Renegade Cut in 2022: “All cops are bastards and here’s why” Renegade Cut in 2024: “The world is ending soon so let’s just play some weird games” Right there with you, Leon.
I've been making audio-visual "content" since 2010, moved to RUclips in 2014, and the exhaustion of most of that time doing serious political videos caught up to me. I can't change the world, so I may as well make it a tiny bit more fun for myself and others. Glad you're liking it.
I mean, on a grandiose scale, it's tough for any one person to change the world, but I've found your earlier to be helpful, and a good point to start my own research into political matters (i.e. cops being bastards). But I also understand that being entrenched in nothing but political content can just wear on a person after a while, given how depressing most of the topics relating to it are. In either case, I enjoy your videos, and it's nice hearing your takes on games, being a huge gaymer myself. :)
@@renegadecut9875I was trying to do the same, as my health, and therefore professional life, were in decline I tried to not think about it, just play games and watch fun video game videos, and then IGN bought eurogamer, nowhere am I safe from capitalism.
In native tongue, Pavol actually speaks in šariština as compared to old english, which is a dialect from Šaris county (you can hear him say early in-game that's where he comes from) and this dialect is famous for being nigh incomprehensible compared to the official language. It's a lot more akin to country bumpkin energy compared to the one used in English release but if the goal was to be "barely comprehensible" I think the localization nailed it
Oh, sorry. I thought you were saying "I love watching you cover games as a gamedev" and not "As a gamedev, I love watching you cover games" Reminds me of that line from Clue. Anyway, carry on, carry on.
A new Renegade Cut video dropping sooner than I expected that I can watch while I cook breakfast before I head to the Pride parade is the finishing touch I needed on this day.
Loved this game, what a suprise to see this in my notifications. Felvidek and Slay the Princess have been my most enjoyable play experiences this year.
I shall assure you, in Germany every City has a Bürgermeister (Mayor) and yes, we do make Burger puns about it Bürgermeister of Hamburg is a classic on every playground :D
I once was called upon to become the Burger Master, they said it was my duty, my fate! Alas, my heart was on the art of the pizza, and this is a path I shall never abandon!
for the record, "nothing is a cutscene" came first, before quicktime events, in half life. and did a better job with making it feel like you were writing the story than almost anything, since stuff happened in reaction to you. That said, I agree that if cutscenes are going to be used, they should look different - at least in perspective.
I have a great appreciation for those who have very different game preferences. There are so many games I'll never see because they are outside my play interest. So I when I get to hear about these games, I get to experience some of the joy it holds. (The series of burger king jokes killed me) Love the old content, love the new content btw.
Agreed. I absolutely adored Felvidek. Cozy vibes on maximum and honestly funny. Like i dont really laugh when i play games but Felvidek constantly had me smiling and laughing out loud.
Fun extension of lesson on Hussites: They led a very long civil war in Lands of the Bohemian crown which resulted in decades of interregnum because no one was really able to enforce their right to the throne (neither hussite supported candidate, Sigismund Korybut or Emperor Sigismund). Throughout their history, Hussites were very fractured and most of the radicals who were defeated then became mercenaries abroad, and in case of Upper Hungary (Slovakia), they basically permanently moved there instead of just raiding, but were eventually pushed out. They were called "Bratříci" (meaning little brothers or something like that). This is very oversimplified, but all that I remember from top of my head. If you like long, chaotic conflicts, read something on Hussite wars. Regarding burgermeister: In royal cities (meaning free cities subordinated only to the king), there were two main authorities: elected Burgermeister (Purkmistr) and appointed Reeve (rychtář). Reeve basically served as a royal executive in the city, but throughout medieval era, their significance lowered, and certain cities even bought out the reeve office. This changed around 17th century, when Habsburgs started to centralize power and build absolutism. At this point, appointed officials again gained power and city councils with Burgermeisters were severely limited. This of course applies only to the Lands of the Bohemian crown, I don't really know how it was in Hungary or elsewhere.
I learned the Burgomaster term from D&D, as they use the term in the Curse of Strahd adventure. It doesn’t get defined there, but given which NPCs have the title and what their job/responsibilities are, the context is easy to put together. Still took a few weeks of game sessions for it to stop being funny.
I love seeing every new video. It feels like coming yo a coffee bar every day and hearing the barista talking someone's ear off about their current hyper focus.
To your point about Zurvanism, I think that's what Melville was evoking for Fedallah/Ahab's religion in Moby Dick - an occulted form of Zoroastrianism (or, at least, that's how I read it).
This video feel like it was made for me. It is about my favorite game of the year (and yes in Slovak it is even more hilarious) then Blood omen is mentioned and long long man commercial
I'll be honest, missed a few of your past videos. I feel bad, you're a great creator and have consistently gotten even better over the years. Saved to Watch Later, hopefully this drives a little engagement in the meantime. Keep fighting the good fight sir.
This game sounds like a couple guys getting together to try their best to make a monty pythons holy grail style game and getting about halfway there, before going in another direction in that classic "writing something supposed to be dumb when you suddenly realize you might actually be on to something here" way.
Your comparison is apt. The humour and the anachronisms are very much in the vein of that classic film. As much as 15th century events affect the setting of the game, don't take it as a serious look at the period (all the more that it's also going for a historical fantasy undertone, in addition to the humour).
And you know that th game will get some sort of sales bump because of this video. I have bought more games after a heartfelt recommendation like this one than I buy after seeing any kind of ad.
Same here. Sometimes a game gives me exactly what I wanted, and sometimes a game gives me something I didn't even know I needed. Impossibly, Felvidek is both.
Ah yes my favorite non political vibes only based entertaining youtuber person has uploading some more fire videos (Seriously ive been loving these new videos I hope you and your mental health are doing well)
Sure, but CG and anime cutscenes are often handled by different people and even different production houses, and they can be made at the same time as the programming is being done, not after.
I appreciate your confrontation with realism's homogenization of gaming. When I see all these paranoid conspiracies about DEI stealing all the hot women from gaming, I am sure it is actually realism taking away the fantasy of gaming ads and boxes, as for kids picking up EGM Joanna Dark was a lot hotter than in the actual game.
"I don't know how this game reads in Slovak", well, I can assure you, to a Slovak the game is about 10 times more hysterical than a non-speaker, it is originally written in a hillarious mix of regional dialects and it had me (and a couple friends along) in tears almost constantly. A great many screenshots were made in those 3-4 hours
A correction. The Hussites were not Protestants. Protestantism and the Reformation appeared a century or so after the Hussites. The Hussites are part of the different religious movements that happened in the Late Middle Ages, in part caused by the Western Schism of the Catholic Church into multiple papacies (Jan Hus was executed in the same Council where the Western Schism ended). That said. These religious movements and the Hussittes can be seen as the predecessors to Protestantism and the Reformation. Something that the Protestants themselves saw, making Jan Hus an icon of their movement.
Actually one really intresting character is located in the pub- I haven't played the game in English, but he sits there almost always, even after the cultists raid the pub. He speaks nonsense and is supposed to be a parody of one incompetent far right slovak politician named Andrej Danko. I laughed so hard when I found him, its a shame that most of the foreign audience cant get it.
2:48 Not only was it written in Slovak, it was written with lots of words and phrases from Šariš dialect so overall it doesn't carry over to even official Slovak.
I hope these words bring you comfort in confirming the great quality of your work, and invite the winds of fortune - that this fickle establishment runs on - to blow many more to your accomplishments.
Bitchin' video! Would love to see more game recommendations like this and the "Don't Play Hogwarts Legacy" video from you. i'd be curious about your takes on the MOTHER franchise, because it's also got *serious goofball energy*
God the models harken back to FF9 for me. Love the textures and mix of drawn faces versus what looks like real faces blended into the model. What a strong choice, I can always respect this kind of art direction.
Ok, this game is officially added to my wishlist. And I agree with you, I much prefer strange and unique indie games to most mega-triple-A games all day long.
I have no connection to this culture and I have, despite growing up in the age of PS1 and that first jank era of 3D, no real emotional connection to games where cutscenes and gameay differ drastically in looks... but MAN does a game about an alcoholic Hungarian knight trying to save his ailing marriage AND his town from nebulously evil forces sound like it's just up my alley. Definitely putting this on my watchlist and throwing a petard down the well, just to see what'll happen.
Not sure if you've played or heard of the Hylics games before, but I stumbled across another YT video about then and they seem like they might be worth checking out based off what you're talking about with this game. Here's the video in case you're interested: ruclips.net/video/BQEwevEJofY/видео.htmlsi=Yq68GGVqQ-g37egB
Somehow this games look reminds me highly of Hylics despite Hylics being made entirely with stopmotion clay figures. Also yea Bürgermeister at least in Germany is just the term for an elected Mayor of a given city.
I have been making and uploading videos since 2010, before I even moved my work to RUclips in 2014. It's 2024. People get older, their voices change a little, especially over the course of a fourteen year career. I'm a forty-two year-old man. I don't sound like I did in my 20's but not remarkably different. Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson) and Billy West (Philip J. Fry) don't sound the same as they did ten years ago. Nothing happened to them. They just got a little older. If you remember my old videos from those days, do you also remember that my audio wasn't too clear? RUclipsrs buy better equipment, they sound different. My microphone and other hardware weren't as high-end back then. Plus, if someone narrates videos long enough, they get better at it. I'm not sure how else to answer this. There is no "when" my voice changed. Life just marches on. I sound more or less the same to me. The audio is just clearer.
Renegade Cut in 2022: “All cops are bastards and here’s why”
Renegade Cut in 2024: “The world is ending soon so let’s just play some weird games”
Right there with you, Leon.
I've been making audio-visual "content" since 2010, moved to RUclips in 2014, and the exhaustion of most of that time doing serious political videos caught up to me. I can't change the world, so I may as well make it a tiny bit more fun for myself and others. Glad you're liking it.
I mean, on a grandiose scale, it's tough for any one person to change the world, but I've found your earlier to be helpful, and a good point to start my own research into political matters (i.e. cops being bastards).
But I also understand that being entrenched in nothing but political content can just wear on a person after a while, given how depressing most of the topics relating to it are.
In either case, I enjoy your videos, and it's nice hearing your takes on games, being a huge gaymer myself. :)
@@renegadecut9875I was trying to do the same, as my health, and therefore professional life, were in decline I tried to not think about it, just play games and watch fun video game videos, and then IGN bought eurogamer, nowhere am I safe from capitalism.
It's a healthy development, anyone who just does straight politics for several years is gonna end up... ungrounded.
This was recommended to me apparently 25 seconds after release! Who am I to deny the almighty algorithm?
In native tongue, Pavol actually speaks in šariština as compared to old english, which is a dialect from Šaris county (you can hear him say early in-game that's where he comes from) and this dialect is famous for being nigh incomprehensible compared to the official language. It's a lot more akin to country bumpkin energy compared to the one used in English release but if the goal was to be "barely comprehensible" I think the localization nailed it
I, who speak Slovak as my first language, genuinely had to do a triple-take on some lines.
I love watching you cover games as a gamedev cause you analyze things in such a way that spark inspiration
I'm not a game developer.
@@renegadecut9875 I was saying I’m a gamedev lol
Oh, sorry. I thought you were saying "I love watching you cover games as a gamedev" and not "As a gamedev, I love watching you cover games"
Reminds me of that line from Clue. Anyway, carry on, carry on.
@@renegadecut9875my b lmao
A new Renegade Cut video dropping sooner than I expected that I can watch while I cook breakfast before I head to the Pride parade is the finishing touch I needed on this day.
"The dog can join the party"
Sold!
Your sense of humour is so unique. It's beautiful because it feels so genuine, like when I'm in the car by myself and i make myself laugh.
Purchased it on Steam at the 1:29 mark of this video. We always value your recommendations, Leon
Fun fact: to slovak people the Agitator looks kinda like a stereotypical wizard from children's tv.
See, this is why I love seeing games made by different cultures and people. You get to learn all kinds of neat perspectives and history.
How many dark wizards appear on Slovak children’s tv for it to be a stereotype?
To slovak people, that guy looks like he could be my classmate from middle school.
@@robertkalinic335 Yeah, like a dude wearing an Immortal t-shirt everyday, but now with a fancy hat 🤔
Nobody can look like The Agitator! Nobody!
Loved this game, what a suprise to see this in my notifications. Felvidek and Slay the Princess have been my most enjoyable play experiences this year.
Gotta play Slay the Princess. It has been on my radar for a bit.
@@renegadecut9875 Not to overhype it, but it's real good. Like, really good.
My buddy got this game and liked it so much that he purchased the soundtrack on cassette from Czechia.
Fear & Hangover
Fear and Hungary
I love that you've put "scrute" and "scrutation" into my lexicon.
I shall assure you, in Germany every City has a Bürgermeister (Mayor) and yes, we do make Burger puns about it
Bürgermeister of Hamburg is a classic on every playground :D
Paused the video a minute in, bought the game, finished the game, now I'm back.
Realizing now why you were posting about JRPGs the other day. Looking forward to checking this out, thanks for the recommendation!
You're welcome.
Felvidék?
Unbelievable, most unexpected
title and theme for a game.
Ezt is megéltük.
The guy on drums. THE GUY ON DRUMS, MAN. The drummer single handedly sold me after watching the trailer and listening to the ost.
I once was called upon to become the Burger Master, they said it was my duty, my fate! Alas, my heart was on the art of the pizza, and this is a path I shall never abandon!
Was my GOTY too, SO fucking stoked to see someone with a big platform talking about it! Brozef deserves so much praise
for the record, "nothing is a cutscene" came first, before quicktime events, in half life. and did a better job with making it feel like you were writing the story than almost anything, since stuff happened in reaction to you. That said, I agree that if cutscenes are going to be used, they should look different - at least in perspective.
One could argue that quicktime events go all the way back to Dragon's Lair.
@@nsnick199pacman
Beautiful review and discussion, Leon! Thanks for introducing us to this unique work of art. 🎨🖌💻
Keep up the great work Leon.
Will do.
I have a great appreciation for those who have very different game preferences. There are so many games I'll never see because they are outside my play interest. So I when I get to hear about these games, I get to experience some of the joy it holds. (The series of burger king jokes killed me)
Love the old content, love the new content btw.
I love all your videos but this gamer age of reneged cut is just amazing
this one’s been on my radar for a minute now, renegade cut might have just convinced me to drop the money on it :)
Agreed. I absolutely adored Felvidek. Cozy vibes on maximum and honestly funny. Like i dont really laugh when i play games but Felvidek constantly had me smiling and laughing out loud.
Fun extension of lesson on Hussites: They led a very long civil war in Lands of the Bohemian crown which resulted in decades of interregnum because no one was really able to enforce their right to the throne (neither hussite supported candidate, Sigismund Korybut or Emperor Sigismund). Throughout their history, Hussites were very fractured and most of the radicals who were defeated then became mercenaries abroad, and in case of Upper Hungary (Slovakia), they basically permanently moved there instead of just raiding, but were eventually pushed out. They were called "Bratříci" (meaning little brothers or something like that). This is very oversimplified, but all that I remember from top of my head. If you like long, chaotic conflicts, read something on Hussite wars.
Regarding burgermeister: In royal cities (meaning free cities subordinated only to the king), there were two main authorities: elected Burgermeister (Purkmistr) and appointed Reeve (rychtář). Reeve basically served as a royal executive in the city, but throughout medieval era, their significance lowered, and certain cities even bought out the reeve office. This changed around 17th century, when Habsburgs started to centralize power and build absolutism. At this point, appointed officials again gained power and city councils with Burgermeisters were severely limited. This of course applies only to the Lands of the Bohemian crown, I don't really know how it was in Hungary or elsewhere.
I'm loving these new videos. Let's all spiral into madness together!
I learned the Burgomaster term from D&D, as they use the term in the Curse of Strahd adventure. It doesn’t get defined there, but given which NPCs have the title and what their job/responsibilities are, the context is easy to put together.
Still took a few weeks of game sessions for it to stop being funny.
I love seeing every new video. It feels like coming yo a coffee bar every day and hearing the barista talking someone's ear off about their current hyper focus.
This looks dope as hell. I love the color palette
i love how you presented this game,really compelling
To your point about Zurvanism, I think that's what Melville was evoking for Fedallah/Ahab's religion in Moby Dick - an occulted form of Zoroastrianism (or, at least, that's how I read it).
Currently eating spicy queso as the joke came on, so I know exactly how hard and soft that is 😂
Spicy and creamy is one of the best combos out there
You had me at The Agitator's energy.
This video feel like it was made for me. It is about my favorite game of the year (and yes in Slovak it is even more hilarious) then Blood omen is mentioned and long long man commercial
I'm considering re-playing the Kain games, especially since I have never played Soul Reaver 1 & 2. Might make for a good video.
I'll be honest, missed a few of your past videos. I feel bad, you're a great creator and have consistently gotten even better over the years. Saved to Watch Later, hopefully this drives a little engagement in the meantime.
Keep fighting the good fight sir.
This game sounds like a couple guys getting together to try their best to make a monty pythons holy grail style game and getting about halfway there, before going in another direction in that classic "writing something supposed to be dumb when you suddenly realize you might actually be on to something here" way.
Your comparison is apt. The humour and the anachronisms are very much in the vein of that classic film. As much as 15th century events affect the setting of the game, don't take it as a serious look at the period (all the more that it's also going for a historical fantasy undertone, in addition to the humour).
And you know that th game will get some sort of sales bump because of this video. I have bought more games after a heartfelt recommendation like this one than I buy after seeing any kind of ad.
I think I need this game
You do.
I love this game. A delightful surprise.
Same here. Sometimes a game gives me exactly what I wanted, and sometimes a game gives me something I didn't even know I needed. Impossibly, Felvidek is both.
Ah yes my favorite non political vibes only based entertaining youtuber person has uploading some more fire videos
(Seriously ive been loving these new videos I hope you and your mental health are doing well)
If you use in engine cut scenes you can use the same assets, so maybe you won't have to crunch as much.
Sure, but CG and anime cutscenes are often handled by different people and even different production houses, and they can be made at the same time as the programming is being done, not after.
The BK jokes in this vid are FIRE. 😂
In an earlier draft of the script, I made more burger puns but decided on a "less is more" approach. I'm glad you liked it.
I appreciate your confrontation with realism's homogenization of gaming. When I see all these paranoid conspiracies about DEI stealing all the hot women from gaming, I am sure it is actually realism taking away the fantasy of gaming ads and boxes, as for kids picking up EGM Joanna Dark was a lot hotter than in the actual game.
“Verily! I shall have it my way!”
Do you have an ost list? I love the a capella in the first part!
"I don't know how this game reads in Slovak", well, I can assure you, to a Slovak the game is about 10 times more hysterical than a non-speaker, it is originally written in a hillarious mix of regional dialects and it had me (and a couple friends along) in tears almost constantly. A great many screenshots were made in those 3-4 hours
A correction. The Hussites were not Protestants. Protestantism and the Reformation appeared a century or so after the Hussites.
The Hussites are part of the different religious movements that happened in the Late Middle Ages, in part caused by the Western Schism of the Catholic Church into multiple papacies (Jan Hus was executed in the same Council where the Western Schism ended).
That said. These religious movements and the Hussittes can be seen as the predecessors to Protestantism and the Reformation. Something that the Protestants themselves saw, making Jan Hus an icon of their movement.
That's fair, but it has been retroactively called that many times, although usually under the term "proto-Protestant".
Thou Protestant too much! 🥁🥁💥
“Ah, love, the enigma of the divine. whence doth it spring?”
Just realized your videos hadn’t been recommended to me in a while. Then I realized I was subscribed. Oops. Fixed now.
I love the look of this game
Hungarian history is wild no matter which century you're in, it's been such a treat seeing a game that embraces that.
Actually one really intresting character is located in the pub- I haven't played the game in English, but he sits there almost always, even after the cultists raid the pub. He speaks nonsense and is supposed to be a parody of one incompetent far right slovak politician named Andrej Danko. I laughed so hard when I found him, its a shame that most of the foreign audience cant get it.
2:48 Not only was it written in Slovak, it was written with lots of words and phrases from Šariš dialect so overall it doesn't carry over to even official Slovak.
I love it when Leon scrutes things.
That's a brave call in July, bruz.
I gotta check, have you played Void Stranger? :3
No, but after checking out the trailer just now, I'm putting it on my Wishlist.
Upon the word "scrutation" I am already in 100% for this
16:00 wow, you really inserted a "long, long man" reference as a cultural experience in a video game review, i commend you sir XD
I hope these words bring you comfort in confirming the great quality of your work, and invite the winds of fortune - that this fickle establishment runs on - to blow many more to your accomplishments.
Dobry den!
OK! Now I know how I'm kicking off the Steam summer sale!
Big ups to the Dragon Quest reference, too! Huge fan of DQ 8!
Bitchin' video! Would love to see more game recommendations like this and the "Don't Play Hogwarts Legacy" video from you. i'd be curious about your takes on the MOTHER franchise, because it's also got *serious goofball energy*
I added quite a few games to my grotesque backlog over the past few days. When will I learn?
This feels like the kind of game that is ment to be played on a CRT monitor or tv with AV inputs
this video was thoroughly entertaining, though your taste in games remains inscrutable
This video needs a heavy dose of LIBER-TEA!!!
I'm down with your scrutation.
For your consideration: Sucker for Love series.
A romance game? Hmm...
I'm going to give this a firm maybe.
@@renegadecut9875 you get to date Cthulhu girls!
God the models harken back to FF9 for me. Love the textures and mix of drawn faces versus what looks like real faces blended into the model. What a strong choice, I can always respect this kind of art direction.
This looks like the perfect halfway point between a normal RPG and a Mason Lindroth game
You. I've seen you. Let me see your face. You are the one from my dreams. Then the stars were right, and this is the day. Gods give me strength.
The Legacy of Kain game was on my mind before Leon mentioned it. Spooky! ❤😂
Whats the name of the song in the outro.woud be amazing to know because i love it
It has Monty Python energy.
True, true.
This has been a great year for indies. I got way into Lorelei And The Laser Eyes, 1000xRESIST, and Terra Memoria.
Ok, this game is officially added to my wishlist.
And I agree with you, I much prefer strange and unique indie games to most mega-triple-A games all day long.
first person ive seen talk about this gem
“I can scrüt my games”
Know thyself. 😅
Loved this game!!
I'd argue but this game has part of my name in it, so I'm a bit biased towards it.
Great vid
Yooo I played this earlier this year and I COMPLETELY AGREE 🏆 AMAZING GAME
As someone who DOES get excited when there is a new mountain dew, I feel very seen. Im frequently disappointed, but sometimes its a pleasant surprise!
"Bürgermeister" is indeed the German term for mayor. It translates to "head of the citizens"
EVERYONE SHUTUP IT'S A NEW RENEGADE CUT!
Free Palestine
❤
I have no connection to this culture and I have, despite growing up in the age of PS1 and that first jank era of 3D, no real emotional connection to games where cutscenes and gameay differ drastically in looks... but MAN does a game about an alcoholic Hungarian knight trying to save his ailing marriage AND his town from nebulously evil forces sound like it's just up my alley. Definitely putting this on my watchlist and throwing a petard down the well, just to see what'll happen.
Not sure if you've played or heard of the Hylics games before, but I stumbled across another YT video about then and they seem like they might be worth checking out based off what you're talking about with this game. Here's the video in case you're interested:
ruclips.net/video/BQEwevEJofY/видео.htmlsi=Yq68GGVqQ-g37egB
What's that outro trap song though?
Music comes from a subscription to Epidemic Sound, an archive of tracks and sound effects for RUclipsrs.
Somehow this games look reminds me highly of Hylics despite Hylics being made entirely with stopmotion clay figures.
Also yea Bürgermeister at least in Germany is just the term for an elected Mayor of a given city.
When did your voice change? Does not sound like the old Channel Awesome days?
I have been making and uploading videos since 2010, before I even moved my work to RUclips in 2014. It's 2024. People get older, their voices change a little, especially over the course of a fourteen year career. I'm a forty-two year-old man. I don't sound like I did in my 20's but not remarkably different. Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson) and Billy West (Philip J. Fry) don't sound the same as they did ten years ago. Nothing happened to them. They just got a little older.
If you remember my old videos from those days, do you also remember that my audio wasn't too clear? RUclipsrs buy better equipment, they sound different. My microphone and other hardware weren't as high-end back then. Plus, if someone narrates videos long enough, they get better at it.
I'm not sure how else to answer this. There is no "when" my voice changed. Life just marches on. I sound more or less the same to me. The audio is just clearer.
It’s so good
Love this shit
Woooo! LoK reference!
Should have titled this "Pavanne Elysium".
DOG Party Members Are GOATS!
Jozef K. but medieval.
With you on the cut scene thing, but half life is an exception.