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Barony I did a video on it, it’s sick!

Of course it’s debatable :) it’s a review, it’s not fact, it’s personal opinion. The power of a review is in consistency, not in being right about everything. If I like 6 games and people who watch try them and like them as well, we share taste and they can trust my recommendations. If people don’t like them, then that’s still valuable because they know they won’t like what I like. The only part that’s not debatable or personal opinion is just the core gameplay mechanics, because that’s just showing how it works.

Thanks! This means a lot :)

This is a new one, only started it a few months ago. The other one was shorts focused to learn those skills, did that, now focusing on experimenting and re learning browse traffic.

@@EljayIsHere cool man, looking forward to the content. 🤌🏻

If you read the description you’ll find several, and when you put all the typos together you’ll get a special message ;)

hahaha a perfect score! In serious, I'm trying not to do ratings anymore, because I feel like my random number doesn't add much, better to let feeling tell the rest

Yeah! It seems to lead you to a path you've never been in the direction of a flame (I think....)

I plan too! I am going in blind, and don't really want to review it, but considering playing it in full and uploading it as a Members Lets play :) Not sure yet, I just want some content to thank the $1 a month supporters and figure that works better for a game like Outer Wilds where I don't want backseating, etc

@@EljayIsHere i understand and totally agree that it is definitely a game best played blind/with as little back seating as possible. it is really a completely unique experience in gaming and i have only really gotten a similar feeling from animal well

Not really, Metroidvanias have a fairly set path most often, they’re not entirely open and up to you. They might open up later but it’s an illusion of choice rather than actual free choice. Most often you’ll always go the same path, and same route by game design. Animal Well lets you go literally any direction to start with no forced guidance. It’s feels far more free than a Metroidvania normally would. Plus, you’re taking one line and twisting it, then ignoring the entire concept of the video is, “genre labels are dumb, and anything can fit anything.”

@EljayIsHere I feel like you've only played bad metroidvanias by this description. If done poorly, a metroidvania can just feel like a linear game with extra steps. But a good metroidvania makes you feel like you can progress from every direction, hollow knight is a perfect example of this. I don't think the point of the video was very clear, felt more like you were dissing a genre while describing what a good game from that genre should be. I really like your videos overall though.👍

@@EljayIsHere It really depends on the metroidvania, some are more open some are more linear, as you said genre labels do not fit perfectly. I somewhat agree with you, but i do not understand your hatered for the metroidvania genre. I would recomend playing some good metroidvanianias like of course hollow knight which is a railroad at the beggining but then opens up in every way and one that has just released - nine sols with a very linear desing.

@@EljayIsHere Its unfair of you to say he is "twisting" one line from the video when your main point on why animal well is not a metroidvania is that it isnt linear while metroidvanias defining feature is non linearity. Im Not sure what metroidvanias you've played that you felt they were giving you only the illusion of choice but that isnt what the genre is. Respectfully, youve a habit of calling genres you dont understand terrible.

It feels like that’s what I’m saying through this entire video though, that I personally haven’t enjoyed my experience with the genre, and now I’ve finally played one that does it well, and I am coming to terms with that. You guys enjoy the genre and have had good experiences with it, I personally haven’t until now. When you play games that aren’t good or fun, you end up steering clear from others considered similar. But taking a chance on something like Animal Well, and being surprised and torn that it’s good, then having to understand that, is the whole eye opener. Thats why the title is what it is, why the pinned comment is what it is, and why I take so many chances on this channel on things I don’t think I’ll like because the goal of this channel is just to try games and not be sucked into old habits of playing the same stuff. I’m sure there are lots of genres and games you guys hate or think are terrible, probably a lot I love, I’m not going to tell you you’re wrong for that, but if you turned around and said, “holy crap I dislike this but this one I loved, and it feels nothing like the rest of them is it the same? Surely not!!” Then I’d go, “Hell yeah! If you liked that, that’s great, you finally got to experience why I like that thing too” I hope that makes sense, and explains what I’m trying to say and do. I’ve always said, what I say isn’t fact, it’s feelings and personal experience, I’ll try make that better moving forward as well :) I assumed people would understand it’s personal experience but I understand that’s not always easy.

It’s like Halo 2 meets Halo 3

No please don’t be rational, I needed my endless dislike to be proven right, I can’t have such a wonderful game be a genre I’m not a fan of hahaha

Hahaha fun though

#DarkSouls3IsAMetroidvania Also, sorry if you feel the title is clickbait, I am still working on finding a balance and titles are really difficult.

Day 2 of asking for you to review streets of rogue

@@NotSteel i second this

I don’t think a sequel needs to match perfectly, as I say at the end it’s completely different but it’s still looks fun for what it is I’m willing to give them good faith and try it out without expecting the dev to try to do the same thing again. I don’t want to judge before I get a chance to try it at least

I really didn’t want to spoil it! I’ve had a few people say I didn’t finish the game before when I’ve done this sortve thing hahaha But I stand by not spoiling things