Why is Ranni on the thumbnail? You know her quest leads you down to scarlet rot hell on earth, right? Me personally I'll never simp for a witch ever again.
That and I truly loved the radio drama;s you could listen to in that part of the city for Silver Shroud. :) and hey for what it's worth there is a lengthy follow up to that lil side story in Fallout 76 following the actress from those radio drama's with The Order Of Mysteries questline. :) or at least it felt like it.
How about "weirdest rpg tropes so disconnected from reality" like accidentally stealing a bottlecap, instantly alerting the owner and having the entire kingdom/city/ space station descend upon you with murderous rage
"But.... I just wanted to look at this fork, Mr. Guard person! It's so shiny and pretty! I can't go to the dungeon for nine months, I have to save the world!"
Oh man. I was trying so hard to play a completely good run on Skyrim. I accidently "stole" a log of firewood. No one saw me and I put it back immediately. From that moment on I had a "1" next to my items stolen Stat and it drove me nuts. Still salty about that lol
My grandparents listened to, and gave me old "The Shadow" radio show recordings which I loved. I could not have loved the silver shroud side quest more for what I'm assuming is its influence from it.
The Silver Shroud when mixed with the DLC The Automaton can get some really interesting lines when you encounter The Mechanist it is truly one hilarious and fun side mission and makes the game worth playing
A list about most emotionally healing moments in video games would be pretty interesting. There's so many list about disturbing moments one about positive good for your psyche moments would be interesting.
No Witcher 3??? A lot of those side quests were better written than some actual complete games. I couldn't even pick one because there are so many great ones. Honorable mentions (although both are DLC and not just random side quests) to Lair of the Shadow Broker and Citadel from the Mass Effect series. Both are wonderful for very different reasons.
Sooo many great side quests in the Witcher 3! I absolutely agree! I know it's not much of a quest, but the frying pan quest at the beginning made me laugh quite a bit. It was just so unexpected! Lol 😆 Hard to choose a favorite, though.
GWENT!!!! I'm ashamed to admit multitudes of towns and villagers suffered while I went from town to town like a Crack fiend looking for my next card game.
Great list! I was going to be upset that Wicked eyes and wicked hearts, from Dragon Age Inquisition wasn't on this list but then remembered that it is actually a main story mission. It is my favorite video game quest of all time.
That's actually my most hated quest ever. I love that game, but every time i try to replay it, when i get to that part i just dread it so much i stop playing.
Ten of the most ludonarratively dissonant games. For example: Lara Croft murdering hundreds of people in gameplay, while being distraught in cutscenes. Geralt decrying thieves and burglars in conversations, then stealing every potato, butter knife and candelabra from every peasants house in gameplay... And, of course, the big one: dropping a quicksave as The Dragonborn then wiping out everyone in Whiterun for giggles, then reloading the game and carrying on as normal.
I remember these side quests from Mass Effect: Andromeda. They didn't seem like much, but if you pay attention, it really adds depth to the Kett. It's probably what they would have been if EA hadn't rushed them and meddling.
Fun Fact - In default Oblivion theres a bug with Who Done It were if you kill someone with a melee weapon they never catch on, even if you do it in front of them.
Okami should have been here, the reveal at the end is basically that all those side-quests were actually part of the main quest. In short: main quest: to defeat ultimate evil and regain all your lost god-powers side quests: helping random people with god powers (like a firework maker, a little girl, etc) Spoiler: In the final battle there a cutscene where it shows all the random people you help praying for your victory, and its those prayers that give you power to finally defeat the bbeg
My good man. From the ground up is one of my favorite side quests in recent years. You get this sense of you’re helping building a new part of this scarred world. Once you complete it, it becomes a renewed sense of hope that drives you to beat Ganon. Something that I hope more Open World games have, help building a new part of the world.
Ghost of Tsushima’s character quest lines. The main story was amazing, but discovering each ally’s story and how the Mongolian invasion impacted their life beyond your own really made the experience of defeating the Mongols all the more powerful.
Just plain every Bethesda open world game could be on this list. Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, etc. The main quest of any of their games are nowhere near as good or interesting as the side stuff. The main quest in their games is always just an excuse to get you out there. Probably the only one that does this right is New Vegas since many of the side quests feed into the resolution of the main quest, so it's less of a side quest than an extension of the main quest. Which is how side quests should always work. No surprise since it wasn't developed by Bethesda.
As someone who just finished mafia 3 and loads of the trophies didn't pop. Can we have a list of games where bugs or glitches prevent you from platinums or make game choices pointless
Thank you so much Jules for your last sentence you put in every video at the end in these days of much sorrow they mean a lot and help me a lot thank you so much my favourite part of your videos always
list idea: Games that had no right to be this good. Explanation: games that should have been (or appeared to be) by the numbers or cookie cutters that turned out to be awesome. Basically you had an expectation and this game blew it away.
I can't agree more with Ranni's quest in Elden Ring. It just adds so much lore, takes you to so many places, gives you reasons to do things, and has several of the most memorable characters across the whole game. It feels like it was part of the main quest.
Speaking of content that feels mandatory: the loyalty missions in Mass Effect 2 are technically side quests. You are not required to do any of them (although skipping them will obviously have a dramatic effect in the finale), and they provide some of the best experiences in gaming. All of them are great, but I'd make special mention of Kasumi's heist and Samara's non-combat emotional gut-wrencher
I liked all of the loyalty missions throughout the series and how the consequences for doing them or even dialogue progresses to get you the true ending which with the remaster anthology was a lot less grindy then when I played them on the 360. The leviathan mission I also love as it felt less Sci fi inorganic horror and more I am a lovecraftian abomination that has existed far beyond the time you even know existed. I just ended up calling them cthulu pricks in my head over the years as i know the one we speak to is grandiose but I just immediately had the urge to have a dick measuring contest with him to say yeah well not many of you left huh maybe with some help you won't die out from this "tiny" being. I love how much of a dick we can make Shepard be though I'm usually paragon except for a couple or so moments .
How about useless "Key" or "Quest" items/weapons in games. In other words, items that is integral in the game, but once it has been used to complete the quest, it becomes very useless for everyday or standard game/side quest use. But its there in your inventory forever that you can use at anytime. Keep up the great work.
I'm 100% here for a Warriors remake. On 2nd thought, I'd love to see a Warriors movie sequel or prequel (still set in the 70s of course) also with either a new Warriors game tie in or the aforementioned remake.
I'm actually kind of surprised none of the Witcher 3 sidequests are in here. I mean the main quest is really good, but some of the sidequests are soooo much better.
Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC Fallout 3- Strictly Business Saints Row 2- Septic Avenger Saints Row 3- Tank Mayhem Mass Effect 2- All Squadmates Loyalty Quests (they are optional so they count) Shadow of War- Tribal Warbands & Showdowns One Piece Pirate Warriors 3- The Dream Log Valkyria Chronicles 4: Two Valkyria DLC Destroy All Humans 2- The Arkvoodl Cult South Park Stick of Truth- Jimbo's Hunting Quest South Park The Fractured but Whole: Bring the Crunch DLC Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves- Pirate Ship Challenge
I love every video you appear in, i love the content but i'm always expecting the end of the video just to hear your kind messages. I love how you motivate us to not give up and to appreciate the awesome small things in life. You always make me smile at the end, thank you.
Can you please do a list where we want two games to have a baby Like..... OUTLAST & SPLINTER CELL or HORIZON ZERO DAWN & SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS P.s or you can do a list on trophies that drove you crazy like in devil May cry where you had to get the two spiders to jump on each other trying to do that one made me so angry lol
Uh, Jules? Yakuza is meant to be pronounced "Yah-koo-zah", not "Yuh-KOO-zuh"! Please say Japanese words correctly, it heavily bothers me whenever someone mispronounces Japan words, in (for lack of a better term) "white-man speak". You don't have to say it down to the accent of Japanese, but at least say the word correctly. This includes commonly mispronounced words like "Manga" and "Neko", which are meant to be pronounced "Mahn-gah" and "Neh-koh" respectfully. If I, one who only speaks full sentences in English, can say these commonly mispronounced Japanese words correctly, so can literally anyone can do so.
I feel like video games should be studied social scientists. It's amazing to me, how many varied opinion there are in video games - especially games like Fallout - where you might think you have the answer that is "UNDOUBTEDLY, 10,000% correct!" -- and then you check the online community & it's like: "Anyone who does this is an IDIOT!" 🤣
For me, the newest contender has to be the 8 Music Sheets in Stray's Ch4. Just getting to chill for a while, while listening to a robot playing good tunes was just.....better than ANYTHING in a videogame so far lol 11:04 Jules.....I love you.......but I fucking hate you. It's been 2 years since I've been out of The Game! 😠 ✌️ Lol
SMT 3 Nocturne, the Labyrinth of Amala, the hard dungeon that offers really amazing demons, the chance to get either Raidou or Dante (FLIPPING DANTE FROM DMC), and the True Demon Ending
I got two ideas if you are interested. 1) Video Games Better Than Their Source Material. Looking at video games that are based on stories made in books, comics, TV shows, and movies that turned out better than their source material. Examples from the top of my head are the Witcher Serries, Warriors, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, and Batman Arkham Series (when compared to the Orginal DC Comics and not other source material). 2) Games We Were Surprised Were Bad, But In Highnsight Shouldn't Have Been. Looking at video games we were sure were going to be amazing but looking back, we should have been skeptical that it was any good. Anthem and Mass Effect Andromeda is a good example for a lot of people were super hype and sold extremely well before getting buyers remorse. Games that they should have been skeptical of when leaks of people leaving during development, lack of gameplay footage, wonky gameplay, and the tightening of information released to the public.
I still need a ONE PER LIST shirt. Lol. Episode ideas: 1. Dead Franchises That Deserve a Resurrection (i.e. Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver, Jak & Daxter, Parasite Eve, etc.) 2. The Best Games Based on Books (not film or TV)
JULEZ UR THE ABSOLUTE LEGEND MATE! 2 ideas for ya... 1. Best songs within video games ie one that sticks in my mind n I could listen to on a loop, is in the Witcher 3 when u enter a tavern to find a women (can't remember her name atm) and she sings and plays the ucalaley (sorry I realy can't spell but hope u got that lol) n it just blew me away the 1st time I heard it 2nd one is, music in video games that will get stuck in ur head for years... as any Final Fantasy fan will no.. for example in FF7 I can still hear clear as day the music when u go to plant ur 1st bomb then go into the fight n yeah both those tunes definitely stick in ur head forever lol I may edit later to put actual names n places to make more sense 😅
like, the entire reason I bought Elden Ring 2 days ago on steam (and have only reached 56% download since I'm using phone hotspot for internet) is because I have seen a ton of Ranni artwork online and she is absolutely adorable~♥ I know I'm in for HELL since this will be my very first time playing this kind of game, but, hey, she's worth it xD
Top high difficulty modes that are just irritating. My general annoyance on this is with RPGs especially Pathfinder where difficulty is basically accomplished by increasing numbers such that if you're not very good at navigating the spread-sheet to judge the exact build you need then "gameplay" is reduced to seeing if a 20 is rolled because suddenly all choice becomes meaningless. They could opt to increase numbers of enemies. They could give enemies more powers. They could have the enemies use better AI protocols. Nope... none of that. Increase HP, increase AC, increase Attack bonus, Increase Save DC, Increase Damage...and just watch the encounter become a boring, thoughtless, slot machine that may take 20-30 before you know whether or not you win.
Pretty much all of Skyrim Skyrim main quest: A dragon is alive Go make a peace treaty to kill him Dragon's dead, time to war Skyrim side quests: Deliver this letter to that town Thanks for the latter, now kill a thief, on your way out, a basket need a plant You killed the thief and got kidnapped by his comrades and need to break out Oh look! The plant the baker asked for! You pick it up and A tribe of cannibals set a trap, time to fight And now to go back to the town and handle the quests, and a merchant have their packets stollen What's was that about a letter? Oh right there's something about a way or a dragon before?
I spend more time side questing than anything else. I'm currently playing Skyrim through for the 20th time or so. I have all the add-on content.... so I have taken Miraak out already, Harkon is gonna get it soon, and I have most of the Daedric stuff done. All this before even meeting Delphine to retrieve the horn for the greybeards. Yup... every, damn, time. Side quests are awesome and I look for side quest kitty as soon as I get control. True story. Stay golden Jules.
Yeah the man and main faction quests in fallout 4 sucked. The main quest would have been better if it turned out you were actually a synth but it still wouldn't have been good. (Not to mention Boston has the Skyrim problem (somehow 90% of the population is raiders/bandits) I ended up mainly playing it for the side quests. It's funny Bethesda is great at building worlds but they suck at writing stories and quests.
Please please please give the overused 20 years ago ZOMBIES all the spite you can expiate. A dozen games every year: zombies. And no one talks about it. We all act like it's OK. One assumes you're part of it if this is not addressed. Zombie.
Seeing this video while I do work, and noticing that James put a video of José Feliciano next to Jules. Now I cannot stop hearing his version of "Feliz Navidad" in my head. Merry Christmas to all!
The Scholia Arcana questline from Kingdom's of Amalur. "Point me to another game with as much respect for the source material" *ahem* Mad Max 2015 would like a word.
Do “times YOU failed to play accurate to lore” (ie neglecting mechanics to expand combo potential in DMC and not doing enough damage as a result, first order optimal strategy and/or thinking combos are free in Ninja Gaiden gives you a bayonet to the face, when you don’t pressure bosses hard enough in Sekiro and they regain posture)
Video game quests that kick you when you're down. I submit for consideration the quest that Iji sends you on after you've completed most of Ranni's quest line. You know which one. My fiancée is crying now that I've told her about it.
Jules, you glorious Egg! Here's a list idea for you. Unlockable Playable Characters who are arguably more fun to play than the default character (like Vergil in the Devil May Cry series).
Precise moments in games where anything is possible. For example, when you first leave the vault in Fallout 3. Yes, you have "your quest", but you finally realise it's up to you if you want to. Also, any level designer in a game, such as Trials.
How about... 'Video Game Characters Which Would Never Be Created Today.' Like how cartoon characters such as Johnny Bravo would never be created today due to his attempts to woo women.
Another sidemission better than the base story would be: Hildebrandt questline in Final Fantasy XIV (A Realm Reborn, aka 2.0). It is almost as long as the base story and absolutely hilarious and a MUST play.
JRPGs to recommend to any American Style RPGers. For me the eye-openering JPGs include the Disgaea series, Chrono Cross and a lesser extent Pokémon and Wild Arms series.
I think one thing that should be focused on is games that are pretty much all side quests. Beautiful games but all there play is pretty much irrelevant to the main quest like most of the assassin Creed games like Odyssey where once you get to travel any quest takes you forever across the map every other quest or like fallout 4 after you discover who your son is where literally nothing matters besides side quest or main story I love good body to story but when it's so sleepy where everything else matters besides the main story it just doesn't feel like a game. I've noticed most RPGs do it even Skyrim, cyberpunk (still working though it) but games where the story is told through everything else other then the main story line.
The true beauty in "Vampire" in RDR2 is not to kill him. Tie him up, get him on horse (this can take a bit and horse does not want it), go to mini church away from city, somehow get him in church and drop on alter/cross... He dies - no shots fired.
RDR2 - Hamish, the one-legged civil war veteran has a few cool missions. I wouldn't say anything in the game is better than the main story, but those were some of the best side missions in the game.
suggestion: games ruined by with patches. diablo LOD comes to mind. i loved it in one of the 1.9 versions. then they updated it and killed single player offline. it became impossible for me to play the highest difficulty. could be that i wasn't using the ultimate cookie cutter builds. those weren't needed before that though. i had nearly maxed out a character before they patched. after that she got trounced even stepping foot in the third difficulty. where before she could handle bhaal. tried a few other builds and they all ended up the same way
I was playing Fallout 4, and I kept doing side missions, but there was something bugging me... Wasn't there something I was supposed to be doing? Oh Crap! The Kid!
Video games based off movies with a lot of extra stuff to do- Scarface, The Godfather, Lord of the Rings 2 towers and Return Of the King, those are just a few off the top of my head PS: I lost the game
Honestly I find the sidequests in Bethesda games more interesting than the main plots. Fallout 4 I was like 150 hours in and still hadn't bothered with my son. Im sure he's fine ;)
Here's an idea Jules, the weirdest healing items in videogames.
Agreed, love me some zombie flesh in Minecraft....brrrrp.
Cool idea for sure !
I have two words... Green herb.
Any side scrolling beat ‘em up where you punch a trash can only to eat a full chicken that falls out and somehow get healthier.
VLDL.... drinking the health potion and eating the bottle. lol
dang love the message at thend, once again - go out an have a fun side quest people!
Rockstar needs to do a full blown remake of the Warriors. That game was so good
How about the best music in video games?
Why is Ranni on the thumbnail? You know her quest leads you down to scarlet rot hell on earth, right?
Me personally I'll never simp for a witch ever again.
OK, the laughing after "My dog died" is the BEST description of every FROM Software game. Well done.
That was spot on too.
Oh, man, the dark souls' creepy laugh 🤣🤣
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Top Ten Bosses Jules can defeat if he was magically sucked into a video game.
Top Ten bosses I could defeat if I was magically sucked off in a video game
Do this man's request so he can stop being the top comment!
I loved the Silver Shroud mission in Fallout 4! Especially the over the top voice you could use and how npc's sometimes react to that 😂
That and I truly loved the radio drama;s you could listen to in that part of the city for Silver Shroud. :) and hey for what it's worth there is a lengthy follow up to that lil side story in Fallout 76 following the actress from those radio drama's with The Order Of Mysteries questline. :) or at least it felt like it.
Any side-quest is better than the main story in Fallout 4
How about "weirdest rpg tropes so disconnected from reality" like accidentally stealing a bottlecap, instantly alerting the owner and having the entire kingdom/city/ space station descend upon you with murderous rage
"But.... I just wanted to look at this fork, Mr. Guard person! It's so shiny and pretty! I can't go to the dungeon for nine months, I have to save the world!"
Oh man. I was trying so hard to play a completely good run on Skyrim. I accidently "stole" a log of firewood. No one saw me and I put it back immediately.
From that moment on I had a "1" next to my items stolen Stat and it drove me nuts.
Still salty about that lol
My grandparents listened to, and gave me old "The Shadow" radio show recordings which I loved. I could not have loved the silver shroud side quest more for what I'm assuming is its influence from it.
@@cefalu63 Will do, thank you.
My grandparents used to make me lose The Game.
I was kind of upset when i hogged tied the vampire in the rdr2, took him to the beach, and waited for hours for the sun to rise for nothing to happen.
Damn good one never thought of that it would be amazing if he would've burned up.
The Silver Shroud when mixed with the DLC The Automaton can get some really interesting lines when you encounter The Mechanist it is truly one hilarious and fun side mission and makes the game worth playing
I can confirm it. Also the Silver Shroud suit looks great.
A list about most emotionally healing moments in video games would be pretty interesting.
There's so many list about disturbing moments one about positive good for your psyche moments would be interesting.
a lot of "chrono trigger" would fall under that. most memorable for me was saving luca's mom
No Witcher 3??? A lot of those side quests were better written than some actual complete games. I couldn't even pick one because there are so many great ones.
Honorable mentions (although both are DLC and not just random side quests) to Lair of the Shadow Broker and Citadel from the Mass Effect series. Both are wonderful for very different reasons.
Sooo many great side quests in the Witcher 3! I absolutely agree! I know it's not much of a quest, but the frying pan quest at the beginning made me laugh quite a bit. It was just so unexpected! Lol 😆 Hard to choose a favorite, though.
GWENT!!!! I'm ashamed to admit multitudes of towns and villagers suffered while I went from town to town like a Crack fiend looking for my next card game.
Totally agree. The Blood Baron alone is better than a lot of complete games.
Top games that died instantly upon release
Thanks Jules. Made it a whole 2 and a half years without losing “The Game”. Cheers mate!
Great list! I was going to be upset that Wicked eyes and wicked hearts, from Dragon Age Inquisition wasn't on this list but then remembered that it is actually a main story mission. It is my favorite video game quest of all time.
My man, political intrigue is lovely, but that time limit sucked 😂
yeah that’s a super fun quest
That's actually my most hated quest ever. I love that game, but every time i try to replay it, when i get to that part i just dread it so much i stop playing.
I was hoping to see Kafei's sidequest in Majora's Mask. I don't wanna spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen it, but its a real emotional rollercoaster.
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Ten of the most ludonarratively dissonant games. For example:
Lara Croft murdering hundreds of people in gameplay, while being distraught in cutscenes.
Geralt decrying thieves and burglars in conversations, then stealing every potato, butter knife and candelabra from every peasants house in gameplay...
And, of course, the big one: dropping a quicksave as The Dragonborn then wiping out everyone in Whiterun for giggles, then reloading the game and carrying on as normal.
lara’s only distraught in the 2013 one right? after that she’s much more comfortable with killing
Man u have no idea how many times I have sold Ciri only to reload save and pretend to be best Dad
I remember these side quests from Mass Effect: Andromeda. They didn't seem like much, but if you pay attention, it really adds depth to the Kett. It's probably what they would have been if EA hadn't rushed them and meddling.
Honestly the sheer fact that you can just go to movie night with your crew...
Thank you so much for the love guys! Thank you Jules, James and James lovely lady whose name has left me atm. LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!
lenore, nameless here forever more.
Fun Fact - In default Oblivion theres a bug with Who Done It were if you kill someone with a melee weapon they never catch on, even if you do it in front of them.
I always liked replacing the sweetrolls on the table with poison apples. You can get around 2 or 3 of them that way.
Okami should have been here, the reveal at the end is basically that all those side-quests were actually part of the main quest. In short:
main quest: to defeat ultimate evil and regain all your lost god-powers
side quests: helping random people with god powers (like a firework maker, a little girl, etc)
Spoiler:
In the final battle there a cutscene where it shows all the random people you help praying for your victory, and its those prayers that give you power to finally defeat the bbeg
My good man. From the ground up is one of my favorite side quests in recent years. You get this sense of you’re helping building a new part of this scarred world. Once you complete it, it becomes a renewed sense of hope that drives you to beat Ganon. Something that I hope more Open World games have, help building a new part of the world.
Ghost of Tsushima’s character quest lines. The main story was amazing, but discovering each ally’s story and how the Mongolian invasion impacted their life beyond your own really made the experience of defeating the Mongols all the more powerful.
The Elder Scrolls: each game. It doesn't break the one per list if it's the whole series.
Just plain every Bethesda open world game could be on this list. Morrowind, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout 4, etc. The main quest of any of their games are nowhere near as good or interesting as the side stuff. The main quest in their games is always just an excuse to get you out there.
Probably the only one that does this right is New Vegas since many of the side quests feed into the resolution of the main quest, so it's less of a side quest than an extension of the main quest. Which is how side quests should always work. No surprise since it wasn't developed by Bethesda.
As someone who just finished mafia 3 and loads of the trophies didn't pop. Can we have a list of games where bugs or glitches prevent you from platinums or make game choices pointless
Thank you so much Jules for your last sentence you put in every video at the end
in these days of much sorrow they mean a lot and help me a lot
thank you so much
my favourite part of your videos always
Jules, thank you for the way you end your videos. We all need it sometimes. My suggestion is "Best remastered/remade/reimagined games"
The fact the card game from FF8 was not listed is an oversight!
I still want a video of every Jules’ one per lists. I’m sorry, I know I’m old, but his “your mum” jokes tickled me every time.
Whatever you guys are paying James, it isn't enough. 😂
i always love doing the masako tales in ghost of tsushima, so emotionally heavy and some proper fun fights! including that brilliant boss fight.
list idea: Games that had no right to be this good. Explanation: games that should have been (or appeared to be) by the numbers or cookie cutters that turned out to be awesome. Basically you had an expectation and this game blew it away.
Every time I hear about Elden Ring's ending makes it sound like the game was an elaborate dating simulator.
Why just why did you have to say those dreadful words 😭 it's been AGES sense I have lost the game I thought it was over 😭
I had completely forgotten about 'the game' for at least 5yrs. The moment you mentioned it I felt betrayed... Lol.
I can't agree more with Ranni's quest in Elden Ring. It just adds so much lore, takes you to so many places, gives you reasons to do things, and has several of the most memorable characters across the whole game. It feels like it was part of the main quest.
List Idea: Super Clever Rug Pulls in Games. (such as Bioshock’s Would You Kindly)
Longest games in Early Access (that actually got finished and not just abandoned).
Oblivion's "Who Done It?" quest was amazing. Absolutely hilarious fucking with the characters
Hey Jules you massive Legend
What about best hard to get to or secret areas in videogames to just hang out for some R&R
10 Video Game Side characters more powerful than the protagonist.
Speaking of content that feels mandatory: the loyalty missions in Mass Effect 2 are technically side quests. You are not required to do any of them (although skipping them will obviously have a dramatic effect in the finale), and they provide some of the best experiences in gaming. All of them are great, but I'd make special mention of Kasumi's heist and Samara's non-combat emotional gut-wrencher
I liked all of the loyalty missions throughout the series and how the consequences for doing them or even dialogue progresses to get you the true ending which with the remaster anthology was a lot less grindy then when I played them on the 360. The leviathan mission I also love as it felt less Sci fi inorganic horror and more I am a lovecraftian abomination that has existed far beyond the time you even know existed. I just ended up calling them cthulu pricks in my head over the years as i know the one we speak to is grandiose but I just immediately had the urge to have a dick measuring contest with him to say yeah well not many of you left huh maybe with some help you won't die out from this "tiny" being. I love how much of a dick we can make Shepard be though I'm usually paragon except for a couple or so moments .
List Idea: Absurd Hidden Endings in Games. (e.g. Wandersong’s Bad Ending)
I feel like we were missing the bloody baron quest line from the witcher 3 on this list
Guilty pleasure games people love (but they'd never admit it to their mates)
10 video game knockoffs that were actually pretty good
I had no idea how much i missed jazz , until i see her randomly in Tues your own adventure like an Easter egg , stay elegant and stay classy queen
Right?!
My fave is when she walked into shot and screamed and then it just cut away and didn't address it. xD
How about useless "Key" or "Quest" items/weapons in games.
In other words, items that is integral in the game, but once it has been used to complete the
quest, it becomes very useless for everyday or standard game/side quest use. But its there
in your inventory forever that you can use at anytime.
Keep up the great work.
Can you do “10 hardest weapons to obtain but wasn’t worth it”?
Video idea "The best video games players can beat in one day."
FROM THE GROUND UP IS MY FAVORITE SIDE QUEST OF ALL TIME
Tarry Town is amazing. Hope it's in part 2.
I'm 100% here for a Warriors remake. On 2nd thought, I'd love to see a Warriors movie sequel or prequel (still set in the 70s of course) also with either a new Warriors game tie in or the aforementioned remake.
Hey Jules!! What about bad guys or side characters more interesting than the “hero” character??
*thinks about Loghain from Fable 3 and DAO*
I'm here for the one per list, bring it back!
I have an idea : the most scariest enemies in video games
How about 8 "old games" that can give you a blast compared with modern games. By the way, Evolve Is back by weird shennanigans
I need a next gen remake of the warriors
I'm actually kind of surprised none of the Witcher 3 sidequests are in here. I mean the main quest is really good, but some of the sidequests are soooo much better.
Mass Effect 3: Citadel DLC
Fallout 3- Strictly Business
Saints Row 2- Septic Avenger
Saints Row 3- Tank Mayhem
Mass Effect 2- All Squadmates Loyalty Quests (they are optional so they count)
Shadow of War- Tribal Warbands & Showdowns
One Piece Pirate Warriors 3- The Dream Log
Valkyria Chronicles 4: Two Valkyria DLC
Destroy All Humans 2- The Arkvoodl Cult
South Park Stick of Truth- Jimbo's Hunting Quest
South Park The Fractured but Whole: Bring the Crunch DLC
Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves- Pirate Ship Challenge
I love every video you appear in, i love the content but i'm always expecting the end of the video just to hear your kind messages. I love how you motivate us to not give up and to appreciate the awesome small things in life. You always make me smile at the end, thank you.
Can you please do a list where we want two games to have a baby
Like.....
OUTLAST & SPLINTER CELL
or
HORIZON ZERO DAWN & SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS
P.s or you can do a list on trophies that drove you crazy like in devil May cry where you had to get the two spiders to jump on each other trying to do that one made me so angry lol
Uh, Jules? Yakuza is meant to be pronounced "Yah-koo-zah", not "Yuh-KOO-zuh"! Please say Japanese words correctly, it heavily bothers me whenever someone mispronounces Japan words, in (for lack of a better term) "white-man speak". You don't have to say it down to the accent of Japanese, but at least say the word correctly. This includes commonly mispronounced words like "Manga" and "Neko", which are meant to be pronounced "Mahn-gah" and "Neh-koh" respectfully. If I, one who only speaks full sentences in English, can say these commonly mispronounced Japanese words correctly, so can literally anyone can do so.
I feel like video games should be studied social scientists. It's amazing to me, how many varied opinion there are in video games - especially games like Fallout - where you might think you have the answer that is "UNDOUBTEDLY, 10,000% correct!" -- and then you check the online community & it's like: "Anyone who does this is an IDIOT!" 🤣
For me, the newest contender has to be the 8 Music Sheets in Stray's Ch4.
Just getting to chill for a while, while listening to a robot playing good tunes was just.....better than ANYTHING in a videogame so far lol
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Jules.....I love you.......but I fucking hate you. It's been 2 years since I've been out of The Game! 😠
✌️ Lol
SMT 3 Nocturne, the Labyrinth of Amala, the hard dungeon that offers really amazing demons, the chance to get either Raidou or Dante (FLIPPING DANTE FROM DMC), and the True Demon Ending
I got two ideas if you are interested.
1) Video Games Better Than Their Source Material. Looking at video games that are based on stories made in books, comics, TV shows, and movies that turned out better than their source material. Examples from the top of my head are the Witcher Serries, Warriors, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, and Batman Arkham Series (when compared to the Orginal DC Comics and not other source material).
2) Games We Were Surprised Were Bad, But In Highnsight Shouldn't Have Been. Looking at video games we were sure were going to be amazing but looking back, we should have been skeptical that it was any good. Anthem and Mass Effect Andromeda is a good example for a lot of people were super hype and sold extremely well before getting buyers remorse. Games that they should have been skeptical of when leaks of people leaving during development, lack of gameplay footage, wonky gameplay, and the tightening of information released to the public.
I still need a ONE PER LIST shirt. Lol.
Episode ideas:
1. Dead Franchises That Deserve a Resurrection (i.e. Legacy of Kain/Soul Reaver, Jak & Daxter, Parasite Eve, etc.)
2. The Best Games Based on Books (not film or TV)
JULEZ UR THE ABSOLUTE LEGEND MATE!
2 ideas for ya...
1. Best songs within video games ie one that sticks in my mind n I could listen to on a loop, is in the Witcher 3 when u enter a tavern to find a women (can't remember her name atm) and she sings and plays the ucalaley (sorry I realy can't spell but hope u got that lol) n it just blew me away the 1st time I heard it
2nd one is, music in video games that will get stuck in ur head for years... as any Final Fantasy fan will no.. for example in FF7 I can still hear clear as day the music when u go to plant ur 1st bomb then go into the fight n yeah both those tunes definitely stick in ur head forever lol
I may edit later to put actual names n places to make more sense 😅
like, the entire reason I bought Elden Ring 2 days ago on steam (and have only reached 56% download since I'm using phone hotspot for internet) is because I have seen a ton of Ranni artwork online and she is absolutely adorable~♥ I know I'm in for HELL since this will be my very first time playing this kind of game, but, hey, she's worth it xD
Top high difficulty modes that are just irritating.
My general annoyance on this is with RPGs especially Pathfinder where difficulty is basically accomplished by increasing numbers such that if you're not very good at navigating the spread-sheet to judge the exact build you need then "gameplay" is reduced to seeing if a 20 is rolled because suddenly all choice becomes meaningless.
They could opt to increase numbers of enemies. They could give enemies more powers. They could have the enemies use better AI protocols. Nope... none of that.
Increase HP, increase AC, increase Attack bonus, Increase Save DC, Increase Damage...and just watch the encounter become a boring, thoughtless, slot machine that may take 20-30 before you know whether or not you win.
Pretty much all of Skyrim
Skyrim main quest:
A dragon is alive
Go make a peace treaty to kill him
Dragon's dead, time to war
Skyrim side quests:
Deliver this letter to that town
Thanks for the latter, now kill a thief, on your way out, a basket need a plant
You killed the thief and got kidnapped by his comrades and need to break out
Oh look! The plant the baker asked for! You pick it up and
A tribe of cannibals set a trap, time to fight
And now to go back to the town and handle the quests, and a merchant have their packets stollen
What's was that about a letter? Oh right there's something about a way or a dragon before?
I spend more time side questing than anything else. I'm currently playing Skyrim through for the 20th time or so. I have all the add-on content.... so I have taken Miraak out already, Harkon is gonna get it soon, and I have most of the Daedric stuff done. All this before even meeting Delphine to retrieve the horn for the greybeards. Yup... every, damn, time. Side quests are awesome and I look for side quest kitty as soon as I get control. True story.
Stay golden Jules.
5:12 I love how this is actually canon. And I wouldn't have it any other way. Who _wouldn't_ want to get married to a cutie like Ranni?
Yeah the man and main faction quests in fallout 4 sucked. The main quest would have been better if it turned out you were actually a synth but it still wouldn't have been good. (Not to mention Boston has the Skyrim problem (somehow 90% of the population is raiders/bandits) I ended up mainly playing it for the side quests. It's funny Bethesda is great at building worlds but they suck at writing stories and quests.
Please please please give the overused 20 years ago ZOMBIES all the spite you can expiate. A dozen games every year: zombies. And no one talks about it. We all act like it's OK.
One assumes you're part of it if this is not addressed. Zombie.
Seeing this video while I do work, and noticing that James put a video of José Feliciano next to Jules. Now I cannot stop hearing his version of "Feliz Navidad" in my head. Merry Christmas to all!
The Scholia Arcana questline from Kingdom's of Amalur.
"Point me to another game with as much respect for the source material"
*ahem* Mad Max 2015 would like a word.
Do “times YOU failed to play accurate to lore” (ie neglecting mechanics to expand combo potential in DMC and not doing enough damage as a result, first order optimal strategy and/or thinking combos are free in Ninja Gaiden gives you a bayonet to the face, when you don’t pressure bosses hard enough in Sekiro and they regain posture)
Might have done this already but...
Games that were part of a franchise that should be their own.
Video game quests that kick you when you're down.
I submit for consideration the quest that Iji sends you on after you've completed most of Ranni's quest line. You know which one. My fiancée is crying now that I've told her about it.
Jules, you glorious Egg! Here's a list idea for you. Unlockable Playable Characters who are arguably more fun to play than the default character (like Vergil in the Devil May Cry series).
Precise moments in games where anything is possible.
For example, when you first leave the vault in Fallout 3. Yes, you have "your quest", but you finally realise it's up to you if you want to. Also, any level designer in a game, such as Trials.
Feel spoilt getting a birthday tues your own adventure, awesome one again guys
That bloody laugh from dark souls!! Jules, that was THE best impersonation!! About had me dieing with laughter!! 🤣🤣🤣
How about... 'Video Game Characters Which Would Never Be Created Today.' Like how cartoon characters such as Johnny Bravo would never be created today due to his attempts to woo women.
Another sidemission better than the base story would be:
Hildebrandt questline in Final Fantasy XIV (A Realm Reborn, aka 2.0).
It is almost as long as the base story and absolutely hilarious and a MUST play.
JRPGs to recommend to any American Style RPGers. For me the eye-openering JPGs include the Disgaea series, Chrono Cross and a lesser extent Pokémon and Wild Arms series.
I think one thing that should be focused on is games that are pretty much all side quests. Beautiful games but all there play is pretty much irrelevant to the main quest like most of the assassin Creed games like Odyssey where once you get to travel any quest takes you forever across the map every other quest or like fallout 4 after you discover who your son is where literally nothing matters besides side quest or main story I love good body to story but when it's so sleepy where everything else matters besides the main story it just doesn't feel like a game. I've noticed most RPGs do it even Skyrim, cyberpunk (still working though it) but games where the story is told through everything else other then the main story line.
The true beauty in "Vampire" in RDR2 is not to kill him. Tie him up, get him on horse (this can take a bit and horse does not want it), go to mini church away from city, somehow get him in church and drop on alter/cross... He dies - no shots fired.
Slight correction to LoZ BotW’s From the Ground Up; you’re not rebuilding a town, you’re helping build a whole new town from scratch.
RDR2 - Hamish, the one-legged civil war veteran has a few cool missions. I wouldn't say anything in the game is better than the main story, but those were some of the best side missions in the game.
suggestion: games ruined by with patches. diablo LOD comes to mind. i loved it in one of the 1.9 versions. then they updated it and killed single player offline. it became impossible for me to play the highest difficulty. could be that i wasn't using the ultimate cookie cutter builds. those weren't needed before that though. i had nearly maxed out a character before they patched. after that she got trounced even stepping foot in the third difficulty. where before she could handle bhaal. tried a few other builds and they all ended up the same way
I was playing Fallout 4, and I kept doing side missions, but there was something bugging me... Wasn't there something I was supposed to be doing? Oh Crap! The Kid!
Sorry Jules, I cannot in good conscience buy One Per List merch when you haven't been giving us One Per List goodness for literal years.
Hint, hint.
Video games based off movies with a lot of extra stuff to do- Scarface, The Godfather, Lord of the Rings 2 towers and Return Of the King, those are just a few off the top of my head
PS: I lost the game
Cyberpunk 2077. The side mission Dream On was like the cyberpunk genre personified and ran circles around the Main gigs.
Honestly I find the sidequests in Bethesda games more interesting than the main plots. Fallout 4 I was like 150 hours in and still hadn't bothered with my son. Im sure he's fine ;)