The Russian Roulette scene is still vivid in my mind years after watching it, despite never having actually played this game.

@AlexandraOrlando

3 жыл бұрын

It's such a tense scene! How did you come by the scene without playing it?

killer7 is an incredible _vibe._ It makes me _feel_ things--empowered, horrified, confused, reverent. I have to pore over dialogue two or three times to understand the complexities of the surface-level plot, but the emotions are always accessible.

Thank you for this video! Killer7 resonated me more than any other game growing up. Although the world of Killer7 is unbelievably violent, I've always found it fascinating how disconnected Garcian is from the violence. Whenever human life is taken within the proximity of Garcian, it's never lingered on. Either the camera flashes away from the dead body, the camera takes the perspective of the dead body to look at Garcian, or the cutscene just ends as soon as the dead body is shown. The only time Garcian really comes face to face with violence is in the flashbacks in the Hotel and with the death of Matsuken. If there was ever a piece of art that captured desensitization to violence in the 2000s, it's Killer7.

Incredibly tight review of such a dense game, I definitely missed most of this when I played it so long ago. Time for a revisit!

I appreciated hearing more about the Tokyo subway attacks and the anpo treaty. The Japanese consciousness of playing Killer7 is an aspect I haven’t had much access to in my research of the game, despite it being a Japanese game itself. Thank you for the insight. :)

It's crazy how after researching this relatively short game so much there's still so meaning readings of it that absolutely blow my mind. Never realized how similar the Heaven's Smiles are to cults, but when you mentioned how they reveal their presence by laughing while you still can't see them it clicked. Awesome analysis of this game. Thank you for making it.

Thanks for all these new insights and sharing that Nintendo Power mag! makes me really regret losing my old K7 GameInformer copy rip.. Really liked how tight and concise you kept everything here! Great vid

I was 16 when I first played killer 7. It was such a radical departure given it's M rating, visual style and mechanics. It burned it's way into my teenage brain cells. It took me years to rediscover it but boy I'm glad I did. Nice video.

"You just don't get M-rated games featured in Nintendo Power, this prominently." Capcom had more faith in this game than RE4.

Just finished Killer7 tonight and going through some videos explaining what rollercoaster I just went through

This is the absolutely best review and analysis I’ve ever seen of Killer 7. This is my favorite game of all time and I haven’t played it in almost 15 years. You brought be back and I wish more people had the opportunity to play this brilliant game. Fantastic job girl! 😘❤️

I'm glad you mentioned the Tokyo subway attacks, I feel like its an event people don't talk about enough, despite how much it ruptured Japan at the time. If you're looking for a show that sort of explores the theme of cults, individuality, and the effect of such things in modern day, please check out Mawaru Penguindrum. It's a metaphorical allegory for the tokyo gas attack and I believe it presents a lot of similar, complicated but heavy symbolism that killer7 does. Maybe not as politically charged, but important nevertheless.

@AlexandraOrlando

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for the recommendation. That sounds right up my alley!

@khakisohn9710

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlexandraOrlando hell yeah no problem! It's pretty weird and the director is known for getting a bit more experimental with his works. Warning ya know it's a bit slow, the first 10ish eps are exposition but the climax is really worth it imo. Hope you enioy!

I really enjoyed this video, and a lot of your focus on the narratives speaking to both east and west. It actually opened my mind a bit on your highlight on cults and the historical differences the word "terrorism" means to American and Japanese people. I hope you do more works on this game or at the very least, keep true to this format of other games and media on the obscure side of things. I cannot tell you how much Killer7 has defined a lot of my creative interpretations and DNA, and I hold it to be a very enlightening and underrated piece of art that I hope more people come back to. Suda has done well with the No More Heroes franchise as a whole, but if he never returns to his more absurd and surreal routes, I at least hope more people like you keep reminding others of this gem.

The editing on this is super tight! I'm really interested to see further follow up commentary on Killer 8 and its impact on the narrative's commentary, if, at all.

@clubbasher32

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering about that as soon as I unlocked Killer 8 a couple days ago!

I can't believed I missed this video! Great content as always, thanks!

There's always time for fun Its friday night.

Very nice review! I would have loved to heard more of your thoughts and interpretations of the story. Killer 7 is one of my all time top 5s.

My all time favorite game. Thoroughly enjoyed the video.

Far and away my favorite analysis of k7 online. This game is an incredible work of art, thank you for realizing that in such great detail!

@AlexandraOrlando

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Holy shit the song at the very end IMMEDIATELY hit me from way back when I played this. (also - very solid video... I loved Killer 7 until somewhere late in the game, where it lost me. Subsequently, it left me with an overall negative feeling towards it - your video helped reignite how impressed I was for the most of it, and is making me wonder if perhaps I was unfair with my final assessment)

@AlexandraOrlando

4 жыл бұрын

Rave On is a legit BOP!

@james_neko

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlexandraOrlando Yeah, I always *had to* stop at the top of the stairs and just enjoy for a while!

okay this was a fantastic review, i loved the ammount of work you put into the research. This small channel deserves more views, im gonna share with my circles. maybe i can bump your viewership a bit.

@AlexandraOrlando

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That means a lot!

Liking and commenting for support, but I gotta go play the game before I watch - super excited!

Great video!

20:40 thank you for that footage. cool game, respect to those who completed it.

Very nice analysis

Thank you so so so much for this. This game is my religion and I’m so glad to see such a thorough, detailed view of the information that I actually wanted. Thank you for inspiring me.

@AlexandraOrlando

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me

Hope you can do the silver case or the flower sun and rain.

hey Alexandra, the kid with some sort of "accent" seems to be voiced by Tara Strong who played Timmy Turner and Tara from Teen Titans, etc. 3:33

Amazing game!

Master. Check out the initials! The first of Heaven Smiles. The first of Harman Smith. HS. A curious concidence. In the name of Harman...

Cool

If you never played Killer7, play it.

Wow cloudman chapter is relevant now? I remember some fans said cloudman chapter just a filler not the main story. Sure it because he had nothing to do with the whole japan Us relation and Matsuken he just happened had one of the Yakumo files and use it to create fake Ulmeyda city.

you know after all this years I just realized that the theme park name is iszk is read as Isekai wish mean "another world"

Aren't ulmeyda a good guy?

@a.dennis4835

2 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily. Ulmeyda convinces Clemence to ride in a car that he later reveals could kill Clemence.

Hi are you trans?

@turtle7633

3 жыл бұрын

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