I’ll be honest, I was expecting a philosophical/ethical debate when I clicked on this video 😂 I can see why people prefer the ending that undoes the cataclysm but now that you’ve explained your reasoning I can see why you don’t agree with it. It reminds me of studying philosophy/ethics at A Levels and having debates in the class over situations like this!

Loved this! Hope you make more like it!

I had to think about it for a bit, and I'm not even sure yet if I'm 100% certain about these answers having not played the game myself. That being said: 1) By going back and changing the past we negated the existence of potential people. And I can't really get too upset about it because it involves so many "what ifs" that it just becomes meaningless. For instance, maybe the delusional guy we met gets a better life in the new timeline, maybe he gets a worse one, maybe he doesn't exist at all, there's just no way to know. 2) Losing all memory of the events that transpired IS a tragedy. As you point out that means that no lessons were learned, and the sacrifices made (including the erasure of the timeline those people belonged to) have been forgotten. It does make the "fix the past" ending more bittersweet than I believe the developers intended. 3) Accepting that you screwed up the past and moving forward is the more satisfying ending, even if it benefits the lesser number of people. It's more impactful if the characters have learned lessons and grown through their journeys versus getting to do everything over from a blank slate. If they time travel ending didn't involve losing their memories I might have felt otherwise, but like I said before the sacrifices in that ending lose their weight when they are instantly forgotten.

I think the fact that reincarnation is part of the lore for this world the idea that the people who would be born as a result of the first timeline being disappeared might have a bit of nuance to it. If the soul is immortal in this world then the people who were born in the broken world, would probably be born in a different form as well.

I've already chosen to face my demons.

PS1 Spoilers are worse than genocide. Too soon. Reporting you to the International Gamer Court. Can't believe this game stars Eon Musk. What the CyberFuck?!

Is this the one where mega man was a sister hungry alabama bot?

I can't watch the video :( I want to play the game without spoilers. Remind me to watch the video after I finish the game.

recognized it from the thumbnail straight away ahahaahahhaha

Holy hell! I almost forgot about Grandstream Saga. I played it a couple times to completion. Just wasn't as memorable as other PS1 games I played at the time like Legend of Legia as an example.

This is a tough choice Because in a real sense none of the endings are really happy, just a solution and each has their own heavy forms of compromise. I'd probably go with one of the first two endings myself, but I can see why someone may like the third ending, even though it does erase the efforts of everyone involved.

Star Control 2 <3

Haven't gone through the video yet, just started it. But I remember this game the second you brought up the title. Cousin rented it from a local video store, started it infront of me but finished it while I wasn't there. So I totally am now going to have a look around for a copy now that I remember the name.

Never expected @st1kia to wax philosophical. As for what I'd pick, I'd say be a man and accept responsibility for your actions

This might be a hot take, but I love goofy low quality dubs in JRPGs. As someone who grew up playing games with bad English dubs, I can laugh at bizarre line reads while still being invested in the story.

Undertale be like

5:30 To be honest I hate both endings of the game.

Gotta say I'd have also picked the mature ending, and chose to deal with my past decisions lol

I have to give credit to St1ka for being a master of engaging thumbnails and video titles.

"You have alreadycommited genocide twice." My friend, if we are talking videogames you need to be more speciphic

2 out of 3 of the Shade PS1 Trilogy has been Translated!!! So far we have Grandstream Saga, and Planet Laika. Now we need Brightis probably the best of the three games to be Translated.

Woha :O 4K Raytracing Wizard has uploaded a new video :D

Great stuff, buddy! 💯

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuug I loved what I got to play on my totally legit not morally grey obtained copy of it Unfortunately I only made it 4 or 5 hours into it before it fatally broke

Did all the things that help the video but this is actually something I still want to play for myself so didnt actually watch it (yet).

Hmm remind me of pakistan 🇵🇰 1950 1971 1960

Voice acting in this game is fine... If you've played Robot Alchelmic Drive, that is.

Questionable voice acting in a PS1 game? What are the odds.

Oh man, Granstream Saga is criminally underrated. Like yeah it's kinda... not great to actually play, but it's so good.

Hah, I remember playing the demo of Granstream Saga back in the day. I picked it up myself in the early 2000s and got a few islands in before not continuing. I restarted it last year as part of a 12 RPG challenge I'm doing and fully completed it. It's hardly the best RPG ever but the first one with fully 3D models and scenery in its entirety. It had some fun story beats as well, that little choice at the end was quite unique and the animated FMVs were ace. I found it funny you could get the strongest weapon in the game right at the start 😂 I'd definitely class it as a 7/10 game. Not great, but not bad. The combat system was awesome though. Fun soundtrack also. I would never have completed it without a guide, some of the bits you have to do are incredibly obtuse in ways old 8 bit RPGs could do at times. Great stuff St1ka!

I can't believe I'm in 2025 and someone is talking about Granstream Saga.

Another reason time travel is almost always a bad narrative decision. Giving you a time traveling option to undo everything is as much of a dumb move as saying it was all just a dream and meant nothing.

Hey everyone! Just trying something different. I promise next month things will be back to normal ^^

MY GOD I AM A MONSTER!!!!!

I would pick to play grandstream saga again because it was fun.

I like the voice acting 😂

Remake of your earlier video?

first

Killing off all the original characters to replace them with some random new character? What a dumb move for Star Wars, I mean Mega Man

I came.

I had that first issue! I always thought about it and I knew that comic had something off about it in retrospect! Glad to see it again here haha

This comic also was the reason why many kids had a stronger right arm

Hahahahah agora le,brei que eu lia isso, e lembro especialmente da parte qd o Megaman fala sobre o peitoral dele na roupa colada.😂😂😂😂.

36:23 actually it sounds awesome, the best GBC music i've ever heard!

As a Brazilian, i never heard of it

they published it in italy too back in the day

Can you do the street fighter manhwa series?

I'm brazilian and a huge megaman fan and i'm surprise that i never heard about it... And more surprise after hearing about it... What a fever dream...

as a Brazilian gamer born in 80's, i never heard about any of that and i'm shocked =X. A new world has opening to me