I played FFXV in 2016, still don't get it, a FF open world that feels so inconsistent it drops the open world half way through, a FF game with one playable character and no turn based combat. Even on its own merits the game is underwhelming (just 2 towns) What's the point? With KH 3 I can see exactly what the point is and how it sets to improve and escalate upon 2.Watching this right after watching a 50mins+ video essay of FFXV made me realize that I will never like anything that Nomura had his hands in it.
It's almost like he, a person who didn't like Kingdom Hearts in the first place, deliberately went in knowing he wouldn't like it and so could shit on the game and make a video with which he knew would be a brave and controversial take.
Yeah, the series isn't flawless of course and has a lot of to explain itself for and it's convoluted as hell story, but I don't understand why someone would go to play a game they didn't enjoy, other than to just shit on it.
I mean, DMC5's writing and level design are... not going to be very impressive.
Watching this right after watching a 50mins+ video essay of FFXV made me realize that I will never like anything that Nomura had his hands in it.
His job is to shit on video games? Sounds pretty toxic and awful to me. :/
his job is to entertain, and going by the amount of subscribers a lot of people are entertained. If you don't find him funny you can just like, not watch his shit.
Lol I expected ...a lot worse tbh
Like hell even Leffen went ham on this game
But this take is sooo Soo wrong
I just hope all of this criticism is applied to DMC5 as well.
The game simply looks fantastic and super polished but since it's anime as fuck with a nonsense story that puts a prequel in the 3rd game and just decided that the 2nd game takes place before the 4th instead of after, and also has cringe dialogue clearly it will deserve a 1/5....Clearly.
His job is to shit on video games? Sounds pretty toxic and awful to me. :/
So like what, reviewers should only review games that they know they will like or something?
Nope. But imagine getting someone to review a game when that someone doesn't want to like it or already has some opinion on it before playing it. It isn't a review in good faith.
Should 'wanting to like it' a requirement? Such a weird way of gatekeeping people from giving his opinions about something. Maybe he tries to like it but the game didn't do enough to persuade him?
unwelcoming plot for newcomers (being 3rd or whatever in a series isn't a good enough excuse IMO since I was also new to The Witcher this gen and had a *much* easier time with that game)s.
Just because he knew he wouldn't like it going into it does not invalidate his opinion or make what he's said wrong. Kingdom Hearts 2 is one of the best games I've ever played, yet I still agree with the majority of this video and found Kingdom Hearts 3 extremely disappointing, so much so that I was surprised to see it rated higher than KH2 on metacritic.It's almost like he, a person who didn't like Kingdom Hearts in the first place, deliberately went in knowing he wouldn't like it and so could shit on the game and make a video with which he knew would be a brave and controversial take.
Yeah, the series isn't flawless of course and has a lot of to explain itself for and it's convoluted as hell story, but I don't understand why someone would go to play a game they didn't enjoy, other than to just shit on it.
Just because he knew he wouldn't like it going into it does not invalidate his opinion or make what he's said wrong. Kingdom Hearts 2 is one of the best games I've ever played, yet I still agree with the majority of this video and found Kingdom Hearts 3 extremely disappointing, so much so that I was surprised to see it rated higher than KH2 on metacritic.
there were a bunch of games you missed and you don't get the plot
I don't get what the issue is here. And the witcher isn't every video game
This is just a typical 'reviewer' that bashes a popular, good product to get some views. If someone has problems with KH3 that I can understand. I can even understand if you think the game is ok and not that great. But if you literally can't say anything good.about it and just hate everything then you just aren't objective...
Well it's been more than a decade since KH2, and KH3 has become the highest selling in the series already, I don't doubt that the number of people playing this game without having played previous games in the series is quite numerous. Therefore I do believe that how the plot is interpreted by these people is an issue worth discussing, and as far as I'm concerned it's not good.
And yes The Witcher isn't every video game, whatever that was supposed to mean. It was just a video game that I played as my first of its series in its 3rd iteration and managed to convey its plot really well in spite of that through excellent writing and a welcoming and likeable cast of characters.
Basically KH3 is just bad in this regard, and TW3 is good, hence the comparison.
I can see that yeah. It's fair play if people enjoy his content, and it may even be entertaining. But I find it pretty bad that someone who doesn't enjoy something would blatantly play it only to shit on it, even if it is his job. Oh well.
Criticism around DMC5 being too easy?
Criticism around DMC5's gameplay being shallow and boring?
Criticism around DMC5 having too many cutscenes?
Criticism around DMC5 having terrible voice acting?
Criticism around DMC5 being flatout BORING?
Yup, all of KH3 criticism will be applied to DMC5.
I'm not sure what's your point here. I'm not into DMC like I am with KH but most people that are into DMC never praise the story like KH fans do. Most people accept the story for that series to be garbage, so I'm not sure what you're arguing here. The difference between something like KH and DMC is really in its gameplay. KH is pretty much mindless JRPG combat jank while DMC actually has some of the best hack and slash combat to ever exist similar to Bayonetta."This one doesn't count!" Defense again.
Yeah do it. Those are perfectly valid complains that are getting completely overshadowed by the "story is dumb" meme.
So yes. That too. Just as hard.
I want a video on the dumb campy lines they say and the weird chronology werr 3 takes place before 1 and 2 gets moved around, and also about how confused they are about letter capitalisation in the titles that barely touches on the actual issues fans care about like a lack of difficulty or too many mini games
I don't understand the way the video begins, if all of that shit wasn't explained people would be complaining the game doesn't explain it's mechanics. Are there better ways to do them? Yes. But a quick slide doesn't take away from the game lol and from what I'm getting, it's openly comparing it to other games as something that is bad? I'm sorry to burst your bubble but:
Yeah...
The gameplay has tons of options, and yeah unfortunatelly it's difficutly is toned down WAY to much. I don't understand how you can say KH3's gameplay is boring if you EVER enjoyed a KH game, it's close to KH2 for me, and has things I enjoy more. Also, the variety of stuff you can do in KH3 is enormous, and he may say they aren't done well, but for me getting to go on a ship, slide down a mountain, dancing with rapunzel, cooking and having an enjoyable gummi ship added a much welcomed variety and value to my gameplay experience.
Also, it's easy to take out of context scenes and make them look bad, it's also pretty funny that almost 90% of the scenes he picked were expository scenes to make things easier for newcomers that can't be bothered to play the other games, and thats acceptable, but don't criticize the game for doing that shit for you. Now of course, kh's cutscenes quality are debatable, and highly vary in quality throughout the game.
Disney's inclusion quality is valid. But if you're going to focus on the story motives for why the characters are there and the way they handle the story of the movies in those worlds, you also have to acknowledge the outstanding quality of the worlds in themselves, the atention to detail in outstanding, and saying it has no charm is bullshit, when you group together music, world design, visuals, models, animations and side-activities you can do in them.
And wow? I'm at the end of the review? That was pretty bad and this is what some people in this thread called "in depth but casual"?
All of these takes are just so boring and bring nothing new to what people have been saying for years! Keep complaining about the story, people LOVE KH because or in spite of it.
I'm not sure what's your point here. I'm not into DMC like I am with KH but most people that are into DMC never praise the story like KH fans do. Most people accept the story for that series to be garbage, so I'm not sure what you're arguing here. The difference between something like KH and DMC is really in its gameplay. KH is pretty much mindless JRPG combat jank while DMC actually has some of the best hack and slash combat to ever exist similar to Bayonetta.
This isnt true at all of people on this board consistently defend the story. Theres even an entire thread about it here: https://www.resetera.com/threads/ki...because-it-focuses-on-earned-happiness.98496/No one does that! No. One. Zero fans will tell you with a straight face that this is a good story
This isnt true at all of people on this board consistently defend the story. Theres even an entire thread about it here: https://www.resetera.com/threads/ki...because-it-focuses-on-earned-happiness.98496/
So if the writing is generic and the main character is practically a fanfic tier self-insert character, why do I fucking love these games? I don't consider myself a massive Disney fan. I like their movies enough but if Kingdom Hearts' appeal was entirely based on the fact it features Disney characters I doubt I'd like the series very much.
Where I believe Kingdom Hearts' succeeds is how it displays emotion with its cast of characters
In summary, Kingdom Hearts should be fanfic tier garbage with how everything is written. But what keeps it from being a stupid Japanese action game with Disney characters is the genuine emotion it creates through its cast of characters.
I know this doesn't prove anything. But you can also find people that say DMC's story is good. This was a quick google search also.This isnt true at all of people on this board consistently defend the story. Theres even an entire thread about it here: https://www.resetera.com/threads/ki...because-it-focuses-on-earned-happiness.98496/
Yeah I love the series so much. Super bingeable.
I don't understand the way the video begins, if all of that shit wasn't explained people would be complaining the game doesn't explain it's mechanics. Are there better ways to do them? Yes. But a quick slide doesn't take away from the game lol and from what I'm getting, it's openly comparing it to other games as something that is bad? I'm sorry to burst your bubble but:
What? You must be a defensive Kingdom Hearts fan, because Dunkey is pretty much the opposite of irritating. Fun jokes, great editing, soothing voice, keeps his videos short and so on ... Nothing to be annoyed by!I'm sorry but KH's voice cast can't compete with how irritating Dunkey sounds.
Haven't played a single Kingdom Hearts game, but pretty sure the entire point that Dunkey was making was that there are so many of the tutorial popups he found it was restricting his ability to play the game, not that any tutorial pop-ups are bad.
There's technique to disseminating information to the player, and having a boatload of pop-ups isn't a good one.
Not true at all. Both are so bad I think the convolution is part of the appeal. Like it's own genre in JapanAgain, KH gets shit but MGS gets a pass on story and cutscenes.