i spent 2 months working on this bad boy so hopefully it's GOOD and not CRINGE lmao. literally couldn't have done it without manscaped so if you need to trim your face or big cock use code JEZ at manscaped.com/Th3Jez 🍆 you're a curious one aren't you? maybe check you're subbed to the channel 🙂
Your wife did amazing! I hope you tell her that we were rooting for her and hope she comes back maybe once more in the future for the final shape or something. This video made my day, and seeing someone brand new playing the series I grew up with was so refreshing and wholesome.
This video is not only entertaining, but super informative about how little is actually explained to new players. Amy is such a trooper and sounds like she had a great attitude for the majority of her playthrough. All of her takes were true, and real, and based. 👌
@@Kuhmodo You don't know what your opinion about the game would be if you were a kinderguardian because i assume you're a veteran and you know how the game was at the beginning unlike actual kinderguardians. They don't have any idea what the original start of the game is like so they don't have anything to compare the current beginning of the game to.
As a guy who plays many Sci fi games and learn a new UI every week...the lore, menu, vernacular, and hub world is absolutely impenetrable lmao Edit: gameplay feels incredible tho
"I hate the creepy little wet men" is hands down the BEST description of a hive unit I have ever heard. Watching this video was fun. It can be easy, as seasoned gamers, to forget how someone who has never really played games can struggle on things we don't even think about.
"Don't worry, they've probably spent thousands of hours on this game but haven't enjoyed it for years." god fucking dammit I think I woke the neighbors with how hard I laughed
@@CR4T3Z That is a common theme. Bungie vaults something people enjoy, then they bring it back and everyone gets excited from nostalgia, then that eventually fades when you start to think "wait, why do they keep taking shit away and then reselling it to me?"
@@rodswoodworking7151 what was most strange wasn't them removing older content but removing the old content and adding even older content (Crota's end and vault of glass).
@@Seoul_Soldier Lodging a complaint is how things improve, you don't complain or act nothing changes this video needs changing, hence the complaint. Even your girlfriend-less butt could make a video like this. Just find some stock photos, play the game yourself as if you're a dumb dumb, wait no your are a dumb dumb, so just play the game, and then make up some quotes. There you go, perfectly fabricated video.
I enjoy your observations on how Shaw Han was written. He may seem boring to us, but the amount of new players I've met who like him is actually quite high. It's like they form an attachment to him..."the first face this face saw"
I thought he was going to be a main character since he was, you know, the first guy we met. I kept asking my brother when we were going back to visit him.
"I don't even play the game yet. Why would I want an expansion?" As someone who plays video games, I never knew people actually fall for this and I completely agree with Amy on this one....
They need to start adjusting promotions to adjust for the content players have completed or have access to. It's embarrassing seeing big content creators outside of Destiny try it and be hit with like 10 popups before they've even loaded in
@@oxsila “few annoying problems” Yeah yeah true only a few minor inconveniences such as getting rid of the entire base game and expansions that players paid for. Among other very MINOR things of course right?
@@spacetaco048 At no point did I say the annoying problems were minor inconveniences. I recommend you stop schizo replying. The annoying problems Destiny 2 has are nothing compared to the improvements in quality of life and many other things it's made on Destiny 1. I get that the problems Destiny 2 has annoy you so much that they make you ignore all the good the game has, but it's obviously gonna have a tonne of improvements that Destiny 1 can't compete with because Destiny 1 obviously is a game that stopped updating itself because a sequel was made. No one's stopping you from playing Destiny 1 though. But the more polished gunplay etc exists in Destiny 2. More engaging mechanics. The list can go on and on. Untilt yourself AND remove the nostalgia goggles and i'm sure you'll see it too
This might be the best single piece of D2 content I've seen on UA-cam, I would really like a part 2 to this series. I understand it might take a long time but I have no issue waiting for a video this good.
Neither of them will see this but: Amy, thank you for your efforts and trying for that long. Jez, thank you for doing this video, seeing this perspective about a non-gamer trying a game like Destiny was insanely intriguing to learn
Even as a seasoned gamer™ getting into Destiny 2, who also played the first game years ago, there are things in Destiny 2 that confused even me, getting into it recently. Stuff like aspects are never explained, you just have to look it up online. Even some quests and item descriptions are super vague and are worded exclusively in lore-speak, so you have to look up what/who/where it's talking about. Also, literally every location on the director has a glowing yellow icon next to it, I think because of the season objectives, but even after removing the trackers (or so I thought) they are still there. One thing I learned in this video is that the radar has different shades of red when enemies are above/below you. I'm colorblind so I literally would've never noticed (I don't like using the colorblind accessibility options because then everything else looks funky).
@@RenegadePlayingGames I'm ngl, the radar thing was new for me too. I always knew there was a distinction between "nearby" and "right on your ass" but never an elevation distinction
“She equipped the hand cannon and realized this was her favorite thing” there is no greater feeling than blowing something up with a revolver. I was born too early to be a cowboy in space 😔
Your wife is amazing. I laughed aloud for so much of this. Also, I am NOT a new gamer - been playing shooters, mmorpgs and strategy games since childhood (I'm what happens when a gamer has children) but WAS new to Destiny last year: this is so accurate haha! Why no quest marker, why quest marker bad, what aspects, why it immune from other creatures, why cannot access this quest yet, why map bad, what is good build, why this guy respawn like a guardian. She's hilarious, you too, and this was great. First video in ages I didn't skip around and watched the whole thing. Considering the length of it, that says something. Keep it up!
Truly i love these kinds of series cause even as veterans we can demand more from our games. Its hard to change this but sheesh they put so much energy into all these things just for them frustrate newbies and leave us with frustrationing controls or worthless procedures
This is the experience of someone who's literally never played a videogame tho 🤦🏾♂️😂 this would literally be the same experience for any other videogame. Despite being a new player. She's not just a new player. She's new in general
@@dantehendo8916 True, yet not only is every game multiple peoples first game ever, but if you can explain it in a way said person can get it? Everyone else will too.
I had a friend who I introduced to the game, who hadn't played an FPS game before. I know, I'm a terrible friend. I got them into it, and they instantly fell in love with the graphics, lore and gameplay. It was fun to run around and shoot aliens and sling space magic. I had a new Hunter to train. Then the Humble Bundle sale happened. They couldn't quite buy it, so I bought it for them. Within a week, they had maxed out the season pass and was dying to get into a raid or dungeon. So we did a duo run of Prophecy. Easy Phalanx one phase, but we wiped a couple times to Kell. Once I realised they weren't using Trapper's Ambush (they had Omni on. I guess I didn't check because.. I automatically assumed they'd put it on. It was a mistake on my part as a more experienced player), I told them to switch to it, and the moment they did, we easily beat the Kell Echo. They hit almost 2mil damage with Dragon's Breath and that one Cartesian that Banshee was selling a while back. I'm proud of my friend, they learned so fast. I don't think I can quite call them a New Light anymore.
A touching story as it's great to hear about new players joining the ranks, but I'm confused about your gross misuse of the term they and them and while I can already assume why you're using this incorrect language I couldn't help but point it out. I hope he/she (your friend) is still enjoying destiny
That was adorable. The fact that she was willing to do this for 11 days for you speaks volumes about her as a person and a partner. Wishing you guys all the best. BTW if she hasn't watched this video, kindly do a reaction video. It'd be entertaining to watch her realise the various options in the game she wasn't aware of. Also, just because she loved using handcannons, give her a dragonfly / firefly handcannon for a couple of hours (Fatebringer will do). Poppimg heads and causing massive explosions will change her entire perspective of the gun play.
This is in my top 10 most entertaining UA-cam videos ever and highly relatable after helping many a new player in games. Thank you for all your hard work, and kudos to you Amy for having the fortitude to press on. The bit about her running support class healer in games hit hard for me. One of our buddies wife's couldn't shoot in borderlands games so she just looted everything, dropped turrets, and revived us through the first two games. After quests she's drop all the loot she collected for us in a big pile. 😂
I have to say that, sometimes players need to have this kind sharing/supporting mind sets more when they play coop, especially they are playing with newbies. A lot of "game bros" are full of themselves nowadays.
“Maybe employee of the month, maybe a surprise layoff from upper management”.. goddamn Jez with the heater! I actually yelled out loud “oh shit” when I heard that
The lack of "Equip your stuff!" prompts on Day 2 is ABOSLUTELY a bug. When I tried out the New Light content, I recall being immediately forced to equip new weapons when I got them, even if I didn't want to use it. Can't say the same for the Subclass or Armor stuff though, because I genuinely don't remember if they teach that all. Also her taste for Pulse Rifles and Swords is mega based.
This is probably one of the best and funniest videos from Jez I've seen and it hits so close to home as I just took someone brand new to Destiny all the way through every campaign and dungeon and watching him work all this stuff out with some prompts from me, he has gotten so much better at the game. But wow, watching him get there was both hilarious and maddening.
I'm glad I stumbled upon this video as I just started this game just last night (mostly because of the DLC being on ps plus this month). Now I will admit that while I'm not an absolute beginner, my fps skills are pretty below average for a typical gamer. The only one I've ever completed on my own was the latest Doom sequel a few years ago. Anyway the amount of times I legitimately said "wait what!?" out loud while watching this was pretty eye opening. I had apparently missed tons of seemingly important info about key gameplay mechanics and other basic stuff that may have taken me much longer to understand otherwise. Great video!
Yeah sadly, it's definitely one of those games that you need a vet coaching you on how to play to your full potential. I don't play the game anymore, but I hope you can find a good person or community to help you out if you continue.
This is the second video I've seen of somebody taking a non gamer through the beginner experience in Destiny 2, and I need more of it. Getting reminded of these new to gaming moments is quite nostalgic.
unironically this didnt feel like an hour and a half. amy is just so wholesome and it was really cool seeing how she learned and progressed in under 2 weeks. i couldn't imagine trying to get into destiny right now, and definitely not now that i've seen how they choose to introduce new lights to almost a decade of story lmao amy is such a trooper!
This was absolutely riveting in a really hard to explain way. Really makes you take a step back and realize the things (and not just in gaming) that I take for granted. I may understand something inherently because of my past experiences, but someone else in that same situation may not understand it, even if they are perfectly equipped to handle it. Simply an amazing test/experiment (one I would NEVER put my SO through if I hope to keep her around though lol). I would be VERY interested to see what any game dev, and especially a Destiny dev, would say about this after watching. Well done!
I remember I did this with my sister about 2 years ago (she was 16 at the time and her only experience was shooters specifically is with Fortnite) She made a Titan and at least had better time controlling the character but when it came to fighting the Fallen she also got scared and had a little trouble. She made it through the first mission though and that was all she did. Was pretty proud to see her get that far and it was an interesting experience to watch
I love the feedback from the view of a new player. Almost every point makes so much sense in hindsight, but I would never think about them when playing the same content.
I am an experienced gamer and Amy is a whole mood. I had so many of the same feelings about things. These are the kind of play testers game studios need.
This is probably the funniest youtube video I've ever watched. I was LITERALLY LOLing. Love that you made this so enjoyable with the comedy, and also pointed out the GLARING problems with getting new players into the game. It's sad really.
The perspective that this video gives is amazing. Entertaining and informative and you did a good job with this. And Amy was a trooper through this all.
Never related to a video more. Destiny was really my first console game and took me ages to learn the very very basics. When people ask me if I played D1 I let them know I was never able to finish the campaign (started about 3 mos before D2 came out). I played solo for years and finally hired a fiveer coach for pvp but really had to backtrack to fireteam and discord basics. Big shoutout to my D2 clan and friends (3 years later) that took the time to explain basics to me. Huge shoutout to Amy ❣️, Jez owes you big time (and it’s a great vid Jez made it to the end)
unironically one of the best videos I’ve seen on yt in months. Funny, informative, and paced very well. It was cool to see the side of people who never played video games. Also I don’t know how you never told her anything. Any time I ever shows someone a game as a kid (like my parents) I couldn’t help but give hints every minute or so. Really hope y’all do another one of these. Would be hilarious if you all played together and got her to do a raid or something. Maybe a dungeon or nightfall with you and datto would be better but I also think her and Danielle’s banter would be funny
Jez, I'm so glad you made this video. Hope it gains traction, ppl(myself included) have been saying the onboarding for new players in this game is abysmal. Hearing Amy's struggles because things simply weren't told or hinted to her is a highlight of what a lot of new players likely struggle with. God bless her for putting up with it!
Really great video! I've for sure met a bunch of blueberries in the past who clearly not only didn't understand Destiny, but struggled to comprehend games as a whole and had to be hand-held through objectives in activities. I feel like somewhere near the screen-adjustment settings upon opening the game it should prompt the following questionnaire to customize the learning experience based on prior gaming knowledge of each new player. "Have you played games in the same genre as DestinyTM before?" Yes / No / I don't recall "How detailed would you prefer tutorial prompts appear?" Guide Me There / Give Me Hints "How often would you like to receive these popups?" Always / Very frequently / Less Frequently I feel like this could be helpful. I can't remember for the life of me what game it was, but I once played a game that outright asked for your noob status at the start with: "Have you played games like this before?" and tailored the tutorial to meet your potential needs in the intorduction.
I said this with the Lightfall story recap, but I always appreciate Jez when he's putting in thoughtful analysis instead of playing the funny clueless guy to Datto's smahts persona. Looking forward to more.
Having taken my wife from non gamer to very competent D2 partner, this hit different. I know what you felt Jez... and I respect you for staying silent.
Bungie needs to do this every three months or so just to see where the game is at and how they can improve the game for new players. This gave SO much good information, awesome info and hopefully you both had fun with it.
@@RenegadePlayingGamesAt current point in gaming handholding is so overdone that most games would benefit with less of it. Destiny 2 also suffering from problem of most MMOs with absurd lack of difficulty of non endgame levels.
I did something similar making my brother play this game for the first time. Needless to say, I had to explain 90% of the UI and mechanics just to even get hin through 1 lost sector. It also didn't help that the mission tracker disappears from time to time and he forgets he can just pull up his ghost to find the tracker again. Also, the public event and patrol markers often confuse him into thinking that they're the mission trackers because I told him "just follow the floating diamond" 💀
Props to your Mrs. She's a real trooper and a great sport. Also it must have been hard not keep jumping in to help. I used to do the same with my kids when they were little ❤😊
Oh yeah, Jez. The room that you get teleported into after you find Maeve's Ghost is not a bug. That's actually meant to force you to use the Director because I remember getting a popup prompt for it when running the NL quest on a new Guardian. Also bc my friend saw it too when he started.
This is like when I got my twin sister into Destiny. She got tired of people running through strikes pulling her so she didn’t know where to go. So her son and I went with her for a while and my job was to heal and freeze everything as a stasis warlock so she could not die and practice her aim. (She was a hunter).
If only Amy knew her frustrations with the game (or any) are virtually the same as those of us who've been playing it for nearly a decade STRAIGHT 😂💪💪💪
Guardians, if you see a rank 1 player coming out of that passage in the cosmodrome, it’s your responsibility to greet them with a multiplayer emote. Only a small fraction even recognize you want them to interact. It’s actually quite cute.
That thrall room scared the shit out of my wife too, pretty sure that was exactly her response to that room. And she's a gamer and I was giving her tips not just letting her fumble through it
as cool as this experiment is, the game should not be catered to these types of people, they are next level casual (not in a bad way) that normally dont even play games on the regular, the "new player" you are referencing importance are people that occasionally play games and just haven't played destiny. And no one starts gaming with destiny lol
This is quite relatable for when I was a New Light, and I went through multiple fireteam teachers before I left the game a few years ago due to seeing Cayde dead and being filled with stress after the Curse of Osiris campaign. I got back two months ago and started with a new Hunter & Warlock, but still had my rank. It’s adorable seeing Amy go through an experience like this in Destiny 2 and each moment left me to think or laugh, just like my early days of Destiny being a New Light. I hope you two see this because this made this day so much better and made me appreciate everyone who worked on Destiny 2 as a whole. And also, props to Amy for making it through the process like a true Guardian!
"Why is everyone so average? I just want to be hot." I hope the game industry is paying attention. We don't play games to be average, we play games to be hot.
I’m glad to see someone else getting frustrated by the simultaneous overload and lack of info starting Destiny 2, along with the white arrow sometimes pointing two feet in front of you and sometimes a few miles ahead through mountainous terrain. And I’ve even played videogames before.
that room at the end of day one is supposed to have a pop up tutorial to show the player what fast traveling is so they can get out, but is currently bugged and just drops people in without an explanation
I didn't know what "Crit" was when I first started playing vanilla Destiny. I still don't ever pay attention to buffs and debuffs unless absolutely necessary.
Back in 2019 my boyfriend (a Destiny veteran) tried to get me into Destiny 2, and since it was the first FPS I ever played on console it was a NIGHTMARE. Take my console gaming skills which were at absolute zero and add in someone who's trying to teach you but keeps getting frustrated that you have no idea what's going on, and it is CHAOS. I still remember sniping things with a bow at a snail's pace and only using an SMG because for me it felt like the only thing that actually killed anything. I didn't want to play it for a long time since I was so discouradged, but slowly the familiarity and skill built up to where I actually started getting the hang of things. Honestly it's only now, five years later, that I'm finally getting around to utilizing the different weapon rolls and armor stats for builds, needless to say your wife is an absolute champ.
I knew it was difficult to get into Destiny, but this really opened my eyes. Also, props to Amy for committing all these hours into destiny! And the editing of this beautiful video.
I did get put in the box of shame during the new light campaign, but my brother told me how to get out. Then, during "Cold Boot," the mission soft locked. If my brother hadn't told me it was prone to bugging, I may have quit right there. Bugs are irritating in general, but at least experienced players are equipped to handle them. The state of the new light campaign is not acceptable, "Cold Boot soft locks frequently, everyone chooses Hunter because they look the coolest but also happen to be the least new player friendly, and the prompts and story are counterproductive and unhelpful to learning, imagine someone hearing that "Fallen thrive in the dark" and thinking it was relevant to gameplay. New light campaign needs work it will almost certainly never get.
The finishers thing is real. When I first started, I was trying the witch queen campaign with a friend. In the first strike, we spent 15 minutes killing the boss only for him to respawn. We must not have seen the prompt and it didn't repop after the first time. I had rebound my buttons on pc, and didn't even bother with finisher. A more experienced friend had to explain why finishers are a thing to change my mind on; "I am playing a shooter, why would I get that close" I'm a gamer too, so this was just awkward for no reason. Edit: I've just watched more and see that the same issue happened here
Just to reiterate some of his initial points about the tutorial: This is obviously just my subjective experience, but I would pretty easily categorize myself as someone with tons of experience with video games. Jumping into Destiny 2 for the first time (having not played Destiny 1, at the time) I was initially _bewildered_ when the game was throwing terms at me like 'Class Ability', 'Charged Melee', 'Powered Melee', 'Melee Final Blow', 'Final Blow', 'Precision Final Blow', etc... I consistently kept confusing 'Charged' vs. 'Powered' and didn't even realize how my 'Charge Melee' specifically worked until _well after the tutorial._ I couldn't for the life of me initially figure out _what_ the game meant or _what_ it wanted from me until I literally _stopped playing_ and looked into it... Which new players are unlikely to do, because they just want to have fun with their (presumably) limited spare time. Maybe this is a skill issue, but the tutorial definitely didn't help mediate it, and that's what it's meant to do.
I have been an avid gamer for decades (progression raider in wow, hardcore characters in many games, min/max resource for many friends in various games, etc.), but new to Destiny with about 15 hours gameplay so far... I felt many of the pains that your wife had AND even learned some new stuff in this video. Thank you, and Bungie, do better for some new folks.
This reminds me so much of when my partner introduced me to Destiny 10 years ago. It went about the same. Now im blasting GM nightfalls with buddies. She's got this.
I love this. My husband introduced me to D2 and walked me through it also. Girl, keep going. I just finished The Witness and love spending time with my husband he has interest in. You’ll bet better ❤
I'm actually in Amy's shoes right now and this video was incredibly helpful!! I wanted to venture out of turn based RPG land and my brother suggested this and wow! My nervous system is in shambles this week! I don't think I'm a shooter girly, but I'm still trying and everyone has been very nice :)
Love the social experiment. As gamers we honestly don't even notice when something is complicated as heck to someone that has never touched a game in their lives, and vice versa non-gamers seem to lack the basic awareness of stuff we do almost subconsciously. Fascinating.
I really appreciate how you let her explore the game on her own without taking the reigns too much. That is what I feel makes the game so memorable for me. Esp seeing the dreaming city for the first time with all its mystery.
By day 6 she was definitely getting the hang of the basics, she had a long ways to go but definitely has made improvements in overall control of her character
Fun fact, the liminal prison room isn't actually a bug. It's supposed to teach the player about fast travel. The bug is the fact that she didn't get the prompt to open fast travel.
Love this video. Its amazing how much we take for granted. My wife would only last five minutes, so my hats off to your wife for sticking it out so long. The Devs should be watching this.
My brother and I have been gamers probably long than you have been alive and when we started playing D2 some years ago I have to say it was one of the hardest game curves I ever had to learn and he would agree. We did not have a seasoned player sitting over our shoulder telling us what to do or a group of friends explain the nuances of the game it took us ages to level up, ages how our abilities worked, ages how the barriers worked, crits work. It took 30 years of conventional gaming and threw it out the window and start from scratch. Once you get through all the obstacles the game is rewarding and well worth the suffering but still to the day pressing a button and not getting a response in the UI, drives me bonkers! ie. quite que or or W to bring up score board or a thousand other tiny paper cuts the drive me mad.
I love that even in the high stress of the Navota intro, walks in, its fired upon, and walks back out. You know those "what would you tell your past self" or "what's something you wish you knew when you first started playing games" This is giving me those kinda vibes, it's adorable in a wholesome way. Gotta say, the instinct in the brain to get a run up for a jump leading to subconscious follow through in the game is great, learned through lived experience. Furthermore, greeting the Tormentor hitting panic super only to break its shoulders immediately is funny, because panic supers are where memories are made.
As a 2k hour player who was once a newbie who who had only played zelda/fable previously, i also couldn't jump or aim. i relate so much to Amy. I also kept playing mainly for Cayde. Great job Amy!
Im so glad I found this now alongside getting back into D2, cuz to someone who has played videogames to a certain degree since starting school, a perspective like this is so interesting! Im constantly impressed how the peepeepoopoo man can also make insightful stuff as well (love both content types a lot) Also the part about Cayde-6 made me realize how much I also miss him, genuinely was just such a personality that really brought life into the world of destiny
This is probably the best D2 commentary ever created. :) As someone whose spouse isn't a gaming, I can totally related. Your sacrifice of time was well worth it!
It's a VERY close race, but this is definitely a contender for my favorite Jez video - which is WILD, since there's really no live content. Very good job
i spent 2 months working on this bad boy so hopefully it's GOOD and not CRINGE lmao. literally couldn't have done it without manscaped so if you need to trim your face or big cock use code JEZ at manscaped.com/Th3Jez 🍆
you're a curious one aren't you? maybe check you're subbed to the channel 🙂
The only cringe part is destiny 2
That, and your wife, talking about your small PP literally all the time!😂
you should make a "playing destiny with wife" series
Your wife did amazing! I hope you tell her that we were rooting for her and hope she comes back maybe once more in the future for the final shape or something. This video made my day, and seeing someone brand new playing the series I grew up with was so refreshing and wholesome.
It is good, thank Amy for doing it.
Jez has realized he can’t make Datto his wife and so he must make his wife Datto.
He cant marry Datto..... YET!
I think you're onto something...
imagine amy had datto raid music in her videos now
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Keep the dream alive!!
This video is not only entertaining, but super informative about how little is actually explained to new players. Amy is such a trooper and sounds like she had a great attitude for the majority of her playthrough. All of her takes were true, and real, and based. 👌
I've always wondered what it looks like on the other side. And there's a high chance I'd quit this game if I was a kinderguardian lol
@@Kuhmodo You don't know what your opinion about the game would be if you were a kinderguardian because i assume you're a veteran and you know how the game was at the beginning unlike actual kinderguardians. They don't have any idea what the original start of the game is like so they don't have anything to compare the current beginning of the game to.
I fined it interesting that games are always going on about getting new players to play but clearly they are doing nothing to help that
As a guy who plays many Sci fi games and learn a new UI every week...the lore, menu, vernacular, and hub world is absolutely impenetrable lmao
Edit: gameplay feels incredible tho
@howland93 how much did you fine it?
"I hate the creepy little wet men" is hands down the BEST description of a hive unit I have ever heard. Watching this video was fun. It can be easy, as seasoned gamers, to forget how someone who has never really played games can struggle on things we don't even think about.
Also, as gamers that play other games, we can transfer knowledge from game to game pretty easily. Non gamers it's a totally new experience.
"Don't worry, they've probably spent thousands of hours on this game but haven't enjoyed it for years." god fucking dammit I think I woke the neighbors with how hard I laughed
Definitely sums up my experience for years before I quit last year.
Quit for 4 years, heard the whisper mission was back, and now I'm here.
This game is amazing
@@CR4T3Z That is a common theme. Bungie vaults something people enjoy, then they bring it back and everyone gets excited from nostalgia, then that eventually fades when you start to think "wait, why do they keep taking shit away and then reselling it to me?"
@@rodswoodworking7151 what was most strange wasn't them removing older content but removing the old content and adding even older content (Crota's end and vault of glass).
@@CR4T3Zdats cuz they suck at making content and had to reuse the two times they got lucky and accidentally made something fun
"I like blue"
She might chose to be a hunter, BUT.. she is a natural titan 🤣
She likes to melee, and drive around in a tank. She was born a titan, just doesn't know it
Oh she is definitely a titan, she just hasn’t realized it quite yet. If she keeps playing she might very will change to being a muscle mommy lol.
What do you mean she? Clearly the dude played the game himself and made up some quotes..
@@Rope257 This is the reason you're nobody's best friend and never get invited to parties.
@@Seoul_Soldier Lodging a complaint is how things improve, you don't complain or act nothing changes this video needs changing, hence the complaint.
Even your girlfriend-less butt could make a video like this. Just find some stock photos, play the game yourself as if you're a dumb dumb, wait no your are a dumb dumb, so just play the game, and then make up some quotes. There you go, perfectly fabricated video.
“She was like; what’s a buff?”
“And I was like… interesting” 😂
I enjoy your observations on how Shaw Han was written. He may seem boring to us, but the amount of new players I've met who like him is actually quite high. It's like they form an attachment to him..."the first face this face saw"
I thought he was going to be a main character since he was, you know, the first guy we met. I kept asking my brother when we were going back to visit him.
@@Knoxdiver8774 I think Shaw should help us in TFS since he DID help many a guardian out.
What's there to like? Literally an empty character.
Yeah like Ghost, Hawthorne, and Devrim are imprinted in my memory.
Tyra Karn was my only cryptarch because fk rahool.
@@akatoshmorgul9367 It's the role he plays for newbies. He's not condescending or loquaciously confusing
"I don't even play the game yet. Why would I want an expansion?"
As someone who plays video games, I never knew people actually fall for this and I completely agree with Amy on this one....
They need to start adjusting promotions to adjust for the content players have completed or have access to. It's embarrassing seeing big content creators outside of Destiny try it and be hit with like 10 popups before they've even loaded in
@@oxsila I’m not embarrassed cause I already hate destiny 2. It’s a disgrace to destiny 1
@@spacetaco048 It's a much better game than destiny 1 imo in a lot of ways but it has a few annoying problems that's for sure
@@oxsila “few annoying problems”
Yeah yeah true only a few minor inconveniences such as getting rid of the entire base game and expansions that players paid for. Among other very MINOR things of course right?
@@spacetaco048 At no point did I say the annoying problems were minor inconveniences. I recommend you stop schizo replying.
The annoying problems Destiny 2 has are nothing compared to the improvements in quality of life and many other things it's made on Destiny 1. I get that the problems Destiny 2 has annoy you so much that they make you ignore all the good the game has, but it's obviously gonna have a tonne of improvements that Destiny 1 can't compete with because Destiny 1 obviously is a game that stopped updating itself because a sequel was made.
No one's stopping you from playing Destiny 1 though. But the more polished gunplay etc exists in Destiny 2. More engaging mechanics. The list can go on and on. Untilt yourself AND remove the nostalgia goggles and i'm sure you'll see it too
This might be the best single piece of D2 content I've seen on UA-cam, I would really like a part 2 to this series. I understand it might take a long time but I have no issue waiting for a video this good.
Same! Amy is absolutely adorable and I remember being a new gamer with D2. 😂
Neither of them will see this but:
Amy, thank you for your efforts and trying for that long. Jez, thank you for doing this video, seeing this perspective about a non-gamer trying a game like Destiny was insanely intriguing to learn
I agree
I agree
Even as a seasoned gamer™ getting into Destiny 2, who also played the first game years ago, there are things in Destiny 2 that confused even me, getting into it recently. Stuff like aspects are never explained, you just have to look it up online. Even some quests and item descriptions are super vague and are worded exclusively in lore-speak, so you have to look up what/who/where it's talking about. Also, literally every location on the director has a glowing yellow icon next to it, I think because of the season objectives, but even after removing the trackers (or so I thought) they are still there.
One thing I learned in this video is that the radar has different shades of red when enemies are above/below you. I'm colorblind so I literally would've never noticed (I don't like using the colorblind accessibility options because then everything else looks funky).
@@RenegadePlayingGames I'm ngl, the radar thing was new for me too. I always knew there was a distinction between "nearby" and "right on your ass" but never an elevation distinction
jokes on you, at least jez saw it. and he might’ve also shown amy
“She equipped the hand cannon and realized this was her favorite thing” there is no greater feeling than blowing something up with a revolver. I was born too early to be a cowboy in space 😔
I feel the same! Too late to be a cowboy on the frontier, too soon to be a cowboy in the space frontier indeed 🥺🤠
See ya later space cowboy
By Destiny logic, technically you're not. You just gotta die and be rezzed by a Ghost in a couple thousand years. Lol
@@stephentremblay1465 my god you’re right
*The Last Word intensifies*
Your wife is amazing. I laughed aloud for so much of this.
Also, I am NOT a new gamer - been playing shooters, mmorpgs and strategy games since childhood (I'm what happens when a gamer has children) but WAS new to Destiny last year: this is so accurate haha!
Why no quest marker, why quest marker bad, what aspects, why it immune from other creatures, why cannot access this quest yet, why map bad, what is good build, why this guy respawn like a guardian.
She's hilarious, you too, and this was great. First video in ages I didn't skip around and watched the whole thing. Considering the length of it, that says something. Keep it up!
this is MUST watch for any game devs
Truly i love these kinds of series cause even as veterans we can demand more from our games. Its hard to change this but sheesh they put so much energy into all these things just for them frustrate newbies and leave us with frustrationing controls or worthless procedures
Especially Bungie devs!
This is the experience of someone who's literally never played a videogame tho 🤦🏾♂️😂 this would literally be the same experience for any other videogame. Despite being a new player. She's not just a new player. She's new in general
I agree!
@@dantehendo8916 True, yet not only is every game multiple peoples first game ever, but if you can explain it in a way said person can get it? Everyone else will too.
I had a friend who I introduced to the game, who hadn't played an FPS game before. I know, I'm a terrible friend. I got them into it, and they instantly fell in love with the graphics, lore and gameplay. It was fun to run around and shoot aliens and sling space magic. I had a new Hunter to train.
Then the Humble Bundle sale happened. They couldn't quite buy it, so I bought it for them.
Within a week, they had maxed out the season pass and was dying to get into a raid or dungeon.
So we did a duo run of Prophecy. Easy Phalanx one phase, but we wiped a couple times to Kell. Once I realised they weren't using Trapper's Ambush (they had Omni on. I guess I didn't check because.. I automatically assumed they'd put it on. It was a mistake on my part as a more experienced player), I told them to switch to it, and the moment they did, we easily beat the Kell Echo. They hit almost 2mil damage with Dragon's Breath and that one Cartesian that Banshee was selling a while back.
I'm proud of my friend, they learned so fast. I don't think I can quite call them a New Light anymore.
That’s so sweet 😍
Somewhere between "birdie leaves the nest" and "student becomes the master" 🤔
@@maxnovakovics2568 a ripe blueberry
Good for you, all my friends who I try to get into this game hate it.
A touching story as it's great to hear about new players joining the ranks, but I'm confused about your gross misuse of the term they and them and while I can already assume why you're using this incorrect language I couldn't help but point it out. I hope he/she (your friend) is still enjoying destiny
11:50
even the dead captain is pointing at the pop up like 'come on just read it'
This made me laugh way harder than it should have LMAO
@@Kaseman96 SAME XD
@@Kaseman96 Same here XD
That was adorable. The fact that she was willing to do this for 11 days for you speaks volumes about her as a person and a partner. Wishing you guys all the best.
BTW if she hasn't watched this video, kindly do a reaction video. It'd be entertaining to watch her realise the various options in the game she wasn't aware of.
Also, just because she loved using handcannons, give her a dragonfly / firefly handcannon for a couple of hours (Fatebringer will do). Poppimg heads and causing massive explosions will change her entire perspective of the gun play.
@@Zen_Is_A_Menace you must be fun at parties.
Nah this was simply done for monetizable content.... Not that deep
@@Zen_Is_A_Menace It's literally just entertainment get the stick out of your butt
Heck ya! Then she will truly be hooked
Ive played this game for a decade and didnt realize there were 2 shades of red on the radar. For this thank you
Lighter red is for not on the same elevation as you. Red is same elevation
I just wrote the same thing lol
Same lmao
This is in my top 10 most entertaining UA-cam videos ever and highly relatable after helping many a new player in games. Thank you for all your hard work, and kudos to you Amy for having the fortitude to press on.
The bit about her running support class healer in games hit hard for me. One of our buddies wife's couldn't shoot in borderlands games so she just looted everything, dropped turrets, and revived us through the first two games. After quests she's drop all the loot she collected for us in a big pile. 😂
I have to say that, sometimes players need to have this kind sharing/supporting mind sets more when they play coop, especially they are playing with newbies. A lot of "game bros" are full of themselves nowadays.
“Maybe employee of the month, maybe a surprise layoff from upper management”.. goddamn Jez with the heater! I actually yelled out loud “oh shit” when I heard that
The lack of "Equip your stuff!" prompts on Day 2 is ABOSLUTELY a bug. When I tried out the New Light content, I recall being immediately forced to equip new weapons when I got them, even if I didn't want to use it. Can't say the same for the Subclass or Armor stuff though, because I genuinely don't remember if they teach that all.
Also her taste for Pulse Rifles and Swords is mega based.
I love how this is just jez being proud of his wife the video absolutely love it
This is probably one of the best and funniest videos from Jez I've seen and it hits so close to home as I just took someone brand new to Destiny all the way through every campaign and dungeon and watching him work all this stuff out with some prompts from me, he has gotten so much better at the game. But wow, watching him get there was both hilarious and maddening.
I'm glad I stumbled upon this video as I just started this game just last night (mostly because of the DLC being on ps plus this month). Now I will admit that while I'm not an absolute beginner, my fps skills are pretty below average for a typical gamer. The only one I've ever completed on my own was the latest Doom sequel a few years ago.
Anyway the amount of times I legitimately said "wait what!?" out loud while watching this was pretty eye opening. I had apparently missed tons of seemingly important info about key gameplay mechanics and other basic stuff that may have taken me much longer to understand otherwise.
Great video!
Yeah sadly, it's definitely one of those games that you need a vet coaching you on how to play to your full potential. I don't play the game anymore, but I hope you can find a good person or community to help you out if you continue.
wanna play together?
This is the second video I've seen of somebody taking a non gamer through the beginner experience in Destiny 2, and I need more of it. Getting reminded of these new to gaming moments is quite nostalgic.
Bro this narrative was HIGHLY entertaining thank you for this
This may be your magnum opus, Jez. Like, this is a legit case study thesis on the psychology behind gaming and pathing.
☝ this
Don't think ever watched an hour+ UA-cam video before. Testament to the entertainment of this - good job mate, subbed!
unironically this didnt feel like an hour and a half. amy is just so wholesome and it was really cool seeing how she learned and progressed in under 2 weeks. i couldn't imagine trying to get into destiny right now, and definitely not now that i've seen how they choose to introduce new lights to almost a decade of story lmao amy is such a trooper!
Bro, I'm so proud of Amy, she's so awesome to actually do this
This was absolutely riveting in a really hard to explain way.
Really makes you take a step back and realize the things (and not just in gaming) that I take for granted. I may understand something inherently because of my past experiences, but someone else in that same situation may not understand it, even if they are perfectly equipped to handle it.
Simply an amazing test/experiment (one I would NEVER put my SO through if I hope to keep her around though lol).
I would be VERY interested to see what any game dev, and especially a Destiny dev, would say about this after watching.
Well done!
I remember I did this with my sister about 2 years ago (she was 16 at the time and her only experience was shooters specifically is with Fortnite)
She made a Titan and at least had better time controlling the character but when it came to fighting the Fallen she also got scared and had a little trouble. She made it through the first mission though and that was all she did. Was pretty proud to see her get that far and it was an interesting experience to watch
I love the feedback from the view of a new player. Almost every point makes so much sense in hindsight, but I would never think about them when playing the same content.
I am an experienced gamer and Amy is a whole mood. I had so many of the same feelings about things. These are the kind of play testers game studios need.
This is probably the funniest youtube video I've ever watched. I was LITERALLY LOLing.
Love that you made this so enjoyable with the comedy, and also pointed out the GLARING problems with getting new players into the game. It's sad really.
What I can't get over is that this is the ideal player to create a new player experience around, I've taken my game sense and knowledge for granted...
Lower screen bounds doesnt cutoff the full screen. It just compresses the hud closer together. I actually do this to see everything easier.
Had to scroll before I posted, wanted to see if anyone had told him.
The perspective that this video gives is amazing. Entertaining and informative and you did a good job with this. And Amy was a trooper through this all.
Never related to a video more. Destiny was really my first console game and took me ages to learn the very very basics. When people ask me if I played D1 I let them know I was never able to finish the campaign (started about 3 mos before D2 came out). I played solo for years and finally hired a fiveer coach for pvp but really had to backtrack to fireteam and discord basics. Big shoutout to my D2 clan and friends (3 years later) that took the time to explain basics to me. Huge shoutout to Amy ❣️, Jez owes you big time (and it’s a great vid Jez made it to the end)
unironically one of the best videos I’ve seen on yt in months. Funny, informative, and paced very well. It was cool to see the side of people who never played video games.
Also I don’t know how you never told her anything. Any time I ever shows someone a game as a kid (like my parents) I couldn’t help but give hints every minute or so.
Really hope y’all do another one of these. Would be hilarious if you all played together and got her to do a raid or something.
Maybe a dungeon or nightfall with you and datto would be better but I also think her and Danielle’s banter would be funny
Jez, I'm so glad you made this video. Hope it gains traction, ppl(myself included) have been saying the onboarding for new players in this game is abysmal. Hearing Amy's struggles because things simply weren't told or hinted to her is a highlight of what a lot of new players likely struggle with. God bless her for putting up with it!
Dude, I'm a gamer and I felt overwhelmed and lost when i started D2 o_O
Really great video! I've for sure met a bunch of blueberries in the past who clearly not only didn't understand Destiny, but struggled to comprehend games as a whole and had to be hand-held through objectives in activities.
I feel like somewhere near the screen-adjustment settings upon opening the game it should prompt the following questionnaire to customize the learning experience based on prior gaming knowledge of each new player.
"Have you played games in the same genre as DestinyTM before?" Yes / No / I don't recall
"How detailed would you prefer tutorial prompts appear?" Guide Me There / Give Me Hints
"How often would you like to receive these popups?" Always / Very frequently / Less Frequently
I feel like this could be helpful. I can't remember for the life of me what game it was, but I once played a game that outright asked for your noob status at the start with: "Have you played games like this before?" and tailored the tutorial to meet your potential needs in the intorduction.
This is not a blueberry lol a blueberry is someone who has experience with gaming and knows destiny but doesn't know everything lol
I said this with the Lightfall story recap, but I always appreciate Jez when he's putting in thoughtful analysis instead of playing the funny clueless guy to Datto's smahts persona. Looking forward to more.
Having taken my wife from non gamer to very competent D2 partner, this hit different.
I know what you felt Jez... and I respect you for staying silent.
Bungie needs to do this every three months or so just to see where the game is at and how they can improve the game for new players. This gave SO much good information, awesome info and hopefully you both had fun with it.
Game tutorials already over explain everything, it is no need for more handholding in games.
@@everus8558 did you even watch the video?
@@Achonasofc
@@everus8558There are very specific types of games that benefit from less handholding, and Destiny 2 is the antithesis of them.
@@RenegadePlayingGamesAt current point in gaming handholding is so overdone that most games would benefit with less of it. Destiny 2 also suffering from problem of most MMOs with absurd lack of difficulty of non endgame levels.
Callus rolls up.
Amy; "Whos this looser wearing a bucket?" LMFAOO GET HIM QUEEN
Your idea for this and the presentation is absolutely brilliant! I enjoyed it so much and want to thank you both for brightening my day.
Awesome video! I always love looks into the non gamer experience with games. Also those quotes are gold
I did something similar making my brother play this game for the first time. Needless to say, I had to explain 90% of the UI and mechanics just to even get hin through 1 lost sector. It also didn't help that the mission tracker disappears from time to time and he forgets he can just pull up his ghost to find the tracker again. Also, the public event and patrol markers often confuse him into thinking that they're the mission trackers because I told him "just follow the floating diamond" 💀
Props to your Mrs. She's a real trooper and a great sport. Also it must have been hard not keep jumping in to help. I used to do the same with my kids when they were little ❤😊
The editing is very UNHhhh and I love it!
omg I literally just started watching Trixie and Katya this past month and I saw this like !! I UNDERSTAND !! 😂
Omg listing to this just audio and understanding what this feels like to watch make me so happy
I attempted this with my girlfriend but she was an experienced gamer. I've created a monster.
What system 👀👀
@@MissiPlaysWithMoney ps5
Tell your girl to get online 👀 I want to have my own group of gamer gals to talk to in the party 😭😂
@MissiPlaysWithMoney she's usually on discord with me lol
Oh yeah, Jez. The room that you get teleported into after you find Maeve's Ghost is not a bug. That's actually meant to force you to use the Director because I remember getting a popup prompt for it when running the NL quest on a new Guardian.
Also bc my friend saw it too when he started.
This is like when I got my twin sister into Destiny. She got tired of people running through strikes pulling her so she didn’t know where to go. So her son and I went with her for a while and my job was to heal and freeze everything as a stasis warlock so she could not die and practice her aim. (She was a hunter).
im convinced that not being a gamer makes people inherently funnier
I needed this validation sooooo bad. I loved every min of it! Thank you! New subscriber after this one.
If only Amy knew her frustrations with the game (or any) are virtually the same as those of us who've been playing it for nearly a decade STRAIGHT 😂💪💪💪
First video i´ve seen from you .. Subscribed immediately! More of these , please !
Guardians, if you see a rank 1 player coming out of that passage in the cosmodrome, it’s your responsibility to greet them with a multiplayer emote. Only a small fraction even recognize you want them to interact. It’s actually quite cute.
That thrall room scared the shit out of my wife too, pretty sure that was exactly her response to that room.
And she's a gamer and I was giving her tips not just letting her fumble through it
as cool as this experiment is, the game should not be catered to these types of people, they are next level casual (not in a bad way) that normally dont even play games on the regular, the "new player" you are referencing importance are people that occasionally play games and just haven't played destiny. And no one starts gaming with destiny lol
This is quite relatable for when I was a New Light, and I went through multiple fireteam teachers before I left the game a few years ago due to seeing Cayde dead and being filled with stress after the Curse of Osiris campaign.
I got back two months ago and started with a new Hunter & Warlock, but still had my rank.
It’s adorable seeing Amy go through an experience like this in Destiny 2 and each moment left me to think or laugh, just like my early days of Destiny being a New Light.
I hope you two see this because this made this day so much better and made me appreciate everyone who worked on Destiny 2 as a whole.
And also, props to Amy for making it through the process like a true Guardian!
"Why is everyone so average? I just want to be hot."
I hope the game industry is paying attention. We don't play games to be average, we play games to be hot.
Those bricks drop from the chest you get for killing the Spider Tank, but they don't de-spawn, so they just pile up and pile up.
My Lady is going through the same journey though further along, I hope you two are having a blast prepping for the Final Shape!
I’m glad to see someone else getting frustrated by the simultaneous overload and lack of info starting Destiny 2, along with the white arrow sometimes pointing two feet in front of you and sometimes a few miles ahead through mountainous terrain.
And I’ve even played videogames before.
“Hipfire is not good” *laughs while reloading the last word*
Your wife is a Saint. Very patient. Love the commentary.
Using her gymnast background to use sprinting for the first time to jump was actually pretty awesome
that room at the end of day one is supposed to have a pop up tutorial to show the player what fast traveling is so they can get out, but is currently bugged and just drops people in without an explanation
I didn't know what "Crit" was when I first started playing vanilla Destiny.
I still don't ever pay attention to buffs and debuffs unless absolutely necessary.
Back in 2019 my boyfriend (a Destiny veteran) tried to get me into Destiny 2, and since it was the first FPS I ever played on console it was a NIGHTMARE. Take my console gaming skills which were at absolute zero and add in someone who's trying to teach you but keeps getting frustrated that you have no idea what's going on, and it is CHAOS. I still remember sniping things with a bow at a snail's pace and only using an SMG because for me it felt like the only thing that actually killed anything. I didn't want to play it for a long time since I was so discouradged, but slowly the familiarity and skill built up to where I actually started getting the hang of things. Honestly it's only now, five years later, that I'm finally getting around to utilizing the different weapon rolls and armor stats for builds, needless to say your wife is an absolute champ.
I knew it was difficult to get into Destiny, but this really opened my eyes.
Also, props to Amy for committing all these hours into destiny! And the editing of this beautiful video.
"He really feels like the hero of the story, and when the hero's around, there's hope."
God I miss him
This is your greatest work yet Jez
I did get put in the box of shame during the new light campaign, but my brother told me how to get out. Then, during "Cold Boot," the mission soft locked. If my brother hadn't told me it was prone to bugging, I may have quit right there. Bugs are irritating in general, but at least experienced players are equipped to handle them. The state of the new light campaign is not acceptable, "Cold Boot soft locks frequently, everyone chooses Hunter because they look the coolest but also happen to be the least new player friendly, and the prompts and story are counterproductive and unhelpful to learning, imagine someone hearing that "Fallen thrive in the dark" and thinking it was relevant to gameplay. New light campaign needs work it will almost certainly never get.
The finishers thing is real.
When I first started, I was trying the witch queen campaign with a friend.
In the first strike, we spent 15 minutes killing the boss only for him to respawn. We must not have seen the prompt and it didn't repop after the first time.
I had rebound my buttons on pc, and didn't even bother with finisher. A more experienced friend had to explain why finishers are a thing to change my mind on; "I am playing a shooter, why would I get that close"
I'm a gamer too, so this was just awkward for no reason.
Edit: I've just watched more and see that the same issue happened here
Just to reiterate some of his initial points about the tutorial:
This is obviously just my subjective experience, but I would pretty easily categorize myself as someone with tons of experience with video games. Jumping into Destiny 2 for the first time (having not played Destiny 1, at the time) I was initially _bewildered_ when the game was throwing terms at me like 'Class Ability', 'Charged Melee', 'Powered Melee', 'Melee Final Blow', 'Final Blow', 'Precision Final Blow', etc...
I consistently kept confusing 'Charged' vs. 'Powered' and didn't even realize how my 'Charge Melee' specifically worked until _well after the tutorial._
I couldn't for the life of me initially figure out _what_ the game meant or _what_ it wanted from me until I literally _stopped playing_ and looked into it... Which new players are unlikely to do, because they just want to have fun with their (presumably) limited spare time.
Maybe this is a skill issue, but the tutorial definitely didn't help mediate it, and that's what it's meant to do.
I have been an avid gamer for decades (progression raider in wow, hardcore characters in many games, min/max resource for many friends in various games, etc.), but new to Destiny with about 15 hours gameplay so far... I felt many of the pains that your wife had AND even learned some new stuff in this video. Thank you, and Bungie, do better for some new folks.
This was an amazing incredibly funny and entertaining video, I’d love to see a continuation of it in the future
This reminds me so much of when my partner introduced me to Destiny 10 years ago. It went about the same. Now im blasting GM nightfalls with buddies. She's got this.
I love this. My husband introduced me to D2 and walked me through it also.
Girl, keep going. I just finished The Witness and love spending time with my husband he has interest in. You’ll bet better ❤
I'm actually in Amy's shoes right now and this video was incredibly helpful!! I wanted to venture out of turn based RPG land and my brother suggested this and wow! My nervous system is in shambles this week! I don't think I'm a shooter girly, but I'm still trying and everyone has been very nice :)
This video is so wholesome, HUGE props to Amy for playing the game and getting through all the BS
Love the social experiment. As gamers we honestly don't even notice when something is complicated as heck to someone that has never touched a game in their lives, and vice versa non-gamers seem to lack the basic awareness of stuff we do almost subconsciously. Fascinating.
I really appreciate how you let her explore the game on her own without taking the reigns too much. That is what I feel makes the game so memorable for me. Esp seeing the dreaming city for the first time with all its mystery.
By day 6 she was definitely getting the hang of the basics, she had a long ways to go but definitely has made improvements in overall control of her character
Fun fact, the liminal prison room isn't actually a bug. It's supposed to teach the player about fast travel. The bug is the fact that she didn't get the prompt to open fast travel.
Love this video. Its amazing how much we take for granted. My wife would only last five minutes, so my hats off to your wife for sticking it out so long. The Devs should be watching this.
the most amazing part of all this is the fact that she didn't quit 15 minutes in with you literally going out of your way to NOT help her ever
Whats most amazing to me is that she immediately recognized the quest tracking arrow on the mini map. In my experience every new player misses that.
My brother and I have been gamers probably long than you have been alive and when we started playing D2 some years ago I have to say it was one of the hardest game curves I ever had to learn and he would agree. We did not have a seasoned player sitting over our shoulder telling us what to do or a group of friends explain the nuances of the game it took us ages to level up, ages how our abilities worked, ages how the barriers worked, crits work. It took 30 years of conventional gaming and threw it out the window and start from scratch. Once you get through all the obstacles the game is rewarding and well worth the suffering but still to the day pressing a button and not getting a response in the UI, drives me bonkers! ie. quite que or or W to bring up score board or a thousand other tiny paper cuts the drive me mad.
This was way better than I thought it was going to be. Great video and great dedication from Amy
As a Destiny player and husband, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I laughed out loud many times. Thank you.
I love that even in the high stress of the Navota intro, walks in, its fired upon, and walks back out.
You know those "what would you tell your past self" or "what's something you wish you knew when you first started playing games"
This is giving me those kinda vibes, it's adorable in a wholesome way.
Gotta say, the instinct in the brain to get a run up for a jump leading to subconscious follow through in the game is great, learned through lived experience.
Furthermore, greeting the Tormentor hitting panic super only to break its shoulders immediately is funny, because panic supers are where memories are made.
As a 2k hour player who was once a newbie who who had only played zelda/fable previously, i also couldn't jump or aim. i relate so much to Amy. I also kept playing mainly for Cayde. Great job Amy!
Im so glad I found this now alongside getting back into D2, cuz to someone who has played videogames to a certain degree since starting school, a perspective like this is so interesting!
Im constantly impressed how the peepeepoopoo man can also make insightful stuff as well
(love both content types a lot)
Also the part about Cayde-6 made me realize how much I also miss him, genuinely was just such a personality that really brought life into the world of destiny
This is probably the best D2 commentary ever created. :) As someone whose spouse isn't a gaming, I can totally related. Your sacrifice of time was well worth it!
To be fair, the screen bounds doesn’t crop the game screen, it just affects where your HUD goes to.
It's a VERY close race, but this is definitely a contender for my favorite Jez video - which is WILD, since there's really no live content. Very good job