Playing Animal well I caught myself thinking that this game is a dull puzzle, a terrible platformer and so on, when you look at each aspect of it separately. But somehow it's quite captivating. You move to the next room and you have no idea what can await you there. The game doesn't teach you anything, it says: "well, you can walk... And also jump... Have fun!" And it works, I was happy as a 5yo kid, when I accidentally found out I could ride the disk😂
Not really, Metroidvanias have a fairly set path most often, they’re not entirely open and up to you. They might open up later but it’s an illusion of choice rather than actual free choice. Most often you’ll always go the same path, and same route by game design. Animal Well lets you go literally any direction to start with no forced guidance. It’s feels far more free than a Metroidvania normally would. Plus, you’re taking one line and twisting it, then ignoring the entire concept of the video is, “genre labels are dumb, and anything can fit anything.”
@EljayIsHere I feel like you've only played bad metroidvanias by this description. If done poorly, a metroidvania can just feel like a linear game with extra steps. But a good metroidvania makes you feel like you can progress from every direction, hollow knight is a perfect example of this. I don't think the point of the video was very clear, felt more like you were dissing a genre while describing what a good game from that genre should be. I really like your videos overall though.👍
@@EljayIsHere It really depends on the metroidvania, some are more open some are more linear, as you said genre labels do not fit perfectly. I somewhat agree with you, but i do not understand your hatered for the metroidvania genre. I would recomend playing some good metroidvanianias like of course hollow knight which is a railroad at the beggining but then opens up in every way and one that has just released - nine sols with a very linear desing.
@@EljayIsHere Its unfair of you to say he is "twisting" one line from the video when your main point on why animal well is not a metroidvania is that it isnt linear while metroidvanias defining feature is non linearity. Im Not sure what metroidvanias you've played that you felt they were giving you only the illusion of choice but that isnt what the genre is. Respectfully, youve a habit of calling genres you dont understand terrible.
It feels like that’s what I’m saying through this entire video though, that I personally haven’t enjoyed my experience with the genre, and now I’ve finally played one that does it well, and I am coming to terms with that. You guys enjoy the genre and have had good experiences with it, I personally haven’t until now. When you play games that aren’t good or fun, you end up steering clear from others considered similar. But taking a chance on something like Animal Well, and being surprised and torn that it’s good, then having to understand that, is the whole eye opener. Thats why the title is what it is, why the pinned comment is what it is, and why I take so many chances on this channel on things I don’t think I’ll like because the goal of this channel is just to try games and not be sucked into old habits of playing the same stuff. I’m sure there are lots of genres and games you guys hate or think are terrible, probably a lot I love, I’m not going to tell you you’re wrong for that, but if you turned around and said, “holy crap I dislike this but this one I loved, and it feels nothing like the rest of them is it the same? Surely not!!” Then I’d go, “Hell yeah! If you liked that, that’s great, you finally got to experience why I like that thing too” I hope that makes sense, and explains what I’m trying to say and do. I’ve always said, what I say isn’t fact, it’s feelings and personal experience, I’ll try make that better moving forward as well :) I assumed people would understand it’s personal experience but I understand that’s not always easy.
0:16 one game which i felt this way for, other than Rain World, is Katana: ZERO, never played a game like that, it really stands out. Oh and also CrossCode, it's like a fake MMORPG, totally insane
Hey man, been watching your through Stream Scheme for a long time, you're my go-to guy when it comes to everything content-creation. ANYWAY.. Started following you on twitch and realized you're not streaming there anymore. (Watched the entire last stream video) Then tried to find your gaming channel, which I'm wondering, is it this one? Or do you have another secret one as well. Anyway, nice to see you have another channel for games!
This is a new one, only started it a few months ago. The other one was shorts focused to learn those skills, did that, now focusing on experimenting and re learning browse traffic.
hello i just wanted to say if you haven't tried it you should seriously consider playing outer wilds if you enjoyed animal well. it has an amazing sense of being dropped into a world you dont fully understand and it allows you to make your own path and discover the game at your own pace much like animal well
I plan too! I am going in blind, and don't really want to review it, but considering playing it in full and uploading it as a Members Lets play :) Not sure yet, I just want some content to thank the $1 a month supporters and figure that works better for a game like Outer Wilds where I don't want backseating, etc
@@EljayIsHere i understand and totally agree that it is definitely a game best played blind/with as little back seating as possible. it is really a completely unique experience in gaming and i have only really gotten a similar feeling from animal well
I've played and notice that a lot of games that twist their "gender" and become so unique and immersive that it really make you feel like this type of games aren't games but art
hahaha a perfect score! In serious, I'm trying not to do ratings anymore, because I feel like my random number doesn't add much, better to let feeling tell the rest
Alternative title could be, "Man comes to term with enjoying a totally okay genre he normally really dislikes"
#DarkSouls3IsAMetroidvania Also, sorry if you feel the title is clickbait, I am still working on finding a balance and titles are really difficult.
Day 2 of asking for you to review streets of rogue
@@NotSteel i second this
Not all metroidvania's are created equally.
No please don’t be rational, I needed my endless dislike to be proven right, I can’t have such a wonderful game be a genre I’m not a fan of hahaha
Playing Animal well I caught myself thinking that this game is a dull puzzle, a terrible platformer and so on, when you look at each aspect of it separately. But somehow it's quite captivating. You move to the next room and you have no idea what can await you there. The game doesn't teach you anything, it says: "well, you can walk... And also jump... Have fun!" And it works, I was happy as a 5yo kid, when I accidentally found out I could ride the disk😂
"animal well is not a metroidvania cuz it is not linear" this is literaly the deffinition of a metroidvania.
Not really, Metroidvanias have a fairly set path most often, they’re not entirely open and up to you. They might open up later but it’s an illusion of choice rather than actual free choice. Most often you’ll always go the same path, and same route by game design.
Animal Well lets you go literally any direction to start with no forced guidance.
It’s feels far more free than a Metroidvania normally would.
Plus, you’re taking one line and twisting it, then ignoring the entire concept of the video is, “genre labels are dumb, and anything can fit anything.”
@EljayIsHere I feel like you've only played bad metroidvanias by this description. If done poorly, a metroidvania can just feel like a linear game with extra steps. But a good metroidvania makes you feel like you can progress from every direction, hollow knight is a perfect example of this. I don't think the point of the video was very clear, felt more like you were dissing a genre while describing what a good game from that genre should be. I really like your videos overall though.👍
@@EljayIsHere It really depends on the metroidvania, some are more open some are more linear, as you said genre labels do not fit perfectly. I somewhat agree with you, but i do not understand your hatered for the metroidvania genre. I would recomend playing some good metroidvanianias like of course hollow knight which is a railroad at the beggining but then opens up in every way and one that has just released - nine sols with a very linear desing.
@@EljayIsHere Its unfair of you to say he is "twisting" one line from the video when your main point on why animal well is not a metroidvania is that it isnt linear while metroidvanias defining feature is non linearity. Im Not sure what metroidvanias you've played that you felt they were giving you only the illusion of choice but that isnt what the genre is. Respectfully, youve a habit of calling genres you dont understand terrible.
It feels like that’s what I’m saying through this entire video though, that I personally haven’t enjoyed my experience with the genre, and now I’ve finally played one that does it well, and I am coming to terms with that.
You guys enjoy the genre and have had good experiences with it, I personally haven’t until now.
When you play games that aren’t good or fun, you end up steering clear from others considered similar.
But taking a chance on something like Animal Well, and being surprised and torn that it’s good, then having to understand that, is the whole eye opener. Thats why the title is what it is, why the pinned comment is what it is, and why I take so many chances on this channel on things I don’t think I’ll like because the goal of this channel is just to try games and not be sucked into old habits of playing the same stuff.
I’m sure there are lots of genres and games you guys hate or think are terrible, probably a lot I love, I’m not going to tell you you’re wrong for that, but if you turned around and said, “holy crap I dislike this but this one I loved, and it feels nothing like the rest of them is it the same? Surely not!!” Then I’d go, “Hell yeah! If you liked that, that’s great, you finally got to experience why I like that thing too”
I hope that makes sense, and explains what I’m trying to say and do. I’ve always said, what I say isn’t fact, it’s feelings and personal experience, I’ll try make that better moving forward as well :) I assumed people would understand it’s personal experience but I understand that’s not always easy.
4:50 that puzzle is such a bitch lmao
Hahaha fun though
pretty good start as the first "open well" type game
It’s like Halo 2 meets Halo 3
0:16 one game which i felt this way for, other than Rain World, is Katana: ZERO, never played a game like that, it really stands out. Oh and also CrossCode, it's like a fake MMORPG, totally insane
'-'👍I dont know if you guys agree to me, but, this game reminds me a lot of the original Yume nikki
I love your video essays ❤ keep up the great work!
I didn't even know the squirrel was a sort of arrow....
Yeah! It seems to lead you to a path you've never been in the direction of a flame (I think....)
Hey man, been watching your through Stream Scheme for a long time, you're my go-to guy when it comes to everything content-creation. ANYWAY..
Started following you on twitch and realized you're not streaming there anymore. (Watched the entire last stream video)
Then tried to find your gaming channel, which I'm wondering, is it this one? Or do you have another secret one as well. Anyway, nice to see you have another channel for games!
This is a new one, only started it a few months ago.
The other one was shorts focused to learn those skills, did that, now focusing on experimenting and re learning browse traffic.
@@EljayIsHere cool man, looking forward to the content. 🤌🏻
hello i just wanted to say if you haven't tried it you should seriously consider playing outer wilds if you enjoyed animal well. it has an amazing sense of being dropped into a world you dont fully understand and it allows you to make your own path and discover the game at your own pace much like animal well
I plan too! I am going in blind, and don't really want to review it, but considering playing it in full and uploading it as a Members Lets play :) Not sure yet, I just want some content to thank the $1 a month supporters and figure that works better for a game like Outer Wilds where I don't want backseating, etc
@@EljayIsHere i understand and totally agree that it is definitely a game best played blind/with as little back seating as possible. it is really a completely unique experience in gaming and i have only really gotten a similar feeling from animal well
animal well gotta be the most interesting and unique game ever
I've played and notice that a lot of games that twist their "gender" and become so unique and immersive that it really make you feel like this type of games aren't games but art
Typo in the chapters: "Animall" instead of "Animal Well"
If you read the description you’ll find several, and when you put all the typos together you’ll get a special message ;)
Well now I'm gonna have to try it.
Didnt even rate it, 7/10 review
hahaha a perfect score!
In serious, I'm trying not to do ratings anymore, because I feel like my random number doesn't add much, better to let feeling tell the rest