Can we reach a middle ground and agree that JRPGs are their own genre and still descendants of the classic Dungeons and Dragons? There’s still leveling up, collecting loot, exploring dungeons, killing monsters and often saving the Princess, or prince in some games.
I agree with you 100% on enjoying shorter games. As I get older and time is at more of a premium - divided between work, upkeeping my house, and spending time with my spouse - I find that I like playing and completing those shorter games more than games I could potentially never finish.
Also many games are filled with with boring / unnecessary sections to straighten the game length... never was a fan of this. I tend to stop playing during the game and never continue.
Let's Plays are a curious beast. About the only ones I keep up with are the players on the Hermitcraft Minecraft server. I think what keeps me coming back to them is that the dynamics between the players are interesting, and those people are so much more creative than me that it's interesting seeing their creative process at work in nice edited clips as you watch them build the world around them. Re long games, I think a distinction should be made between open ended games vs just tedious fetch quest filled games. Games like Factorio, Minecraft, city sims, Dwarf Fortress, Rimworld, etc are ones where I feel no regrets when I see the 3 or even 4 figure hour counts. Finally, holy shit what a wave of nostalgic awesomeness when the Witcher music started playing! The first one was definitely the best. I always enjoy watching your vids. Thanks!
Yup, you can find out if you also need to buy a plus cable, or a converter, or a power supply seperatedly, because online store descriptions sometimes are really vague or brief.
I like both short and long games but I think its harder to make a good long game than a good short game. Producing quality content in general is a difficult creative task, so coming up with 40 hours of content is necessarily harder than coming up with 10-15 hours of content. This might lead to a higher number of shorter games seeming better, but that's also because more of them can be made. I'd be interested to know if you think proportionally whether shorter or longer games have a higher percentage of "being good" instead of just total numbers. Good video tho.
Hi Pam. Found you through Pushing up Roses. Great videos and just wanted to say 100% about JRPGs. The lack of meaningful choices alone mean that they are something other than a RPG.
Definitely agree about Witcher. I had such such a good time playing the first 2 games that I just didn't get with 3, I have pretty much no motivation to go back and finish it
I do prefer the first one, but feel like DA2 opinions have reduced to all being about the copy & paste feel and ‘streamlining’ (as if complexity is by itself a virtue). Definitely an unpopular opinion … and one that I support!
@@txa1265 As far as I remember it had three flaws compared to Origins. Location recycling that was a bit too frequent, fewer combat options to setup companion 'AI profiles' as well as you could in the first game and very limited variety in gear for you and companions. But the core story, characters and aesthetic improvements over Origins made it reach just about the same level for me.
Another unpopular gaming opinion I have: The Genesis has great sound. Some say: "Oh, the Genesis sound effects and music is horrible." Well, for some of the library, I'd agree with you. However, it has a grittier feel to it than the more orchestral sounding SNES. Listen to the Sonic games, the Road Rash games, the Streets of Rage games as well as the Shinobi games on Genesis, the music sounds amazing. I'll also make the argument for Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 on Genesis
I actually agree with you, but i also understand that this subject is super super subjective. On a technical standpoint if people are talking about the sound sonically, the genesis doesnt have as good sound, but if you are just talking about how it makes you feel and the technical sonic aspect doesnt matter then yea, i agree.
I hate over the shoulder/ cinematic 3rd person camera because of the lack of symmetry and it feels awkward. Also it killed the classical 3rd person camera, with the player centered in the lower half of the screen. "Cinematic experience" ruins the feeling that you have control and are one with the character. Cinematic camera position, quick time events... these things made me quit playing certain games. In the latest Tomb Raider games, every few steps you make, the camera starts giving you the "experience", and I'm always like "Hey! I'm playing here!".
The Point of unboxings is for you to see everthing that comes with the product you may want to buy, I have watched a lot of them when I was buying PC parts and for some video games to know if the dlc comes in disk or with a key
I dont understand streaming either. Watching someone play a video game reminds me my youth, when my friend of family was better at a 2 player game and you sit there for 2 hour waiting for your turn that never comes.
As an avid Overwatch player I agree about it being addictive but not for the same reasons. The skins and loot boxes never really mattered much to me. But the quick pick up and play style always gets me. Like, I could start up and new game I haven't played... Or I could just play a few matches of Overwatch. Get right into the action and shut my brain off.
I understand the appeal of unboxing videos all too well. Who doesn't like to open a new item? I don't think there is such a person, or that it ever has been, and an unboxing video is the closest proxy to opening a box yourself. That doesn't mean it's a "good" alternative, but it's an alternative for those who crave for it. As for "let's play" videos, I occasionally watch some. The appeal comes from either 1) watching someone play a game you like, 2) watching someone who is better than you so you can learn something, or 3) like to see and hear commentary on the game.
Totally with you on a few of these. Especially the bit about Twitch. I just don't get any enjoyment out of watching other people play video games, and most streamers are straight up obnoxious. That said, I used to stream and make Let's Plays, but that was more of a "hey if you like it, I'll keep making it".
One thing I'll give you, is that you put yourself out there. Fully open to negative backlash. Props to you. Keep doing your thing! I put my pitchforks and torches away
i fucking love your straight up honesty! immediately subscribed. i've checked out several of your review videos as well and love the thought and detail you put into your content. keep up the great work.
10:37 When I know that a game is going to take more than 20 hours to beat I do not even start playing it. I will probably get bored before finishing it ... ... Good thing I do not like RPG's.
Julian Noordennen I generally prefer shorter games as well, but don’t be too quick to drop the longer ones. Persona 5 Royal is the longest game I’ve ever played and I loved it. Hell, I don’t even like JRPGs and I loved it.
I agree with you about LPs, unboxing, streaming, etc. However one similar thing I do enjoy is no-commentary playthroughs of old graphic adventure games. It's a great way to re-live stuff like Space Quest or Indiana Jones in a lazy afternoon on the couch.
LP's are best for those games you mentioned. It's no fun getting stuck on a Space Quest game you haven't played for years and have forgotten how to get through, so you might prefer to watch someone else go thru it rather than re-play it yourself.
The only value I have ever got from unboxing videos is to actually see the stuff you get and idea of the quality... but then again its mostly for those retro video game flashback systems that I am interested in seeing.
Yeah, I didn't really think of the retro game aspect. I still wouldn't watch those but I can see more of a point than the newer games/systems that make it pretty obvious what you'll get in the box.
Regarding Shopping for video games. I don't like it either. I think the appeal is the "gambling factor" you don't know what you will find and you might get lucky. Like with a slot machine or a lootbox. There have been ample studies about this. Also, it kinda brings me back to the nineties, when we went to the stores and rummaged through the discount bins for classics. I remember looking for X-COM Ufo Defense and going home with Terror from the Deep. GOG was a godsent.
i must agree on the the witcher 3 opinion, my personal favourite will always be the second one in my opinion. the way the characters deal with stuff and the turmoil about the regicide i just love it.
The length of behemoth games like witcher 3 is what beats me down. Witcher 1 had a great intermission when you get transported to murky waters and allows you to finally slow down for a bit and chill. Witcher 2 is great with how taylored each chapter is especially if you take the iorveth path and can absorb vergen fully. Flotsam was really well made as a believable town in the deep woods by the river. Witcher 3 suffered from it's size. Novigrad was great and kaer mohren too there were also many much smaller gems hidden in the vanilla game but the absolute behemoth size made the main game suffer and my body suffered through too much sitting to play it all. When you play the witcher 3 expansions you see where CDPR can really shine when they can focus their attention more and make more high quality stuff. The base game wanted you to travel and experience more of what a witcher would in his life - taking contracts to get rid of monsters but it did mean the game kinda suffered because it grew so big. It also kinda broke immersion from the story of finding ciri desperatly and quickly. Witcher 3 also lacked any true emphasis on non-humans except for the wild hunt, but honestly you could easily forget they weren't humans. I loved the dwarven town of vergen in 2 and flotsam had the whole iorveth conflict. 3's issues can be solved though by simply not trying to do everything on the map and completing every mission. Although that is hard given how many of the sidequests have quality cutscenes you'd expect to find only in main missions even in other AAA games. Hell Mass effect andromeda had over the shoulder dialog for almost everything except a few rare exceptions. Just ignoring most of the item caches on the map helps you get through the game immensely.
Ratio of fun to addiction in MMOs is a carefully-calculated mechanism, developers do focus tests and try to spread the fun parts between enough grinding and busywork so much the players will crave another dose of the fun part without making so much chores you quit from boredom. Single-player games generally don't need that and focus on fun all time, BUT the budget constrains force devs to make a sewer/garage level, or reuse assets after every time-and-money-consuming epic level they make.
I like my Xbox One more than my PS4 but I love how much softer the DualShock4 buttons feel and not as clicky as the Xbox ones. I didn't have a problem with it in the past, but the older I get (and the older my hand get lol) the more I start to notice and care about these little things.
I'm also a fan of short games. If a game can knock me off my feet in 4-8 hours, I'll replay it for hundreds of hours. If a game is good but takes hundreds of hours to get through to maybe 15 to 20 hours of good content, I'll either never finish it or never go back to it once I do. I think JRPGs ARE real role playing games. Defining a game's genre is mostly about the game's primary focus: the effect it hopes to achieve within the video game medium. Every game will have elements of more than one genre embedded in it's DNA. To address points you made in your other video, instead of posting in two separate places: Borderlands is a shooter. RPG stat building elements just give the shooting additional mechanical flavor. It's no more an RPG than FF7 is a snowboarding game. Zelda games are 3D dungeon crawlers, searching hazardous dungeon areas for unique items in order progress is always the focus. There may be puzzles and combat scenarios standing in the way of progress, but those are typically shallow, supplementary mechanics, a means to the end of dungeon crawling. It's all about exploring the level to find things, it's about the dungeon traversal, it's about the crawl for key items. The story, characters, and world wouldn't be enough to get people to play the game on their own, they are just a thematic paint job on an amusement ride... you only care about Zelda because winning the dungeon crawler game helped you save her, and you only hate Ganondorf because he uses the story scenario to threaten the validity of your success at the game of dungeon crawling. Fighting can be avoided, or is incredibly simple. The act of dungeon crawling is typically what solves the puzzle, therefore it serves the dungeon crawling effect of the game. Genre. The Resident Evil games are great examples of genre distinction. They aren't shooters, they aren't dungeon crawlers. Item gathering and the tank shooter mechanics aren't compelling on their own. Nobody would want to stop running and stand still while clumsily aiming at the general direction of an enemy and helplessly shooting them from within a fixed camera angle... unless they were trying to survive something horrific. The developers augmented these mechanical systems from other genres and combined them to serve the purpose of having the player attempt to survive some horrific creature rushing you in a creepily framed spooky setting. The genre label reflects the specific effect, which is the core experience within its interactive video medium, as well as any variation in achieving that effect. A game is an RPG when the world, characters, and story are the focus. Sub genres determine the various means by which a game achieves that focus, such as "turn-based" or "stat-based" or "character-builder" or "action-". What keeps these sub-generic mechanical elements from shifting the game outside the primary genre of "Role-Play" is typically the fact that these mechanics are insanely boring, totally pointless, mundane tasks... if not fueled by player desire to experience the feeling of living in a fictional setting, aka role playing. The main effort in making an RPG, on the developer's part, is typically making a scenario so compelling that it can successfully interest you in engaging with low effort, uncompelling, and otherwise pointless numbers-pushing mechanics for hours on end in order to experience it. Who would care about how cool your character looks or how high your stats are in a Western "stat-based" or "character-builder" RPG if you didn't have an interesting world surrounding your character to make your choices meaningful? Regardless of whether or not you think those elements being added to Japanese RPGs would improve the overall experience, the fact remains that the combat systems and explorative item gathering mechanics in these games would make for a pointless and menial game without the story, characters, and world around them. Without those things you could add all the player expression and choice you want and there wouldn't be a game. Those things are the point of the game. From there it's a question of which set of mechanics give you more fulfilling sense of an RPG's world. Your motive in playing an RPG might be, I want to see myself in this fictional world. Or it might be, I want to live out someone else's storybook life in this fictional world. For whatever reason you like, RPGs are an escape to another life in another world. Shooter games are still fun without that a compelling story scenario, believable characters, and detailed world. Fighting games are still still fun without that stuff. Dungeon crawlers are still fun without that stuff. Those games can have those things, but that wouldn't make them RPGs so long as they had more focus on another element. Those things just sweeten the deal for other genres, the same way other genre elements would sweeten the RPG deal, like they do with Witcher games. Or like shooting, driving, and various RP elements all sweeten the deal for the open world GTA games... all shallow on their own compared to dedicated genre games, but they effectively combine to compel players to explore every inch of an open world map. The Witcher is an RPG. The choose your own adventure elements aren't compelling enough on their own to make the game, nor is the action combat, nor is the item synthesis, nor is the open world in Wild Hunt. You NEED the story, characters, and world or everything else is just shallow fluff, but because Witcher has those things, all the other shallower mechanics combine to support it. And The Walking Dead series games are adventure, because the choices are compelling enough on their own to make the game... although you made a compelling argument for why they could maybe be considered RPGs. I still think not though, because the story and characters actually serve the mechanic, rather than the other way around. You wouldn't wanna watch these games like a movie if you couldn't see the choice when it's being made... it's just not that good as a cinematic story, but it does a fantastic job at creating compelling tension behind decision based input, which naturally elevates the impact of the game's story scenario in one's mind. The choice element is the main attraction of the ride, the point of you pushing buttons on the controller, the activity you have so much fun executing that you might even dream about it. I get hooked on an adventure game, I dream about deciding what to do. I get hooked on a shooter, I dream about firing the guns. I get hooked on an open world, I dream about the most interesting places on the map. I get hooked on a racer, I dream about my cornering and braking technique. I get hooked on a 3D action game, I dream about jumping, blocking, dodging, and combos. I play a Zelda game, I dream about the dungeon design and getting important items. I get hooked on an RPG, I dream about the characters and being in the world and things that might happen there. Sorry I wrote you an essay for a years old video. This is just what I do for fun. Don't judge me... please. I just discovered your channel and it's pretty awesome. What you said was interesting, it got me thinking. This won't happen again, I swear.
Could see your point on most comments. I never liked Funko toys until I started buying them a year ago. Now I can’t get enough. I wonder if that’s because I wasn’t exposed to them sooner.
Regarding your opinion on let's plays, yeah I totally get that and agree, but what about content that is somewhat similar to a let's play with its own twist, like ROM corruption videos, where it's not so much a let's play as it is a demonstration of how games can break in fascinating and amusing ways?
yey for short games, Not got time for the long ones and hate grinding etc, good point about them needing a good editor. And I feel the same way about online games taking away time that could be spent on other games.
You make plenty of good points and I'd never thought about jRPGs not being RPGs in the traditional sense. Having played so many jRPGs I came to equate the RPG genre as a whole with a long story, and stats & their progression rather than playing the role of a character even though I've played pen and paper RPGs since I was a teenager. I have to disagree about Nintendo making bad controllers. Granted this is an old video but the Switch joycons are a saving grace for me. I'm slowly but surely developing carpal tunnel syndrome which makes standard controllers difficult to use. While it's insignificant for most people the constant stretching required to hit buttons or move a joystick really adds up for me. With joycons being so small the movements my fingers make are equally small which allows me to game far more comfortably. Even if we ignore my specific need for small Switch joycons I'd say Nintendo's 8 and 16 bit era controllers were great. The NES is, to my knowledge at least, the progenitor of all modern controllers. It gave us the now standard layout. The SNES controller was less revolutionary but I think was the first to give us shoulder buttons and had probably the best d-pad to date. SNES fighting games are still my favorite specifically because of that last point. With the SNES controller they also made something far more ergonomic. They've absolutely made some terrible controllers though, e.g. the N64.
By all accounts, the Gamecube controllers were the best post-16B ones Nintendo have made. I've been thinking about getting one for the Switch! Yeah, the N64 pads were flawed, in retrospect. But since I grew up with it, I never thought those colourful, 3-pronged ships were terrible.
I like linear more than big open world games cramped up with useless content to make you feel like they made a game full of meaningful content (aka Ubisoft games like Far Cry 5) and I also dislike these open worlds that are just an open world for the sake of being an open world, often resulting in a bland, empty and lifeless world.
I think you make some great points, and I agree with you on unboxing videos and lets plays, I will never understand those. Although I do enjoy game pickup videos because it can help give me an idea of games I should pickup and collect as well.
I just found this channel, so sorry for the reply that’s 2 years late, but I just had to say I totally agree with short games being the best, especially when you pick up a game on a whim and it’s just 5 pleasant hours of tight gameplay and an interesting story. Some of my favorites are Donut County, Titanfall 2, Spec Ops: the Line, Luigi’s Mansion, and The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human.
Cannot be Tamed It is very cool, but I should warn you, it is more shooter than Metroidvania and it is more of a boss rush game than anything. That being said, it is great at what it does and presents a beautiful atmosphere, a killer soundtrack, and a hefty challenge.
Shorter games also have better replay value because they are less burdensome to replay -- games like as Portal 2, Inside, etc., which I've replayed many times. I've enjoyed many of Bethesda's humongous open-world games like Fallout 3 & 4, Oblivion, Skyrim, etc., but I haven't replayed any of them because I just don't have another 500 hours to spare.
I was totally with you in almost everything... until you said The Witcher 3 was the worst of the series. Still, that's a goddamn BRAVE opinion to have on the internet, so kudos to you Pam.
Yes the Xbox controller is designed for human hands. Especially for shooters, the ps1-4 controllers are unnecesarily difficult because logically, the placement for moving should be different than the stick for aiming. But hey, I'm a mouse/keyboard guy anyway
I really like your content! I feel like you've formed a very strong structure for them! Which is rare to see with content creators' videos so early on. :)
I get what you're saying about shopping for games. But as a person that only has NES/SNES I can't trust online sellers. Last game I got from Amazon was counterfeit. I will never buy a game online again. It's super unfortunate, because having the option to buy the exact game that I wanted was awesome.
@@Cannotbetamed1 it's the worst. And the sellers drop off of Amazon or Ebay before you can return it or give them a bad review. Cartridge buying on the internet has gotten bad
Hi there - I've been enjoying going through your back catalog of videos, seems you play a lot of the same games I do and have quite similar opinions on a lot of topics - I definitely agree that shorter games are almost always better. One thing I thought was worth mentioning is that while I totally get your thoughts about Let's Plays, I've kind of come around on them the last couple years. Partly because it seems that recently, demos aren't as available as they used to be, so it's hard to get a feel for how a game plays short of actually buying and playing it. So for me, odd as it may sound, Let's Plays kind of fill a gap that demos used to. Anyway, enjoying watching these videos, hope you enjoy making them!
I agree about Blizzard. The only impressive thing that I've found about them are the cutscenes from StarCraft 2 (The fully rendered ones, not the in-game cutscenes). Everything else is just as you say: simply catering to the addiction.
9:50 THIS !!! Short good games, PLEASE ! I'm an adult now, I'm not bored out of my mind 99% of the time like I was when I was a teenager. When I play game, I want it to be good, not stretched out. I want to feel the progression, meaningful progression that can only happen 3-4 time in a game, not do stupid fetch quests, grind like a moron or "keep going, the game gets good after 20 hours in". I tried WoW once and got bored really quickly (like a week) and people were telling me "oh but it gets fun when you are max level and try to get loot, the leveling is only some kind of tutorial" well why cant it be fun too ? One of the best game I played this year took me 50 min to get through: A short hike. It had characters, progression, exploration, a short sweet wholesome story. It was short, it wasn't expensive, it was good all the way. No, I wont play Persona 5, yes the last of us 2 was 10 hours too long, yes I'll pay full prince for a "oNlY 10 hOuRs" game if those 10 hours are good.
I'm fine with a long game when it feels earned, but so many just seem to have extra padding or things that aren't at all important to the story or gameplay. Short games tend to be more rewarding, and I'm more likely to replay them.
@@Cannotbetamed1 Exactly. It also means I usually don't finish long games, cause I get bored and move on to something else, so I'm not even getting the complete experience because I get bored before I can. When I finish a long game now, it's because it was fun and/or its story was engaging enough. If I have to lookup on "how long to beat" to see if I make the effort to finish it, it's not a good sign.
Original Witcher definitely isn't asymmetric, it has asymmetric camera mode that is useful in some large scale battles; But generally it's meant to be played, and it fells a lot better in 3rd person mode.
I agree that a lot of the time-waster content (loot caches and all that, all those ? on the map) in The Witcher 3 did hurt the game. I loved The Witcher 3, but I found myself just skipping all that stuff after a few hours. It started feeling like a Ubisoft title when I went for them. I thought the main issue with Dragon Age 2 was the encounter design, which ended up being really predictable. As for unpopular opinions: Zelda: Occarina of Time was not all that great. I found the early 3D camera to be annoying even back then, and combat was just kinda dull, with enemies just standing on the sideline watching you. On a side note, Zelda 1 has not aged well. It might have been impressive when it was released, but even with my nostalgia goggles I don't really find the game to be very good these days. Final Fantasy 7 was not all that great either. Between the blocky hands making the characters look downright ugly, and the story that was just padded, I found FF7 to be a rather lackluster title. Worst in the series? Nope, out of the ones I've played, 1 8 & 13 are worse (not played 2, 3 or any of the PS2 era titles), but when FF7 was released, I had already played plenty of text heavy story driven games, and the story was nothing special in FF7 compared to those. Baldur's Gate 1 is like the above mentioned games, also not that good. Between the poor game balance (play as a mage and the difficulty curve is inverted), boring party members (most don't really have any personality) and repetitive encounters, BG1 just does not hold up well compared to any of the other Infinity Engine titles, nor compared to many other CRPGs. Being a gamer is not a badge of honour, nor is it really anything special. I've lost track of the number of people I've run into who feel the need to really underline how much of a gamer they are, and how society does not understand them. So you play games? That's nice, so do I. But you don't need, nor should you rub it into someone's face. The Call of Duty games are mostly well made. I don't love them, but I'm not going to jump on any hate bandwagon. They're quite well made in general, and just because somethings popular does not make it bad. Inclusive genre definitions are better than exclusive ones. People love to bicker about their genre definitions, what game is in what genre, and more importantly, what game is not in what genre. I'm more of a fan of inclusive genre definitions, and if a game happens to end up in multiple genres, that's fine. This is hot of the heals of a discussion on a forum I had recently, where a person got so angry with me for claiming that Diablo & Rogue should be counted as RPGs that he ended up sending threats through PMs. Apparently not the first time that person has exploded over someone disagreeing with him though... Origin is not bad, and Steam is not the be all end all service for PC. I personally find Steam's current position as a near monopoly to be rather worrying, and Valve has time and time again done things that I don't think they would be able to get away with, had they not had near complete market dominance. So we should preferably try to support steam's competitors, like GOG & Origin when possible, and make sure that Steam actually has some real competition.
OoT is one of those games I loved when it came out, but I don't ever want to play again. Nothing I've played recently on N64 has aged well and I don't want to ruin it. I never played Zelda 1 until recently and I didn't like it much at all. I call myself a gamer, I'm not one who has been driven off by the bad associations. But at the same time, it does get used as a gatekeeping thing (I still get comments about how I'm not a "real" gamer, because I'm female). Do you play games? Do you want to be called a gamer? Congratulations, you are one! I only played one CoD and I enjoyed the campaign. Don't feel the need to play it every year though. Thanks for leaving your thoughts!
It's not "gamers" themselves that I mind, but rather the kind who build their entire personality around the fact that they are gamers, and feel the need to constantly rub it into people's faces. And the same holds true for a lot of other fandoms, I don't mind people who enjoy anime, but I do mind those who repeatedly need to tell me how much they like anime and who keep adding common Japanese words into their sentences (or anime-common, for some reason I kinda doubt that "senpai" is quite as commonly used as they give the impression of ;) ). Hm, that did end up sounding a bit harsher than I intended.
Lol, I’m the opposite and think western RPGs are often just actions games with role-playing elements. I think turn based / strategy-like games are more true to the name since the limitation of a character is role-playing.
What I really like about the Xbox consoles is that the controller design improves each generation. They have come a long way from that bulky controller with those weirdly positioned Black/White buttons.
Great video Pam, I agree with a lot of your points. I too think DA2 gets a bad wrap, I can see what they were trying to do with it (a home city, family and friends/companions growing older with you), I also think it's quite atmospheric, the tension in Kirkwall (especially when the Quanari are there) is well done.
I love shopping for retro games but when it comes to shopping for them i perfer to "run into" gems in thrisft shops and goodwill stores. Sure, I could easily buy that cart for Gradius 3 but finding it and paying the low price of an uninformed thrift shop is more fun.
The thrift stores in my area charge Ebay prices for their games now. It used to be fun going to the thrift stores as I found some gold, but those days are over for me. :(
I prefer going to thrift stores and pawn shops as well for my retro game shopping as well. I could've very easily went on Amazon and dropped $20 on a copy of Donkey Kong Country with little consequence to me but, for that same price, I got DKC, A Link to the Past, Super Mario World, NBA Hangtime and Madden '93 as a bundle at a nearby pawn shop. Spending $40 on Super Mario Allstars + World is something I could do for a collection of games from my favorite series in the world but how about finding it along with 7 other SNES games (including Space Megaforce, which I would NOT be able to buy online so easily) for less than $15 at Goodwill? I could go on, but then this post will be longer than it's already going to be. The point is, while deals like this don't happen very often (my last big find that I can think of happened late last year), the feeling of getting pricey games for chump change is quite the feeling to say the least and, even with the cheap stuff like -The Wrath of Cortex- Beach Spikers ( -Xbox- Gamecube) or Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (NES), you get them instantly and can enjoy that gaming goodness the minute you get home. TL;DR - I like thrift store shopping for games too. EDIT: Okay so turns out The Wrath of Cortex is a bit more expensive on Amazon than I remembered, so it's getting replaced. Say hello to Beach Spikers! :D
Here's mine: handheld gaming is much better than console gaming. The controls are simpler, way less sensitive and you don't have to toggle around a massive joystick. And another one: I don't care about story-driven games. I'd rather have something I can pick up and play multiple times. Wrestling games, driving games and sports games are all examples. I like Pokemon but other than that I'm not into longer-term "story" games or RPGs.
Great video. I would agree with a great many of these points. As someone who spent much of his time on TH-cam espousing unpopular opinions on video games, it is great to see someone else offering a critical, engaging take on the hobby.
The main reason I view the occasional unboxing video, particularly games between generations 7-8, is to see if I may have missed out on something like a manual. Since I often buy used games, it can be useful. Beyond that, I'm not sure the appeal.
I was turned off Witcher 3 when i was like 28 hours in and the patch spawned NPCs all over the woods i was in like it was NYC when all i had wanted was it to finally add in the key they had left out for the quest i was doing. Witcher 3 is like the skyrim of the witcher series masses ooh and aahh over it because it was consolized and popular.
when i saw "unboxing" video, that's so boring idea, what's the point for making video? buying a video game then recording unboxing for showing them, but not play the game? or excited for buying a video game like out of mind then recording it? i can think about it, when he got a popular game in the park, he was like "HEY, HEY EVERYONE, I GOT THIS GAME IS VERY POPULAR" "REALLY?! WAAHHH YOU ARE SO GREAT" i hope it doesn't happen
First, and probably the only thing short enough to bother reading in this comment - I love your opinion about Blizzard's game design. Next - I spent way too long writing this: I don't have strong feelings about any of these, except for probably the JRPG opinion. I think that opinion is either not fully expressed or is half-baked. Even comparing Final Fantasy to DND, the opinion doesn't really have merit because it's entirely possible and rather common to play in a DND campaign where the DM doesn't allow the party, and by extension the individuals, narrative freedom. You can only roleplay as far as your group/DM will allow you too. In a (J)RPG it's true that you have even less freedom and expression, but you are still taking on the role of the protagonists. You do get dialogue options, equipment options, skill options, and party composition options that are mostly, in some cases fully, customizable. It's simplistic by comparsion, but it's still roleplaying, you're just playing a premade character. In (W)RPGs like Mass Effect, you are given the illusion of choice, because while you can choose from a set of options that do impact the game, you're still not in control of the effect, whereas in DND you can be. It's just like a (J)RPG, but it's less streamlined. This leads to a lot of interesting things on a first playthrough, but on a second playthrough you can see through the thin veil of perceived complexity to see that everything was already written in stone, and your choices were tacked on in an if-then sort of fashion. i.e. If Sole Survivor > NPCs mention surviving Thresher Maw at Akuze. If not Sole Survivor > NPCs still talk about Akuze, but you have no involvement mentioned. It's impossible to make a video game that allows for 100% true roleplaying and then still have a cohesive narrative that's relevant to the RP. There have been attempts, and there have been some really good ones, but it's just not feasible. Anywho, if you read that, more power to you. I'm subbing.
This is the video and your Castlevania IV review is what made me subscribe to you. You do some great work and I'm always excited for your upcoming videos. Good luck in the future and keep this channel's quality as good if not better than it already is now.
@@Cannotbetamed1 Thanks for answering! It really goes to show that you love what you are doing and appreciate your fans. Never stop being this awesome!
I have an unpopular view - wouldn't call it an "opinion" because it's a factual statement. Atari didn't kill the video game industry and Nintendo didn't save it.
One unpopular opinion of mine is that I don't like big open world games. I don't like in Breath of the Wild how long it takes to get to the dungeons and due to the shrines being so small, doesn't allow for a lot of depth to the puzzles. Isn't that what Zelda games have always been about? Puzzles? It could easily be solved if Nintendo would let you get to the dungeons within an hour and give you the option to explore the world for longer if you wish like the other games. Instead they force you to explore the world, and about 10 hours in if you're good at open world games, you finally get to the first dungeon. I never even made it close after about 5 hours of gameplay and feeling incredibly lost the entire time. If Nintendo could combine the best of Link to the Past, giving you the whole map from the start, and the best of Breath of the Wild, giving the majority of people who like open world games, to explore if they wish.
I'm not really a fan of them either. Some games have made great use of a big, open world (like Outer Wilds), but most it just seems like they're making the map so big so they can say they did.
As an XBox guy, agree 100% on their controllers- it doesn't get better than that. But, as an even bigger Nintendo guy, i have to disagree. The GameCube is one of my all-time favorite controllers, and it still feels great to use to this day. The button layout is perfect, and the triggers feel fantastic. The only quasi-issue would be the right analog 'nub', but i fixed that long ago by switching it out with a proper stick. And for the Switch, the Pro Controller is right up there with XBox controllers. Great video!
I agree on 9 /10, I cannot prefer Dragon Age 2 over the other 2, even if I agree with the pros of DA2, DA1 is more epic, is more RPG, better story (even if DA2 has better storytelling) and I really loved all the origins and their references and the lore. The 3 is love or hate: it is more dispersive but personally I loved the balance between exploration, combat, story and building the inquisition
The Xbox definitely has the best gaming controller. My hands make the Playstation controller feel tiny. The reason I'll watch Let's Plays is because it reminds me of when I used to relax & watch my brothers play. They're relaxing in general. In fact I'm about to watch you playthru Snatcher, Unavowed, & Vampire: The Masquerade. That, plus sometimes it allows me to know what NOT to do when I playthru the game.
I'm sort of in agreement with the short games thing these days. While I love many long games, I too kinda prefer when a game is relatively short because then I'm more tempted to play it again. It's a very similar case to movies. If a film is more than 2 hours long, I'm far less likely to rewatch it in the future. Heck, I love the Xenoblade games, but you'd be hard-pressed to ever get me to play one of these more than once. Heck, the only reason I've played Chrono Cross and FF7 three times each was because the first two times were back when I had just that much free time and I replayed them recently on modern consoles in order to pull off the many things I never did in my teen years. (Such as getting Chrono Cross' good ending... yeah, both times playing this game in my youth, I got the bad ending, the one you get from attacking the Time Devourer until it sucks you into a black hole)
Long movies also bug me. Some have a reason to be long, but for the most part comedies, horror or action movies that are much more than 90 minutes seem overly long.
I totally agree on shorter games. Even not taking into account the fact that I just don't have the time to invest in a 100 hour game, shorter, more focused games are a lot more fun than open world games where I wonder around for hours getting from location to location, doing boring fetch quests or kill this or that quests. There are long games that I have finished and enjoyed. But mostly I look for around 10 hour games.
Unpopular opinion: I think Telltale adventure games are boring as shit. I loved Sam & Max Hit the Road so I was excited to get a new S&M.....but it bored the hell out of me, it felt like a slog more than a fun game. Half of the locations in each episode are just their Office and Street, again and again. Urgh. Never ended up completing season 1. Also episodic games in general I find crap for the most part (there will always be exceptions).
Gosh, Pam. If these are unpopular opinions, mine must be just as unpopular. XBOne was definitely the best console of the 8th gen. PS4 exclusives aside, I used/use Xbox way more than PS. I have a nice stack of great PS4 exclusive games, but I have shelves of Xbox One games. I'm an online shopper too. I don't really like any Blizzard game. I will always take a great short game over a great long drawn out game. Lets me play more great games! I don't play PC so I never played Witcher 1, but I do like Assassins of Kings better than Wild Hunt. It just has a cooler feeling world to explore, but is a lot harder. And the goddamn Gwent cards in 3. Sigh, many hours wasted searching for those. Great Vid!
I totally agree with you concerning both jrpg's and Blizzard games. Many jrpg's are great games in their own right, but they are a completely different genre of games than "ROLE playing games". As for Blizzard games, I've said the same thing many times... It's all about getting you hooked, and giving you that "Yes, but I MUST do this daily quests" or so forth, in order to keep you subscribing. I've sunk a ridiculous amount of time into WoW, but many of those were not hours I actually ENJOYED playing the game, but rather played from addiction. Same goes for Diablo III.
I ran a popular Quest For Glory web site back in the day called "The Adventurers' Guild" where people uploaded save files to try out other people's characters. Those were good days, and the excitement was high during the QFG4 period. Then Five came out. And the party was over. Unpopular opinion: *Quest For Glory V is okay* (we just weren't ready for such a sharp change in direction)
Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire was the very first RPG I played. That game means so much to me, I play it every year. To me, the kind of freedom and quantity of features it has is phenomenal, especially considering the time it was released. I wish Lori and Corey would work on a sequel after Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption.
I approve of the whole "adventure games never died" opinion :) Will really have to look into the Quest for Glory series, could be I've been missing out all this time in favor of KQ!
how could u never play quest for glory kings quest space quest torrins passage monkey island full throttle grim fandango maniac mansion dagger of amon ra cornels bequest i mean come on ??? police quest seris
I'm entirely onboard the shorter games train. Adulting is hard! I rarely get the time to sit down and invest time into an epic 80+ hour experience these days. Some of the most fun I've had recently were from Superhot and Firewatch. Both really short, but focused on what they wanted to be.
"I don't like haggling." This speaks to me on a spiritual level.
You speak to me on a spiritual level with Blizz games.
Can we reach a middle ground and agree that JRPGs are their own genre and still descendants of the classic Dungeons and Dragons? There’s still leveling up, collecting loot, exploring dungeons, killing monsters and often saving the Princess, or prince in some games.
Are Western RPG-games closer to DnD?
I agree with you 100% on enjoying shorter games. As I get older and time is at more of a premium - divided between work, upkeeping my house, and spending time with my spouse - I find that I like playing and completing those shorter games more than games I could potentially never finish.
Yep, I also really like finishing games so things that don't overstay their welcome are great.
Also many games are filled with with boring / unnecessary sections to straighten the game length... never was a fan of this. I tend to stop playing during the game and never continue.
Portal was, and still is, one of my favourites. You can complete it in just under 2 hours and it's worth every second!
Add having kids to this comment and it was exactly what I was thinking.
Totally agree with this comment :v
Let's Plays are a curious beast. About the only ones I keep up with are the players on the Hermitcraft Minecraft server. I think what keeps me coming back to them is that the dynamics between the players are interesting, and those people are so much more creative than me that it's interesting seeing their creative process at work in nice edited clips as you watch them build the world around them.
Re long games, I think a distinction should be made between open ended games vs just tedious fetch quest filled games. Games like Factorio, Minecraft, city sims, Dwarf Fortress, Rimworld, etc are ones where I feel no regrets when I see the 3 or even 4 figure hour counts.
Finally, holy shit what a wave of nostalgic awesomeness when the Witcher music started playing! The first one was definitely the best.
I always enjoy watching your vids. Thanks!
Yes! Someone else who loves the first Witcher best!
Regarding unboxing, sometimes they are actually useful when you want to see what is inside the box before you go buy one yourself.
Yup, you can find out if you also need to buy a plus cable, or a converter, or a power supply seperatedly, because online store descriptions sometimes are really vague or brief.
I like both short and long games but I think its harder to make a good long game than a good short game. Producing quality content in general is a difficult creative task, so coming up with 40 hours of content is necessarily harder than coming up with 10-15 hours of content. This might lead to a higher number of shorter games seeming better, but that's also because more of them can be made. I'd be interested to know if you think proportionally whether shorter or longer games have a higher percentage of "being good" instead of just total numbers. Good video tho.
I agree, I think it's easier to make good shorter games. A longer game not only has to be engaging, but it has to stay that way for a long time.
Hi Pam. Found you through Pushing up Roses. Great videos and just wanted to say 100% about JRPGs. The lack of meaningful choices alone mean that they are something other than a RPG.
Definitely agree about Witcher. I had such such a good time playing the first 2 games that I just didn't get with 3, I have pretty much no motivation to go back and finish it
I've been saying that for years.... blizzard games have exorbitant amounts of polish and look great, but are barren of real content. It's all fluff.
Finally someone agrees with me on Dragon Age 2! Thank you!
DA2 fans unite!
I loved the second for the characters and the skill tree especially but I'll always prefer the original.
I do prefer the first one, but feel like DA2 opinions have reduced to all being about the copy & paste feel and ‘streamlining’ (as if complexity is by itself a virtue). Definitely an unpopular opinion … and one that I support!
@@Cannotbetamed1 oh no, Dragon Age 2 made me begin to hate BioWare.
@@txa1265 As far as I remember it had three flaws compared to Origins. Location recycling that was a bit too frequent, fewer combat options to setup companion 'AI profiles' as well as you could in the first game and very limited variety in gear for you and companions. But the core story, characters and aesthetic improvements over Origins made it reach just about the same level for me.
Another unpopular gaming opinion I have: The Genesis has great sound. Some say: "Oh, the Genesis sound effects and music is horrible." Well, for some of the library, I'd agree with you. However, it has a grittier feel to it than the more orchestral sounding SNES. Listen to the Sonic games, the Road Rash games, the Streets of Rage games as well as the Shinobi games on Genesis, the music sounds amazing. I'll also make the argument for Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 on Genesis
I actually agree with you, but i also understand that this subject is super super subjective. On a technical standpoint if people are talking about the sound sonically, the genesis doesnt have as good sound, but if you are just talking about how it makes you feel and the technical sonic aspect doesnt matter then yea, i agree.
I hate over the shoulder/ cinematic 3rd person camera because of the lack of symmetry and it feels awkward. Also it killed the classical 3rd person camera, with the player centered in the lower half of the screen. "Cinematic experience" ruins the feeling that you have control and are one with the character. Cinematic camera position, quick time events... these things made me quit playing certain games.
In the latest Tomb Raider games, every few steps you make, the camera starts giving you the "experience", and I'm always like "Hey! I'm playing here!".
How the heck am I only just now finding your channel? I like your style. Subscribed and rang the bell.
Thanks!
The Point of unboxings is for you to see everthing that comes with the product you may want to buy, I have watched a lot of them when I was buying PC parts and for some video games to know if the dlc comes in disk or with a key
I like seeing how old things were originally packaged.
I dont understand streaming either. Watching someone play a video game reminds me my youth, when my friend of family was better at a 2 player game and you sit there for 2 hour waiting for your turn that never comes.
13:48 Can't help but think of Fallout 4, going back to the settlement and being swarmed by companions, "WHERE ARE WE GOIN NOW BOSS?!"
I never considered JRPGs Role Playing Games. I grew up with D&D. I just consider them Story Games.
As an avid Overwatch player I agree about it being addictive but not for the same reasons. The skins and loot boxes never really mattered much to me. But the quick pick up and play style always gets me. Like, I could start up and new game I haven't played... Or I could just play a few matches of Overwatch. Get right into the action and shut my brain off.
I understand the appeal of unboxing videos all too well.
Who doesn't like to open a new item? I don't think there is such a person, or that it ever has been, and an unboxing video is the closest proxy to opening a box yourself.
That doesn't mean it's a "good" alternative, but it's an alternative for those who crave for it.
As for "let's play" videos, I occasionally watch some. The appeal comes from either 1) watching someone play a game you like, 2) watching someone who is better than you so you can learn something, or 3) like to see and hear commentary on the game.
Totally with you on a few of these. Especially the bit about Twitch. I just don't get any enjoyment out of watching other people play video games, and most streamers are straight up obnoxious. That said, I used to stream and make Let's Plays, but that was more of a "hey if you like it, I'll keep making it".
One thing I'll give you, is that you put yourself out there. Fully open to negative backlash. Props to you. Keep doing your thing! I put my pitchforks and torches away
Unpopular opinion - Metroid Prime shouldn't be critiqued as a first-person shooter; it's a first-person platformer.
i fucking love your straight up honesty! immediately subscribed. i've checked out several of your review videos as well and love the thought and detail you put into your content. keep up the great work.
Welcome to the channel!
10:37 When I know that a game is going to take more than 20 hours to beat I do not even start playing it. I will probably get bored before finishing it ...
... Good thing I do not like RPG's.
Julian Noordennen I generally prefer shorter games as well, but don’t be too quick to drop the longer ones. Persona 5 Royal is the longest game I’ve ever played and I loved it. Hell, I don’t even like JRPGs and I loved it.
I agree with you about LPs, unboxing, streaming, etc. However one similar thing I do enjoy is no-commentary playthroughs of old graphic adventure games. It's a great way to re-live stuff like Space Quest or Indiana Jones in a lazy afternoon on the couch.
LP's are best for those games you mentioned. It's no fun getting stuck on a Space Quest game you haven't played for years and have forgotten how to get through, so you might prefer to watch someone else go thru it rather than re-play it yourself.
The only value I have ever got from unboxing videos is to actually see the stuff you get and idea of the quality... but then again its mostly for those retro video game flashback systems that I am interested in seeing.
Yeah, I didn't really think of the retro game aspect. I still wouldn't watch those but I can see more of a point than the newer games/systems that make it pretty obvious what you'll get in the box.
For sure! I own most of the original systems... so my question was "Can this give you the real feel?" ... so far its a Meh! :)
An old friend of mine did a couple of the songs on Sunset Overdrive, namely “We’re Gonna Have a Party (Fuck You)”
That's cool
I like rummaging for the discovery but no so much haggling.
You got a thumbs up for the Hero's Quest opinion!!
Regarding Shopping for video games. I don't like it either. I think the appeal is the "gambling factor" you don't know what you will find and you might get lucky. Like with a slot machine or a lootbox. There have been ample studies about this.
Also, it kinda brings me back to the nineties, when we went to the stores and rummaged through the discount bins for classics. I remember looking for X-COM Ufo Defense and going home with Terror from the Deep. GOG was a godsent.
"play them until you die!" love the "dark pam"!!! i insist her peaceful talk just hearing her saying this is the best!! Great vids Pam!
Thanks :)
Just stopping in to say I love the music in the background, lovely touch. Nice upload, interesting! (cant believe you dislike videogame shopping! :P )
i must agree on the the witcher 3 opinion, my personal favourite will always be the second one in my opinion.
the way the characters deal with stuff and the turmoil about the regicide i just love it.
The length of behemoth games like witcher 3 is what beats me down. Witcher 1 had a great intermission when you get transported to murky waters and allows you to finally slow down for a bit and chill. Witcher 2 is great with how taylored each chapter is especially if you take the iorveth path and can absorb vergen fully. Flotsam was really well made as a believable town in the deep woods by the river. Witcher 3 suffered from it's size. Novigrad was great and kaer mohren too there were also many much smaller gems hidden in the vanilla game but the absolute behemoth size made the main game suffer and my body suffered through too much sitting to play it all. When you play the witcher 3 expansions you see where CDPR can really shine when they can focus their attention more and make more high quality stuff. The base game wanted you to travel and experience more of what a witcher would in his life - taking contracts to get rid of monsters but it did mean the game kinda suffered because it grew so big. It also kinda broke immersion from the story of finding ciri desperatly and quickly. Witcher 3 also lacked any true emphasis on non-humans except for the wild hunt, but honestly you could easily forget they weren't humans. I loved the dwarven town of vergen in 2 and flotsam had the whole iorveth conflict. 3's issues can be solved though by simply not trying to do everything on the map and completing every mission. Although that is hard given how many of the sidequests have quality cutscenes you'd expect to find only in main missions even in other AAA games. Hell Mass effect andromeda had over the shoulder dialog for almost everything except a few rare exceptions. Just ignoring most of the item caches on the map helps you get through the game immensely.
Quest for Glory is fuckin' awesome.
so true...think that was my first and definitely favorite Sierra game!
Ratio of fun to addiction in MMOs is a carefully-calculated mechanism, developers do focus tests and try to spread the fun parts between enough grinding and busywork so much the players will crave another dose of the fun part without making so much chores you quit from boredom. Single-player games generally don't need that and focus on fun all time, BUT the budget constrains force devs to make a sewer/garage level, or reuse assets after every time-and-money-consuming epic level they make.
I like my Xbox One more than my PS4 but I love how much softer the DualShock4 buttons feel and not as clicky as the Xbox ones. I didn't have a problem with it in the past, but the older I get (and the older my hand get lol) the more I start to notice and care about these little things.
For some reason I tend to grip the PS4 controller harder and my hands get sore. I don't do it with the XBox controller and I have no idea why.
I'm also a fan of short games. If a game can knock me off my feet in 4-8 hours, I'll replay it for hundreds of hours. If a game is good but takes hundreds of hours to get through to maybe 15 to 20 hours of good content, I'll either never finish it or never go back to it once I do.
I think JRPGs ARE real role playing games. Defining a game's genre is mostly about the game's primary focus: the effect it hopes to achieve within the video game medium. Every game will have elements of more than one genre embedded in it's DNA.
To address points you made in your other video, instead of posting in two separate places: Borderlands is a shooter. RPG stat building elements just give the shooting additional mechanical flavor. It's no more an RPG than FF7 is a snowboarding game.
Zelda games are 3D dungeon crawlers, searching hazardous dungeon areas for unique items in order progress is always the focus. There may be puzzles and combat scenarios standing in the way of progress, but those are typically shallow, supplementary mechanics, a means to the end of dungeon crawling. It's all about exploring the level to find things, it's about the dungeon traversal, it's about the crawl for key items. The story, characters, and world wouldn't be enough to get people to play the game on their own, they are just a thematic paint job on an amusement ride... you only care about Zelda because winning the dungeon crawler game helped you save her, and you only hate Ganondorf because he uses the story scenario to threaten the validity of your success at the game of dungeon crawling. Fighting can be avoided, or is incredibly simple. The act of dungeon crawling is typically what solves the puzzle, therefore it serves the dungeon crawling effect of the game. Genre.
The Resident Evil games are great examples of genre distinction. They aren't shooters, they aren't dungeon crawlers. Item gathering and the tank shooter mechanics aren't compelling on their own. Nobody would want to stop running and stand still while clumsily aiming at the general direction of an enemy and helplessly shooting them from within a fixed camera angle... unless they were trying to survive something horrific. The developers augmented these mechanical systems from other genres and combined them to serve the purpose of having the player attempt to survive some horrific creature rushing you in a creepily framed spooky setting.
The genre label reflects the specific effect, which is the core experience within its interactive video medium, as well as any variation in achieving that effect.
A game is an RPG when the world, characters, and story are the focus. Sub genres determine the various means by which a game achieves that focus, such as "turn-based" or "stat-based" or "character-builder" or "action-". What keeps these sub-generic mechanical elements from shifting the game outside the primary genre of "Role-Play" is typically the fact that these mechanics are insanely boring, totally pointless, mundane tasks... if not fueled by player desire to experience the feeling of living in a fictional setting, aka role playing. The main effort in making an RPG, on the developer's part, is typically making a scenario so compelling that it can successfully interest you in engaging with low effort, uncompelling, and otherwise pointless numbers-pushing mechanics for hours on end in order to experience it.
Who would care about how cool your character looks or how high your stats are in a Western "stat-based" or "character-builder" RPG if you didn't have an interesting world surrounding your character to make your choices meaningful?
Regardless of whether or not you think those elements being added to Japanese RPGs would improve the overall experience, the fact remains that the combat systems and explorative item gathering mechanics in these games would make for a pointless and menial game without the story, characters, and world around them. Without those things you could add all the player expression and choice you want and there wouldn't be a game. Those things are the point of the game.
From there it's a question of which set of mechanics give you more fulfilling sense of an RPG's world. Your motive in playing an RPG might be, I want to see myself in this fictional world. Or it might be, I want to live out someone else's storybook life in this fictional world. For whatever reason you like, RPGs are an escape to another life in another world.
Shooter games are still fun without that a compelling story scenario, believable characters, and detailed world. Fighting games are still still fun without that stuff. Dungeon crawlers are still fun without that stuff. Those games can have those things, but that wouldn't make them RPGs so long as they had more focus on another element. Those things just sweeten the deal for other genres, the same way other genre elements would sweeten the RPG deal, like they do with Witcher games. Or like shooting, driving, and various RP elements all sweeten the deal for the open world GTA games... all shallow on their own compared to dedicated genre games, but they effectively combine to compel players to explore every inch of an open world map.
The Witcher is an RPG. The choose your own adventure elements aren't compelling enough on their own to make the game, nor is the action combat, nor is the item synthesis, nor is the open world in Wild Hunt. You NEED the story, characters, and world or everything else is just shallow fluff, but because Witcher has those things, all the other shallower mechanics combine to support it.
And The Walking Dead series games are adventure, because the choices are compelling enough on their own to make the game... although you made a compelling argument for why they could maybe be considered RPGs. I still think not though, because the story and characters actually serve the mechanic, rather than the other way around. You wouldn't wanna watch these games like a movie if you couldn't see the choice when it's being made... it's just not that good as a cinematic story, but it does a fantastic job at creating compelling tension behind decision based input, which naturally elevates the impact of the game's story scenario in one's mind. The choice element is the main attraction of the ride, the point of you pushing buttons on the controller, the activity you have so much fun executing that you might even dream about it.
I get hooked on an adventure game, I dream about deciding what to do. I get hooked on a shooter, I dream about firing the guns. I get hooked on an open world, I dream about the most interesting places on the map. I get hooked on a racer, I dream about my cornering and braking technique. I get hooked on a 3D action game, I dream about jumping, blocking, dodging, and combos. I play a Zelda game, I dream about the dungeon design and getting important items.
I get hooked on an RPG, I dream about the characters and being in the world and things that might happen there.
Sorry I wrote you an essay for a years old video. This is just what I do for fun.
Don't judge me... please.
I just discovered your channel and it's pretty awesome. What you said was interesting, it got me thinking.
This won't happen again, I swear.
Could see your point on most comments. I never liked Funko toys until I started buying them a year ago. Now I can’t get enough. I wonder if that’s because I wasn’t exposed to them sooner.
I agree with the preference of short games. Who the Hell has time to play nothing but 40 hour+ games?
Given your opinion on streaming, what made you join Twitch?
Dropping a comment on an old video because it contains both love for Dragon Age 2 AND a mention of the Blackwell series
just know there are others out there that have many of these same opinions, you are not alone. Great vid and insight
Thanks!
Regarding your opinion on let's plays, yeah I totally get that and agree, but what about content that is somewhat similar to a let's play with its own twist, like ROM corruption videos, where it's not so much a let's play as it is a demonstration of how games can break in fascinating and amusing ways?
I just discovered your channel and I 100% agree with you on Let’s Play. My wife loves them but I’d rather just play them myself.
Hearing the Blizzard opinion now is like ... a bucket of cold water
yey for short games, Not got time for the long ones and hate grinding etc, good point about them needing a good editor. And I feel the same way about online games taking away time that could be spent on other games.
You make plenty of good points and I'd never thought about jRPGs not being RPGs in the traditional sense. Having played so many jRPGs I came to equate the RPG genre as a whole with a long story, and stats & their progression rather than playing the role of a character even though I've played pen and paper RPGs since I was a teenager.
I have to disagree about Nintendo making bad controllers. Granted this is an old video but the Switch joycons are a saving grace for me. I'm slowly but surely developing carpal tunnel syndrome which makes standard controllers difficult to use. While it's insignificant for most people the constant stretching required to hit buttons or move a joystick really adds up for me. With joycons being so small the movements my fingers make are equally small which allows me to game far more comfortably. Even if we ignore my specific need for small Switch joycons I'd say Nintendo's 8 and 16 bit era controllers were great. The NES is, to my knowledge at least, the progenitor of all modern controllers. It gave us the now standard layout. The SNES controller was less revolutionary but I think was the first to give us shoulder buttons and had probably the best d-pad to date. SNES fighting games are still my favorite specifically because of that last point. With the SNES controller they also made something far more ergonomic. They've absolutely made some terrible controllers though, e.g. the N64.
By all accounts, the Gamecube controllers were the best post-16B ones Nintendo have made. I've been thinking about getting one for the Switch!
Yeah, the N64 pads were flawed, in retrospect. But since I grew up with it, I never thought those colourful, 3-pronged ships were terrible.
I like linear more than big open world games cramped up with useless content to make you feel like they made a game full of meaningful content (aka Ubisoft games like Far Cry 5) and I also dislike these open worlds that are just an open world for the sake of being an open world, often resulting in a bland, empty and lifeless world.
I didn't expect to agree with so many of the points made here. Glad to see the Witcher 1 get the respect it deserves.
Witcher 2 i like more for the same reason. I liked witcher 3 dlc more than original game, because they are shorter and more focused.
Thank you for your opinions. Most are right on the nose for me.
Happy holidays and stay safe. 😊
Same to you!
I agree....the worst is "reacting videos" (Not a video game trend but...), just a waste of time.
Well said
I think you make some great points, and I agree with you on unboxing videos and lets plays, I will never understand those. Although I do enjoy game pickup videos because it can help give me an idea of games I should pickup and collect as well.
"Adventure gaming never died" *pours glass of wine*
I just found this channel, so sorry for the reply that’s 2 years late, but I just had to say I totally agree with short games being the best, especially when you pick up a game on a whim and it’s just 5 pleasant hours of tight gameplay and an interesting story. Some of my favorites are Donut County, Titanfall 2, Spec Ops: the Line, Luigi’s Mansion, and The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human.
I'd never heard of The Aquatic Adventure of the Last Human before. It looks cool, I love metroidvanias.
Cannot be Tamed
It is very cool, but I should warn you, it is more shooter than Metroidvania and it is more of a boss rush game than anything. That being said, it is great at what it does and presents a beautiful atmosphere, a killer soundtrack, and a hefty challenge.
Shorter games also have better replay value because they are less burdensome to replay -- games like as Portal 2, Inside, etc., which I've replayed many times. I've enjoyed many of Bethesda's humongous open-world games like Fallout 3 & 4, Oblivion, Skyrim, etc., but I haven't replayed any of them because I just don't have another 500 hours to spare.
I was totally with you in almost everything... until you said The Witcher 3 was the worst of the series.
Still, that's a goddamn BRAVE opinion to have on the internet, so kudos to you Pam.
:D
Yes the Xbox controller is designed for human hands. Especially for shooters, the ps1-4 controllers are unnecesarily difficult because logically, the placement for moving should be different than the stick for aiming.
But hey, I'm a mouse/keyboard guy anyway
I totally agree that Quest for Glory is the best Quest series
Oh my goodness thank you, Nintendo can't make a solid controller to save their life, they ruin their game library
I personally like let's play videos especially if it is a game I am unlikely to get or if I am stuck, but totally agree on unboxing!
I really like your content! I feel like you've formed a very strong structure for them! Which is rare to see with content creators' videos so early on. :)
Thanks!
I get what you're saying about shopping for games. But as a person that only has NES/SNES I can't trust online sellers. Last game I got from Amazon was counterfeit. I will never buy a game online again. It's super unfortunate, because having the option to buy the exact game that I wanted was awesome.
That's too bad. I don't think I've ever gotten a counterfeit.
@@Cannotbetamed1 it's the worst. And the sellers drop off of Amazon or Ebay before you can return it or give them a bad review. Cartridge buying on the internet has gotten bad
Hi there - I've been enjoying going through your back catalog of videos, seems you play a lot of the same games I do and have quite similar opinions on a lot of topics - I definitely agree that shorter games are almost always better. One thing I thought was worth mentioning is that while I totally get your thoughts about Let's Plays, I've kind of come around on them the last couple years. Partly because it seems that recently, demos aren't as available as they used to be, so it's hard to get a feel for how a game plays short of actually buying and playing it. So for me, odd as it may sound, Let's Plays kind of fill a gap that demos used to. Anyway, enjoying watching these videos, hope you enjoy making them!
I do enjoy making them
I agree about Blizzard. The only impressive thing that I've found about them are the cutscenes from StarCraft 2 (The fully rendered ones, not the in-game cutscenes). Everything else is just as you say: simply catering to the addiction.
They make great cutscenes and cinematics (except for WoW). I love all the ones they put out around Overwatch too.
Blizzard cinematics were absolute cream of the crop in their heyday, Diablo and Warcraft cutscenes were like something we never seen before in games.
9:50 THIS !!! Short good games, PLEASE ! I'm an adult now, I'm not bored out of my mind 99% of the time like I was when I was a teenager. When I play game, I want it to be good, not stretched out. I want to feel the progression, meaningful progression that can only happen 3-4 time in a game, not do stupid fetch quests, grind like a moron or "keep going, the game gets good after 20 hours in". I tried WoW once and got bored really quickly (like a week) and people were telling me "oh but it gets fun when you are max level and try to get loot, the leveling is only some kind of tutorial" well why cant it be fun too ? One of the best game I played this year took me 50 min to get through: A short hike. It had characters, progression, exploration, a short sweet wholesome story. It was short, it wasn't expensive, it was good all the way. No, I wont play Persona 5, yes the last of us 2 was 10 hours too long, yes I'll pay full prince for a "oNlY 10 hOuRs" game if those 10 hours are good.
I'm fine with a long game when it feels earned, but so many just seem to have extra padding or things that aren't at all important to the story or gameplay. Short games tend to be more rewarding, and I'm more likely to replay them.
@@Cannotbetamed1 Exactly. It also means I usually don't finish long games, cause I get bored and move on to something else, so I'm not even getting the complete experience because I get bored before I can. When I finish a long game now, it's because it was fun and/or its story was engaging enough. If I have to lookup on "how long to beat" to see if I make the effort to finish it, it's not a good sign.
Original Witcher definitely isn't asymmetric, it has asymmetric camera mode that is useful in some large scale battles; But generally it's meant to be played, and it fells a lot better in 3rd person mode.
I played the entire game using the isometric camera. I prefer it to over the shoulder.
I agree that a lot of the time-waster content (loot caches and all that, all those ? on the map) in The Witcher 3 did hurt the game. I loved The Witcher 3, but I found myself just skipping all that stuff after a few hours. It started feeling like a Ubisoft title when I went for them.
I thought the main issue with Dragon Age 2 was the encounter design, which ended up being really predictable.
As for unpopular opinions:
Zelda: Occarina of Time was not all that great. I found the early 3D camera to be annoying even back then, and combat was just kinda dull, with enemies just standing on the sideline watching you. On a side note, Zelda 1 has not aged well. It might have been impressive when it was released, but even with my nostalgia goggles I don't really find the game to be very good these days.
Final Fantasy 7 was not all that great either. Between the blocky hands making the characters look downright ugly, and the story that was just padded, I found FF7 to be a rather lackluster title. Worst in the series? Nope, out of the ones I've played, 1 8 & 13 are worse (not played 2, 3 or any of the PS2 era titles), but when FF7 was released, I had already played plenty of text heavy story driven games, and the story was nothing special in FF7 compared to those.
Baldur's Gate 1 is like the above mentioned games, also not that good. Between the poor game balance (play as a mage and the difficulty curve is inverted), boring party members (most don't really have any personality) and repetitive encounters, BG1 just does not hold up well compared to any of the other Infinity Engine titles, nor compared to many other CRPGs.
Being a gamer is not a badge of honour, nor is it really anything special. I've lost track of the number of people I've run into who feel the need to really underline how much of a gamer they are, and how society does not understand them. So you play games? That's nice, so do I. But you don't need, nor should you rub it into someone's face.
The Call of Duty games are mostly well made. I don't love them, but I'm not going to jump on any hate bandwagon. They're quite well made in general, and just because somethings popular does not make it bad.
Inclusive genre definitions are better than exclusive ones. People love to bicker about their genre definitions, what game is in what genre, and more importantly, what game is not in what genre. I'm more of a fan of inclusive genre definitions, and if a game happens to end up in multiple genres, that's fine. This is hot of the heals of a discussion on a forum I had recently, where a person got so angry with me for claiming that Diablo & Rogue should be counted as RPGs that he ended up sending threats through PMs. Apparently not the first time that person has exploded over someone disagreeing with him though...
Origin is not bad, and Steam is not the be all end all service for PC. I personally find Steam's current position as a near monopoly to be rather worrying, and Valve has time and time again done things that I don't think they would be able to get away with, had they not had near complete market dominance. So we should preferably try to support steam's competitors, like GOG & Origin when possible, and make sure that Steam actually has some real competition.
OoT is one of those games I loved when it came out, but I don't ever want to play again. Nothing I've played recently on N64 has aged well and I don't want to ruin it. I never played Zelda 1 until recently and I didn't like it much at all.
I call myself a gamer, I'm not one who has been driven off by the bad associations. But at the same time, it does get used as a gatekeeping thing (I still get comments about how I'm not a "real" gamer, because I'm female). Do you play games? Do you want to be called a gamer? Congratulations, you are one!
I only played one CoD and I enjoyed the campaign. Don't feel the need to play it every year though.
Thanks for leaving your thoughts!
It's not "gamers" themselves that I mind, but rather the kind who build their entire personality around the fact that they are gamers, and feel the need to constantly rub it into people's faces. And the same holds true for a lot of other fandoms, I don't mind people who enjoy anime, but I do mind those who repeatedly need to tell me how much they like anime and who keep adding common Japanese words into their sentences (or anime-common, for some reason I kinda doubt that "senpai" is quite as commonly used as they give the impression of ;) ). Hm, that did end up sounding a bit harsher than I intended.
love your videos and reviews. Keep awesome Pam ❤
Lol, I’m the opposite and think western RPGs are often just actions games with role-playing elements.
I think turn based / strategy-like games are more true to the name since the limitation of a character is role-playing.
Many Western RPGs are turn-based.
@@Cannotbetamed1 that's why I would say we are opposite when it comes to RPGs.
What I really like about the Xbox consoles is that the controller design improves each generation. They have come a long way from that bulky controller with those weirdly positioned Black/White buttons.
It’s true. The new Series controller is another improvement. I love the d pad on it.
Great video Pam, I agree with a lot of your points. I too think DA2 gets a bad wrap, I can see what they were trying to do with it (a home city, family and friends/companions growing older with you), I also think it's quite atmospheric, the tension in Kirkwall (especially when the Quanari are there) is well done.
I really love the limited setting of Kirkwall (with some excursions to other areas) and seeing how that tension increases over time.
I love shopping for retro games but when it comes to shopping for them i perfer to "run into" gems in thrisft shops and goodwill stores. Sure, I could easily buy that cart for Gradius 3 but finding it and paying the low price of an uninformed thrift shop is more fun.
I can't handle thrift store shopping.
The thrift stores in my area charge Ebay prices for their games now. It used to be fun going to the thrift stores as I found some gold, but those days are over for me. :(
I prefer going to thrift stores and pawn shops as well for my retro game shopping as well. I could've very easily went on Amazon and dropped $20 on a copy of Donkey Kong Country with little consequence to me but, for that same price, I got DKC, A Link to the Past, Super Mario World, NBA Hangtime and Madden '93 as a bundle at a nearby pawn shop. Spending $40 on Super Mario Allstars + World is something I could do for a collection of games from my favorite series in the world but how about finding it along with 7 other SNES games (including Space Megaforce, which I would NOT be able to buy online so easily) for less than $15 at Goodwill?
I could go on, but then this post will be longer than it's already going to be. The point is, while deals like this don't happen very often (my last big find that I can think of happened late last year), the feeling of getting pricey games for chump change is quite the feeling to say the least and, even with the cheap stuff like -The Wrath of Cortex- Beach Spikers ( -Xbox- Gamecube) or Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (NES), you get them instantly and can enjoy that gaming goodness the minute you get home.
TL;DR - I like thrift store shopping for games too.
EDIT: Okay so turns out The Wrath of Cortex is a bit more expensive on Amazon than I remembered, so it's getting replaced. Say hello to Beach Spikers! :D
Here's mine: handheld gaming is much better than console gaming. The controls are simpler, way less sensitive and you don't have to toggle around a massive joystick.
And another one: I don't care about story-driven games. I'd rather have something I can pick up and play multiple times. Wrestling games, driving games and sports games are all examples. I like Pokemon but other than that I'm not into longer-term "story" games or RPGs.
Great video. I would agree with a great many of these points. As someone who spent much of his time on TH-cam espousing unpopular opinions on video games, it is great to see someone else offering a critical, engaging take on the hobby.
Thanks! I have some unpopular opinions but I tried to not go full negative on it.
The main reason I view the occasional unboxing video, particularly games between generations 7-8, is to see if I may have missed out on something like a manual. Since I often buy used games, it can be useful. Beyond that, I'm not sure the appeal.
Yeah, I didn't think about inserts and things
I was turned off Witcher 3 when i was like 28 hours in and the patch spawned NPCs all over the woods i was in like it was NYC when all i had wanted was it to finally add in the key they had left out for the quest i was doing. Witcher 3 is like the skyrim of the witcher series masses ooh and aahh over it because it was consolized and popular.
The take on Blizzard games is now more relevant than any time before. Now the take is not unpopular at all.
when i saw "unboxing" video, that's so boring idea, what's the point for making video? buying a video game then recording unboxing for showing them, but not play the game? or excited for buying a video game like out of mind then recording it? i can think about it, when he got a popular game in the park, he was like "HEY, HEY EVERYONE, I GOT THIS GAME IS VERY POPULAR" "REALLY?! WAAHHH YOU ARE SO GREAT" i hope it doesn't happen
First, and probably the only thing short enough to bother reading in this comment - I love your opinion about Blizzard's game design.
Next - I spent way too long writing this:
I don't have strong feelings about any of these, except for probably the JRPG opinion. I think that opinion is either not fully expressed or is half-baked. Even comparing Final Fantasy to DND, the opinion doesn't really have merit because it's entirely possible and rather common to play in a DND campaign where the DM doesn't allow the party, and by extension the individuals, narrative freedom. You can only roleplay as far as your group/DM will allow you too. In a (J)RPG it's true that you have even less freedom and expression, but you are still taking on the role of the protagonists. You do get dialogue options, equipment options, skill options, and party composition options that are mostly, in some cases fully, customizable. It's simplistic by comparsion, but it's still roleplaying, you're just playing a premade character.
In (W)RPGs like Mass Effect, you are given the illusion of choice, because while you can choose from a set of options that do impact the game, you're still not in control of the effect, whereas in DND you can be. It's just like a (J)RPG, but it's less streamlined. This leads to a lot of interesting things on a first playthrough, but on a second playthrough you can see through the thin veil of perceived complexity to see that everything was already written in stone, and your choices were tacked on in an if-then sort of fashion. i.e. If Sole Survivor > NPCs mention surviving Thresher Maw at Akuze. If not Sole Survivor > NPCs still talk about Akuze, but you have no involvement mentioned.
It's impossible to make a video game that allows for 100% true roleplaying and then still have a cohesive narrative that's relevant to the RP. There have been attempts, and there have been some really good ones, but it's just not feasible.
Anywho, if you read that, more power to you. I'm subbing.
Thanks for subbing. I have a video where I talk about this a bit more thoroughly if you're interested th-cam.com/video/p9LW1Zb0yUw/w-d-xo.html
This is the video and your Castlevania IV review is what made me subscribe to you. You do some great work and I'm always excited for your upcoming videos. Good luck in the future and keep this channel's quality as good if not better than it already is now.
Thanks so much
@@Cannotbetamed1 Thanks for answering! It really goes to show that you love what you are doing and appreciate your fans. Never stop being this awesome!
I have an unpopular view - wouldn't call it an "opinion" because it's a factual statement. Atari didn't kill the video game industry and Nintendo didn't save it.
One unpopular opinion of mine is that I don't like big open world games. I don't like in Breath of the Wild how long it takes to get to the dungeons and due to the shrines being so small, doesn't allow for a lot of depth to the puzzles. Isn't that what Zelda games have always been about? Puzzles? It could easily be solved if Nintendo would let you get to the dungeons within an hour and give you the option to explore the world for longer if you wish like the other games. Instead they force you to explore the world, and about 10 hours in if you're good at open world games, you finally get to the first dungeon. I never even made it close after about 5 hours of gameplay and feeling incredibly lost the entire time. If Nintendo could combine the best of Link to the Past, giving you the whole map from the start, and the best of Breath of the Wild, giving the majority of people who like open world games, to explore if they wish.
I'm not really a fan of them either. Some games have made great use of a big, open world (like Outer Wilds), but most it just seems like they're making the map so big so they can say they did.
As an XBox guy, agree 100% on their controllers- it doesn't get better than that. But, as an even bigger Nintendo guy, i have to disagree. The GameCube is one of my all-time favorite controllers, and it still feels great to use to this day. The button layout is perfect, and the triggers feel fantastic. The only quasi-issue would be the right analog 'nub', but i fixed that long ago by switching it out with a proper stick. And for the Switch, the Pro Controller is right up there with XBox controllers. Great video!
The Pro controller is 1000x better than Joycons, but I still find it inferior to the XBox 360, One or Series controllers.
I agree on 9 /10, I cannot prefer Dragon Age 2 over the other 2, even if I agree with the pros of DA2, DA1 is more epic, is more RPG, better story (even if DA2 has better storytelling) and I really loved all the origins and their references and the lore. The 3 is love or hate: it is more dispersive but personally I loved the balance between exploration, combat, story and building the inquisition
The Xbox definitely has the best gaming controller. My hands make the Playstation controller feel tiny. The reason I'll watch Let's Plays is because it reminds me of when I used to relax & watch my brothers play. They're relaxing in general. In fact I'm about to watch you playthru Snatcher, Unavowed, & Vampire: The Masquerade. That, plus sometimes it allows me to know what NOT to do when I playthru the game.
Totally agree with you on the 3rd thing..........for the most part.
I'm sort of in agreement with the short games thing these days. While I love many long games, I too kinda prefer when a game is relatively short because then I'm more tempted to play it again. It's a very similar case to movies. If a film is more than 2 hours long, I'm far less likely to rewatch it in the future. Heck, I love the Xenoblade games, but you'd be hard-pressed to ever get me to play one of these more than once. Heck, the only reason I've played Chrono Cross and FF7 three times each was because the first two times were back when I had just that much free time and I replayed them recently on modern consoles in order to pull off the many things I never did in my teen years. (Such as getting Chrono Cross' good ending... yeah, both times playing this game in my youth, I got the bad ending, the one you get from attacking the Time Devourer until it sucks you into a black hole)
Long movies also bug me. Some have a reason to be long, but for the most part comedies, horror or action movies that are much more than 90 minutes seem overly long.
I totally agree on shorter games. Even not taking into account the fact that I just don't have the time to invest in a 100 hour game, shorter, more focused games are a lot more fun than open world games where I wonder around for hours getting from location to location, doing boring fetch quests or kill this or that quests. There are long games that I have finished and enjoyed. But mostly I look for around 10 hour games.
Unpopular opinion: I think Telltale adventure games are boring as shit. I loved Sam & Max Hit the Road so I was excited to get a new S&M.....but it bored the hell out of me, it felt like a slog more than a fun game. Half of the locations in each episode are just their Office and Street, again and again. Urgh. Never ended up completing season 1.
Also episodic games in general I find crap for the most part (there will always be exceptions).
Gosh, Pam. If these are unpopular opinions, mine must be just as unpopular. XBOne was definitely the best console of the 8th gen. PS4 exclusives aside, I used/use Xbox way more than PS. I have a nice stack of great PS4 exclusive games, but I have shelves of Xbox One games. I'm an online shopper too. I don't really like any Blizzard game. I will always take a great short game over a great long drawn out game. Lets me play more great games! I don't play PC so I never played Witcher 1, but I do like Assassins of Kings better than Wild Hunt. It just has a cooler feeling world to explore, but is a lot harder. And the goddamn Gwent cards in 3. Sigh, many hours wasted searching for those. Great Vid!
I am delighted that Quest for Glory got the love it deserves. Quest for Glory is the highest rated Quest game on GOG. Who's unpopular now? Ha!
I totally agree with you concerning both jrpg's and Blizzard games. Many jrpg's are great games in their own right, but they are a completely different genre of games than "ROLE playing games". As for Blizzard games, I've said the same thing many times... It's all about getting you hooked, and giving you that "Yes, but I MUST do this daily quests" or so forth, in order to keep you subscribing. I've sunk a ridiculous amount of time into WoW, but many of those were not hours I actually ENJOYED playing the game, but rather played from addiction. Same goes for Diablo III.
I also spent too much time playing WoW. The whole last year I didn't enjoy I just felt social obligation to not leave my guild and raid team.
I ran a popular Quest For Glory web site back in the day called "The Adventurers' Guild" where people uploaded save files to try out other people's characters. Those were good days, and the excitement was high during the QFG4 period. Then Five came out. And the party was over.
Unpopular opinion: *Quest For Glory V is okay* (we just weren't ready for such a sharp change in direction)
I really liked QfG5 at the time it released. I loved the setting and seeing old favourite characters. Now it’s the hardest one to get back into.
Quest for Glory V: Dragon Fire was the very first RPG I played. That game means so much to me, I play it every year. To me, the kind of freedom and quantity of features it has is phenomenal, especially considering the time it was released. I wish Lori and Corey would work on a sequel after Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption.
I’d love to see a new game where you got to be a magic user. Or pick your class.
I approve of the whole "adventure games never died" opinion :) Will really have to look into the Quest for Glory series, could be I've been missing out all this time in favor of KQ!
I definitely recommend them. There are remakes of the first and second if text commands aren't your thing (I find them hard to get into now).
Well I had plenty of practice with text commands back in the day so I'd be prepared to give the originals a go!
jsut staya way from quest for glory v that was just horrid the rest are good though
I never knew adventure games died either. Seemed like they were always here. lol
how could u never play quest for glory kings quest space quest torrins passage monkey island full throttle grim fandango maniac mansion dagger of amon ra cornels bequest i mean come on ??? police quest seris
I'm entirely onboard the shorter games train. Adulting is hard! I rarely get the time to sit down and invest time into an epic 80+ hour experience these days. Some of the most fun I've had recently were from Superhot and Firewatch. Both really short, but focused on what they wanted to be.
I loved Firewatch. The more games that can tell an effective story in a handful of hours, the better.
5:16 You're drunk Pam, go home. :)
No, you're drunk.
Halo is obscenely overrated.
There thats my unpopular opinion.
Thx for the free content.
You're welcome!