@@the_glovethere are dudes sitting around collecting billions because they own companies but u mad bc people are voluntarily paying a dude to write hours long video essays semi annually
tim is one of the few people who write a two hour script, strictly adhere to reading it without deviation, and leaving traps to keep things interesting
I honestly think your writing on Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey perfectly puts to words my feelings on the entire 360/PS3 generation. It was a time where Japanese design for games like those aforementioned two had hit what I consider to be all time highs. Gorgeous, exciting games with love and passion poured into them and unique ideas bursting out of every crevice that we’re all met with annoyance, dismissal, and “Japanese people are so weird, huh?” That truly breaks my heart. Those games are both titles that I find so exciting even to this day, yet I can’t help but see that this was the moment where the JRPG wave finally broke and receded from the western shoreline, profit seeking keeping the genre from truly thriving again until the past few years. All of the immaculately designed games that could have taken off and inspired dozens of others instead faltered in favor for games that went on to devolve into franchises full of messy disasters.
I mean Lost Odyssey less so, I feel like most of the public criticism over it was primarily "wow this sure feels like the amalgamation of Hironobu Sakaguchi's game direction from the last 10 years" rather than any particular dismissal of JRPG tropes, which were pretty novel for the 360 audience (see: the reactions to the White Rabbit commercial)
I remember thinking around that time that the JRPGs were recycling a lot of the same narrative ideas over and over, whereas the better Western RPG developers seemed to have a lot more freedom to try new things. I think at least narratively, JRPGs were kind of stuck in a rut.
I know you care about generosity in art, Tim, and you always deliver it. Length is one thing, but the true generosity lies in your hyphens, commas, and attributive nouns.
Was going to comment something to the effect of: "Now this is a tasty bowl to smoke while grinding out archetypes in Metaphor Refantazio, the year's most Xbox 360-era-like JRPG" but opted to not comment on the video until I had smoked it down to the filter, only to be totally delighted by the serendipity of the outro. Incredible video as always, hoping your perfect description of the appeal of Virtual On motivates Sega to acknowledge its existence in some way more substantial than a Yakuza arcade game cameo.
saw the last remnant and went "oh yeah i meant to play that for the last 16 years" and found out that the remaster got delisted from the steam store in 2018. Bizzare
Aaahhh, I actually made it to #24, I remember last night seeing the title and thinking, "is that the same as the Wednesday Campanella song 桃太郎 line?". This line in your script is the first one that genuinly makes me wanna play the game mentioned on the list, as I LOVE that song.
1:43:20 Failure being absolutely no big deal & even Part Of The Fun was one of the things that impressed me the most about Stranger of Paradise; it's neat to know that Team Ninja is just like that. they're pros; they create fun experiences professionally... I feel like this is something we could all stand to praise more when it happens. when game design puts the "hey, is this fun?" question first and you can TELL when you're playing it. very very cool.
I screamed for Wegmans for some reason. WNY excellence has made its way to Insert Credit. But also I love when Tim randomly will mention old 80s idols. My dream video is for him to just discuss 80s and 90s Japanese pop culture and music like he did in the Tokimeki Memorial video.
As a footnote for Lost Odyssey, not only does Phil Spencer publicly speak on his love for the game, ex-Gears of War director Rod Fergusson recently went on a podcast and listed it on a top 5 of his most formative/important videogames he'd ever played
1:01:43 The sentence "I loved it as a wild glimpse at the ocean of possible Whole Foods store brand Final Fantasy XIIIs," is so funny Tim almost broke reading it.
I was going to wonder endlessly if Tim was going to include L4D2 as a 360 game but he dispelled any doubt at minute 9. This is why Insert Credit rules.
I feel like among all these games, if I have to try just one, Bullet Witch would be my pick. As somebody who unabashedly loves 360/PS3 era linear cinematic shooters, BW feels like a appealing balance of decisively weird and unintentionally janky. Also I don't take Tim's feature length essays for granted and I'm very glad to get another one out of the blue.
I vividly remember how excited I was about Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, and equally vividly remember how disappointed I was with both. Lost Odyssey is one of the few games I have played through multiple times despite disliking it just because it FEELS like I SHOULD like it (along with FFT Advance)
The stars, through their most subtle beckonings and the deep urgings of my very bowels and instincts, have led me hither, that I might chance upon the very thing I sought.
A conversation on camera with tim rogers and jeff gerstman would be one of the greatest moments in gaming history They did a podcast together, actually, I can rest in peace
marked out so hard for steins;gate in the top five. still my default choice for someone who wants a first VN to read. (though I happened to play it on the Vita)
That’s a really good list. I would have put N3 Ninety-nine Nights, Operation Darkness and Bladestorm: The Hundred Year War on my own. If my personal circumstances had been different I would have liked Lost Odyssey as well…
I played shadowrun until there were no public games and the matchmaker would put you in a private game where everyone else would get mad and teamkill you for being there.
as i was looking for the week's episode, I saw the thumbnail and thought tim finally posted his next review, but then I realised I'm on insert credit's page
I was going to jump between all the games in quick sequence just to grab all the game titles... and then forwent all other activity in my life to watch 2 hours of contificating the importance and legacy of 36 360 games. Damn, does Tim Rodgers of Action Button (former Sony Entertainment Japan employee) really have a way with words (and speaking them) that sells you on the importance of each phrase & word choice. Diction of a master.
I do believe that another Action Button will one day happen (I do have you on Patreon). Though I still have a bunch of discs of some the games on this list, there are some that I don't have, and with the online market place closing it does make it a bit more difficult to get them (I am assuming that backwards compatible games still listed on the Xbox store will lead to having the game being downloadable on the 360 console itself). Lost Odyssey being #1 is no surprise to me.
This may be the event that causes me go to my parents' home and bring back my whole Xbox 360 Elite. That's a two-hour journey! I could very easily buy Enchanted Arms, Eternal Sonata, Star Ocean and Infinite Undiscovery. I have an almost-unplayed copy of Lost Odyssey, and a copy of Blue Dragon that came along at the wrong time. That list might be too long, but it's either that or buy a XSX and pretend to be £500 excited about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, or a PS5 and pretend to be £484 excited about playing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in "Spring 2025".
this episode can be viewed in 4K here: th-cam.com/video/sgVT9c3mmvE/w-d-xo.html
I paused so he could rest a bit
Man. This is a staunch reminder we haven't had a new Action Button review in far too long. Magnificent!
The rondo of blood/dracula X review is on its way.
@@the_glove ok princess
@@the_glovethere are dudes sitting around collecting billions because they own companies but u mad bc people are voluntarily paying a dude to write hours long video essays semi annually
Isn't it LA Noire... @@MyNameIsPaulo54
tim is one of the few people who write a two hour script, strictly adhere to reading it without deviation, and leaving traps to keep things interesting
Props to Christa for getting all that footage
Yes the visuals were perfect!!
It is said Frédéric Chopin's last words, and numbers, were Xbox 360.
Finally,i found more Tim Rogers
@@tobiasarevalo9929 there’s lots, lots more of him in the archive of this very podcast!
He also streams weekly if you didn't already know.
@@insertcreditshowOne day early!?
Where? @@D2Synua
@@D2Synua Thanks for the info. 🤙🏼
Love that I just found out Tim Rogers has been doing this the whole time since even before the Action Button content
I honestly think your writing on Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey perfectly puts to words my feelings on the entire 360/PS3 generation. It was a time where Japanese design for games like those aforementioned two had hit what I consider to be all time highs. Gorgeous, exciting games with love and passion poured into them and unique ideas bursting out of every crevice that we’re all met with annoyance, dismissal, and “Japanese people are so weird, huh?” That truly breaks my heart. Those games are both titles that I find so exciting even to this day, yet I can’t help but see that this was the moment where the JRPG wave finally broke and receded from the western shoreline, profit seeking keeping the genre from truly thriving again until the past few years. All of the immaculately designed games that could have taken off and inspired dozens of others instead faltered in favor for games that went on to devolve into franchises full of messy disasters.
I mean Lost Odyssey less so, I feel like most of the public criticism over it was primarily "wow this sure feels like the amalgamation of Hironobu Sakaguchi's game direction from the last 10 years" rather than any particular dismissal of JRPG tropes, which were pretty novel for the 360 audience (see: the reactions to the White Rabbit commercial)
I remember thinking around that time that the JRPGs were recycling a lot of the same narrative ideas over and over, whereas the better Western RPG developers seemed to have a lot more freedom to try new things. I think at least narratively, JRPGs were kind of stuck in a rut.
somehow, Tim Rogers has returned
we're feasting, boys!
This was like listening to a slam poetry recital, but gamer.
"a uniformed charter member of the cult of myself" i wish we could read a novel by tim rogers someday, his writing is so cool
yayy yayy, also props to Tim for truly doing it in one sitting despite the minor speech obstacles
I laughed aloud at “and a few other scores that don’t support my argument.”
When tim rogers isnt around, people should ask "where's Tim Rogers?"
That's exactly what I've been asking since September 25th 2022
Thank you for typing and sharing what I’ve been thinking ever since I discovered one Tim Rogers, Esq. a couple years ago. 🫡🤙🏼
Are you ready?
Not in the Insert Credit Show, that's for sure.
This has end of the year tim rogers' kotaku output 2019 vibes
I could hear Brandon going wild after 17:56
I know you care about generosity in art, Tim, and you always deliver it. Length is one thing, but the true generosity lies in your hyphens, commas, and attributive nouns.
Was going to comment something to the effect of: "Now this is a tasty bowl to smoke while grinding out archetypes in Metaphor Refantazio, the year's most Xbox 360-era-like JRPG" but opted to not comment on the video until I had smoked it down to the filter, only to be totally delighted by the serendipity of the outro. Incredible video as always, hoping your perfect description of the appeal of Virtual On motivates Sega to acknowledge its existence in some way more substantial than a Yakuza arcade game cameo.
omg i can't believe i am being welcomed back to videogames !! that's like, my favorite thing !!
Feels like Kotaku era Tim and i absolutely love it! Been a LOOOOONG time since any new content has scratched that Action Button itch like this does
saw the last remnant and went "oh yeah i meant to play that for the last 16 years" and found out that the remaster got delisted from the steam store in 2018. Bizzare
You know what you have to do
Thank you algorithm for suggesting this video to me.
The king is back.
As a crossover classical music freak and video game liker, I had a lovely time with Eternal Sonata
Pure class as always. I approve of this list and thank you for reminding me how much I loved my 360. RIP consoles
43:17 theres a nice head movement here. dont miss out
this made me laugh in real life; thank u
Yeah that's a good one
Aaahhh, I actually made it to #24, I remember last night seeing the title and thinking, "is that the same as the Wednesday Campanella song 桃太郎 line?".
This line in your script is the first one that genuinly makes me wanna play the game mentioned on the list, as I LOVE that song.
(also, 666 likes rn)
I just rewatched the Xbox 360 ranking episode this morning. I’m gonna stress drink a glass bottle of San Pellegrino to this.
the jacket...
ok, im rewatching the cyberpunk 77 review.
That’s not the Buzz Ricksons
mad respect for putting Idolmaster on the list
That #1 is the correct #1. I couldn't agree more.
This is 100% without question the type of content i am here for.
I also played through Out Run 2000 times. Although 1986 of those playthroughs were inside Yakuza 0.
Hello. And welcome back fans of video games and Tim Rogers. What discerning taste you all have!
Babe wake up, Tim Rogers's newest video essay just dropped.
……………..
HELLO
360 is the goat system. Kind of wish this came out before the store shutdown in July. I might have purchased some of these games.
I believe it's still possible to purchase most games on the website and download them to your Xbox360
Nice to see Infinite Undiscovery on the list and higher than more talked about games like SO4, Eternal Sonata, and Last Remnant.
53:45 to clarify for those who missed it: the English fan translation is for the PC Engine CD 1989 version of the game, not the Xbox 360 remake
I too came up with predominantly goblin genes from 23andMe, so naturally Tim and I must be related. Which is why Tim correctly put Lost Odyssey at #1
I see Tim Rogers, I click instantly.
23:23 - My Japanese coworkers add "san" to the end of my name every time. Born different, I guess....
Great list man, I cackled throughout.
1:43:20 Failure being absolutely no big deal & even Part Of The Fun was one of the things that impressed me the most about Stranger of Paradise; it's neat to know that Team Ninja is just like that. they're pros; they create fun experiences professionally...
I feel like this is something we could all stand to praise more when it happens. when game design puts the "hey, is this fun?" question first and you can TELL when you're playing it. very very cool.
this man's words hypnotize me and I cannot explain why. but I accept it
Good Ol One Take Tim!
I screamed for Wegmans for some reason. WNY excellence has made its way to Insert Credit.
But also I love when Tim randomly will mention old 80s idols. My dream video is for him to just discuss 80s and 90s Japanese pop culture and music like he did in the Tokimeki Memorial video.
im sorry tim... at number 25 i fell asleep at about 1:30am... only waking up the next day to finish it
I miss Action Button reviews so much !!
As a footnote for Lost Odyssey, not only does Phil Spencer publicly speak on his love for the game, ex-Gears of War director Rod Fergusson recently went on a podcast and listed it on a top 5 of his most formative/important videogames he'd ever played
I was waiting for this Insert Credit episode.
Predicted number 1 but was surprised by a lot of others on here. Wish that Street Fighter 4 or Marvel vs Capcom 3 had made the list.
It's oddly fun to watch an unedited, seemingly less rehearsed Tim script read.
Anyway. Smoke a good one.
One can dream: smth like this for EVERY CONSOLE EVER?! ahaha 🎉 (Yeah I know: 2:04:00 ahaha but damn this was good)
Always a big lover of Tim's work :)
close enough, welcome back Action Button!
1:01:43 The sentence "I loved it as a wild glimpse at the ocean of possible Whole Foods store brand Final Fantasy XIIIs," is so funny Tim almost broke reading it.
A Mountain Dew showing up on an Xbox 360 video is perfect.
Thank you Tim, it's good to be back at video games
So happy to see Infinite Undiscovery get some love. I adore that game.
I am very lucky to be able to experience this reading before the end of the world. What a time to be alive!
Everyone who tuned into this video should check out the regular podcast
Anxiously awaited the top games et voilá there they are, the old pals from my shelf appearing on my phone screen
It's so crazy to think it's been 36 years, feels like the 360 came out just 19 years ago
Tim didn't post a Action Button video in so long now the jokes on him: everybody elses TH-cam videos are also 2 hours long.
it might not be a novel-length L.A. Noire review but heck I'll take it!!
This is the Gran Turismo of XBox 360 lists.
I was going to wonder endlessly if Tim was going to include L4D2 as a 360 game but he dispelled any doubt at minute 9. This is why Insert Credit rules.
Barking dogs can be considered improv. Also, Banjo: Nuts & Bolts, Mirror's Edge and Blue Dragon deserved more from this world.
I’m glad Hexic HD and Viva Piñata were both mentioned, regardless of the context
What a nice surprise - also multiple BoFV mentions? I love this much maligned classic.
I feel like among all these games, if I have to try just one, Bullet Witch would be my pick. As somebody who unabashedly loves 360/PS3 era linear cinematic shooters, BW feels like a appealing balance of decisively weird and unintentionally janky.
Also I don't take Tim's feature length essays for granted and I'm very glad to get another one out of the blue.
I vividly remember how excited I was about Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey, and equally vividly remember how disappointed I was with both. Lost Odyssey is one of the few games I have played through multiple times despite disliking it just because it FEELS like I SHOULD like it (along with FFT Advance)
I definitely picked out some sentences Tim improvised, but I will NOT be telling him which ones I thinks it is.
I am a greedy gourmet for Time Rogers content. Also YES SIR BLUE DRAGON!
The stars, through their most subtle beckonings and the deep urgings of my very bowels and instincts, have led me hither, that I might chance upon the very thing I sought.
A conversation on camera with tim rogers and jeff gerstman would be one of the greatest moments in gaming history
They did a podcast together, actually, I can rest in peace
It was not quite what you'd hope for lol
I now want to hear each member host their own scripted episode. They’d hate making it I think so it probably won’t happen, but yeah.
marked out so hard for steins;gate in the top five. still my default choice for someone who wants a first VN to read. (though I happened to play it on the Vita)
Lost Odyssey ruled it felt like they made a game just for me and no one else on earth I had ever met
Thanks for feeding the algorithm your name and face so it could show up in my feed.
the beatific vision
This video is backward compatible with my soul.
That’s a really good list. I would have put N3 Ninety-nine Nights, Operation Darkness and Bladestorm: The Hundred Year War on my own.
If my personal circumstances had been different I would have liked Lost Odyssey as well…
I’ll take a Tim Rodgers video anywhere I can get it
The man himself.
Good to see you Tim Rogers San!
I used to respect Tim Rogers, but then he violently slandered Viva Piñata..
I played shadowrun until there were no public games and the matchmaker would put you in a private game where everyone else would get mad and teamkill you for being there.
We are so back! (To video games)
Feel like I am missing some understanding but glad the F1 heads get a look-in
This episode is a fever dream.
Not the Viva Piñata hate 😭
Thank you for giving Ninja Blade its due.
This channel is about to explode 🤣🤣
TIM IS BACK
as i was looking for the week's episode, I saw the thumbnail and thought tim finally posted his next review, but then I realised I'm on insert credit's page
lol
I was going to jump between all the games in quick sequence just to grab all the game titles... and then forwent all other activity in my life to watch 2 hours of contificating the importance and legacy of 36 360 games.
Damn, does Tim Rodgers of Action Button (former Sony Entertainment Japan employee) really have a way with words (and speaking them) that sells you on the importance of each phrase & word choice. Diction of a master.
I do believe that another Action Button will one day happen (I do have you on Patreon).
Though I still have a bunch of discs of some the games on this list, there are some that I don't have, and with the online market place closing it does make it a bit more difficult to get them (I am assuming that backwards compatible games still listed on the Xbox store will lead to having the game being downloadable on the 360 console itself).
Lost Odyssey being #1 is no surprise to me.
This may be the event that causes me go to my parents' home and bring back my whole Xbox 360 Elite. That's a two-hour journey! I could very easily buy Enchanted Arms, Eternal Sonata, Star Ocean and Infinite Undiscovery. I have an almost-unplayed copy of Lost Odyssey, and a copy of Blue Dragon that came along at the wrong time. That list might be too long, but it's either that or buy a XSX and pretend to be £500 excited about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, or a PS5 and pretend to be £484 excited about playing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle in "Spring 2025".
"skyrocketoriously"
tim is doing a lot of eyebrow stuff in this one
Fr fr it OK tho