Discussing Synthetic Man's God of War Ragnarok Video

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  • @ozzmacdonald8649
    @ozzmacdonald8649 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +27

    A few times during this I was waiting for Mauler’s voice: “He just said that. Pay attention Rags.”

  • @SirReginaldThe2rd
    @SirReginaldThe2rd 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +37

    man, I remember watching the entire EFAP live, and synthetic man sucked the life out everyone

    • @Grassroots_Hegemon
      @Grassroots_Hegemon 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      I remember 2 minutes in Theo being like "I think i know what station this train is going to" and being like holy shit, that was a bold prediction at that point in the review but Theo hit a trickshot with that one 😂

    • @marcthomas5949
      @marcthomas5949 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Ah a fellow massive welcome

    • @Grassroots_Hegemon
      @Grassroots_Hegemon 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@marcthomas5949 I was a fan of Mauler for his force awakens review frankly because I liked his voice and was replacing floors and Adding drives to a plant, and was looking for something not very distracting. Now I travel for work and was so happy to be able to download content that lasts 10 hours, is delightful to listen to, insightful and it really does put gas in my tank. When I road jockey I work 20 hours a day, sometimes more, so I really appreciated the long content, and it tracks linearly so if I have to step away and step back, I can pick up where i was, without having missed the main jist.

    • @marcthomas5949
      @marcthomas5949 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Grassroots_Hegemon i love the 3 episode arcs they do the Hasan one the xqc one
      The favorite definitely is the boogie one

  • @professormallard4348
    @professormallard4348 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    For reference, bear and wolf are both actually gay terms referring to stereotypes or aesthetics of gay men. Bear is considered more "openly" gay of the two because of how widely known the stereotype is. So Synthetic Brain isn't wrong that bears are more gay than wolves, but its a dumb joke anyway cause his first transformation is a bear so... He's still an idiot. As someone who has been referred to as a wolf before, I take offense that he would suggest I am not higher on the gayness tier lol.

  • @TheKAIGamesCo
    @TheKAIGamesCo 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +28

    Pleasure joining you all for this!

  • @hyperbolicninja
    @hyperbolicninja 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +34

    This was such a blast, thanks for having me

    • @Grassroots_Hegemon
      @Grassroots_Hegemon 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      😂😂n g😮😮e😂❤❤😂e😂rdd Der😂😂s3e we😅🎉❤❤❤🎉b😢e450😢😢es333ww😮😢🎉was t2 die 7:45:01 🎉

  • @mcbadrobotvoice8155
    @mcbadrobotvoice8155 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Synthetic man when a meteor is flying towards his house (the meteor has unblockable attacks and is fat)

  • @joevile240
    @joevile240 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This stream is great. The grandma jokes had me rolling. You all play off of each other really well.

  • @andrewvaldez8866
    @andrewvaldez8866 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    You guys are awesome I loved the video. I hope you also do Mahler‘s super cut of synthetic cause it reveals some absolutely insane things which I won’t spoil in case you do also I just recommend in general to watch metal commanders play through. It’s genuinely really cool. What happens in the end

  • @OliverBarnes-w9p
    @OliverBarnes-w9p 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    On the topic of Thrud's cleaver, it could be inspired by the medieval falchion, basically a medieval oversized cleaver. The falchion was used because it hard greater force than a regular arming sword, a full blade length compared to an axe, and great cutting, cleaving, and beating power behind it. This weapon was invented about 300 years after the viking invasions of England and it worked better against the armour of the time. However in the world where gods exist with their godly power and armours and lets just say rock hard skin, I could definitely see a place for this adaptation of the falchion, especially when being used by Thor's daughter

    • @TheKAIGamesCo
      @TheKAIGamesCo 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Solid point! The argument I'd have against that is the sheer size of the Falchion. They'd be around 35-40 inches long so you'd have a hefty slab of metal behind the swing. Thrud's cleaver looks to be a bit shorter, but not by TOO much and I'm eyeballing it.
      I think in the context of being a weapon used by a god it's perfectly fine since she has abnormal strength to back up her swing. The main issue I'd have with it is threat range, since she's also quite small compared to the other strength-based gods. It wouldn't be my weapon of choice if I were her, but it's not unusable.

    • @TheNoonish
      @TheNoonish 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TheKAIGamesCoI could say much the same for Mjolnir. If it was just a hammer and not something that was able to fly and engage at range, it would be entirely impractical because of its limited reach. It’s a small, one handed weapon wielded with no shield in the off hand. We accept it because we’re used to these depictions of Thor, but as a war hammer it is exceptionally impractical.

    • @lucianocastrogiovanni2879
      @lucianocastrogiovanni2879 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TheNoonish Yeah, but as was stated during the video, there's more lore behind Mjolnir and why its impractical yet Thor still uses it. It is explained by the narrative of the mythos itself. Whereas Thrud's weapon was a decision by the studio behind the game, and doesn't have all that narrative lore behind it justifying why it's what it is even if it is not the most efficient weapon for her. The point this was raised on was pretty much on the fact that it does bare some explaining, as it is not readily apparent why it would fit. Ofc its a nitpick really, but I digress.

  • @heretichunter5659
    @heretichunter5659 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    On the discussion of the multiple afterlives; it is definitively stated in the games that:
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    The light of Alfheim is the resting place of all non-human creatures i.e. dwarves, elves, giants and animals (hence why Faye is in the light, and why Sindri was able to retrieve Brok from the lake of souls).
    Helheim is the human realm of the damned, those who do not fall in glorious battle. There is sorting within Hel but the human souls do not ever get to reach the light of Alfheim. Mimir goes to Hel and so do all the ghosts that you help in the various side quests. This is also referenced in the stories of Odin hanging himself on Yggdrasil, in which even he went to Hel in a quest for magical knowledge. In addition, Odin was intrigued by Kratos entering the light of Alfheim, a feat he himself was never able to accomplish due to him being a human god.
    Finally, Valhalla is the afterlife for human warriors who died in combat, and is where the Einherjar are retrieved from by Odin. Humans can only reach Valhalla if they are deemed worthy and escorted by the Valkyries.
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Therefore the existence of the separate afterlives is inconsequential; a soul can only go to one specific place deemed by the world's rules. These rules are most likely ingrained in the "direction" quarter of a soul.
    In summary:
    Animals + Non-Humans = Alfheim (i.e. Brok, Faye, Fenrir)
    Humans = Helheim OR Valhalla (Mimir, Odin, literally everyone else)

  • @Cats-TM
    @Cats-TM 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    Welp, another EFAP-like to spend my day on.

  • @TheSSBBfan666
    @TheSSBBfan666 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    the difference between Odin's version of Tyr and the REAL Tyr in Valhalla is telling a lot, hope you guys cover the dlc.

  • @Doc-Glock
    @Doc-Glock 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    9:27:06 Watching this all the way through, it's no wonder people looking to defend something as bad as The Acolyte (for one example) tend to keep bringing up and latching onto insane, non-starter arguments like those being spouted by complete fools like Synthetic Man. Seems like they don't want to engage with criticism that actually makes any real sense.
    SM is a walking strawman, and one of the most Internet Brain-Rotted "critics" that I've seen on this platform. He should be instantly dismissed by anyone with a functional brain, but it's still good to see people break down *why* his opinions are so stupid.

  • @SirCunningham-m5y
    @SirCunningham-m5y 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

    Oh fuck. I remember EFAP covering Synthetic Man a while ago. Have fun with this lads.

  • @pippip911
    @pippip911 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1:42:46 in tony hawk proving ground the transition areas/ loading screens were entire levels

  • @g4sper112
    @g4sper112 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    After watching your GoW:Ragnarpk playthrough, I was looking forward to this! A delayed Christmas gift, for sure

  • @The_shady_puffer
    @The_shady_puffer 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    It's like an extra EFAP this week!

  • @OwlBreaker
    @OwlBreaker 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    RFT, have you seen Literature Devil's video on "Can a Heroic character be Racist"?
    It's a talking point on an abstract concept, but It may be in your alley.

    • @grandarkfang_1482
      @grandarkfang_1482 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Rorschach.

    • @OwlBreaker
      @OwlBreaker 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@grandarkfang_1482 Pardon?

    • @PainMan-hy3uq
      @PainMan-hy3uq 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I think he's saying that rorschach is racist but also heroic as an example but i dont know it thats true im just relaying info ​@OwlBreaker

  • @joesmutz9287
    @joesmutz9287 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    It's funny how so many of Synthetic Man's issues were brought up by Random during his streams...but with Random it was always "this isn't an issue"
    I hope you also cover the Mauler Supercut, which contains footage from a follow-up video, as well as things from the streams that are...hilarious to say the least

  • @zak7an2
    @zak7an2 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    covering the video is one thing, but the streams is a whole other gold mine of content
    because he wouldnt put himself not realizing he can upgrade Kratos/Atreus into a scripted and edited video
    yes, Synthetic Man is about as good at games as Dean Takahashi

    • @zak7an2
      @zak7an2 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ah im glad someone brought it up lol

    • @heemjefee6889
      @heemjefee6889 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@zak7an2 Blud had a Joe Biden moment

  • @Jonsona2
    @Jonsona2 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    You know what, I'm gonna go on a limb and defend Atreus' actions by putting the Giant's soul in the snake.
    I don't think it's Atreus' actions that is the problem, but rather the line he gives when he asks Angroboda, "You didn't have a least-favorite Giant, did you?" As opposed to the myriad of other reasons he could've used to justify what he was about to do, such as having confidence that he was doing the right thing because of the prophecy, or that there was a strong likelihood that the soul he was holding *knew* that he was prophesized to be put into the snake thanks to the giants' knack for glimpsing into the future.
    Another thing to keep in mind is that prior to putting the soul in the snake, Atreus just saw a mural of his dad dying, and now he's even more motivated to take the initiative in an effort to avert Ragnarok; and now that Kratos isn't around to keep him in check, this is one of several (at the time) mistakes that Atreus makes when he commits to saving the snake in this way. Atreus even recognizes this "mistake" when basically nothing came of it, and he takes appropriate action by insisting that Angroboda hang on to them. Again, the line that he gives is something that completely averts what I would consider to be an in-character action, and had it been changed to something else that would meaningfully justify it, I think it would've been better received.

    • @13JackDiamond
      @13JackDiamond 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      To add on, I'm surprised how RFT and the rest didn't recognize that this choice was the least messed up for Atreus to make. Them talking about immortality through taking out souls and putting them into new bodies, but that requires taking over the previous resident of that body. They could put them in a criminals body, but then they forever live with the face of some possible infamous maniac. Though a snake isn't the best place, it makes some logical sense to put a soul in the body of a creature whose soul was lost forever. I agree as well that the line should be changed. Comes off as a little uncaring. Perhaps change it to "I don't know why, but I had a dream of doing something like this." Just to tie in back to his ability to see some future events.

  • @LatterDayPup
    @LatterDayPup 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Synth constantly comparing Norse Kratos unfavorably to Greek saga Kratos is very much a case of “you missed the point by idolizing them.”

  • @StoneJenk
    @StoneJenk 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Watching a Synthetic Man video for 10 hours and not hearing / understanding a word of it.

  • @heemjefee6889
    @heemjefee6889 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    That Heem guy sounds gayer than a bear

  • @Ticketman99
    @Ticketman99 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    5:37:58 but he did. Multiple times.
    You didn't play the older games so of course you wouldnt know.

  • @TheNoonish
    @TheNoonish 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Synthetic Man just really wanted the power fantasy. It’s fine to want that because video games are escapism, and sometimes, you just want an experience of being an unstoppable juggernaut. There are times I just want to play Arkham City’s combat challenges and spend an hour or so as Batman beating the shit out of street thugs, stringing together epic combos.
    The problem is that he’s judging the game as a failure to give him what HE wants, instead of trying to judge how good it’s providing what the game does offer. I can understand people who aren’t interested in very cinematic games-if I want a cinematic experience, I can just watch Netflix, and games are what I use for a different type of engagement. But that doesn’t make the cinematic game bad, and this is hardly a game that puts excessive barriers between the player and engagement.
    Though there’s certainly other troubling issues with Synthetic Man that come out during his commentary.

  • @lucianocastrogiovanni2879
    @lucianocastrogiovanni2879 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Idk if any of you will see this, but I just have to mention it because it irks me that this term was explained incorrectly: Talk-no-jutsu is not a term that was born in current year, it's a very old term that pertains to a trope very prevalent in anime, particularly in the genre of shonen (aimed at teens, always based on heroes journey, often focused on a fighting system and revolving fights as development of plot and characters). The term itself implies replacing a literal battle with talking it out, but in situations that are incongruent with such resolutions. In other words, it is talking your way out of a situation that by all means should have resulted in violent conflict or death. For example, lets say you have a group of people that have been trying to eradicate another for millennia, they are in the middle of a war, but the 15 year old infiltrates their camp, talks to the general one time, and suddenly there's peace. That would be talk-no-jutsu. Of course, like any other term it is sometimes used as a jab for more broader situations where people solve hard conflicts by talking, where it is sometimes justified by the story, but in anime most of them come out of nowhere. It is usually the case that in the genre of shonen, all previous enemies become part of the crew of the heroes, even tough they may have been attempting genocide or planetary destruction for instance. Hence why the term became prevalent.
    The source of the term itself became popularized in the anime communities during the airing of the show Naruto, where ninjas fought with abilities/techniques, bordering magical spells, called jutsus. Hence the name Talk-no-jutsu, in other words, 'talking technique'. These shows tended to shout the names of the techniques, hence why the name caught on. It predates the shows mentioned, both jujutsu kaisen AND Steven Universe (although this latter one is pretty much the term as an entire show). Its inception is closer to the early 2000s, when Naruto was airing in the west.

    • @TheKAIGamesCo
      @TheKAIGamesCo 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      That's my bad for having a faulty idea of what the term meant. Thank you so much for being so clear on the correction! It really does mean a lot to me to get constructive feedback on my language so I make less mistakes.

  • @spouwnerring
    @spouwnerring 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Ragnarok is what really put SM on the map and showed us all that rightwing strawmen do exist, because SM is 1. There were other incidents (Doom Eternal and the Suicide Squad movie), but those were quickly forgotten about because both he and the people who made response videos were really small (at the time).
    But then when it came to Ragnorok both he and the response Tuber called ZeroNeedsCoffee were both pretty big with SM having 87K subs and ZNC having 27K subs, which resulted in atrcting the attention of a lot more people especially when SM made a response to the ZNC response. SM actually responded 2x to the ZNC response. The 1st was on a livestream and the 2nd was in a video, however on the livestream SM made calls for harresment and then immidiatly walked them back when he realised that he was breaking TOS.
    ZNC recieved death threats on Twitter, but also gained an insane amount of new subs after he made his response to the SM response, thanks to the EFAP shoutouts, his other videos doing well and the fact that TH-cam started to promote shorts to an insane decree. This not only resulted in ZNC reaching 100K subs before SM, but he was also able to run 9 more laps around him as SM was slowly incing his way to the 100K milestone. From then on a lot more people took notice of SM and everytime he would do something stupid or evil, it would become the talk of the week. DeadSpace Remake, Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom, Spider-Man 2, The Fallout show, Elden Ring DLC and couple other instances.
    BTW, ZNC's channel is dead. 1 reason being that he tried to fish for a 16 year old's nudes and the other being that TH-cam stopped promoting shorts. You see, ZNC primaraly became a shorts channel after he made the response video to SM's response video, and because he was making so much views and money he stopped making long-form videos and everytime he dipped back in his channel actually started to hurt real bad. I'm sure that if ZNC never sexted minors and didn't exclusively make shorts then I'm sure that would've become a juggernaught in commentary.

    • @ManHamOrigins
      @ManHamOrigins 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Not really a happy ending to the story, is it?
      ZNC ended up being a creeper, and Synthetic Man gets more popular.

    • @spouwnerring
      @spouwnerring 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ManHamOrigins yeah, but I'm confident that he will 1 day get banned. The guy makes calls for violance on his livestreams constantly. Yes he unlist those VODS immediatly after he's done streaming, but he puts those vods in a playlist called livestreams so we need to do is put them on in the background and everytime we hear him make an illegal statement we should timestamp that part of the VOD and send it to TH-cam support. Eventually TH-cam wont be able to ignore what's going on and take action.
      All though, it would be way more benifitional if SM get's arrested and convicted for inciting violance. If he exclusively get's banned than he'll just move platforms and who knows how more destructive he will become. Getting locked up will sent a message that using your audience as weapon to try to harm people is a big no-no. Unfortunately I'm not American and don't live in the US and so I don't know how to file a police report without entering the country. And don't enough to enter the US, but even if I did have the means and oppertunitiy do that, I don't think that the cops would take me seriously, because I don't live in the US and so it wont effect me if 1 of SM's fans go's and commits violent acts on his behalf. I'm pretty sure that US cops will take priority when Americans have issues that need solving over foreigners having issues that need solving.

  • @GaryThePenguin
    @GaryThePenguin 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm 5 minutes in and I feel like there's no way this video gets monetized 😂

  • @PaulieMcCoy
    @PaulieMcCoy 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Puar told me about this. He's very disappointed.

  • @eppinizer
    @eppinizer 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Haven't finished this but I'd recommend you watch the EFAP or Mauler's montage for full Tisms.

  • @smd1876
    @smd1876 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    What a treat! 😊

  • @lenny2939
    @lenny2939 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hmmm... iteresting video! I have absorbed much information I didn’t know that I didn't know. And my sensitive ears appreciate the censoring very much lol 😂

  • @akimbofresh8109
    @akimbofresh8109 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The other two guys really make this video hard to watch. Hope this doesn’t become a mainstay format on this channel, or at least not with "Kai" and "Ninja"… oof…

    • @TheKAIGamesCo
      @TheKAIGamesCo 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Envy outlasts the thoughts of the envied.

  • @TheKeskisormi
    @TheKeskisormi 11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Random, only a monster would make people watch this. Love you though.

  • @ghoulsome9483
    @ghoulsome9483 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    i would've prefered this one with just rando, or like, 1 or 2 guests at most. Having a big group of people who are already familiar with the video and the EFAP episode was not quite what i was looking for

    • @professormallard4348
      @professormallard4348 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Random might've killed himself if he didn't have other people to suffer with

    • @TheKAIGamesCo
      @TheKAIGamesCo 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      I think this works less as a detailed breakdown and more of a "group of friends shooting the shit and having a nice time".
      Having a diverse range of experience with the subject and subject matter allowed for a wider range of thought and reaction, but made the discourse more cluttered.
      Pros and cons.

    • @ghoulsome9483
      @ghoulsome9483 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TheKAIGamesCo i suppose so, i just had something else in mind about how it was going to be tackled , no offense to the guests of course

    • @TheKAIGamesCo
      @TheKAIGamesCo 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@ghoulsome9483 None taken. :)

  • @SpaceTalon
    @SpaceTalon 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Combat in the new GoW is arse, and the plot is a very long and convoluted way of saying "You've got to do better, senator". So as a result, instead of being an old man, Kratos acts like an old woman. And he looks like one of those bearded wannabe "manosphere influencers". No idea why you westerners keep defending this obvious downgrade.

    • @heemjefee6889
      @heemjefee6889 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +19

      Hello Synthetic Man! Nice alt account.

    • @professormallard4348
      @professormallard4348 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Synthetic Brain using alt simp accounts to check up on what people are saying about one of the most condensed collections of his bad takes. Almost glad to see your mother hasn't kicked you out yet, you provide a level of cringe gold that can only be compared to The Room.

    • @SpaceTalon
      @SpaceTalon 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @ @heemjefee6889 the fact that I don't agree with your groupthink doesn't mean that I have to belong to the other team.

    • @heemjefee6889
      @heemjefee6889 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      @@SpaceTalon We actually talk about this in the video, some of us don't even think it's super good or anything and we address it has flaws. Your points, much like Synthetic Man's, are just nonsensical

    • @SpaceTalon
      @SpaceTalon 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @ That is your opinion, and you are free to have it. From my perspective as a non westerner who is looking from the outside in, it seems like you have been stewing so long in the politically correct soup, that it dissolved your spine and made your shell soft, so now you can be squeezed into any shape. Seeing it from a distance, there are very few differences between the overall message of the new god of war games and what your propaganda giants like Disney are doing.

  • @akimbofresh8109
    @akimbofresh8109 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Can y’all watch the video for more than 10 seconds before you go on tangents? Also I would have liked Random‘s opinion, the other gentleman… not so much.

    • @heemjefee6889
      @heemjefee6889 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      We are autism. Tangents are what we do

    • @Tachizuu
      @Tachizuu 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      If you want to see the original video why not go watch the original video?

    • @akimbofresh8109
      @akimbofresh8109 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@TachizuuI have seen the original video. I personally wanted to hear Random‘s opinion, not whoever these other guys are. Not to mention the discussion devolves to straight up name calling and schoolyard bullying/heckling at points, if Synthetic deserves it or not doesn’t matter to me.

    • @TheKAIGamesCo
      @TheKAIGamesCo 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@akimbofresh8109
      It's fine if you wanted something else, but the point of this video was for a bunch of friends to shoot the shit in a call. Getting pissed at the guests for accepting the invite is far closer to schoolyard bullying and heckling than anything we said about ol' Synthy.
      That aside, Random did share his opinion plenty and I did my best to give him the space to do so.

  • @andylofi4448
    @andylofi4448 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Most boring game ever

    • @spouwnerring
      @spouwnerring 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Explain yourself

    • @lukew6725
      @lukew6725 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I was pretty entertained with how dumb some of the writing decisions were. 😂

    • @tylerleach8796
      @tylerleach8796 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Then you really haven’t played that many