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Fair...

If...

I don't see how you could have watched the video all the way through and misinterpreted everything that I said so dramatically. I said, "games are too distracted" and I was talking about the gameplay. Practically all of my examples were games that primarily focused on gameplay. Also the story is not just told through cutscenes it's told through gameplay which was something else that I was talking about that you seem to completely gloss over. Also, Elden Ring is like 95% gameplay and 5% cut scenes, so I don't really understand your point.

Thank you! Choice paralysis is definitely a thing that causes that these days... Convenience makes playing games less special.

Hell yes

You're right about GTA online for sure.

It definitely takes on more open world elements... I just focused on the main story and called it a day. Made a video about it too.

That's fair, it is a huge game.

I appreciate that you noticed that! Thanks!

Sure dude...

Consequences you say?

Lol

Um... I don't know if I should say thank you or f**k you...

@@dutchritz in a good way lol

Many thanks!

You are absolutely right.

Go make some videos dude!

So did TLC.

I can't wait for my channel to become bug 😉

Monotonous is a bit of a strong word. I have replayed it twice and enjoyed it, but there were definitely traversal parts that felt like they dragged on a bit the second and third time...

That's generally my attitude, but there have been quite a few longer games in the last decade that have won me over to camp "it works sometimes"

@dutchritz such as?

@@KrisVickers-wn6dd because of its combat variety as well as wanting to understand the world building deeper, I would say Elden Ring is the the most glaring example. I've played through the game three times at about 90 hours per playthrough and I'm still not extremely tired of the gameplay. Final Fantasy 16 had engaging storytelling in most of its side content, and I wasn't mad at the game for making me spend roughly 60 to 70 hours in order to finish all of it. As much as there is a lot of faffing about you can do in Red Dead redemption 2, it is a very interesting narrative to follow that does take a long time including side content. The quality just has to be there for me to find it interesting. It was the same thing with some older games too, like Bethesda's and Rockstar's older stuff. Ideally, I don't like spending more than 25 to 30 hours on a game, but there have been a few examples like these where the quality was maintained for long periods of gameplay. Most games can't live up to that kind of scope though.

@@dutchritz I think I'd just get bored of spending so much time in a game. I duno. but maybe cause I have quite a big backlogs of ps2 games to work through.

@KrisVickers-wn6dd I totally get it. My favorite type of games fit into that framework more often than not too. The Witcher 3 is another good example of a long game with high quality.

Thanks!!

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I feel like Elden Ring innovates in ways that Breath of the Wild wishes it did. There is so much better world building and storytelling in Elden Ring. Not to mention the diversity of gameplay options.

@@dutchritz BotW did things before elden ring obviously: the game didn't put markers on your map before you've been there, you can also place them yourself visually in BotW through the Sheikah Slate every time you spot something interesting, not just distance guessing (something you have to do in elden ring), trying to place the pin on the map where you think it is based on distance. BotW innovated in organic exploration and the world is much more open and offersmore freedom to explore in not just horseback, but also climbing, paragliding, swiming, etc. Elden ring only offers torrent which isn't even customizable and has zero personality. Breath of the Wild has also offers more freedom in it's world structure (a giant square with no borders between), while elden rings world is kinda shaped like a circle (except mountaintops and caelid doesn't connect), which means all the regions are connected through linear design and they act as small islands, with maximun only 2 regions surrouding them, everything else is water. RPGs are known to house regions that offers environmental consequences, like freezing in cold temperatures or feeling nauseous in deserts, mechanics like these helps the world feel like a real place and gives players consequences if they're not suited for the area, not just boss thresholds. Despite their genre differences, BotW is in many ways more of an RPG than elden ring if you compare both of them to other RPGs

@@davidborned those are all reasons I like ER more. I prefer a more linear structure and less sandbox. I find breath of the wild fairly uninteresting because of its vapid RPG qualities. Zelda was always an action adventure game and it ruined the franchise in my opinion. Just because you can do more stuff that's less meaningful doesn't mean it's good, but that largely just depends on what your preference is.

@@dutchritz Like many have said before me, BotW was more like what Zelda was at the very beginning with the original Legend of Zelda. It’s the games after that became linear action adventures, while BotW was a return to form and because the series became stagnant and lacking in innovation after Skyward Sword, it was one of the biggest leaps gaming has seen in recent years. Established series can change it’s genre in order to avoid becoming stale. Zelda did with BotW. Fromsoft didn’t with Elden Ring, we just got Dark Souls in an open world. Elden ring being open world just like BotW, means it should reward players for their time with everything they find. In BotW, I could always use korok seeds and spirit orbs and armor sets and weapons. In elden ring I never needed spirit ashes or crafting, regarding the latter is because it was poorly implemented by not offering mechancis like environmental consequences in an rpg, so there’s no need to craft anything because it plays just like Dark Souls which didn’t have a crafting system because it didn’t need it. Important items are scattered around at the most random places often especially in the dlc. Just as you like elden ring more, I like BotW more, but that was never my point, because it’d be a useless discussion. My point here was that regardless of our opinions, the effect BotW had on the industry was bigger and more deserving of that third example. Elden ring played it very safe and even though it was a new IP, they refused to innovate on the genre and just made another Dark Souls, just when I thought they made their new IPs unique and different from each other, like Sekiro and Bloodborne (which was games that actually innovated, not open world in this case obviously but other aspects like combat or weapons), they went straight back to their safe nest of the Dark Souls gameplay disguised as a new IP. And regarding your final point, you could say that about elden ring as well, bigger ≠ better

@@davidborned Elden Ring's crafting system is super important to the game! It defines stratagies and play styles for countless builds. It has a way more dynamic combat system then BOTW's three weapon styles. It incorporates level design into an open world instead of a largly empty sandbox (something that not even the legend of Zelda on NES did). BOTW's "temples" are a joke in terms of complexity and exploration. It had real and unique boss fights unlike BOTW's one boss you fight 4 times with minor variations. The crafting system in BOTW was more inovative in terms of combining things, but it's terrible UI made navigating items a nightmare. I think BOTW was the top of the open world market when it came out for travesal, but has been out classed by many open world games in terms of questing, combat mechanics, level designs, rpg upgrading systems and weapon upgrades. Even older open world games like Fallout New Vegas make a better cause and effect system that make your choices effect the world and NPC relationships more than BOTW's largly static world. I think BOTW is a more shallow experience in almost every way other than how interactive the traversal and collection machanics are.

I know 😁

Fable 2 was my first, love it to pieces!

Most appreciated!

Truer words there never were!

they should make a handheld again and make exclusives there

Hey, Mr complainer guy, did buy the smaller, tight and focused games Sony released this gen? Returnal, Sackboy, a big adventure, Rachet and Clank: Rift apart, Astrobot? Did you buy them? If you didn’t then shut up cos people will complain that Sony doesn’t make these games anymore then when they do, hardly anyone buys them and it makes them instead focus on the Last of us clones instead

@@dammyoyesanya4656 Astrobot sold 1.5 million units in two months. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart has sold over 4 million units. But sure, "hardly anyone" bought those. Nice try, though. Sackboy: A Big Adventure was bound to do poorly since it isn't a proper Little Big Planet sequel with the ability to make your own content. Returnal is a roguelike, a genre more popular on PC than consoles, and you can find those types of games on PC for half the cost of Returnal.

Lol

Truth.

My priority 1. Gameplay 2. Graphics 3. Story (optional) Racing games/fighting games (including beat em up) with barely any story can still be good

For me story, graphics and maybe then gameplay.

@miqseri it all depends on your taste

What's that about?

@@dutchritzdon’t, it’s a 70$ visual novel with ps3 graphics, the game gets rlly bad after 20 hrs and it’s really long and bloated with filler, don’t recommend it

Thanks! I appreciate it!

Haha so true! Couldn't have put it any better myself 😂 (although I must admit, Red Dead 2 has much better gameplay than most "movie" games)

@@dutchritz true not red dead 1 is way more replay able specially with the zombie mode.

Cool, but I still love RDR2.

@@dutchritzIt was very long, but I love slow-paced games. Though, Guarma was a really rushed chapter that should’ve been developed further, imo.

@@Hazbin_fan_edits like I said, if you can fit good material into a large scope... I'm here for it.

Tyson!

A Rockstar classic!

Lol

There were a bit of mandatory ones, but I feel like a lot of them are optional.

@dutchritz Optional doesn't really mean it's a choice to not do it If you want to see all of the content, it's not really optional, and it's not clear which quests you can go back to after story events if any

Yes! My attention to quality is working!

Micro's should only exist in live service games to fund ongoing development, in my opinion. In one-off single player experiences... Totally ridiculous!

I respect that.

Yeah I really like red dead redemption 2, but sometimes its so big that I get burnt out playing it and take a break from it. lol

@ RDR2 is my favorite game. But as someone who loves 100 percenting games I hated it. But finally getting there was so satisfying.

Thanks dude!

Sorry you have to deal with that. I do miss the offline nature of gaming in the past...

@@dutchritz Battlefield 1942, halo CE.......i miss when ai bots were still a thing ;-;

play shady knight and ultrakill

Just play older titles.

I appreciate that! It takes time to grow that initial audience when you can't make videos all the time, but I'm slowly working on it 😁

@@dutchritz for sure, ive thought about getting out there and making videos but it seems like a lot of effort to insert yourself in the algorithm

I know, it was a mistake I missed when reviewing the edit. Also, the way Wander pronounces his name in the game made me not realize this for many years, so I often say it wrong as a force of habit.

Inflection was off a bit, but I know.

Hey, I had a Wii before I had a 360, so I totally get the market dominance. However, in America, the 360 dominated the space and had many more exclusive games before the PS3 became the dominant console. Also I was a big fan of Halo 3 so that definitely swayed me.

Maybe do some research first on how 360 dominated ps3 in sales and how ps3 only outsold towards the very end, while yes Wii outsold all of them it was more geared towards casual gamers and I wouldn’t say it’s a better console overall

@@mr_smiles4213 maybe you do the research on how the PS3 since outsold Xbox in other markets that aren't USA and literally had a better library since the last half of the gen and how the Wii console was the true winner overall

console war in 2024 is crazy

Super Mario Galaxy? GALAXY? What is that a movie? They're making movies for game consoles?

@@deepthreedesign got to keep that quality alive for when it happens man!

I wouldn’t have even noticed it WASNT from a larger account if it wasn’t for this comment. Awesome video!

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