Fixing Anthem's boring mechs with ballsy design 

The problem with this video is that it assumes the viewer isn't on board with the idea from the beginning.

the dissonance between what I thought this video would be about based on the title versus what it was ACTUALLY about whiplashed me into 2017

Please keep leaning hard into the weirdness like this, it's exactly the kind of thing I want from Polygon and something that has felt all too scarce for most of the past year

This video was much more thoughtful than I expected it to be

"make it uncomfortably sexy" This whole video is basically explaining Warframe!

I need you to understand that this is why I'm subscribed

I was ready to find Pat guilty for thought crimes at the beginning but god damn it if he didn't state his case by the end.

I thought I was getting into a garbage fire, it turned into an actual good analysis of mediocre design.

Only Patrick Gill has the balls to take on gaming’s toughest problems, because he buys them wholesale.

To this very day, I still remember the four-katana-wielding long-necked green robot, the truck-nuts-swangin' behemoth, and the barefoot cowboy bot. Pat's reimaginings stuck like glue, and his point is still proven two and a half years later. The wispy blonde guy slips my memory tho. We can't always win

why would you say something so controvertial yet so brave?

Memories are indeed stored in the ass.

Despite this video being a joke it actually brings up a lot of good points

“You’ll agree with me” is such a powerful phrase

I'm so happy I participated in telling Pat he is the wisest gamer

In about a week EA will release the Trucknuts DLC so you can download the left and right nuts separately for $2.99 each.

I came for a truck nutz joke but actually found a thoughtful video essay on the essentials of game character design...and a truck nutz joke

Pat doing serious videos is such a trap

Hideo Kojima is the only man brave enough to tell the tale of the butts that won the Cold War.

I completely forgot that this game existed

Whenever someone tells me about anthem I think of the trailer at e3 a couple of years ago where the entire time I was watching it I was trying to figure out which game it was a sequel of. I knew it had to be one, but I couldn't tell if Modern Warfare went into space, Halo got jetpacks, Destiny got more action, or Warframe got less. The game just feels so incredibly generic and I haven't heard anyone say anything about the game other than that they are going to play it.

yo i never thought about the truck nuts philosophy. making something so exaggerated or ridiculous that it stands out helps characters become memorable/iconic.

i mean yea, i cant think of a reason that i would remember anthem for, but if they had truck nuts then itd be like, oh yea! the game with the truck nuts! look at red dead 2, they gave those horses nut technology to make them shrink in the cold, rockstar didnt need to do that but they did and i will remember it for all times

"It's Helvetica" sweet typography burn 😂

Damnit Kojima did not *give* Raiden a shapely ass in MGS4, he already had one! Don't you see!!! The power (of a shapely ass) was within him the whole time. It's within us all

Yup, they would be awesome to have, just swingin round in battle.

first i thought it was just a joke, then i thought there was no way you'd convince me, and yet here we are... truly the wisest of gamers

The worst part of this whole thing is that Pat is correct.

The sudden realization that he just described what i like about the design of Warframes...

This is the only kind of games journalism i can bring myself to care about anymore

Honestly, those final mech designs (with a little work) are honestly pretty amazing.

Educational, weird, hilarious. This is the Good Polygon Content TM.

Ive always said that Snake and Big Boss are the only two characters in existence who can rock a mullet.

Nothing says big, iconic, and uncomfortably sexy like New World Symphony

I love how this is absolutely ridiculous but actually makes a good point. Also this video is definitely uncomfortably sexy.

Cloud was a big dork who wasn't afraid to cross dress for justice

Polygon is the only video game website worth looking at

I know this is more or less a meme-y video but there really is truth to the underlying points he's making even if the points themselves end up in...interesting places lmao

"It needs truck nuts" *They hated him because he spoke the truth*

Pat has a point I forget Anthem exists all the time but i'll never forget about pat's truck nuts essay.

Whenever I feel down I'll rewatch pat's extreme essay videos

agreed pat, archetypes aren’t inherently bad in storytelling but when you’re afraid to break the mold, we run the risk of creating generic science fiction stories with a lot of familiar visual elements in games.

Nothing makes me happier than pausing a video 30 secs in, rotating to portrait, giving a thumbs up, then back to landscape to continue.

I love how you described that using white male comedians. Because, look, as a person who's partially white and also a fan of some of the mentioned guys, I DO sometimes have a hard time remembering who's who amongst them just because of how saturated the comedy scene is with men who are white. They stop standing out. Just like generic human shaped mechs with bright colours stop standing out in anthem. Nothing's individually wrong with them being a human shaped mech with bright colours but once they're all together...which is which again? Such a clever way of describing it! Never would have thought of it myself!

The new Storm alone should be enough of a selling point. I mean who wouldn't want to play a futuristic fps as David Bowie

Hey Patrick, big fan, this video put my brain in a hell dumpster, which is a dumpster one would find in hell, and locked it.

7:49 i fully disagree; you stopped at about 10% david bowie's goblin king you should've gone up to 60% at least, preferably with bell bottom pants very tight around the crotch area

im screaming but you’re right

The pings in this video sound way too much like the ping sound in Slack and I thought my boss was DMing me for stuff. So this is the best horror movie of 2019 10/10

Deciding whether to use my work email to forward this to all the art directors I know is today's final boss.

I know the truck nuts were a good shocking joke, but the bare feet really caught me off guard in the best way

This is it. The perfect culmination of the two warring halves of Polygon video content, the peace child of the studious, academic, informative video game content videos, and the weird, unraveled, ever thirsty content that many love you guys for. A hard breakdown and visual analysis of a boring game, and a strong case for putting truck nutz on robots.

I came here for the truck nuts

Goddamnit I love you Patrick.

it made me genuinely really happy when i realized my newest d&d character already follows the Three Lessons

I actually unironically love the 4 katanas

I just realised that all these points are fulfilled in warframe. Especially the sexy part. Yeah.

Polygon: "mechs with ballsy design" me: ...truck nuts 2

Full-time Mads Nicholson fan is the most perfect way to describe Kojima, that I have ever heard... Brilliant. 15/10

The Brian David Energy on this is very strong

I was watching this in my living room and stood up and yelled, “PAT WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?” Then I learned and I accept it

"make it uncomfortably sexy" surprised you didn't bring up the Warframes from Warframe

So glad there are still great videos like this that I haven't seen

One of your best videos yet. Loved the mix of funny and thoughtful, great work!

this is one of the best videos polygon has ever made

when you said "ballsy" in the description you weren't messing around.

PATRICK THIS IS SO GOOD. I'M SO GLAD TO SEE HIM DOING HIS OWN VIDEOS (I'm sorry if he's been doing them before and I just missed them)

Pat's whole aesthetic is never quite knowing how much he's kidding, and it's great.

These are actually some solid character design tips.

I was already agreeing, when we got to Kojima I signed the petition and I don't even know what Anthem is

You are the most qualified and wisest gamer ever born

You turned that blue guy into David Bowie in The Labrynth.

One of Pat's coworkers should affix some Truck Nuts to his car and see how long it takes him to notice.

Pat Gill aka The Solomon of Games

This worked too well because now i think of this video every time I'm reminded of anthem

**two trucks plays eerily in the background**

Ahh, finally the pay off for that "wisest gamer" tweet.

Speaking of defining characteristics, you and Brian both have hairstyles that swoop out real far on the right. I think that's just poor character design from Polygon /s Love you guys and all you do! Keep up the great work!

Thank you, so very much, Pat Gill. My fave Polygon video from last 9months.

This is still one of my favorite Polygon videos and it's kind of bitter knowing that so many people skipped past it because it wasn't Unraveled

As a Titan I can confirm, that a 80´s buissnes women is what we all strive to become

PAT

This is how you write a cohesive persuasive essay. Undergrad take notes. Also Pat might be my new favorite Polygon face bc he is knocking it out of the park lately

That 1980's Businesswomen and glass shattering reference was pretty cool man, i respect that

THE PAT WE KNOW AND LOVE IT BACK BABEY!

This game never really appealed to me, but I couldn't really put my finger on exactly why. I can now say with total confidence, the reason Anthem doesn't appeal to me is it's tragic lack of truck nuts.

why does this video feel like someone is holding a gun to Pat's head, very gently, to get him to explain himself

I come to Polygon for real information disguised as click-bait, with genuinely good goofs along the way.

Now this here? This is GOOD CONTENT.

I agree with this message

My mental picture of Anthem was Apex Legends when I clicked so you definitely have a point about the branding

Getting an Anthem ad immediately after this video was like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife

pat i genuinely Hate that this video is Good

This is a good critique. You say your point, but you also have fun with it and aren't unnecessarily aggressive about it. I'm a big BioWare fan, and there is nothing here that made me feel annoyed or anything like that. Just a solid (and funny) critique.

Congratulations, Pat. This video just surpassed Please Retweet for the honor of "Peak Pat." I sure hope you're proud.

I still go back to this video What a gem

damn this guy got some ideas. is he running?

i concur

Thank you for doing your part to immortalize Kojima's insatiable thirst for Mads Mikkleson

In these times of quarantine I thank the gods for Polygon content