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Let me think.... I would make a video like that for two reasons. If Bloodborne ever comes on PC, I play it and don't like it, then I’ll ask for forgiveness, and the second reason is if I ever play a "souls-like" and end up liking it more than a "soulsborne." The guilt would be so big that I would land on my armored knees again, look up at the Sun, and this time say: "Fromsoftware, forgive me...."😂

Well, there is a mod, I think, that can remove the door animations. If you can't find it on Nexus, then search the Steam community for the way to remove the door animations. Maybe that might help you enjoy the game more....🤔

I won't, kitten, thanks!

"Praise the Sun!" Now I'm hungry, though (LOL).

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Any tips on how to improve the audio? (I'm open for suggestions.)

You're welcomed.

Yes, I agree.

Spanish Dracula, what do you mean?

I haven't played any of the Silent Hill although I would like to (these games are very hard to find these days, and the only one I can find in GOG is the fourth). The Resident Evil games I plan to continue playing, though. Right now I'm starting to explore the Zero prequel although I'm not too deep on that one yet to properly have any thoughts on it. If I were to make a video on that one, it would be next year, probably.... Now, about Jill in the RE 3 Remake I have heard some of the stuff you say although I haven't played the game myself to put together any particular opinion. However GOG recently released the original trilogy and considering how much I liked the style of this RE 1 Remake I would like to play more of those before jumping to the over the shoulder perspective. A question: Would you recommend the RE 2 and RE 4 remakes, or should I stick only to the originals? I ask because I have to plan well my time and monetary investments so that I can keep up with the channel content, you understand....

@@joseortizreflects RE0 could be much more enjoyable if it had a trunk, good luck. I haven't played RE4 remake so I can't comment. My personal recommendation is that you should play the originals first, since I think it is more satisfying to be playing and notice what things have changed from the original compared to the remake. RE2 is a decent remake, the biggest cut was that they removed the A-B scenarios from the original, resulting in "what if" scenarios and replayability, which they unfortunately cut in the remake. If you wanted to save money you could play on an emulator, if you don't have moral problems with that. There are also HD versions of the original trilogy made by fans, I repeat, if you don't have moral problems with emulating. If you don't like emulating, the easiest thing would be to buy them on GOG. The original trilogy + code veronica are very fun games if you like survival horror. Also, if you play the originals first you can save money while playing them, since there are 3 games that will take you time to finish, and obviously the remakes are much more expensive in comparison. If you play RE2 (1998) I recommend playing "Claire A" and "Leon B" since it is the canon route. oh and if you get to play RE3 and at some point RE3 remake, you will realize how much content they cut, transforming it into a game that has nothing to do with the original. I hope you play the originals.

@@Kirisu__Mafuyu I'll keep all of that in mind. I'll buy the GOG games first then because I don't like emulating unless the game is on public domain. Thanks for the reply, it was highly informative.👍 BTW, I already noticed that Zero has zero item boxes....🤨

@@joseortizreflects I don't know what they were thinking when they removed the trunk. good luck as the game can be quite frustrating at times.

Resident evil one remastered on 2002 to look stunning on your CRT TV! People who played in 2002 know it’s a remake. Problem is most didn’t play it until the remaster like 13 years later.

I'm glad you appreciated it and may you have lots of fun playing the game.

Thank you very much, and Happy Halloween to you as well!

If making reviews and restrospective analyses of old video games is something you are interested in doing, I would love to see those videos, as it was through old PC games that I became interested in gaming and computers. Good luck in any decision you make!

That explains a lot. Thanks for the info and for supporting the channel always.❤️❤️❤️

Hit a nerve there, I see....

Yes, Requiem is full of bs. The designers' obsession with showcasing Amicia's face every five seconds didn't help either. The first game was better because they gave her the dignity that comes with backstage, but alas dignity is a word people rarely think when writing female characters!

That's precisely what I criticize in the video.

@@joseortizreflects It's just weird how you came to that conclusion. It seems like projection. I don't see any sexualization of her at all.

@@joseortizreflects I just find it weird that you came to that conclusion. It feels like projection on your part. I don't understand how they're sexualizing her?

@@DorianJaekle To be honest, this is not my best video, hardly. However, you might like *this* other video more. It is a more balanced analysis on APT Requiem, exploring what I consider its greatest strengths and flaws. Watch it and let me know what you think. th-cam.com/video/5pKyCkrAPYY/w-d-xo.html

I'm glad, and thankful, that you agree.🙂

I've been really busy lately with personal matters (why my uploads have been halted) but if things manage to get stable, I'll be able to put together a video I've been working for months now and *then* I'll get to work on Hellblade II. Hopefully I'll have my thoughts on it before the year is through. Wish me luck!

I'm not forcing anything to anyone, I just made a video that was not to your taste.

When it comes to story or character analysis there really is not a "right" or "wrong" opinion, just differing views. It is a shame, however, that you couldn't find any sort of satisfaction from my video because I made it with the best of intentions. I really like these games, and I really like these characters; I just wish the writers were more careful in making these sequels so there wouldn't be as much divisiveness between the fans. Peace.

First and foremost, Senua is not subverted in the first Hellblade. Subversion is when something is corrupted and Senua is not corrupt, she is just mentally ill. Her mental illness is this heroine's struggle, like having another character be blind or an amputee, and we wouldn't call these people corrupt, would we? After Senua struggles with the loss of Dillion and the traumatic memories of her mother's death and her father's abuse, she at the end comes to terms with her past, accepting that there is no magic (no Gods) that can change her past, or magic that can "heal" her, however *she* can be at peace with herself and try to make all the love and support that people like Dillion and Druth gave her be worth something in the end. By understanding herself better, and accepting herself, she can do better to others afterwards, thus becoming a more productive and fulfilled person in the years to come. Subverting Senua means subverting everything that I said and ending the second game with the character in a worst place than the one she starts in the first. Now, let's talk about Ellie! The problem with Ellie is not that she is gay because she was already gay in the first game and people loved her from the very beginning. She was also a fighter in the first game (and a better one, if I might add), than in the second. Ellie was subverted in the second game not because she is gay or a fighter (because she was both in the first game) but because they have her, simply said, be a jerk for the sake of it. In the original game Ellie was smarter, and even wiser, than she is portrayed in the second game. In the second game she is insecure, naive, self centered and basically fails every single character in the game in one regard or another. It is funny how people accept how Ellie couldn’t save Joel at the beginning of TLOU2 when she singlehandedly took down scores and scores of cannibals in the first game all to defend Joel. Taking about Joel, having Ellie hate Joel so deeply in the second game is ridiculous, and yet another deconstruction of her character. The Left Behind DLC puts Ellie's relationship with Joel in contrast with the one with Riley. With Riley we see all the mistakes that they did due to them being naïve, how they wasted years of relationship, how they foolishly distracts one another and without even realizing attract the horde of Runners that bit Ellie and killed Riley. This relationship (and all its mistakes) are put in contrast with Joel in the present, who depends on her to do things right and *this time*, Ellie does things right. She braves the mall by herself with both guile and courage, finding Joel the medicine, getting rid of the brigands that wanted to kill him and afterward stitching him all by herself. At the ending, when the game is swapping between the past and the present we see a desperate Ellie crying over Riley's shoulder and in the present we see a hardened Ellie firmly looking after her sick father. However, it turns out she didn't care for him as much as we thought and hoped for in the second game because she wanted to die and Joel didn't let her. Also it seems she didn't learn from her mistakes with Riley because in the second game she commits the same, exact mistake by smoking weed with Dina, have sex and oversleeps. Don't you see the deconstruction there, the subversion of her character? Riley died because she and Ellie got carried away and forgot to remain vigilant and Joel died because Ellie got doped, overslept so she couldn't reach him in time and then had her brains and her knees too weak to fight and think clearly. She has a gun in her hands, she sees Abby hitting Joel with a gulf club and instead of shooting her she walks right in so the rest of the gang can grab her. This is a direct and almost comical subversion of the character of the first game, who handled similar situations better when she was younger and less experienced. This doesn't stop here, however. She and Riley wasted their relationship in petty childishness, afterwards she wasted her relationship with Joel and the years of peace that he provided her because of her "messiah complex," and then she gets a third chance with Dina and their son and she wastes it because of a revenge trip she didn't even finish. Ellie, who was a good person in the first game, the person for whom Joel condemned the rest of humanity to save, was turned in a crappy daughter, crappy friend, crappy girlfriend and crappy step mother. So yes, Ellie was subverted severely in the second game and although people hate Abby because she is the one that technically killed Joel, people resent Ellie in that second game for many, many reasons. And Amicia.... I've spoken more than enough about Amicia, if you want to hear my thoughts on her there is a whole playlist that I’ve made for the APT games.

"Who the heck dislikes Ellie? Aside from homophobes, obviously" - with this, absolutely stupid and retarded statement, you persuaded me you're not worth discussing this with. When one so effortlessly and so quickly resorts to the "homophobe" card in any context (let alone this), they strip themselves of any credibility they may have had. Sorry, not sorry.

I couldn't stand Ellie in 2. The writing felt contrived and just out of character for lack of a better way of putting it. Even at the beginning the way she behaves and the decisions she made didn't feel in line with who she was shown to be by end of part 1. It felt like they completely threw out her more mature qualities and replaced them with those of hormonal teenager, problem being she's just entered her 20s going in 2 just for the sake of plot contrivances. While sure she wasn't a grown ass adult in a child's body maturity wise in part 1, she was considerably more so than she was in part 2.

Very true. Ellie was a more mature and overall more interesting character in the first game. (Note that for some reason that I do not understand yet, TH-cam is hiding some comments [like the one I am replying to now], so if you want to read them change the sort by option to "Newest.")

Did you know that there are martial arts experts that could argue why Nadine could beat Nathan in a fight? Did you know that if you throw dust at the face of an opponent you will most likely blind him for a while? Amicia could have at least tried to do that and she didn't. This isn't about brute strength. Of course the Count could beat Amicia in a one on one fight, but she had something he didn't have, which is the element of surprise and she literally shouts at everyone so they can notice and attack her. And this isn't about trauma either, because there are plenty of traumatized characters that would have handled that situation better. The game is simply forcing the situation in order to mock the character but since they are obviously not going to kill her then nothing happens afterwards, so rather than have plot armor show itself they might as well avoided the entire scene and have Amicia find Hugo first and then together they arrive in time to see their mother dying. Besides, who ever said God of War was a power fantasy? Kratos had a miserable life. The fact that you can rip enemies limb by limb doesn't make the game a power fantasy. And lastly, I never asked for a happy ending in Hellblade II, all I ask is for the writers to treat the character of Senua with respect and allow her to maintain the essence that made her likeable and relatable in the first game. I am completely aware of the possibility that Senua might die in this game or in a third, but if she maintains her evolution then you'll be hearing me praise the game in this channel. Let's just pray the game is good so that all of us can be happy for once with our time and money invested.

It's sad that in recent years dramatic writing has been reduced to just shocking deaths and cringy melodrama. Requiem is the perfect example to that. Have a lot of pointless melodramas and push a tragic ending (even if it doesn't make sense) and you have the recipe of the modern masterpiece. Subversive writing is nothing new, but its misuse in recent years has diminished its values. When Ned Stark was beheaded in GOT that was a surprising and impactful moment, but afterwards we've had so many Neds getting beheaded that such a writing strategy has lost its effect. Well written stories that coherently expose their narrative without pushing gratuitous shock twists in a heavy handed manner are becoming rarer and rarer these days. See dramas like Schindler’s List. This one is a great example of a well written, polished story that depicts violence without it becoming gratuitous. The film also has a well written, polished script that successfully sets the differences between Schindler (the better man) and Amon Goeth (the worst). The film is great not because it is violent or because it has dramatic scenes and a beautiful score by John Williams, it is good because all of that is put together in a film that MAKES SENSE and successfully depicts the worst *and* best of humanity. That’s exactly the worst thing about modern story-telling, it often exalts the worst in people. Portraying Hugo's death as the salvation of humanity is the perfect example to that because Amicia kills her brother (the person that valued her and supported her the most) to save an already broken world filled with people that would slaughter her the first chance they get and the game wants to portray this act of fratricide as a heroic sacrifice instead. Story telling used to be better. It wasn't perfect (it's never been) but it was better and the main reason was because it had its values in check. Stories about evil people that do horrendous acts have existed since time began, the difference is that back in the days these stories and these characters were written and portrayed as evil people and the overarching moral of the story was that *we*, the readers, should never become that type of person; now, however, we get basically the opposite. Long ago, fratricide was treated like the horrible thing that it is. Great example: Cain and Abel and through Cain's bloodline came a string of corrupted descendants. Now however, we get Amicia and Hugo, and through the fratricide of one sibling to another we get the salvation of humanity (incredible!) The truth is that these evil acts are still evil, and through the "Requiem Amicia" (and others like her) we *will*, most certainly, get a string of dark descendants (shivers). If you reached the bottom of this reply then thank you for reading it and thank you for appreciating my work. As always, stay safe and have a great rest of your day and or night.

​@@joseortizreflects You don't relate to understandalbe morals, that was proven with Luke Skywalker. Star Wars is a RARE, kurosawa ripoff franchise where the ultimate moral is mercy, but ONLY because of familial jingoism in Luke salvaging his FATHER. He would not spare a human being in general, only his own blood. The brutal tribalism that people go for, and RUIN good stories with, is amoral. Zorro was turned into Batman because Batman "is vengeance", and a surveillance authority that can do no wrong. You DESIRE a Big Brother figure like that. Luke considering killing Ben Solo is a perfect full circle of this, but people can't handle the idea that brutalism COULD backfire. Saving Vader because of a blood relation should in moral fairness reflect in keeping your offspring in check, and the only way to tell that story is the antithesis of mercy. If an old father can be spared, then a young son could be sacrificed, that's the flipside of this brutalism. South of jordan they now use Lavender AI that works JUST like Batman. That's what you get and pay for, because you CAN'T make the sacrifice of mercy at YOUR own cost, and your veteran sons are earning purple hearts as Kylo Ren.

flash tells wonder woman that she'll have to kill them - game is trash but that plot point could stand if we want to have a impact so harley actually trying to save batman and in the end having to kill him after a bloody battle and tears in eyes with batman acknowledging that she can be more than joker's punching bag would be THE moment for her but no everything touched by woke turns to shit

You are, of course, most welcomed.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, and yes, I too cried with the Parting Glass. ☺️

That is an awesome idea! It had never crossed my mind, but it would have been really good!

One of the many problems with Requiem is that Amicia feels too fictitious. Contrary to the first game, in which the character is more subtly written and as such ends up expressing more believable emotions, she, in the second game is all about the "obvious," and too little about that which is truly meaningful. Amicia looks devoted to Hugo on surface level, but when you look at Requiem's writing deeply, you will realize that the sister and brother story is barren this second time around because the game has shifted its real focus to *other* things. The way she looks and sounds in this second game doesn't help either, because she seems as if she is posing to a camera instead of genuinely interacting with her kid brother. That is the whole point of this video and the scene comparison that I make in it. The first game was better because it knew when to give Hugo the forefront and have Amicia take backseat for a while. Therefore, when we get to her "character moments" they are way more compelling, superiorly written and more believable than they are in the second game which is a "parade" of her "cringy character moments." The scene that you mentioned about "healing" and "moving on" would have actually been beautiful had Hugo survived the game, because Amicia's speech, in retrospective, falls flat when you think that she is going to be killing her brother a few hours later. Hugo's survival would have also made Beatrice's death mean something, because Beatrice's death, and the impact it had on her children and Lucas, is overshadowed two steps later when Hugo is killed and the focus shifts entirely on how Amicia will cope without him, the mother completely forgotten. In any case, thanks for the comment and have a great rest of your day and or night.

Your words are well appreciated and I am so, so glad that you found meaning and hope in its content. Even if no one else watches it or approves with the things said within, the fact that *you* appreciated it makes the work of more than a year worth the effort. Thank you so much, and be well and safe....

I am deeply touched by your comment, friend. I am also honored that you watched my video and glad you found so much meaning in it, because I put a lot of effort and heart into making it. Stay safe and be well. 💚💙❤

Thank you, I’m going to go watch this movie tonight and so true some people do not change because they can’t see it or external issues

I am glad you agree. That is what I liked most about Edward Kenway's story, that he managed to make the change in his life for the better. This video by "Jose Ortiz Reflects" makes a very thorough and emotive analysis and is one of the best I have seen. Hope you enjoy the movie and have a nice day or night.

Imagine pressing attack button three times, the kick button four times and three more attack buttons so Senua does the "ultra spinning psychotic slashing kick!" Now *that* would be crazy!😮🤷‍♂️😁 Talking seriously, yes, it would be nice if Senua could run faster and jump.

😫😩😣😦 Noooooo!

You just nailed the two biggest reasons why I didn't like this game. First the game forces a pessimistic story and conclusion (simply for kicks) and second, Hugo is relegated to "secondary character" position when the first game thrived on being the story of the *two* siblings and not just one. If you remove one of the siblings the story becomes pointless, and now that the boy is dead, I really am no longer invested on the story of Amicia by herself. Amicia used to be a character with so much merit and potential, a character that used to embody so well the burdens that elder siblings endure for the sake of their little ones. The Amicia of Innocence reminded me constantly of real life people that I have known, my elder sister amongst them; the Amicia of Requiem, however, does not, which further proves to me how false her characterization, in that second game, is. I often ask myself what the hell is wrong with writers when they are making sequels, and why is it that nowadays every single sequel wants to subvert expectations? This is so similar to what happened in "The Last of Us PART II," in which the writers subverted the expectations of their fans focusing instead on everything else except what truly matters in their story, which are Joel and Ellie. In any case, thank you for sharing your thoughts, and have a wonderful New Year.

​​​@@joseortizreflects I would've given you heart if I could, but alas. My impression is that Innocence achieves more, or at the very least, as much with less, on the whole. It really felt... As a more fresh experience, in a way. Perhaps even uplifting for some. And one of the reasons for all that is, funnily enough, that it kind of didn't even really try that hard, unlike Requiem. It came exceedingly more organically. Innocence really felt as a properly tight AA, indie game that reached the heights it wasn't even destined to reach, while Requiem (probably rashly) abandoned this gritty, down-to-earth, tale, subtle approach that was hyper-focused on the main characters, their relationship, plot and less on the themes and messaging that often and easily can become overbearing and intrusive to the experience. Instead, with the increased budget and resources Asobo Studio had at their disposal, Requiem (almost proudly) threw out the window that neat premise and narrative design that was clearly working to perfection in Innocence, and attempted a much more typical and direct AAA blockbuster movie-game direction that aimed for grandiose and melodrama instead, with a lot of "walking segments" and so on. PRECISELY what Naughty Dog (their known role-models) is known for. It burdened itself with too much and in the end felt much more hamfisted and increasingly less subtle, especially in later chapters. For me personally, the more pessimistic plot certainly didn't help, but that's besides the point. They even got rid of the French accents, which further sets these games apart for me and makes them feel even less well-connected. The absolute annihilation of TLOU's legacy with that manure called TLOU2 needs no elaboration; it's a scandal without parallel in gaming history. I'm not going to compare Requiem to TLOU2 of course, it's nowhere near as outright disastrous as the latter, but some parallels are simply uncanny, considering Asobo's open fanboy-ish attitude towards Naughty Dog from the very beginning. Now to be fair, it's not that I feel Innocence is *superior* in EVERY SINGLE aspect of its writing, but overall? I find it considerably better and much more successful. It's not even a debate for me. Happy New Year to you as well!

I'm glad you did.