u/TheGamerCritic21

Ok…. I understand we’re all tired of remakes and remasters to a degree! Hell, I am too…

But let’s not pretend that Ubisoft isn’t releasing this to test the waters for how a new Rayman game (2D platformer or even 4?!) would look like

So I’m praying that this game manages to sell the copies that it needs ….. outside of the fact I think it looks really good (genuinely) I’ll definitely be buying it to show them that we actually DOOO want new Rayman!

This is my latest video. I put out a few weeks ago and while it’s doing OK in the grand scheme, it’s definitely performing worse than I expected.

It’s not the end of the world and I’m currently working on my next video ….. but I don’t know, is this video under performing or is this sort of in the good zone for a channel of my side should be?? And if it is under performing (barring thumbnail, I know I’m working on it) is there anything wrong with the video itself? Script, audio, etc…

Well, just figured we’re about halfway through the year by now….

What game are you most looking forward to in the second half of the year??

For me? It’s Wolverine, Control Resonant, Blood of DAWNWALKER, and Hellraiser Revival

I only ask because ever since expedition 33 came out. I see so many people use that game as a reason to trash on rebirth… saying that that’s the RPG that square should’ve been making

Which, even then I don’t entirely understand because square has made turn based RPG’s (look at Octopath) but my point is… I’m kind of curious to see what the consensus on rebirth is now that it’s been out for two years now and with revelation coming out next year (HYPED!)

At once, I remember people loving the hell out of it, but now I’m not entirely sure

Me personally I think it’s one of the best games of this decade so far, and easily my game of the year 2024. It takes remake and improves on it and just about every way, with a absolutely packed and massive open world, stellar presentation, one of the best soundtracks of this decade, and the perfect balance of turn base in real time gameplay! 🔥✨

I know just hear me out ok??

First context, I was at AX2026! And they had a VA booth for a anime, naturally I did it with a push from one of my friends…only to find out upon further research it’s actually the type of….NSFW anime’s (you know the ones….)

Don’t get me wrong, this made it funny af! But my friend also convinced me to post this on my Instagram into my complete surprise…. This blew up surprisingly well (13k likes, 10k shares, etc….) it’s just now I’m getting in my head about this a lot.

On one hand, half of the comments are legitimately very nice….. but then the other half I really just cracking jokes because of the smut of it all (which again is funny 😂) but I guess I just wanna know is this doing well because I did well or just because of the content of the anime. I genuinely want to know so I can gauge how much I need to improve, and how much of the praise people have been given me on Instagram has been false.

I posted the reel from my Instagram here, but I’m not sure if I’m allowed so I’ll delete it if I have to. Anyway, please let me know.

It just really sucks when you put a lot of time and effort into a video that you think is gonna do as well as your, and kind of hoping to, but just ends up….not….

I know it’s not the end of the world , I know these numbers for my size aren’t that awful, and I even know that there’s a chance I’ll be like my other videos and get traction later on.

I’m just wondering what went wrong with this one? Thumbnail, title, audio, script?? It’s just frustrating

A few days ago I posted about my underperforming Arkham video (thanks again for all the advice btw!) but It got me wondering…

I’ve heard a lot that my thumbnail and title are the problem, and they very well could be (I’m sure they don’t help) But if that’s the case, why have my other reviews of older games performed so much better despite having a similar style?

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy — 17K views
Alien: Isolation — 6.1K views
Batman: Arkham Asylum — 730 views

So what do you think? Is this still just a packaging issue, or is there something else about the topic, timing, or audience that’s hurting the Arkham video?

I put a lot of time into this video and while it’s doing better than some of my other videos in this style, compared to many other successful videos, I released this year…. It’s safe to call this one a failure (and this was the one I really wanted to be a success)

What could’ve gone wrong with this? I’m sure the thumbnail and title didn’t help, but is the video itself the problem? Audio, script, the gameplay??

Genuine question should I delete this video?? since it’s doing so poorly and compared to my other stuff or should I keep it up?

I consider myself a pretty nuanced guy

On a majority of issues, including games, I’ve been really good at understanding the arguments and why someone might feel the way that they do

That also goes with crimson desert, as much as I love this game, I recognize that it’s certainly not gonna be for everybody, and the game does have objective flaws and it’s designed that no amount of patches and updates can’t fix

With that said the one argument, I’ve never been able to understand or wrap my head around is the argument that Crimson desert’s world is dull, empty, or doesn’t give you free freedom.

Anytime I hear that argument. I’m just like “ did we play the same game?” the amount of freedom I get in crimson desert…. To the point that I don’t need to do the main story to find a lot of the main story locations early, or the fact that I can find entire areas or bosses without any help from other NPC’s that could’ve easily given me hints as to where I was supposed to go. Not to mention the thrill of finding a new puzzle, town, collectables, or sometimes just a brand new environment that is so massive makes me feel like a mouse!

This isn’t to discredit the people who don’t like the game…. But that’s just one argument. I’ve never understood and I don’t think I ever will.

What do you guys think?? Genuinely is there anybody here that likes the game, but agrees with the sentiment that its world is empty or dull???