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Just A Gamer
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Just an average gamer playing, reacting and ranting his opinions on video games.
Stomping Out the Heretics | Just A Gamer Plays | Warhammer 40K: Space Marine
Finishing my first foray into the Warhammer 40K universe and it was amazing, I absolutely need to play the sequel now.
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Let's Go Ultramarines! | Just A Gamer Plays | Warhammer 40K: Space Marine
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This is my first time jumping into the Warhammer 40K universe. I've always heard good things about this game and while a bit dated the games still holds up in my opinion. Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Tips For Space Marine 2: streamlabs.com/justagamerinc #Warhammer40KSpaceMarine #Warhammer40000SpaceMarine #SpaceMarine #Warhammer #Warhammer40k #Warhammer...
Just A Gamer Reacts | MK1: Khaos Reign - Official Sektor Gameplay Trailer
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Sektor looks great and was that a nod to Iron Man in her fatality, either way she looks great. Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Tips Help the Stream: streamlabs.com/justagamerinc Original Trailer Here: ruclips.net/video/plWgLXmsRpI/видео.html #MortalKombat1 #mortalkombat #netherrealmstudios #mortalkombat11ultimate #trailer #gaming #react #reaction #MortalK...
Just A Gamer Reacts | Dragon Age: The Veilguard - 22 Minutes of Gameplay
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Mage gameplay looks solid, but it also seems like it's going to be the hardest class to play. Companions still seem to not do much outside of priming and detonating. Happy to finally see some non-combat gameplay and exploration, character faces look a little dead. Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Tips Help the Stream: streamlabs.com/justagamerinc Original ...
Just A Gamer Reacts | Meteos [Game Concepts]
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I never knew a falling block puzzle game could have so much personality. Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Original Videos Here: ruclips.net/video/snHecpmPeJs/видео.html Sakurai's Channel Here: ruclips.net/user/sora_sakurai_en #masahirosakurai #youtubechannel #justagamer #gaming #react #reaction #gamer #gamedevelopment #kirby #kirbyairride
Creepy Bugs Everywhere | Just A Gamer Plays | Black Myth: Wukong - Part 5
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We dive into a bug pit in chapter 4 and run into the hardest boss I've faced so far, Yellow Loong. Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Tips Help the Stream: streamlabs.com/justagamerinc #blackmythwukong #gamescience #react #reaction #justagamer #gaming #gamer #letsplay #letsplays #walkthrough #playthrough #actiongame #actionadventure #blackmythwukonggameplay
Just A Gamer | I'm Still Worried about Veilguard
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Again, to clarify I am still hopeful for Veilguard, I'm hoping the game is good, but as it stands right now, I still have some concerns. *Apologies for the weird brightness near the end, my camera got a bit screwy. Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Tips Help the Stream: streamlabs.com/justagamerinc #DragonAgeTheVeilguard #DragonAgeVeilguard #DragonAgeDreadw...
Just A Gamer Reacts | Expedition 33 - First Look Gameplay
Просмотров 118День назад
The game looks amazing, and the combat looks fantastic to me. I know there are things I missed in my breakdown so, feel free to point them out to me in the comments below. Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Tips Help the Stream: streamlabs.com/justagamerinc Original Video Here: ruclips.net/video/55rUagD9sVQ/видео.html #ClairObscurExpedition33 #Expedition33 #...
Finishing Chapter 3 | Just A Gamer Plays | Black Myth: Wukong - Part 4
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We finish up Chapter 3 and all the side quests, gaining a new weapon and a central location for all important NPC's. Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Tips Help the Stream: streamlabs.com/justagamerinc #blackmythwukong #gamescience #react #reaction #justagamer #gaming #gamer #letsplay #letsplays #walkthrough #playthrough #actiongame #actionadventure #blackm...
Just A Gamer Reacts | Nintendo Indie World & Partner Showcase - August 2024
Просмотров 50День назад
There were quite a few standout games, but Capcom Fighting Collection 2 obviously stole the show. Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Tips Help the Stream: streamlabs.com/justagamerinc Original Video Here: ruclips.net/video/Bh7o96_yIWw/видео.html #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch #PartnerShowcase #Showcase #NintendoDirect #IndieWorld #NintendoGames #IndieGames #react...
Just A Gamer Reacts | Capcom Fighting Collection 2
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I'm sorry to all the headphone wearers but we're finally getting freaking Power Stone!!!! Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Tips Help the Stream: streamlabs.com/justagamerinc Original Trailer Here: ruclips.net/video/Hl0D5FK3a50/видео.html #MarvelvsCapcom #MarvelvsCapcom2 #XmenvsStreetFighter #CapcomvsSNK #CapcomvsSNK2 #PowerStone #PowerStone2 #Nintendo #Nin...
You Again!?! | Just A Gamer Plays | Tekken 8
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Ran into a lot of Jun's, so I'm getting a lot of practice against her. Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Tips Help the Stream: streamlabs.com/justagamerinc #Tekken8 #savethed8 #Tekken #JustAGamer #gameplay #gaming #react #reaction #tekkenworldtour #kazuyamishima #kazuya #Tekken7 #BandaiNamco #trailer #gameplay #jin #tekkenjin #ClaudioSerafino
Lots to Explore | Just A Gamer Plays | Black Myth: Wukong - Part 3
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Given how much there is to explore in this area I had to split this chapter into two parts. Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Tips Help the Stream: streamlabs.com/justagamerinc #blackmythwukong #gamescience #react #reaction #justagamer #gaming #gamer #letsplay #letsplays #walkthrough #playthrough #actiongame #actionadventure #blackmythwukonggameplay
Just A Gamer Reacts | Dragon Age: The Veilguard - High-Level Combat Parts 1-4
Просмотров 169День назад
Combat looks fine just very safe I really can't give a definitive take on things until I try the game out myself, my only real concern are the companions. Also, apologies, in my rush to get this video out I forgot the background music at the end. Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Tips Help the Stream: streamlabs.com/justagamerinc Original Video Here: ruclip...
Just A Gamer Reacts | The First Berserker: Khazan - New Weapon Showcase
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The weapon variety looks great and the weapons themselves look amazing. Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Twitch: www.twitch.tv/justagamerinc Tips Help the Stream: streamlabs.com/justagamerinc Original Trailer Here: ruclips.net/video/_NAQA4HbjHo/видео.html #Thefirstberserkerkhazan #Khazan #singleplayer #Gamescom2024 #Gamescom #hardcoreaction #RPG #APRG #DNF #Dungeonfighteronline #DNFUniverse ...
Am I Better or Worse? | Just A Gamer Plays | Tekken 8
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Am I Better or Worse? | Just A Gamer Plays | Tekken 8
Chapter 2 is Massive!!! | Just A Gamer Plays | Black Myth: Wukong - Part 2
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Chapter 2 is Massive!!! | Just A Gamer Plays | Black Myth: Wukong - Part 2
Just A Gamer Reacts | The First Berserker: Khazan - Deep Dive with the Devs
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Just A Gamer Reacts | The First Berserker: Khazan - Deep Dive with the Devs
Just A Gamer Reacts | Eternal Strands - 101 Gameplay Trailer
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Just A Gamer Reacts | Eternal Strands - 101 Gameplay Trailer
Just A Gamer Reacts | SPINE - Gameplay Trailer
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Just A Gamer Reacts | SPINE - Gameplay Trailer
Just A Gamer Reacts | Phantom Blade Zero - Gamescom Demo Gameplay
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Just A Gamer Reacts | Phantom Blade Zero - Gamescom Demo Gameplay
The Journey Begins!!! | Just A Gamer Plays | Black Myth: Wukong - Part 1
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The Journey Begins!!! | Just A Gamer Plays | Black Myth: Wukong - Part 1
Just A Gamer Reacts | Secret Level Trailer
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Just A Gamer Reacts | Secret Level Trailer
Just A Gamer Reacts | Gamescom ONL 2024
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Just A Gamer Reacts | Gamescom ONL 2024
Just A Gamer Reacts | Fatal Fury: CotW - Mai Shiranui
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Just A Gamer Reacts | Fatal Fury: CotW - Mai Shiranui
Just A Gamer Reacts | Monster Hunter Wilds - 3rd Trailer
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Just A Gamer Reacts | Monster Hunter Wilds - 3rd Trailer
Just A Gamer Reacts | Street Fighter 6 - Terry Gameplay
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Just A Gamer Reacts | Street Fighter 6 - Terry Gameplay
Just A Gamer Reacts | SILENT HILL 2 - Story Trailer
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Just A Gamer Reacts | SILENT HILL 2 - Story Trailer
Just A Gamer Reacts | Monster Hunter Wilds - Dual Blades Overview
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Just A Gamer Reacts | Monster Hunter Wilds - Dual Blades Overview
Just A Gamer Reacts | Fatal Fury: CotW - Preecha
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Just A Gamer Reacts | Fatal Fury: CotW - Preecha
Bioware dialogue wheels have always been odd yes. Like Mass Effect paragon/renegade, you have to preselect either one to build up points for later to more impactful actions of either side. So Paragon run, already have your cursor on top right of the dialogue wheel before it appears. You're shoehorned into that same "choice" entire playthrough.
Veilguard Mage is good, whoever playing it here isnt great at it. "God Mode" indeed haha, there is a difficulty setting called Unbound that lets you edit various things, and being unkillable is one of them.
I knew about the customizable difficulty, but I didn't know there was a can't die option, that just seems ridiculous. And to be fair they do seem to go down at one point.
@JustAGamerInc I do think it was God Mode developer override tho cuz how they don't die no HP then finally die for real? Which I think was on purpose to show that all Mage party members have an auto-revive trait. If I'm a warrior, I'm so use 2 mages to have two revives bwhaha.
Is this your first experience with the 40k universe?? Sorry I haven’t watched the full thing yet if you’ve said so or not!
Yes, this was my first foray into the 40K Universe, I might have accidentally cut the part where I said that out.
Imagine making such a bad game combat that your party is useless. All enemies focus on you and you are mage limited to 3 spells. You cannot position ,your teammates dont taunt , are not even dealing much danage. you dont have crowd control that can help you so you just jump like moron sometimes casting some damage spell or basic attack because even fast ones are so slow they feel like charged
To be fair both your companions were ranged, but yeah the constant aggro makes it hard to attack as mage. It also doesn't help that unlike your character companions seem to have a global cool down after using an ability.
@JustAGamerInc devs say can use any mix of classes for party but needing an aggro tank seems best. Yet only Davrin can do that, other warrior is Taash, she seems melee dps based.
I'd get the game just to have the conclusion to my story with Solas as I romanced him in Inquisition..But no, sadly there's a bad ending to the story, so no game for me...
Sure Solas is locked in the fade jail he created, but the story could still be good. Maybe we break him out or the inquisitior can join him. I mean we did drink from that well and we know our Inquisitior is in the game. So there's hope.
@@JustAGamerInc Sadly the Q&A answered that for us. If you pay close attention to the questions somewhere near the end they state that explicitly..The ending is bad for Solas and the Inquisitor..
@aspavazoura5523 I missed that one, dang that sucks. Another reason why I feel like there going to sweep everything you did in Inquisition under the rug, or make them superficial at the most.
Looks like a shitty mobile game, and the game will have zero challenge like Inquisition.
So far, I would say that only the UI is what really gives me mobile game vibes.
That’s problem we the people got so many red flags on the game that U would think BioWare would give us more options and them being a little more creative with the game also why are there pro campaign they giving away spoilers to the game.
When it comes to the story, I understand them wanting to keep things close to the chest to avoid spoilers but show us something. Show us non-companion NPC's we can interact with, show us one of the areas were going to be exploring. I know the game isn't open world but I'm sure there will be areas to explore.
@@JustAGamerInc The question would be how small will this be there are new places we never seen yet but also there should be some older we should be able to check out.
So it sounds like you have issues with the game visually. Dark fantasy isn't visual. It's a feeling you get from the story. It was stated in the lore that northern thedas was more colorful and modern
Very good point, hopefully once I start playing, the visual aspect will fade away and the story will take over.
Dude, anyone who has this many issues with a game should not be buying it. There is also no reason to keep making videos about not being convinced. Clearly, you need to play the game yourself. Nothing they say is gonna sway you.
I can see why you're saying that but I believe they can still change my mind. The game is two months away and yet it feels like we still know almost nothing about it. I believe they can do a better job of showing us how each class plays and the differences between them and their specializations. By this point there should be hands-on impressions and a clear sense of how the game will play outside of combat, but there isn't. Like I said, a lot of these hang ups can be resolved with a bit more info, and my hope is that they're going to give it to us.
Yep, they absolutely had combos and finishers in DA:O. The combos were awesome, and the finishers were more a cinematic bite on crit death, but they definitely had them. Ditto with the detailed skill trees and in-depth character creation. Strand-by-strand hair and modern makeup doesn't mean the character creator is MORE in-depth, it means it has more polished and more attractive aesthetics and modern physics animations in-game. All of this is looking VERY much like Assassin's Creed Odyssey and the latest Diablo games... games I *liked* , but absolutely NOT what I'm after from a Dragon Age game. It DOES look safe, the colour palette looks like a dark kids cartoon like Gargoyles or TMNT etc. Yes it's dark, but the colours are SO primary and saturated. I still find the fact that half the companions being realistic and the other half being cartoony INCREDIBLY distracting. Also, the more I see the hyper saturated colour palette and excessive use of bloom and ray tracing, the more I worry about getting my migraines triggered. I can already foresee having to set a timer and dull the graphics right down to be able to play longer than an hour at a time. I dunno... I want to be excited, I really do! I LOVE DA, but the more I see and the more I hear from the Devs, the more I'm realising that I'm not the target audience, and not only that, they don't WANT gamers like me as a customer. The "Community Panel" influencers are extremely emphatic about that fact. 😡
They've also yet to show us any non-combat gameplay, outside of walking from one fight to another.
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Thumbs up 👍 buddy 👊 how you like the game !!! Did you pre ordered
No, unfortunately I was only able to afford one game this month and I chose Black Myth: Wukong. But I'm seeing and hearing good things, so maybe in the future.
the whole time I was like "are the party members even there?"
Yep, their impact during combat seems very small, at least so far.
This is not Dagon Age. It is Fantasy Mass Effect. I dont hate it. But it is just Mass Effect.
VERY SAFE XD a group of three with two tank like doing a wow dongeon with 3 tank one heal^^ longer but safer^^
I'm OK with the art style. I prefer stylized graphics over high definition realism. Realism takes so much resource that games usually have to cut something else from gameplay or story. If this art style let's them put enough energy into the stuff that matters, it's fine for me. Regarding the ogre. Even in DAO, those things looked like goofy gorillas.
Apparently she's a top student of Joe's.. Great vid
Awesome, thanks for the info!
Its not only you, a lot of fans are worried about the changes they made. Its okay
Thanks, I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for the best.
@@JustAGamerInc we all are, but it's good to prepare for the worst. It's EA, after all
DA was always terrible with advertising, combat mechanics, graphics. We are all here for a great story, right? As long as the story is incredible, I really don't think the rest matters as long as its tolerable.
@@RandomWandrer You know what, you are right, as long as I can save Solas from himself I think i'm okay
If you’re familiar with the previous games’ advertising, characters always look less realistic than in-game except Origins getting a super cinematic trailer not using the game engine.
Great video, I look forward to seeing your growth. You earned a sub 😎
Thanks, I appreciate it.
In on month what changes do you really think Bio Ware made?? or did you just jump on a band wagon
What do you mean? The only changes I spoke of were that of the tone of this trailer compared to the last. I didn't comment on or expect any changes to the game itself; the only change is that this is a much better trailer than the last.
They changed their presentation. Not the game. And alot of fans feel better about this one. You can stay mad at the game if that's fun for you.
@@RandomWandrer I am not mad everyone else was mad and made tons of foolish videos when there is nothing wrong with the graphics of the game. I have loved every clip and teaser I have seen so far
The first trailer was CGI and not the game engine, so that’s a big change. We got the gameplay reveal being 20 mins long so people can actually look at the game, and now the real marketing has started. The people who complained about the first CGI trailer, especially if they still are, are likely bad faith culture war keyboard warriors looking for attention. Nobody could’ve possibly determined if they’d like the game by that trailer alone, but this one is a return to form for Dragon Age.
Hotaru was my old main in Garou so I'm excited to see her again and with these cool combos to boot
New stage looks great! In the japanese version of the trailer you can see Eiji Kisaragi at one point and those ducks definitively hints at Duck King!
I didn't know that, I'll have to check it out.
Hunting horn is world move set with rise speed dialed down to like a 7 or 8 not an 11 like rise I’m waiting for ui for songs to see if they are one note two notes or more cuz the queue is there just not the length of how many buttons per song
For gunlance check out g u and frontier gunlance for some of the changes
Thanks, I'll definitely check it out.
LETS GO HUNTING HORN
The Monkey King, Sun Wukong, is finally here! 72 transformations and fighting 81 bosses! The last scene, the Four Heavenly Kings, WOW. After Sun Wukong beats the bosses, he can absorb their abilities or acquire their weapons as his. During fighting with other bosses, he can transform into the bosses he absorbed before and use their unique abilities. No matter you are familiar with Chinese Mythology or not, no matter you like this type of game or not, you can't deny the Chinese developers put sheer amount of work in game play, sceneries, art work, music and representation of the myth. This might be the best look & feel of a game out of the box. Absolute respect!
It uses UE5
No wonder it looks so good.
These games are based on the plots of grand Chinese mythological stories. As a result, the games involve many types of monsters, many non-human and non-monster beings, many skills, and complex game plots.
That's actually one the most exciting parts to me. The only Chinese story I really know is Journey to the West, so I'm excited to learn more.
Let’s waiting for its coming Wishing it would be good as the videos shows to us
AMAZING🎉🎉
Amazing!!
GOTY for sure!
I like that you want some challenge in the romances. I agree. I think the heart option is an accessibility thing for people who do not understand human interactions. There are people who do not understand what flirtatious dialogue looks like when it is in text form. They do not understand what flirtation looks like when it is in any non-verbal forms either - like tone of voice and body language cues. I expressed in a comment section once that I thought it was annoying that femme-Shep defaults to flirting with Jacob and some guy tried to tell me I just needed to avoid the flirt selections. The line “I’m more interested in just talking for a bit” is delivered in a flirtatious manner and that is how you engage in conversations with Jacob so it was literally only avoidable if you didn’t talk to him. So I pity anyone that has tried to flirt with this fellow ever. Also, I pity him because unless he met someone that would just come out and say “Hey, I’m interested in you” he’s not going to notice. I’ve also talked to people that insist that telling Karlach that she looks hot and that you want to be able to touch her is not flirting. The heart option is for those people. I was not and honestly am still not a fan of the dialogue wheel but I understand why they use it. You are determining the tone with which a voiced line is delivered. It’s a limitation related to their use of a voiced protagonist as opposed to a silent protagonist and which compensates for the increased weight of the role playing as opposed to playing a more predefined character like V in CyberPunk or Shepard in Mass Effect. That being the case, I use the flirt option in the Dragon Age games as another available tone of voice. You can tell by context if it’s a serious flirt or just being playful. When viewed like that, there are romance flirts and just teasing flirts. It’s fun “flirting” with Dorian and Cassandra as a female Inquisitor. It gives you more playful banter interactions that expand on their characters even though you can’t romance them. Regarding the characters being pan…I’m fine either way. I’m ace but I enjoy doing the romances in these games anyway. I have a tendency to romance the character that is the most interesting or plot relevant regardless of gender. I believe the devs went with making them canonically pan to avoid making them player sexual but still make them theoretically available to the player regardless of the player characer’s gender. To me it seems like a logical compromise. I also like that you can lose a love interest to another companion. I might be alone on that one, but I’m stupidly excited to see them pair off with each other. And as a quick defense of DAII, selecting the wrong dialogue options and being flirty with other companions can lock you out of romances with Fenris and Isabella so your behavior does have an impact. You can’t just always select the heart option and be good.
Thank you for your take on things, to be honest when I pick a character to romance, I never pick the heart or flirt option with anyone else, precisely because of what you mentioned about DA2. Especially when it came to BG3 pre-patch, you could so easily romance characters without even meaning to and upset your potential love interest, it was ridiculous.
Seeya on the hype train!
Story is very surface level and predictable. Best action of any game this year tho
I agree with both parts.
Can you increase the volume. It kinda low.
his face 🗿
Dude, Billy's new theme reminds me of Man in the Box by Alice in Chains. 💖💖
I was so focused on the gameplay that I didn't notice, I have to go back and check it out.
swag out frag out
Punk used Cammy to beat Big Bird earlier.
Yeah, I went back and saw, I was thinking of a totally different match 😅
Keep it up❤
He finally won
It was amazing to see, he truly deserved it.
Good reaction bro
Wow! This game looks so good, cant wait to get it 😮
If you like fighting games I highly recommend it. It is one of the best fighting games out right now.
@@JustAGamerInc yup, i love fighting games, for instance, i play mk1
I wished MOV stuck with Elena, but it still came down to the wire even with Chun Li
Yeah, here's hoping Elena gets her time to shine in SF6.
Nice minimalist background
Thanks, but I can't take all the credit, being broke really helps lol.
No offence (I say as I might give it anyway), but this feels like an incredibly 101 take on--- well, just culture in general. You've *really* not encountered the term male gaze before? Or seen/read/heard critical discourse on it? But yeah, the other commenter pointed out the rather significant difference. One is sex-positive (completely dispelling the attempted narrative that progressives are 'puritans' who are against sexuality, which has always been nonsense), the other is just gooner leering... BioWare pushed their envelope on nudity further with DA:I and Andromeda, and no one really noticed/cared. It feels authentic to the romance arcs they've been doing for decades. BG3 is just an extension of that diverse, sex-positive RPG culture. There is no double standard, because the content is framed entirely differently. Whilst I generally agree with the other commenter, that gooner shit is fine if people want it, and it wasn't worth any attention, I also think it's perfectly fine for it to be criticised for its culture of design, including mockery (which was mostly my reaction to SB). Look at Nier Automata for how another, vastly superior game can lean into aesthetics of normative femme beauty, and have immense depth, soul, and creativity. That game is a beloved [cult?] classic, not just for its striking aesthetics, but that it was artful and soulful alongside that. SB by all accounts is a better game to actually play if combat is what someone's after (NA's was flashy, and beautifully animated, but it was never its strength), but it comes across like a thirsty tech-bro's AI generation... Even those that had a lot of affection for it, like Suzi Hunter/Sphere Hunter, derided its incoherent art, poor plot, and threadbare characters. Stuff like BG3, DA, Mass Effect, et sl actually bother to create characters with their own agency, who fit into their world, and who have sexual identities that the player can choose to engage with, or spurn. Eve is just an objectified doll, a pervy action figure dropped into the videogame for the player to stare at. I think SB's tone is a big issue. If it were more campy and knowing, I feel far more people would've warmed to it, or at least not mocked it as much. Just look at Bayonetta for how an overtly sexualised non-western dev'd character, and game, is celebrated.
@@SabiJD To be fair, whether or not you get to engage with critical content is so reliant on your algorithm. You definitely won’t encounter critical discourse in grade school and even college depending on the field you pursue. *Looking at STEM folks who don’t recognize fascism*. I always try to have patience with folks who express their thoughts in good faith. His framing being “Why are eastern games being held to this standard?” Clearly doesn’t come from any incel like desire for women in games to be objects. And my point wasn’t to dismiss criticism, rather just my personal point of view perhaps biased that I have always had no interest in Stellarblade. I’m sure I would sound just like games media if all of the women in Dragon Age and Mass Effect started looking like Eve. But with that said, there have always been women who adore and love these sort of character designs, buy all the statues, have the posters up in their rooms, etc. There will be women who cosplay Eve at conventions and other women will love it. But also, I haven’t played the game so I don’t know what kind of character Eve is and it could be so god awful that it further reinforces how objectifying the design is.
@@eugeneworthington7042 True, on the first paragraph, and I considered moderating my first lines because I saw that it wasn't driven by bad faith. But circa 2024 I'm still reflexively baffled when I see anyone not being up on post-gamergate, let's call them, talking points. I suppose I expect anyone who's actually uploading to YT, of all places, to have been exposed to all of that years ago. I've not played SB, btw, but I don't think that invalidates commentary. How a game *feels* and plays, and whether you'd enjoy the experience or not, is something that needs proper interaction, of course. But design choices, tone, writing, voice acting (SB's is often woeful. I'd certainly be playing it in Korean with subs. I've never played Nier Automata in English for similar reasons, though NA's aren't as bad) - none of that changes from passive footage vs interactive. Soak up enough trusted sources who you're familiar with, and you'll get the rest filled in reasonably well. Suzi Hunter really liked SB, but also tore it to pieces on stuff like art design cohesion, character narrative, etc. Recurring criticisms kept popping up across multiple reviewers, too, so those points are usually to be believed as having value. If I wanted to make a video or essay on it? Then absolutely... I'd need to play the hell out of it. As for women cosplaying Eve; eh, I don't need to elaborate on why that's a more complicated issue. Black Americans can vote Republican... but that doesn't make the party not racist (I'm in the UK, and some of our 'best' populist racists aren't white... ). Women participate in sexism too, it's also a social class/culture issue. Women cosplay Quiet from MGSV (bikini clad in the battlefield, because *she literally breathes through her skin*, and has a scene where she just rolls around in water), but that doesn't stop the design, and characterisation, from being absurd and misjudged. A design can be cool, but also compromised, let's call it. As for what I've seen of Eve in reviews and other footage; the issue with her is that she's barely a character. Superficially, it's another element it lifted--- sorry, 'homaged' from Nier Automata. The difference is 2B's stoicism was a front, and she's a far more complex, profoundly conflicted character whose entire existence, quite literally, is defined by existential trauma. She is actively trying to suppress her emotions in order to do her [very fucked up] job. Eve is just a blank slate... Inert. I do want to see the whole story from start to finish, but the kinds of people I watch will never do a full SB stream or LP, unfortunately. I've heard nothing about Eve's 'character' being some submissive fawning vessel for a certain form of [internet defined... ] male fan. It's just the design, and how the camera frames her. The animations, too, which again seem to mimic 2B's ornate, elaborate movement. The 'west' definitely biases more to tonal cohesion/consistency. And East Asian culture really doesn't share that default. I feel this is a source of cultural friction time and time again.
Hey, just wanted to say you articulated yourself well. Keep making content. I have a couple thoughts about how this might seemingly be a double standard, but not really. Western games and eastern games approach sex and femininity differently. Over the past decade, western games, especially western rpgs, are increasingly sex positive and generally more realistic in their portrayal of women. Now, there has been criticism of western games outright just trying to make women ugly, I’d suggest some of Alanah Pierce’s videos on this topic, but I would say games like Dragon Age, The Witcher 3 (not the old ones), and Baldurs Gate walk that line really well between having sex, beautiful women, while also portraying them realistically. Sex in games is not the issue. Stellar Blade’s issue is that its main character is very clearly made for a man to look at, while not being realistic at all to the physical feats the character has to accomplish. And eastern media, ESPECIALLY common in anime, really struggles to portray women as looking like anything other than a sex doll. My personal opinion, let the game be the game. It’s made for men to look at a hot woman kicking ass. It’s not so deep and worth the attention. I think that a game that is more likely to be consumed by a man than a woman isn’t going to damage female body standards so severely, and I think men are more likely to get their bad standards from things like porn.
Thank you for the feedback and kind words, I go through many takes when making videos because I tend to stutter and slur my words even in normal conversation. So, you saying that about my articulation really means a lot. Also, you make some very good points on the matter, thank you for your thoughts and opinions.
Overall I agree, and it's just really nice to see a sensible, contextual take on a topic like this. It reminds me that, yes, critical faculties have improved in game culture over the last decade or two. For a little while the nonsense surrounding Stellar Blade recalled gamergate's bullshit (with another 4 years of Trump, that is going to escalate). The distinction you make between Witcher 3 and the first two is a good one, but I still do think CDPR were oddly cowardly in TW3. If anything, its lack of full nudity made certain scenes seem incongruously ridiculous. The scene with Ciri, specifically; how bizarre to see so many female characters with *identical* idealised models, and all just topless when they're literally bathing just with other women? Cyberpunk's nudity went a bit further when the story context calls for it. I wonder if full nudity in TW3 had to be avoided for age rating nonsense. If so, I think it harmed the end product at such scenes. And yeah, sex doll is an apt way to describe SB's lead character. I'd go with tech-bro's AI gen, too, which is what the whole ugly mess of a game tends to look like. I think it deserved the mockery it got, though. Gooners might have their gooner games, but that doesn't mean anyone else should take them seriously. I think SB's biggest issue was tone. It's so vapidly self-serious despite its leery designs. Make it camp - think Bayonetta - and they could've gone even harder on the designs and scene direction. Ultimately I think objectification can be fine, but it needs to tread a fine tonal path, and SB completely fails in that. Progressives/'westerners' love sex and nudity. But it needs tonal cohesion. And that's something East Asian culture/society seems to care about far less, which is an interesting cultural difference (Kojima is a good example).
Dude it a trailer of course it gonna be chaotic how the story is, a trailer not gonna tell u what the story is about, plus they already did a showcase explaining the piller of the story, there is no spoilers it only tells u the beginning of the story and the beginning of the story in these type of games are nothing since they are massive games
I divided on the identity point. On one hand I agree that the sexuality of the companions does add to thier uniqeness and the need to earn the relationship. On the other hand i have personaly felt like i got snubbed of what i wanted due to this and there was no other good option. If all the caracters are gonna be uniqe then some will resonate with the player and some will not. Being locked out of a romance experience on a character becuse you picked the "wrong" race/sex just feels very unfullfilling. It can aslo affect the choises of thoose. I have choosen human female in all my dragon age playthroughs becuse this allows me to romance the characters i wanted. In a way i minmaxed for romance wich is not how character creation should go imo. As far as the wheel goes i can see the appeal but i wholehartedly agree with how dull it makes the socializing. Im basicly just chucking hearts at the loveintrest till the give me what i want. This is the stone cold opposite of romance. I do not feel whooed, i feel like a Nice guy TM trying to trade nice comments and favourts for a naught cutscene. I do however feel that it may have been implemented due to some players soft locking themselves in one romance or flirting with multiple companions by accident. A distinct marker for the flirty and romance driving dialogue options stops this, but boy does it kill the mood.