joy on the grave of the time you spent on it 😂 and then onwards to the next experience you'll love or hate. IT'S SO COOL SEEING YOU ON YOUR GAMING JOURNEY ✨ :D
Some games have replayability, others are one and done. Same for books, movies, songs and everything else. It doesn't mean they are bad, just a story to go through once.
27:25 Trust me once you start diving into RPG's you'll want to replay them alot for how extremally different the outcomes can be. i know people who never even finish games like Fallout New Vegas and have like three different character save files each with a different playstyle, reputation with factions etc. But yeah for me I rarely replay story focused games like The Last of Us until like a good few years have pasted. Even my RPG's are like that but I tend to have a main save for example my Fallout 4 save from 2015 that i see as my canon playthrough and then I have other save files for different characters where I play through the game differently. my main file is the most complete and loved while the other files are more like What If stories. Starfield will no doubt be the same a main file and maybe after a few months I'll create a new character but I'll always go back to my main character.
@@Vaultboy307 Practically every game has rpg elements but Hogwarts Legacy is very liner in you're choices so for myself and alot of other players there's not a strong pull for a second playthrough right away compared to other games. I just looked up the alternate endings online and there not that different. Fallout New Vegas, Witcher 3, Baldur's Gate 3 for example are games with much stronger replayability from start to finish.
Hannah said on stream that she hates reading in games, that she doesn't play games to read. And menus/basic RPG mechanics like equipment and upgrades, skill points are too much for her. I'm no sure she's gonna enjoy other RPGs, since GoW is pretty RPG light, and it's still causing her so much trouble
Re: Balance patches. A "patch" is a change made after a computer program is created or released (i.e. to "patch" a hole, because that's literally what you would do to a program in the days of punch cards). A "balance patch" is a patch that tries to affect the "balance" of a game, because over time games can become unbalanced, or else imbalance is inherent to the design (see: first-move advantage in games such as chess). In multiplayer games, the goal of a balance patch is fairness, so "balance" makes sense. In singleplayer games, the goal is usually to make the experience more fun or more inviting, so that existing players want to keep playing and new players will want to buy the game. "Balance patches" happen everywhere, though the phrase is mostly restricted to video games. American football, for example, has repeatedly made new rules to try to make the game safer, restricting what types of tackles are allowed, and what counts as "unsportsmanlike conduct". The NBA created rules targeting behavior influenced by folks such as Shaq or Michael Jordan. Entire sports, such as baseball, can move toward and then away from rampant steroid usage as a "meta" (short for "metagaming", NOT "most efficient tactic available" as indicated by the video).
I have a problem of not finishing games. By the end you've got all the equipment, powerful weapons and armor, you're little raft is now a giant jungle gym of ropes and ladders. It's like "well, I guess I just finish the game then...". Oh, but there's these achievements like kill X of these guys which is on an island way back there....I may as well just restart. Like trying to catch that first time. Problem is, this ain't the first time, this is the 137th time restarting. First get this, now this, wait for dialogue trigger, skip, build this, go here, wait 3 days. That moment when you can recite the beginning scenes of Skyrim, "wait, you're not on the list. Who are you?" You're not learning and adapting, wondering what all this does - you're following a set of instructions that you've done many times over. Granted maybe once in a while you actually do something different - then that's when the game mechanics become obvious. Get ore, build better Armour, use better Armour to go get better ore, build better Armour, etc. But goddammit I'm gonna finish that fucking game.
Hannah would fare better playing older GOW which uses less camera moving and more beginner friendly combat. But ofc those are old and may not run or can be easily found.
@gsgssgdfgdg3273 I played the one where I fisted Zeus on a PSP. I find it more chill to just swing blades of chaos like a beyblade and just fist minibosses and bosses with lightning gauntlet. My point here js Hanna's got skill issue with moving the controller thumbsticks I was wondering if she'd fare better with fixed camera angles. Unless her depth perception is like me playing crash bandicoot.
honestly there is a point in ones life there you realize that it's alright to stop something if you are not enjoying it. i used to always try to finish every book or game i started back in the day, but now that's an honor only a few get. if something is not able to capture my attention, why bother any further with it? sometimes that isn't even the end of that particular experience either. sometimes you only "get" something after giving it a second chance months later. there also those times in which i start something, only to realize 20minutes into it that i am simply not in the right mindset for that experience at the moment. i pause it and think about the experince i actually want at that moment. sometimes i just don't feel like plaything through "DOOM" and i am more in the mindset for something like a "xenoblade 3" or "fear and hunger" sometimes i might not even be into a slight version of a certain thing. the HP and LOTR books are both in the fantasy genre with strannge creatures and magic, but no one would tell you that they are the same experience. like daryl said, it's all about the thing you want out of it.
Honestly after you put in sad violins to highlight that moment, my only thought was of Brad Pitt in Fight Club with his bullhorn, “You are not a beautiful unique snowflake, you are made up of the same decaying, organic matter as everything else that exists. You are not special.” Not to say that’s a judgment against at you at all, just the 1st thing that popped in my head upon hearing that set up. Great video all around!
That determination to “get better” and finish a hard game has never really been how I play games. Honestly nothing makes me nope out of a game faster than dying in the same place over and over. I prefer something that lets me role play a character like Mass Effect or strategy games that are about building cities and/or commanding armies. That’s one of the great things about gaming, especially today, no matter what tickles your fancy there’s something out there that caters to it. Something with elements of both approaches you might like is Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord.
Hating a game and wanting to finish it for the sake of saying you beat it is fine and all, but if that’s the kind of gamer you are at this moment then no wonder Last of Us and God of War won’t leave a mark on you. Those games rely heavily on the story and expect you to be an adequate level of skill to enjoy them, but you’re not even adequate. You’re a newbie, you gotta think about how your character and constantly ask questions about basic mechanics. You think too much about actions and don’t respond to them naturally. God of War like many games expect you to know the basics, but you can’t even find the dodge/roll button. If you wanna beat the game for the sake of beating it, fine. But learn what buttons do what. Get a feel for them. Practice them over and over until you don’t think about doing an action, you just do it instinctually. I agree, God of War was a terrible choice for someone who’s very new to playing video games, but since you have the stubbornness of a gamer, you may as well ingrain the muscle memory of one as well. Everyone starts out sucking, and all that.
Ok, correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure that when you’re about to throw the axe and you’re holding it up above your shoulder, you can hold it for a longer period of time before throwing it, to charge up the axe, so it results in a more powerful blow. I think… 😅
Same thing with me and my love-hate relationship with Destiny. I honestly hate the game now but I cant stop playing. Maybe its because of the memories attached to the game before it started going downhill. Its like clocking in for a 9 to 5 job you hate.
"If you tell me to lower difficulty, I will ban you" Thanks for the tip you just gave to everyone doing ban speedruns XD. But seriously, the best tip I can give, is to play only when you *feel* like it. Don't force yourself to play when not in the mood, I am pretty sure everyone can agree with that.
that lazer eye focus mode and your resilence to get back at the game after a night sleep!!! you're a gamer!! A lot has changed since i checked your channel last time!!
Hannah, about re-playability, a lot of people replay games years after they played them if there's a certain buzz about it. Like for example The Last of Us. Let's say they announce Last of Us 3 is in the works and since it takes years to make games, it will release 2026. Chances are lots of gamers will replay Last of Us 1 and 2 late 2025/2026 to "refresh" our knowledge of the story or just genuinely wanting to have a revised, fresh investment as we launch up the newest instalment. It's like getting a sequel to a movie a decade later. You will be tempted to watch the first instalment right before you go to the cinema too.
Not saying it is so, but you might like games where you have to write as if you were a character to play a game (not only that, but part of it). RPing in a game. There are a lot of communities out there in all sorts of games, and I know some of them have spawned writers that have done really well because they can do dialogue so easily after playing a game and testing it on others. In addition, they get inspired. I can't remember specific current titles, but I do remember the first time I encountered people that RPd (roleplayed) in a game. I think it was a multiplayer Star Wars game. I at first thought them crazy and a bit weird, but when I realized they get more out of the game than I do (by immersing themselves), I got a bit jealous instead :D
Sure! Can you explain to me how I can magic my shield up and smash somebody in the face with it but I can't punch somebody in the face with my empty hand? Cuz that seems like it doesn't make a ton of sense. Also love to know why sometimes I can jump on things, and then sometimes I become the god of not being able to jump on anything. Seems a little strange....
i....dont understand.. i LOVED god of war's combat, not because it was too hard (which it wasn't (at least for me)), but because of how in depth it was and how easy it was to get the hang of it.... obviously not counting the valkyries
If a game successfully gains and maintains your attention while challenging you, then the mind may begin to comb over possibility; ways to succeed. The mind crawls over possibilities and finds approaches to the problems for testing. Even if the solution is persistence and practice, or to "git gud" in the vernacular of those who surpass a game's challenge. If it's on your mind you may have some sudden realization about the challenge while doing something unrelated. By the time it has it's hooks into you the easiest paths becomes finishing it, just to get closure to that challenge. Then again, you do have an audience. Maybe there's a social component? Nobody likes to feel tested and found wanting. Perhaps your twitch chat plays a part in your motivation?
There's a pattern to the mob attacks in GOW Usually like 123, then they take a break, that's when you attack. Also ii think you should play a calming game before or after your GOW sessions like Journey
When he mentioned balance patches what that is is basically if your playing a online or multiplayer game or a game with multiple characters/items if one character/thing is unreasonably stronger or weaker than everything else than the game is unbalanced and when the game is updated or “patched” the devs may try to nerf meaning to weaken or buff meaning to strengthen certain things in attempts to balance the game making it a “balance patch”
I gotta respect the determination, God of war has an amazing story and it's sequel is even better imo if you decide you want more. Getting heated at a game is for the most part completely normal and nothing feels better than finally beating a boss that has handed you your own ass on a silver platter for hours and that makes all the rage worth it in the end.
This is so unrelatable to me cause if I don’t enjoy something I just… quit it. I do not have the energy to willingly engage with something I don’t like Anyways, you would love Bayonetta. Not for the story, but just for how chaotic it is
Not replaying games is quite understandable. Movies, music and TV series you are able to consume while doing something else. Games you cannot and it will be multiple times the duration of a movie or album.
That gamer rage, that gamer determination, that gamer frustration. Yep, the only thing you need to do now is eat your dinner in front of your PC like a proper gamer. Next, you should play Dark Souls. The game is unfair, very difficult, and extremely frustrating. It is also one of the most SATISFYING games out there, and the melancholy atmosphere is second to none. Lots of people credit Dark Souls with curing their depression.
You don't hate the game you hate your inability to rise to it's challenge. But with practice and repeated effort you will triumph, and the feeling of satisfaction will validate your journey. Don't give up you got this
@@HannaHsOverInvested I mean when you die you were unable and that's frustrating, not saying you can't do it. I meant "inability" for a particular attempt, sorry
Hearthstone was it for me, i had a ton of fun with it but the more i played the better i got… and thats the problem, cause i got to a point where i felt almost everyone i played against just net decked (copying what works online) and only like 1/10 like me, actually had fun, using weird cards, combos… i was often called a cheater cause i used interactions that wasn’t normally seen. When a new expansions was released it was always the same, a week of fun, people figured out what worked, ocean of netdeckers… I might aswell play against bots
I looooove God of War, but the Horizon games are this for me. I have put 80+ hours into each, spent the majority of that time either bored or frustrated, I don't understand the hype, but I beat them, and will play the next one.
I'm at that old married couple -point with Warframe now. Still logging in every now and then, but I'm lagging behind on all the lich and incarnon weapons and, and operator and drifter skills etc. And getting back to fighting form seems a bit daunting. I'll still probably going to get hyped for what ever they show at Tennocon this month and play possible story quests, but the grind has worn me out. Still the best movement system of any game, and you can't beat that pricepoint, but daddy needs a new mamma, and that is BG3 😅
Hannah, it's not really worth the headache either way to claim you're not a replay gamer. People who aren't the competitive type don't consciously decide to replay a game, or rarely do so consciously. The replay choses them. If it happens don't sweat it. Funny thing though. I've walked away from quite a few in my time (what does the phrase "old as dirt" mean to you?) I'm also not really a replay gamer, but something funny happened when playing Doom 3, Fallout 3, and Fallout New Vegas. All three of those games became replays for me almost immediately after playing. In fact, for Doom 3 I was eight levels into a replay nine hours after the end credits of the first playthrough. That included a five hour nap. The takeaway from this? You don't choose replays, they choose you.
I appreciate that. I do have a small desire to try Doom again on a higher difficulty and see how that goes, but I also feel like should I just do doom eternal? Or different doom?
@@HannaHsOverInvested I replay games on different difficulty too. Usually it starts with me wanting to experience the game again but do it faster so I choose a difficulty that is easier than the one I finished in, then I end up replaing in the other difficulties too and doing all the sidequests. I think this is because of the completionist in me. That being said this will happen only with games I like. If I hate the game I am just glad its over when I get to the ending. Like Hanna I want to finish games I play although if I get stuck I might take a long break there are Zelda games that I started playing almost 20 years ago and have not finished but I return to once every few tyears only to stop because I can't figure how to progress or get stuck in a new puzzle futher on in the game.
@@HannaHsOverInvested I'd play a different Doom first, then maybe a replay after a little time has passed. Not to sound like a broken record here (way too late in this case) but the one that strays most from the Doom "run and gun" formula is Doom 3. The play style is quite a departure from the others. You could also go classic and play one of the first two Doom games (which happen to come with the Doom 3 bfg edition-- isn't that convenient?)
Balance patches are in the most basic way this: This character (hopefully not your favorite) if kinda too good so lets make her a bit weaker (nerfing) This character (hipefully not thr one you hate fighting against) is a little too weak, lets make her stronger (buffing)
I’m in my 40s been gaming since I was small child & if I remember correctly it took me more than one try on that troll also. So for a newer gamer like yourself it probably felt impossible till you did it.
Svipdagr the Cold and the Sisters of Illska... New Game +... Give Me God of War... I'm still downloading the moves as we speak. Sigrun was nothing compared to the death count I got with those stupid Berserkers during New Game +. I like that they shake it up and give the bosses some upgraded moves but there's a point where you realise you're not leveling up anymore but the side bosses are still getting increasingly stronger. I feel like this was a weird oversight that made Ragnarok feel a bit unbalanced. There was an Einherjar General that I could not get past during the Muspelheim trials. I spent a few hours trying to claw through that stage.
You wanna feel searing rage? Play ark survival evolved, after you built up a cool little base, tamed some decent dinosaurs and got some good gear. Then suddenly an aplha trex randomly spawns nearby, wanders to close to your base , kills your dinos, recks parts of your base, kills you and procedes to hang around your base so you cant go get your stuff, undoing hours of gameplay a leaving you with nothing more than your underpants and back down at the bottom of the foodchain. Which oddly enough makes Mr want to find and tame the largest creature i can find, make the largest gun possible and make mince out of t'ha menace, to re build my base bigger and make it into an absolute death fortress with spike walls , turrets and alot of fire
it's funny to see someone struggling so much with god of war because one of my friends told us when gow 2018 released that it was kratos but in dark souls, and me and the rest of my friends found it the easiest thing even if we were playing on hard the first time, the only thing i felt wronged was when increasing the dificulty, i think god of war had an great opportunity to change enemy patterns and timing on higher difficulties but insteand i have to hit a draugr 74 times for it to die and it just need to hit me once or twice to kill me
You seem to be jumping in head first into the deep end for someone who just started playing games. I was surprised to see you playing Mass Effect as your second game and now God of War, an action game with some RPG mechanics/elements that can be daunting/overwhelming to a new player. It seems like whoever is recommending your games is more focused in having you experience critically acclaimed games- regardless of complexity. They should be recommending a series of good beginner games that will help you focus on one or two main mechanics that will help you build some muscle memory / fundamentals. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if I see you playing something like Street Fighter or Blaz Blue as your next game.
"I fucking hate this game, but I'm going to finish this game without changing the difficulty of this fucking game"
Yeah... You're a gamer now.
lol the amount of times I've said this about a game all the way until I finished it, put it up, never to be played again. And then years later tell people about how amazing the game was.
Hannah stubbornly refusing to change the difficulty like a true gamer.
They grow up so fast 😢
🤣🤣🤣
One respawn away and they re already left the nest in quest for glorious loot. Aaaaah
Hannah discovers her Twitch niche as a rage gamer. Next stop Elden Ring Malenia, Blade of Miquella.
LOL
I'd literally shit myself if she ever even looked at Melanoma.
@@zardify_If she ever plays elden ring, remind yourself to watch only when on the toilet.
Melatonin would make her spontaneously combust
I'd actually recommend og Dark Souls since it's more methodical and can be cheesed with armor.
Hannah got called out harder than a person saying the least convincing lie. All things aside this video is very true to me. Especially darkest dungeon which he mentioned
4:07 Congratulations, you’re becoming a True Gamer. That drive to kick the shit outta the thing that’s been giving you hell until you win is a quintessential experience. Good job killing that Ogre!
19:19 A balance-patch is when developers look at the statistics of the game, say Overwatch, and decide that one character is being chosen too much, and another is played too little. So they will slightly change damage, health, cooldowns, accuracy, or any other variable to strengthen or weaken the character.
We're talking about ensuring that none of the players' pre-game choices have enough advantage over the others so as to discourage the use of specific characters. But I like to think of it in therms of gambling. No one wants to take an unfair bet. Chances are they use data from all those multiplayer matches to derive the statistics to make those game balancing adjustments.
Hannah is a future Soulsborne fan, I'm calling it now. She's got that tenacity.
i now want to see how she would do in one. the question is which soulsborne game should she play?
The problem i think she would have if how they are very difficult Puzzle Platformers.
Hate made me buy, beat and become a fan of souls 😂
@@jeremybk54 I think you start darks souls 3, then bloodborne, sekiro, elden ring. Either that or just start elden ring. I think she's a long while out but if she wants to feel accomplished beating games soulsborne is definitely peak.
@@TheCoolestBear1as god of war fan i love sekiro and bloodborne they have an special place on my heart and i love elden ring too but not much as the other two
The combat in this game is deeply satisfying not because it is easy but because it is hard. Every game has rules, learn the rules which will not happen overnight.
I can't wait to agree with you
@@HannaHsOverInvested As a witty man once said "That's hardly a selling point. Bread goes hard if you leave it out long enough, but it's hardly an improvement."
I love hard games and I did not enjoy this game's combat, and by the halfway point I could not wait to beat it and never touch it again.
Hopefully you will enjoy more than I, or you will call it off before it frustrates you too much.
My personal recommendation is to drop the difficulty and enjoy the story. It's not shameful, I was very tempted to do it myself, and I've been gaming my entire life.
@@LethalShadowAs a wise man once said: "We do not play games because they are easy, but because we are hard!" I mean "Because they are hard!" -JFK
God of War's new direction sucks honestly.
Daryl : "you're not having fun, you're not having a good time, you are falling victim to the sunk cost fallacy and everything in your life would be better if you just stopped plaaying this game"
Hannah : "No"
When I started watching your videos a few years ago, I never would have guessed that your interest in story would take a backseat to "getting better." Really interesting to watch your gamer development, although, I kinda selfishly miss the focus on story. Either way, I'm curious to see how your journey unfolds. Keep it up, Hannah!
No one is more surprised than I am.
if I had to guess I would say its because the gameplay is the novelty. if you think about it, a lot of games you play for the story, you probably don't care much about the gameplay, because you are already used to it and played the same thing thousands of times, so the "powergaming" takes a backseat over just enjoying the story. also why I don't think its bad design for story heavy games to have simple gameplay, and "gameplay heavy" games to not spend much time with dialogs and cutscenes favoring indirect storytelling.
@@danilooliveira6580 Totally agree!
A few things to ease your pain on God of War.
To explain once and for all since your chat is kind gullible sometimes and makes you more confuse than it should.
1: To dodge, move Kratos to the side that you want and press the "Dodge" button.
2: To roll, again choose the side that you want Kratos to roll and press twice the "Dodge" button, you can roll even backwards or towards the enemy to attack it, again just move Kratos and press 2 times the "Dodge" button.
3:Use the R3 to lock into an enemy "you will notice a white dot in the middle of the enemy" this is make more easy to dodge and roll and it will help the boy with his arrows.
4: if you wanna change your target when locked just move the "R" analog stick to the left or right and the target will change.
5: always check your Health and rage before picking up those health stones or rage stones, sometimes is better to left alone and get it back if you need it.
6:it's difficult and not always work but if you block the incoming heavy attack of an enemy at the right time "Called Parry" it will kind enter a slow motion state for a brief time "i think you noticed this while playing" when this happens you can attack the enemy and deal more damage.
On the subject of replaying games, its often not just about being a replay type of person, but also the type of game. Some games are just more replayable than others, and sometimes you'll find yourself wanting to just replay a certain level or part. Its all relative.
Gamer pride is a strong feeling.
You can do it. You're already getting better.
Hannah, you can finish the game at balanced. Plesee don't think of it as second easiest difficulty since it assumes you know alot of mechanics to make it as such.
Before of after battles in an empty area you can practice few moves and then perform them consistently in a fight build muscle memory and move on to the next set. You can significantly reduce information load. Sometimes you may have to go and collect additional items to level up and upgrade, enemies get stronger so should you it's only fair. And lastly mind set, there is no pentality for losing its a learning opportunity.
Obligatory *BOY!!!* comment.
Daryl videos are amazing, you should definitely watch more
To be honest you were getting quite good in the last stream. (The rest of my comment is meant to be helpful and not patronizing. Just to be sure the intent comes true in txt form).
But you could learn the new moves when there are no enemies around so you can just focus on the buttons (then you just can focus on learning the timing when there are enemies and not the whole thing).
Also, when in the menu, the buttons to press and the actions they will do is indicated at the very bottom right of the screen. (X to select. x to equip etc).
The main thing to know for arrmor is that when you look at an armor piece in the menu it will show a green arrow up next to the big number in the lozenge at the top right if the armor is better than what you have. Or a red arrow down if it is not as good. (If you want more health or strenght you could focus on the health or strenght bar listed under the lozenge. Again, green is good, red is bad).
When you get a new item you can press square to see it in the menu. There you can see if it is better and put it on right away (Not all items will be better as you might find some low level things you missed earlier).
You could use a resurection stone too as it gives you another chance if you die.
You can buy it at the Brok or Sindri store.
This game is quite hard and long to learn even if you are a long time gamer. So it is totaly normal that it is a slow process.
I literally burst out laughing when he called you out.
Was not sure you saw this when I posted it in chat as the rage made you end the stream suddenly. I had only come across it a few days earlier and when you were saying you hated the game reminded me of it.
The hate does make you improve as you proved when you beat that ugly ogre. The skills you learned fighting it has helped you kill the elves a lot easer.
Daryl has some other videos that you might be interested in. I need to watch some more too as his channel is new to me.
Thanks for recommending this. It was a fun watch.
“You know what, shut up Daryl” 😂
Damn, my food got saltier 😂
God of War is not anywhere near the hardest game out there (although upping the difficulty does give all the enemies crazy more health and aggression), but I don't think I have heard anyone call it an easy game. The clip you showed of you being mad at GoW is a location I remember feeling suddenly overwhelmed. You are supposed to realize the game expects you to start aiming higher.
Gamer rage is universal, doesn't matter if it's born out of persistence, the desire to get better, or even the desire to be objective and giving a game a fair shake. It can happen to anyone. And I love seein' a new gamer go through it, 'cause I resonate with it. Even when it's someone speaking a language you don't understand, you just KNOW how they feel when they get rekt by a boss fight they ALMOST beat.
They tell you to play god of war because it's a game they love and they would love to see you playing it , they don't think if it is a good game for a person that has never played a video game/ it's not a gamer , for a normal gamer this game is a breeze with an amazing story and cool gameplay.
They don't think if you have the require skill to even enjoy the game or make it good youtube content , that part it's up to you to decide.
If you keep playing games you will get better at them , that's for sure like everything in life if you keep at it you get better and hopefully enjoy it more.
Almost forgot there are alot of easier amazing games that require less mechanical skills and are good for youtube/streaming content like :
-Telltale the walking dead
-Detroit: Become Human
Become Human is a shitty game though, as is most things David Cage is involved. if you are going to suggest a narrative heavy game its better to suggest Disco Elysium instead.
Those recommendations are not games since they don't require any skill to progress and will not help her become a better gamer. They are interactive movies. She should still at least try "playing" one of them to know if it is something she would like though.
@@WhoTnT Ooh gatekeeping what can be considered a video game? Nice.
@@mrcroob8563 thats what i was thinking he is probably very young though so don't bother
If they ever convince you to play Dark Souls/Bloodborne/Elden Ring, you will know the true essence of this in ways you couldn't begin to imagine. True pain.
Even then bloodborne messed me up with how I must collect enough health vials to earn a few tries against a boss.
I think it's important to learn how to be upset. It's hard to think about something if you can't separate yourself from it, and it's hard to separate if you feel stressed or unprepared. Not changing the difficulty is a pride thing. Not changing the settings is more of a fear thing. As far as struggling in a new game, it's not uncommon for someone to play a game and enjoy it, and then start a new game and struggle from the raw, immediate contrast to what came before. It might not be a bad idea to try a different style of game between each massive, AAA over the shoulder story-driven, adventure game. You don't have to take this advice, of course, but I know after I play a game like Dark Souls or Elden Ring, I struggle to play other third-person action games for a while. God of War feels weird because you have too many similar games as your sample size (which most people do). Maybe try something like Inscryption or Firewatch. A game that asks for your interest instead of demands it.
I liked Daryl Talks Games video “The Two Ways We Lose.” As a new gamer, I found it described my raging about games, and helped me think more about ways to handle things.
Thanks!
That fight with the ogre was the very first time I felt frustration with GoW 2018, cause nothing I had or learned, worked on him. Not to mention how “weak” it felt to hit him with the Leviathan and I just had to, “Git Gud”, though to be honest, I think I also used the axe throwing method to kill the ogre 😅
After reaching level 8, ogres are just barely an annoyance, and a really nice ride for crowd control.
So my advice is, you’ll get better with the controls, and you’ll get better controlling Kratos and using the i-frames whilst dodging and rolling away. It’s such an amazing game and amazing story, it’ll be a delight!
I also realize that your health is still very short…did you not get a set of the apples already? That’d help
Here the thing that a game like dark souls brings out beautifully:
You are going to die, a lot.
You are going to be frustrated.
You are going to want to throw your controller.
You are going to want to quit.
But then you get a little further.
Then a little more.
Still dying, but a little more.
And then, you beat that section you could only dream of getting past.
And it feels SO good.
You have proven to yourself that you can learn from failure and persevere.
And that is a beautiful thing.
Unless it's Halo 4 on legendary. Fuck that game [Playing into Daryl's hands here]
I felt this with Sekiro. And going backwards to Dark Souls after that smooth experience, I didn't think I'd feel it again. But I did. The runbacks. The gravity. The limited movement. I hated it. It was great.
5:10
I’m literally yelling at you to use spartan rage 😂
You don't think I use it at an appropriate time?
@@HannaHsOverInvested The best time to use the rage is when your health is low as each punch you land while in rage mode gives you a bit of health back.
You are also invulnerable while in rage mode so you can pick up health stone around if you want.
If you hit an enemy or get hit it will reduce the time you can spend in rage mode.
Also, there is often health stones inside the pot/jar/vases on the ground. In a fight or after a fight you can hit them for a chance to heal.
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Don't you come complaining to me, *I* was pushing Batman. 😒
LOL
Damn. Your reaction to getting called out like that made me genuinely lol. Full disclosure....this was me with God Of War on playing it on hard mode against Queen Sigrun. For whatever reason I just couldn't get the timing down. Work on your timing. See how long it takes you to raise your shield. Count it if you can. Same for your evade. Timing is key. Best of luck to you. Finish it! Beat their asses. You got this.
I put a total of 8k hrs into Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 and I haven't played Destiny 2 for 6 months now.
Quitting a game you've put hundreds to thousands of hours into isn't that hard. People do it a lot actually all the time when a new game comes out and all of a sudden that game they played for hours is now sitting on the shelf for just as many hours as it was played. It's ok to move on, never touch it again. Or to move on, and touch it again for nostalgia after several years.
I don’t think you’ll have a desire to replay games until you get hit by a good RPG.
Baldur’s Gate just came out and I’m utterly sucked in, playing multiple campaigns of different characters simultaneously.
The opening is rather epic feeling.
Other RPGs, or Role Playing Games, which are driven by story and character choices are: Fallout games, Elder scrolls games (Skyrim, Oblivion, etc), Knights of the Old republic (a bit dated now), lots of online games such as World of Warcraft, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and so many more.
This ain't hate sister.
This is passion.
I fully get the 'not changing difficulty' thing. I had to lower the difficulty for one fight in the story of Jedi Survivor, and I was not able to enjoy the game after that. I went from searching every nook and cranny for loot, and taking my time with the game, to just blitzing as fast as possible just so I could say I finished the game. I still don't have a positive opinion of the game, even though I loved it before that fight, and I still feel that it was an objectively good game.
Thank you for this. I've been watching your content since world of warcraft and it's UNBELIEVABLE how much your relationship with games has changed. Please don't be discouraged by finding things you don't like. I know you'll find your way towards the experiences you're interested in and the ways to enjoy them like you'd want them the most.
22:53 Hannah, I absolutely SCREAMED LAUGHING AT THIS. I'm pretty sure anyone in a mile radius thought they were listening to murder. THANK YOU I NEEDED THAT 😂🤣
Also, as always you are doing great! Once you beat God of War you'll dance with joy on the grave of the time you spent on it 😂 and then onwards to the next experience you'll love or hate. IT'S SO COOL SEEING YOU ON YOUR GAMING JOURNEY ✨ :D
"And Im not gonna change the difficulty levels" Fuck yeah hannah lets go
Some games have replayability, others are one and done. Same for books, movies, songs and everything else. It doesn't mean they are bad, just a story to go through once.
27:25 Trust me once you start diving into RPG's you'll want to replay them alot for how extremally different the outcomes can be. i know people who never even finish games like Fallout New Vegas and have like three different character save files each with a different playstyle, reputation with factions etc. But yeah for me I rarely replay story focused games like The Last of Us until like a good few years have pasted.
Even my RPG's are like that but I tend to have a main save for example my Fallout 4 save from 2015 that i see as my canon playthrough and then I have other save files for different characters where I play through the game differently. my main file is the most complete and loved while the other files are more like What If stories. Starfield will no doubt be the same a main file and maybe after a few months I'll create a new character but I'll always go back to my main character.
What about Hogwarts Legacy?
@@Vaultboy307 Practically every game has rpg elements but Hogwarts Legacy is very liner in you're choices so for myself and alot of other players there's not a strong pull for a second playthrough right away compared to other games. I just looked up the alternate endings online and there not that different. Fallout New Vegas, Witcher 3, Baldur's Gate 3 for example are games with much stronger replayability from start to finish.
Hannah said on stream that she hates reading in games, that she doesn't play games to read. And menus/basic RPG mechanics like equipment and upgrades, skill points are too much for her. I'm no sure she's gonna enjoy other RPGs, since GoW is pretty RPG light, and it's still causing her so much trouble
@@d-pod_Lhave to agree...
While playing a game that is very difficult you will get frustrated but after actually beating it the feeling of accomplishment is soooooooo worth it
Re: Balance patches.
A "patch" is a change made after a computer program is created or released (i.e. to "patch" a hole, because that's literally what you would do to a program in the days of punch cards). A "balance patch" is a patch that tries to affect the "balance" of a game, because over time games can become unbalanced, or else imbalance is inherent to the design (see: first-move advantage in games such as chess). In multiplayer games, the goal of a balance patch is fairness, so "balance" makes sense. In singleplayer games, the goal is usually to make the experience more fun or more inviting, so that existing players want to keep playing and new players will want to buy the game.
"Balance patches" happen everywhere, though the phrase is mostly restricted to video games. American football, for example, has repeatedly made new rules to try to make the game safer, restricting what types of tackles are allowed, and what counts as "unsportsmanlike conduct". The NBA created rules targeting behavior influenced by folks such as Shaq or Michael Jordan. Entire sports, such as baseball, can move toward and then away from rampant steroid usage as a "meta" (short for "metagaming", NOT "most efficient tactic available" as indicated by the video).
Remember rage is a powerful weapon but only if you can control it
There are some games that change and add new mechanics, story moments, or endings only IF you replay them.
23:00 is where this video becomes COMEDY GOLD.
I felt like that was a nice, funny little bit of editing I did there. Thank you for noticing.
@@HannaHsOverInvestedNicely done! Epically timed too!
I have a problem of not finishing games. By the end you've got all the equipment, powerful weapons and armor, you're little raft is now a giant jungle gym of ropes and ladders. It's like "well, I guess I just finish the game then...". Oh, but there's these achievements like kill X of these guys which is on an island way back there....I may as well just restart.
Like trying to catch that first time. Problem is, this ain't the first time, this is the 137th time restarting. First get this, now this, wait for dialogue trigger, skip, build this, go here, wait 3 days.
That moment when you can recite the beginning scenes of Skyrim, "wait, you're not on the list. Who are you?" You're not learning and adapting, wondering what all this does - you're following a set of instructions that you've done many times over. Granted maybe once in a while you actually do something different - then that's when the game mechanics become obvious. Get ore, build better Armour, use better Armour to go get better ore, build better Armour, etc. But goddammit I'm gonna finish that fucking game.
Ohhhh I remember that combat encounter, It’s pretty hard, so I don’t blame you for getting frustrated.
Hannah would fare better playing older GOW which uses less camera moving and more beginner friendly combat. But ofc those are old and may not run or can be easily found.
All 3 games and "Ascension" are on PS PLUS.
I know that's not how it should be but it's the only option for a PS5 owner.
Have you played the old games?Even on normal the games were brutal especially the first one.
@gsgssgdfgdg3273 I played the one where I fisted Zeus on a PSP. I find it more chill to just swing blades of chaos like a beyblade and just fist minibosses and bosses with lightning gauntlet. My point here js Hanna's got skill issue with moving the controller thumbsticks I was wondering if she'd fare better with fixed camera angles. Unless her depth perception is like me playing crash bandicoot.
I loved the self reflection in this one😊
honestly there is a point in ones life there you realize that it's alright to stop something if you are not enjoying it.
i used to always try to finish every book or game i started back in the day, but now that's an honor only a few get.
if something is not able to capture my attention, why bother any further with it?
sometimes that isn't even the end of that particular experience either.
sometimes you only "get" something after giving it a second chance months later.
there also those times in which i start something, only to realize 20minutes into it that i am simply not in the right mindset for that experience at the moment.
i pause it and think about the experince i actually want at that moment.
sometimes i just don't feel like plaything through "DOOM" and i am more in the mindset for something like a "xenoblade 3" or "fear and hunger"
sometimes i might not even be into a slight version of a certain thing.
the HP and LOTR books are both in the fantasy genre with strannge creatures and magic, but no one would tell you that they are the same experience.
like daryl said, it's all about the thing you want out of it.
Honestly after you put in sad violins to highlight that moment, my only thought was of Brad Pitt in Fight Club with his bullhorn, “You are not a beautiful unique snowflake, you are made up of the same decaying, organic matter as everything else that exists. You are not special.” Not to say that’s a judgment against at you at all, just the 1st thing that popped in my head upon hearing that set up. Great video all around!
I already loved your channel, but your opening rant made me love you! 😂 Keep on gaming!
LOL thank you
That determination to “get better” and finish a hard game has never really been how I play games. Honestly nothing makes me nope out of a game faster than dying in the same place over and over. I prefer something that lets me role play a character like Mass Effect or strategy games that are about building cities and/or commanding armies. That’s one of the great things about gaming, especially today, no matter what tickles your fancy there’s something out there that caters to it. Something with elements of both approaches you might like is Mount and Blade 2: Bannerlord.
An admirable approach. And Valkyrie Queen on the hardest difficulty took me 20 tries
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Yeah... "Ladies and gentlemen... We GOT 'ER!"
Welcome to the club! 😁
Please read this pamphlet, "So you're a gamer now..."❤
Getting that mad at a game is the mark of a true gamer lol welcome in.
Love the energy, don't change the difficulty, make that game bend to you!
Hating a game and wanting to finish it for the sake of saying you beat it is fine and all, but if that’s the kind of gamer you are at this moment then no wonder Last of Us and God of War won’t leave a mark on you. Those games rely heavily on the story and expect you to be an adequate level of skill to enjoy them, but you’re not even adequate.
You’re a newbie, you gotta think about how your character and constantly ask questions about basic mechanics. You think too much about actions and don’t respond to them naturally. God of War like many games expect you to know the basics, but you can’t even find the dodge/roll button.
If you wanna beat the game for the sake of beating it, fine. But learn what buttons do what. Get a feel for them. Practice them over and over until you don’t think about doing an action, you just do it instinctually.
I agree, God of War was a terrible choice for someone who’s very new to playing video games, but since you have the stubbornness of a gamer, you may as well ingrain the muscle memory of one as well. Everyone starts out sucking, and all that.
And know if you are trying to help me or hurt me with this comment. I'd say your clarity is not even adequate.
Ok, correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure that when you’re about to throw the axe and you’re holding it up above your shoulder, you can hold it for a longer period of time before throwing it, to charge up the axe, so it results in a more powerful blow. I think… 😅
Same thing with me and my love-hate relationship with Destiny. I honestly hate the game now but I cant stop playing. Maybe its because of the memories attached to the game before it started going downhill. Its like clocking in for a 9 to 5 job you hate.
"If you tell me to lower difficulty, I will ban you"
Thanks for the tip you just gave to everyone doing ban speedruns XD.
But seriously, the best tip I can give, is to play only when you *feel* like it. Don't force yourself to play when not in the mood,
I am pretty sure everyone can agree with that.
BRO!!! He said exactly what you said!
Oh GOD! someone help he hit her out of her SOCKS 🤣
that lazer eye focus mode and your resilence to get back at the game after a night sleep!!! you're a gamer!!
A lot has changed since i checked your channel last time!!
Hannah, about re-playability, a lot of people replay games years after they played them if there's a certain buzz about it. Like for example The Last of Us. Let's say they announce Last of Us 3 is in the works and since it takes years to make games, it will release 2026. Chances are lots of gamers will replay Last of Us 1 and 2 late 2025/2026 to "refresh" our knowledge of the story or just genuinely wanting to have a revised, fresh investment as we launch up the newest instalment. It's like getting a sequel to a movie a decade later. You will be tempted to watch the first instalment right before you go to the cinema too.
Hannah u rocks, im sooooo proud of u right now :) good luck
14:11 Ok I was *not* prepared for the video to mention Fear & Hunger lmao
Not saying it is so, but you might like games where you have to write as if you were a character to play a game (not only that, but part of it). RPing in a game. There are a lot of communities out there in all sorts of games, and I know some of them have spawned writers that have done really well because they can do dialogue so easily after playing a game and testing it on others. In addition, they get inspired.
I can't remember specific current titles, but I do remember the first time I encountered people that RPd (roleplayed) in a game. I think it was a multiplayer Star Wars game. I at first thought them crazy and a bit weird, but when I realized they get more out of the game than I do (by immersing themselves), I got a bit jealous instead :D
That spite is your inner gamer coming out to play. We see you as one of our own and welcome you, Hannah, the Gamer.
i respect the grit to carry on
Hannah! No, you can't hate GoW. As one of the devs, allow me to take you behind the scene of our game 🎮👍🏿
Sure! Can you explain to me how I can magic my shield up and smash somebody in the face with it but I can't punch somebody in the face with my empty hand? Cuz that seems like it doesn't make a ton of sense.
Also love to know why sometimes I can jump on things, and then sometimes I become the god of not being able to jump on anything. Seems a little strange....
i....dont understand.. i LOVED god of war's combat, not because it was too hard (which it wasn't (at least for me)), but because of how in depth it was and how easy it was to get the hang of it.... obviously not counting the valkyries
If a game successfully gains and maintains your attention while challenging you, then the mind may begin to comb over possibility; ways to succeed. The mind crawls over possibilities and finds approaches to the problems for testing. Even if the solution is persistence and practice, or to "git gud" in the vernacular of those who surpass a game's challenge. If it's on your mind you may have some sudden realization about the challenge while doing something unrelated. By the time it has it's hooks into you the easiest paths becomes finishing it, just to get closure to that challenge.
Then again, you do have an audience. Maybe there's a social component? Nobody likes to feel tested and found wanting. Perhaps your twitch chat plays a part in your motivation?
There's a pattern to the mob attacks in GOW
Usually like 123, then they take a break, that's when you attack.
Also ii think you should play a calming game before or after your GOW sessions like Journey
I agree with journey. It's a short and chill experience.
@@mrg0th1er83 right? It's and hour 30min maybe 2 if u include some moonwalking. About the length of a stream
When he mentioned balance patches what that is is basically if your playing a online or multiplayer game or a game with multiple characters/items if one character/thing is unreasonably stronger or weaker than everything else than the game is unbalanced and when the game is updated or “patched” the devs may try to nerf meaning to weaken or buff meaning to strengthen certain things in attempts to balance the game making it a “balance patch”
I suspected normal was too hard for Hannah's first brawler.
On the plus side, it will grant her lots of experience.
Me personally i find the old god of war games gameplay loop alot more fun. but im rooting for you and how committed you are to beat god of war!
I gotta respect the determination, God of war has an amazing story and it's sequel is even better imo if you decide you want more.
Getting heated at a game is for the most part completely normal and nothing feels better than finally beating a boss that has handed you your own ass on a silver platter for hours and that makes all the rage worth it in the end.
The only advice I can give is think more about actions and current situation than how unfair game seems
I will try both.
This is so unrelatable to me cause if I don’t enjoy something I just… quit it. I do not have the energy to willingly engage with something I don’t like
Anyways, you would love Bayonetta. Not for the story, but just for how chaotic it is
Sometimes it's healty to get emotional about things that don't matter
Not replaying games is quite understandable. Movies, music and TV series you are able to consume while doing something else. Games you cannot and it will be multiple times the duration of a movie or album.
from the little section at the beginning, i really hope someday you'll get your hands on a Dark Souls game lmao
That gamer rage, that gamer determination, that gamer frustration. Yep, the only thing you need to do now is eat your dinner in front of your PC like a proper gamer. Next, you should play Dark Souls. The game is unfair, very difficult, and extremely frustrating. It is also one of the most SATISFYING games out there, and the melancholy atmosphere is second to none. Lots of people credit Dark Souls with curing their depression.
You don't hate the game you hate your inability to rise to it's challenge. But with practice and repeated effort you will triumph, and the feeling of satisfaction will validate your journey. Don't give up you got this
Inability to rise to its challenge? Lol you don't know me at all.
@@HannaHsOverInvested I mean when you die you were unable and that's frustrating, not saying you can't do it. I meant "inability" for a particular attempt, sorry
Hearthstone was it for me, i had a ton of fun with it but the more i played the better i got… and thats the problem, cause i got to a point where i felt almost everyone i played against just net decked (copying what works online) and only like 1/10 like me, actually had fun, using weird cards, combos… i was often called a cheater cause i used interactions that wasn’t normally seen.
When a new expansions was released it was always the same, a week of fun, people figured out what worked, ocean of netdeckers… I might aswell play against bots
Remember you can dodge roll. It will make it easier.
I looooove God of War, but the Horizon games are this for me. I have put 80+ hours into each, spent the majority of that time either bored or frustrated, I don't understand the hype, but I beat them, and will play the next one.
Can’t wait to see your full build
Prolly been said already, but Good Job finally killing the ogre with FINELY HONED RAGE and cheese tactics aka ANY METHOD THAT WORKS!
I'm at that old married couple -point with Warframe now. Still logging in every now and then, but I'm lagging behind on all the lich and incarnon weapons and, and operator and drifter skills etc. And getting back to fighting form seems a bit daunting. I'll still probably going to get hyped for what ever they show at Tennocon this month and play possible story quests, but the grind has worn me out. Still the best movement system of any game, and you can't beat that pricepoint, but daddy needs a new mamma, and that is BG3 😅
You should stream Darkest Dungeon. There is no mechanical control needed. And there are endless story/character-development potentials in that game.
Hannah, it's not really worth the headache either way to claim you're not a replay gamer. People who aren't the competitive type don't consciously decide to replay a game, or rarely do so consciously. The replay choses them. If it happens don't sweat it.
Funny thing though. I've walked away from quite a few in my time (what does the phrase "old as dirt" mean to you?) I'm also not really a replay gamer, but something funny happened when playing Doom 3, Fallout 3, and Fallout New Vegas. All three of those games became replays for me almost immediately after playing. In fact, for Doom 3 I was eight levels into a replay nine hours after the end credits of the first playthrough. That included a five hour nap. The takeaway from this? You don't choose replays, they choose you.
I appreciate that. I do have a small desire to try Doom again on a higher difficulty and see how that goes, but I also feel like should I just do doom eternal? Or different doom?
@@HannaHsOverInvested I replay games on different difficulty too. Usually it starts with me wanting to experience the game again but do it faster so I choose a difficulty that is easier than the one I finished in, then I end up replaing in the other difficulties too and doing all the sidequests. I think this is because of the completionist in me. That being said this will happen only with games I like. If I hate the game I am just glad its over when I get to the ending. Like Hanna I want to finish games I play although if I get stuck I might take a long break there are Zelda games that I started playing almost 20 years ago and have not finished but I return to once every few tyears only to stop because I can't figure how to progress or get stuck in a new puzzle futher on in the game.
@@HannaHsOverInvested I'd play a different Doom first, then maybe a replay after a little time has passed. Not to sound like a broken record here (way too late in this case) but the one that strays most from the Doom "run and gun" formula is Doom 3. The play style is quite a departure from the others. You could also go classic and play one of the first two Doom games (which happen to come with the Doom 3 bfg edition-- isn't that convenient?)
Balance patches are in the most basic way this:
This character (hopefully not your favorite) if kinda too good so lets make her a bit weaker (nerfing)
This character (hipefully not thr one you hate fighting against) is a little too weak, lets make her stronger (buffing)
I’m in my 40s been gaming since I was small child & if I remember correctly it took me more than one try on that troll also. So for a newer gamer like yourself it probably felt impossible till you did it.
she absolutely got to play souls now, and Journey as the relaxing opposite
23:11 CAUGHT IN 4K!!!!
She's turning into a gamer lmao
Svipdagr the Cold and the Sisters of Illska... New Game +... Give Me God of War... I'm still downloading the moves as we speak. Sigrun was nothing compared to the death count I got with those stupid Berserkers during New Game +. I like that they shake it up and give the bosses some upgraded moves but there's a point where you realise you're not leveling up anymore but the side bosses are still getting increasingly stronger. I feel like this was a weird oversight that made Ragnarok feel a bit unbalanced. There was an Einherjar General that I could not get past during the Muspelheim trials. I spent a few hours trying to claw through that stage.
You wanna feel searing rage? Play ark survival evolved, after you built up a cool little base, tamed some decent dinosaurs and got some good gear. Then suddenly an aplha trex randomly spawns nearby, wanders to close to your base , kills your dinos, recks parts of your base, kills you and procedes to hang around your base so you cant go get your stuff, undoing hours of gameplay a leaving you with nothing more than your underpants and back down at the bottom of the foodchain. Which oddly enough makes Mr want to find and tame the largest creature i can find, make the largest gun possible and make mince out of t'ha menace, to re build my base bigger and make it into an absolute death fortress with spike walls , turrets and alot of fire
it's funny to see someone struggling so much with god of war because one of my friends told us when gow 2018 released that it was kratos but in dark souls, and me and the rest of my friends found it the easiest thing even if we were playing on hard the first time, the only thing i felt wronged was when increasing the dificulty, i think god of war had an great opportunity to change enemy patterns and timing on higher difficulties but insteand i have to hit a draugr 74 times for it to die and it just need to hit me once or twice to kill me
You seem to be jumping in head first into the deep end for someone who just started playing games. I was surprised to see you playing Mass Effect as your second game and now God of War, an action game with some RPG mechanics/elements that can be daunting/overwhelming to a new player. It seems like whoever is recommending your games is more focused in having you experience critically acclaimed games- regardless of complexity. They should be recommending a series of good beginner games that will help you focus on one or two main mechanics that will help you build some muscle memory / fundamentals. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if I see you playing something like Street Fighter or Blaz Blue as your next game.
I abandoned Mass effect though.
Seriously the only person I know who hates God of War !!! 😂😂
Maybe I am an individual after all
@@HannaHsOverInvested maybe you are!! 😂😂