even more accurate. BUT THEY ARE MYLTI FLAVORED HOT POCKETS!! AND yeah one of your favorite flavors might have been dicontiued... But THERE ARE STiLL HOT POCKETS TO BE FOUND!
Just played through BDSP, and the Cynthia fight is like suddenly having 6 microwaves that aren't quite powerful enough to cook the 6 different-flavored hot pockets you want to eat, so you have to futz with the wiring for 3 hours, figuring out if you should just overpower one of the microwaves or balance the strain between them all, and you can't go back because there's 4 microwave puzzles you went through just to get here. So eventually you just unplug the microwaves for a couple weeks and wonder why you didn't pick up a Fairy-type microwave along the way.
I cheat. I use clever positioning in the microwave and precise timing to avoid roof-burning hot pockets. (Translation: they're fully cooked already so I just put them on the edge of the platter to minimize cold spots and put them in for slightly less time than recommended.)
DougDoug: "I don't know what I'm doing" Also DougDoug: Produces one of the funniest and well constructed callbacks I've ever heard from an ingredient on the back of a ready meal
"Just like how Pokemon Camp gives you the same shit every time" had me DYING the buildup to that joke was spot on! I love these videos so much, I know they don't do as well as your gaming challenge videos but these are hilarious and I would love to see more!
See, watching TH-cam is like eating fast food. You know the basic components and taste of every channel. You eat too much of one channel and you're like hey, can we eat at a different restaurant, like maybe Emkay Damieno's or Russian Baffet. Then you come back to Apples, Bell peppers, Cajin, and Doug and you think this is great why did I leave and.....
“Methyl cellulose is a laxatives, which means it helps you take healthy, consistent poops. Which is why pokemon camp gives you the same s*** every time” Probably not the exact quote but it cracked me up
I clicked this because I saw "Pokemon" and "Food" in the title. I did NOT expect this to be that funny. I then proceeded to watch more videos of yours and realized just how funny you are. VERY. THE ANSWER IS VERY FUNNY. I have never seen somebody as creative as you. No one else would think to play a video game using only their VOICE or to play a video game using only the TWITCH STREAM CHAT or to explain video games using FOOD. I'm just... I'm in awe. I may just subscribe... Thank you for this amazing entertainment.
I just want to say, I love your video games being explained with food. As both a gamer and a cook, this puts a smile on my face whenever I see it on my recommendations.
See, watching TH-cam is like eating fast food. You know the basic components and taste of every channel. You eat too much of one channel and you're like hey, can we eat at a different restaurant, like maybe Emkay Damieno's or Russian Baffet. Then you come back to Apples, Bell peppers, Cajin, and Doug and you think this is great why did I leave and.....
Funny how you say you’re coming at sword and shield from an inexperienced angle and yet still come to the same conclusion pretty much everyone else has.
Huh you know I watched this like when it first came out I never noticed then I came back to watch it cuz I was bored and now I just noticed cuz of this comment
I played Pokémon sword blind and as soon as I saw Chairman Rose, I said to my friend who i was calling at the time “Bro I bet this guy is gunna be the bad guy”
For someone who doesn't know what he's doing, you're doing a pretty good job. IMO, explaining *basically anything* that you're interested in with food is a solid concept, because your interest in the topic is what fuels the creative analogies.
Even at 500,000 subscribers I feel like you're right; few TH-camrs deserve more subscribers than Doug does. One of the few channels I really look forward to watching.
So much time goes into simply scripting these videos combined with recording or editing and they come out somewhat frequently I don't know how he does it
He made me smile in the literal first second. There was no sound, nothing happening at all, just a pot in a kitchen. All of a sudden, a man in a chef hat just pops up from the pot and talks about Pokémon. It's an unusual thing to see. I love it.
This was a fun review! I really love the food comparisons... It really helps flesh the review out more and provides some flavor. Like adding spices to a dish!
@@Limayde your idea is like eating in a kebab restaurant, it's just a simple meat you eat daily and there is nothing spec... WAIT HOLD ON THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY SO GOOD HOLY SHIT THE FLAVOR, THE SMELL AND EVEN THE SERVICE IS QUITE GOOD, I WILL EAT THIS EVERYDAY! A low effort shitpost in a video form that will be extremely enjoyable and interesting.
Alright, I know this wasn't immediately mentioned in the video, but I'm glad I'm not the only person who thinks pokemon's difficulty progression is backwards. It's like, you get your first pokemon, a paring knife, and your rival gets their potato peeler, and the first battle is 'alright guys, lets see who can skin this pear the fastest', like, it's a meh first battle, but that's because it's supposed to be simple and you've got no real tools to use for it. Then you head out on the start of your journey, and collect a few more poketools, and you're fighting other trainers, and... level 10-15 is the sweet spot, where the battles actually take 3-4 turns per pokemon, and the debuff moves actually work instead of guaranteeing a loss by using them... and then, all of a sudden, at level 16, your paring knife evolves... into a microwave, and you just cook hot pockets for the rest of the game. Don't get me wrong, some people might like the fact that as you get to higher and higher levels the game becomes exclusively glass canons, and one shot will kill anyone... But personally? I and many others would like it if at higher levels the fights took longer. It's like you're going on iron chef and challenging them, and back at the start of your journey you were doing hour long competitions with people along the road to prove you were the better pokechef trainer, and you're finally here... and you're stuck in a lightning round scenario where you need to defeat each of the Iron 4 chefs within 30 seconds, and they're trying to cook these fantastic meals, but... you made hot pockets, and it's infinitely better than the first 30 seconds of a steak. But then, you're face to face with pokechef league champion Gordon Ramsay, and you're expecting a massive fight... and he does the exact same thing the iron 4 did and puts out some vaguely moist spaghetti, while you're here with a hot pocket on a plate. I just... think maybe if we boosted health and defense to the point where they actually mattered we'd be able to have a more fun game? At that point type matchups become even more important, as they'll have more time to be effective!
A lot of this comes from the way the game progresses. As you keep doing these little cook-off challenges along the road, you get better at making the hot pockets. And in the single player of the game, that's all you do. When you hit max level and face against others at max level, then it turns into something a bit better. Instead of cooking hot pockets in 1-2 turns per pokemon, you now are cooking instant ramen in 2-4 turns per pokemon. I agree that a slower pacing on the fights would be nice, I want to savor the delicious meal that is the core game-play mechanics, but a lot of it comes down to just how easy it is for you to improve your skills and having an endless supply of wild pokemon you can throw hot pockets at.
@@sabrinasummers9943 I personally beg to differ, the only difference between casual and competitive play is that in some competitive formats you're not allowed to use the 'omniblaster 5000' microwave to cook your hot-pockets, and sometimes people have opposing pokechefs you have to hit with 2 hot pockets to defeat, and those are the tanky ones. Think about it this way; You're a professional boxer, when you were an amateur, could you take more or less hits? Honestly it's probably around the same because as you've gotten better at taking hits, other people have gotten better at hitting, and vice versa, now we look at pokemon, where everything has nigh world-ending power in three of it's four moveslots, and no one can take even a single hit. It's just sad that we don't have any more gameplay than 'hey what pokemon are they going to choose? Ah that means I should pick 'BS OP 'mon #4' and take them out immediately, oh no they chose a different one! Well I don't have disadvantage so it all comes down to speed for who wins this matchup!' Like... I want actual battles! Let fighting the Elite Four be a multi-hour ordeal of the hardest fights in the game, that really pushes you to your limits! And competitive... well, I really don't care for competitive, but they'll survive, thrive even in a strategy-based system.
@@glitchwolf1384 Admittedly yes, though I find that the level disparity causes a lot of the one or two turn microwave times. Even in the main game, if you limit your level to be around the average of the next big trainer fight, you'll get 2-3 turns per pokemon. Not a significant improvement to the recipe, sure, but it helps show ways one can step in the right direction.
@@sabrinasummers9943 then that's a signal that the games should increase the levels of those big trainer fights to be in line with what they expect you to have!
The issue for me is that when you look at each generation side by side, you see a weird decline in certain content depth and quantity. It's weird though because quality of life changes have definitely always been on an incline. Except the weird murder of TMs being reusable. Why they reneged on that, we'll never know.
Imagine that you're an octopus, and you're in one of those weird restaurants where people eat live octopus, so you have to run and hide or band with your fellow octo(suffix) in order to overpower the diners.
These game reviews are honestly the most wholesome and fun out there, and yet they still get your opinion and views on the game through in a serious manner. Plz do continue : )
"Ok, well, I haven't eaten anything in 20 years." Thanks, I didn't need the water I was gonna drink from my bottle anyway Also, SqUwUrtle. Thanks, Doug.
@@Lunartic_ And why that ? I'm just curious to see what arguments you have against a 20 years old strategy-based battle system in competitive ? Do you think games like Fortnite are better in Competitive maybe ? :')
@@KamenKuro Because there really isn't much strategy. There's the Meta pokemon that should be used and you just breed and pray RNGesus to get a good Pokemon. Even in the battles themselves you are trying to counter their type Pokemon. Moves with status effect serve little more purpose in competitive but a turn-based game will never have much skill or depth in combat. Never played Fortnite so I wouldn't know is it better. Could be same shit. But fighting games like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, etc, etc have more depth to them and your personal skill plays a bigger role than what character you and your opponent is using.
@@Lunartic_ You haven't played Pokémon Showdown, haven't you ? The strategy isn't how you build your Pokémon, IT'S HOW YOU PICK the types and the other Pokémons, and the attacks, and the items while taking in account many other stuff Yeah, there's a meta, but unlike other games it isn't mandatory to win. You can defeat a meta team easily if you know how to use your brain. Fighting games are a faster thinking kind of game. You need to act fast, react fast etc.. I don't deny that those games are really great in competitive. But Competitive Pokémon isn't "Breed and Meta", that's something that could be applied to many other games as well.
The Nuzlocke challenge is like if you leave the hot pocket in the microwave for 1 second too long, you have to throw it out. You have to nickname your every hot pocket, and even if you find a hot pocket in the trash outside, you have to cook it.
the sad thing is there are people who would say this seriously. exploits used to be the core of developing competitive metas and now you can be banned for using WHAT COMES WITH THE DAMN GAME! outrageous.
I think the hotpocket analogy could use some work, because you could make the most freaking advanced hit pocket if you wanted it's opti- Oh wait they removed that to make the game "easier"
But in all honesty, this is a great format for game reviews. I would love to watch you review every game under the disguise of a food review. A hard challenge for the long term, but I'm sure you'll figure a way to keep it fresh.
i love how even in the battle where the hot pocket gag first shows the dude when he loses says "you showed a little bit of effort, so i guess i SHOULD let you win"
@@swagtomomo They absolutely are not. They have never been a core part of the pokemon release cycle and they don't play anything like a pokemon game. They're just dungeon crawlers with a pokemon theme. Don't lie to yourself about the most obvious facts ever just because you like them.
I think you've found a "secret sauce" in these food reviews. They are awesome. I look forward to looking at the videos and would urge you to keep doing them.
I don’t know wether to feel good or bad about this. One one hand, I hate Genwunners, as most Pokémon fans do. They’re super obnoxious most of the time, and refuse to try anything new even though gen one was really buggy and the following 3 gens are objectively better. But on the other hand...why did it have to be Sword and Shield? This is the least effort I have ever seen in a mainline Pokémon game.
UPDATE: hot pockets replied, they "love" the video
twitter.com/hotpockets/status/1215330794312544257
wow thanks for the heads up nearly missed that
DougDoug wait you are in a pot?
Thank you Doug Doug, very cool
Really
Wow thanks
"Why are you even eating here, it's a Chuck E Cheese, it's meant for kids."
I've never been entertained and personally attacked before.
so whos gonna tell him he wrote "Ive never been entertained"?
@@theblueelixir8740 you
Its funny because the guy saying it is also in the chuck e cheese xD
@Pizza Baker you
You forgot the question mark.
“The experience feels deeply personal”
*Link sprinting through a field naked
Link in his boxers is my spirit animal
yea I do that a lot too what’s so bad about it
Lol
That’s what we all did in breath of the wild right?
Botw in a nutshell
“The wild area is like a buffet”
My brain:”...filled with hot pockets”
Even better
even more accurate. BUT THEY ARE MYLTI FLAVORED HOT POCKETS!! AND yeah one of your favorite flavors might have been dicontiued...
But THERE ARE STiLL HOT POCKETS TO BE FOUND!
The game is the hot pocket, not the pokemons
@@rage_2000 Get outta here with your epipen!
A wild Neptune has appeared!
Just played through BDSP, and the Cynthia fight is like suddenly having 6 microwaves that aren't quite powerful enough to cook the 6 different-flavored hot pockets you want to eat, so you have to futz with the wiring for 3 hours, figuring out if you should just overpower one of the microwaves or balance the strain between them all, and you can't go back because there's 4 microwave puzzles you went through just to get here.
So eventually you just unplug the microwaves for a couple weeks and wonder why you didn't pick up a Fairy-type microwave along the way.
If it helps you, I picked up two microwaves by the brans Luxray and Garchomp that made the cooking a lot easier
SNORLAX AND DIALGA TAG TEAM IS THE GOAT OF ALL STRATS GRAAHHHH 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
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When he said "I wish that Hot Pockets didn't burn the roof of my mouth"
I felt that.
Just Some Guy without a Mustache WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE
Justin Y Part 2, electric boogaloo
I cheat.
I use clever positioning in the microwave and precise timing to avoid roof-burning hot pockets.
(Translation: they're fully cooked already so I just put them on the edge of the platter to minimize cold spots and put them in for slightly less time than recommended.)
did you eat a hot pocket that burnt your mouth while watching?
Kirikyuu exactly like who tf is this guy and why is he in every comment section
DougDoug: "I don't know what I'm doing"
Also DougDoug: Produces one of the funniest and well constructed callbacks I've ever heard from an ingredient on the back of a ready meal
“You showed at least a little effort so I let you win”. Says bede after he gets destroyed by a turtle that only knows bite
AT LEAST A LITTLE EFFORT
The bit about the laxatives and "same shit every time" was next level. I burst out laughing when he delivered that line!
Doug: "Hey do you want more food gaming rev--"
Me: *Yes*
Agreed
Why am I hard LMAO
Yes
@@atua9969 what
I need moreeeee
Dang, 20 years without eating is quite impressive.
Ikr! Wonder how he survived this long!
Ghandi shoulda taken notes
@@complimentbotd7232 unrelated, but I wanted to say that I love your username
rookie numbers
Maiguelairou
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“How can I have been defeated?”
“I just used the microwave”
*_W H E E Z E_*
Joke of the year evryone joke of the year...
Lol
“Literally just used one button”
And his tone tho
“Hotpockets are a quick stressful meal.”
My cousin put a hot pocket into the microwave for to long and ended up burning the hot pocket
How? HOW??? Hot pockets are almost fail-proof, is your microwave just an on and off button and you have to time the food yourself?
@@thatoneinternetguy9258 you have to time the food yourself
The wrong button was pressed.
HOW?! It literally says, on the package in big text, "microwave on high for 2 minutes"
Then Your Cousins reading comprehension must be very awful, how can u fail to follow such simple instructions
"Just like how Pokemon Camp gives you the same shit every time" had me DYING the buildup to that joke was spot on!
I love these videos so much, I know they don't do as well as your gaming challenge videos but these are hilarious and I would love to see more!
ayy thanks man
Honestly these are the kind of videos that got me into DougDoug
dude same i scrolled down into the comments looking for this comment
See, watching TH-cam is like eating fast food. You know the basic components and taste of every channel. You eat too much of one channel and you're like hey, can we eat at a different restaurant, like maybe Emkay Damieno's or Russian Baffet. Then you come back to Apples, Bell peppers, Cajin, and Doug and you think this is great why did I leave and.....
@@DougDoug And THAT is something to be proud of.
“Later in the game, the Hot Pockets do get harder.”
Huh?
Yee Haw if the hot pockets are getting harder then they’re overcooked
r/woooosh
Nice profile pic. Spike gang.
@@goldenfreddyitsme8510 r/Ihavereddit
pokemon mystery dungeon is like eating a hot pocket with shards of glass in it
"I can't believe hot pockets are still successful, even though they have not improved"
I feel...attacked
Are...
are you a hot pocket?
@@noizepusher7594 Are you not?
@@Mellowdy030 uuuh... yes.
Fuck you for not being a hot pocket, Ace
smh my head
@@noizepusher7594 Wait you’re really not a hot pocket yet? After all this time you had to prepare?
6:29 This is the best joke i heard all day.
I literally spit my root beer
What about ball guy?
@@carrion8752ball guy is no joke. ball guy is life
“Methyl cellulose is a laxatives, which means it helps you take healthy, consistent poops. Which is why pokemon camp gives you the same s*** every time”
Probably not the exact quote but it cracked me up
Best line in this video for sure
That is the exact quote.
ive been on a dougdoug binge and this was the first time i straight burst out laughing, this man is gold.
@@humain1025 it's definetly not but I'm not gonna be the one to figure it out.
Doug: "how many more food reviews?"
Your fan base: Yes.
Dragon Slayer Ornstein not funny anymore
I like that DougDoug is not a genwunner even though he only played gen 1 and gen 8.
Same
Yeah
Cuz gen 1 is not the best thing in the world
@@Good_Hot_Chocolate no.
@@Good_Hot_Chocolate yeah gen 2 is
Doug: So...are we just gonna do food rev-
Everyone: *YES*
Just do more food stuff in general, it's a unique spin on reviews, analysis, news, etc.
I just commented on this 😂
These are honestly just super effective at pointing out strengths, weaknesses, and/or differences with games.
Nice pun
Why are you eating here, it’s a Chuck E Cheese, it’s meant for kids
*Says the adult to the other adult*
Omg aut did i find you ahahah
@@hornetisntvoid5730 hi lol-
Nice
@@autumn_3989 a third
Hollow knight rise UP
“HotPockets are absolutely disgusting”
*clearly you’ve never tried a philly cheese steak hotpocket*
YERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
"just like how pokeman camp gives you the same shit every single time"
My god that was so perfectly lined up
Ah yes, my favourite foods:
Ice cream
Honey
And Literal Garbage.
The average american diet in a nutshell.
Well that last one sounds like me in a few decades
@@dynamicgamesyt3 a fence
@@haruhirogrimgar6047 thats basically it :)
@Cannon Raborn that’s called literal trash
Fans: can we get a true next gen pokemon game thats bigger than ever?
Nintendo: here’s a durian
Gamefreak*
Here’s a darmanitan
ElfsGamer hush little boy
@@elfsgamer7206 GameFreak isn't the only party involved. No doubt Nintendo and the Pokemon Company both have a say in what goes into these games
*literally makes the pokemon giant*
2:38
Anybody notice the fact he named his Pokémon
*SqUwUirtle*
3:33 Sun TzUwU
@@finn4531 I hate you for making me laugh at that
I noticed but ignored it
Now I want a hot pocket
Edit: Update, I have eaten a hot pocket
Imperfect Being what kind
How was it?
Hope you enjoyed it! I recommend the four cheese if you didn't have that kind.
Mission accomplished.
Top 10 anime character arcs
After watching this, I'm gonna start a new save file on one of my Pokemon games, choose the fire starter and name it Hot Pocket.
How did it go
Hipsterr Foxx yea how did it go
We still wait for an answer
I clicked this because I saw "Pokemon" and "Food" in the title. I did NOT expect this to be that funny. I then proceeded to watch more videos of yours and realized just how funny you are. VERY. THE ANSWER IS VERY FUNNY. I have never seen somebody as creative as you. No one else would think to play a video game using only their VOICE or to play a video game using only the TWITCH STREAM CHAT or to explain video games using FOOD. I'm just... I'm in awe. I may just subscribe... Thank you for this amazing entertainment.
You should watch Dunkey and TerminalMontage.
Wholesome
Destiny Young his channel has methyl cellulose which means he gives us the same good shit every time
Or maybe you won't subscribe, we may never know.
You should watch my boy *D u n k e y*
I just want to say, I love your video games being explained with food. As both a gamer and a cook, this puts a smile on my face whenever I see it on my recommendations.
“Ok well I haven’t eaten food in 20 years.” - DougDoug
See, watching TH-cam is like eating fast food. You know the basic components and taste of every channel. You eat too much of one channel and you're like hey, can we eat at a different restaurant, like maybe Emkay Damieno's or Russian Baffet. Then you come back to Apples, Bell peppers, Cajin, and Doug and you think this is great why did I leave and.....
Ball guy needs a whole video to himself, how dare you gave him just one segment
Dougdoug has the "balls" to do it... I'll put myself in the poké ball
agreeing noises
Yes, but also
Y E S
Community: Can we have a hard mode?
Nintendo: ...Here's a durian
xD
Gramnox
Stop dissing the durian!
It’s delicious!
- says the other half of the population.
Now thats hard.. and spiky
no, is Here's a brick.
I laughed waaay too hard at this.
6:28 This is the best lime I've heard all day.
lime
lime
hot pockets don't have to be fancy - they don't cost 59.99
One doesn't, but a lot of them do (?)
Nakahara Daiki friggin genius idea
This is a man who was going to write $60 but said f*ck it I'ma remove a sent
pokemaster *cent
@@pokemaster4588? Nah 59.99 is the price of Pokémon Sword/Shield
Funny how you say you’re coming at sword and shield from an inexperienced angle and yet still come to the same conclusion pretty much everyone else has.
No matter how bad the game, since the core mechanics are so fun, the only way to mess up the game is by messing up the battle system/catching system
Even though like 20 seconds into the video he says he saw reviews online
What do you mean, “I wish the hot pockets didn’t burn the roof of my mouth?” They’re called HOT Pockets DOUG
it’s hot not scolding
@@sootyve3958 scalding
@@technologyanimals No.
Cold pockets.
I like how no one notices on how he’s just sitting in a pot the whole time
Getting over it with Bennett DougDoug
Oh, people notice it. They just don't acknowledge it.
Huh you know I watched this like when it first came out I never noticed then I came back to watch it cuz I was bored and now I just noticed cuz of this comment
@@NamebeDale_592 LOL, glad I can help
And I love his pot
This isnt pokemon explained with food, but pokemon explained with hot pockets
That's food. Hot pockets. Are. Food. Better keeping them all as "with food" instead of naming the invididual things he talks about
@@boomeronet7888 It's debatable whether or not hot pockets qualify as food
@@SquidSystem Anything can be food if you're brave enough.
@@Mihaugoku time to eat a knife
*no one tell them*
I played Pokémon sword blind and as soon as I saw Chairman Rose, I said to my friend who i was calling at the time
“Bro I bet this guy is gunna be the bad guy”
For someone who doesn't know what he's doing, you're doing a pretty good job.
IMO, explaining *basically anything* that you're interested in with food is a solid concept, because your interest in the topic is what fuels the creative analogies.
"i haven't eaten in 20 years" has to be one of the funniest things you've said in one of these explained with food videos.
“Why are you even eating eating here, this is a Chuck E. Cheese. It’s for children”
*also is an adult*
Maybe they have kids.
. . . oh shit
@Simple Weirdo ..not canniballistic
"Ok, well I haven't eaten in 20 YEARS, AND I AM STARVING!"
That will never not get me
This channel is extremely underrated
Even at 500,000 subscribers I feel like you're right; few TH-camrs deserve more subscribers than Doug does. One of the few channels I really look forward to watching.
@@SweetZombiJesus couldn't have said it better myself
Especially with how creative his videos are!
Totally!
So much time goes into simply scripting these videos combined with recording or editing and they come out somewhat frequently I don't know how he does it
3:56 I love how this section incorporates literally nothing into the continuity of this video, yet would still feel incomplete if it didn't have it.
6:28 That methyl cellulose joke was off the chart. 🤣
I have to agree to that
Agreed
Agreed
Dammmmmnnnn
Yea that's a good one!!
This man just explained the entire pokemon game using a hot-pocket
And we love him for it.
He's too dangerous to be kept alive!
"this is a chuck e cheese why are you eating here its for children"
"uh h h h"
i have not seen that cursed picture for so long.
@@joseaguirre2356 im not a pedophile....
He made me smile in the literal first second. There was no sound, nothing happening at all, just a pot in a kitchen. All of a sudden, a man in a chef hat just pops up from the pot and talks about Pokémon. It's an unusual thing to see. I love it.
This was a fun review! I really love the food comparisons... It really helps flesh the review out more and provides some flavor. Like adding spices to a dish!
Explaining Doug's food reviews with food. We need to go deeper.
@@Limayde your idea is like eating in a kebab restaurant, it's just a simple meat you eat daily and there is nothing spec... WAIT HOLD ON THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY SO GOOD HOLY SHIT THE FLAVOR, THE SMELL AND EVEN THE SERVICE IS QUITE GOOD, I WILL EAT THIS EVERYDAY!
A low effort shitpost in a video form that will be extremely enjoyable and interesting.
I love the “Explained With Food” videos. They are so unique and hilarious. I’m totally down to see more.
Alright, I know this wasn't immediately mentioned in the video, but I'm glad I'm not the only person who thinks pokemon's difficulty progression is backwards.
It's like, you get your first pokemon, a paring knife, and your rival gets their potato peeler, and the first battle is 'alright guys, lets see who can skin this pear the fastest', like, it's a meh first battle, but that's because it's supposed to be simple and you've got no real tools to use for it.
Then you head out on the start of your journey, and collect a few more poketools, and you're fighting other trainers, and... level 10-15 is the sweet spot, where the battles actually take 3-4 turns per pokemon, and the debuff moves actually work instead of guaranteeing a loss by using them... and then, all of a sudden, at level 16, your paring knife evolves... into a microwave, and you just cook hot pockets for the rest of the game.
Don't get me wrong, some people might like the fact that as you get to higher and higher levels the game becomes exclusively glass canons, and one shot will kill anyone...
But personally? I and many others would like it if at higher levels the fights took longer. It's like you're going on iron chef and challenging them, and back at the start of your journey you were doing hour long competitions with people along the road to prove you were the better pokechef trainer, and you're finally here... and you're stuck in a lightning round scenario where you need to defeat each of the Iron 4 chefs within 30 seconds, and they're trying to cook these fantastic meals, but... you made hot pockets, and it's infinitely better than the first 30 seconds of a steak.
But then, you're face to face with pokechef league champion Gordon Ramsay, and you're expecting a massive fight... and he does the exact same thing the iron 4 did and puts out some vaguely moist spaghetti, while you're here with a hot pocket on a plate.
I just... think maybe if we boosted health and defense to the point where they actually mattered we'd be able to have a more fun game? At that point type matchups become even more important, as they'll have more time to be effective!
Noice mate
A lot of this comes from the way the game progresses. As you keep doing these little cook-off challenges along the road, you get better at making the hot pockets. And in the single player of the game, that's all you do. When you hit max level and face against others at max level, then it turns into something a bit better. Instead of cooking hot pockets in 1-2 turns per pokemon, you now are cooking instant ramen in 2-4 turns per pokemon. I agree that a slower pacing on the fights would be nice, I want to savor the delicious meal that is the core game-play mechanics, but a lot of it comes down to just how easy it is for you to improve your skills and having an endless supply of wild pokemon you can throw hot pockets at.
@@sabrinasummers9943 I personally beg to differ, the only difference between casual and competitive play is that in some competitive formats you're not allowed to use the 'omniblaster 5000' microwave to cook your hot-pockets, and sometimes people have opposing pokechefs you have to hit with 2 hot pockets to defeat, and those are the tanky ones. Think about it this way; You're a professional boxer, when you were an amateur, could you take more or less hits? Honestly it's probably around the same because as you've gotten better at taking hits, other people have gotten better at hitting, and vice versa, now we look at pokemon, where everything has nigh world-ending power in three of it's four moveslots, and no one can take even a single hit. It's just sad that we don't have any more gameplay than 'hey what pokemon are they going to choose? Ah that means I should pick 'BS OP 'mon #4' and take them out immediately, oh no they chose a different one! Well I don't have disadvantage so it all comes down to speed for who wins this matchup!' Like... I want actual battles! Let fighting the Elite Four be a multi-hour ordeal of the hardest fights in the game, that really pushes you to your limits! And competitive... well, I really don't care for competitive, but they'll survive, thrive even in a strategy-based system.
@@glitchwolf1384 Admittedly yes, though I find that the level disparity causes a lot of the one or two turn microwave times. Even in the main game, if you limit your level to be around the average of the next big trainer fight, you'll get 2-3 turns per pokemon. Not a significant improvement to the recipe, sure, but it helps show ways one can step in the right direction.
@@sabrinasummers9943 then that's a signal that the games should increase the levels of those big trainer fights to be in line with what they expect you to have!
The issue for me is that when you look at each generation side by side, you see a weird decline in certain content depth and quantity. It's weird though because quality of life changes have definitely always been on an incline. Except the weird murder of TMs being reusable. Why they reneged on that, we'll never know.
And the gym chef says:
WHERE'S THE LAMB SAAAAUCE?
" *It's RAAAW!* "
THIS CHICKEN IS SO FROZEN, *IT STARTED SINGING LET IT GO*
Overall, it tastes bittersweet
"This experience feels deeply personal"
*Link running naked through a field carrying a mop*
ablakac
Yes thank you, one of the top comments made that joke already
@@justsaying6341 he stole the joke
@@rowboat10 yes
Or two people just had the same idea, that's not really rare
@@YooranKujara but it's almost been copied word for word
I love your style of comedy. The weirdly exaggerated and obscure metaphors that sometimes trail off into nonsense get me almost every time
Nintendo: shows a pic of ball guy “What does this photo make you feel”.
Doug:”Lust”
Wooloo is a fine delicacy in Wales.
Wait.
Mareep is quite popular with the youth I've heard
except with this fucking maniac the wooloo population is going extinct, just cause he wants a black wooloo
The Truest Piano ha i get that reference
The Truest Piano which one?
@@mrbaconslicez RTgame, hes shiny hunting wooloo before starting the game and hes killed over 999 so far, his entire team is level 30
"Would you like me to do more reviews like this"
This is the best kind of review. Please do a lot more.
Doug Doug: I'm not very good at this
Me: wow he's serving us a four-course meal
I just watched a grown man talk about how sword and shield are hotpockets for 7 minutes straight
SCP: Secret Laboratory explained with food is what I want to see
Imagine that you're an octopus, and you're in one of those weird restaurants where people eat live octopus, so you have to run and hide or band with your fellow octo(suffix) in order to overpower the diners.
@@thatguy4084 octopuses is _technically_ the correct pluralization, but saying octopi is fine for most people
@@fiend-off-the-grid I heard that it's now officially octopodes
@@novarender_ Ok, still doesn't ultimately matter all that much so long as you get the point across
Half-Life 2, but explained with food
YES!
yes
half-life Alex launch but explained with food
Aperture_wraith YES
Or, just every Valve game explained with food.
HL, TF2, CSGO, L4D, Dota,
Ricochet...
“Hot pockets creative vision is to burn the roof of my mouth”
Bede: You've shown at least a little effort
Me: Correct!
"As you can tell, I don't know what I'm doing"
Don't worry, I really don't either
"I haven't eaten food in 20 years."
Me too tho
Yay another Cytus 2 fan :)
Same.
@@picori4847 cytus has a fanbase?
These game reviews are honestly the most wholesome and fun out there, and yet they still get your opinion and views on the game through in a serious manner. Plz do continue : )
i wasnt actually expecting to get such a helpful explanation of this game from this video. great video!
“Let tell you about this dope ass Chuck E. Cheese” just made my whole day
K are we just gonna ignore his Pokemon is named squwurtle
I do not think nobody has ignored that but it is the first case that I saw somebody having such a name upon his pokemon like that
Yes we are
Even worse is that the u's are capitalized meaning its sqUwUrtle
He also has Sum TzUwU
@@azure4622 UwU
"Ok, well, I haven't eaten anything in 20 years."
Thanks, I didn't need the water I was gonna drink from my bottle anyway
Also, SqUwUrtle. Thanks, Doug.
What the fuck have you done with squertle's name you sick fuck.
@@penginpunkin1487 what
@@penginpunkin1487 What the fuck have you done with Squirtle's name you sick fuck
@@ieatbugs1996 what the fuck have you done with squirtles name you sick fuck
@@ShOwOba what have you done to the squirtle’s name you sick fuck
If this man ever stopped doing food reviews my life would immediately end.
“I wish I had a reason to use all those cool utility and debuff moves”
Competitive Pokemon Player: oh BOY let me tell you something
You saved me the effort of writing this 👍
Competitive Pokemon. One of the biggest jokes there is.
@@Lunartic_ And why that ?
I'm just curious to see what arguments you have against a 20 years old strategy-based battle system in competitive ?
Do you think games like Fortnite are better in Competitive maybe ? :')
@@KamenKuro Because there really isn't much strategy. There's the Meta pokemon that should be used and you just breed and pray RNGesus to get a good Pokemon.
Even in the battles themselves you are trying to counter their type Pokemon. Moves with status effect serve little more purpose in competitive but a turn-based game will never have much skill or depth in combat.
Never played Fortnite so I wouldn't know is it better. Could be same shit. But fighting games like Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, etc, etc have more depth to them and your personal skill plays a bigger role than what character you and your opponent is using.
@@Lunartic_ You haven't played Pokémon Showdown, haven't you ?
The strategy isn't how you build your Pokémon, IT'S HOW YOU PICK the types and the other Pokémons, and the attacks, and the items while taking in account many other stuff
Yeah, there's a meta, but unlike other games it isn't mandatory to win. You can defeat a meta team easily if you know how to use your brain.
Fighting games are a faster thinking kind of game. You need to act fast, react fast etc..
I don't deny that those games are really great in competitive.
But Competitive Pokémon isn't "Breed and Meta", that's something that could be applied to many other games as well.
"Do you want more-"
YES
The Nuzlocke challenge is like if you leave the hot pocket in the microwave for 1 second too long, you have to throw it out. You have to nickname your every hot pocket, and even if you find a hot pocket in the trash outside, you have to cook it.
1:40 Doug you seem to be having a hard time not enjoying that hot pocket.
5:12
"The experience feels deeply personal."
Personal like a CHEATER?? I see you WHISTLING TO NOT USE STAMINA
How dare you?
I had no idea you could even do that
the sad thing is there are people who would say this seriously. exploits used to be the core of developing competitive metas and now you can be banned for using WHAT COMES WITH THE DAMN GAME! outrageous.
OOF that hurts
@@guy3nder529 well... Yeah. The developers don't care about balance, so it's fine to ignore their wishes.
“Sun TzUwU”
Yep
The art of pressing a button
@@gamingdragon2361 I thought that name was squirtuwurtle but thank you for even telling it better now and the rest of you who wrote it
The Awt of Waw
MineSlimeTV my tiny brain can’t comprehend that
This is literally exactly how I feel about sword and shield
I think the hotpocket analogy could use some work, because you could make the most freaking advanced hit pocket if you wanted it's opti- Oh wait they removed that to make the game "easier"
Toby Fox's Battle Tower theme is like the good part of the dinner that's also the only thing people ever want to eat
You mean... Marnie's theme?
Hold on mate, what about the Gym Music and the Last Pokémon music are AWESOME!
More like the garnish that goes on everyone's plate that they all love to eat.
You misspelled Slumbering Weald theme.
Which is always is amazing, since its litteraly a remix of a song in the baby is you.
Doug Doug: I have no clue what I'm doing?
Me: Me neither but I'm digging it.
But in all honesty, this is a great format for game reviews. I would love to watch you review every game under the disguise of a food review. A hard challenge for the long term, but I'm sure you'll figure a way to keep it fresh.
i love how even in the battle where the hot pocket gag first shows the dude when he loses says "you showed a little bit of effort, so i guess i SHOULD let you win"
2:30
This was the equivalent to King Neptune losing to SpongeBob’s one Krabby Patty
>Appealing to casuals
Remember when Lets Go comes out and they say the next game will be for the core fans?
An inaccurate press release?
Hm. Shocker. ☺
They meant mystery dungeon i guees
@@cuddlefish7798 Mystery Dungeon isn't core in anyway
@@r.brandt2246 (the first two) mystery dungeon(s) are the most core pokemon experiences there are
@@swagtomomo They absolutely are not. They have never been a core part of the pokemon release cycle and they don't play anything like a pokemon game. They're just dungeon crawlers with a pokemon theme. Don't lie to yourself about the most obvious facts ever just because you like them.
4:08 legit had me interested in the story XD
I dont care how bad sheild might have been, I spent 15 years never being able to play a pokemon game and teared up when I was gifted it on Christmas
This channel has amazing quality: in editing, jokes, pace, and really all around
4:20 this is so freaking amazing
420.
Become one with ball guy
Breath of the wild: lets try cooking.
Pokemon, peeking over BotW's shoulder: hmmmmm....
That methyl cellulose joke was god tier
I want a Hot Pocket now
same
Same but I have never tried hot pockets
@@samuelhunt7923 same
Hahaha
I would die for a hot pocket or pizza pocket
I think you've found a "secret sauce" in these food reviews. They are awesome.
I look forward to looking at the videos and would urge you to keep doing them.
He had made them for a while there are more onto his channel of you feel the need and saturation for more my friend!
"Tell me if you want more stuff like this"
Bro, this content is most of the people's reason to subbing.
Me: why is this in my reccomended
TH-cam: don't matter
Me: u rite
When the genwonner is not a genwonner anymore
I don’t know wether to feel good or bad about this. One one hand, I hate Genwunners, as most Pokémon fans do. They’re super obnoxious most of the time, and refuse to try anything new even though gen one was really buggy and the following 3 gens are objectively better.
But on the other hand...why did it have to be Sword and Shield? This is the least effort I have ever seen in a mainline Pokémon game.
Goro Akechi If only he explained with pancakes instead of hot pockets
@@goroakechi6126 I’m a bit of a genwunner myself, I think that gen one is the best