A video essay about Minecraft: Story Mode - Part 1
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minecraft storymode doesnt have to be good to be good, thats the best way i can describe it
The quicktime event that the runner failed before entering the nether is not a real quicktime event, it’s actually a fake out to shock the player. You can’t respond to it quick enough to stop it, and it isn’t even clickable to begin with. It’s just a cool moment intended to surprise you.
Thank you! There's LITERALLY nobody talking about this game even less analyzing it so I'm really thankful for this kind of video.
I really wish this series would come back for season 2. In my opinions season 2 had a legitimately good, cohesive story with characters that actually felt real.
@OmegaProtogenoi
7 ай бұрын
Yeah, the Petra moment in the Admins old house hit hard.
@user-nr7qq8gp1f
5 ай бұрын
Wasn't it done though?I swear I remember them defeating the Admin on top of that big tower or something in Jesse's town when he tried to cover the world with bedrock.Is it just me?Am I misremembering things?
@minecrafter3448
5 ай бұрын
@@user-nr7qq8gp1f I’m not talking about season 2 itself, I’m talking about the KZread series
@watermelonDetective
3 ай бұрын
Ye I would like being given another chance to kill lucas
Ok that’s actually a cool idea with what your doing as far as this series will go to!!!! So basically your going to do a breakdown of the whole game but breaking them up to one Ep at a time, going over the positive and negatives, I can dig this new breakdown or analysis of Minecraft Story Mode!!!! You did bring up some good points in the first Ep like how the Witherstorm design is old but a new terrifying threat, how Ivor will go from a villain to one of the best characters in the game later on the road, and more!!!
But to my surprise I absolutely love this game, saw many famous KZreadrs play this game, that kinda got me to play this game, I think it’s a fun game, and quite honestly Telltale most underrated game!!! Yes I’m 24, but I still love this game!! The music is so good like the main menu music!!! You actually got big actors in this game with Patton Oswalt as Male Jesse and Catherine Taber as Female Jesse, Paul Reubens aka Pee Wee Herman as Ivor, Ashley Johnson as Petra, and many more!!!! I love the 2 different story arcs, The Wither Storm and The Portals!!!! Jesse, Petra, Ivor, and Lukas are quite literally the Main PVP of this franchise!!!!!
I’ve never watched one of your video essays before but this was really enjoyable and had some very funny commentary. Looking forward to part 2
Dude! I'm SUPER hooked on your video essay! I loved your content, humor and honest opinion! Minecraft Story Mode is actually my all-time favorite game because I found comfort in the characters when I was going through a hard period. I'm a huge fan of the game because of it and watching this video made my day, I enjoyed it so much! I respect your thoughts and opinions on the game, whether you enjoyed it or were annoyed by it. I can't wait to hear the rest of your video essay, if anything I'm hungry for more!
Now this games isn’t perfect, Ep 2 Assembly Required is a very short Ep but that is because it was released 2 weeks after the first ep 1 was out at the time, which really felt like a weakness!! Some of the choices in this game doesn’t really affect the story, but some do! I really wish they had more time with Axel and Olivia because after Ep 5, they leave and we don’t see them again until Ep 8, and on that note Season 2 sidelined them again for seeing them for the beginning of Season 2 Ep 1 and again until the Ep 5!!!
If there’s an animated creature and it’s actually got a voice actor contributing it’s noises instead of a sound bank, you can bet your ass that the VA is Dee Bradley Baker. That dude does EVERYTHING, we’re gonna be fucked as an industry when and if he dies.
I REALLY love Story Mode, I got Season 1 via The Compete Adventure on the Wii U and Season 2 on the Switch!
I always have a soft spot for story mode lol, I was one of the people who had no clue how Minecraft worked before playing SM It has its faults sure but it has a of heart, that stays consistent throughout the whole game
After Telltale Closed in 2018 I think it is, I kinda got lucky with finding Minecraft Story Mode Season 1 at my Goodwill and getting the second season at the Exchange!!!! I honestly cant believe this game is well now going to be 8 years old, I remember seeing trailers of it, and just like you at first I thought really Telltale who did The Walking Dead game, Tales of the Borderland, and more was going to do a story in Minecraft I honestly thought it won’t work and it would be terrible
Minecraft Story Mode is a masterpiece and you know it!!!
There's something I noticed about Petra that I haven't ever really seen anyone else talk about. It's about her design specifically. Petra is the only female character in the game to have a male mouth. All of the female characters in every episode (including all the female Jesse's, Olivia, Ellegaard, Cassie Rose, and even Em from episode 8) have a specific shape to their mouth. It consists of two lines, the top one a single pixel wider than the bottom one on each end. The actual width varies (more feminine characters like LDShadowlady and Ellegaard tend to have narrower mouths while characters like Olivia and Cassie's mouths are wider. This is not a set rule though, Em's mouth is narrow), but they all have this specific feature. Except for Petra. Out of all the female characters, she's the only one to have a mouth that matches the guys' (a single line across). It was probably just a design oversight (it's kinda hard for me to believe it was just a 'oh she's just a tomboy' design choice, because none of the other tomboys have the male mouth), but this, along with a couple other factors (mainly her height (she's the tallest member of the new Order of the Stone aside from Axel), to an extent her voice, and mostly just vibes), is one of the biggest reasons why I personally headcanon Petra as transfem :)
I have mad nostalgia from this
This is a good video, and I think releasing it as you complete it is a good idea. I still think it would be great if you had your video essays on a separate channel from your let's plays, and releasing the video essays in chunks might allow you to do that.
4:50 well this aged like milk (also the Netflix version only had the first five episodes of season one which…why? Episode five is the beginning of a new story arc and ends on a cliffhanger, literally the worst place you could end the story. It would’ve been better to only have the first four episodes available if they couldn’t get the whole season)
Cool video! I like what you've got going on here - your analysis was very intriguing. I was in this fandom back in its heyday, and recently watching Kwite's playthrough got it back on my radar. Heh, Radar. Regarding 34:52 - It actually isn't possible to get that quick time event, no matter what you do. I think there's another fake QTE in this game, but I don't remember where. I'll be tuning in for more in this series! Don't forget to do Season 2. It's a huge improvement over S1.
Great video man! You're Dangerously underrated. Can't wait for part 2!
my libraries had a very limited selection of games, mostly edutainment or like 16-bit era stuff. I think the only game from this millennium I ever borrowed was a wii game I don’t even remember
Got recommend this video, it's pretty well made!
I’m not bashing on the video or anything, but the general consensus around Minecraft story mode is that it was amazing and that everyone loved it, why do I see so many things on the Internet saying “why did everyone hate this game?“ Literally everyone loved it.
@Michelle-pd3ke
6 ай бұрын
Did everyone actually love it? I've watched the gameplay and I was terribly sad when everyone kept making videos on how bad it was. I'm glad people actually enjoyed it
@UnidentifiedFlyingSquirrel
6 ай бұрын
@@Michelle-pd3ke I’ve seen recent analytical videos like this one saying that they were bad, but people who actually played the games said it was amazing, I also played the games and I think that it was incredible. Only the people who make these video essays say it was bad and make people think that others think that it’s bad.
@Michelle-pd3ke
6 ай бұрын
@@UnidentifiedFlyingSquirrel Yeah it was mad incredible. I've seen some comments that explain how the game has many plot holes and the story was predictable. But for a 7-9 hour gameplay (season 1)? I don't think it's very predictable. The characters are all lovable as well.
@UnidentifiedFlyingSquirrel
6 ай бұрын
@@Michelle-pd3ke season 1 and 2 are so incredible, so many genuinely good plot twists that fit, and I couldn’t see any plot holes after playing through the entire series, it all made sense. Idk why people talk about what they don’t know about
Huh??? I just finished the video and noticed it only has 310 views. At first i thought "Oh nice 310k glad this video blew up" before dubble cheking and realising no, 310. Which is still respectable but like? with the quality of the video and commentary along with the theme im honestly shocked this hasnt blown up yet!! First video i've seen of your content! Time to binge your old videos while waiting for part 2, along with pestering my friends to also do so. Minecraft story mode is a wild ride :D
@TheGamedawg
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I love making video essay content like this and comments like this I'm always really happy to see!
minecraft story mode is the best telltale game it just needs a new season
@pewpewpixel9301
Ай бұрын
Real I always thought it was a masterpiece I didn’t even know people hated it
You have the same feelings i do about this game! As a kid i loved it, and i thought the world was lowkey kinda compelling. And now im an adult and have seen more well written things, i will say if this game was rewritten, it could actually be pretty good imo. I have actually had the idea of rewriting it before. In my opinion the fact it was minecraft kind of stunted the story, but i do enjoy the references to crafting and minecraft items tho
You mentioned the bow vs fishing rod bit and called it an easter egg, but you wanna know what is an actual easter egg? You can make a lever with the materials Petra gives you to make a sword. Funnily enough (at least on the ps4 version) it actually gives you an achievement for it xD
I love telltale games, Wished we got more of their game of thrones game tho :(
tysm for making a essay abt this game, also i didnt know mcsm was that weird. i loved games even if their buggy, a bit cursed. i thought mcsm was fine lol, ty for making a essay for this cuz i never knew
wake up babe, new gamedawg video essay
Fantastic video, GD!
I never realized as a kid... But who thought it was a good idea naming a pig after a sandwich?
Ngl, as a big fan of Telltale games, I want to try this game if I can find it for cheap. That being said, I loved this video!
There are actually quite a few forced fail QTEs, the one where you try to save both people is one of them. I know at least one more comes up later, but you probably know what that one is.
video essay my beloved❤
Man this game was fun, But now here is a fun fact if you somehow don't know. Dee bradley baker voices every animated clone, Clone wars and Bad batch (rebels never happened), He also voiced the clones in the Skywalker saga
That was so much fun!
aaaa i love minecraft story mode so much, and i had forgotten about it lol, but i really like it for whatever reason
19:47 why did I actually kinda laugh at this part
i got a ad for the paw patrol game just after you showed it lol
How i would describe minecraft story mode is that it’s garbage but its my kinda garbage
They made a talking animation for a minecraft character (always a bad idea) and *then* they zoomed in on it.
The fact he said illagers in this game when those werent even in the game in 2015
THEY HAVE A FREAKING BEACON?????
Bad? It’s literally a masterpiece
An awesome and underrated game
38:08 it doesn't even matter in the end
"What kind of a story can you get out of this?" insert Matpat
Minecraft: Story Mode - The game responsible for starting the inevitable bankruptcy and closure of TellTale Games
33:55 It can't be the illagers because this game came out in 2015.
Fun fact! On a few of my playthroughs, I was able to succeed in that one quick time event, so I can confirm: no. Nothing changes.
Ok the part with the Wither Storm Thing in Chapter 1 after Rescuing Gabriel Or Petra is one of the QTE that Can't be done there just a few that like this but only very few are like this
Great Vid. I love minecraft.
Pretty good video
This game is both a masterpiece and a disaster
my brother always thought this game was not as bad as people made it out to be, as in, if it’s entertaining to whatever degree it’s good. that’s our standards though imao
DUDE I USED TO PLAY MINECRAFT STORYMODE ALL THE TIME I LOVEDDD ITTTTTT
@chillandcol2503
Жыл бұрын
ALSO IVOR WAS MY FAVORITE TOO
Rocket League didn’t always have a battle pass system…
asheley johnson also voice gwen from ben 10
Minecraft Story mode didn't fail telltale. Telltale failed it.
32:06 At least it's not a jar
Is not bad is good
did you know that Dave Fennoy he’s a guy who does it Lee Everett from The Walking Dead Season 1. 32:14
Good idea bad execution. Sounds like my first novel. :\
Hey just saying I would try and buy or just like “take and never return” that Minecraft story mode game on switch. It's not on the eshop anymore and is getting rarer and more expensive as the days go on. So if I was you I would definitely and try and get your hands on that game.
You guys have local libraries (help)
Netflix removed minecraft story mode
I’m confused people actually HATE this game? I remember one time in ran into this smuck on Instagram who was trying to defend the super Mario movie for its lousy story and I brought up Minecraft story mode to explain why the Mario movie had no excuses for its bad story execution and that user began to question why I was defending mcsm!
20:48 do you not like Petra in Minecraft story mode.
You can't actually save both Petra and Gabriel I think clicking the tentacle does nothing
Honestly, I thought TellTale Games removed all their games and went defunct because of Bankruptcy
@randomality77
Жыл бұрын
They declared bankruptcy
@minorcrafterpro4075
Жыл бұрын
@@randomality77 tomato tomahto?
@randomality77
Жыл бұрын
@@minorcrafterpro4075 It was a reference to a show called The Office. There's a scene where Michael yells "I declare... BANKRUPTCYYYY!!!"
@minorcrafterpro4075
Жыл бұрын
@@randomality77 I've never seen the office apart from the "no God please no" meme
Btw male jesse is not the "more" canon version of jesse both Female jesse and male jesse are canon
@Key-Knight87
7 ай бұрын
Yeah but there are still a canon male and female Jesse.
1st the enderdragon isnt a boss. and 2nd the enderdragon is moust of the time killed before the real boss of minecraft. the wither.
@luzellemoller6621
Жыл бұрын
the enderdragon is just a lone dragon trying to stay alive and reproduce, she is just in the way of getting out of the end and that is why we say she is a boss but in reality she's not
@Key-Knight87
7 ай бұрын
By video game logic, it is still technically a boss despite the lore. She was added before the wither anyways...
@Key-Knight87
7 ай бұрын
Also you can be evil and dangerous with good intentions as well...
Long story short: lucas exists so Minecraft story mode sucks -probably technoblade
you could have just pirated the game, it's not morally wrong if they literally made it impossible to buy the game.
The Netflix port (weird sentence) isn't there anymore apparently