Adventures in the Backlog

[@PetraDunamancer]

I love seeing Leon go from the fighting game arc to the funke arc

[@JoNarDLoLz]

We wait for the Weezer phase

[@noah-ux2cz]

Down to the animations

[@ShoTV]

The Pikmin 'Shortcut good' feeling reminds me of the progression in Metroidvanias, like when you unlock a new area or gain a new way to traverse the environment. That's all I got, praise Bungler.

[@Toluj330]

I personnally would make the metroidvania comparison to pikmin 2 instead, in 1 most of your shortcuts are worked for, not through upgrades, but by progressing through the level and getting rid of potential threats. In 2 it's less "hard work" dependent, it's the electrical fence for the yellow pikmin or the poison fence for the white ones, which is fine since the outdoor areas are barely half the game anyways but I do find it to be a bit of a shame they decided to make the shortcuts more roadblocks.

[@thordy9526]

Ironically enough, I got this same feeling after making it to a location in Elden Ring that I had spent the past couple hours seeing off in the distance. Making it to Raya Lucaria and the captial, for example, gave me that same sense of accomplishment for exploring and gradually progressing through an unknown world. This was further exacerbated for me by seeing the scale of the map exponentially blow up throughout the game, as if to say "This is all part of the same world, look at how far you've come." I'm kinda surprised Leon took so many shots at the game when I feel like it personally gave me the same feeling fron Pikmin that he was so emphatic about. But maybe he's trying to sprinkle in a hot take idk

[@_SomeThingsILike_]

@@Toluj330 If you really wanna be thin about it, technically Super Metroid has skill based short cuts. Nothing feels better then seeing a spot and thinking "I could probably get up there" and then you do with some stupid ass movement tech. Fucking love super metroid.

[@Toluj330]

@@_SomeThingsILike_ Super Metroid is so good for that, on repeat playthroughs you can just wall jump and get to areas early, that's something I feel few metroidvania do, the secret tech that can allow you to do stuff early (hollow knight comes to mind with nail bouncing)

[@betchaos7383]

Literally was going to say the same thing about super Metroid being the exception. Glad somebody already mentioned it.

[@robertlowder5832]

he said DMC 3 is bad at the end because he knew it would invalidate the rest of his opinions 🗿

[@esteboi3858]

NO FUCKING KIDDING

[@steel5897]

That Elden Ring jab invalidated the entire video way before that. But yeah, that was the final nail 💀

[@esteboi3858]

@@steel5897 i don’t understand leon anymore, hes had some wack takes but it feels like he doesnt care for anything thats not indie made. his jabs at elden ring scream kinda contrarian to me

[@AntanovOCEFGC]

@@steel5897 I mean, Elden Ring's got lots of issues, it can be pretty annoying if you're not loving it. So I think that take is fun. Now DMC3... I'm VERY curious why he wouldn't like it.

[@vintheguy]

Much like saying ultrakill didn't have shit balance

[@s.w.o.g9050]

I saw the video in my notifications and thought it was going to be an essay on Blocking

[@iliakatster]

Honestly, a great idea for a video, theres a lot that can be said on what makes engaging defense in a game, the psychology behind defending/breaking defense, and why its so important to understand blocking to start understanding fighting games, altho Leon seems to be done with fighting game essays for now.

[@andrewfreeman5165]

sayme brodie

[@WeRtheHelp]

The Pikmin one insight is so freaking spot on. I've been trying to put into words why the feeling of creating shortcuts on pikmin 1 was so fantastic. Felt like a breakthrough in your escape from the planet, and I couldn't put my finger on why it didn't feel the same in Pikmin 2. Excellent video! That DMC3 take is gonna get you crucified.

[@KreuzDrache]

Yeah, I am shocked that he did not like Dmc3.

[@Gustavozxd13]

as a fan of the dmc franchise, the more I play 5 the harder it is to play 3. The combat is good but after a while those levels become insufferable and then there's the boss fights. Many good ones but about half of them are just beyond awful and tedious. Arkham, Jester, Geryon doppelganger etc. It still holds up in a lot of ways but it's tough to get back to even compared to 4 which also has its own problems.

[@KreuzDrache]

@@Gustavozxd13 Yeah that's totally fair criticism. Definitely was not a fan of some encounters myself like the Whale demon's insides and the fight with Arkham. That was definitely a mess with the camera.

[@Folbak]

I played and loved DMC3 a couple of years ago. After finishing DMC5, I tried going back for a playthrough of 3 and just couldn't get over the feeling that something was off. I totally get where Leon's coming from here, and I feel I managed to enjoy DMC3 so much just because I played DMC1 before it

[@Rincewindl]

average gamer opinion "you tried a game 4 times and have legitimate criticism to a flawed game i find really really fun? Crucifixion."

[@TheZer0wned]

Some diabolical opinions in this

[@AlejandroSilva-mr7yy]

I cannot overstate the sheer charm your videos have, I really hope you grow more and get proper recognition

[@drfudgecookie5800]

A Leon Massey video? Never expected that. I wonder how long it will be till he mentions xrd in it. Edit: holy fucking shit he didn't.

[@KurtMage]

And of all the times to do it, it just happened to be right when Xrd just got rollback netcode lol

[@iz_abelle]

i love this format and i hope we get to see more! maybe a backlog series every couple months or so? keep it up :)

[@iuri4086]

The game stopping me from completing my backlog is a cool game called wishlist, you're suposed to add titles to it and organize it in the order you like, I've spent hours on It allready

[@PunkDuck]

4:32 ''Ugly child''? As opposed to what, Leon? Please state your full legal name into my comically large microphone

[@hiigobybisquick5351]

Pikmin 3 brings back the time limit from the first game bringing some of the shortcut good feeling back

[@Yipper64]

Man. I really gotta slog my way through pikmin 2 so I can finally play 3. Not to say its a slog but it *kinda feels like it ngl*

[@1Henrink]

I would actually really like a series around this video concept! Not so in depth analysis it is closer to what most of us leave after playing a game. So it's fun to watch.

[@magenta_iris]

Another Leon Massey video, another day worth living.

[@vazermak0]

this man really talked about bioshock 2 about 3 minutes, and 5 minutes about game where you take pictures of funny creatures XD

[@LtSprinkulz]

Bro idk what you're doing to make Bioshock 2 look unplayable but that is actually depressing.

[@kazy8029]

I still feel Doom 3 holds up if you play it on hard. It has such a unique vibe, like an old John Carpenter movie, and it still gets under my skin. That said, it's aged like wine. It can be amazing but it really is an acquired taste.

[@wumborat3669]

I totally see what you mean with the john carpenter vibe. I thought the pacing of the game was all over the place which made it a slog to play, but that john carpenter feeling it had ended up causing me to enjoy it in the end

[@Oakshimasu]

Bioshock 2 is my favorite game in the series, and I also agree with most of what you said. I have fun with it though!

[@veppotoast3507]

Your production quality has gotten so much better over time, it's been a treat to watch your channel grow

[@benjiman7259]

“Find” is pretty crazy I recently “found” the pc98, and it’s pretty cool

[@LeakyOrifices]

much in the way I expected to feel after watching this, I now feel an intense urge for more Bungler

[@Vashkey]

Man, it's a good thing you shared your wrongest opinion for the end

[@agedgouda8809]

An opinion can’t rly be wrong though

[@raven75257]

@@agedgouda8809 They can if based on factually incorrect information. Doesn't apply here, but just wanted to mention

[@agedgouda8809]

@@raven75257 makes sense, like if your opinion is that the world is flat or something.

[@agedgouda8809]

@@raven75257 I maybe should’ve specified an opinion about a piece of entertainment? Idk if that covers all bases exactly

[@raven75257]

@@agedgouda8809 Exactly

[@chasepalumbo2929]

DUDE no one ever references/shows footage of/talks about garage:bad dream. Epic and also great video

[@boateye]

Loving the Funke inspired animations in this one!

[@FUNKe]

DMC3 was a great setting bottlenecked by really unflattering level direction. Memorable weapons, Shitfuck confusing rooms with borderline invisible pathways forward and lots of janky "do this specific thing to progress" moments in bossfights. It's definitely worth it to get to DMC5, and 4 was alright but the second half of 4 is padded to hell and back with repeat levels and fluff. I liked 3 but I don't blame you at all for leaving it annoyed. #bunglersweep

[@esteboi3858]

how you doing funke?

[@Azure9577]

Hello!

[@joshy-noha]

You didn't like dmc3, imma have to take away your gamer and human rights please. Great video as always!

[@YoTerrako]

I actually made a New Year’s resolution to beat a game every month to just get through my backlog

[@Dasaltwarrior]

Good luck with that *this is genuine

[@mooglechao]

I'm happy to have a new video from you! Great as always!

[@athy8763]

seeing that youre a pikmin fan kinda explains a lot of why your recommendations have hit for me. like you deadass helped me gain a love of fighting games. also tf2 was mentioned in that one video so frankly pikmin shouldnt have been as much of an eye opener

[@TheEpicPancake]

Production value here is wild. Well deserving of the time between uploads. I also dig the little animations. Very Funke-esque, which may well be intentional and remains cool one way or another.

[@siddharthkrishna8463]

Wouldn't mind more of these. I love hearing about games rapid fire like this

[@superk1865]

If you want shortcut good games, you are looking for exactly Dishonored, and as far as I can tell from the first hour or so, Prey. If you make a dishonored video someday I have no doubt I will like it more than your fighting game videos because it is exactly the sort of game that you seem to always have interesting things to say about

[@Zeenobae]

yesss penko park was so much fun, i 100%'d the entire game in just a couple days back in december last year, love it so much. I really hope they do a sequel or something similar.

[@frenzy2101]

I liked this video, I didnt agree with everything said, but I really like your way of editing now, it was very entertaining. I hope you keep this up!

[@rataudiobooks]

I'm gonna type this before I watch the bit where he talks about it, but I cheered out loud when I saw Garage: Bad Dream Adventure. Love that game, god does it suck, really happy to see people are playing it. I'm typing this now because I feel real good about it and might not after he talks about it (or decides not to you get the idea.) Edit: Yeah didn't get a bit in the video proper but still hope a peak at the visuals drag people like they did for me. Not gonna type of my whole essay on how fishing minigames are really well suited for atmospheric horror but yeah hope it gets talked about more. Great vid as always.

[@aaron_my_lungs]

Good video, Leon. I'll be sure to check out some of the games you mentioned.

[@EdShear_em]

Make this a series. I would love to come back to Adventures in the Backlog 2 in about a month or so!

[@yungwill2383]

Nice video Leon, wild DMC3 take. I would not have had the balls to post that, good on ya. That being said, you must have lost your mind my man.

[@slimishfgc]

not sure why this wasn’t recommended despite watching all your videos, algorithm isn’t doing this video justice

[@ashlikeadragon]

I always appreciate the little jokes that remind me of how British you are, especially the Toree and heating bill bits. Suffering together!

[@BiggBossChanel]

The lack of mention of both pokemon snap when talking at the obviously inspired by it indie game and pikmin 3 when like actually talking about pikmin is honestly kind of impressive

[@martron7]

I didn't have this pop up in my subs, only saw it when I randomly checked if you uploaded anything recently, just letting you know that KZbin did the classic "Oopsie I forgot to recommend this video you poured your heart and soul into to fucking anyone, Whoopsie!" Gonna watch it now, cheers.

[@d3lta_p]

can we please get a bungler plush sir? just a crumb of bungler?

[@ridjf]

The Surge 2 is shortcut porn, at one point I just said NO, you CAN'T lead back to that respawn point AGAIN

[@adreamer5920]

Rubbing my mitts watching this video, knowing Leon is going to present his bad takes in an entertaining way

[@hemangchauhan2864]

Excellent format. Pikmin is more arcade like, Pikmin 2 feels like a proper single-player game

[@gigzyboi1631]

Very relatable concept for a video 👍 This is excellent content to use between your full analysis videos

[@TheRealOtatop]

If you like Pikmin, i am literally begging you to play Overlord 1 and 2. They're like Pikmin, but more "Adult". Which basically boils down to there being blood and romance options. But there's also a base upgrading (not building) aspect which feels neat, and your Minions (the Pikmin equivalent) can find gear and get stronger. So I personally find myself getting attatched to certain minions, and getting sad when they die. But yes, Overlord rules and i'd love to see how you feel about it

[@KreuzDrache]

I need to find time to play that same since buying it from GoG.

[@TheRealOtatop]

@@KreuzDrache I cannot recommend them enough. Something so charming about the Minions (Greens are my favorites), and just the wolrd as a whole

[@freshboy3968]

Overlord was really fun, goat I may even say!

[@Lazypackmule]

Very brave of you to put out an entire video of bad takes

[@1shoryuken]

he has had bad takes since he said Vanquish isn't good.

[@NasuPrime]

@@1shoryuken he... he said what

[@BacchusGames]

@@NasuPrime The truth my boy, he said the truth

[@Nahg113]

as soon as he said "monhun pre world is dogshit" i knew not to take his takes on games serious (the videos are still great and entertaining tho 👍)

[@justincruz8050]

@@1shoryuken so funny to me when people rhetorically insinuate shit like "vanquish is universally good" like what

[@Pokee154]

LEON MASSEY UPLOAD LETS GOOOOO

[@kdsm6424]

Oh that is an amazing start to a video, most definitely mhmhm

[@Logos_Loki]

It's always a good day when Leon uploads

[@simodelfario4739]

For anyone who enjoyed pikmin, i emplore you to play little king story, everything leon said about what makes pikmin great, even the "shortcut good", and more is what makes little king story. Goated game and my childhood treasure

[@terydtl4427]

about the pikmin game you do know they got a sequel in pickmin 3, it basically dose everything you asked.

[@Lomaxxx53]

Thumper gets it's rhythm when you start perfecting it and doing "slams" and perfect turns and flying perfect turns + slams all at the speed of chaos with a weird ass pattern.

[@thatmanjames1647]

Nice Pikmin drawing in powerwashing simulator

[@ahmcha357]

Way to put the hottest take on the video at the very end so that most people probably would've jumped off before hearing it. That's just smart planning.

[@poepertist]

some of these takes are wild lmao

[@treedude4246]

Man unbeatable white lable was such a cool game Im so excited for the full version to come out

[@Creepy___]

your Bioshsock 2 opinion is suprising to me. I think after all this time the Bioshock community really realized that B2 is regarded as the best game of the series

[@etiketi]

You know, if you like Thumper and/or F-Zero, I've heard people who like those also like an antigrav racer called Redout 2. I certainly love it, lol.

[@Bungafist]

Never did I think in the year 2023 would I see a critical analysis of Pikmin

[@TheMobiusAce]

I learned shortcut good, that's not nothing

[@Greennoob2]

14:20 It's like building a new bridge in Animal Crossing

[@PFX.]

Time for another masterpiece :)

[@uhohspaghettios821]

pikmin 3 has level gates i guess, it probably got that shortcut good feel. Or not idk

[@cherrycurry404]

4:30 Average Birminghamite response

[@smirokgambeson3020]

No. We DID learn something. What did we learn? BUNGLER.

[@AntanovOCEFGC]

Dude, one, I love this format (fuck the haters, own your takes king) two, your animations are looking fantastic bro, super impressed with how you've progressed from those early vids. Keep it up man, good shit.

[@SoulBro12]

You reminded me that I bought Hoi4 while all of its dlc were on sale and I still yet to get into it. Backlogs are really something though for me, I'm just too focused on stuff from outside.

[@plabcentral630]

We need bad takes to balance out the good in the world. Love you Leon

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

Bioshock is a Average game hiding behind a artsytle that makes it seem like a master piece. Which just means the visual world looks really good for a Average game.

[@Dracobyte]

Great video as always!

[@rangoon2]

0:22 I didn't notice that the game titles were being put in the top right corner so I thought that leon was just saying hey to my guy noid

[@Nick-of-Time]

I think the lesson we learned is that we need to buy the Bungler plush as soon as it's available

[@apiocosmico833]

Honestly, Bioshock 2 is a decent successor to bioshock 1 which is a watered-down version of the system shock 2 gameplay.

[@LiteralmenteFadul]

Well, *I* learned something.

[@tdimensional6733]

i have the opposite issue. There are three games I can name off the top of my head *right now* (and definitely more that aren't on the top of my mind) that I desperately want to play and complete but simply cannot, for one reason or another.

[@DamianYerrick]

Another game that gives some of the feeling of making persistent change to open up the world that you describe for Pikmin is the 2023 NES game Full Quiet. (Disclosure: I was a programmer on that game.)

[@beckhamjenkins4798]

love the animation work

[@DoomRater]

I dunno about comparing Pikmin to RTS games like C&C, Starcraft, Total Annihilation is one that makes sense since you're also on the battlefield along with the minions you control. The only other good analog I can think of is Overlord, and the main difference mechanically is that you can actually fight things yourself in Overlord, you don't have to rely on the minions to do everything though the game plays much better if you do. There might be a Kingdom Under Fire game that also does this too, I dunno, I only played the one on PC called "A War of Heroes" and that did its own thing with story mode where it had some random Diablo esuqe levels for the main characters and you could find powerful gear that made them WAY stronger, allowing you to need less of an army and more of an escort for the heroes. Also people called it Warcraft 2.5 in the day but I loved it for what it was

[@Aion1os]

Leon uploading on my birthday lets gooo

[@et1033]

I disagree with your opinion but can recognize your improvements as a video editor, 3d modeler and animator. Good job!

[@Thoughtmo]

we've learned something today. bungler.

[@jvukovic4]

The video is great, but the one thing I would suggest is to maybe change the avatar design to be a bit, right now all I can imagine when I see it is like its a Thing Thing OC

[@esamamario6734]

Mans has not played Minerva’s Den.

[@smithwillnot]

anyone knows the song in the background at 2:01 it sounds so familiar but I can't remember

[@brycea5452]

Man, I like Bio2. Shits fun. Not breaking new ground, but really fun.

[@rogeras5966]

16:55, I did learn something today, about one dimensional gameplay and sequels that make the first game useless, I writo it down on a google docs for essays

[@pkspadoosh5275]

Game recommendation, if you haven't heard about it yet, Darkwood Dark lovecraftian polish fairy tale survival horror, nothing more needs to be said

[@chillmadude]

we learned more about your taste in bideo games

[@joewaid]

Knowing you play Apex motivated me to work on my battle pass

[@KreuzDrache]

I felt the same way about RTSs as well, and its probably the reason why I just cannot jive with DoW: Dark Crudsade's campaign mode. I love the concept, but it just comes across as a grindy chore that makes me wonder if I am playing it right or not.(Most likely I am not playing it right.)

[@supersayan1962]

Damm, fighting games do rot your brain

[@G1itch35]

you brought up pikmin and was gonna say you gotta play chibi-robo for the gamecube but then you just reference it anyways lol. on the topic of chibi-robo, if you liked the first one then I'd recommend the jp exclusive sequel, chibi-robo clean sweep (it has a full fan translation). Unlike the other chibi-robo games, that one follows a similar design to the first one. anyways I'm glad to see you're keeping up with the animation stuff, it looks good! and I'd buy a bungler plush

[@LeonMassey]

I actually own a physical copy of clean sweep, it's VERY good, although I never actually finished it since the language barrier that was there did make the pacing tough, glad to hear it's got a translation so I can give it another shot :)

[@G1itch35]

@@LeonMassey nice!

[@yzer9975]

We regret to inform you that it IS Bungler.

[@tonywizdard1531]

Bungler my Beloved

[@K5iveeeeeeeeee]

it could just be me but leons videos had like a 500% jump in production quality after the "a culture of combat" video

[@mollywantshugs5944]

I liked Doom 3 fine. At least it is after you get a third or so in. DMC 3 is one of my favorite games full stop. I get why the camera bothers people but I kinda like how early DMC uses fixed camera angles

[@LeonMassey]

This is also fair, there are enough DMC 3 fans out there to know if I banged my head against it for long enough there's plenty to love, just don't have the time to find it as somebody who didn't really engage too much with it

[@Yipper64]

13:26 I think part of that is the fact its a rather short game. It allows for much more replayability. Now, pikmin 2, im like halfway through, gave up on it and havnt played it in months, and assuming I do finish it, I dont see myself ever going in for a replay. I dont hate pikmin 2 but having played 1 so many times and then going to pikmin 2... im not exactly as big of a fan of the sequel as you clearly are.