i like this game a lot i think. final fantasy is a : ) series. chaos never stood a chance. #StrangerofParadiseReview #FinalFantasyOrigins #StrangerOfParadise
So youtube asked me to translate the comment and it just changed PATRONE to employer and Umurangi to human but what made it funny was that it kept the caps lock on and put the human after vinyl, implying a person made of vinyl
I am pretty sure no one is going to read this. But this game now holds a really special place in my heart. I've been suffering with depression almost my entire life and after finally getting it treated this It's the first game I've really been able to seriously enjoy in the last 4 years. Even though this game is a complete meme, I was in tears because I was just having fun and enoying myself. Thank you Final Fantasy Stranger of Paradise for just being fun.
Stranger of Paradise is the first game I’ve gotten the platinum trophy for in the past 7 year It has no right being as good as it should be, but my god it is so freaking good please play through it
@@danielcockriel443 the only thing you may find difficult is beating the game on a newly unlocked difficulty Other than that, you unlock most stuff throughout the story + you have to unlock all remaining jobs
Based on interviews of the developers' reactions to people receiving it with laughter, it was unintentional, or at least most of it is. That's what makes how hilarious, surreal and consistently entertaining this game's presentation is so incredible. I don't know if we'll ever see a game this hilariously edgelord and yet carefully wholesome in interactions ever again. It watches like a masterful parody despite their intentions and I sure hope they can make this writing strike twice.
It feels like the kind of writing Yako Taro does on purpose so as long as they let Kojima But With An N bumble their way through more scripts I'll be a happy camper
Like many of team ninja game... Most of them have overdramatic story with characters that take their self too seriously. If this game made by Capcom, Yakuza team or platinum studios in the other hand... It's a different story. Team ninja and Nomura is a boomer who's taking their ass too seriously.
If you'd wake me up at night and ask what is this game, I'd say it's Drakengard 3-2. The vibe, the lighting, the aesthetics, the coloring, the "edge", and the delightful PS3-ness, I soak all of it in
@@poloecrazie Because so help us god if the two of them ever come in contact with each other. Because there will be no force on this earth able to reign those two in once they get started.
@@ThatGuyNikolas Put them in the same room and they would rather have a fist fight about who is the better waifu, a rude white haired one or a sassy hime cut one than making a new game
@@poloecrazie one day. "what do you mean I can't delete people's game files in with the raid boss? " Taro, "15 layers deep into FF7's plotline" Nomura, and boy genius Kojumbo will be in the same room together, and like the piller men, a visual aura around them will strike the fear of death into the sorrounding staff..
Yeah if its anything like Nioh what you should do is sort by Rarity and just hold the selection button and keep scrolling till you've selected everything below a certain quality, then disassemble
Just a PSA for anyone playing it: If you join a multiplayer game, it will change your difficulty to that of the hosts, even after you leave. Don't struggle for hours and hours because the game is suddenly on Hard without you realizing it.
@@urzaz I was about ready to write a fairly harsh review and even warned one friend off, because to me it felt like they had artificially lengthened the game with difficulty. But then another friend was playing it and blazed right through and I was super confused. Just menuing that day I noticed it said HARD at the top right and was like, "Waaaait a second..." The multiplayer system is pretty janky all around, but that really blew my mind.
@@Kasaaz It´s a masocore game so its made to be hard mate, they added easy mode for people like you hard mode is actually the default action and easy was made after hard to scale the game down.
@@mortenlarsen7220 I don't care about all that, 'check out my huge cock because I play hard' nonsense. My point is that the difficulty can be changed on you without your knowledge.
I have beaten every Souls game ever made, and every mainline FF. Thor is right. Stranger doesn't waste time. Every moment is fun. Elden ring has so much down time and open world chore fests, that it gets legitimately boring. I still haven't beaten it.
@@maninblack3410 That does not change that there are huge open empty spaces, ER were made way to big and have huge empty spaces because FS wanted the game to be massive they pulled a goddamn ubisoft with making the world so big that there is huge down time between actually playing.
First trailer hooked me from day one while everyone was mocking it and just went "cringe" and moved on, felt like a lot of people completely missed the point. The game clicked for me instantly, it captured that 2000's vibe perfectly, yes like obligatory Dirge, but also DMC, original God of War, and even a modern game like Metal Gear Rising (The finishers in SoP reminds me of Zandatsu) I haven't been this excited for a game in a long time, everything about it was love at first sight, lol. Great gameplay, fun story and characters, excellent music, cool callbacks, i'm so happy how the game turned out. I hope we get a sequel, not sure how that would work but I hope Jack comes back somehow. if not, I hope they keep this same feel for the sequel and it's new heroes, and I also hope the devs ignore the feedback from those that dislike it. Let the record show, Jack did it His way!
i am doing a CHAOS check in. showing support for one another. I've been playing the PC version because single-digit FPS has never stopped me before and I love this game without any ounce of irony. The dialogue is endearing, the combat is amazing and I love the fanservice to other FF titles in how they didn't shoehorn them more like they thought "what other FF has a location that could serve for a FF1 dungeon?". hella good review man
What are the specs of your rig and exactly what kind of performance are you getting? I have a gaming laptop and a PS4 Slim and I usually prefer gaming on my laptop. It's got specs that are decent enough and definitely stronger than the PS4 Slim but I've heard a lot of bad things about the PC port for Stranger of Paradise. I'm playing the FFVII Remake just fine on my gaming laptop at 1080p, for example. Would you suggest the PC version in this case or get the PS4 version instead?
@@aninfinitemindofmusicandreams I'd suggest just getting the PS4 version, the PC version literally just isn't optimized properly and can only be fixed by the devs updating the game, even the best 3080s struggle to mantain a constant 50 like, Neon's hair has more Tri's than the entirety of Tifa's 7R model
@@aninfinitemindofmusicandreams I got a weak rig by today's standards, i5 7600, 1050ti and 16GB RAM. The game is too CPU intensive for no reason in my experience. I've fidgeted in graphics settings to get it to a playable framerate in 720p but it has crashed on me, load times are long, it stutters and freezes a lot depending on the area, caused other programs in my PC to crash. I genuinely do not recommend it if you have the option.
@@FrederykStrife PS4 version is super blurry though, gave me a headache just playing the demo. I think I'd take inconsistent framerate over inconsistent framerate AND blurry look
Will be a cult classic in a few years, no doubt. Love the music. People have been saying this is a “so bad it’s good” game (which I take issue with when applied to video games), but I think your description of it being a smart dumb game is more apt; more Beavis and Butthead than The Room. I’m also glad you put that tangent about publishers at the end. I’ve always had trouble enjoying SE’s output as a developer while hating their publishing practices. Game publishers in general are just shitty. Great video as always!
@@aldiascholarofthefirstsin1051 great gameplay, if you enjoy a game that looks like early ps3 graphics, running at 10 frames per second every time you do a finisher, and can't find multiplayer matches because NO ONE IS PLAYING IT. lol
I thought this channel was one of those loud obnoxious videos with not funny jokes every 1 minute based of the tumbnails, but somehow it's one of the most lofi, chill and wholesome videos on youtube.
I think there is a difference between Triple A and double A or single A that the industry and the public seemed to have forgotten or is confused about, people assume that triple A games are the normal games, triple A began with the 360 and ps3 generation and are games that are not just videogames but more like spectales., are cutting edge experiences, i would say that the less budget games have more space to improve in gameplay and game mechanics and those are the proper videogames., since the 360 we are really taking the cutting edge experiences as the "normal" ones and that view has made almost impossible to make "normal" videogames anymore, everything must be cutting edge and when those projects fail kills studios
You can't forget something that doesn't exist. AAA is just shorthand for big budget. You can have triple A indie games. And then there's B budget which is majority of indie and Japanese niche games and then you have shovelwear
@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 Yes but that big budget is not used to make "better" games but more like to make a visual show, a cutting edge spectable, that´s the difference, the irony is that, the bigger the budget the narrow the improvement on "game" aspects, since failure means death at that level, affects in less variety, less games and less everything, i rather take A or double A games made by professionals than indies, i´m sorry but indies are 90% of the time rough bad games
@@johnnada6855 indie just means they released it themselves. Without corporation. That's an incredibly large collection of games. A lot of those niche Japanese games would also be considered indie. Since they they independent from huge corporation. Hell blade is an indie game too. You can also say the same about AAA games. The majority are complete crap
what a fucking amazing video dude. regularly broke out in laughter or stared in awe at the cool little details that you manage to find in every game. your passion for vg's is infectious and I feel like ur content is constantly improving. keep it up:)
I knew that you would love this game from the moment it was revealed at E3. It really captures that 'Early PS3' aesthetic that you spoke about in some of your previous videos and how people will, or are starting to, become nostalgic for it. The fact people love this game just on the basis of it hitting that sweet spot just shows you were correct. It doesnt hurt the game is actually fun to play as well. Apparently this game was in conception since 2012, so that might be why it feels this way
I ended up putting Elden Ring down for a solid week cause Stranger of Paradise completely engrossed me, I adore it on every level aesthetically and gameplay-ly and the story ended up being surprisingly great. As an action game guy who played it on Action difficulty can confirm that even on the higher levels the gameplay has tons of sauce, love the Breaker class and its op zantetsuken move. Jack best FF protag, he did it his way.
I did the same. I managed to beat Elden Ring before it came out and was ready to fly through NG+ and this game has stolen my attention ever since launch.
Arguably my favorite ARPG combat system ever, good tunes, and a plot that dumps 90% of itself into the last 20% and still manages to be immensely satisfying? Yeah, that's GOTY. Alongside Kirby at least.
@@omegazx7236 would I need to play the first to get the story, I'm always worried when getting into a franchise at the second or third game because I don't want to be left out of the story
I AM SO HAPPY TO HAVE FOUND THIS CHANNEL AGAIN! I used to watch you, way, way way way back in what seems almost 5 or 10 years ago. You didn't even have 5 thousand subs at the time and somehow I lost track of you. I am so glad to have stumbled across this again. I played SO many indie and unique titles I'd never have heard of thanks to you. Seeing you're at 125k, wow! Congrats Thor you freaky thing you!
Bro I love your sense of style and the apreciation you have for old gen aesthetics! I knew SOP would be your jam, couldn't wait for your review. The way you aproach games is inspiring to me, the way you see stuff as aliasing, textures, lighting, bloom, etc. Makes me apreciate it so much more. As a low budget gamer I stuck to playing a lot of old school stuff all my life, so I see it in a similar way too. Oh and of course old fmv aesthetics and word fonts! Never stop being you!
Hurts my soul that it seems to be selling badly. such a mishandled and misunderstood gem. Personally still waiting till Epic exclusivity runs out, don't want my copy tied to that place.
We love to hear that amazing Paperboy 2 ost in all of its glory at the start :P I think you’re sold me on this game, it looks great and I love the Final Fantasy 9 callbacks as well. If you really want to embrace the PS3-aura the game emits, if you use performance mode on base PS4 it regularly brings down the resolution to well below 720p, or at least it did in the demo, so really adds to the experience ;)
After finishing elden ring, I suddenly had the urge to play another action game. And thank goodness SoP popped up cuz it itched that urge right away! Honestly, I don't really care which one is GOTY, both games are fun and that's what matters in the end.
Nice video. Thanks for uploading, it made for a good watch. Just an FYI though for those thinking about picking this up there is a select all button for inventory management btw, have to press a button to bring up a sub menu, you can then dismantle all selected (if in the Smithy menu) or shove everything selected into storage. For anyone playing through the game use optimize as you go through the story and shove everything else into storage, by the time your storage is full you can dismantle all of your storage and know you have a ton of more recent stuff to tide you over as you build up your hoard again. Also pre order weapons and the starting armor for all characters are immune to dismantling whether they are locked or not. Late game and post game is when you want to manually equip stuff because by that point the affinity %'s will be large enough to play around with (though definitely do this earlier if you feel stuck). At least that's how I dealt with the loot pinata the game throws at ya and kept what little sanity I still have XD
I find it interesting that NieR Automata, a game I hold very very dearly, is the most PS3 looking game ever made with it's PS3 repeating buildings it's PS3 anime people and its weird invisible walls around every PS3 building, NEVER gets called "PS3 looking" and everyone just pretends it doesn't look exactly like a PS3 game with more particle effects just because the writing and characters are so good. But when it's something like this game, suddenly "It looks like a PS3 Game" is a valid criticism meant to make us see it as being low quality.
I don't agree with this much to be honest, I've played a ton of PS3 games and none of them look like Automata. To your point, it's definitely not a AAA PS4 release, it does look noticeably more jank and outdated compared to its higher budget contemporaries, but not quite on the level of a PS3 game and not nearly as much as Stranger of Paradise. SoP has a literal, perceptible CRUST of PS3 caked on top in a way that just isn't the case with Automata. But ya know, agree to disagree and all that.
Nier is a bad game with good reviews not only for what you say which includes being super big and not performing well, but because the lack of enemy variety, non existent decision making bad characters, boring plot, etc you cannot even finish your enemies a cutscene interrupts it any time.
Nier Automata has a distractingly tiny map that no one seemed to mention. I was a bit amused by how often I had to retread the same areas I've already been to for several side quests and even the main quest if we count route B
@@DanielSantosAnalysis Yeah I guess that's fair. I adore Automata but it definitely has more technical limitations than other games on PS4 I've been playing. However it IS the first game to make me physical cry so there is that. I do think my point still stands tho. But then people who unironically refer to themselves as "gamers" often seem to only use graphics as a way to praise a game they like or pan a game they dislike. (I'm talking about the kind of people who care waaaaaay too much about fps. Not people who just... you know... play games.) If people dislike Stranger of Paradise they should just say why rather than revert immediately to graphics, is what I'm getting at 😂
Never seen it as a PS3 game tbh. That said I'm also confused by the "looks like a PS3 game" criticism too. That was one of the best generations of games
Great video. This is my GOTY as well. I thought you’d have to be a hardcore action gamer to really appreciate this game, so it’s really awesome to see you enjoyed it while focusing mostly on non gameplay stuff in this video. This game is truly a gem. Btw, what is the intermission music?
God, this game is like... too pretty lol. When everything's moving and glowing and reflecting and the contrast and saturation are wild it kinda shuts down my brain and makes it look like all look like an undifferentiated mass of swirling colors and piercing white lights. It's too dark and too bright simultaneously and it short circuits my brain I love how it looks when I can make out what's happening, but by God I do not think I could play this game in anything more than 20 minute intervals.
@@dontworryaboutit5490 i dont think you know what ps1 graphics look like lol Also I got tested for epilepsy because there's a history of it in my family on my dad's side, my eyes *are* fucked though, so I'll give you that
@@dontworryaboutit5490 well fair enough lol. I'm intentionally not very plugged into the wider online gamersphere because I value myself and I disagree with most online opinions about videogames ever. I think Lost Planet 2 is the best thing capcom ever made and I dont really care what the nerds think
Damn. As someone who’s lived her whole life in a few different Southern US states, you got “generic southern dude” down pretty convincingly. Well done! 👍🏻
I just platinum'd this game a few hours ago. What a blessing the algorithm gave me for this recommendation. My only issue with the game is that the story mission in Delkfutt Tower gave me an ocular migraine for the first time in my life which was a pretty distressing event at the time.
the urge to spend all my savings on this Brand New Fuck Ass of a game, having never played FF or a souls game. your videos always bring out that childlike whimsy in games and makes me wanna actually invest time in them! youtuber of the year.
I feel like Jack was written by someone writing a character based on a "Hollywood badass action" type character. I've definitely been in D&D campaigns where someone has a character or story written in the same way and they think they're being super cool lol
I did the same thing as you to disassemble weapons but there is a faster way. Hold triangle and hold the direction on the dpad you sorted them in instead of individually pressing it. Excellent video btw!
Yeah this game is fucking great. In my opinion it's everything a videogame should be: epic, entertaining, well-paced pure FUN. I think it's going to be one of those Final Fantasy games that takes about a decade before the majority of the fanbase starts singing its praises, just like Final Fantasy 12.
I had to have watched the intro alone like 20+ times now, love the visuals in the first few seconds and the keyboard smash discord message is just as funny every time. thank u for da good content, Thor
Between Elden Ring and Stranger of Paradise, i preordered only one,being a souls fan and all Waited patiently for one And was hype for only one. I NEEDED to kill chaos And have the cheap Gamestop hat to prove it
a more important angle to the whole "writers who don't know what they're doing so lol" vs the "writers know exactly what they're doing" intent of storytelling- and it's often, tellingly, foreign storytelling that gets painted as the former- is that, in videogames, there are way too many people involved for someone to truly have a Tommy Wiseux style weird accident. *if* it did happen, it certainly wouldn't happen to a Square-Enix AAA game, it would happen to an indie game production- and even those tend to have too much riding on them. So you have to assume that people fully believe in Tetsuya Nomora's writing for the game to have been made- least of all because he certainly isn't doing it all on its own. I don't personally find myself understanding or relating to it, but I have to assume, by all logical conclusion, it's entirely intentional
What I agree very much about is that graphical jankiness not always subtracts from the experience but it sometimes adds to it. My gaming upbringing was usually characterized by a "generation behind" console and underpowered PC. I played PS1 well into PS2 years, only had PSP well into PS3 gen, my PC gave up on gaming around the BioShock release. I of course catched up since then, but thanks to the limitations I had in the past I grew rather tolerant to framerate dips and other visual imperfections. In no small part due to that I'm often sympathetic towards games (and even hardware) that are "underdogs" in technical aspects. Framerate, shading, aliasing, materials, you name it, can be used to strengthen the aesthetic of a game. Even if not fully intentionally. If movies are shot sometimes deliberately on old film, use shaking cameras, overexposed or underexposed shots, etc. for artistic effect, I see no reason why games can't follow similar principles if need be. And ultimately, the beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Also, Thor is as good as ever - writing, taste, wit, all that shit. Thank you for your content :)
Bro. You said Front Mission 3 and I lost it, fricken adore that game. The Front Mission series has been on my mind alot lately and I think I need to play through them... Never did play the side story for 1 or just any of 2 🤷 someone needs to finish translating it already 🥺 Also thank you for all of your videos, they are a great vibe + great content. I appreciate the hell out of you !
Okay I had this only barely on my radar but now it's going onto the Must Play List. I have heard decent vibes about it but knowing that the authority on vibe, Thor, gives it his blessing I've gotta check it out.
First video of yours I've seen and you've earned yourself a subscriber. Phenomenal work. I was on the fence about purchasing this game but 10 minutes in and I was sold.
It took this one video to sell me on SOP. I bought it, and while I only play it in spurts due to its difficulty (I can't bring myself to lower the difficulty further) and the rest of my backlog, the game is unyieldingly charming and fun. Thanks for the glowing recommendation, and excellent video.
Literally the ONLY take on this game I was waiting for. Such a fun video. But quick heads up, there IS a ditch all button. You press triangle to bring up the menu, the click select all. This lets you dismantle everything you don't have equips. Hope this helps.
Every now and then I see a game in your videos that I remember existing, but everyone else thinks I'm crazy because I can't remember the name. Nano Breaker... No wonder I forgot.
Found this channel recently and insta subscribed. Great content. Also you kind sound like Joel from vinesauce's brother and I mean that as a compliment.
i love this game. I am determined to get to level 300. No one will ever convince me a soulslike with FF classes isnt the craziest thing yet! Level design is a ponder tho. Also use select all! You can even filter! I loved Sophia. She was just the best. From the moment she popped up...
This game is great, and so is this video. Instant sub. It's easily also my GOTY 2022, but I feel it could've been even better... I went in expecting a somewhat higher-budget Nioh 2, but it's actually missing some really great features and design choices Nioh 2 had. I hate to be that guy that compares games like that (especially considering the two games are very different enough in their own right), but it honestly feels like Square Enix pushed to release the game sooner than intended just to meet a deadline. Even disregarding the Nioh 2 comparisons, there's the performance/optimization issues on PC, for instance. So yeah, also fuck Square Enix for rushing it... I'd rather have waited a couple more months to get a more polished and optimized product. Also, maybe this game wouldn't have gone under so many people's radars if it hadn't been released so close to what's probably the most hyped Action-RPG ever, but that's just me theorizing.... Oh well, here's hoping Team Ninja will push some patches like they've done with previous games.
You really sold me on this game and I don't even have a Playstation of any kind for the monent. Damn, you're good. And I agree, it feels like square is back. I'm playing Triangle Strategy and it's my GOTY.
Goddamn what a good ass video! Really felt like your brainwaves were on the same wavelength as mine. Reveling in a game that's dumb on purpose is what we ought to be doing more of instead of knee-jerk reactions about the graphical fidelity or whatever. I am a FromSoft simp so any game topping Elden Ring this year would be quite an upset for me, but Strangers of Paradise is good as hell and I want more games like it on the double.
