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ACTION BUTTON REVIEWS Tokimeki Memorial (Tim Rogers)
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Great video as always! Now, I'm a fan of Tokimeki Memorial without having to play it, similar to Tim's fondness of Pathologic without playing it (just by watching the video from hbomberguy).
Season 2 of Action Button Reviews, I will guess that, if it follows that same structure as this season (chart a pathway between two NEW games), the first game will be Demon's Souls and the final will be Hollow Knight Silksong.
Season 2 of Action Button Reviews, I will guess that, if it follows that same structure as this season (chart a pathway between two NEW games), the first game will be Demon's Souls and the final will be Hollow Knight Silksong.
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Whoever runs this account needs to put up this part of his Doom review (2:17:40 - 2:17:52)
The delivery of that part was always funny in a way that made me think a Tim Rogers OoC account would be a comedy goldmine.
Nope. That's the main reason the Let's Play sections were included.
That is not a fair comparison, Visual Novel type games have waaay more text than even most wordy RPGs. A short VN (3-5 hours) will generally have 30-50,000 words. Tokimeki Memorial is said to be between 30 and 50 hours.
This is some seminal work from Tim, who I just fucking adore. Only a bit into it, but I'm loving it already. It's tough, though, because he so effectively makes me want to play this, and it's just a total impossibility for someone who doesn't read or speak Japanese.
I would love more videos where he plays and translates Japanese games. His let's Mosey is some of my fave video series ever.
I think part of him saying he could do it quickly is he notes that there are no hard words or anything in it, specifically says that for years he would recommend people looking for a beginner level Japanese game to play he would always say Dragon Quest 5, and he feels that Tokimeki is the perfect game for a person at an intermediate level to play, as all the vocab in the game you will be looking up are common, useful phrases and that everything is also voiced
I disagree completely with all of his takes in this video (from L.A Noire to all the praises to Tokimeki Memorial) this time, but the video itself was so entertaining that I enjoyed to watch it whole (not in one sitting, though.)
I really like when he talks about the impact such game had in his life or something he remembers when playing such game, even if it is impossible to confirm if what he says is true or not. I simply love it.
I really like when he talks about the impact such game had in his life or something he remembers when playing such game, even if it is impossible to confirm if what he says is true or not. I simply love it.
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He has a memory condition that makes him to remember stuff in a lot more detail. So I think the stuff he brings up is true.
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Never knew there was so much to this game. I'll admit contemporary western coverage coloured my opinion, which is a topic discussed in the video at length.
It does make you wonder how it would have been received if it had been translated at the time. I suspect the early days of the internet wouldn't have generated strong enough word of mouth to combat the inevitable poor reception from the lad mag culture of the time.
But maybe Edge would have given it a 10/10?
It does make you wonder how it would have been received if it had been translated at the time. I suspect the early days of the internet wouldn't have generated strong enough word of mouth to combat the inevitable poor reception from the lad mag culture of the time.
But maybe Edge would have given it a 10/10?
I've been looking through some mid 90's magazines recently... and holy hell, 95% of the publications out there would have trashed it every way possible and back.
Interlace it with everytime he shows her on screen and plays a Doom sound effect for maximum fun.
I think also part of it is that he's already played through it 14 times or whatever. So it wouldn't be the same as someone translating it from scratch.
I asked Tim about his recommendation of Dragon Quest V as a good game for someone at a beginner level Japanese and he specified a bit on which version, gonna post it here just in case anyone else was interested.
I don't want to like, totally destroy one of the big philosophical points Tim made about the game, but Shinya Arino from Game Center CX in fact got Shiori on his first try playing the game by just going at it rather randomly
lol
lol
I don't want to like, totally destroy one of the big philosophical points Tim made about the game, but Shinya Arino from Game Center CX in fact got Shiori on his first try playing the game by just going at it rather randomly
lol
lol probably, GCCX can be heavily scripted
I'm just taking the piss
yeah I know hahaha, I just happened to had seen this tweet from him 5 minutes before seeing your post lol
Arino is totally the type of otaku that has played the game during his teens. Long before he filmed that episode.I don't want to like, totally destroy one of the big philosophical points Tim made about the game, but Shinya Arino from Game Center CX in fact got Shiori on his first try playing the game by just going at it rather randomly
lol
Did I just become a Tokimeki Memorial franchise poser? I don't know, but now I definitely will resume my Japanese language studies I paused 7 years ago.
Also I tried to translate the phrase Tim Roger's best friend said to him in 2008, since I still remember hiragana, but I have no idea what those two kanji are, I got 3 possible (probably completely wrong translations):
"I am dying"
"I am falling sick"
"Its getting stronger"
Maybe it was a declaration of love Tim didn't register? does somebody knows?
Also I tried to translate the phrase Tim Roger's best friend said to him in 2008, since I still remember hiragana, but I have no idea what those two kanji are, I got 3 possible (probably completely wrong translations):
"I am dying"
"I am falling sick"
"Its getting stronger"
Maybe it was a declaration of love Tim didn't register? does somebody knows?
I can't wait to dig into this based on all the praise it's getting! I know virtually nothing about this game other than a very, very high level understand of the setting and game structure.
Unfortunately, I'm about two Action Button reviews behind. I'll get there though. I more or less learned about Tim from the thread here that announced this Action Button video review series, and I've since been consuming any of his content I can find. (Thanks go out to those who posted in this thread essays from Tim that they've enjoyed; I bookmarked them for future reading.)
Unfortunately, I'm about two Action Button reviews behind. I'll get there though. I more or less learned about Tim from the thread here that announced this Action Button video review series, and I've since been consuming any of his content I can find. (Thanks go out to those who posted in this thread essays from Tim that they've enjoyed; I bookmarked them for future reading.)
I laughed so hard at this, and even more so because it flew totally over his head. Talk about a lack of self awareness, haha.
It sucks knowing we'll never get to play this, but at the same time it's so awesome to get such a thoughtful deep dive of it. I see how seminal it is to the existence of so many games I love and now I feel connected to Tokimemo in that way at least.
it's crushing when he talks about the sequel though, Tokimemo 2 looks sick lol
it's crushing when he talks about the sequel though, Tokimemo 2 looks sick lol
I don't want to like, totally destroy one of the big philosophical points Tim made about the game, but Shinya Arino from Game Center CX in fact got Shiori on his first try playing the game by just going at it rather randomly
lol
I like GCCX but this show has had some bogus moments. In the Street Fighter 2 episode the staff's "continue" counter doesn't match the in-game counter (the last number in your score is the number of continues), and the ending of the Fatal Fury Special episode is impossible, all of a sudden Arino develops a combo technique that requires timing, patience and positioning instead of mashing. That was Nakayama playing.
Most likely:
1.- Arino had played TM before and was familiar with the lore
2.- The staff carried him to get the best ending.
Finished it yesterday. Came back for some parts again today.
I can say this has inspired me somewhat to make some effort to have a better year (not joking)
I can say this has inspired me somewhat to make some effort to have a better year (not joking)
6 hours, the absolute madman. I love Rogers' content though. His FF7R review was cool and I enjoyed learning about his meticulous review process.
I've watched a lot of Game Centre CX and he was definitely knee deep in that otaku stuff when he was in his teens and early 20s. He knows too much about a lot of otaku things that no typical person would probably know about. It wouldn't be surprising that he played a lot of Tokimeki or games similar to it in the past. Same deal with his pretty good skill with just about every adventure/puzzle game. He's definitely familiar with the genres, enough to be aware of the tropes at the very least.
Am 2hrs in and decided to sign up for patreon just for Tim Rogers.
Normally just mooch off as much as possible but Rogers deserves some support.
Normally just mooch off as much as possible but Rogers deserves some support.
Finished the whole 6 hours. Almost made me play Tokimeki through that Google Translate camera. Wish there was a fan translation out there, but assume there's a technical reason.
Shower scenes in that game seem pretty wild though, in an awkward way.
Shower scenes in that game seem pretty wild though, in an awkward way.
Heh, same. Since finishing the whole 6h it is sitting snug at the top of my recommendations and I have no idea why.
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