Electric Underground (YT) |OT| Ever wonder what EXACTLY makes DoDonPachi better than Golf?
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Crayon
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Exactly how I feel. Sometimes I'll think "nah man blah blah", or "totally man blah blah" but I want to let him finish.
Feel Like I'm On 42
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Couldn't have summed him up better ...also, he was right about Stellar Blade. It's been an empty experience for me game design wise.
NeverYouMind
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I was wondering what he thought about Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty from Team Ninja but haven't seen any opinion on it despite him creaming up Nioh. Kinda sus. Might be a Japanophile.
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from what i recall he didn't like itI was wondering what he thought about Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty from Team Ninja but haven't seen any opinion on it despite him creaming up Nioh. Kinda sus. Might be a Japanophile.
mèx
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I have watched a few of his videos. He seems to exclusively like a very specific breed of games, and everything that deviates from that is bad. I agree with quite a few of his points, but that kind of view is limited.
Regarding Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, the only true downside is that the game is quite easy, even without abusing any of its mechanics. Nobody plays a videogame by skipping all enemies, at least when you are not speedrunning it. Everything else he says is "Ragebound does not adhere to the NES games, hence its bad". While it is true that the design ethos of Ragebound is different from the NES games, the game is still super fun to play and remains engaging from start to end.
Regarding Ninja Gaiden Ragebound, the only true downside is that the game is quite easy, even without abusing any of its mechanics. Nobody plays a videogame by skipping all enemies, at least when you are not speedrunning it. Everything else he says is "Ragebound does not adhere to the NES games, hence its bad". While it is true that the design ethos of Ragebound is different from the NES games, the game is still super fun to play and remains engaging from start to end.
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Gordon Fearman
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Mark's very good at putting out a well organised and eloquent video advocating for his niche tastes that he's clearly put a lot of thought into. Mark's terrible at recognising that his niche tastes aren't an objective truth which makes him seem very obnoxious if you disagree with him likely because he's very obnoxious if you disagree with him.
For example, in an interview he talks about "difficulty is content", the idea that having to fail and get better at a game is content itself as a contrast to a lot of people's opinion that difficulty gatekeeps content. This is an insightful point and it's obviously a large reason for the success of a lot of games, notably the FromSoft games. But, because he can't help himself, Mark then goes onto talk like difficulty is the only content. Because as a big shmup fan that's true for him and he's apparently literally incapable of understanding any other perspective on it.
He also doesn't seem to do any research on things he doesn't like, but he'll still talk about them. Like in his Stellar Blade and FFXVI reviews he talks about a lot of things he hates from RPGs like platforming, QTEs, and spectacle battles. Which leads me to believe he may have never played an RPG in his life or thinks God of War 3 is an RPG for some reason. In his Sifu review he complains that you have to play the game defensively because the game forces you to wait to do a dodge counter meanwhile any of the players good at the game never let up pressure.
For example, in an interview he talks about "difficulty is content", the idea that having to fail and get better at a game is content itself as a contrast to a lot of people's opinion that difficulty gatekeeps content. This is an insightful point and it's obviously a large reason for the success of a lot of games, notably the FromSoft games. But, because he can't help himself, Mark then goes onto talk like difficulty is the only content. Because as a big shmup fan that's true for him and he's apparently literally incapable of understanding any other perspective on it.
He also doesn't seem to do any research on things he doesn't like, but he'll still talk about them. Like in his Stellar Blade and FFXVI reviews he talks about a lot of things he hates from RPGs like platforming, QTEs, and spectacle battles. Which leads me to believe he may have never played an RPG in his life or thinks God of War 3 is an RPG for some reason. In his Sifu review he complains that you have to play the game defensively because the game forces you to wait to do a dodge counter meanwhile any of the players good at the game never let up pressure.
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Crayon
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His tastes are not that important to me. I'd listen to someone being the same way for rpg's or anything. He's got defenses and arguments that are original and often ring true. Some don't. Whatever.
I do like action games but of course I'm not as extreme. Not at all. It's great to talk with a thoughtful fanatic, though. At least for me. It always gets my gears turning and I'm not too interested in the things we disagree on. I'd rather hear out their thoughts on a genre they are obsessed with.
I do like action games but of course I'm not as extreme. Not at all. It's great to talk with a thoughtful fanatic, though. At least for me. It always gets my gears turning and I'm not too interested in the things we disagree on. I'd rather hear out their thoughts on a genre they are obsessed with.
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Compared to the usual grifter , fake hype, uneducated, etc slop we get shoveled to us for video game YTers, I find this channel, and Happy Console Gamer, to both be good channels to watch.
Crayon
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Awe me and Wife love happy console gamer. Deceptively sharp guy and so genuine.
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