Berwick Saga is NOT Fire Emblem
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- Опубликовано: 19 мар 2024
- a review about berwick saga for the playstation 2.
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Watched "Berwick Saga is NOT Fire Emblem" on RUclips.
It’s THE Tim Rogers from THE Action Button Reviews channel.
😮
No way! The guy that makes high quality videos watches the guy that makes high quality videos
Thank you hideo kojima
Oh my goodness it’s my idol on my other idol’s channel
Choops didn’t go anywhere y’all, he was just editing this video
This was my exact thoughts lol.
When looking at the 40 minute video I was like: so that explains where he's been for 11 months.
You know, I feel it was definitely a bold choice spending 39 minutes of the video explaining how to properly grip the tip just how Shouzou likes it.
it's bold in the way it jerks it.
good lord the editing is insanely good
As always. Everytime he drops a video and i check his subscriber count im like wtf??
As a motion designer : I don't understand how they do this.
@@degreeskelvin3025 I think the content is just too niche, the quality is amazing tho.
Man's tim rogers impression is so good he summoned the guy
"Tenacity and luck are a potent combo in the face of a hopeless situation"
*absolutely throats the biggest cucumber I've ever seen*
bwahahaha
@@Choops6969Gluk Gluk 9000
Omg choops please don’t make this your last video! You finally made a good one!
BLEUGH-*violently spits up blood*
How many times did he have to clean his shirt from all the blood vomits?
Ain't no way bruv said ricky martin and then showed enrique iglesias 💀💀💀💀💀
"January 6th Choops isn't real, he can't hurt you"
January 6th Choops: 20:22
what can I say? my values are under attack.
I can't believe your crippling Taco Bell addiction was actually secret anime montage training for mastering Berwick Saga.
Now I wanna try to get this game physically, especially if Tim Rogers cameoed in it
I've been absolutely obsessed with this game since about September of last year.
While I for whatever reason was doubtful of just how good it really was after my first playthrough, I came to the understanding that is the most rewarding and addictive game I've experienced so far.
What's truly remarkable to me however is just how long it took for this brilliant game to get such a dedicated and passionate overview in the English-speaking community. The closest I can think of is some of Adam's videos a few years back to celebrate the release of the fan translation.
I don't really know what means 'success' to you in the release of your videos, but I have a feeling that while this might not top views or the like, this might be your most IMPORTANT video. You gave this game what it very much deserved and was long overdue; a passionate, insightful, thoughtful, and overall truly befitting video of the game's own caliber.
Thank you. I think you should be very proud of this!
lord monarch online e is more important than this shitty game, wtf are u talking about?
@@Choops6969Gotta say, thanks for the Lord Monarch vid! I gave Online a shot and got through through the first 15 maps thinking "Huh, that was underwhelming." Then on a whim I picked up Online/Pro and have been just blazing through it. The game just constantly throws new challenges your way (esp. in Pro - gotta love monster manipulation).
thank you. yes. it's fucking amazing! dohtaa should stream it and bonks revenge@@AlaskanPanda907
That intro... woke me up
HOW IS UP!?
@@Choops6969there's no way you replied as I woke up STOP but yea I'm staying frothy
30:15 bro please wear a helmet lmao
This editing is genuinely incredible. I listened to this while I was working, and rewatched it when i got home, so now these visual gags have me rolling. Fantastic work, dude. Your effort shines through on every video, and the creativity you express is genuinely really impressive. If more people cared as much as you do about what they were passionate for, the world would be a better place.
A place where people remember to heal Colm with Moulder-
thank u so much for the kind words.
chest hair plays chess
unfortunately, you not doing the obvious joke leaves room for me to do it.
"my local lazberian bar played this on loop tonight."
"lazberian's love berwick saga's (over)commitment to realism"
That was the greatest intro of all time.
This is a cool video, I liked when Kramer was on the cliff
HI choops! As a fan of fire emblem I'm glad you could introduce this 'fire emblem-like' game to me with this video! I thought it was very interesting and informative. I can't wait to get started and see Penid get going!
Edit: haha! I meant Enid! Slip of the pingas 😅
Never forget darm tower
Geez, I already commented once... But thank you Choops for making a video of this caliber on my favorite game of all time. Your effort and care is palpable, and I'm so happy to see this game get some attention
I'm really glad you enjoyed it. As u know even 40 minutes doesn't do this game justice, but hopefully it encourages more awesome discourse and discussion.
I liked the part where Choopi chooped all over Kaga's chooper
Berwick Saga is a such a chaotic game. It breaks every modern game design rule regarding player control. Rather than removing luck from the experience, Berwick Saga is a game about minimizing risk and maximizing outcomes through a combination of luck and skill. I'm all here for it.
Tbd luck can be used in a way that still retains full player control of the outcome. Take trails turn based system and how you actively see for example oh turn 4 is a crit let’s make sure I use actions that are not too fast that I act on turn 3 then lose that crit but not too slow that I act next on turn 5. Or hey let’s use the super move that gives me a turn whenever on turn 4 so I get the crit that way. Or hey on turn 7 you cast arts with no charge time and no cost to arts points let’s get my magic dude a turn on turn 7 so he can cast the spell which normally takes the entirety of his arts points to drop the sun on the enemies with a large charge time normally but not need to spend arts points and cast it instantly. Awekening tried to do this to an extent with lunatic+ skill rng but there was still rng in the map as well and sometimes you were screwed from the start.
Thats how you can tell it was made by an autuer haha
Instead of following convensions or thinking of future standards, it was built as the author decided was best
@@ultimaterecoil1136I feel like bws does the idea really amazingly with all the options it gives you to mitigate rng even early on, such as hitrates with using food bonuses and using certain units near eachother such as Adel, Leon and Reese to hit Solidly not just that hitrates enemy units have are like the players, along with the fact the hitrates gradually get better as the game goes on. With Weapon breaking you can swap often and reduce the chance of them breaking by more than you'd think along with Repair Stones existing.
Did you just do a parco folgore "chi chi chi chi oppae" dance in a berwick saga not fire emblem video? Holy-moly!
Another certified choopin' masterpiece... Can't get content (art) like this anywhere else.
I didn't know I was still capable of feeling but this managed to make me laugh a few times.
Also what music did you use at 42:12?
Your videos are so good, they feel like those comfy & cozy video game essays from early 2010s
that's what I'm going for. peebs is by boyfriend irl.
It has been a year!!!! Why have you forgotten us!!! (love the little parappa style popsicles cut outs this vid is making my day)
The fact I was not mentioned in the credits directly has completely shattered my ego. The council will make sure every Monday you experience will be disrupted and ruined by our control. The only way to remedy this situation is you make an 80 hour video about how The Binding blade is for people with big balls while Genealogy of the Holy War is for poor poo babies. We will be expecting a response in the next 48 hours.
Incredible video Choops! Great to see you back in the clack and it was well worth the wait for it
I've played Berwick saga twice, I think back to back like you. The first time, I played blind while occasionally looking up recruitment/promotion and using save states. I had a great time and left thinking it was a masterpiece. The second time, I dove into reddit, found out I played the game wrong and used bad units, and attempted to recruit everyone, do most events and most importantly, no save states.
It was miserable and I got halfway through before I quit that idea and just used units I wanted to use and used save states.
I do think thracia is a better game than this, just because it's easier. But Berwick saga is genius, straight up. You didn't talk a lot about the hexagons but I'm now convinced they're way better than squares 😂. If there was a patch to make Berwick saga easier/more reliable/reveal hidden info, I'd gladly pick it up again and maybe go through with that recruit everyone and all events/bounties idea. But for now, I think I'd rather play any other fe game 😭
Also, I literally had to stop the video, go to action button and see if I missed a super Mario bros video 😂
"I dove into reddit, found out I played the game wrong and used bad units, and attempted to recruit everyone, do most events and most importantly, no save states.
It was miserable and I got halfway through before I quit"
I think this sentiment is why a lot of FE fans rag on the Kaga games nowadays. They have lots of obscure mechanics and a reputation as being "difficult" but when looking up a guide and planning an optimal run they become outright dull IMO. Recently I did a runthrough of FE3 (when I learned that FE3/4 are on the JP Switch Online SNES emulator) where I plowed through the game doing a pseudo ironman and not looking up any of the secret shop locations, how the sphere items work, etc. (haven't played the game since I was like 14 so I forgot basically everything) Ended up having a much more fun go of things and I imagine FE4/5 are similarly fun when you're not sending units to arbitrary event tiles and obsessing over getting certain pairings to fire off.
@@superilikeeggsyo lol I think it's maybe more complicated. Most units in Berwick saga actually take a decent amount of investment, "good" units included. So if you don't enjoy/properly understand a unit, you feel like you're enduring a lot of bs that the game throws at you, rather than forgiving it when you're having fun with a few you like. That second run wasn't dull at all, it was just not fun.
@@vishuprathikanti9352 Oh no I understand. I meant dull as in "tedious/mindless". Not "boring". I haven't played Berwick saga myself but based on your comments and the overall tone of the video the comparison to FE5 is a lot more apt that the anecdote I gave about FE3. FE5 when played blind has the player constantly on-edge over the mechanics and gimmicks but even when using a guide to know how where the warp tiles are, how to recruit Xavier, etc. you still have to juggle things like fatigue, 1/256 miss chance and other nonsense the game throws at you.
My point was more that I legitimately don't think I could get much enjoyment out of any of Kaga's games if I had a guide on me while playing it or was actively trying for a LTC or Perfect Rank. Will probably get around to playing this and the two Vestaria Saga games at some point though. Just to embrace the wackiness.
you can definetly making berwick saga more "easier" with a randomizer,you can make it "balance" patch that adding more or less to the games,and you can even make your own balance patch if you wanted to.
I was literally discussing you this morning the timing could not be more perfect.
Berwick seems very interesting, it would be great if there was a modernized version of the game or remake of it.
Limited resources, encouraged aggressive play, and punished over investing in units are all great features for a strategy game.
Great video dude! I know you've been working on this thing for a while and it really shows in the absurd quality of the editing and effects.
I'd argue the game IS great every thing in the game has work arounds and solutions and the game has a amazing sprite art, great music, great gameplay, amazing map quality more and such
Brilliant vid! I wouldn't think you could get me with a throwing-up-blood gag that many times, and yet here we are
Fantastic video!
Berwick is one of those games that will definitely not click with most people, but if it clicks for you, it's one of the most amazing gaming experiences ever created. And even were I not a huge fan of this game, I'd still respect it for taking full advantage of the medium, intertwining narrative and gameplay beautifully.
As is, it's probably still my favourite game, because its mechanics all flow together incredibly well and it's just fun to utilise them to their full potential. I love Berwick's maps and difficulty progression, I adore all the units that for the most part feel truly unique to each other. I was fully convinced by this game that skill sets will always make for a vastly more fun cast than a single minor personal skill + a bunch of class ones.
I like most of the characters and imo a lot of them left a much bigger impact on me than whatever a support system could achieve. Making the player actually use characters, instead of glueing 2 of them together to grind up an arbitrary amount of points, taking full advantage of the hub to create a myriad of optional events and adding unit-specific objectives on maps made me actually care about the cast both story and gameplay wise. Ruby and Clifford, Izerna and Dean, Christine, Ward and Elbert, plus Axel, Larentia and Sylvis are some of my favourite S/TRPG characters, despite not having chunks of script comparable to Hamlet in length dedicated to each of them.
The music is some of my favourite in the genre, though some short pieces can get repetitive. I like the art direction, even if it's not everyone's cup of... whatever you like to drink.
In conclusion: Next time someone says Final Fantasy Tactics is “like chess”, scoff at them and say, “More like Connect Four-you haven’t played Berwick Saga you dumb noob.” Then put on your sunglasses and dolphin-flop out the nearest thirty-story window.
I think Kaga straddles that line between a game that is about its themes, because terms like "motivating the device" and such apply to games differently, and just being something that seeks to please and be relatively low investment... to a fault. I don't think the point of operating along a range of concepts where you completely write off what seems realistic or relevant are things that designers choose to do to be spiteful. My anecdote is that I played and saw parts of Fire Emblem Engage and so much of it felt like it was just a toy, but it lacked the drama and stakes that comes with being a strategy game. Without writing an overly long post, GAMEPLAY IS STORY, those are not two disparate things but you can certainly hit moments where as a player you're playing a game simply to push the bounds of what the game can support.
My feeling is that modern Fire Emblem, which is not really some kind of outlier, works by grafting things to itself (such as literal characters from previous games) vs actually committing to a premise. To give something less inflammatory... yes, in a game where you gain an item it is efficient to sometimes have a prompt appear on screen that says "Item Get x1", but when you show a character actually pick up the item and animate it, that's an attention grabbing device. But you don't really have to go about realism in that way, sometimes it truly is flavor and that's where things get interesting. The impression I have, from playing Vestaria Saga recently, is that as punishing as that game could be, I did appreciate that it was trying to be strategic and I got to experience something as seemingly contrived feeling as "This character is a small girl who can move like two spaces, but wins the hearts of mercenary couples who would otherwise murder you."
Berwick Saga's look of being "anime" comes with the expectation that it would be generic and easily digested/consumed, and I just like that it is punishing and demands attention and doesn't compromise on that. The benefits of such can't be assumed, I've seen games that make similar choices that do absolutely nothing with details like that... but ol' SHOUZOU KAGAAAAA never seemed to be one of them. I feel like I didn't "get" Fire Emblem until I played his older games, and now it's really impossible not to scrutinize new Fire Emblem not because it's being mean, but because it chooses to call itself "Fire Emblem." Seeing the master at work just innovate in a different direction, it might require gaming that I'm not up to... but it definitely sounds more interesting to me. Great video!
I couldn't have said it better. You described my feelings about the series and Kaga's Sagas but especially Berwick, the true masterpiece of the man.
I think the sequence from 38:31 to 39:54 really sums up why Berwick Saga is so good, and I think the shot at 39:30 is one of the best you've done despite its relative simplicity. It feels great to finally see the full video after you've worked so long on it!
I'm really glad that Fire Emblem has its very own youtuber who every once in a while releases a video essay with absolutely insane production value about a topic that I've never even heard of before.
Wow! Even though I'm on the discord server, saw this video in progress, and have seen you streaming and talking in discord, I thought you were dead! And to come back with a banger 40 min video? Crazy! This was so good that I think you should start doing hour long videos on a two week schedule! Welcome back to the land of the living, chopie! 😊
The day of a new Choops vid is always a great day.
The editing on this video was excellent. Great job Choops!
Tim Rogers jumpscare D:
The edits are sublime! Absolutely loved this, never change choops.
The quality of your videos cannot be understated.
BRB adding Thumpy Pumpy Bingo to my personal dictionary
Incredible how your videos can be so funny and so informative, I loved this. Your editing is so creative
God tier editing as usual. Never disappoints. Godspeed choops
Great video with some interesting points, and insanely good editing as usual haha. Also, I see that Midnight Sun mention 🌟 thanks
np man. honored u had me try out the game in the first place.
We been waiting for this one... good video choops
I
agree.
Fantastic video. Berwick Saga has been in my top 3 games list since I first played it years ago, and this video just happens to come out while I’m starting my 6th replay? Must be fate.
I think that the reduced scope of Berwick’s story is honestly very refreshing and interesting. You get a point-of-view in the war between the League and Raze that’s very atypical for a FE-adjacent game, the comparison to Thracia is pretty spot on (though I do think it makes much more sense than Thracia does when played standalone). Reese is uniquely situated to be impactful only on a small scale while still interacting with these major players in the greater conflict, I honestly really love it- and I’m totally not salty I never got a sequel starring Zephyrus. Haha…
I was already entertained enough by this video to subscribe, but then you referenced Super Thracia and Trails and got me to point at the screen like DiCaprio because this dude is literally me. Great work, looking forward to more stuff from you in the future.
It's about damn time Choops! good to have you back and great as ever.
genuinely one of the most fun editing styles ive seen. i was like dang, the style and effects of this are so immersive, i'm being totally sucked into this video. good work my dude :D
also TIM
I'm in the New Threat segment. Hooray! Amazing video.
merry pidmix
Also, thank you so much for giving a full list of all the music you use in your videos. I don't say this very often, but your random assortment of music has led me to some OSTs I otherwise would have NEVER found or even gotten a chance to listen to.
So to anybody else who is always hunting for musics credit, I can very confidently say that Choops so very kindly put the full list at 26:44 - 27:25
Who even cares about background music? Are you 5?
YES, this was a very nice addition for his videos.
@@mihaimercenarul7467 Who even cares about the thoughts of those who care about background music? Are you 3?
@@mcihay246 good parrot. Want a biscuit?
@@mihaimercenarul7467 I cannot dare to take it. It belongs to you.
You can’t just come back out of no where and drop this banger of a video.
Great video, can't even imagine how much effort must have gone into the editing.
Also not gonna lie, you REALLY sold me on this game. Even a lot of the flaws/oddities sound very unique and make me wanna try it
You really made an amazing video here choops! I will definitely get around to this game at some point!
I recently played Berwick Saga, thrice in fact, once fully blind, once by doing what I didn't do, and a final time checking guides and optimizing how I could, and the game still was a awesome experience. As you said, it puts tactical in RPG. Even in my weaker first run, the game never felt impossible, though I started using save states once a turn by the middle of it to cut some slack, but with time, thought, and a bit of luck, I managed to finish it.
42:06
What music did he use at that point in the video?
(Ready for the double interaction)
YOU'RE BACK!!!! Thank you so much for creating new content like this!
Immaculate video
The editing on this video is solid but by the gods the gameplay... I am quite glad I didn't play this growing up. Though I do remember seeing a small handful of the streams shown in the video. Great work, good to see a new video. I hope to catch the next stream when available.
It’s always a treat when Choops uploads 😎
that "Mario party & Go Fish" line killed me
Now this is a video for the whole fucking family
2:22 One day they'll love you, Gaiden. You're that fun kind of jank.
Man, this video was sooo goooood!!! I was captivated from start to finish!
Seriosly, this was the best editing and overall video quality that I've seen in a loooooong, long time. INCREDIBLY good job!!!
Choop man. Yo, I really hope you get more recognition. That amount of editing must've driven you insane. Respect for the dedication. I'll share this one around so the insanity wasn't in vain :)
whoa. magic echo?! LUKE?! fr tho ty.
:D :D :D @@Choops6969
Man, it has been AWHILE since I’ve seen editing this intense.
I had no idea of this choops person, but I am so glad I do now
Choops🎉 this editing is GOD-Like
Love the video 😍😍
Thank you, Lord Choops! That was delicious!
I don't know Choops well, but from the goblin bunker network chat, I know him to be like a hand grenade, rolling down a hill and causing chaos with incendiary comments. This video rocks.
The Berwick Video is finally here! HYPE!
editing is insanely good and this is a great insight for someone thats been interested in trying berwick as a fire emblem fan for a while, good shit
Ah yes the crippled status. My favourite thing to happen to my star combat unit on the 4th turn of a 5 turn cycle.
Choops this was beautiful, thank you! It was absolutely worth the wait. ❤
This is an awesome video as always Choops. Keep it up!
My god, this video is SO GOOD. The editing is out of this world!
Your editing style has always made your videos feel like watching a movie, so watching this 40+ minutes choop-tastic movie on a game I hope to play eventually has been the treat of the year.
I'm glad adding guns in Gales of Nayeli could nudge you towards this marvelous thumbnail
That Rogers jumpscare. Also instant sub. Smashed it dude
Legitimately some of the most amazing editing I've seen. Fantastic analysis too.
This video was funny as hell. And informative. Great work Choops!
It's always a great day whenever you post.
This video was incredible. Will add Berwick to my future backlog
California girls is my favorite berwick saga soundtrack fits so well on ch 12-1
On the the turn order thing choops I sorta see your point but even that is a mechanic you simply have to work/learn around imo which is very much in line with berwick sagas philosophy wise, the rng and even weapon breaks are easily avoidable and workable (in the case of rng early on combining units skills like Reese + Leon + Adel thus making the rng favour the play), and for weapons and breaking simply swapping weapons around often thus mitigation how much damage weapons take and using repair stones when needed, I feel like the obtuse mechanics not being fully explained is much like how you talked about fe 4 simply put the game came with a instruction manual which ya know was meant to instruct the player. Also while I can see your point on the story feeling small scale and kinda incomplete but I'd argue the story is VERY focused in reeses story and the game shows just enough of what's going on and how it impacts Reese and his group
Such an amazing video and finally able to learn about this game! Your work for this video is amazing! 🎉
My key takeaways from this are:
Choops editing skills have gone overdrive in the last year
Choops is a fellow Lapis fan
And that Berwick Saga is not Fire Emblem... it might be worse XD
Yoooo this has gotta be your most well produced, entertaining, and unhinged video yet !! I will definitely echoe your opinion on Berwick saga any time i need to pretend ive played the game for the sake of an argument online (im kidding of course) anyway I'm so glad you're back !!
You did it choops, congrats!! This video was great! I wanna try this game out like unironically and that’s saying something
Thank you for shedding some more light to this masterpiece. At the beginning it felt so frustrating and barely gave it a chance, but once I got the hang of it, oh boy. Also there's a trick that lets you play with fire emblem-like turn order if you want to experience it in anothe way.
Fantastic video, choops. Great review, great editing, great humour!
This level of editing feels insane to me. Like, raising-the-bar levels of good. I'm shook right now. I don't know what to do with my hands. How long did this take??!
Seriously, just when you think it's going to let up, it gets crazier.
Damn i now really wanna watch a letplay from you, do you have the stream vods of your playthrough?
there are several vods on this channel. check the pantless stream playlist on the main page.
if you like the consequence/rng heavy strategy combat of berwick saga you might like battle brothers. It's not anime and its sandbox so no real narrative either, but I saw many parallels
What's Fire Emblem?
I almost made the mistake of listening to a choops video while falling asleep without actually watching the wonderful editing. Best video I've seen in months maybe years.
Good to see another great video come out!