Hi everyone. The response to my first video honestly blew me away; thank you so much to everyone who watched, subscribed, and left nice comments. Be assured that I read every single one. I've seen a fair few people wondering what exactly the plan for this channel is going to be, and frankly I'm just as in the dark as everyone else; I'm really winging it here. For now, all I can say is that I'll be making videos about things that I like and want to share with others, primarily games but almost certainly branching out, and I hope you enjoy what I put out there. (Apologies to those that followed hoping for exclusively Hollow Knight content, but there's no way I can stay that focused on a single topic. I'll be back to that well when Silksong comes out, I'm sure) Thank you again, hope you like the new video

@UnsIiced

3 жыл бұрын

I would love to see more from you in the future, already can't wait for your next video

@v01d88

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah you came out of nowhere and then gave us amazing content

@rhythm-peko9408

3 жыл бұрын

so far, so good! please make more videos. I love the pure quality of your videos. It's amazing. The hollow knight video gave me new perspectives too.

@johndaviddeleon592

3 жыл бұрын

from the my vast yet empty feed, your video was unearthed while scrolling down and i have stumbled upon a channel worth my time

@penguinjesus8394

3 жыл бұрын

Some of us stayed, and already we can say it's worthit

I love the attention to detail that the video is 22 minutes long

@v01d88

3 жыл бұрын

Why is it important that it’s 22 min

@UnsIiced

3 жыл бұрын

@@v01d88 the in-game sun explodes after every 22 minutes of gameplay

@SmashmanVideos

3 жыл бұрын

@@v01d88 Sounds like you need to play Outer Wilds!

@v01d88

3 жыл бұрын

Unsliced dang that is good. I appreciate this video so much more now

@v01d88

3 жыл бұрын

SmashmanVideos yeah it sounds and looks like a good game. Where can I play it?

One of the things that I really loved, and gave me that moment, was when I tried to have Solanum "explain" "identify", and she talked about how understanding and learning were the two core tenants of the Nomai way of life. Curiosity was the core of their culture and their people, just the same as it is for humans, and the hearthians. Even the bug people in the true ending shot are portrayed in a way that is clearly meant to make a connection to the Hearthians, implying they too also have the same core ideas. Whether they are aliens, or literal humans, what makes someone "human"(for lack of an all-encompassing term) is a desire to learn and understand, and a desire to share that knowledge with friends and family.

"I always have a fascination with the deep sea as a child" Subnautica video when?

@Mezzamine

3 жыл бұрын

Subnautica is another of my all-time favourite games, and definitely one I'd like to write something on! Maybe once I've played Below Zero.

@matthewanderson7824

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mezzamine might I also add that at 16:32 was changed in Subnautica below zero

The End Times track marking the end of this 22 min video is... its good, okay?

@TheGuardDuck

3 жыл бұрын

I kept expecting to hear the sounds of the supernova, and then,... Fish.

Science fiction brings you to the end of what is both imaginable and unimaginable. It takes you to the edge of the universe, and asks you why you wanted to get there. It gives you a chance to experience wonder again. It lets you have hope in hopeless times.

This is... one of the best video essays on Outer Wilds and somehow, you just.. managed to tell everything about this game exactly s I felt while playing. You captured the same joy and terrors I felt (so many new sound fears acquired), and this whole video resonated with me on a very very deep level, just as the game had. I am stunned and have tears in my eyes (partly from the music, but mostly because opf the essay) after watching. Thank you very much for making this amazing video and doing justice to the game. Special mention a-core-dingly goes for 22 min time of the video, Bramble=terror-induced-memes, and final ost being the End Times

Yep, suscribing was definitely the right call I want to play outer wilds even more now Keep up the great work!

I'm so glad I subscribed that first video came out of nowhere with the thought and polish from a channel who's been at it for years

@unsuspiciousdweller8967

3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly. There is such care taken with his videos, you'd think he's done this all before.

This isn't really related to the video but I wanted to share one of my favorite moments in Outer Wilds(spoilers) The moment I discovered the tower of quantum trials was so exciting. I hadn't got the hint that the only giant cyclone on giant's deep had something in it, so I only went in when I pulled out the signalscope and checked the quantum signals frequency. The moment I got inside filled me with such wonder. What could this tower be? What was its importance? What can it tell me? At this point in the game, I had thought I had seen everything. I explored every planet extensively, and was wrapping up some larger mysteries. Even if I hadn't seen something, I had an idea of what it looked like and where it was(Like the Vessel and ATP). But this tower came out of nowhere. For the very first time in a long time with this game, I was completely thrown into that new player experience of awe at just what could be out there. It was exhilarating

@treyslider6954

3 жыл бұрын

I'd also like to share a profound moment from playing the game. Spoilers below Through my exploration, I'd figured out that the Ash Twin Project was at the center of things. I'd barely paid any attention to quantum phenomenon in the system up to this point, and the closest I'd gotten to any quantum secrets was Solanum's ship on Brittle Hollow. I'd been exploring the Ash Twin, trying to find my way inside, for a couple loops at this point, as I expected that "the answers" would be there, that there'd be something in there that was broken, which I would fix to get me safely out of the time-loop. I still hadn't been to the Sun Station, and I thought I would find, in the Ash Twin Project, a way to stop the sun from exploding. And so, after finally finding my way inside, I was concerned by how empty it was. There was nothing here, save records of many conversations I'd already read from the other side...and then the core of the project itself. And, as I opened it up and saw the fully-functioning core in the middle, I finally realized I had it backwards: I wasn't here to fix the Ash Twin Project. I was here to break it. And just like Mezzemine describes in the video, I had to pause the game and walk away for a bit while I processed that and everything it implied.

Outer Wilds is the best game I've ever played yet if someone would have asked me why, I couldn't give an answer that would really make it clear how amazing it was. This video pretty much sums it up. So thanks Mezzamine. For making this great vid. Already looking forward to your next work. Be curious out there ::)

Finally, an Outer Wilds video essay that is 22 minutes long!

Lol I watched your mantis video yesterday and now you upload my favorite game of all time... Are you a wizard it something

2nd video in and I already love this channel

Another ridiculously great video that talks about the real reasons people play games beyond just simply having fun, good graphics, or hearing about it. You break down games in ways that reveal the artistry behind them

Turning nihilism from a horrifying thing to something melancholic is one of the most impressive things fiction can do.

how is a new channel this good

I’m so glad I was able to discover your Chanel, because I know it’s going to be amazing, and I really enjoy how people will find ways to make my favorite games even more enjoyable, thanks so much, and I am looking forward to your next video

I stumbled upon your Hollow Knight video and after watching that one, decided to check out if you had made any others. I'm glad I did. Hollow Knight is a game I'm currently playing myself, I'm already familiar with a lot of the themes, design, lore, etc. I know on some level what makes the game great. I really enjoyed the video and the jokes sprinkled throughout. This game though, I had not heard about until today. And I still really enjoyed the video. I watch a lot of this type of, game analysis content? Media essays? I'm not sure how to describe it. But what makes you stand out from all the others I watch, is in how you allow the audience to get immersed into the story you're telling as well as the game. The way you use your pauses and let the game atmosphere speak for itself, the music underscoring the mood, the amount of attention to detail both in what you decide to share and in the editing, it's incredible. You don't just let your words do all the work, you manage to let the game speak for itself. And that's really valuable. Anyway, thank you for sharing your work. I genuinely hope that it brings you joy and that you don't feel (too much) pressure from the sudden influx of people who were desperate for more Hollow Knight content and decided to stick around haha

@Mezzamine

3 жыл бұрын

This is a lovely comment, thank you so much!

Holy shit this is an amazing video essay, with the quality of a channel that's been going at it for years... Keep it up! PD: Oh god everytime that ending is mentioned my eyes start to sweat....goddamnit. This game had no rights being as good as it is. I wish it wasn't so underrated.

You have only made two videos on your channel yet the attention to detail and the editing skill is astounding. It looks like you are going to be a really positive addition to youtube

I saved your Hollow Knight video ages ago waiting for after I played the game, and I finally got around to it just recently and watched your video earlier today. It was an excellent video, and I was delighted to see you had made a video on Outer Wilds as well, my favorite game ever. I find I still have to close my eyes when our friends from Dark Bramble come out of nowhere, but I realized watching this video, cowering in fear, that me closing my eyes is not due to me being unable to overcome this fear, it is to retain it. I realized I never want the universe of Outer Wilds to die within me, and if I lose that fear, I lose a part of the wonder and curiosity that is so vital to Outer Wilds. So, I will continue to fear anglerfish, and will continue to listen to the soundtrack as I contemplatively observe the cosmos, for I want to retain the wonderment that I felt on my first day waking up by the campfire, looking up at the stars.

God i stumbled upon your channel a bit randomly and i have to say: I'm just impressed in the quality of your video ! I wasn't expecting a original essay, with a twist on the formula, with beautiful writing, a witty narrator, a wonderful ambiance... Amazing work ! I'm definetely looking forward for your next videos ! Thank you !

Just finished the video and I love the ending lmao

WOW ! Amazing video wich goes in depth about what outer wilds is about and what it achieves ! And the attention to detail... Incredible !

THIS IS YOUR FIRST VIDEO? THIS HAS 750 LIKES??????????? WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS HAPPENING HERE, THIS IS SO GOOD WTF I WAS ALMOST CRYING BY THE END AND MY MAN AIN'T GOT 1K LIKES???? Sorry for the caps but this is unreal, you DEFINETLY deserve much much more. Your voice, choice of words, the level of detail of blurring spoilers from the fucking translator in the background (that was genius btw), this is professional work right here. Don't stop talking about what you love, this video is a passion project that held my attention and took me for a ride, it also introduced me to a game that i'm super excited to play (you single-handedly introduced and instantly made me buy heaven's vault). Keep up the good work, you have my word i'll be spreading this video around.

Especially great job with the editing here, and that was a fantastic Ursula LeGuin quote to end on, I honestly sort of am heartbroken that she wasn't around to play this game! I truly think it would have made her proud.

You literally made videos on my two favorite games! I loved both videos. Not only their subject matter but also the humor, composition, and visuals. Thanks for the awesome content! [EDIT] Just noticed the video is 22 minutes long XD

You’re actually my favorite video essay type youtuber. You put attention to detail into the videos and that’s why I doubt that the response to them was luck.

This is fantastic. It's always lovely to discover a new channel talking about games with new perspectives. These are the videos I come to KZread for. This content is hugely valuable. Keep it up!

This should really have many more views. I feel that I have found a gem of a video. I wish all the best for you, my good sir.

Another amazing Video. You somehow manage to create videos of a quality, not a lot of more popular channels compare to, and this is only your second video. I'm already hyped for the next one.

Man, this vídeos are soooooo well produced, I thought that you were like a 5 years old Channel with a lot of experience, Keep up the good work, Im rooting for you :D

You have only 3 videos and two of them are of my both of my favorite video games ever. And I am happy to say that the videos were just as good as the games. I'll go watch your last video now and I'll be waiting for your next masterpiece

Wow dude, this channel is going somewhere. I have seen people with millions of subs whose videos are half the quality of yours. Keep it up

Love your sense of humor, the way you edit and how in depth you explore the topic at hand in your videos. I do look forward to see what this channel does in the future!

And here we see a new youtuber that, if he continues to be this good, may very well catch up to jacob geller in terms of quality

This video is so great! I love how you use the time loop high concept to introduce a new topic section. I’ve seen some fantastic videos on this lovely game, and yours is one of my favorite!

A spire icon AND great content? incredible.

Great work! KZread suggested your mantis lords video (Sisters of Battle are also my favorite boss fight in all of video games), and I am glad to have subscribed on the ground floor! Keep up the good work!

i just found your channel, and i really liked both of the videos, i really enjoy watching things creators are sincerely interested in. and im looking forward to what you make in the future!

Great video! Illustrates every component of this game very elegantly and cleanly, thank you for making this.

0:32 I don't think I've ever seen a better summary of the exploration in this game

Dude, your quality is outstanding. You are going to pop off

This is the best outer wilds analysis i've ever seen, gonna be looking forward to more of your videos soon in the future

This is the best video I've seen yet about the best game I've ever played

I'm really enjoying the content so far and I eagerly anticipate what title you'll analyze next. I even have a few suggestions if you're up for it. Two games I think you may enjoy and wish to dissect: -Frostpunk -Apotheon

@Mezzamine

3 жыл бұрын

I hadn't heard of Apotheon, will check it out. Thanks for the suggestions!

@thepiousskeleton6046

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mezzamine My pleasure. Keep up the great content!

Wow, you have to be my new favorite KZread channel! I’ve loved both of your videos and can’t wait for more!

I stumbled across your channel, and these videos really surprised me. Great work with your two videos so far

Yes, good, please hold to this current trajectory and continue releasing videos about each of my personal favourite games. You already seem to have the list, so I won't bother specifying. Thank you for your consideration.

@emottoazuka3028

3 жыл бұрын

I feel the exact same way

Rest in peace in peace to the nomai😔

This channel is amazing. You deserve way more subscribers!

This is vid is so high quality for such a small channel. Keep up the good work Mezzamine!

This is, really good, like seriously amazing

Hey I just wanted to say that you have been a real inspiration to me when trying to make a video essay of my own. Thank you and I can’t wait to see your next video down the line

I never had this much interest in Outer Wilds, but geez, I wasn't expecting this much from this game, welp, can't wait to have my own copy now. Great video.

I spent about an hour trying to land on the sun station before I stopped. I still think I can do it.

Probably one of the best thematic vids I’ve seen. Liked and subbed, loving this one even more then the HK one. I love vids like these so ur perfect haha

that was beautiful, thank you

My favorite game, thanks for the video ♥️

Wow the editing is so good

I would love to hear your thoughts on the new Echoes of the Eye DLC, should defiantly make a follow up to this video

@Gorfinhofin

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. It has strong themes of isolation and is a great contrast with the base game.

Yep I'm definitely subscribing; and buying Outer Wilds

I was hesitant about this game (just cause I'm not a huge space sci-fi guy) but you've convinced me to give it a shot 😅

I´m enjoying this one! i like it! keep em up! good luck!!!

I like all planets in the game apart from dark bramble. In the other planets their hazards tend to be either easily avoidable, a minor step back, or both. But in dark bramble you are instantly killed and it can discourage you from exploring the planet again. This leads to blaming the game whenever when you die in dark bramble, instead of blaming yourself for a mistake you make in another planet.

Bruh upload again your videos are amazing

Fantastic video!

Oh this game looks great

underated

Great video!

On April 19th I made bread

Great video

Oh I do love this game! Would never play it though, because fuck those Anglerfish. They give me nightmares.

Can you tell me what mic/ programs you use to mix your voiceover audio? Like, if it's audacity do you add eq and compression or do you just record and drop it into the video editor and add nothing? Anything at all you can tell me would be great!

@Mezzamine

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, sorry for the super late response! I record with an AT2020 mic using Logic Pro on my laptop. I don't have a studio or anything, just my living room and a few cushions behind the mic. I add some EQ, a bit of reverb and some compression (along with a few other plugins to help remove clicks, crackles etc) - the specific plugins and DAW don't really matter honestly so much as fiddling with settings and plugin order until you get a fuller and cleaner sound - I imagine you'd be able to get much the same effect with Audacity, but the editing tools are a bit reduced and I'm used to Logic. Check the playback on both headphones and speakers until you have something that works to your satisfaction. Once I've recorded a few takes of the voiceover I stick it in Adobe Premiere where I do the video editing. I'm not good enough to do everything in one smooth take so frequently I cut takes together, add / remove pauses, or find out that I need to completely re-write and record a segment. I'd say that each video's vocal track has about 4-5 different takes spliced together. (Probably also worth mentioning that I have a 'radio voice' that I use for recording - my regular speech pattern is about twice as fast and a fair bit more disjointed so I have to slow down and really focus on my pronunciation - a background in student radio helped me there) Hope that helps a bit, any further questions do let me know. Again, sorry it's so late!

@shvlking1578

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mezzamine awesome thanks! Can you tell me your compression settings?

@Mezzamine

3 жыл бұрын

@@shvlking1578 It's a light touch. Only about a 2:1 ratio on around a -10 threshold, with a medium length attack and release. Just enough to take the edge off any excess peaks. One thing I forgot to mention is that I do a final bit of volume tweaking in premiere afterwards - once the voice / music channels etc are balanced I use adobe's standard mastering plugin on the master bus - very light settings though, nothing more than a few % points. Most of the presets are waaay too strong, I just want to use it to glue everything together. The final volume level in the mixer averages just above -6dBs

@shvlking1578

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mezzamine Have you thought about making some sort of audio tutorial for people wanting to get into the video essay genre? I feel like it would help out the community a lot because most of them aren’t very good or have a decent final sound like yours does.

@Mezzamine

3 жыл бұрын

@@shvlking1578 Interesting idea, certainly! I'll think on it. Probably worth getting a few more videos under my belt first - I'm still learning new things constantly myself and this channel's only just started - but if there's enough interest I'll always be happy to help out others.

Too bad you have only to videos, they're great.

I just now realize the video is 22 minutes long

The exploration montage was way too accurate.

Harden up those R's.

Try Rain World

First

@Mezzamine

3 жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ it was up for 19 seconds. How

@v01d88

3 жыл бұрын

Mezzamine I know it’s stupid to say that I just thought it be funny. Thanks for the content btw keep it up and you’ll become a huge channel

@UnsIiced

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mezzamine he's Lightning McQueen

You warn for spoilers at the first planet, the thing is that you already spoiled the better part of the game right at the beginning with the supernova. Really sad.

This game fuckin ruined me

Two videos, two masterpiece. I hope you keep making such incredible videos. Discovering them was like the first time you entered the Giant's Deep. Keep it up! I want to see more! Great job!

Probably one of the best thematic vids I’ve seen. Liked and subbed, loving this one even more then the HK one. I love vids like these so ur perfect haha