8 Video Game Companions So Strong You're Just Getting In The Way

[@shryko]

1 point for Donald in Kingdom Hearts... he's the first person to ever use Zettaflare more than once. After all, Goofy says "not again!". A spell that basically most gods can't use, and Donald has done it more than once.

[@sorahearts3317]

That brief flashback with Sephiroth as your party member in Final Fantasy VII

[@RileyFree1]

The fact that literally none of us had to die and Fawkes was just like “…nah an early death is your destiny I won’t cheat you “ pissed me off so bad back then.

[@GamingNationShm]

It's been fixed, right?

[@RileyFree1]

@@GamingNationShm yeah they made it possible to use him. They gave him some sassy judgy dialogue when you chose it too iirc

[@Lark88]

In Mass Effect 3, give Garrus a Typhoon, max his assault rifle stats, and he will even win the game for you on Insanity.

[@HylianWolfMage55]

Top ten items so powerful that they had to be confiscated

[@krvgames9258]

Rodin doesn’t accompany Bayonetta in her games. He prefers to stay on the sidelines.

[@maidenreligion12]

Technically there's one part where you fight alongisde Rodin in Bayo2. It's only about a minute or two long, but in that short time he's casually one-shotting everything that comes his way. And the only reason he does it is because he just so happened to be hunting down a demon to turn into a weapon for you.

[@krvgames9258]

@@maidenreligion12 Well that’s the only exception, but Rodin isn’t a true companion in the Bayonetta games. My definition of a video game companion is a character that is with the player throughout the WHOLE game. Take Navi from The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Midna from The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess and Fi from The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword. They are the companions of the Hero of Time, the Hero of Twilight and the Hero of the Sky, respectively, throughout Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess and Skyward Sword and only leave at the end of those games.

[@ryanbentley8475]

Why did I read this title as Companies?

[@kammyharris3026]

No way!? Me to lmaoo💀

[@CapitalContent420]

Same 😂

[@KK-qs2kq]

Wouldn't be wrong.

[@Wraithbrat4]

Same

[@nathanielcockayne2376]

Hahahahaha the CEOs are on the loose 😅

[@alirezamassomi9371]

For next week's episode, how about games that changed their voice actors when they were doing well or didn't have a good reason to change.

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

Barbara on Genshin Impact. I only know the actor changed because my friend complained about it.

[@zigazav1]

@@SoManyRandomRamblings I heard that in Genshin Impact, the reason Barbara sounds differently than at launch, is because the voice acting fail clips for her were instead put into the game than the correct ones, which they corrected sometime later

[@SoManyRandomRamblings]

@@zigazav1 we'd have to take that up with my friend.....I play with the volume off 99% of the time. I haven't heard her voice in years. But I will pass that info along. That's funny that they had the errors instead. Now I wish I hadn't silenced it. Lol.

[@timboned5305]

H.L.N.A. from Ark is a good example. The OG voice actress is faaaaar superior.

[@eddmario]

@@SoManyRandomRamblings Her VA didn't change. For some reason they had a bunch of the English cast rerecord their voice lines, including her.

[@djblade187]

Quiet from Metal Gear Solid 5, hands down. When I first unlocked her, I didn't pull the trigger once for at least a dozen full missions. I'm not talking about full alert and full coverage, I mean no kills, no alerts. Just bounce her around and time the shots accordingly like you're controlling a single sniper in the 2nd person perspective. Although there are always flaws in these kinds of things, the AI in MGSV overall was impressive, especially for its time.

[@blackwinghaseo3349]

might want to adjust that list a bit, Garrus ME3, buffed weapon stats and the N7 Typhoon, God Tier

[@xDangerxRickx]

Lae`zel and Karlach. Can't go wrong with Frog mama and K-Queen

[@BigChungus1217]

8 Video game mechanics we all exploited to cheese the game

[@jamiekjackson]

Any list with FFT will bring a tear to my eye.

[@mjvdg4194]

Nathan Hale in Resistance 2! Being spontaneously taken away from the fully equipped one-man-army war hero you’ve played as for a game and a half to tag alongside as his mate; that was a real eye-opener

[@_Lex_9]

video game crossovers that left us scratching our heads

[@vernonpunkbass]

Bro the Anthem poster had me rolling!!!

[@khrisbreezy3628]

8 reasons Rodin is the Tom Bombadil of the Bayonetta Universe

[@BornDepressed]

Trico with AI assist in a remake might be really cool. Also any voice command games, now that AI can more easily recognize our voices and respond responsibly to our inputs. There's tons of games that could be made to fulfill their dreams if they got a remake these days. Think about some of those games that could totally be remade PERFECTLY using new technologies!

[@Martynde]

Next week do videogame characters that look like WhatCulture Gaming staff.

[@christianwhite7294]

Roxas from KH3. Completely trivializes a boss fight even on a level 1 run. Can literally take selfies the whole time while he takes saix’s cakes😂😂

[@codygonzales]

Mini games that overtook the main game

[@_Lex_9]

this

[@supermonkey8567]

The last guardian is a huge escort mission for Trico 😂

[@MrDelito23]

That little demons always gets a chukle out of me! but all of Jules outros get me in the feels!

[@OHG_Fawx]

Black Iron Tarkus from Dark Souls 1 is the personification of this video topic. Summon him in Sen's Fortress and move tf out of his way.

[@zigazav1]

If we're talking about overpowered characters, what about the Shopkeeper from One Step From Eden? She's so overpowered that she's fatal even to herself, as seen by the exploit to defeat her by inflicting Link onto her so the damage she deals to the things she uses to try to trap you to one tile, is linked to her own HP. It's so powerful an attack that the damage being linked to her one shots herself if she is Linked before she deals damage to her own summoned objects in an attempt to kill you. And before anyone argues that she's also a playable character, you have to keep in mind, you need to defeat her before she becomes a playable character for you, who's much weaker than the boss fight version. To even have the Shopkeeper fight you, you need to provoke her, be it annoying her by opening and closing the shop menu frequently enough on one shop visit, or deal enough damage to her that she sees you as a threat, rather than a customer. btw, what's the deal with shopkeepers being overpowered to fight against in games? Pokemon Mystery Dungeon does that, Bayonetta does it, And I think also Crypt of the Necrodancer, as hitting the shopkeeper in that game I believe has him attack back at you

[@BaxterAndLunala]

I have a suggestion: 8 Video Game Franchises That Need a Comeback.

[@holytrinity222]

Next week episode should be about stories that will make you cry.

[@Falchion1984]

Please make a list of Great JRPGs for Working Adults.

[@benc3462]

Any character in Dragon quest builders 2 especially Malroth. Basically the main character plays the support role building defenses and rescuing KOed npcs but is terrible at fighting themselves. The game even says let Malroth handle most of the fighting. Heck they can only use their ultimate when Malroth is in the active party

[@shaneregan7745]

All of the emotions you feel because you have to play as Raiden in MGS2 are intentional. MGS2 is a masterpiece and I’ll have no slander about it.

[@ciretos]

What about Quiet from MGS5?

[@nong333]

As amazingly helpful as she is, she still has her limits. She's best when you're out in the open, but you're on your own once you go indoors.

[@benabernathy9272]

8 NES games that need a 3d remake

[@GamingNationShm]

When you said burst a blood vessel, it reminded me of the little girl whose entire eyes were filled with dark red blood. Not for the faint of heart.

[@jaycenzimbeck7638]

In Mass Effect, I would actually choose someone else for that entry, that being Liara who is... Just absolutely broken. Especially in the third entry where her incredibly powerful singularity power can have the same cooldown as my incredibly basic Throw power.

[@-2high2fly-]

Such a pet peeve when people pronounce Raiden as RAYden instead of RYden lol. They CLEARLY pronounce it as RYden every single time they refer to him in the game. And I definitely thought you called Kojima..... something else real quick lol I had to rewind that and make sure I didn't hear what I thought I heard 🤣

[@monkofbob]

A Tues list idea, games that were supposed to be one off and unexpectedly launched a franchise

[@zigazav1]

Oh yeah, Link's Awakening also had an overpowered Shopkeeper. If you steal from him, upon revisiting the shop, he zaps you to death, does not matter how many hearts you got. And the punishment for theft is even beyond that death. After stealing from the shopkeeper, instead of the name you chose at the beginning of the game, everyone will refer to you as "THIEF"

[@Sunprism]

I hate when games give you the option of playing Stealth style and still tell you to recruit companions. "Just going to sneak over to flip that switch, and then the traps will-" "Enemies! ATTACK!"

[@abnstill]

How is this show medievally themed???🤣🤣🤣 Michael Bolton jazz solo at the beginning and all.

[@thekingofcookies4877]

I was playing Judgement and at one point I had Kaito following me around, upon finding enemies Kaito would drop kick the group of them as the enemy title card popped up. Dude is itching for a fight.

[@willthedrummer3021]

How about saddest video game deaths?

[@thatguylie4239]

How about: The OH NO moment you have when you realize you needed that item

[@KK-qs2kq]

Suggestion-game maps with the worst navigation -games with the best career modes -character decisions that changed the entire game world Last bosses that never lived up to the first boss.

[@timothylewis2527]

Control definitely belongs on that list. I work in a nuclear power plant and it's easier to navigate than the building in Control.

[@milkmanchannel1]

Fawkes was the very first person I thought of when I saw the title of this video. Lol

[@Dr.Aardvark]

Greatest (or worst) time paradoxes or plot holes in gaming

[@masonjayryder5988]

I think it's crazy you put Jack in here instead of Wrex or Samara. Jack would be trampled by those two.

[@MetaManGamingTM]

I thought I had missed some companion side quests or some dialog option with Fawks at the end of Fallout 3. Spent forever on an old save file with him as my only companion thinking it would help and always siding with him in dialogs but still the same result. I found out later that was how it was supposed to end and I had to give myself a forehead smack

[@kasesaft]

If you’re talking about powerful mass effect companions it’s should be Garrus in mass effect 3. Just search for Garrus goes god mode and watch him obliterate the toughest enemies in the hardest difficulty

[@LarkyLuna]

Sephiroth in nibelheim.

[@kismetsantos1204]

I am surprised that Hugo is not on that list. On Both Plague Tale's games he can control all the rats, which is vastly superior than anything Amicia can do...

[@kevinchong5424]

Lol, I started the video without looking and was totally blindsided when Egg-Daddy called my name 😅

[@kikiphallin]

Best Halo vehicle warfare sections

[@chuckdontjudge]

I was one of the first commenters lucky enough to get one of my suggestions made into a video and I'm so glad to see the series still going strong. Love ya Jules! Another suggestion "WEIRDEST PLAYABLE CHARACTERS IN VIDEO GAMES", e.g playing as "Bread " in "I am bread"

[@Notconceitedjustbetterthanyou]

Nobody asked or cares

[@Kujakuseki01]

Shhhh

[@StanHalen1936]

Virgin much?

[@chuckdontjudge]

@@Notconceitedjustbetterthanyou lol the irony no one asked nor cares about you

[@tykotawomack2319]

not the anthem poster in the baaaack

[@GamingNationShm]

How DARE you have ANTHEM of all games on your wall!

[@tubebammy]

How about a list of video games where the opening level was so hype you couldnt help but restart the game and replay the level or the first act. Because for me, that opening to God of War Ragnarok was the best intro out of the entire series and it did not have to go that hard.

[@Miloproductions1]

Booker and Elizabeth are a combo my Man U can’t have one without the other u can’t put Peter from family guy in his place and have the same story

[@Saddonghussein]

Yes you can, buried by the sea show us that Elizabeth can ñ be alone

[@Miloproductions1]

@@Saddonghussein damn I didn’t play dlc so I cant say nun u might be right but booker still kicked ass and I loved the duo and how they interacted with one and other throughout the story

[@frankbrodie5168]

Any and all trust companions in FFXI. Maybe a bit dated. Because the game itself is outdated by FFXIV by a decade at this point. But when they introduced trust comapnions to FFXI it was just basically the devs saying to the player base "Here.. dip yer bread and wallop through the battles without even paying attention.." Shantotto II (I think it was? There's a few iterations of that trust.) is just mental. She just basically nukes everything with low level elemental spells at a rapid fire rate. But she has the stats that those spells do decent damage. AND they're low tier so cost next to no MP so she never runs low on MP. You just pull a mob with a ranged pull and sit there as Shantotto wastes it in seconds. Rinse > repeat.

[@CebolaGeek]

THE FIRST NAME THAT CAME TO MIND WHEN I SAW THE TITLE WAS TG CID!!!

[@Bman32x]

Dan turned the microphone into an eggplant 🤣

[@lady_draguliana784]

Eat more fiber, you'll avoid those burst blood vessels in the future! 🤣

[@booklover0273]

Video game companions you’d rather play as than the main character oooooor stressful games where your choices determine who lives and dies

[@Buffy5280]

Maybe games you spent way to much time on first try. The idea plays more to the 30+ crowd that didn’t have the ability to look up strategies online. I’ve had a love affair with souls borns for a few years now and without the internet I’d of been lost in sekiro and Elden ring. Once I got to blood born I had it had the hang of it. But remember when you had to wait for next months magazine or get a guide book to look stuff up? I probably spent 20 hours trying to get all the cds in saints row one. Don’t think I ever finished but even guides weren’t always right.

[@GamingNationShm]

6:05 Highlight of the video.

[@stueymon]

The only two Metal Gear games I've ever played are 2 and 5 so if you disregard the prologue to MGS 2...I've never actually played as Solid Snake despite playing two MGS games. Weird.

[@thatll-do7606]

How are we feeling about sequel games that were such massive upgrades from their predecessor that they may as well be in different series?

[@nataliebateman1151]

Jules seems like the big brother figure everyone needs but doesn't deserve

[@jennyf-eg5gl]

I see that you apologized about donald. 😊 Suggestion: maybe intros that change as you go through the game.

[@marcuscarberry218]

Tiny Tina Boarder lands Series could likely complete the game by herself.

[@AltioraQuaeriteCH]

I can't say Orlandeau was OP, because the enemies were getting harder and harder in that game.

[@andreasthekid2677]

While that is true. Having TG in your party is like playing the game on easy mode. lol, he's like super Agrias...

[@AltioraQuaeriteCH]

@@andreasthekid2677 yeah, he's everyone's favorite in the game.

[@andreasthekid2677]

Really wish they made Cloud stronger, and he at least joined your party at level instead of level 1 lol he would have been my favorite hands down

[@AltioraQuaeriteCH]

@@andreasthekid2677 yeah, I liked Cloud too, not that strong, but it's fun to use his limit breaks in the game.

[@INNAX1251]

A video suggestion ( games that shouldn’t be on the platform but made it work ) for example the Witcher, 3 wild hunt on the switch and Forza horizon 5 on xbox one

[@johnreimann8540]

Bosses who’s music slaps

[@shootingquasardragon7971]

Top 10 Bold Characters In Video Games

[@jacksono1254]

How about video game companions that should have been the main character?

[@kevinkunkel9444]

Donald is always angry. That's just Donald.

[@chriscarlisle5676]

Video games that were clones but the setting/plot is so different you wouldn't realize it.

[@nerdyneo21]

It’s Row-Dan, not Rodin

[@peterdelaney3015]

Best looking/ tasting food in video games. Or something similar?

[@D_2_da_K87]

Didn't they patch it eventually so fawkes did go in?

[@Nigel222]

Ray Den.

[@Berengier817]

SWTOR. Any companion after you max all characters and get data crons.

[@1SoSoTopic]

no 9S mention???

[@Aloyus_Knight]

I don't think rodin should count as he's not ding anything to help out with bosses or anything is he. I mean zelda in spirit tracks actually helps out more then rodin does, granted its the ONLY TIME zelda got up off her lazy, royal arse to actively do something to help link but still, its more then rodin ever did.

[@RUTF_slap]

The Anthem poster 😂😂😂😂

[@Rahavica1]

Where is Mary Jane from spider man 2? She was stronger than both spider man’s and venom combined.

[@TheNickellis]

10 greatest bald people in games lol gotta get this bald club going.

[@AnOldGeezer420]

10 Videogame Characters Who Lose Their Eyes... 😳 #10.) Jules Gill; Egg Daddy Brawl.

[@daley_comedy]

What about “video games where the script was better than the actual game/gameplay?”

[@AngelXterror]

A game playing as rodin would be fun, but definitely way too over the top.

[@timothylewis2527]

TG Cid (Thunder God) is awesome... until we get control of him.

[@allercon]

Ah still trying to make it cool to hate on MGS2 Raiden. The dude was always cool, and I don’t know anyone who hated him at launch. He was far from lame, the guy had a higher kill count than Snake before he hit puberty. He was called “Jack the ripper” for the atrocities he committed as a child soldier, and which he was constantly trying to redeem himself for.

[@Damnedlegion40k]

Top 10 warhammer/40k games

[@JoshuaAlfano]

Video game vehicles that were useless

[@houndofoblivion]

Don't you find out that Fawkes is/was a woman before being mutated? I seem to remember some dialogue about that.

[@tubensalat1453]

Or it's a terminal entry or something. Anyway, I usually have an aversion against companions but Fawkes is cool.

[@WhatTheFirstAidSpray]

Noooooo Jules why did you join Team Cant-pronounce-Raiden properly 😭😭 you're so much better than that! "10 best Yakuza sidequests that were quintessential Japanese weirdness" next please!

[@nathanielcockayne2376]

Kingdom hearts timeline will always be as awkwardly confusing never mind heartless/souless and how that works. I was so young when i first dropped and never picked it back up again. Now being older maybe i could understand.... Naaaaa 😅

[@jennyf-eg5gl]

As someone who played all 3 games and some of the side games...I still can't figure it out. 😅

[@nathanielcockayne2376]

@@jennyf-eg5gl love that x

[@mrscary3105]

Quiet MGS5

[@eren34558]

1 minute 24 seconds could have been cut from the video because of Jules just ranting

[@alecsolvang4278]

Boone. Fallout New Vegas.

[@ericshelby8813]

7 video games whose level designs have aged badly