cant wait for your review of Hellbalde 2, been looking at it, but i cant figure if its worth a buy, i might hold off on that one. V-Rising is great tho.
Mack, my wife and I watch your reviews all the time. We find ourselves saying your sarcastic “Is it?” all the time. You’re our favorite RUclips channel. Happy to support you! Can’t wait for your Ghost of Tsushima and Stalker 2 reviews this year!
I love your impressions and mini reviews. The big ones are still the best but i love that you cover more and especially "less known" titles. Keep going mac. ❤
Same. This and the occasional weirdly hilarious thing that comes up. Like that time he had an "old man yells at cloud" moment over SSDs. Love ya Mac, never change :D
@@Space_Ghost91 Hello. 1. I do have a youtube channel where I talk about stuff. It is just not this one for anonymity reasons. 2. This is not at all about homophobia. Homosexuality is a concept around sexual attraction which has nothing to do with the looks of a person. People who love the same sex as they are themself still look like normal people. The characters in this game however show for example women with beards. Thats not homosexuality. Instead it goes down the transgender road which is a completely different thing. It revolves around the concept of "sexual identity" and not sexual attraction. Showing and implying that it is just as regular of a thing as brushing your teeth for women to have heavy and thick beads like men is incorrect. They dont. Men can love women or men and thats fine. Woman can love men and women thats fine. But men cannot *become* women and women cannot become men. Thats however what these characters indicate. Implying that sex is something that may change (at will) is completely wrong, utterly preposterous and on top of that dangerous. Therefore critizising attempts to normalise this idea even in childish games is justified. This has absolutely nothing to do with homosexuality (therefore nothing to do with homophobia) and aims at a completely different topic based on the absurd idea of changing sex at will. But yes, the trans-idea has successfully captured empathy for homosexuals by disrespectfully adding itself into their lineage which was a clever coup (LGBTQAI+). But its wrong, those things have nothing to do with each other. Based on that I have to reject your accusation as wrong. Happy to read your reply. Best regards
This is a great video! It's nice to get a sample of new games instead of never even knowing they came out. Thanks for the vid Mac, I'll def check this game out.
Mack, have you seen Industrial Annihilation, by the team that made Planetary Annihilation, it comes to early access in Q2 of this year! It's a Planetary Annihilation/Factorio hybrid.
thats awesome, remember Planetary Annihilation was one of the few kickstarters I threw money on that delivered. Good and fun development team, the making of the game was just as entertaining as playing it. Still waiting for Star Citizen...
Seems the combat in this is lifted straight out of Overlord. If you guys haven't played that game, you're seriously missing out on a great classic. There's nothing like it out there as far as I know.
@@Liwet. Pikmin, right. I totally forgot. I heard of that game, but I have never played it because it's not on PC. At least it didn't used to be. I heard it was compared to Overlord before. Overlord is an RPG dark comedy game. You play as a dark lord who's just woken up and need to repair his castle and reestablish his dark domain. I don't know what Pikmin is compared to that though. Probably not very similar in story or tone.
@@Freshmaeker Inspiration maybe, but Dungeon Keeper is a deep simulation strategy game not a story rich RPG and they're nothing alike execution-wise. I found Dungeon Keeper boring after a while, but Overlord is one of my favorites. Maybe a couple of modern indie titles are now rediscovering how a 3rd person dungeon crawler, army commander and looter action game could be merged, but the concept is very niche. Not many players liked Overlord because of the clunky controls. I considered it part of the fun.
Help Mac have i imagined this, but recently you reviewed a game, how you died or you will die or somthing, it was a survival game that you couldn't survive, i can't find it on your list, do you remember the name? thx
Mack you don't need to explain yourself (for your long time viewers of 10 years) I'd rather have a small video and content than nothing at all. This game actually looks fun. Cheers for the video. You earned the right to throw out smaller videos and at least you were honest
I think these "quick look" reviews are a good idea to give a taste of new releases - a nice accompaniment to the in-depth content that you produce for the titles you choose to concentrate on. 👍
Im playing Captain of Industry which is a not so cute version of fto on my opinion. I thought it was relatively simple at first, turns out it a right sod.
Mack you gonna cover Grey Zone Warfare pulling a Tarkov? Looks like there's four versions you can buy & you'll never guess what advantage you get for paying the most - you get a larger safe container! Did you guess it right Mack? Loved the initial take down for EFT for doing this garbage as I noticed it right away & was let down by it myself (never bought Tarkov as I expected them to continue the trend) & eager for the same treatment for GZW.
Thanks Mack!! I agree, us gamers can choose whether to do more investigation before pouring our hard earned money into a game or not. And I think posting some video just to throw out there is probably wise for the views and channel. Cheers buddy
you make interesting choices regarding play time spend on games like this, I can tell from a mile away it's not really worth much time investment. I've noticed that on quite a few occassions on this channel as of late.
Mack you really should start reviewing Nintendo games lol. You are completely unaware that this game is trying to be a better version of Pikmin. Pikmin is a rather iconic game series and was very popular. I am uncertain whether this has pulled it off since I don't expect to play it but I think this was important for comparing the game to its inspiration.
Sorry, but I am unsure if giving every game you played - especially if only played for a couple of hours - a video. I guess you may be very efficient in cutting and preparing a video nowadays, but it is not enough for me to decide if I like it. The thing is, if I spend 15+ € or even £ on a title, I want it to be worth my time. So, here we have a cute Early-Access (did you even mention that?) factory adventure game, which appears to be directed maybe to a younger audience. Not for me after this review. This means it is probably good enough for me to say no, but would not be good enough for me to say yes - especially not for that price. For 1.50 I would say "doesn't matter if I don't like it, but 15.00? No way!" Honestly, I prefer reviews with more substance and if I may say so: I would like to kindly recommend you to focus on meaningful reviews and drop those games you have hardly any time to review well enough.
Come on Mack, if you are going to review a game, do a proper job. Otherwise, you are just wasting our time and not giving the game justice, just because "you are not in the mood and its not your style..."
Game offers a character creator where you can put any cosmetic items you want on a cartooniest looking character and yall piss your pants screaming DEI in the comments. Grow up
"your character is like that". Why don't you just say what you're thinking? Your character is what? an ethnic minority? a woman? What exactly are you getting at? 🤔🤔🤔
I get not going too deep... But for the time it takes to make a video, why not at least go into a like more detail? You spent a decent part of the video explaining why you aren't making a more detailed video instead of just adding more detail.
Bad review Mack. You upload a “review” of a game to tell people you’re not gonna do a review of the game? I was genuinely hoping for a review but instead you upload a 4 minute video sayings it’s not worth your time and have other games to play. Get over yourself bro
@@dreyga2 In the past I might have given it a chance, but I got burned far too often. These days, any hint of wokeness = instant pass. I vote with my wallet 🙂
I think its a mistake reviewing games you havent properly commited to. It makes you seem more interested in pumping out content than actually giving a detailed and honest review. If it continues ill be dropping the channel, your cool Mack and you have a fun presentation but you influence my gaming purchases too much to listen to you if you arent going to commit to the games you review. What if 10 hours in this game hits a grind wall that makes it unfun? What if there is a game breaking bug like in superman 64 where you cant beat the final levels without cheating? Your thumbs up on that title would be bad for your brand. No one expects you to review every title that comes out bro, play the games YOU want to play and review them in detail, your fans arent going to leave because you didnt review some indy title that doesnt interest you. But we will bounce if you start giving half assed reviews of games you havent played through.
May is going to be a big month for games and I will be reviewing all the big names like V-Rising, Hellblade II and of course Ghosts of sunishisushshi.
hi mac :D
You should checkout Abiotic Factor as well Mac!
Ghost of SnuSnu?
Ghost of sushi and V rising are both great games!Idk about Hellblade and its 6 hours campaign,lets hope it turn out okay after all this years.
cant wait for your review of Hellbalde 2, been looking at it, but i cant figure if its worth a buy, i might hold off on that one. V-Rising is great tho.
Looks like Factorio mixed with Pikmin.
I could never do your job. I'm playing Manor Lords practically full time.
Mack, my wife and I watch your reviews all the time. We find ourselves saying your sarcastic “Is it?” all the time. You’re our favorite RUclips channel. Happy to support you! Can’t wait for your Ghost of Tsushima and Stalker 2 reviews this year!
What a great idea to show us everything you play! I really like this little game and without you I’ll probably never discover it.
newest kink on tinder: "automation-curious!"
I love your impressions and mini reviews. The big ones are still the best but i love that you cover more and especially "less known" titles. Keep going mac. ❤
I love that Mac knows the band Sparks.
This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us !
1:00 this undertone which shall not be elaborated upon on this channel all that much is exactly why I really like this channel since years.
100% agree
Same. This and the occasional weirdly hilarious thing that comes up. Like that time he had an "old man yells at cloud" moment over SSDs. Love ya Mac, never change :D
Yeah its great to dogwhistle homophobia online because you wouldn't want to be brave enough to publicly stand by your beliefs.
@@Space_Ghost91
Hello.
1. I do have a youtube channel where I talk about stuff. It is just not this one for anonymity reasons.
2. This is not at all about homophobia.
Homosexuality is a concept around sexual attraction which has nothing to do with the looks of a person. People who love the same sex as they are themself still look like normal people. The characters in this game however show for example women with beards. Thats not homosexuality. Instead it goes down the transgender road which is a completely different thing. It revolves around the concept of "sexual identity" and not sexual attraction.
Showing and implying that it is just as regular of a thing as brushing your teeth for women to have heavy and thick beads like men is incorrect. They dont.
Men can love women or men and thats fine. Woman can love men and women thats fine. But men cannot *become* women and women cannot become men. Thats however what these characters indicate.
Implying that sex is something that may change (at will) is completely wrong, utterly preposterous and on top of that dangerous. Therefore critizising attempts to normalise this idea even in childish games is justified. This has absolutely nothing to do with homosexuality (therefore nothing to do with homophobia) and aims at a completely different topic based on the absurd idea of changing sex at will.
But yes, the trans-idea has successfully captured empathy for homosexuals by disrespectfully adding itself into their lineage which was a clever coup (LGBTQAI+). But its wrong, those things have nothing to do with each other.
Based on that I have to reject your accusation as wrong.
Happy to read your reply.
Best regards
@@RujioWR Thanks for clarifying that you're not homophobic but a transphobic bigot :) Seems like Mack attracts a lot of you guys.
This is a great video! It's nice to get a sample of new games instead of never even knowing they came out. Thanks for the vid Mac, I'll def check this game out.
Mack, have you seen Industrial Annihilation, by the team that made Planetary Annihilation, it comes to early access in Q2 of this year! It's a Planetary Annihilation/Factorio hybrid.
thats awesome, remember Planetary Annihilation was one of the few kickstarters I threw money on that delivered. Good and fun development team, the making of the game was just as entertaining as playing it. Still waiting for Star Citizen...
I prefer your new "video for everything" policy.
Thanks for the commentary. Glad you're still alive. A cute version of Factorio sounds nice. All the best.
i like you doing little videos on everything you play, some games dont need a deep dive.
I 'dabbled' in automation in college
We appreciate your mini-reviews!
Seems the combat in this is lifted straight out of Overlord. If you guys haven't played that game, you're seriously missing out on a great classic.
There's nothing like it out there as far as I know.
Or Pikmin, though Overlord is probably the better game.
@@Liwet. Pikmin, right. I totally forgot. I heard of that game, but I have never played it because it's not on PC. At least it didn't used to be. I heard it was compared to Overlord before. Overlord is an RPG dark comedy game. You play as a dark lord who's just woken up and need to repair his castle and reestablish his dark domain. I don't know what Pikmin is compared to that though. Probably not very similar in story or tone.
Nothing like it? How about it's exactly like dungeon keeper 😂 the game it was based on.
@@Freshmaeker Inspiration maybe, but Dungeon Keeper is a deep simulation strategy game not a story rich RPG and they're nothing alike execution-wise. I found Dungeon Keeper boring after a while, but Overlord is one of my favorites. Maybe a couple of modern indie titles are now rediscovering how a 3rd person dungeon crawler, army commander and looter action game could be merged, but the concept is very niche. Not many players liked Overlord because of the clunky controls. I considered it part of the fun.
With a character creator like that, I've seen all I need to see. "Automation curious" should have given it away from the get-go though.
Will you be doing anything on Foundry by chance?
😔dont think I could do the kiddish theme
your soul might be young even though your body is old grandpa
No stellar blade review ?
I give you a short review, it has DRM.
Help Mac have i imagined this, but recently you reviewed a game, how you died or you will die or somthing, it was a survival game that you couldn't survive, i can't find it on your list, do you remember the name? thx
Mack you don't need to explain yourself (for your long time viewers of 10 years)
I'd rather have a small video and content than nothing at all. This game actually looks fun. Cheers for the video. You earned the right to throw out smaller videos and at least you were honest
Where the video about KD2?
Crossover between Factorio and Overlord. The minion mechanic seems to be quite similar.
fully support with your "video for all" mode!
Mack, NOBODY knows/remembers The Sparks except you & me ;-)
I just couldn't get past the Automation Curious bit either LOL
I like the new video release schedule Mack!
Hi, I liked the video. Its nice to have a first impression and see some gameplay, hope you keep doing it! (good to know it is not complete shite).
I love how you don't get any idea what's going on from the review. Keep it up mate!
I think these "quick look" reviews are a good idea to give a taste of new releases - a nice accompaniment to the in-depth content that you produce for the titles you choose to concentrate on. 👍
Good video as always. On a side note, I bought Manor Lords, wow..... a cracking game.
"Worth a Buy?" maybe. "Worth Your Time?" maybe not.
Im playing Captain of Industry which is a not so cute version of fto on my opinion. I thought it was relatively simple at first, turns out it a right sod.
Mack you gonna cover Grey Zone Warfare pulling a Tarkov?
Looks like there's four versions you can buy & you'll never guess what advantage you get for paying the most - you get a larger safe container!
Did you guess it right Mack?
Loved the initial take down for EFT for doing this garbage as I noticed it right away & was let down by it myself (never bought Tarkov as I expected them to continue the trend) & eager for the same treatment for GZW.
Thanks Mack!! I agree, us gamers can choose whether to do more investigation before pouring our hard earned money into a game or not. And I think posting some video just to throw out there is probably wise for the views and channel. Cheers buddy
you make interesting choices regarding play time spend on games like this, I can tell from a mile away it's not really worth much time investment. I've noticed that on quite a few occassions on this channel as of late.
Looks like PikMin or whatever the Nintendo game is called mixed with factorio
Pop goes the world!
I had some automation curiosity in uni but it didn't take
You have to do Grayzone warfare cawhhh that will be a laugh 😂
It looks like a cool game
Damn they straight up stole from Pikmin 😂 Nintendo gonna come down on them hard I bet !
More like a cringe Factorio, LOL
The sparks reminds me of Pikmin
Looks like a fun little game though.
oddballs?
I love how they're politicising video games now with ideology. Lets us know who the garbage developers are and who to avoid.
Oddsparks: Factorio for your girlfriend!
I only needed to see the character generation, looks bland and shit, thanks for saving me the money !
its like pikmin
Hitting the bottom of your barrel if you dont even bother to play the game.
This game ain't big enough for the both of us
So Factorio x Pikmin? I'm down.
pikmin x factorio
Reminds of pixmen
keep em koming
I would consider getting this game, but those character models...no thanks
Was going to get it but as soon as I saw the character creator..
Nah pass
DEI detected, game ignored.
What you got against wood people?
@@raspvidy Never give money to people that are likely to hate you.
Palworld x Factorio. ok
Mack 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 then why did u even pick this up ? Hahahahahaha just leave such games for later reviews 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
I tried playing but i kept suddenly vomiting, so stopped
Could be fun
Mack you really should start reviewing Nintendo games lol. You are completely unaware that this game is trying to be a better version of Pikmin.
Pikmin is a rather iconic game series and was very popular.
I am uncertain whether this has pulled it off since I don't expect to play it but I think this was important for comparing the game to its inspiration.
Sorry, but I am unsure if giving every game you played - especially if only played for a couple of hours - a video.
I guess you may be very efficient in cutting and preparing a video nowadays, but it is not enough for me to decide if I like it.
The thing is, if I spend 15+ € or even £ on a title, I want it to be worth my time.
So, here we have a cute Early-Access (did you even mention that?) factory adventure game, which appears to be directed maybe to a younger audience.
Not for me after this review. This means it is probably good enough for me to say no, but would not be good enough for me to say yes - especially not for that price. For 1.50 I would say "doesn't matter if I don't like it, but 15.00? No way!"
Honestly, I prefer reviews with more substance and if I may say so:
I would like to kindly recommend you to focus on meaningful reviews and drop those games you have hardly any time to review well enough.
looks like you need to go by they/them pronouns in order to play this game
Factorio❌️ Cutorio✅️
Come on Mack, if you are going to review a game, do a proper job. Otherwise, you are just wasting our time and not giving the game justice, just because "you are not in the mood and its not your style..."
Okay
Sorry for wasting your time, but he never wasted my time with this little video.
I got exactly what I needed out of this review.
Go find a shill review then bud.
I disagree but hey, we never got a review for palworld so I just bought it and loved it.
Game offers a character creator where you can put any cosmetic items you want on a cartooniest looking character and yall piss your pants screaming DEI in the comments. Grow up
looks annoying boring, just play factorio, its worth a buy aswell.
"your character is like that". Why don't you just say what you're thinking? Your character is what? an ethnic minority? a woman? What exactly are you getting at? 🤔🤔🤔
Nah
Wdym one of them games?? You pressed the randomize apearence button. Did you expect normal looking characters from that?
Oh, sweet summer child.
I get not going too deep... But for the time it takes to make a video, why not at least go into a like more detail? You spent a decent part of the video explaining why you aren't making a more detailed video instead of just adding more detail.
Bad review Mack.
You upload a “review” of a game to tell people you’re not gonna do a review of the game?
I was genuinely hoping for a review but instead you upload a 4 minute video sayings it’s not worth your time and have other games to play. Get over yourself bro
dont like it dont watch simple as that. Better still, make your own channel and videos.
@@thevlaka I live in America I’ll watch something and criticize all I want, you don’t like it move to Canada
I don't think this review is helpful at all
woke game? pass!
what's woke about it?
@@dreyga2 Did you see the video? The character generator says it all...
@@Erik-Winters no I didn't, that's why I'm asking.
@@Erik-Winters now I saw it, ye you're right.
@@dreyga2 In the past I might have given it a chance, but I got burned far too often. These days, any hint of wokeness = instant pass. I vote with my wallet 🙂
I think its a mistake reviewing games you havent properly commited to. It makes you seem more interested in pumping out content than actually giving a detailed and honest review. If it continues ill be dropping the channel, your cool Mack and you have a fun presentation but you influence my gaming purchases too much to listen to you if you arent going to commit to the games you review. What if 10 hours in this game hits a grind wall that makes it unfun? What if there is a game breaking bug like in superman 64 where you cant beat the final levels without cheating? Your thumbs up on that title would be bad for your brand.
No one expects you to review every title that comes out bro, play the games YOU want to play and review them in detail, your fans arent going to leave because you didnt review some indy title that doesnt interest you. But we will bounce if you start giving half assed reviews of games you havent played through.
For the time he spent justifying the scarce video, he should have just went into more detail about the game
TLDR, I got all the info I need: DEI character creator, pass
What a ridiculous comment
@@billymallett297 What a ridiculous response
woke game? uninstall
lost interest at the character generation
first of course :)
I don't get what's wrong with the character?