2017 in Review: Japan Rises Again
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- Опубліковано 19 січ 2018
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I miss those X year in Review videos. I would like to see his opinions about 2018, 2019 and 2020 when it's over.
Superbunnyhop videos are always real meaty, they have a beefy flavour to them and a satisfying broth
Golden Kamuy reference?
Don't forget the noodles.
Now I'm hungry goddammit
Overrated.
Fun fact: the mario musical commercial was filmed here in Uruguay.
Huh, the more you know I guess
Wow really?
Fun fact:Majority of people who read your comment, have no idea where Uruguay is nor do they give a shit.
"NieR and dear to my heart"
Platitudinous GET IT??????
(;__;)
Sod off.
"Where's Nier"
"Where's Nier"
"WHERE'S NIE- oh...yay"
More like Land of the Rising Fun haha
it's been ten minutes i am still laughing about this what t hefuck
Sarcastic Sailaway Username checks out.
This got a massive gut laugh from me. Good show
Hey, you're pretty good.
nice.
There better be a noodle shot in here.
edit: heck ya
Why does this comment make me so happy
*HE SAID IT!* 11:52
I can not thank you enough!
Nier Automata exactly felt like playing a AA Japanese game on PS2. And I too have nostalgia for that as well.
And not just Nier Automata, other games like RE7, Yakuza0, Gravity Rush 2 etc. felt like the same.
Maybe thats what I don't like the game, because I was never part of that Japanese PS2 era, I was on Nintendo.
So to me Nier just feels like what it actually is, a gameplay lacking, kinda non nonsensical story, weeb game that lets Platinums title list down.
InvkrMainr Hmm... I can perhaps understand that. Where I live, there is no official Nintendo presence (and hardly anyone knew what Zelda was until BotW). PlayStation was a big thing, mainly because how excessively Sony advertised it here. So I only had PS2(and PC) throughout my childhood and teens.
After reading a lot about the PS2/GC/Xbox era, I can certainly see why people would feel that way. Nintendo games have mainly been, and still are, gameplay driven, where everything (including the story) helps enhancing the gameplay. Many games on PS2, it was the other way around.
Although all three consoles had their fair share of experimental, low-mid budget titles. I've been meaning to play Odama, Doshin the Giant and Cubivore on GC, but my PC is struggling with the emulation a bit.
It felt more like a PS3 game to me.
Only games that remind me of PS2 would probably be Gravity Rush and other platformers.
If Nier Automata had you feeling PS2 nostalgia, you owe it to yourself to try The Wonderful 101. It's a PS2 Japanese game flung through a warphole into the present day.
japan give us the gem that is known as yakuza 0 in 2017.
Mobile gaming is completely replacing console gaming in Japan due to the Japanese culture of being overworked. Everyone in Japan is too goddamn busy all the time, waking up at five in the morning, riding trains for two hours working overtime, staying out with friends until 10:00 at night, etc. that nobody has the time for console gaming anymore. Thus, console game developers in Japan have given up on their domestic market and are instead targeting Western audiences. Nintendo decided to compromise by releasing the Switch, which can be a big-screen console-gaming platform for westerners, and a hardcore, high-quality, yet portable gaming device for the Japanese.
Man, this was such a good year. Zelda, Mario, Nier, something as reportedly good as Nioh respectably filled the Soulsborne niche and somehow got pretty much forgotten, Cuphead, Persona 5, Resi 7, Prey, Horizon Zero Dawn, Divinity, Wolfenstein 2, the first Assassin's Creed pretty much ever to actually try something different, a good Sonic game...you're right, even the 8/10 games seemed better this year. I played Sexy Brutale recently and typically I'm not that into adventure games, but I loved it. Just a great year, hopefully 2018 can somehow come close.
Play
Edith
Finch
Can't stress enough how good it was.
Yeah, I've heard so many great things about it...I'm going to wait either til it's bundled or 75% off though
2018 was better, just saying :)
InstaBlaster...
"Please hire these people"
Too late, the guy who made AM2R is now the level-designer for the sequel of Ori and the Blind Forest.
You know what? No, George! I have workin the morning and I need to sleep! My life doesn’t revolve around your schedule!! I’ll watch it in the mornin... GOD DAMN IT THE NOODLES!!!
They caught you in their tentacles too, huh?
Sambou you are addicted and need help ASAP. Video game and Internet addictions are no joke.
11:10 Don't worry George, I'm sure players were able to get "turned on" by other means in Nier.
Yeah. 9S is a delicious shota.
I haven't self destroyed myself with 2B yet, so I don't know what you're talking about xD
11:56 Would you say it's.... NieR and DieR to your heart?
#BringBackTheChair
Spoilers~
I have a lot of respect for making Nier Autotomato GOTY. As stated in the video, it's definitely contentious, but what I got from the game was a new kind of passion I never got in any other games. It inspired me to better my education in things like philosophy and politics, it made me invested in world building so much I started doing it myself by learning how to run Dungeons and Dragons. NieR is not a perfect game, even in a year where many games have been called "perfect" but it was the most important game of the year for a lot of reasons, many of which were stated in the video. It shows us that a huge budget passion project is still a thing that exists and it makes me excited to see what crazy stuff this game inspires a few years down the line.
If a not perfect game is getting us as excited about what many call perfect games, then I think that game deserves some recognition.
It's a product of love and time... something the yank's publishers could use a few refreshers on...
Lawrence Salcido If you haven't received this feeling from any other games, try the Metal Gear Solid trilogy, or the anime Evangelion.
nier automata is not huge budget, but I get what you mean.
> Section of video talking about how good game music of 2017 was
>Didn't show Persona 5
another 2017 video where Gravity Rush 2 gets horribly slept on
It gets slept on because it's horrible.
Nah it's good.
K Toadstool Gravity Rush is trash
I love GR and the second game was way more uneven than the first.
Damn shame!
IF YA LIKE JAPAN SO MUCH WHY DON'T YOU JUST MARRY IT!!
AWildSilas because the tentacle loli school girl scares me...actually, now that i say it out loud it sounds kind of ho...NO NO IT ISN'T. I'm confused
Yeah, serious
If Japan is so great then why the hell isn't there a Japan 2?
Couldn't agree more about Nier Automata... here's to a new year of awesome videos from you George \o/
Wow....Phil Fish that's a name I haven't heard in a while
Redem10 yeah, well, you cant exactly say hes all that relevant in the industry anymore.
elliot lemon I can’t say he was relevant to anyone besides the haters.
2017 had no goty for me because 2017 was the year full with best games.
2017 was so powerful, i wonder how much longer it will echo in 2018.
Nier: Automata bay-beeeeeeeeeeee
that a demo d reference?
More like dunkey reference
Dunkelwelpling insert *italian kissing closed fingers gesture*
Breath of the Wild was easily my favorite game of 2017. I'm tired of open-world sandbox games myself, but BotW was a lightning bolt reminder of what that genre used to be, hearkening back to a time where games didn't hold your hand (like with the original Zelda), all while fixing issues found in most other games like it over the last decade, and genuinely pushing the boundaries of the genre. It's not just a typical sandbox game, it's a whimsical fantasy adventure game, and those kinds of games appeal to me the most. Many reasons I like it so much are why I like Morrowind so much (my favorite PC game in existence). It's not perfect at all, but the fact that I've spent hundreds of hours playing it without getting burnt out in a time where I've become burnt out on sandbox games is, by itself, enough reason for me to hold it in high regard. Every future game in the genre will be held to the standards of BotW for me.
NieR and Divinity are easy close seconds.
Dat ARMS music!
Your year end retrospectives are probably the best there are out there. I can go back to any of your year end videos and feel as if I've been transported back to that time.
I almost never cry at UA-cam videos, but George’s year in reviews bring tears to my eye
> Makes a whole video talking about great games of 2017, and *in particular* the huge number of amazing Japanese games specifically.
> Doesn't mention Gravity Rush 2 at any point.
:(
Ever consider that, by pure happenstance, he just didn't play it?
To be fair, Gravity Rush 2 seems to be largely ignored...which is a shame.
I guarantee you that he didn't play every game he mentioned in this video (or at least, play through them completely), but he still wanted to mention them for the sake of recognition.
Also, it's not a big deal. I just like Gravity Rush and am always a bit sad with how little it gets.
Kisaru1000 Such a good yet underrated game :/
Hell, I'm a huge fan of Gravity Rush and I forgot about it.
It's sitting on my shelf wrapped, pushed to the side in favor of me giving a bunch of these "games ill drop after a short while" a try.
Holy shit what a year.
Nier Automata is amazing but SE treated it like second rate game. To this day there is still no patches or updates to fix some bugs for consoles & PC. Meanwhile they are still milking FFXV with some dodgy policies. This is why I am so glad that Platinum Games go independent for their future projects (well aside from Bayonetta 3 of course).
Yeah... I'm still pretty annoyed by that.
But SE has never been one to make patches, be it console or PC, with their online games and FFXV being exceptions.
They patched KH PS4 collection several times, although their patch notes were VERY vague.
They've been independent since their inception, unless you mean IP-wise.
I think they mean that they're trying to publish themselves now, rather than rely on larger publishers
Yeah, but Nier Automata already paid itself many times, while FFXV may still need the milking in order to compensate for it's long development hell, I hope Square learned from this and their future titles are more like Taro's and less like Nomura's vanity projects.
Another exquisite vid, so happy to be a subscriber and Patreon. Cheers to another year bro!
you are the most articulated UA-cam/critic iv come across. your monster Hunter review was sooo detailed. your a class above the rest. someone needs to hire you ASAP.
No Super Mario Bros. 2 as GOTY?
Sorry wrong channel...
Uno Roeslan MASTAPIECE!!!
This channel actually has substance behind its comedy.
killbutt 3 not being on the list is worse
I thought his Mario & Sonic reviews were pretty good.
2017 had a giant selection of titles I enjoy. Zelda Mario and Xenoblade 2 are standouts for sure. Cuphead and A Hat in Time are excellent Indie titles, even older titles I'm having fun with. TF2 has been the best its been for a good while the new update for Shovel Knight is pretty much the best version of the game. The PC version of Bayonetta has been a blast. Best year for games in a long while. And I havent even tried any games like Nier.
It's always a good time when you release a video. Fantastic one, BTW.
Another brilliant video. Goes so far beyond the generic end of year lists that are pumped out this time of year.
0:50 There it is!
Thanks, I needed that. I hope he never stops putting that in his videos. I will be sad the day he does.
Just move to Japan already, George.
I can't nod fast enough to keep up with all of these things you're saying! 2017 might be my favorite year for video games of all time. Great video.
This is easily my favourite channel related to gaming by far.
Japan, land of the waifus and noodles!
Exactly how I remembered it
I like your profile pic
*+Dangerz Own* The point is there is a lot more to Japan than the pop culture. It's a country with some serious social problems that could in turn affect the creative output of the country in time. The Japanese video game industry is a completely different monster, but like anything else, there are also different under-reported external factors that can continue to vitalize it or screw it over, such as the connection between the push for pachinko gaming (which everyone loves to joke about) and the expected surge of visitors in the upcoming 2020 Olympics and the legalization of gambling in response (which barely anyone talks about).
That's why I wouldn't want to put all my chips into that country even if it experiences a video game boom. All the factors I mentioned earlier could have a hand in pulling the rug under the Japanese video game industry if the situation is just right.
Nier automata! YES!! GOTY!!!!!!
Mobile gaming is completely replacing console gaming in Japan due to the Japanese culture of being overworked. Everyone in Japan is too goddamn busy all the time, waking up at five in the morning, riding trains for two hours working overtime, staying out with friends until 10:00 at night, etc. that nobody has the time for console gaming anymore. Thus, console game developers in Japan have given up on their domestic market and are instead targeting Western audiences. Nintendo decided to compromise by releasing the Switch, which can be a big-screen console-gaming platform for westerners, and a hardcore, high-quality, yet portable gaming device for the Japanese.
Tyler Allen Yeah, yes actually
it has some design problems but is a brilliant game
It's cool to hear you talk about this on the podcast and then hear the resulting essay that goes further in-depth with factual evidence for the mere speculation that was going on there. It's quite fulfilling, honestly. I really, really wanted to hear you talk more on this.
I love your videos. Seriously, you're something special. So well thought out and well articulated. You pretty much nailed how I feel about Japanese games, I couldn't have put in better words. Keep up the great work.
if you're thirsty for more games that evoke ps2 era design in a positive manner, you really oughta give some of the Yakuza series a shot
I like that you remembered Hollow Knight. Somehow everyone else forgot about it, hell, I think it was Polygon that had a top 50 of the year and it wasn't on it anywhere. Those idiots at rock paper shotgun didn't even list it on the top 15 metroidvanias.
seriously? One of the best metroidvanias of all time was ignored on a list of metroidvanias this year?
Polygon is too busy sucking up big company. Thats why
In fact the only gaming media award it got was best platformer from PC gamer. Everyone else pretty much totally ignored it, I don't remember seeing it even listed on anyone else's awards as a runner up.
A completely worthless addendum, but - I think Hollow Knight DESPERATELY needs to come out on the Switch. I'd play it - and Dead Cells - for hours on end if it did. There's something to playing Metroidvanias on the PC that's always felt a bit odd to me.
The writer at RPS responsible for their list of top Metroidvanias came up with 15 he happened to like better than Hollow Knight, that's all. If I wrote it, Hollow Knight would be numbers 1 through 15, but I didn't write it. It's not an objective fact that Hollow Knight belongs on any list, and not every article has to reinforce your (or indeed my) personal opinions.
thank you for making a video that makes me feel good again
A very fascinating analysis of the year! :) I learned a lot.
Who still uses cheques?
TheUnnamedGent
A Dad Among Sons, That's who...
I can tell from your spelling of 'cheques' that you are not using American Simplified English.
Which is cool, because check and cheque are different things so they should be different words.
**Awkwardly raises hand**
George
Should I raise my hand 'cause I do... I'm old schooled.
2017 was a year of big game releases and big game announcements.
Nintendo got ARMS, Splatoon, Metroid, Zelda, and Mario. They announced Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon Switch.
Sony got Horizon, Crash, Uncharted, Persona, and Yakuza. They announced Monster Hunter World and Shadows of the Colossus remake.
Microsoft announced an upgraded Xbox One. Not much else.
Ubisoft dropped the surprise hit of Mario + Rabbids, and Beyond Good & Evil fans finally get to see something for their favorite game (in my opinion, they won E3).
Bethesda celebrated itself with more Skyrim but they also released the new Wolfenstein which people like.
SEGA simultaneously made one of the best games of the year and one of the worst games of the year. Somehow both in the same franchise.
Blizzard brought a new hero to Overwatch, remastered Starcraft 1 and made Starcraft 2 free, then they announced WoW Classic.
The indie scene brought us Yooka-Laylee, A Hat in Time, and Cuphead.
EA f*ucked themselves in the arse.
Everyone has something to be happy with. Except Star Wars fans.
Don't even remind me of The Last Jedi...
I’d argue that StarWars fans even got something. Yes, the gameplay is Pay to win and the game expects you to grind for hours or pay lots of money but that doesn’t take away from its several upsides. The gameplay is generally pretty fun and smooth, we got a Campaign that the last game lacked, graphics and aesthetics are amazing and they are releasing more content that is free.
This game is kinda like the Last Jedi now that I think about it in that it was an arguably fun experience that did lots of things right but had enough flaws (that could probably have been easily fixed) that it becomes very controversial to fans and critics alike.
Spider-Man fans will finally get a AAA game
Notice how you listed nothing for FPS fans but Wolfenstein. We got one FPS, a decent singleplayer FPS (Which is half cutscenes and story anyways, good story but just story). Nothing else. we got a big fat middle finger for 2017.
I didn't really talk about any genre but if you insist:
FPS fans got Wolfenstein, Destiny 2, Call of Duty WW2, and Resident Evil VII.
RPG fans got Kingdom Hearts, Nier Automata, and Persona 5.
Adventure fans got Horizon Zero Dawn and Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Platformer fans got Crash Bandicoot, Sonic Mania, Cuphead, Mario Odyssey, and Hat in Time.
Those are all the genres I can think of right now. I still think we got off pretty well.
11:59 “It’s nostalgia hat hits near”
I see what you did there
Fun fact: The guy who made that Metroid 2 fan remake got hired by Moon Studios, the guys behind Ori.
Biggest question is why do you still use cheques?
10/10
Because he likes to make people wait in the shopping line when he buys groceries
Because 'murica probably
Who pays their rent with checks?
Yeah the extra $3 compared to what it would cost to order checks is really crippling my budget, my guy
hollow knight is still goty
I'm pretty sure it'll be GOTY this year, too.
why do people like this game so much? I played like a few hours and the lack of shovelknight bounce (just pressing down) and the kinda shitty way too fast jumps fucking kill this game for me.
yet everyone says how "tight" it is. no, it's clunky
LE0NSKA Don't think you played the game enough. You do have a downward bounce attack off enemies.
Pan Z In Shovel Knight the downward strike is tied to just the down button, whereas in Hollow Knight it's the down button + the attack button. I think that's what LE0NSKA is getting at, though I'd also agree in saying they haven't played the game enough. I personally prefer the precision allowed by Hollow Knight (as well as everything else about it).
did not say that you don't have one. but it's cumbersome to use, espeically since shovel knight has figured it out.
I'm happy subs are growing. Best channel on UA-cam. Everyone needs a little George in their lives
Couple FYI points for George, said with zero malice and all love:
1. IIRC, the technical term for "sound effects as music" is "Music Concrete." Look up the old piece "CS Firedance" for my favorite example.
2. The idea of platformer levels set to music was originated (AFAIK) by the Rayman franchise. Not on the same level as Mario, but not exactly indie either. No shame in copying a good idea, though.
3. The plural of "crisis" is "crises." Pronounced "cry-seas"
I do agree that video games aren't a lost cause like I thought they might be early last year. Also, thank you for reminding me to buy "Prey." I get the impression is that it's a neo-System-Shock; hope I'm right.
Seriously, please buy NieR:Automata. Not only is it a fantastic experience, but you'll be sending Square Enix a message.
I don't know what message I'm sending but I did just finally buy it
While playing FFXIV in the background
And having FFX music running.... with my 5 copies of FFX near me...
I think I've sent SE many messages
that you accept shitty pc ports?
I always imagine that SE has a thick skull when it comes to voting with wallets. Good thing that everything they’ve done since Realm Reborn has been decent, because I’ve bought just about all of it.
I've been waiting for a sale of around 60% since last year, never came.
The PC port is a shame, but the quality of the game itself goes above and beyond any of its issues
George your channel is amazing. You have a perspective on games and the game industry as a whole that very little people notice. You always have an eye for spotting hidden gems and explaining what makes them so amazing. Your Night In The Woods review got me interested into the game and I am thankful for the experience of playing that game all the time. I would have never found that game, or any game like that to be honest without you.
So what I am trying to say is thank you for being such a great influence to me and all other gamers out there who have witnessed your opinions and talents over the years.
Missed your vids man!!! Let's get more!!
Everything's gonna be alright.
One shall fall and one shall rise.
Question is.... if Japan is the one on the rise, who will fall?
Please be EA
Canada.
Mobile gaming is completely replacing console gaming in Japan due to the Japanese culture of being overworked. Everyone in Japan is too goddamn busy all the time, waking up at five in the morning, riding trains for two hours working overtime, staying out with friends until 10:00 at night, etc. that nobody has the time for console gaming anymore. Thus, console game developers in Japan have given up on their domestic market and are instead targeting Western audiences. Nintendo decided to compromise by releasing the Switch, which can be a big-screen console-gaming platform for westerners, and a hardcore, high-quality, yet portable gaming device for the Japanese.
With any luck, It'll be EA or Ubisoft.
Certain Western big-name publishers are on the Internet's shit list, now. They're probably too big to fall - I've never given much credence to the idea that we're headed for another industry-destroying crash - but they aren't too big to *fail*, and fail miserably.
Methinks 2018 to 2020 will be a crucial period for EA's Andrew Wilson. He'll realize that FIFA's lightning in a bottle can't be replicated across the rest of the market, but he'll only realize it once something big, loud and as obnoxiously self-important as Battlefront II was will flop hard.
Something like Anthem. The BioWare I knew and loved is dead, Visceral is dead and buried, Project Ragtag is defunct and the idiots hired someone as talented as Amy Hennig and will now have her stick to boilerplate Destiny-worthy NPC babble.
I think Anthem's going to be the big one. As in, the final, big stinker that'll scare the pants off of the investors and shareholders.
Nier is the best thing that happen this year.
Kefka Palazzo Last year.
A close second to BOTW imo! :)
BOTW is the second, and it's not close
Many games are tied for the best thing, let's not kid ourselves.
Love your vids. Keep up the good work!
Him: 2017 is finally over! Go tell someone you care about it’s going to be ok!
Me, in 2021: ...
Persona 5 is my goty. It has flaws but damn it brings me back when i loves big budget JRPG
Humam242 i despise jrpgs and it was tied for my goty along with horizon zero dawn
It's one of those "HRRRNNNGGG, next paycheck..." kind of games for me. JRPGs aren't my thing, but I'm fully aware that P4 and now P5 are fairly special and need to be experienced. Same goes with Yakuza 0 and, on the other side of the spectrum, GTA V's main campaign.
I used to hate GTA on the whole, but the fifth game upping the satire and designing fun, Michael Mann-esque high-stakes heists to engage in really draws me in.
Daniel sauve gta has always been hugely satirical. Definately Play gta 5 though its a fantastic game
Definitely. I caved in to GTA V two weeks ago as a Christmas present from Me to Me and I've been loving it.
Now I'm tied between P5, Yakuza 0 and NiER: Automata. Decisions, decisions...
This is what i love from gamer that tries to be open minded and expand their comfort zone. There is a lot of awesome games and instead of complaining that games are in ruin which is not because of the true compassion developer they missed a lot of awesome sleeper hit.
Call of Duty WWII was the best selling PHYSICAL game. Not even close for the actual game purchases, but I guess the four people who buy physical games like call of duty.
Agent clyde only in the us. Pubg sold like 30 million
How the hell does NPD not count PC digital sales in 20-fucking-17?
This was a great year-in video as usual; thank you for making it!
(though seriously, you should totally play Doki Doki Literature Club! That game blew my mind so hard)
I was looking forward to this video!
Every video that praises Nier is a good video
has a top game video
gave it to nier
ah yes
this is why I subbed to you
That earthbound 10:40 music UHHH my heart!! It's amazing
Awesome video & content :) keep up the stellar work as always!.
Dude, pick a pronunciation of "automata" and stick with it.
It wouldn't be a George video if he didn't randomly butcher English in several ways.
I prefer "Autotomato"
Autopotato is my preference, but the Georgeman seems to like Autotomato
dude shut up
Autoerotictomatoation
Just play Prey, for the love of god.
I know right? Everybody ignored Prey this year and is definitely one of the bests of the year.
I been waiting for this forever!
Hey man. I dont know if you read comments anymore, but I just wanna let you know, every video you make is top fucking notch.
I put your vids on in the background while I game and just let you whisper sweet gaming nothings in my ear.
Keep doing what your doing man and ill be watching
What was that game that looked like Deus Ex at about 6:51?
Dokurobotto "Never Stop Sneakin' " for the Switch
I think it looks a lot like a Metal Gear Solid 1 cutscene.
spyMic158 It is a spoof of MGS.
If only their gdp rose...
Salokin It's almost like having a population that's working itself literally to death isn't a sustainable economic model.
Game
Development
Power
While our GDP isn't soaring, it is rising.
Japan is sitting quite comfortably at No. 3, behind only China & USA.
And both countries above Japan in GDP have their own issues. Doesn't mean Japan isn't in trouble, however.
I'd expect nothing less of an answer from a user with the name "deus vult."
I am glad to see you using Giant Bomb as a metric. It's really a testament to what they do over there.
It still warms my heart that you use EarthBound fanfares for your "The Super Bunnyhop Super Legit Game of the Year 'Award'".
George will later miss the sentiment in this video as society has become more and more fucked.
Nier: Automata is the video game equivalent of a film co-directed by John Carpenter and David Lynch, or a book co-written by Stephen King and Thomas Pynchon. Its existence is a little slice of the sublime slipped beneath the veil of reality.
Like a big-budget Undertale, I'm not going to run around crying its praises every chance I get, but it fundamentally changed the way Average Joe Gamer (read: slightly nerdy high schooler) looks at video games. It's a very important game.
Stupid analogy.
I can just imagine George keeping the noodles clip on his desktop so that way he always has it on hand.
This video's awesome dude! I really agree with you about the nostalgia Nier makes you feel if you grew up in that era of games. Keep up the good work.
Weeb trash version of waiting for godot is the best definition of nier automata I've ever seen
I am not sure if "Weeb trash version of waiting for godo" being goty is a good thing or not :D
it's godot
Stupid definition. Sod off.
Stupid definition.
sooooo have you played hollow knight yet?
Nice profile pic my dude 👌
thx homeslice
When talking about music syncing to gameplay, crypt of the necrodancer comes to my mind, yeah it's the opposite but that music is just real good.
Hopefully Taro and Platinum team up again in the future and put all that unused Scalebound work to use in a new Drakenguard.
Zelda's music is magical. Can't wait to play the h*ck out of it. Your GOTY videos are my favorite amongst all of them though, so great job! Every year I wait for yours specifically, and I was scared this year it wasn't coming.
"Its a weeb trash version of waiting for Godot". I love you Bunnyhop
Stupid analogy.
Man I haven’t really played any video games in over two years but this video really makes me want to catch up
I didn't get into Arms like I wanted to but DAMN is that menu theme catchy as all hell.
You like NieR Automata for almost the exact same reasons you like Snake Eater so much
RE7 was dope.
What I got from this video: George likes A Link Between Worlds, so now I love him even more than I already did
George, I highly recommend you check out AC:Origins. It’s interesting to see how the result of Ubisoft deciding to take a year off with AC after the Unity and Syndicate train wreck resulted in a well reviewed game with true changes to an established formula and instills new life to a stale series.
To be fair, that was only like a handful of devs that said that the Japanese gamming industry was dying. One of those was Keiji Inafune, who created Mighty No. 9, So I personally don't trust what he has to say on the matter.
At the time these comments were made, Japan sure as shit wasn't doing well.
I'd argue that they weren't doing as well in comparison to previous and later years. To say that they were out right bad is misleading. For example in that time period of 2010-12, Japan were still releasing quality titles and sales weren't the absolute worst.
Sure there was a greater focus on western games, (But to be fair, as westerners we are going to be exposed to western games on average.). And as far as Inafune is concerned, to assume the industry was going to die is ill-informed.
Well at the time her was pretty much right.
The only companies making good games were Platinum and Nintendo.
Japanese games only just got good again last year.
"The only companies making good games were Platinum and Nintendo."
That you know about. A lot of companies also invested in making games for niche devices like the DS and PSP. For example, Square mainly released their huge games like Birth By Sleep and Dissidia on the PSP. Also a lot of good games in that era were Japan exclusive.
The notion of Japanese games only just got good last year is incredibly misleading.
Fromsoftware released Souls games which both people from the east and west love, Sega despite releasing terrible Sonic games still made the Yakuza games, despite the unsuccessful sales of the Wii U Nintendo still made great games, Atlus still made great games, Square made great games, Platinum still made great games, Capcom had some hit and misses, lesser known companies like falcom still made well-liked games and despite Konami selling their souls, MGSV was still a quality game.
It might appeared that they were going under, but if you do some digging, the notion is incredibly misleading. You could argue that western games just got more popular.
For me the biggest surprise last year was Horizon Zero Dawn. It got a lot of hate for not innovating enough. But similar to something like The Witcher 3 or The Last Of Us it took well established mechanics and perfected them. In my opinion it's the all around most polished and well rounded RPG since The Witcher 3 (sorry Zelda-Fans; BotW is great, but I l'm so tired of that same old bland save the princess plot).
I think this year as well will be a big year for Japan. You've got FighterZ, Monster Hunter: World, Dissidia, the Shadow of the Colossus re-release, Dynasty Warriors 9 (it's going open world), Bayonetta 1 and 2 on the Switch, Secret of Mana...
This is all in January and February alone.
I just started playing neir and I don’t even know what A runs and routes are but my god the excitement to find out is boiling over