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In-depth analysis and opinion pieces on games, their designs and their narratives.
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Alan Wake: Finding the Good Within the Bad
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Комментарии
@FeviviViper
@FeviviViper 12 часов назад
Love the video! Would really love to know what your build is? I’m wanting to run the 2 backwards blades as well!
@MidlifeCrisisJoe
@MidlifeCrisisJoe 12 часов назад
Eh. It's not a big deal. The talented people will move to independent/smaller studios who make good indie or AA games. AAA will only be filled with yes men and the untalented people who lack any sense of independence and they will produce slop no one will buy. The AA will gain acclaim and talent and become the AAA studios of the next gen, and the cycle will begin again.
@nicholasnebiker9445
@nicholasnebiker9445 14 часов назад
So pumped for this. When I can get to it in three weeks 😂
@toomuchsugar3960
@toomuchsugar3960 16 часов назад
I played Elden Ring before ds1, and after completing both, ds1 is one of my favorite games. It's truely a masterpiece.
@titusg4247
@titusg4247 19 часов назад
Ubisoft etc screaming into their pillows because a DLC for £30 reviews so much better than any game they've released in years (or ever).
@titusg4247
@titusg4247 19 часов назад
Shadow of the DLC (get it, because it's big)..... I am in great pain.
@Passageofsky
@Passageofsky 19 часов назад
Bethesda dlc sells gun for $7:00, adds lame questline... Todd Howard: "We've gone the extra mile" Fromsoft ware dlc is full game the quality of Elden Ring... Miyazaki:
@eduardobenassi3072
@eduardobenassi3072 20 часов назад
What a time to be alive, gentlemen.
@nistic2
@nistic2 День назад
The writing in this review is absolutely top notch. Definitely painted a picture
@evolancer211
@evolancer211 День назад
I know you're embargoed, but couldn't you talk to others who were given early access? Since you and other have the early access, I think you would be able to talk to them since nothing is getting to the outside world.
@cam-inf-4w5
@cam-inf-4w5 День назад
The fact that you can have s3x with animals in baldurs gate means i will not be buying it. "But its not an animal bro! Its just your druid form blah blah" Stfu idc. Its plot armor for beastiality that simple. Just like the little anime girls whos head is half the size of their body but in the story theyre adults YEA OKAY 👌
@thijs6439
@thijs6439 День назад
1 day boys, one day
@cam-inf-4w5
@cam-inf-4w5 День назад
Its bc graphics and screenshots are marketable. You cant market a great story and characters unless people play the game. But then you get long term wealth. But everyone else polishes their turds shinier than your diamond in the rough. Just like dating lol. Theyre trying to sell you a game, not make a good game that would sell well. Their best foot forward and a closet full of bullsht meanwhile the honest one showing its faults on day one but having so many gems to offer in the closet never gets seen. Then no one makes money cuz we either just sadly give up on gaming or we go back to the 90s and 2000s Literally, GAME OVER Or continue? Theres no winning A slow sad death
@cam-inf-4w5
@cam-inf-4w5 День назад
Funny how this is what happens when you "trust the professionals"
@cam-inf-4w5
@cam-inf-4w5 День назад
....Sony...makes characters, and stories, and good game play. "As is" game trailers that deliver everything they say. Any random footage of a playstation game can be a trailer bc of its consistent quality. Xbox....makes good trailers to cherry pick only the good parts of a game for marketing. When if they just used that effort to actually make a good game they wouldn't have to try at all making a game trailer trying to sell it. Whats really sad is nowadays the line between audience and studio is very very short and open. People literally tell you what they want, what games they like and what you did wrong. Microsoft is like "nah lets just keep doing the same sht over and over" Sony is like "nah lets just keep doing the same sht over and over" but in a good way lol. And i dont even like todays Sony games. Im just saying non bias what is working, and what is not.
@WritingOnGames
@WritingOnGames День назад
One thing I'll note here-I didn't really talk to anyone about the Blessings pre-embargo so I didn't really get a sense of how other people were viewing them. I make the point in the video that I didn't feel like they made much difference, but looking at other people's videos where they run the numbers, my initial gut feeling just doesn't seem to bear out and they appear to be, in fact, very important indeed. My apologies!
@babasbobos2397
@babasbobos2397 День назад
I love your accent man
@MrKamylow
@MrKamylow День назад
Kudos for trying so hard to be spoilers free as possible while your voice says it all. Cheers.
@ArtistMarkFlynn
@ArtistMarkFlynn День назад
*cries in I still need to beat Mohg*
@Stuwi
@Stuwi День назад
I find it hard to agree with the scadutree blessings being useless. FightinCowboy showed his character going 745 attack rating and 35% damage negation to 1430 AR and 68% negation with the blessings.
@WritingOnGames
@WritingOnGames День назад
That's fine, in terms of the numbers I seem to be totally wrong on this. I guess I just didn't *feel* like they made much difference at all to the outcome of battles, and I got both the blessing levels pretty high
@DionPanday
@DionPanday День назад
I’ll wait for a price drop
@lottin3877
@lottin3877 14 часов назад
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.
@DionPanday
@DionPanday 14 часов назад
@@lottin3877 bro doesn’t know how to communicate in words
@CozyCoffeeLofi
@CozyCoffeeLofi День назад
Thats amazing , 2 more days and cant wait already!!! <3
@champion3760
@champion3760 День назад
Man I made so many characters in prep for the DLC I decided today I’d make another and I realised how burned out I am. Fuck 😂 I’m sure the DLC will fix that
@robertwhiteley-yv1sy
@robertwhiteley-yv1sy День назад
I would bet that the final boss is miquella and he/she is a bit naughty.
@ZeroFanfare
@ZeroFanfare День назад
There’s 3 final bosses you find along 3 paths. Prepare for disappointment for the Miquella one, it looks so janky I thought I was watching footage of a work in progress mod.
@somersaultinggiraffe1901
@somersaultinggiraffe1901 День назад
​@@ZeroFanfareno fucking way there isnt a true final boss
@glucky9046
@glucky9046 День назад
FROMSOFT DON'T EVER MISS
@ZeroFanfare
@ZeroFanfare День назад
They’ve been making games since the 90’s, they have their fair share of misses lmfao. Don’t let hype blind you.
@the_seer_0421
@the_seer_0421 17 часов назад
Dark souls 2.
@dighad3824
@dighad3824 День назад
hell yeah button | V
@lex7089
@lex7089 День назад
I don't know if you'll see this but can you get at least weapon from the new weapons class early on? Great video btw 😊
@WritingOnGames
@WritingOnGames День назад
I seem to remember picking up a fair few of the new weapons pretty early on. Still finding new ones though
@lex7089
@lex7089 День назад
@@WritingOnGames awesome thank you!
@FellTreeZ
@FellTreeZ 2 дня назад
It's an expansion, so it makes sense that its as big as it is
@marinalexanduradu7384
@marinalexanduradu7384 2 дня назад
the final boss is miquella isnt it
@ZeroFanfare
@ZeroFanfare День назад
There are 3 final bosses, you find them on different paths.
@TheVictorio
@TheVictorio 2 дня назад
Totally looks like dark souls, which i like. Especially with the black knights.
@Gilarack
@Gilarack 2 дня назад
I have not even looked at the screen during this review. This is how blind I want to go into all of this.
@WritingOnGames
@WritingOnGames День назад
Totally understandable! I'm sure you will have a blast.
@user-ql8es2zs6p
@user-ql8es2zs6p 2 дня назад
Walking into this as a lvl 300 str/dex build hope I’ll be okay 😂
@Kyubi268
@Kyubi268 2 дня назад
WAIT BRO, WERE YOU USING THE FUCKING LION'S HEAD?
@DionPanday
@DionPanday День назад
No he was using a glock
@Kyubi268
@Kyubi268 День назад
@@DionPanday WAIT, THEY ADDED GLOCKS??
@the_seer_0421
@the_seer_0421 17 часов назад
​​@@Kyubi268yes, it's the new meta. Deletes bosses like crazy.
@martinblake2278
@martinblake2278 2 дня назад
5000 plus hours spent on the original game. Maidenless mode is back.
@DionPanday
@DionPanday День назад
Jesus touch grass and get a girlfriend
@travisspazz1624
@travisspazz1624 2 дня назад
If they didn't want you to use the mimic tear then they wouldn't put it in the game. 🙂
@soo3543
@soo3543 2 дня назад
still lame
@Chris-sm2uj
@Chris-sm2uj 2 дня назад
@@soo3543 don't use it then
@champion3760
@champion3760 День назад
@@soo3543almost as lame as someone deciding FOR you how to play. You’re lame
@ZeroFanfare
@ZeroFanfare День назад
And people will still brag that they beat Elden Ring, got achievements, even after being carried by summons/mimic tear.
@gogongagis3395
@gogongagis3395 День назад
@@ZeroFanfare because … they did?
@Thor-Orion
@Thor-Orion 2 дня назад
AA coming to save the day!
@Kawaiijihad
@Kawaiijihad 2 дня назад
I'm still bussin nuts to this even as a 24 year veteran (no specific favorite, I love all of them, haven't gotten to play fires of Rubicon)
@12gagegaming43
@12gagegaming43 2 дня назад
Bro has zero drip, the rest of the video is cool and all but that fashion souls is painful.
@the_seer_0421
@the_seer_0421 17 часов назад
Nah he looked cool
@DainLaguna
@DainLaguna 2 дня назад
Hearing you address the fact that Contant creation has really stolen away some of the magic that people playing the first dark souls game, for example, experience before giant wikis were a thing is so refreshing. Very excited for this.
@DionPanday
@DionPanday День назад
But but I need my Vaati vidya 😢
@ZeroFanfare
@ZeroFanfare День назад
We have had giant wikis since Demon’s Souls in 2009. Doesn’t anybody fact check anymore? From games have always been community efforts, that’s one of their strengths.
@KABLAMMATS
@KABLAMMATS День назад
Thank god i have memories of gold fish
@Moss_and_Such
@Moss_and_Such 2 дня назад
I’m not much of a spirit ash guy, but summoning a mimic tear with a stacked martial arts monk build against Godfrey sounds like a dream.
@happytree8387
@happytree8387 День назад
First thing I thought of when I saw kung fu was throwing hands with Godfrey
@wheelchazeal8089
@wheelchazeal8089 День назад
Shadow clone mode
@jordan9503
@jordan9503 2 дня назад
was st trina present in any substantial degree ? also did you notice any tailsman/weapons that are sleep focused?
@sfwreaths1
@sfwreaths1 2 дня назад
You re in for a treat
@fili0938
@fili0938 День назад
St Trina is Miquella dude. We've known that for a while
@jordan9503
@jordan9503 День назад
@@sfwreaths1 how so?
@sfwreaths1
@sfwreaths1 День назад
@@jordan9503 there is a questline about St Trina with an amazing final boss Just 1 day more pal
@beansnrice321
@beansnrice321 2 дня назад
Woo! New Londo is one of my fav areas in all of their games. =)
@lemonaidebey6190
@lemonaidebey6190 2 дня назад
Soulstorm should have been a standalone game. The story deviates soooooo much from part 2, I don't know how it could be called a remake. The best thing soulstorm did was not have fleeches in the game. I hate those things so much. But there are things that make soulstorm kind of inadequate after finishing the game and thinking about the experience. The game was fun but the story is lacking and idc for the redesign of all the characters. Why in modern remakes and reimagines, characters are always re-touched and modified. It's ridiculous. Every other critique in this video I agree with. I noticed also with modern remakes and reimagine the darkness and creepiness of the old game goes missing. The new versions are always extra bright. Idc for it
@jt-kn2vn
@jt-kn2vn 2 дня назад
Yeaa im gonna love trying new spells and perfumes
@DionPanday
@DionPanday День назад
Fromsoft fans should definitely try some perfume
@DechCJC
@DechCJC 2 дня назад
Can't believe it's looking to be this large. It was said to be "a little larger than Limgrave" - This looks WAY bigger than just Limgrave from the couple videos I've skimmed through. Is there any actual comparison available? Also can't believe this is the first weekend in forever that I have to work, fuck my life.
@suru2915
@suru2915 2 дня назад
From what other ppl have said it seems be much more vertical in its design
@WritingOnGames
@WritingOnGames День назад
I am absolutely chomping at the bit for a full comparison to other maps in the series. It's definitely waaay bigger than Limgrave
@njsteere
@njsteere День назад
The word from other reviewers is that it’s not big in the horizontal plane, but loads of verticality and super dense.
@sega62s
@sega62s 2 дня назад
How did he not miss saliva after talking non stop? 😂 Great areas shown here ❤
@lafayettefrancois178
@lafayettefrancois178 2 дня назад
The 'git gud' crowd can absolutely go kick rocks. Mimic tear gang strong.
@markroyds23
@markroyds23 День назад
I'm to late for mimic tear. I've got to far in the game and now I can't get it 🫤
@champion3760
@champion3760 День назад
Fuck yeah dude, I’m gonna make a dope martial arts combo and beat tf out of bosses with my mimic tear. I played through the entire base game without it and I’m gonna get back that lost time 😂
@ZeroFanfare
@ZeroFanfare День назад
Team git gud, checking in. Hope you’ve been practicing!
@Ultradocker
@Ultradocker 21 час назад
@@markroyds23 huh? You can always get it. It's in a chest in nokstella. But there are better summons anyways. Black knife tiche. Don't know why people are so stuck on the mimic summon which got nerfed anyways.
@DigitalHaze65536
@DigitalHaze65536 18 часов назад
@@Ultradocker What gear do you use? The way to use Mimic is to be a tank build. Give him a way to heal and look out. He's aggressive and if given proper gear, is a bit better than Dung Eater. I find Tiche hit and miss, if used properly, Mimic is consistently good.
@alflobitoskate
@alflobitoskate 2 дня назад
i need it right now ,just a few days left but holy shit im guessing this is how crackheads feel
@DionPanday
@DionPanday День назад
Comparing yourself to a crackhead is certainly a choice
@ZeroFanfare
@ZeroFanfare 2 дня назад
lmfao the hype is making people think it's bigger than a full game, that's amazing.
@TheUcHiHaMaD
@TheUcHiHaMaD 2 дня назад
Except the average playthrough time for the reviewers was 20ish hours so it literally is bigger than most games.
@ZeroFanfare
@ZeroFanfare 2 дня назад
@@TheUcHiHaMaD I mean you can make it last as little or as long as you want, kind of a moot point.
@skoop4477
@skoop4477 2 дня назад
it is bigger than dark souls 3
@ZeroFanfare
@ZeroFanfare 2 дня назад
@@skoop4477 With the amount of copy/pasted bosses, I'm not sure that's a good thing.
@WritingOnGames
@WritingOnGames День назад
​@@ZeroFanfare...as you can do with literally any game? What's your point?
@Silfchaser
@Silfchaser 2 дня назад
Miyazaki said that in the dlc are bosses equal to Malenia is that true ?
@soo3543
@soo3543 2 дня назад
most likely, fromsoft dlcs always got the hardest bosses
@ZeroFanfare
@ZeroFanfare День назад
Malenia will still be the hardest boss for most people. Messmer was a push over, shown in the leaked footage. He is just very tanky, with around 20k hp. Still less than some base-game bosses. I think the difficulty will be made by how many of those scaleable items you find.
@soo3543
@soo3543 День назад
@@ZeroFanfare messmer isnt the only boss in the dlc
@ZeroFanfare
@ZeroFanfare День назад
@@soo3543 I brought that one up because that was the boss everyone expected to be harder than Malenia, and he isn't. The DLC adds 40 bosses, I know that already. Thanks for your valuable input.
@soo3543
@soo3543 День назад
@@ZeroFanfare im sure you knew, i didnt mean bad at all, i meant that theres plenty of room for other super difficult bosses