It was infuriating to me as a child, when someone could not move and look at the same time. Strange how we just grew up knowing how to use a controller.

@misusedchair

Жыл бұрын

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@justjulia1720

8 ай бұрын

I'm a primarily pc/laptop gamer, so I never really figured out how to look around while moving with a controller. I had a Wii, but that doesn't have a controller either. My dad had a PS 3 but I guess none of the games I played the most really required a lot of precision? Now, when I'd go to my friends' place and play Halo 2 split screen... Well, that definitely became a pretty big problem. I still dunno how controller players do it. I admire you, and slightly envy you.

@marslara

7 ай бұрын

I've thought about it for a long time how strange it is that older generations don't know how to figure out technology. I think a lot of people that grew up with technology actually learned the skills to then learn how to use technology. Not sure how to phrase it but I mean something as simple as figuring out what buttons do what on a device. When I get a new game or device I'm not familiar with, I try different buttons, read the instructions, etc. Meanwhile my mom presses the power Button and then still doesn't know how to change the TV input to the right option while also not even bothering to try and figure it out. Like all their processing skills disappear when it comes to technology. How were they reading those big ass maps when traveling somewhere new but can't determine how to plug the hdmi cord in where it says hdmi or jump and move at the same time 😭

@ProbsNotABot

7 ай бұрын

I never grew up playing a ton of video games, so when I was forced to play them, bored older brother, the controllers were always really confusing to me, and I'd always be shit at controlling them. Years later, I got my own system, and just, idk, figured it out to a point that it's just instincts. Now, whenever I show a friend who isn't that into games a game, I always have to take a deep breath and remember how difficult it was for me as a kid. I think using controllers is really a muscle memory thing and has a pretty steep learning curve.

bold of you to call turret murder fratricidal, but fail to mention how killing the companion cube gives you the achievement “fratricide.” in all seriousness, great video! crazy how sequelitis and game theory can be used as references in a video essay- super hilarious!

@BlackMoonHowls

Жыл бұрын

Or the achievement for getting ALL the cameras off the walls in the testing chambers. It said ALL and it means it, DLC and the extra bits.

@BasicViewer

Ай бұрын

@@BlackMoonHowls I'm pretty sure that's untrue seeing as I got that in only the main game. You probably missed a camera... uhh... but don't quote me on that if I'm just misremembering...

The fact that you called the deadly neurotoxin "the zaza" is hilarious. "I got that Aperature Science, Deadly Neurotoxin pack"

@endernightblade1958

Ай бұрын

it is green

The blue core's purpose was to spout nonsense to keep her mind distracted; The things it says have no purpose or prompt and fits the exact description GLaDOS gives of Wheatley's purpose as a Core in Portal 2.

@DefyReality-ll2cg

Жыл бұрын

The blue core's purpose was to list the recipe GlaDOS would need to make the cake.

@pkthunder416

Жыл бұрын

​@@DefyReality-ll2cg what cake?

@the6597

5 ай бұрын

So is the blue core some sort of a replica of Wheatley, then? They have different voices and personalities, PotatOS even calls attention to how she knows Wheatley by his voice. So they aren't the same, but have the same purpose? Maybe its a further fine-tuned version of Wheatley.

@MattTOB618

Ай бұрын

It's called the "Intelligence Core" (but the subtitles refer to it as the "Crazy Core"). After it's destroyed, her insults seem to get a bit dumber: "I have your brain scanned and permanently backed up in case something terrible happens to you, which it's just about to. Don't believe me? Here, I'll put you on: _[Hellooo!]_ That's you! That's how dumb you sound." (And then she says she deleted it a minute or two later because we won't "stop squirming and die like an adult ".) She also doesn't make any references to cake in Portal 2. With all this in mind, I think it's safe to say that the Intelligence Core held at least _some_ of her knowledge.

Look i cant make you like stray, but that last puzzle when you just lie down - and you dont have to watch the whole animation but you can - that made me cry

I’m beyond surprised this doesn’t have more views???? It’s amazing! I can’t wait for you to talk about the next game.

i love how elegantly and interestingly you describe each chamber, id rather watch this video than a how-to to play the game, it just makes so much more sense

I’m so glad to have found your total drama videos because this is such a good channel. I don’t even usually like longer videos but these are so appealing to me; the topics that get brought up are never brushed over, and you ramble on in the same opinionated and in-depth way that I would, even if it’s wildly off-topic. I really sense the genuine love you have for the things you talk about. On another note, I feel a really similar way as you about video games. I haven’t played Stray, but I immediately thought it seemed incredibly overrated, and there are quite a lot of acclaimed games that I think are comparable in terms of lacking fun gameplay. My theory is that these games get so much praise because there is literally nothing about them to object to lol. (I also played Portal for the first time a couple months ago and it’s amazing)

I personally am a big fan of well done cutscenes. The 2D animated ones in the persona series are all very fun and feel like a reward for completing a challenge. But i do agree that they're very much overused in games at the moment. Worse than cutscenes are the characters just standing and talking without moving, like please if you're gonna make me sit here and do nothing at least make it fun to look at (i am looking at you genshin, give me a skip button and I'll start playing again). I only ever played up to the "impossible" level of Portal, on someone else's laptop at a family gathering when i was 6 or 7, so didn't really find any of the story. I was very slow at moving and looking as i wasn't used to pc gaming (i had a DS) but had great fun solving the small puzzels. Glad to finally know what the plot is finally lmao

Can’t wait for the second video! I always enjoyed portal 1 just a tad more. Mostly because of the music, glad you talked about it

@the6597

5 ай бұрын

I love both games dearly, but there's so many golden lines in Portal 2, like the Lemon rant alone scooches P2 above the first for me. Also the gels were really fun, and especially all the little sounds ques everything had and how they would add to the background music like in Breath of the Wild! Its all just so awesome! I'll always hold the first in a special place in my heart, though.

From someone who mainly plays games like animal crossing (and stuff like that) this video made me get portal for the first time and I love it so much

@countcrotchula

11 ай бұрын

Also this video needs more views it’s so good

This made me wanna play portal again. Looking forwards to your portal 2 video!

AMAZING video dude, this came out fantastic

@IanDerp26

Жыл бұрын

Holy fuck, Salty is a BHUltra fan???? Iconic.

@henryapplebottom7231

11 ай бұрын

*wow* it's SaltyDKDan, from the hit YouTubing channel... SaltyDKdan. Crazy. You salty little freak.

Your point about tlou2 really reminded me of critisms of Quantic Dream/David Cage games, specifically this one I saw that was like "it seems like he's going into the game creation process thinking "how can this story elevate video games as a medium?" rather than "how can the medium of video games elevate this story?""

I hope he makes a portal 2 video in my lifetime

My older sister LOVED Portal, she had a potato and companion cube plushies and a turret figurine, but most importantly, we would sing “Still Alive” together constantly! Fond memories

@the6597

5 ай бұрын

Also, I was thinking about this video two weeks ago, and it inspired me play portal and beat it the first time in like, god maybe 5 or 6 years??? I vaguely remember being a little tot and freaking out at GLAaDOs' bossfight on my mom's computer, and never actually beating it. I don't really remember if I played through the whole game before that or just skipped right to the end. Either way, I loved experiencing it after so long! I also played Portal 2 for the real first time about a week ago, and, of course, I LOVED it! I've played it twice now, going for a third later! I can't wait for your retrospective on it. The lemon rant is ingraned in my head.

this video is my new hyperfixation I’ve watched it 3 times in the past two days

ive never been more excited for a youtube video than i am for the possibility of a portal 2 video from this guy

The dark souls Kirby comparison fucking killed me 😂

You should put strip lights above your camera's sightline so you can make it look more like you're in the background environment on the greenscreen.

The flood in halo 1 was shnasty way to introduce an enemy, there was a cutscenes that takes away from it. But the level design, the radar blips in the distance, it was soo good

Funnily enough, while it's probably not my all time favorite memory of Pokémon, that's really hard to boil down, but one of my actual favorite memories was experiencing the ending of explorers of sky for the first time. Sure there may be very little gameplay involved, but that ending is something that stuck with me for years and one that I'll never forget.

Really looking forward to the next video, glad to sub

🤓🤓🤓 “umm actually Frank Fontaine under the alias of Atlas is the one telling you what to do with ‘Would You Kindly’ not Andrew Ryan” 🤓🤓🤓 - me

@BHultra

Жыл бұрын

Engagement

@BlackMoonHowls

Жыл бұрын

@@BHultra Atlas is the one that reveals that you are the Suchong's Ace in The hole. Ryan reveals that you are a slave and not a man. A man choses and a slave obeys. He was there to convey that idea to the player, "sit through a cut scene." my ass you see a man die, and a slave kill a man on command. Is thirty minutes or it's free not good enough for people no more? I've met that type of person before and they don't like Pirates of The Caribbean because it's too long, but that WAS my sister-in-law. I removed her from the family tree much the same as Siris's mother did to the wall back at the Black Manor. Scatha is my favorite Tolkien dragon for a reason.

@QuikVidGuy

9 ай бұрын

​@@BlackMoonHowlswhat the fuck

@alaeriia01

Ай бұрын

​@@BlackMoonHowls that went a bit off the rails

AN INCREDIBLE VIDEO!! ten out of ten will definitely watch this again every time i experience a depression spiral and need a spark of joy but don't have enough energy to replay all of portal again

@noahwade3093

9 ай бұрын

Bro, I’ve never been more called out in my life lol

This video’s frustrating because I agree with so many points made but the motion that cutscenes are dumb and should’ve died off feels very reductive and almost childlike. I get that overly long expository scenes can be boring and lame but erasing them entirely is just the opposite extreme of the whole “video games as story” argument, there’s no reason the 2 can’t coexist, not every game should be half or last of us 2. It feels like he mostly wants the game but not the video of that makes sense, it honestly feels like his argument is predicated on his own low attention span

@koifish835

Жыл бұрын

Yeah even as someone who has literally been diagnosed as ADHD cutscenes/dialogue in video games don't typically bother me. I do value interactivity above all but that doesn't mean there's no place for more cinematic moments in games. Of course not all games need cutscenes either there are tons of ways to convey a story but saying cutscenes are always bad or pointless seems like such an extreme.

@icedirt9658

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t take it too seriously, it’s his opinion and he made a decent argument for it. We all know that there is no right way to make a video game in the grand scheme of things.

@BlackMoonHowls

Жыл бұрын

I agree with all of you when I say this, cut scenes are there for a reason, to write them off is almost comedic and just dumb. Halo 2's cutscenes are some of the fucking best and talking to the Gravemind will forever be burned into my brain I watched ALL of the cutscenes for every game, THAT was the experience, not really the game play but that was because the harder difficulty. I WAS a single player veteran of Legendary back in the day LONG before I turned to the multiplayer online stuff for I was a bit too young and that felt like the MLG scene (MLG was big at the time for Halo 3 and what not) Hell Red Dead 2 was the best damn game I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. By freaking Rockstar none the less, they green lit the GTA remake and Enhanced and Expanded. More like sounds king that guy that sells the characters laced weed in the side missions. F that guy he's just scum and a burnout. I have ADHD too, I smoke weed now but that is not relevant to the point really. 60 hours to get LOST in, and people hated it. NO they are just made the PC port was utter trash, unforgivable, but they suck off the MCC collection PC port because it's all halo's in a single "box" and 343 for the Infinite problem Live Service game, and the TV show, but the console version of the game pisses off PC gamers because it's too boring while the PC version doesn't play and runs like a cripple in a slightly elevated field. Stupid as all hell if you as me.

@siennahartle9069

Жыл бұрын

For real. Pretty much every example of games he gives as games where he likes the story telling are games where the story is optional. You either have to seek out lore in the world or can entirely ignore it without loosing out on much. His preference is mindless button mashing which is fine but it also reveals a very shallow enjoyment of games as a medium.

@krisstasko

8 ай бұрын

​​@@siennahartle9069half life, system shock, and metroid are mindless button mashers?

I've been intending to watch this since it came out, so I have yet to actually see the whole thing(portal is one of my favorite game series, and is a testament to what REAL creativity and level interaction can do, for not just a game experience but the story itself) but I just LOVE the whole cutscenes monologue before the everything, perfectly encapsulates my searing hated for the quote "its not a game script, its a- *script*" as if implying for a story to have any importance or societal merit, it needs to *be* a linear tale, a movie, a "non-interactable nonsense" when in reality, while stray is cute(and imo very nicely visually designed), it is a glorified Detroit: become human🙃 just without talking protagonists to ruin everything lmaoo, seriously tho, my experience watching either game being played felt near identical rather basic story premise(not much to be invested in right off the bat, "civil rights" and "get home" respectively), and a looooot of nothing while essentially *waiting* to progress to new story point is, there are good and bad ways to make games, and cutscenes are just another tool in the game-makers-tool-kit and like all tools, it really really REALLY matters where and HOW its used(not all cutscenes are created equally) The SLY COOPER series for the PS2, is almost ENTIRELY CUTSCENES when it comes to ANYTHING story related and yet, its probably the most well "conveyed" story in videogame history, no cap, if you say otherwise replay at least 2 cause 3's a lil minigame bloated I say conveyed, cause if the point is for little 2yo timmy to "get" what the flashing lights on the screen mean, then it succeeded in LEAPS and BOUNDS the reason why its so well done tho, is well, pretty obvious when you play it most of the cutscenes and dialogue are *interlaced* organically throughout the gameplay??? as in most often times theres some other form of leadup to pre-empt the dialogue, or (as the game progresses)as character *reactions* to stuff the *PLAYER IS DOING OR HAS DONE* >reeeeeally feel like game designers nowadays need to hear that last bit🤦, by god please, actually *think* about the situation the player is in at any given moment anyways I'm done rambling, I'm sure when I finish this video I'll have heard it 18 times by next month, just like *certain other videos here*

I am so frikkin pumped for the portal 2 video, I just recently finally played it for the first time and its the best goddamn game ive ever played in my life. And I love the way you talk about stuff

Can't wait for Portal 2 video! Keep up the good work!

The mark of a good video essay is to make you invested in something you never even took a second glance at. Take your time obviously but I am so exited for that second video this game rules

I actually watched your portal 2 video first, and then found this later. I really liked both of these videos!

Amazing video about an awesome game. Found you from your Total Drama vids, and found out about this vid from starting the Portal 2 vid that just dropped. Can’t wait to watch that next.

Dang ! this was good ! I hope you still make your video of the second game despite the lack of views on this one !

i sang along with you at the end teehee

That's cool and all But there is more than one way to tell stories.

This video was amazing I am so excited for the next

Decided to actually finally watch this video thanks to your update from today. Had it on my "watch later" list and just kept pushing it off for some reason. While I'd say I don't relate to your distaste for cutscenes, I absolutely agree that they can be done better 99% of the time. 10 seconds or so of dialogue every few hours or so is perfectly fine (HK comes to mind, as almost all dialogue is optional, and the like 5 times it isn't out of what can easily be a 50-hour first playthrough, it only lasts for a couple sentences at a time), It can get REALLY boring when you're doing absolutely nothing for like 10 minutes while the characters around you talk to the "silent protagonist", explaining and re-explaining the most basic of concepts, drilling the story into you, making it a requirement to study the story rather than explore the lore. The most successful games, from a lore perspective, are definitely the ones that don't spell it out for you, and let you find it out on your own. That means no twitter explanations from the devs, either. (Edit: story mode being a separate, unrequired mode is also a good idea, so you can have cutscenes without it being forced.)

1:16 omg hes literally me

I'm so glad my parents got me portal 2 (the first portal wasn't available at my local video game store by the time I got my xbox 360). It is such a fun game. I played the co-op game with my sister. We just seemed to solve the puzzles in a timely fashion but when my mom later played the game.... oh boy. First, she couldn't figure out how to move and look. She used BOTH hands and she still would move, stop, look around, stop, then move. It made me go crazy. Then, I think she rage quit after the first puzzle room or two. Idk why my parents struggled with such a simple mechanic.

annoyed af that i played portal multiple times lately (mostly to get the achievements) and i didnt think to break the tube to get the cube out at all, i just grabbed chairs and tried to jump on those to get in the vent and it was way more frustrating than if i grabbed a cube :']

I think the "Android Hell" bit is a "pre-recorded" message for the testing track that Chamber 16 was supposed to be on. GLaDOS used it to threaten you. Or maybe she just wanted the "replacement chamber" theory to make sense to Chell, since killing her with turrets didn't work.

Oh i love this and i cant wait for yhe video on p2 which i consider t be better than the first

Chamber 18 was when I stopped in my first run(idr why), but this made me wanna play portal again, but since I never got past the turret part once I did just aghm ugfgm ahhh, I don't normally get motion sick,,, I am now motion sick

the first time i watched this video my phone died right at 1:19:43 and let me just say that was actually so scary to experience💀

@aquagamer1212

7 ай бұрын

I got an ad right when the glitch happened. I wasn’t sure if the glitch was real so I had to go back 10 sec lol

Looking forward to the video about Portal 2! :D

I can't wait for your video on Portal 2. That was the only portal game I got to play cuz my local game store didn't have the first one. I see both games are on steam rn for $15, so I'm gonna buy it so I can play the first one. I just respectfully disagree with getting rid of video game cut scenes. I don't think the Batman Arkham series would be as good if all the cutscenes were removed. I can't imagine a thrilling way of setting up the atmosphere if we were driving the batmobile to arkham, instead of watching it. We couldnt focus on the Joker laughing hysterically with a creepy smile on his face if we had to focus on the road and drive. How awkward would it be to accidentally (or purposefully) ram into citizen's cars, killing innocents, while Batman is supposed to take one of Gotham's worst criminals back to his cell in arkham? The mood wouldn't be set the same.

GLaDOS actually made it into the crossover game Poker Night 2, as the dealer. She was hands down the best part of that game.

Ah yes, a two hour video on my favorite game series ever. Let’s do this

The video is so so good! :D Dude, as a portal-obsessed freak, I believe your analysis is incredible! New comfort video

Please do Portal 2!!

This is so good!!

EYYY man didn’t talk about the scene at the very end where Chell starts getting dragged off by the reclamation bots Glados talked about earlier. Saying if she ever passed out they’d come get here to revive her.

@BHultra

11 ай бұрын

That scene was added later in an update to lead into Portal 2… stay tuned

As an MGS fan I'm offended by the premise of your video, but I do like the Portal breakdown so I can't be mad.

Please talk about el tigre

Love the "literal glass ceiling" joke

WHEN ARE YOU POSTING THE PART 2

How does this 2 hour video have so few views and likes?!?? This analysis is amazing and I agree/adore Portal!

If I remember correctly the Stanley parable also started as a half life mod as well. Just another great game that’s stemmed from half life I doubled checked after commenting it was a half life 2 mod but my sentiment still stands

@siennahartle9069

Жыл бұрын

Imagine the godtier level game that would spawn from a half life 3 mod

Unrelated, but I love the song 4000 Degrees Kelvin.

That portal song, "this was a triumph, -still alive", really fits with the personality character of Ezekiel/Matt spiciel (im referencing a tracer dude 🤭that notoriously copied theoddonesout 3 or 4 long years ago, who I portrayed him as Ezekiel) from total drama

Excited for the next video, Portal 1 is one of my all-time favorite games but Portal 2 holds such a special place in my heart. GlaDOS makes me laugh soo hard in Portal 2. Wheatley does as well but GlaDOS' dry humor and her spite at Chell for murdering her never ceases to amuse me. On the topic of cutscenes I, also really hate how most games have simply become interactive movies as well. I enjoy cutscenes in some games, but I prefer to be playing the game as well and not watching an interactive movie. It's really bad in fighting games. After Mortal Kombat 9 almost EVERY. SINGLE. fighting game tried copying MK9's story format and it's awful to the point where I don't even want to play fighting game story modes anymore unless I have to. MK11 is the worst example of this!

46:00 i don't really get what now the problem is? with the other waiting times, like the one at the start you didn't say anything about that being bad, and the other ones like waiting for a portal to open before you had a portal gun weren't that bad because they were over in the snap of a finger. so idk how much different it now is with the platform? (no real criticism or anything, was just wondering)

I'm someone who likes all video games. Stray, Detroit become human, Portal, Persona, I don't care if it's 90% cutscenes and button mashes, I don't care if it's a platformer, I don't care if it's just a story that you walk through. I love them all. Ofc again I don't have to agree w a guy just cause he made a long video about it but it's interesting to see how peoples interests can be so different. I'm too stupid to read and see context clues so I like when characters just straight up tell me what's happening. I'm not a very good average though because I also really love Fallout 4 and Genshin Impact and like, Persona... To me cutscenes aren't just 'them spouting bullshit at you' that's character stuff, that's lore stuff, that's important stuff.

I love Cyberpunks story. So much. I felt genuinely attached to the characters and the decisions. The game play? It's fun. It's got a lot of cool stuff to try out. It is very rough at times though. I feel I always have to fight for every shot. That's why I now only use my fists.

@sacrificiallamb4568

7 ай бұрын

How do you hold the controller?

As much as I love Portal 2, I was always a bit conflicted about how it doesn't really work well as a sequel to Portal. It changes the art style, the technology level and architecture of the Enrichment Center change wildly, GLaDOS can simply be rebooted without her cores despite literally blowing up when they're removed in Portal... Not to mention that "still alive" as an ending song was always quite mysterious, almost implying that the whole escape and boss fight was just another part of the test, which would ecplain why GLaDOS even gave you all the means to destroy her. (Granted, that also makes more sense in Portal 1 where the facility was presumably static unlike Portal 2 where she could have changed it to her will)

Have you heard of boneworks. It like right up the alley of portal and half-life in terms of gameplay. The story you really got to prices to gether yourself but if you have at least a surface leves understand its all you really need. Althought this lore is alot more sprawling when you loot at story explanations and theories. It has the best lore out of any other game I have played.

First - as others have noted, this video deserves way more views than it has. Second - this video is actually kinda sad for me to watch because I *almost* got to experience this game as an entirely new gamer… unfortunately, the person who was showing me the game was extremely familiar with it and found the my learning curve… well, you also described that part accurately 😂 they wound up taking over, which meant I didn’t get the entire experience you described. But that said? I think you’re right on the money about the ways in which Portal is a great introduction to first person gaming.

I've never played this game but because of this video im so invested in the lore i simply *need* the next one

@rosestar1324

8 ай бұрын

I just found the portal bundle on steam for $15. I didn't get to play the first game so I'm gonna get the bundle now

To me frontires was pretty fun to me. Like I liked generations but that was built to play sonic a specific way although very well made. And frontiers not really to me comparable to that game despite taking some notes from it but I also never played SA1 and 2. But I think the movement customization after update 2 was really imperative because it just made movement fun. Being able run and fly off a slight incline is hard to explain why it's fun. I know BOTW and TOTK have multiple movement options but they still fealt slow even thought you have the options to go fast with our without breaking the game. Sonic does not have that issue do to the nature of how the game is built to handle his speed. Compared to other open traversal in games. And the spinn dash really enhances this due to letting you shoot off just about every angle and is a really fun attack option. Although i only played generations and forces i think fronitres showed how sonic can work better in more open levels. The sky railing is somthing i jaut could not completly get behind. And its not that its absd i idea it was just never Incorprated all that well to me in some aspect. Like when they juat lead off to nowhere thats whennit doesn't work. But when its connected to a bigger screen structure thats when I can see the vision. I also thought the rails that spand over the entire map worked as another movement option althought I think it would have been better if the rails and springs where incorporated into the natute of the islands and was built more with exploration in mind with things like caves or higher and lower levels to explore. Kind-of like sonic horizons. Just figured I shared my experience with It.

My favorite pokemon memory was the finale of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Sky

I really enjoyed this video! I will say I think you confused your point by saying you're not a fan of cutscenes then saying you like games with cutscenes that don't feature a lot of dialogue. I got what you were trying to say but it took me a minute to understand. Even if it's a cutscene it uses visuals more than dialogue. I do think those kinds of cutscenes have more impact, people talk more about scenes like the gravemind introduction than keys giving exposition about what the thing they're on is called. I really like the SA2 cutscenes cuz I think they have good balance of dialogue and spectacle, not so much SA1 though. I don't think cutscenes themselves are the issue, it's using them as a vessel to deliver information as dryly as possible, no interesting visuals or memorable dialogue.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THOSE PYUKUMUKU, SLOWPOKE AND PIKACHU IN MY LIFE.

@BlackMoonHowls

Жыл бұрын

The F are you talking about that's like saying "I have never seen a Deoxys in my life." "Is that a Rotom?"

@Samsungor

Жыл бұрын

@@BlackMoonHowls ive never seen those. Because i didn't notice them...

at 1:03:00 did you, in the initial recording, say the wrong right and left wrong and then correct it in the audio............. Cause I can't tell.

How does this only have 311 views

If you like portal you’ll love outer wilds. Who doesn’t love a game about the mysteries of space and quantum mechanics and time travel

would love a half life video from u!!!

54:48 Yes I can tell you don't know a lot about physics, given that you called it math

"I don't know if you notices but this game is pretty sweet" the way you said it WAS pretty sweet as well hehe :D

super epic fun good video

im the opposite bc i luv story videogames and i was pretty bored watching my bf play portal. hoping this video would give me more insight bc i love watching but hate playing so it makes sense as to why id prefer a game focused on story versus gameplay personally

1:20:53 lol matpat

9:14 "hey pokemon fans, i know you are out there" Me trying to complete CT dex: 😨 Anyway, yea the story is not my favourite part of pokemon (though i do know people that love that part of the games) and my favourite memory would be beating Volo for the first time

One of the few issues I have with sonic frontires is that it has an interesting story but it's not presented in an interesting way for the most part. And a contribution to that's are the characters although not a complete overhaul making their personalities more reserved then they are ends up taking away some of their personality. To me knuckles and tails get a pass but when sonic got changed to be more reserved it takes away some of that adittude that makes him stand out and I never really noticed this until I saw sonic prime where I think he is at his best. He has more adittude then his boom version but a little less then the sonic x version. I think it makes more sense for sage to be reserved since this is her first time dealing with sonic and his friends.

Portal 2!!!!!!!!!

1:53:15 what can i say, sex sells... i refuse to elaborate i mean i can't be the only one who sees the appeal of galdos right? some ones gonna take this out of context just you wait

Stair isle

bro ur content is the best fuckin shit, keep it up man

On one hand i agree with you a lot, on the other.... my favorite game series of all time is most likely persona

What about visual novels

Salty jumpscare

I died alot in chamber 8

I don't really understand why a prerendered cutscene is inherently worse than an in-game cutscene. With your Half-Life example, you mentioned that while it does sometimes lock you in a box you can still move around while the cutscene is going. I don't really understand how that is really any better than a pre-rendered cutscene. When Gordon finally gets to the lambda complex, you have to sit there for 5 minutes waiting for the scientist to explain why you're going to Xen. You cannot progress forward until the Barney in the room unlocks the next door. There are several moments in the game that are like this, especially in the first hour. The game also literally has a pre-rendered cutscene when Gordon gets knocked out and dragged into the trash compactor. Environmental storytelling is cool for sure, but there is still a place for plot centered dialogue in games. In your Metroid dread example, would you be fine with it if the boss did all the same flourishes and menacing that it does in the cutscene but you were allowed to walk around the arena? Additionally, saying that the last of Us 2 is all story is a pretty weak argument. The game has a lot of dialogue and cutscenes, but it's sort of disingenuous to claim that there's very little gameplay between story moments. Especially because it follows the exact same structure as the first game (with a few very obvious exceptions). Also, complaining about the ending cutscene is kind of missing the whole point of the game's story. It's not a game about your choices mattering. It's actually very similar to your BioShock example. Ellie is possessed by rage and revenge to the point where she's not even a person anymore in that moment. She's basically just a robot that only knows that she wants to kill Abby. The cutscene taking away control is a gameplay metaphor for Ellie losing control of her own actions. TLOU2 isn't an RPG and you're not supposed to self insert as the main character like in Half Life.

Can you talk about Dragon Quest 8?

Odd how it's a trend now to call portal the best game for over an hour

Underrated video

@upumpkin

Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for part 2

@upumpkin

Ай бұрын

:D

I love you

i disagree with basically everything in this video i like video games that have cutscenes to me a game isn't gonna be better or worse if it has or doesn't have cutscenes, its kinda shallow to think a game is bad just because it has cutscenes i don't get his points at all

@IAMJIM196

Жыл бұрын

i agree i think half-life 2 is significantly worse than half-life 1 and far less replayable because they stuck to the valve no cutscene thing but have several minutes of what is basically cutscenes in unskippable, predictable corridors like yeah, impressive facial animation and stuff cool acting dont wanna fucking sit through it every time i play the game though meanwhile you have games like red dead 2, that is far better written, far better acted, and more immersive, that let you skip it but by his metric, its an inferior game, because it stops to make you watch "the boring" it leaves no room for actually assessing the quality of the cinematics or the artistry its a really bad take

@misusedchair

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@BlackMoonHowls

Жыл бұрын

@@IAMJIM196 This right here, yes I agree with.

@BlackMoonHowls

Жыл бұрын

Then you do get games the KEEP TALKING at you for no reason like High on Life, just like "Game stop it or I swear to GODS I will refund the ever living F out of you and never look back." Dedicate my like to the scathing review of that franchise I LOVED so much in the past turn into a nightmare. Look at Halo, like a lame joke that keeps getting dumber and dumber as is keeps getting told, 343 are not good bards. It was funny for the FIRST VR game that was made with that Roylan/Harmon style humor that was made. Trover saves The Universe, fine okay it's not schlock yet so great. Now whatever High on Life is supposed to be. Kotor is nowhere near as annoying. Even games like Conker and shit.

Hmmm banana

22:35 well, that aged very poorly

I think it’s a bit disingenuous to say that cutscenes are always bad just because you don’t like them. That’s your preference that doesn’t make the games you prefer better than the ones you don’t nor does it make the game that you don’t like bad. You say that you like for games to have stories but it seems like you really only like when the story is optional. Most of the games you use as examples could be enjoyed with the sound off and you’d barely miss out on anything more than the music. Environmental or gameplay story telling can also be missed and/or ignored without hindering the experience. It’s fine if you prefer games where you can just mindlessly button mash the whole time, but it’s unfair to criticize games who want to tell a more overt story for doing exactly what they set out to do. For example, the point of Stray is to tell a simple, yet heartfelt story about what it means to be human all the while putting you into the perspective of a cat in a terrifying, yet beautiful unfamiliar environment and it does both of those things masterfully which is why it got so many accolades.

@invertebrado

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I love this videos, its genuinely very entertaining, but I hate the way he talks that games that have cutscenes and or that stop to have dialogue=bad. I can see places where environmental story telling is the better method of portraying to the player the world and the events of whats happening, and I think "in game" cutscenes is better than "CG" cutscenes for immersion, but it doesn't mean one completely invalidates the other one. Is almost as if he is saying that movies is better than books because you dont have to read the text describing places or character expression.

@jeffboy4231

Жыл бұрын

i agree, but with stray it's still really bad. you don't play a game, it very easily could've been a movie. should it have been a movie? no. they should've made more gameplay, like you can only die by the headcrab ripoffs. and platforming, even though it could be awesome because you are a cat, is non-existant because it's just a button.

@goldencherry2695

Жыл бұрын

I can agree with you, but Stray is barely a game, there's no denying it

@cursedGalataea

7 ай бұрын

If you want to play a good version of Stray, pick up Rainworld: Douwnpour

@krisstasko

6 ай бұрын

How are Metroid, System Shock, and half life button mashers? How is portal a button masher?