Alright fam. Based on feedback, I think I might be doing a part two. This video was absolutely leading somewhere but I unfortunately had to cut it short due to time constraints. If I can manage it, this will be project in several parts, same analytical structure, the whole nine, finally ending with an analysis of all of the possible endings. I have a lot to say about this game that it just wouldn't feel right doing it in a single 50 minute video. Next video is probably going to be about Glen Garry Glen Ross, and the next video is about ethics in government run schools, and after that, it's Prey time.
The best roleplaying in a videogame of my life was in Dishonored 1 - all through the game I'm playing the nonlethal route, I'm a wanted man but I'm a *good* man, I want this nightmare to be over one day and I can't go back to that if I justify their lies. My position will be gone, politically untenable, they won't let me *near* Emily ever again. But on that last chapter... there's no way these men can't be guilty, not when Havelock has dragged their crown princess to this deserted prison, they're culpable, all of them, there's no way they couldn't have seen her. I was a berserker, a spectre of death, every man between me and Emily died - a knife to the back, a bolt through the eye, half a dozen men shredded to pieces before they could blink in frozen time or suddenly finding a grenade in their midst, while I barely slowed my pace. The public would forgive me one massacre, if it meant returning a hero with the princess safe and sound. And they did.
Yeah, I roleplayed in this game too. I was a wanted man. And I was pissed off and wanted to kill these idiots. And soon after the start of the game I just quit, cuz the game makes me uncomfortable to do so. You can say, that my protagonist just commited suicide.
I love this discussion. The fact that the devs of Prey actually have a voice to their "silent protagonist" is so very intriguing. It shows that VO is not something you should do for your game because it's hip and you have the money lying around. It's a design decision.
You ruined more of this game than you could ever know by watching that Bethesda video. i played the game devoid of spoilers, and my experience seems to be completely different from yours. When i first awoke in my barely lived in, almost sterile environment, something felt off. i exhausted dialog, just as you did, but more than the robot set me off. the maintenance woman said something that immediately perked my ears. she basically said, "if we keep talking, im going to get in trouble", that stuck with me for the rest of the helicopter ride. The tests were easy and strait forward, i thought "i see, this is like the old look at these lights and lean the controls routine from Halo", but why does he sound disappointed in me? I was so busy doing the test, that i only looked up just in time to see the Dr's corps solidify. When i awoke for the second time, my question wasn't, "was that real", it was "how long have i been asleep. a day?, a year?, the city looks fine, so they couldn't have gotten too far". after i stepped out my front door again and saw the dead woman, i went back into my room and crouched. "How, strong am I?, How strong are they?, do i run?, can i fight?" those were my thoughts as i crept up on her body. I tried the elevator, but no luck. i turned back to my room and shut the door behind me. "Ah, a balcony. I bet i have to jump ledge to ledge, to get to the next room". Smashing the glass was both surprising and cathartic, that nagging feeling was realized, "i knew somthing was up, i knew there was somthing wrong with that wall" i never imagined that the helicopter ride was fake too, or that i had never left the building, let alone the room. You felt as though the next big surprise didn't come until the end but, I yearned to find a real window... wait, could i ever trust a window again? when i stepped into the lobby, i was greeted by the fact that i had already gone to space, i scanned earth, looking for destruction, but it seemed fine. Your foreknowledge really did hamper your experience, if you ever read this, i hope i gave you some insight. PS. i played as a woman, and i read my relationship to my brother as something else entirely. I characterized him as the older brother, who acted before he thought things through, and I was the younger sister who still managed to be more mature and reflective. Thats why our parents chose me to run things.
I had a similar experience as you, from now on, if I'm interested in a game I consciously do a media blackout and ignore stuff about it. For elden ring I s avert my eyes from the screen if a video starts showing footage of it
"...behind the looking glass Alice saw what the world was." Dude I enjoyed the fuck out of your narration of your internal monologue... More please.... And when I say more I mean episodic 30 minute videos of just this... haha, not demanding of me or anything huh?? But seriously this could be a video series, a Strat-edgical spin on let's plays... savvy?
I actually cut about 15 minutes off the end of this because doing this video right was a real undertaking. I spent weeks writing and re-writing the script and recording video that syncs up to the narration. While it was a ton of work, it was actually very fun. If this video gets popular, and it becomes tenable, I would love to do a part two. Share the video. I know I am going to try and do the same. I don't want it to die on the vine like so many of my other experiments have :(
Yeah as I was writing my request for more I thought, "Jesus, but he's gotta write the script, then get the footage together, and then edit it and record the voice over, it's a full time job for a team!" lol But yeah I liked and shared and algorythmically stroked this video 's balls as much as I could. If I weren't a broke degenerate I'd be a patron too. Anyway even without this monologue narration thing I love your content, keep it up, and thanks!!
People were butthurt they never got prey 2 and I've seen a lot of people play this only using guns then getting mad when they have no ammo or it isn't effective. I think IGN gave this a 4
On my first playthrough I escaped the simulation through the fishtank in the hallway. I didn't know it was a way out I just wanted to see if I could break it.
I just had the most hilarious moment with youtube-adds a person ever had i'm certain.. "Let's do an expirement you and I" At this moment i was already sold because I had been binchwatching your videos for a laughingly amount of hours. Then there was silence, and i aticipated the two claps, having my eyes already closed the second you brought it up, because i was just sooo in on it. Bashing in my ears on full volume came the sound of a 24/7 Mobile Fantasy Game add trying to get you as stupid as 5 seconds of video and sound can possibly archieve to. This time the joes where on them because instead of being annoyed by this concetrated manifestation of human stupidity, i just had to start laughing incontrollably. Just wanted to share this, and by the way thank you for the great content. Your vids are top notch. And yes this also goes back to me being a thightfisted bastard but your channel is the first I honestly thought about donating to even though i'm knowing the channel for not more than a few days. Keep up Bro
Well, you can choose between him and Emily for different experiences. I can appreciate what they tried in terms of lore and story...but there was something special about being a silent assassin in that world. D2 is still a great game though.
In dishonored 2 corvo not only has a voice but he is a violent man and not at all thoughtful. I wonder where my corvo went because this corvo in d2 is an imposter.
Prey 2017 is such an underrated gem, it really creates this sci fi world that not only just let's you sink your teeth into it but let's you create your own story. I couldn't shake the announcement trailer from my mind forever so I'd always say "my name is morgan" in my head a number of times but as the game progressed, I would say it almost like a question because of the mind trip the game takes you. It also presents this very progressive world that you'd think more people would talk about, I mean there are still spooky sci fi tropes that make you question the morals of characters in the game but it really creates this future in games that is somewhat plausible even as alternate historyish type of world.
Dear god, I need to watch lets plays like this. This was so engaging to watch and listen to. Man, youtube gamers should really try this out. And I should too the next time I get to play a game with a silent protagonist.
I miss it when RPGs were about Role-Playing. Games like Baldur's Gate and Mass Effect were fun but RPGs arent about cinematic stories, reading, or being a fucking strategy game; they are about role-playing. I want RPGs to be more like the early Fallout games where role-playing is the main focus or Stardew Valley where you are just dropped into the game world where you play any role you can think of. I hate the so called "hardcore" rpg fans who care more about tactics and stats instead of role-playing and world building.
I love the scratch marks on the floor when you first go to the elevator. Scratches made where the walls change to change rooms while you’re in the “elevator”. Great writing. I loved the game. “A copy of a copy of a copy” nice fight club reference.
not to mention the conversation wheel fallout 3 / fallout nv clear and to the point and you choose the sentences that best fits fallout 4 the conversation wheel ether all of the your answers are the same or the answer is unexpected like the sarcasm in a conversation with nick sinth bigotry is not sarcasm
Hesusio yea, i agree. Fallout 4 suffered from a fuck ton more than a voice and conversation wheel. Can't really blame bethesda so much as you can blame the fans. As much as people don't want to admit it, Fallout 4 is just skyrim set in the fallout universe.
At first I was a bit put off because you're not as strong a narrator as I'm used to from other game philosophy-whatever channels, but then you started reminiscing about your first great writing experience, which caused me to listen to your script in my head as if I was reading it in an article instead of having it narrated to me, which in turn made me realize that you are indeed a great writer, and that you just gotta practice your radio voice and pronunciation and pacing and so on a bit more until you're able translate your skill from the written to the spoken word. And then I realize that this discrepancy is even kind of fitting to the video's content. Thanks for that cool experience mate. Good Luck with your career! Edit: I mean your non-character narrator voice specifically there. Your internal monologues are pretty cool. Especially liked the facsimile of a facsimile of a facsimile bit.
I called my mom after this. You're an incredible writer my friend but not just that it's the editing and research you put in. It shows when you make videos and you really know how to convey emotion. It's been quite a journey these past couple months watching your videos and I wanted to thank you for that. I think my favourite one is the Sekiro one, I cant believe how much research you did for that one😅 it must have took forever. Anyways, I know there's a lot of bad in the world right now but thanks for making it a little better with your videos😊 Okay, I'm done being sad now..... I'm gonna go play some games, Fare well
That good sir, was AWESOME! And I agree, when your own imagination voices the characters the game is more memorable, especially when the characters are deeply drawn and larger than life. I love your videos, but, I think this is your best to date. Well done!
You have done something in this video I haven't done in years even forgotten how. I love seeing the more serious adult version and I'm impressed. Thank you for this video I really enjoyed it.
I did see the twist coming my first play through. In fact, I didn’t even try and open the door before going to break the window, the first thing I tried to do was break the window because I didn’t think the game would let me do it. I really had to process it for a second. Prey was just a fun game, in general. Don’t misunderstand me...it wasn’t one of the greats. It had some notable flaws. But it was still a blast and, in my opinion, very underrated (I found that a lot of people who thought it was bad, actually just wanted a different kind of game then what they got).
I am going to be releasing a book at some point this year. I am looking for editors for copying editing. I may be doing more short stories for the channel. If you haven't given it a listen, check out: Eye, Lights, Recording device on my short story corner: th-cam.com/video/Y1eHH8dD3EM/w-d-xo.html
Based on previous feedback which I hoped was heard, I had high hopes for this new video... and you did not disappoint. Cerebral and intense. Nice work. :)
Just want you to know that I respect the hell out of you for putting your opinions out there even as someone in the industry (if what you say is true). I am trying to break in as a VFX artist, and I hope that once I do I will be able to make videos or analyses like yours. They are really nice to have playing in the background while I am doing other stuff.
You just keep delivering incredible content! Awesome video and an amazing idea to imagine the inner thoughts of a silent protagonist. Maybe I will try this myself, the next time I play an RPG :)
I remember months ago, finding out this channel, and writing a pretty long comment about how this was one of the best and original ones i've ever found in the youtube gaming "comunity" ; i also remember writing you a little feedback suggesting you to concentrate more on the smart/philosophical side of the topics instead of the comedic aspect since A) seems like it fits you B) we already have waaay too many (poorly)comedy oriented game reviewrs/content creators i like to think that, maybe, my feedback helped a bit at the time. Nice to see that you have almost quadrupled your sub count, and that it seems like the good ideas keep growing; very nicely done! Cheers from Italy
I loved the fallout video you did as storytelling, and this is just as good. You should really make these storytelling style videos a series. Your channel is awesome! Edit: Also, I never understood all the dislikes this game got. I was totally intrigued the whole time.
3 choices of a Space Marine.... 1: For the Emperor! 2: Purge the Xenos! 3: The Emperor Protects! WRAAAAAAAGH! yeah... umm... bad pick Strat... They're kind of single minded fellas.
I completed prey today and I will say from a narrative perspective the implementation for the silent protagonist really caught me because all npcs have an expectation of "action" which is what the player is their to provide. But in lore characters remark on how they dont know the "impetus" behind it and wish to know. And with one of those characters being the protagonist themselves it invites the player to ponder "why are they playing one way or another"
I just love immersive sims and the allowance to pick my route of play despite being restricted in dialogue. Especially the world reacting to my actions. Deus Ex and Dishonored style
I wish they called them Truman holes, but hay still kinda cool they named them after looking glass. Kinda also on the nose having a System Shock 2 reference.
Why the hell would Bethesda publish a trailer of the first 30 minutes and spoil the game, that's a better question. Most of the time the spoiler doesn't come at the beginning of a game, so nobody is on guard against having the game ruined by watching the first 10-30 minutes.
Another awesome video! I am actually playing through Prey for the first time and am enjoying it a lot (despite some UI annoyances on PC). I think for a mystery/horror game like this a silent protagonist is a great choice. I'm a little worried about the backtracking as it seems to be a common complaint about the game. I haven't had to do much so far though, and I do enjoy the gameplay. I started on hard mode and I think it helped me get into the game as I definitely felt that paranoia, especially at the start.
Ssalamanderr I noticed the backtracking near the end of the game, because at that point there are no new and undiscovered regions, no new enemies or tools, so that was not so much fun, but most of the game I had no problem with the backtracking.
That's good to know. I'm still at the point where new enemies are being introduced pretty regularly (just got to Crew Quarters for the first time), so even when I've had to go back to the Lobby or something, it's been swarming with tougher enemies to keep things fresh. Pretty sure I've already figured out the final plot twist if there is one though. I guess that's the peril of reading every note and listening to every log. But if it's what I think it is I think it's really cool so I don't even mind.
I'm sad that the big game developers nowadays want to have a voiced protagonist in their RPGs. Like it would be a show of quality. I've enjoyed my RPGs just like you described at the start of the video, and having a voice actor act as all of my characters in that game, in all it's playthroughs, takes something away from me.
Am I the only one that is not convinced this game deserves the playing by this video? Prey is good because you can act over the protagonist. Well, guess what, you can do that for a lot of games.
Froosti During the video Sweden was referenced in relation to a neutral conversion option, but the country that is famous for its neutrality is Switzerland as it hasn't gone to war for the last 200 plus years as well various other reasons.
Hi Strat-Edgy, Ive been binge watching all your videos. Kudos to the quality of your videos! Out of curiosity, what true rpg games do you recommend? I know you mention 1 or 2 in each pf your videos but it would be great if you could list 3 or 5. Thanks!! Regards
0/10 Intuitive and introspective story not long enough to cover at least two thirds of video. Also, lack of FOV slider customization. Best video of the Universe
This was one of my games of the year. Funny when I first played it I put games through a basic function test. I noticed the birds outside looping and thought, OK minus a point for lazy development. Game was a great trip, only should not have been called prey. Maybe system shock 3 but not prey
Okay, I know this is old by now. And I haven't played this game, so maybe? some of this is nonsense or already true, but here are my random thoughts because this is the internet where people don't know that their opinions don't actually matter and will be ignored in the order they are received, myself included: 1. I like your internal monologue addition. And it kind of makes me wonder why games like this don't voice act internal monologues like that to set the mood. Sure, as a creative thinker I often do this myself. Heck, sometimes I even yell at the dumb-asterisk $#!7 in Skyrim. My SO yells at the TV, so it's only fair I get to yell at games, even in character. But like non-voiced text, or trying to show the illusion you're under through glitches, there's a lot of open-to-interpretation going on. Whereas if you have one specific interpretation to tell, and you want the player to reach that same interpretation, then tell it. Add an internal monologue. Personally, I'm not a fan of voice acting in games, so adding more just means more room for finding it sub-par, but if we are supposed to all be on the same page, then we need to have our hands held. 2. The part I HATE about the glitches in the intro being used is that so very many video games have bugs like that, so as a plot device we are conditioned to ignore that $#!7. It's a bad plot element to use. Unless you make it less-than-subtle. And even then it's questionable. 3. Shouldn't that patio door have been impact resistant and/or safety glass? If we're supposed to be on the lookout for subtle flaws in reality, suddenly everything needs to be ridiculously accurate. That it shatters in the way it does makes me think that the reality behind the simulation is in fact still the simulation. Was that the case and by design? I dunno. I haven't played the game. But I'm assuming it's just bad game design? 4. I know I'm going to a special circle of hell for just thinking this, but... in the opening test sequences, the final room shouldn't have been a Rorschach test. It should have been you, a pipe wrench, and an adorable puppy. What lengths will you go to? Did the coffee cup attack in time to save you from doing something horrible? That'd have been some great $#!7, IMHO. 5. Innately, I don't trust. With mimicry involved, that means I don't trust A N Y T H I N G. Your suit. Your new friend, the pipe wrench. Your champagne bottle. N O T H I N G. In real life in such a situation, I'd be freaking running around naked, not interacting with A N Y T H I N G until I become absolutely desperate. That the game forces you to be so casual about things is ... kinda lame. Running around naked because you're paranoid would be funny, but appropriately realistic. 6. "She seems to be reaching out for something, something important, something that could have saved her in those final moments..." THE WORKLAMP! A simple change in game mechanics that would have made soooooooo much more sense to me just after watching this video would have been that mimics are stunned by LIGHT. Not a foamy glue gun. Light. Mimics turn to ashy-gray stone wherever intense light hits them directly. Now any object which emits light is by design trustworthy. Any object which does not is immediately suspect. Make strongly lit rooms safe and dark rooms dangerous. Have enemies move faster the darker the room is. Make your goal in life to turn on lights. Make a power outage a heart attack. Make key items glow. Electronic key cards glow to the color corresponding with their security level. Health kits have a glowing red cross. Glowing terminals are safe to use. Etc. If it glows in any way, it's safe to interact with. If it doesn't glow, shine the work lamp on it. To glue parts of an enemy, shine the work light on them. And better lights, such as a flashbang grenade, are now weapons of mimic destruction. But with an added layer of danger, because smoke, steam, etc. which reduce light distance now reduce a light source's impact on freezing them, making the smoke from a flashbang grenade a Sword of Damocles hanging over your head. Okay, yeah, an old and already done mechanic, but one that would have made more sense than a misapplication of super glue or a cement factory or whatever. Creepy sci-fi in the dark is a classic for a reason. But so many games that do it don't let you do logical things like duct-tape a Maglite to a shotgun or mix up a magnesium enhanced molotov. So then you scream at the game. So maybe it's better that they didn't use this mechanic. But it would have made more sense than the Stay Puft Marshmallow Gun and set them up for a lot of potential mechanics that they'd probably have flubbed later. (Because everyone does.) Anywhen, having reached this point in my nonsense, thanks for reading the TLDR of an untimely rant and have a nice day.
I was confused for a moment. I may not understand English that well, but I thought that tools don't have "ammo". Charges, maybe, but ammo? Isn't that something specifically for weapons?
A gun can become a tool when you use it to blow the lock off a door. The Gloo gun doesn't kill anything and you can use it to climb walls. Therefore it feels like a tool. At least to me.
I don't quite know what is missing in Prey but just did not click with like Bioshock or System shock, it also had the problem that dishonored did in that there are different endings not based on your choices but how you want to play the game. So basicly if you want to get a different ending you have to play a more boring way than how you actually want to. Arkane don't make that great games imo, the only actual real great game they have done is Dark messiah. The rest have all had some pretty big flaws holding them back.
Alright fam. Based on feedback, I think I might be doing a part two. This video was absolutely leading somewhere but I unfortunately had to cut it short due to time constraints. If I can manage it, this will be project in several parts, same analytical structure, the whole nine, finally ending with an analysis of all of the possible endings. I have a lot to say about this game that it just wouldn't feel right doing it in a single 50 minute video.
Next video is probably going to be about Glen Garry Glen Ross, and the next video is about ethics in government run schools, and after that, it's Prey time.
Awe yeah!
Do a playtrough of this game in this style... Sheeet brah. I'd watch it to the end.
Start-Edgy Productions Could you do a video on factions in video games and how they kill role-playing? Just a thought.
Shea labouf says just do it
I hope Yu enjoyed this game
The best roleplaying in a videogame of my life was in Dishonored 1 - all through the game I'm playing the nonlethal route, I'm a wanted man but I'm a *good* man, I want this nightmare to be over one day and I can't go back to that if I justify their lies. My position will be gone, politically untenable, they won't let me *near* Emily ever again. But on that last chapter... there's no way these men can't be guilty, not when Havelock has dragged their crown princess to this deserted prison, they're culpable, all of them, there's no way they couldn't have seen her. I was a berserker, a spectre of death, every man between me and Emily died - a knife to the back, a bolt through the eye, half a dozen men shredded to pieces before they could blink in frozen time or suddenly finding a grenade in their midst, while I barely slowed my pace. The public would forgive me one massacre, if it meant returning a hero with the princess safe and sound.
And they did.
Yeah, I roleplayed in this game too. I was a wanted man. And I was pissed off and wanted to kill these idiots. And soon after the start of the game I just quit, cuz the game makes me uncomfortable to do so. You can say, that my protagonist just commited suicide.
same here :)
second best, System Shock 2
Should've called this "RolePrey"
makes it sound like youre speaking japanglish.
@Underscorer how did these horrible jokes not get more likes?
"The other one walks around... *LOOKING FOR PREY* "
Roll fucking credits
Lol
I love this discussion. The fact that the devs of Prey actually have a voice to their "silent protagonist" is so very intriguing. It shows that VO is not something you should do for your game because it's hip and you have the money lying around. It's a design decision.
You ruined more of this game than you could ever know by watching that Bethesda video. i played the game devoid of spoilers, and my experience seems to be completely different from yours.
When i first awoke in my barely lived in, almost sterile environment, something felt off. i exhausted dialog, just as you did, but more than the robot set me off. the maintenance woman said something that immediately perked my ears. she basically said, "if we keep talking, im going to get in trouble", that stuck with me for the rest of the helicopter ride.
The tests were easy and strait forward, i thought "i see, this is like the old look at these lights and lean the controls routine from Halo", but why does he sound disappointed in me? I was so busy doing the test, that i only looked up just in time to see the Dr's corps solidify.
When i awoke for the second time, my question wasn't, "was that real", it was "how long have i been asleep. a day?, a year?, the city looks fine, so they couldn't have gotten too far". after i stepped out my front door again and saw the dead woman, i went back into my room and crouched. "How, strong am I?, How strong are they?, do i run?, can i fight?" those were my thoughts as i crept up on her body. I tried the elevator, but no luck. i turned back to my room and shut the door behind me. "Ah, a balcony. I bet i have to jump ledge to ledge, to get to the next room".
Smashing the glass was both surprising and cathartic, that nagging feeling was realized, "i knew somthing was up, i knew there was somthing wrong with that wall" i never imagined that the helicopter ride was fake too, or that i had never left the building, let alone the room.
You felt as though the next big surprise didn't come until the end but, I yearned to find a real window... wait, could i ever trust a window again? when i stepped into the lobby, i was greeted by the fact that i had already gone to space, i scanned earth, looking for destruction, but it seemed fine.
Your foreknowledge really did hamper your experience, if you ever read this, i hope i gave you some insight.
PS. i played as a woman, and i read my relationship to my brother as something else entirely. I characterized him as the older brother, who acted before he thought things through, and I was the younger sister who still managed to be more mature and reflective. Thats why our parents chose me to run things.
I had a similar experience as you, from now on, if I'm interested in a game I consciously do a media blackout and ignore stuff about it. For elden ring I s avert my eyes from the screen if a video starts showing footage of it
I will never consider silent protagonists the same again.
"...behind the looking glass Alice saw what the world was."
Dude I enjoyed the fuck out of your narration of your internal monologue... More please.... And when I say more I mean episodic 30 minute videos of just this... haha, not demanding of me or anything huh?? But seriously this could be a video series, a Strat-edgical spin on let's plays... savvy?
I actually cut about 15 minutes off the end of this because doing this video right was a real undertaking. I spent weeks writing and re-writing the script and recording video that syncs up to the narration. While it was a ton of work, it was actually very fun. If this video gets popular, and it becomes tenable, I would love to do a part two.
Share the video. I know I am going to try and do the same. I don't want it to die on the vine like so many of my other experiments have :(
Yeah as I was writing my request for more I thought, "Jesus, but he's gotta write the script, then get the footage together, and then edit it and record the voice over, it's a full time job for a team!" lol But yeah I liked and shared and algorythmically stroked this video 's balls as much as I could. If I weren't a broke degenerate I'd be a patron too. Anyway even without this monologue narration thing I love your content, keep it up, and thanks!!
Yeah best let's play ever haha. I was jarringly dissapointed when it suddenly ended
Prey was a great game. I don't understand how so many people said it sucked.
I think a lot of them were salty at the ending. The game Outdid so many others that were praised despite being lesser games to Prey.
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or most of those people only cared about mindless shooters ala call of duty/battlefield
People were butthurt they never got prey 2 and I've seen a lot of people play this only using guns then getting mad when they have no ammo or it isn't effective. I think IGN gave this a 4
I thought I was playing system shock 3 the majority of my play through. One of the best games
I've played in a long time
Prey is one of my favorite games of 2017
i too!!! this game is soo underrated
The Freeman's Mind series is my favorite take on the silent protagonists story telling.
On my first playthrough I escaped the simulation through the fishtank in the hallway. I didn't know it was a way out I just wanted to see if I could break it.
I just had the most hilarious moment with youtube-adds a person ever had i'm certain.. "Let's do an expirement you and I" At this moment i was already sold because I had been binchwatching your videos for a laughingly amount of hours. Then there was silence, and i aticipated the two claps, having my eyes already closed the second you brought it up, because i was just sooo in on it.
Bashing in my ears on full volume came the sound of a 24/7 Mobile Fantasy Game add trying to get you as stupid as 5 seconds of video and sound can possibly archieve to.
This time the joes where on them because instead of being annoyed by this concetrated manifestation of human stupidity, i just had to start laughing incontrollably.
Just wanted to share this, and by the way thank you for the great content. Your vids are top notch. And yes this also goes back to me being a thightfisted bastard but your channel is the first I honestly thought about donating to even though i'm knowing the channel for not more than a few days. Keep up Bro
Probably why I prefer Dishonored 1 Corvo, over the 2nd.
I haven't played the second one. His voice is prevalent?
Well, you can choose between him and Emily for different experiences. I can appreciate what they tried in terms of lore and story...but there was something special about being a silent assassin in that world. D2 is still a great game though.
In dishonored 2 corvo not only has a voice but he is a violent man and not at all thoughtful. I wonder where my corvo went because this corvo in d2 is an imposter.
@@Ferdinand208even on low chaos/clean hands?
Prey 2017 is such an underrated gem, it really creates this sci fi world that not only just let's you sink your teeth into it but let's you create your own story. I couldn't shake the announcement trailer from my mind forever so I'd always say "my name is morgan" in my head a number of times but as the game progressed, I would say it almost like a question because of the mind trip the game takes you. It also presents this very progressive world that you'd think more people would talk about, I mean there are still spooky sci fi tropes that make you question the morals of characters in the game but it really creates this future in games that is somewhat plausible even as alternate historyish type of world.
I'm glad you made this public again. It's one of your best videos, in my opinion.
Dear god, I need to watch lets plays like this. This was so engaging to watch and listen to. Man, youtube gamers should really try this out. And I should too the next time I get to play a game with a silent protagonist.
Dilip Tomar You should check out Freeman’s mind. It’s like this but in half life and more comedy focused.
I miss it when RPGs were about Role-Playing.
Games like Baldur's Gate and Mass Effect were fun but RPGs arent about cinematic stories, reading, or being a fucking strategy game; they are about role-playing.
I want RPGs to be more like the early Fallout games where role-playing is the main focus or Stardew Valley where you are just dropped into the game world where you play any role you can think of.
I hate the so called "hardcore" rpg fans who care more about tactics and stats instead of role-playing and world building.
I love the scratch marks on the floor when you first go to the elevator. Scratches made where the walls change to change rooms while you’re in the “elevator”.
Great writing. I loved the game.
“A copy of a copy of a copy” nice fight club reference.
They ruined fallout 4 with the voice
not to mention the conversation wheel
fallout 3 / fallout nv clear and to the point and you choose the sentences that best fits
fallout 4 the conversation wheel ether all of the your answers are the same or the answer is unexpected like the sarcasm in a conversation with nick sinth bigotry is not sarcasm
kai graham Yes they couldn’t record him saying all that that’s why the voice ruined fo4
Hesusio yea, i agree. Fallout 4 suffered from a fuck ton more than a voice and conversation wheel. Can't really blame bethesda so much as you can blame the fans. As much as people don't want to admit it, Fallout 4 is just skyrim set in the fallout universe.
It makes more sense why there is no voice... Considering an ending...
@@trebot9292266 Nobody fucking asked for a voiced protagonist, and you know that.
Especially now.
At first I was a bit put off because you're not as strong a narrator as I'm used to from other game philosophy-whatever channels, but then you started reminiscing about your first great writing experience, which caused me to listen to your script in my head as if I was reading it in an article instead of having it narrated to me, which in turn made me realize that you are indeed a great writer, and that you just gotta practice your radio voice and pronunciation and pacing and so on a bit more until you're able translate your skill from the written to the spoken word. And then I realize that this discrepancy is even kind of fitting to the video's content.
Thanks for that cool experience mate. Good Luck with your career!
Edit: I mean your non-character narrator voice specifically there. Your internal monologues are pretty cool. Especially liked the facsimile of a facsimile of a facsimile bit.
Could you do a video on spec ops: the line?
Overhyped TPS that relies on the player being illiterate. There.
I called my mom after this. You're an incredible writer my friend but not just that it's the editing and research you put in. It shows when you make videos and you really know how to convey emotion. It's been quite a journey these past couple months watching your videos and I wanted to thank you for that. I think my favourite one is the Sekiro one, I cant believe how much research you did for that one😅 it must have took forever. Anyways, I know there's a lot of bad in the world right now but thanks for making it a little better with your videos😊
Okay, I'm done being sad now.....
I'm gonna go play some games,
Fare well
That good sir, was AWESOME!
And I agree, when your own imagination voices the characters the game is more memorable, especially when the characters are deeply drawn and larger than life. I love your videos, but, I think this is your best to date. Well done!
You have done something in this video I haven't done in years even forgotten how. I love seeing the more serious adult version and I'm impressed. Thank you for this video I really enjoyed it.
I did see the twist coming my first play through. In fact, I didn’t even try and open the door before going to break the window, the first thing I tried to do was break the window because I didn’t think the game would let me do it. I really had to process it for a second.
Prey was just a fun game, in general. Don’t misunderstand me...it wasn’t one of the greats. It had some notable flaws. But it was still a blast and, in my opinion, very underrated (I found that a lot of people who thought it was bad, actually just wanted a different kind of game then what they got).
dude you are so good. SO good :) I'd love to hear you as a podcast or hear your version of an audiobook.
I am going to be releasing a book at some point this year. I am looking for editors for copying editing. I may be doing more short stories for the channel. If you haven't given it a listen, check out: Eye, Lights, Recording device on my short story corner:
th-cam.com/video/Y1eHH8dD3EM/w-d-xo.html
really enjoyed the story, thanks. lookin forward to the book, good luck
Based on previous feedback which I hoped was heard, I had high hopes for this new video... and you did not disappoint. Cerebral and intense. Nice work. :)
Just want you to know that I respect the hell out of you for putting your opinions out there even as someone in the industry (if what you say is true). I am trying to break in as a VFX artist, and I hope that once I do I will be able to make videos or analyses like yours. They are really nice to have playing in the background while I am doing other stuff.
You just keep delivering incredible content! Awesome video and an amazing idea to imagine the inner thoughts of a silent protagonist. Maybe I will try this myself, the next time I play an RPG :)
I'm a minute in and already loving it. I love your videos in general but this hits home particularly hard
I'd love to see more of you narrating to gameplay.
How is it going at EA? ;)
The house is on fire and the tenants are suing for smoke inhalation.
So, I guess it is going good.
Dear god, you work for EA!? How... Why?
Money pays for bills.
It's kinda like a more serious version of Freeman's Mind. I love it.
I remember months ago, finding out this channel, and writing a pretty long comment about how this was one of the best and original ones i've ever found in the youtube gaming "comunity" ; i also remember writing you a little feedback suggesting you to concentrate more on the smart/philosophical side of the topics instead of the comedic aspect since
A) seems like it fits you
B) we already have waaay too many (poorly)comedy oriented game reviewrs/content creators
i like to think that, maybe, my feedback helped a bit at the time.
Nice to see that you have almost quadrupled your sub count, and that it seems like the good ideas keep growing; very nicely done!
Cheers from Italy
Im glad opening shocked me and I didn't see it beforehand :D
That is insanely fascinating. I think you may be onto something with a unique style of LP. I'd love to see the whole game and others in this style.
I loved the fallout video you did as storytelling, and this is just as good. You should really make these storytelling style videos a series. Your channel is awesome!
Edit: Also, I never understood all the dislikes this game got. I was totally intrigued the whole time.
Really living up to the name huh.
Great vid my man
Prey was my game of the year. I was never bored of it at any point.
Game is a jewel. One of the best games I have ever played.
3 choices of a Space Marine....
1: For the Emperor!
2: Purge the Xenos!
3: The Emperor Protects!
WRAAAAAAAGH!
yeah... umm... bad pick Strat... They're kind of single minded fellas.
Let me say when you started reading as the game protagonist, my whole world stopped. You're an artist
that was edgy as fuck
That's what I love about Strat-EDGY's videos
Mihail Bragin yeet
I completed prey today and I will say from a narrative perspective the implementation for the silent protagonist really caught me because all npcs have an expectation of "action" which is what the player is their to provide. But in lore characters remark on how they dont know the "impetus" behind it and wish to know. And with one of those characters being the protagonist themselves it invites the player to ponder "why are they playing one way or another"
I love your reviews and your style. Please keep it up. I will donate when I can but I a huge fan. Do not stop.
My Game of the year. Nothing I played came even close to this masterpiece of a game in 2017
I just love immersive sims and the allowance to pick my route of play despite being restricted in dialogue. Especially the world reacting to my actions. Deus Ex and Dishonored style
Man I'd pay money to see you do roleplaying like this again. I really enjoyed this. I night trying playing RPGs like this in the future.
its like the memory of how has been plucked away by the why of things. :) that's AWESOME
Thanks for dropping this knowledge bomb on me. I highly appreciate it!
We'll shake things up Morgan, like the old times.
Phenomenal. Truly.
The way you talk, sounds like a well written book.
I wish they called them Truman holes, but hay still kinda cool they named them after looking glass. Kinda also on the nose having a System Shock 2 reference.
Yes I love this game so much keep up the good work man
A wonderful approach!
This way you handled the game is perfect, I hope you do more of this in other games. Maybe give these kinds of plays a different titles.
Another great video! More please!
I have finished this game, but never have I heard the story of what could be happening in the mind of Morgan, please make this a series!
Much love for this episodic run through. I'd watch you play Banjo Kazooie if you kept with this level of involvement and narration!
a full playthrough would be cool made in this style.
I always thought that glitch while flying over San Fran was the character bliking LOL.
I kinda just want to listen to you just narrate through the whole game... That was intensely interesting.
Dude great story. You should do the whole game story.
I never thought 2 speak in place of my character🤣
I yell at my screen often. I think my kid thinks I have tourettes.
🤣🤣🤣
I thought prey was one of the best games of the year. It reminded me of playing system shock
watch freeman's mind if you haven't already strat
How did you manage to watch 30 minutes of the beginning of the game without thinking "maybe i shouldnt watch?" 30 minutes man.. 🤔
Why the hell would Bethesda publish a trailer of the first 30 minutes and spoil the game, that's a better question. Most of the time the spoiler doesn't come at the beginning of a game, so nobody is on guard against having the game ruined by watching the first 10-30 minutes.
Titled " Beauty of silence" and then talks non stop for 20 minutes , nice.
im just fucking with ya xD
He LIVES!
Another awesome video! I am actually playing through Prey for the first time and am enjoying it a lot (despite some UI annoyances on PC). I think for a mystery/horror game like this a silent protagonist is a great choice.
I'm a little worried about the backtracking as it seems to be a common complaint about the game. I haven't had to do much so far though, and I do enjoy the gameplay. I started on hard mode and I think it helped me get into the game as I definitely felt that paranoia, especially at the start.
Ssalamanderr I noticed the backtracking near the end of the game, because at that point there are no new and undiscovered regions, no new enemies or tools, so that was not so much fun, but most of the game I had no problem with the backtracking.
That's good to know. I'm still at the point where new enemies are being introduced pretty regularly (just got to Crew Quarters for the first time), so even when I've had to go back to the Lobby or something, it's been swarming with tougher enemies to keep things fresh.
Pretty sure I've already figured out the final plot twist if there is one though. I guess that's the peril of reading every note and listening to every log. But if it's what I think it is I think it's really cool so I don't even mind.
Wow im actually interested i think i well go play this game thank you
shes having trouble turning that valve XD 6:40
Great video.
Great video
I'm sad that the big game developers nowadays want to have a voiced protagonist in their RPGs. Like it would be a show of quality. I've enjoyed my RPGs just like you described at the start of the video, and having a voice actor act as all of my characters in that game, in all it's playthroughs, takes something away from me.
Am I the only one that is not convinced this game deserves the playing by this video? Prey is good because you can act over the protagonist. Well, guess what, you can do that for a lot of games.
I think u mean Switzerland and not Sweden lol
Shit...
I blame public education.
Strat-Edgy Productions Its cool we all make mistakes, I really enjoyed the video so thanks for making it.
Froosti During the video Sweden was referenced in relation to a neutral conversion option, but the country that is famous for its neutrality is Switzerland as it hasn't gone to war for the last 200 plus years as well various other reasons.
Eliza Lopez Sweden has also claimed 'neutrality' for the last 200 years.
I love the silent protagonist. I hardly wanna play a game where there is a voiced one. Especially if its an RPG
Hi Strat-Edgy, Ive been binge watching all your videos. Kudos to the quality of your videos!
Out of curiosity, what true rpg games do you recommend? I know you mention 1 or 2 in each pf your videos but it would be great if you could list 3 or 5.
Thanks!!
Regards
Now that I heard that, I will go play some video games.
Good point in the video man
I like your videos please make more
0/10 Intuitive and introspective story not long enough to cover at least two thirds of video. Also, lack of FOV slider customization.
Best video of the Universe
imma grab this game, ty for the vid.
conclusive proof that there is no game too shit that pretentious people wont latch onto it.
I like Sweden.
This was one of my games of the year. Funny when I first played it I put games through a basic function test. I noticed the birds outside looping and thought, OK minus a point for lazy development. Game was a great trip, only should not have been called prey. Maybe system shock 3 but not prey
I will never uninstall prey. It's a flawed masterpiece only constrained by the limitations of video game corps
I tried this experiment in Dragon Age Origins, it worked marvelously.
Ok, I'll admit. You got me to buy this game.
Okay, I know this is old by now. And I haven't played this game, so maybe? some of this is nonsense or already true, but here are my random thoughts because this is the internet where people don't know that their opinions don't actually matter and will be ignored in the order they are received, myself included:
1. I like your internal monologue addition. And it kind of makes me wonder why games like this don't voice act internal monologues like that to set the mood. Sure, as a creative thinker I often do this myself. Heck, sometimes I even yell at the dumb-asterisk $#!7 in Skyrim. My SO yells at the TV, so it's only fair I get to yell at games, even in character. But like non-voiced text, or trying to show the illusion you're under through glitches, there's a lot of open-to-interpretation going on. Whereas if you have one specific interpretation to tell, and you want the player to reach that same interpretation, then tell it. Add an internal monologue. Personally, I'm not a fan of voice acting in games, so adding more just means more room for finding it sub-par, but if we are supposed to all be on the same page, then we need to have our hands held.
2. The part I HATE about the glitches in the intro being used is that so very many video games have bugs like that, so as a plot device we are conditioned to ignore that $#!7. It's a bad plot element to use. Unless you make it less-than-subtle. And even then it's questionable.
3. Shouldn't that patio door have been impact resistant and/or safety glass? If we're supposed to be on the lookout for subtle flaws in reality, suddenly everything needs to be ridiculously accurate. That it shatters in the way it does makes me think that the reality behind the simulation is in fact still the simulation. Was that the case and by design? I dunno. I haven't played the game. But I'm assuming it's just bad game design?
4. I know I'm going to a special circle of hell for just thinking this, but... in the opening test sequences, the final room shouldn't have been a Rorschach test. It should have been you, a pipe wrench, and an adorable puppy. What lengths will you go to? Did the coffee cup attack in time to save you from doing something horrible? That'd have been some great $#!7, IMHO.
5. Innately, I don't trust. With mimicry involved, that means I don't trust A N Y T H I N G. Your suit. Your new friend, the pipe wrench. Your champagne bottle. N O T H I N G. In real life in such a situation, I'd be freaking running around naked, not interacting with A N Y T H I N G until I become absolutely desperate. That the game forces you to be so casual about things is ... kinda lame. Running around naked because you're paranoid would be funny, but appropriately realistic.
6. "She seems to be reaching out for something, something important, something that could have saved her in those final moments..." THE WORKLAMP! A simple change in game mechanics that would have made soooooooo much more sense to me just after watching this video would have been that mimics are stunned by LIGHT. Not a foamy glue gun. Light. Mimics turn to ashy-gray stone wherever intense light hits them directly. Now any object which emits light is by design trustworthy. Any object which does not is immediately suspect. Make strongly lit rooms safe and dark rooms dangerous. Have enemies move faster the darker the room is. Make your goal in life to turn on lights. Make a power outage a heart attack. Make key items glow. Electronic key cards glow to the color corresponding with their security level. Health kits have a glowing red cross. Glowing terminals are safe to use. Etc. If it glows in any way, it's safe to interact with. If it doesn't glow, shine the work lamp on it. To glue parts of an enemy, shine the work light on them. And better lights, such as a flashbang grenade, are now weapons of mimic destruction. But with an added layer of danger, because smoke, steam, etc. which reduce light distance now reduce a light source's impact on freezing them, making the smoke from a flashbang grenade a Sword of Damocles hanging over your head. Okay, yeah, an old and already done mechanic, but one that would have made more sense than a misapplication of super glue or a cement factory or whatever. Creepy sci-fi in the dark is a classic for a reason. But so many games that do it don't let you do logical things like duct-tape a Maglite to a shotgun or mix up a magnesium enhanced molotov. So then you scream at the game. So maybe it's better that they didn't use this mechanic. But it would have made more sense than the Stay Puft Marshmallow Gun and set them up for a lot of potential mechanics that they'd probably have flubbed later. (Because everyone does.)
Anywhen, having reached this point in my nonsense, thanks for reading the TLDR of an untimely rant and have a nice day.
your kid sounds very cool.
I was confused for a moment. I may not understand English that well, but I thought that tools don't have "ammo". Charges, maybe, but ammo? Isn't that something specifically for weapons?
A gun can become a tool when you use it to blow the lock off a door. The Gloo gun doesn't kill anything and you can use it to climb walls. Therefore it feels like a tool. At least to me.
...Oh, is that it?
Don't get me wrong - I enjoyed the video. I just thought it was leading to a point you were making, but... it just suddenly ends.
Your son sounds cool.
This game would be more enjoyable to me if they could've gotten rid of all the loading screens.
I don't quite know what is missing in Prey but just did not click with like Bioshock or System shock, it also had the problem that dishonored did in that there are different endings not based on your choices but how you want to play the game. So basicly if you want to get a different ending you have to play a more boring way than how you actually want to.
Arkane don't make that great games imo, the only actual real great game they have done is Dark messiah. The rest have all had some pretty big flaws holding them back.
Kekw having a child