On this channel you find in-depth book focussed lore videos on Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. I also look into the languages and etymology of J. R. R. Tolkien's books and Tolkien related Films & Series.
Signature Content: - Lord of the Rings and Tolkien Lore - Language - Video essays
My name is Chris and I'm from Germany, but my content will be in English. Why Philosopher's Games? The name is a Metal Gear Solid reference - to the secret organization "The Philosophers" (the la-li-lu-le-lo).
Alright, I am buying Tales of the Shire as soon as it comes out. What if they release it in September for my birthday? Bilbo would be happy too. Looks cute and cozy as heck.
I think this game was launched half baked, and this trend really needs to stop.. I encountered a glitch where enemies were able to move around like they were in combat and you could see their health bars, but I couldn't damage them and they would not attack me.. I also observed the block button could just randomly stop working.. Hit boxes are bad in this game.. I personally think it should have spent more time in development.. I love most souls games, but this one would not have been, so bad if it also weren't for scalpers, who aren't even real players of this game, but they instead just buy the game to keep it out of the hands of gamers, and jack up the price.. Souls-like games that are not worth getting include: 1. tails of iron(no character stat development) 2. Blue fire(Boring Zelda clone, with Mario-like platforming) 3. eldest souls(terrible cheap boss rush) 4. atlas fallen(sand slider boredom) 5. Xuan Yuan sword 7(story driven game where you get mauled to death by a naked lion that crotch humps you to death, and no build variety) 6. scars above(enemies glitch out and regenerate when you damage them, no joke) 7. death's door(no weapon variety) 8. God fall(Online only even for single player) 9. Biomutant(beyond boring repetitive mission structure and condescending childish narrative, I glitched a game where you were supposed to lose to some bullies, I beat them and broke the game, no joke..) 10. Scarlet nexus(Too much of a anime soap opera, enough said) 11. Thymesia(mini bosses regenerate heath, and even permanent damage, whenever they want to, even through critically damaging strikes..) 12. Sekiro(glitch stuck between combat and non combat, and scalpers, see above) 13. Ghosts of Tsushima(heavily imbalanced open world sand box that follows a narrative that can be out of touch with how you play) Sekiro, Ghosts of Tsushima, and Thymesia are probably the best ones on my bad list.. 14. lies of p(purely moral grounds I love honesty and hate liars) WHY DO I FEEL LIKE I SOME SORT OF PLAY TESTER FOR THESE GAMES??? I am a Gamer, let me enjoy a game.. There are a lot of souls likes I like though: 1. demon's souls 2. dark souls 1,2,3 3. Bloodborne 4. Nioh 1 and 2 5. Dragon's dogma 6. remnant from the ashes, 1 and 2, and Chronos before the ashes 7. Dolmen 8. Mortal shell 9, Hellpoint 10. salt and sanctuary 11. blasphemous 12. Immortal unchained 13. surge 1 and 2 wait, there is more 14. Lords of the fallen 15. Death's gambit 16. Steel rising 17. Elden ring 18. king's field series 19. Asterigos curse of the stars 20. ghost song 21. Hollow knight Point is I could be here all day listing souls like games that I like.. Everyone has a preference.. I just don't like it when games shove game breaking glitches in my face, the way Sekiro did..
I dislike putting words in a dead man's mouth but i think Tolkien wouldn't be upset with this as a albeit terrible writer I always think up new things to add constantly. Who knows maybe ge would've added the ork hierarchy if he was alive.
Here is my strategy: Strength/faith build, dragonslayer greataxe +5. Survive the first phase by staying in front of his head like you said, try to bait his claw/bite attacks or run away if he is spitting fire. Second phase try to get his laser attack, avoid it by sprinting left of the initial laser and then sprint to the right of his head after to avoid explosion damage During the cooldown, smack him twice with the special attack. This will stagger him. Do a critical attack (hornet ring!). Likely his health pool melted away by then, requiring only a couple of hits at most to burn his remaining health.
I love Sekiro, because it's a challenge and the combat system is amazing. Dark Souls, Demon souls and Elden Ring are too easy. I still like them but they are not challenging and that's not even debatable. Sekiro is a breath of fresh air and tested me to my limits, and the gauntlet of strength - earning the Shura skin, was the icing on cake. Sorry you don't love this game but to me it's everything games should be...a challenge and an adventure!
I assume you mean after the One was destroyed? The RIngs were all bound to teh One Ring and use Sauron's "tech". So the other Rings lose their power. Here some quotes from Tolkien himself ^^ "Now the Elves made many rings; but secretly Sauron made One Ring to rule all the others, and their power was bound up with it, to be subject wholly to it and to last only so long as it too should last." (The Silmarillion) "Thus, as you will see, when the One goes, the last defenders of Highelven lore and beauty are shorn of power to hold back time, and depart." (Letter 144) Explicitly about the Three Rings: "Yet many voices were heard among the Elves foreboding that, if Sauron should come again, then either he would find the Ruling Ring that was lost, or at the best his enemies would discover it and destroy it; but in either chance the powers of the Three must then fail and all things maintained by them must fade, and so the Elves should pass into the twilight and the Dominion of Men begin." (The Silmarillion)
@ThePhilosophersGames yeah that's what I was asking. Thanks. Cause I'm confused why galadriel for instance didn't turn to dust when the one ring to rule them all was destroyed.
It's clear to me that Jenovah is or was intended to be the big bad. People always interpreted the story as having two villians, whereas if anyone plays the original game, it's evident there is only one villain masquerading as two. I align with your opinion the evidence to suggest Sephiroth is in control is quite sparse and poorly conveyed. I think Kelseymoser7576 is spot on the Ultimania explanation sounds like a retcon to capitalise on Sephiroth's popularity and potential angle for merchandise and marketability it also now creates a lot of plot holes/inconsistencies in the original game, no one cares about Jenovah what people vibe with is brooding man with samurai sword in a trenchcoat. Its now hurting the current franchise because they're currently trying to promote a villain who was probably never meant to be one he comes across as one dimensional,boring and annoying, which people are now seeing. If they don't do something different with Sephiroth in the final installament the remake/rebirth compliation will be considered a failure by many fans.
I think if the Blue Wizards had fallen to the corruption of Sauron, they would have appeared in the War of the Ring. I doubt Sauron would have had 2 Maiar at his disposal and simply not used them or just used them to gather recruits in the East. For me, the Blue Wizards likely failed in a similar manner to Radagast. Perhaps they became obsessed with gaining magical lore and knowledge to the detriment of their mission or fell in love with the animals and fauna of the east. The cults they started when they were still pursuing their true mission continued on even after the Blue Wizards ceased being a threat to Sauron.
I am making this comment before watching. Sekiro's main problem, in my eyes, is that there is always a right answer in combat. In the Souls games, you can dodge, block, strafe, parry, cast a spell, build yourself to tank a hit, ect. In Sekiro, you must jump the sweeps, counter the stabs, and deflect everything else. There are no options. There is always a right answer rather than a host of different potential answers, some of which are better and some worse. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Knowing the available options, Fromsoft was able to tune the bosses very tightly, many of which were masterpieces because of that. At the same time, limiting how players approach a boss takes some of the fun out of it. Sekiro is an incredibly well-made game, but this flaw makes it the least fun of Fromsoft's games for me personally. Edit After Watching: You took the words right out of my mouth. I also hate the fact that your sword hits like a feather.
Sorry to hear 😥 I can't change my voice though, so I can't really do much here. The delivery though is something I can improve. Maybe I already did over the years. Though it's a critique I rarely (basically never) get for my videos.
Looking at just og FF7, its obvious that the main villain is Jenova and that the Jenova or Hybrid theory with Jenova leading was true. FF7 is a story about Life and death Sephiroth doesn't really have anything to do with that, Sephiroth is a boy who was lied to his entire life and couldn't take the truth, while Jenova is a monster that denies and doesn't take part in the natural cycle of life and death using the dead and using cells to live forever, everything in the game is because of Jenova, Jenova is a virus on Gaia Sephiroth is just the puppet being used because he is strong and has alot of Jenova cells. Sephiroth is a parallel to Cloud Cloud and Sephiroth were both puppets, being influenced, used, and manipulated by others exactly Jenova, the difference is what happens afterwards Cloud confirms his humanity while Sephiroth falls more and more into a puppet to the point where he doesn't even talk to Cloud for Bizzaro and Safer Sephiroth Sephiroth also contrast Aerith, one is a child of the ancient and the other a child of a monster, their values and desires are the complete opposite of each others but just like Cloud, Aerith makes her own decisions and becomes apart of the planet while Sephiroth is manipulated all the way through until the end. I believe that either Sephiroth is nothing more then a puppet that Jenova pretends is still alive Or Sephiroth isn't in control not even close since Jenova didn't know Cloud was. That means that Sephiroth memories weren't being used. Maybe Sephiroth was unconscious in the ice but Jenova could access his memories but didn't before meeting Cloud and after all the only purpose in keeping Sephiroth alive at all is so he could use the black materia since I believe remember Jenova couldn't use it right? Sephiroth isn't this cool guy that the game wants you to believe, he loses to a 16 year old failed soilder Sephiroth also puts Jenova above him as his mother, he listens, he obeys her, showing the player who the leader is. You kinda start feeling bad for Sephiroth, Hojo saw him as only a experiment and Jenova only saw him as a puppet.
My guess is that the majority of Dwarf Houses settled in the Red Mountains and Sauron would have been easily able to gift them rings from there being much further east, plus they may not have known about the war to recover the rings yet and Sauron likely came to them in a disguise. Perhaps Celebrimbor did gift a ring to Durin III as Sauron was bearing down on him with his armies as a way to hide it. Maybe Sauron learned of this later and thats what compelled him to gift the 6 other rings to the other dwarf kings.
The nazgul prison may have been my favorite "doesn't make sense" scene of all time. Like, it is inconsistent with the books and story, but it looks so cool. The only thing I could imagine is that Sauron or his other servants put them in there.
Thanks for this excellent video. I've been trying to read The Silmarillium, but I keep having trouble trying to keep track of all the different names. (I'm already bad at remembering names in real life; it is even harder for me in a book.) Videos like this have really helped me understand what is going on.
I didn't have a problem with Sauron being cut down by Adar and still being able to take a fair form. (tho to be fair I have much bigger problems with RoP's plotlines lol) I'd have to re watch some of s1 to get his exact wording but I think he may say he cut him in two or something like that. Sauron being drowned along with Numenor by Eru feels much more traumatic to Sauron's physical form to me as it would seem like he'd have to completely abandon it compared to whatever happened to him prior to the events of s1 by Adar. But maybe we'll see if they do do a flash back to the Sauron / Adar confrontation
Yeah. It wasn't so much of a "drowning" of Numenor in my head, but a total cataclysmic destruction: Eru bends the world and reshapes it into a globe, and I imagine Numenor was right on the fracture point, so I see earthquakes, rock-slides and pyroclastics also, meaning Sauron (and everyone else on land) being utterly smashed to bits. I'd struggle to take fair form again after THAT!
This is an old video, so I don't know if you check comments, but a couple things worth noting: 1) Inspiration for the villain of FFVII, according to Kitase, originally came from Jaws, and was supposed to be eerie/lurk in the shadows and not appear until later, so really cool scenes like the assassination of Shinra became part of this. However, because Sephiroth became so iconic and intrinsically tied to FFVII as a brand, he became promoted and widely used so much in compilation content, so he loses that element in much of the expanded content including Remake. 2) The development and story of VII changed radically when the mother of original FF creator Sakaguchi died durinf development. They used the story to talk more about permanence/pointlessness of death. As a result, it's hard to say if other elements and themes changed halfway through. Also Sakaguchi left Square well before the release of FFVII Ultimania, which reveals that Sephiroth being the puppet master is cannon. Nomura has been given director control of much of the compilation as well, and since he was the character designer and not director or a writer of the original game, it's hard to say if creative interpretations remain consistent. As such, I believe it's very possible with the combination of staff changes and the rise of Sephiroth's popularity as a brand that Jenova was supposed to be the original mastermind and the retcon of the Ultimania and extended VII content upgraded Sephiroth's role to capitalize on his popularity. Sephiroth as mastermind sells more merch is the most cynical take, I suppose.
I didn’t watch Season 1. Reviews from you, MOTW and Tolkien Untangled confirmed that was a good decision. My hopes for Season 2 are already in the gutter, but I’ll be watching reviews as they come out just in case a miracle happens, however unlikely 😂
@@ThePhilosophersGamesYep, that’s my…philosophy! 😂 I’m not particularly happy with what they’ve done with it, so simply not watching it. I’m highly annoyed with Amazon, sure, but it stops there. If other people like it and choose to watch it, that’s none of my business.
"...before I have to deal with this again!" I think that says more than anything... Hope for a later date for a LotR Movie? never... but it is just RoP...
Watching this made me think even more that the vompilation butchered the game. And no. We will never have a clear answer. They will milk it like they do with the shiping wars. The best scenario for me is that og ff7 is a TOTAL tragedy. With hero and the villain being not really that.
If they’re going to add Gandalf in the second age then why not add Beren and Luthien or Turon in the second age. It wouldn’t make sense but hell Amazon doesn’t seem to care about timelines 😂
It's an editing mistake. Something went wrong, so the text layer was applied to the wrong text element. And now all pictures where I gave Kimperly80 credits have also this Nowë text in them. It was late, I was tired, sorry 😅
@@ThePhilosophersGames Your work as a passionate fan, literary researcher, and presenter is outstanding :-) Von demher finde ich diesen "Fehler" ziemlich lustig und er steigert eher noch den Wert des Videos ^^
