I think something Bricky might not realize is that when he compared it to a 2010s Call of Duty campaign, he was describing something people actively want again in 2024. There have been a bunch of editorials in the last couple years about “the 7/10 game” and why it’s good and why we don’t tend to see it much anymore. A game that feels like a throwback in that specific way actually appeals to people now. I think it mimics a similar feeling in movies right now. People miss mid-budget movies that might not have been huge blockbusters but were compelling and scrappy and entertaining, and we don’t get those much now because studios decided to bet big (and bet safe) on movies that cost 400 million dollars and go on to gross a billion. Same with games, ballooning budgets means less smaller games means less risks means a third-person shooter/brawler with a straightforward mission-based campaign is like a breath of fresh air all of a sudden!
I think the reason most people say they "love" the campaign is because the things it does well it does REALLY well, and so people remember them. But the things that are lame, people easily forget and move on from. Like when Titus passes out around the Artifact, yes, that is indeed a very bad and poor plot point that gets abandoned out of nowhere but until I saw your video, I'd completely forgotten about it. I was too busy remembering over and over how badass Dreadnought Dave was or Baneblade Bill's speech. I think that's why a lot of people finish the campaign and go "Wow that was amazing!" because they quickly and easily forgot all the bad parts
Strong disagree with the takes on SM2 being based on casuals vs loremasters. Been playing 40k and reading lore for nearly 25 years and I loved the game. My feeling is that its more a reflection of the gaming industry. People have been crying out for a well rounded concise story driven experience for a long time, and it hits the spot perfectly.
But it doesn't. The game actively fucks the lore by having unaided tactically behaving rubrics and everything it did with the tyranids (somehow tyranids get atmospheric reinforcements without a Ship or Harridan which proves either you did nothing to the ship further supported by the fact that we dont see the gargoyles fall out of the sky from the only synapse unit whose death does harm the swarm at large across the relative hemisphere of the planet its close to which is the Norn Queen with the primary/matured one being on the main invasion ship... so we didnt destroy it or we skipped months of combat in one fucking loading screen ride; Hive Tyrants have no effect on indstinctive behavior unless they are the only nearby synapse creature/will of the hive mind can be channeled across the galaxy to any individual synapse unit equally well and even lore side low presence/on tabletop non-synapse creatures like one-eye were used to dominate IB/feral gaunts and genestealers, a tyrant is the lynchpin for the actual warp powers being used/cast and immediate area tactics, but no actual effect on synapse; heavy spore seeding implies the jungles are already actually covered, so even if one assumes everything happens in less than 2-8 hours and there were hundreds of teams deploying the green gas fireworks the game lies about being virus bombs... which we know would take a fucking rhino or dread to carry/conceal and especially not the actual anti nid life eaters which are so large it cant be fully hidden even by a venerable dread, but at least it acknowledges its a temporary measure of a day to two at most, blowing up part of the city would do fucking nothing, there are nids out in the environment; killing synapse units only rarely causes any of the gaunts to swarm off/dig in, tho this last one could jsut be script jank).
I feel like a big part of balancing the equation is that even a mid 40k game has the gameplay first mentality that needs to be pushed more. It also has the atmosphere and spectacle that video games at large have been missing. The game punches above its weight because it's filling a huge void.
as cool as the lord of change was, I kind of wish it was all just Imurah being a Chad, use the excuse that the warp gate increase his powers and that’s why he’s so much more dangerous than the first encounter. Or just say he was toying with you in the first fight which might already have been doing
2:08:30 tbh I feel like you can make any type of content you want - it's just extremely enjoyable listening to you being passionate about something and that's the only thing that really matters in my opinion. I love listening to your lil' rants & hot takes while I just go about my day. Keep up the great work!
I find i agree nearly completely with both sides of the argument about the game. The narrative is basic, even if we ignore how in depth on LORE usage, the plot was straight forward and simple with mcguffins and loose threads. But it was FUN, it was 40k bolter porn. While Calgar is a bit duex ex machina, there was a significant part of the plot in trying to get word to him, we just didn't know a message got through. The squad is a mirror to the og game with gadriel being like leandros if he wasn't so stubborn in his opinions. Chairon could've been used more, especially due to his birth and such. Multiplayer is fun as fuck with surprising balance/counterplay depth despite how unfinished it is from a content point of view. Good game. Loved it. I keep playing it. There be problems, i see em and i want em gone. Fucking love this game.
Lore usage isnt in depth, its shallow and outright conflicting with actual canon for almost 66% of the center of the game. The final fucking line of almost every codex entry since nids got real lore at all in 3rd ed is that a Tyrants destruction has no effect/in no way diminishes the will of the hive mind across the invading swarms. Game meanwhile deus ex machinas offscreen in ops both a pointless nuke when the voiceover has the gall to say "no xenos detected" when there are nids still being killed (by chaos more so than you) till the near end AND that a single tyrants death somehow not only makes nids feral, but causes the level clear where a god damn bug dying miles away somehow instakills 3 carnifexes which werent even in its synapse coverage with fucking hundreds of warriors and zoans right there.
Your review video seemed to heavily critique the lack of KSons explanation. Both sides of the argument are valid as i kind agree with both simultaneously, but in your video i did NOT get the indication you liked the utter lack of explanation for them
I feel like you made some good points but were too harsh overall. Like yeah more story beats would be good, a better ending for the Tyranid part would be good but some of the stuff feels nitpicky Also yeah the sound mixing is ass
I think something Bricky might not realize is that when he compared it to a 2010s Call of Duty campaign, he was describing something people actively want again in 2024. There have been a bunch of editorials in the last couple years about “the 7/10 game” and why it’s good and why we don’t tend to see it much anymore. A game that feels like a throwback in that specific way actually appeals to people now.
I think it mimics a similar feeling in movies right now. People miss mid-budget movies that might not have been huge blockbusters but were compelling and scrappy and entertaining, and we don’t get those much now because studios decided to bet big (and bet safe) on movies that cost 400 million dollars and go on to gross a billion. Same with games, ballooning budgets means less smaller games means less risks means a third-person shooter/brawler with a straightforward mission-based campaign is like a breath of fresh air all of a sudden!
I think the reason most people say they "love" the campaign is because the things it does well it does REALLY well, and so people remember them. But the things that are lame, people easily forget and move on from.
Like when Titus passes out around the Artifact, yes, that is indeed a very bad and poor plot point that gets abandoned out of nowhere but until I saw your video, I'd completely forgotten about it. I was too busy remembering over and over how badass Dreadnought Dave was or Baneblade Bill's speech. I think that's why a lot of people finish the campaign and go "Wow that was amazing!" because they quickly and easily forgot all the bad parts
Strong disagree with the takes on SM2 being based on casuals vs loremasters. Been playing 40k and reading lore for nearly 25 years and I loved the game. My feeling is that its more a reflection of the gaming industry. People have been crying out for a well rounded concise story driven experience for a long time, and it hits the spot perfectly.
But it doesn't.
The game actively fucks the lore by having unaided tactically behaving rubrics and everything it did with the tyranids (somehow tyranids get atmospheric reinforcements without a Ship or Harridan which proves either you did nothing to the ship further supported by the fact that we dont see the gargoyles fall out of the sky from the only synapse unit whose death does harm the swarm at large across the relative hemisphere of the planet its close to which is the Norn Queen with the primary/matured one being on the main invasion ship... so we didnt destroy it or we skipped months of combat in one fucking loading screen ride; Hive Tyrants have no effect on indstinctive behavior unless they are the only nearby synapse creature/will of the hive mind can be channeled across the galaxy to any individual synapse unit equally well and even lore side low presence/on tabletop non-synapse creatures like one-eye were used to dominate IB/feral gaunts and genestealers, a tyrant is the lynchpin for the actual warp powers being used/cast and immediate area tactics, but no actual effect on synapse; heavy spore seeding implies the jungles are already actually covered, so even if one assumes everything happens in less than 2-8 hours and there were hundreds of teams deploying the green gas fireworks the game lies about being virus bombs... which we know would take a fucking rhino or dread to carry/conceal and especially not the actual anti nid life eaters which are so large it cant be fully hidden even by a venerable dread, but at least it acknowledges its a temporary measure of a day to two at most, blowing up part of the city would do fucking nothing, there are nids out in the environment; killing synapse units only rarely causes any of the gaunts to swarm off/dig in, tho this last one could jsut be script jank).
I’ve started learning warhammer 40k basically when adeptus ridiculous started and I’m just happy to see more 40k content honestly
I feel like a big part of balancing the equation is that even a mid 40k game has the gameplay first mentality that needs to be pushed more. It also has the atmosphere and spectacle that video games at large have been missing. The game punches above its weight because it's filling a huge void.
5:29 the brick is speaks
2:11:32 I love how this goober proves Bricky's point in the most precise manner.
Bricky hates pancakes confirmed.
Should have included Old One Eye fight Thousand Sons
as cool as the lord of change was, I kind of wish it was all just Imurah being a Chad, use the excuse that the warp gate increase his powers and that’s why he’s so much more dangerous than the first encounter. Or just say he was toying with you in the first fight which might already have been doing
I'm on the camp, that enjoyed the story, gameplay and such.
Of course the game isnt flawless, but still its confusing where the disconnect comes from.
2:08:30 tbh I feel like you can make any type of content you want - it's just extremely enjoyable listening to you being passionate about something and that's the only thing that really matters in my opinion. I love listening to your lil' rants & hot takes while I just go about my day. Keep up the great work!
I find i agree nearly completely with both sides of the argument about the game.
The narrative is basic, even if we ignore how in depth on LORE usage, the plot was straight forward and simple with mcguffins and loose threads. But it was FUN, it was 40k bolter porn. While Calgar is a bit duex ex machina, there was a significant part of the plot in trying to get word to him, we just didn't know a message got through.
The squad is a mirror to the og game with gadriel being like leandros if he wasn't so stubborn in his opinions. Chairon could've been used more, especially due to his birth and such.
Multiplayer is fun as fuck with surprising balance/counterplay depth despite how unfinished it is from a content point of view.
Good game. Loved it. I keep playing it. There be problems, i see em and i want em gone. Fucking love this game.
Lore usage isnt in depth, its shallow and outright conflicting with actual canon for almost 66% of the center of the game.
The final fucking line of almost every codex entry since nids got real lore at all in 3rd ed is that a Tyrants destruction has no effect/in no way diminishes the will of the hive mind across the invading swarms.
Game meanwhile deus ex machinas offscreen in ops both a pointless nuke when the voiceover has the gall to say "no xenos detected" when there are nids still being killed (by chaos more so than you) till the near end AND that a single tyrants death somehow not only makes nids feral, but causes the level clear where a god damn bug dying miles away somehow instakills 3 carnifexes which werent even in its synapse coverage with fucking hundreds of warriors and zoans right there.
Your review video seemed to heavily critique the lack of KSons explanation. Both sides of the argument are valid as i kind agree with both simultaneously, but in your video i did NOT get the indication you liked the utter lack of explanation for them
Yeah if you watch this right after the adric video it seems like he’s flip flopped a lot of takes after his community backlash.
i dont recall.. when did the jar wars end?
I want a "Angry marine" skin.
@1:35:00 Sounds too much like a fan-fic....
In a bad way
I feel like you made some good points but were too harsh overall. Like yeah more story beats would be good, a better ending for the Tyranid part would be good but some of the stuff feels nitpicky
Also yeah the sound mixing is ass
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