I find the fact that the majority of the responses in this thread are people piling up on a bad comment to be the most annoying thing in here.
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Girlfriend Reviews: Should Your Boyfriend Play Celeste, Dead Cells, and Hollow Knight?
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I find the fact that the majority of the responses in this thread are people piling up on a bad comment to be the most annoying thing in here.
Back to the video: The little commentary on indiependent games and the industry was great and I really like her voice.
I'm glad that I found this channel. I'm always looking forward to the next video.
I'm glad that I found this channel. I'm always looking forward to the next video.
I mean it's ResetEra. Most people here look to be angry at one person for no reason.
Whenever the age you end up in a functional relationship is. Hint, the video isn't actually meant to have anything to do with her controlling a boyfriend.
The premise that you conjured up in your own fucking head based on the title of the video instead of its actual fucking content? Either you're unbelievably obtuse or you're being a douchebag on purpose to rile people up and sabotage a thread about a cute little comedy video. Also, I just realized that by replying to your douchebaggery twice I'm actually playing into your hands. So I will bow out now and do what I should've done the second I read your nonsense: ignore you.
God damn incels on ERA
On topic: my wife and I really enjoy these videos. She also plays games but also watches me play a lot. For example god of war we played together and she loved the GoW video :D
She has a point, when companies knows exactly how well the game is gonna do already, do they even have to make it ''great''?
There're many AAA games that makes me feel like the team behind it wasn't truly passionate about it (won't make an example cause it's gonna start up some unnecessary debate), sure they still want to make it good, no one wants to make a bad video game, but you just kind of feel like they didn't go above and beyond on this one, which I would argue any truly passionate creator would be willing to do for their creation.
There're developers that makes games like they are writing a book, while there're developers that makes games like they are writing an article, it's just ''another good one'' for them, nothing too special about it.
Some indie/AAA games are so incredibly good it sometimes makes me wonder ''holy shit is this the dev's last fucking video game?''
There're many AAA games that makes me feel like the team behind it wasn't truly passionate about it (won't make an example cause it's gonna start up some unnecessary debate), sure they still want to make it good, no one wants to make a bad video game, but you just kind of feel like they didn't go above and beyond on this one, which I would argue any truly passionate creator would be willing to do for their creation.
There're developers that makes games like they are writing a book, while there're developers that makes games like they are writing an article, it's just ''another good one'' for them, nothing too special about it.
Some indie/AAA games are so incredibly good it sometimes makes me wonder ''holy shit is this the dev's last fucking video game?''
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let's at least try to get back on topic I guess.
It's great to see how different people perceive titles like Celeste entirely based on personal experiences. I am someone who appreciates platformers but does not seek them. I have never had a mental illness of some sort so the story beats that were meant to hit hardest, I did not really feel as I felt the writing did not do a good job of providing emotion and depth to the characters to the point I could empathize besides to a superficial level. Seems like the game was aimed at people WITH some sort of a mental illness to immediately understand what Madeline is going through vs trying to properly convey it to everybody and building her character up more.
I never cared for Dead Souls for almost her exact reasons though. Nothing I watched of it looked particularly compelling to me as a gamer. I have stayed away from so many games with overly busy visuals (ie massive colors and explosions around you). MMOs are one in particular I am turned off by this. I appreciate more slow and methodical Metroidvanias.
Hollow Knight is a game I loved visually and the story was on point. Probably among my favorite indie titles. I just hope that when the sequel comes out they reconsider some of the badges/stickers mechanics and improve them as having to decide between certain abilities seemed like such a chore when in other titles having X alongside Y was not game breaking but having to choose it here was annoying when you have such limited space. I also disliked how the perfect ending required at least a few hidden/unspecified actions. But that's basically a staple of Soulsborne titles at this point. I'm looking at you umbilical cords.
I can see why Celeste can be frustrating in theory as a viewer vs say Red Dead Redemption 2 which is built as a cinematic experience.
It's great to see how different people perceive titles like Celeste entirely based on personal experiences. I am someone who appreciates platformers but does not seek them. I have never had a mental illness of some sort so the story beats that were meant to hit hardest, I did not really feel as I felt the writing did not do a good job of providing emotion and depth to the characters to the point I could empathize besides to a superficial level. Seems like the game was aimed at people WITH some sort of a mental illness to immediately understand what Madeline is going through vs trying to properly convey it to everybody and building her character up more.
I never cared for Dead Souls for almost her exact reasons though. Nothing I watched of it looked particularly compelling to me as a gamer. I have stayed away from so many games with overly busy visuals (ie massive colors and explosions around you). MMOs are one in particular I am turned off by this. I appreciate more slow and methodical Metroidvanias.
Hollow Knight is a game I loved visually and the story was on point. Probably among my favorite indie titles. I just hope that when the sequel comes out they reconsider some of the badges/stickers mechanics and improve them as having to decide between certain abilities seemed like such a chore when in other titles having X alongside Y was not game breaking but having to choose it here was annoying when you have such limited space. I also disliked how the perfect ending required at least a few hidden/unspecified actions. But that's basically a staple of Soulsborne titles at this point. I'm looking at you umbilical cords.
I can see why Celeste can be frustrating in theory as a viewer vs say Red Dead Redemption 2 which is built as a cinematic experience.
You will note that I did comment on the video, only the title. I have been in plenty of functional relationships and I have never even thought about dictating what my partner should do. I get that the video is apparently well done but all I did was comment on the title... and then the world ended or something.
I'm pretty sure they're both gamers. The girlfriend does the "spectator character". She's probably more casual than her boyfriend, though. Question is what happens if they break up or get married? I know it's a comedy channel, but still.
That idea was never actually on the table which is why nobody gives a shit about your take on it nor the other off topic autobiographical rambling you have offered.
If nobody gave a shit then nobody would have responded. They would simply have moved on.
You don't see a problem with coming in and commenting on content you decided not to partake in? Anyone who knows what context is should know such a title can be taken many ways, perhaps you should understand that before commenting. I'll never understand this tendency to just walk in and comment on the title without the subject matter being addressed.
nothing in her content implies shes more casual than her boyfriend as the actual person behind the video. She's just playing up the character and society's expectations that girls do not game and boys do for comedic effect.
She has discussed the games in her videos to the same degree of understanding as anybody else who makes comedic videos on games in youtube.
Let's ignore the sad pitiful pathetic troll and be back on topic. I enjoyed the message of this video especially in its relation to the awful practices of modern AAA developers: an avalanche of micro transaction, DLCs, bugs, etc. Echoing what she said, the indie game industry is becoming the place for pure gaming. I just wished it moves pass its obsession with pixel art/2d side scroller.
Comedy is ok in this. It does get old after a few videos.
Comedy is ok in this. It does get old after a few videos.
Angry Video Game Nerd needs to stop being so angry he's gonna kill himself!
Let me clarify then. Nobody was interested in your opinion on a topic unrelated to the thread content and they are letting you know it.
I think at this point all of you responding to him are doing just as much of harm as he did with his baiting responses and comments. Please move on. Hopefully a mod comes by and says as much. Discuss the actual video.
When will people on this site learn to just put people willfully trolling them on ignore. He isn't worth your time.
As for the video, it's the first of hers I've watched and I found it to be quite insightful and funny. My wife is also a backseat driver when it comes to gaming and believes its her contributions (nagging) that eventually lead to my victory. Wouldn't have it any other way. And yes, she often dictates what it is I play since we're both experiencing it together.
As for the video, it's the first of hers I've watched and I found it to be quite insightful and funny. My wife is also a backseat driver when it comes to gaming and believes its her contributions (nagging) that eventually lead to my victory. Wouldn't have it any other way. And yes, she often dictates what it is I play since we're both experiencing it together.
I mean that's I said probably. We obviously don't know. Being a more casual gamer isn't a bad thing. This is a passion project and it's clear she harbors a love for gaming as her boyfriend does, which brings a unique charm to the content that can't be seen in many gaming YouTube channels.
Reminds me of ''What's the point of watching AngryJoe's review? You already know it's an Angry Review anyway.''
While this one might be the most inciteful of her videos, it's actually probably the least funny (still enjoyed it)
You need to watch the rest of them, this is an awesome channel. I subscribed after the first video.
It's not a review.
Dear lord go derail some other topic.
Anyway i think this might actually be one of my least favorite of hers but its still good. Despite the fact that she is obviously a gamer i like the perspective.
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I haven't been angry at someone all day yet. So now i choose you . For no reason mind you
I intend to load them up tonight on my PS4 with the wife. I think she'll enjoy them more than I do.
I guess he won the game of ''How to make yourself disliked by everyone in 50 minutes.''
It's definitely lighter commentary then channels like Raycevick or Matthew Matosis. It's a channel that caters to all kinds of gamers, not just the hardcore ones that love to analyze the smallest details of the most obscure of games. It has trendy comedy, touches upon issues in the industry at the moment, and has an overall pleasant feeling to a decent amount of people. While on the topic of YT recommendations, the YouTube algorithm exposed me to a lot of solid gaming channels like Scott the Woz and Raycevick. I guess they're the rare moments where YouTube promotes rising channels well.
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She doesn't play games and doesn't have a boyfriend that play games either. This is just a camouflaged media company channel that put the content that people want to see and ear to grab subscribers.
It's forced and unnatural.
It's forced and unnatural.
This is the point we take out the textbook phrase on how subjective comedy is, and she is gaining a following fairly fast. Her videos for the most part are not meant to be insightful besides on little snippets such as in this one where she discusses what certain games can provide for entertainment as someone 'backseat gaming' and what type of games make for better entertainment when you are not the gamer. She brings up points other have previously, but her channel is meant for comedy.
I am watching them for the comedic element and cause they're dumb and fun little fake reviews.
Is this a reference I'm not getting or will you follow up and tell me the moon landing, Kennedy Assassination and 9/11 are fake?