Harvester on 11/3/2022 at 15:25
Also do a 'worst stealth levels in non-stealth games'. Because I've ragequit multiple games because of badly implemented stealth levels.
WingedKagouti on 11/3/2022 at 15:27
Quote Posted by Harvester
Also do a 'worst stealth levels in non-stealth games'. Because I've ragequit multiple games because of badly implemented stealth levels.
"10 Worst Stealth Levels in Stealth-Based Games" also has some merit.
Thirith on 13/3/2022 at 17:56
That hbomberguy video is very good IMO, even at that insane length. I ended up watching/listening to it while preparing a couple of dinners/lunches, at 1.5 x speed, so it wasn't quite that long in the end, but he makes a lot of really good points. Nothing terribly new, but he's good at pointing out examples where the design and writing made things considerably weaker than it could've been.
Anarchic Fox on 24/3/2022 at 03:40
I don't care enough about DX:HR to watch that video, but I did watch his Dark Souls 2 video recently, and it was disappointing. I do think the game is underrated, but Hbomberguy made some bad arguments in support of it, like "The Gutter is better than Blighttown because you only have to do The Gutter once." And around the halfway mark he started tossing in some really mean-spirited jabs at people who prefer the first Dark Souls.
So, while I still think he's a good entertainer, my opinion of him as a game critic isn't so high anymore.
henke on 6/4/2022 at 16:45
The finest of youtubes......
[video=youtube;bSx9_iCTtSQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSx9_iCTtSQ[/video]
henke on 4/5/2022 at 17:26
Noclip just released ~1h of footage from Arkane's cancelled Half-Life game "Ravenholm". I've watched a bit and I gotta say it's a shame this never got finished. Looks fun!
[video=youtube;xMygnmB9Zw8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMygnmB9Zw8[/video]
Anarchic Fox on 21/5/2022 at 03:21
I know better than to play MMORPGs, since I have the character flaws that make them dangerous. But watching videos about them is fair game, and I was surprised by how compelling I found this silly challenge run of Runescape:
[video=youtube;rk5XuqLrf3U]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk5XuqLrf3U[/video]
Runescape has arbitrarily constrained, endlessly grindy gameplay, but somehow that makes for interesting challenge runs. The one above is constrained to one biome of the overworld. After watching the above I found the below, with better production values:
[video=youtube;tQahsBowqYk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQahsBowqYk[/video]
The best explanation I can think of is that the Runescape models and animations are so primitive that machinima becomes much easier than in other games.
henke on 21/11/2022 at 17:53
hbomberguy's latest video starts off looking into the origins of a Roblox sound effect and ends up going down a hell of a rabbithole. Fantastic stuff as usual.
[video=youtube;0twDETh6QaI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0twDETh6QaI[/video]
Also, People Make Games' latest video, digging into the world of CS:GO casinos, is very good.
[video=youtube;eMmNy11Mn7g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMmNy11Mn7g[/video]
Anarchic Fox on 25/11/2022 at 02:48
Quote Posted by henke
hbomberguy's latest video starts off looking into the origins of a Roblox sound effect and ends up going down a hell of a rabbithole. Fantastic stuff as usual.
Oh yeah, I saw that in whole. I did not think I would keep watching after learning the premise, but then...
Aja on 25/11/2022 at 15:43
Lately I've been watching (
https://www.youtube.com/@Thabeast721) Thabeast721 beat every N64 game (including Japanese, PAL, and reskins). He plays them live on his stream using original hardware and then edits each playthrough down to a short summary video with commentary. As a person who read Nintendo Power cover to cover from 1997 to 1999, I've heard of pretty much all of these games but never had a chance to actually play them, so it's a great mix of nostalgia and discovery for me. At the rate he's going, it'll be another few years before he's finished, so hopefully the series will be around for a while.
