Anime Girls Still Can't Fix Everything | 10-4 Game Review

[@Cuprite1024]

The fact that at the start they refer to what I typically hear called the "Bust" as a "Head sculpture" almost makes me think the translation was just taken via Google Translate rather than with a human translator, just cause that's a much more verbose way of saying the same thing for no discernable reason.

[@lord3031]

As someone with plenty of experience in a field (mostly in my native language though), I can attest that it's most likely a human-made translation, but a poorly made one nonetheless. It bears a lot of the usual junk that comes with amateurish translations (the most obvious clue is hilarious typos that should be absent in machine-made text (the fine state of 'Taxes' is my favorite one)). And such opinion is even further reinforced by the fact that one of the people credited as 'translator' in the game seems to be the same one who wrote its story. My guess is simple: one dev and a couple of their friends knew a lil bit of english, and they decided that such knowledge would be sufficient enough for making a correct translation. And, sadly, the end result of their decision speaks for itself. (But then again, I always had too much faith in humanity, and maybe devs really just dumped their script into google translate, made a couple of small adjustments and called it a day; that would be pretty sad though)

[@Cuprite1024]

@@lord3031 Fair points, I'll take back the Google Translate bit then. Still, it's pretty funny (Especially "Taxes"). Lol.

[@CainXVII]

I dunno man, I actually saw a head sculpture at a museum today 😂 it was just a sculptured head with a tiny bit of neck sticking out of the block, no bust included (In this case I would say neither bust nor head sculpture makes any sense at all for describing a portrait...)

[@aglavraowl4932]

This game is like a lazy student: somewhat tryed to prepare for an exam, memorized some definitions without understanding them, learned some jargon to create the impreassion of knowledge, but one in-depth question which requires thinking, and the teacher sees that in reality they do not know anything.

[@AHappyCub]

_Just like me frfr_

[@silkdust8069]

Hey i actually played this ga... no wait, that was door kickers. Nevermind.

[@Thedefenses]

Seems a bit weird in general how each of the special forces has their right name, SAS, JTF 2, KSK and so but BIRD seems to not be anyones, at least i can´t find any nation who´s special forces uses that name, so it does seem like she was initially the "main character" at some point and then they just, switched plans.

[@TomaszRyszkowski]

It looks like it could be the Chinese one, based on the red thing instead of an flague. The devs are chinese, so they might have not been able to use the proper chinese special forces name due to censorship

[@Cybercerialdestroyer]

@@TomaszRyszkowski eh I seriously doubt China would censor that, they probably did it because they didn’t want it to be recognizable/offensive and probably assumed the rest of their Chinese audience wouldn’t really care about the others

[@gimok2k5]

It's really the odd one out, yes. A quick check on Google shows that it's the "Snow Leopards Commando Unit", and could have been called simply "Snow Leopard" if it's supposed to be the Chinese PTU. So unless it another case of the translation going complete haywire, this one seems to be entirely made up.

[@TomaszRyszkowski]

@@gimok2k5 it is misspelled once as BRID, so i'm not sure if the character name is even written correctly lol

[@schwingedeshaehers]

as bird is a normal word, and the others aren't, it could be, that it was translated, when it shouldn't have been

[@TomaszRyszkowski]

One day anime girls will finaly fix something

[@realdragon]

If they stop existing they will fix anime

[@WwZa7]

They do. Quite often. One game was saved purely by fanservice and is now the most played anime game on PC in china.

[@gamin9wizard945]

@@TomaszRyszkowski Anime saved cyberjunk. Which scares me, it might give corpos a reason to flood the market with mediocre anime to save bad games, possibly damaging the anime industry in the long run. Needless to say I ain't buying either the Cyberjunk game or anime

[@hampuslundborg4187]

@@WwZa7 ofc it is, let me know what game it is so i can make that play count different

[@WwZa7]

​@@hampuslundborg4187 Snowbreak Containment Zone, their history is quite interesting, it almost died before going all in on fanservice after which they witnessed great success. Right now they transitioned to 18+ in China while they used to be 14+ (funnily enough, it's still PEGI 12, just like Nikke, Azur Lane and other fanservice-heavy games)

[@Hisnitch]

3:56 This is the reason why any game that relies too heavily on acronyms needs an in-game dictionary or a rollover tool-tip so that you don't need to alt-tab every 5 seconds to figure out what something is or means, even if it's just alt text.

[@E_MO_TION]

I can't believe you never fight the aliens:(

[@YdenMk-II]

The only guess I can make with those GPS coordinates is that they aren't GPS coordinates but they're for China's not-GPS system since GPS is a US run service so China runs their own satellite position system for security reasons.

[@Graeldon]

That's an interesting theory!

[@TomaszRyszkowski]

Hmm it might make sense BUT both of the coordinates pointed to actual big cities, just the wrong ones. For Kursk for example it pointed to Saint Petersburg instead, which is the 2nd biggest city in russia

[@TomaszRyszkowski]

And for qingdao it pointed to ningbo, so another big city, with ~8 million inhabitants. It looks like the coordinates are valid as in they point to specific cities, it's just that the cities themselves are wrong, kinda like if they changed the in-lore cities after making the graphics

[@UnderTheSkin13]

Maybe we just need some mods for Doorkickers. Doorkickers is great.

[@WwZa7]

This is actually a very cool concept - spec ops of the world turned into actual characters, cute and pretty at that. If the translation was any better, it could kick off.

[@dominateeye]

Hey, Houston! That's where I live! We don't get depicted in media very often, so it's really cool to see a game actively decide to take place here, even if the end result is of... questionable quality. Credit where it's due, though, a lot of the world's oil-and-gas and chemical companies are based down here, so at least the game did _some_ of its homework. And not that I blame you since the game misspelled it, but the city's name is actually pronounced "hugh-ston". Lots of folks from outside the US seem to assume it's "hoo-ston", and I've never been quite sure why.

[@xarin42]

As someone who actually likes anime art ... this really is the usual for anime games unfortunately. Yeah I've played some decent ones too, but the scummy shovelware companies know that anime art makes money...

[@BoisegangGaming]

Something that bugs me about "this thing targets the y chromosome in humans" is that it wouldn't affect just cis men, but also anyone with an XY or XYY or XXY chromosome in their genetics. But, hey, why am I expecting anything beyond middle school biology from a ripoff game with anime girls?

[@Graeldon]

Oh yeah, it's absolutely a bunch of pseudosci-fi where you just need to throw enough sciencey words at the wall to see what sticks

[@GeorgeDCowley]

To be fair, it would mostly do what's expected. Yes, you could go more in depth, though.

[@GreiH]

At least the anime girls are interesting enough looking to make me consider drawing them some day, lol It's not every day you see an anime girl in tactical gear

[@cedricappleby2006]

Yeah the character designs are actually decent, as far as tactical waifus go

[@hampuslundborg4187]

12:00 thats not dodging, thats blocking as a meatheald

[@SuperiorBeing]

We'll just see about that...

[@Graeldon]

Any thoughts to share? Did the anime girls help or hinder?

[@legitplayin6977]

@@GraeldonThey always hinder

[@matt92hun]

Maybe the real waifus are the friends we make along the way.

[@evillecaston]

More like Girls Backline, amirite?

[@SolidAK-15]

1:20 This is literally just the Collapse Infection.

[@nylonswordsman]

this comment wins

[@GaybrohamStinkton]

Its set in the future, countries have moved. It said on the screen that your main hero changes based on the chosen base location

[@theoteno]

21:40 Looks like the next games will be part of the: 100 hidden cats series

[@50bottlesofpinklemonade]

13:30 that skull mask and that german flag...

[@user-xsn5ozskwg]

Hang on, why does the UI look almost identical to Cavalry Girls, a different waifu combat game but with mechs and less tactics? It feels like a bizarre coincidence or both devs just have access to the same art resources.

[@Vikey36]

I think would be funny to finish my game which is exactly tactical anime girls (except is a tactical RPG) yet the current title starts with R, so it would take a long time for graeldon to review it

[@TomaszRyszkowski]

maybe on a stream if it has under 200 reviews?

[@Vikey36]

@@TomaszRyszkowski could be a possibility, I'm nowhere near known to develop a game, and it's not even yet announced anywhere

[@sharkenjoyer]

@@Vikey36 how is the game called? I'd like to check it out

[@nellancaster]

Tactical anime girls with a title that starts with R... Reverse Collapse?

[@Vikey36]

@@sharkenjoyer the game it's called Rose Bullet, though, I've only made a preshow of the game once like half a year ago in a second channel, it's still in early development, though not like the in the only video I have made. kzbin.info/www/bejne/np3MaGh-gt6LlcUsi=dV70_fe9xfAqkJBy I will check on making a newer preview of the game with some of the touches it has had.

[@gimok2k5]

Okay, while I have not played Doorkickers, the basic gameplay does seem similar from what I could gather. However, the premise of "Alien invasion, where aliens spread something infectious to conquer" with the real-time-tactics gameplay reminds more of "UFO Aftermath" - but there, it was spores and the mutation also affected almost everyone as well as animals. Even the "all special forces around the world unite to take on the alien threat" is the same, but it was military in general in UFO. Most of the gameplay was also rather similar to DoorKickers, but in Early-2000s 3D, and with a lot more out-of-combat stuff in regards to bases and research (similar to X-COM, which UFO is a spiritual successor to) As for the "characters interact with each other", we do run into a minor issue if we leave the recruiting up to the player, but we *do* have one game that solves the issue and ironically is also a "Special Forces against Aliens" game: XCOM Chimera Squad (granted, the Aliens are regular citizens by then, and you're just a SWAT team with alien team-members, but still). There, interactions between characters were usually held in voice-over randomly at base, or with adding some random comments from an active member at the start of a mission. But they also had general lines for when they did their special actions. Plot was mostly delivered by NPCs, however, with the team only throwing in the odd comment. So, it seems that as a proof of concept game or early access, this seems a fine start. But as a finished game, this is bad, especially with the really bad translation. Because that one is 100% just made via Google Translate and not much effort. But if the devs actually bother and may make a proper sequel that's "UFO Aftermath but with Door Kickers combat - and Chimera Squad teammember interactions", I certainly would pick that one up, even without Anime Girls.

[@voiddragon8638]

for gign it's pronounce as it letter so G.I.G.N and make sense that a france unit from russia at one time napoleon managed to go that far

[@Graeldon]

I'll admit that I said it as one word just for the lols, and too see if there were any military buffs in the audience haha

[@TomaszRyszkowski]

​@@Graeldoni was wondering about that lol

[@voiddragon8638]

make sense i did find it funny (but some really pronounce it like that).

[@gimok2k5]

@@Graeldon Given that the GIGN has been a staple in Counter-Strike, anyone who takes that games flavor a bit more serious is already aware that GIGN is prounounced letter-by-letter. Them and the Rainbow Six fanbase.

[@Anonymousrando-uz9sn]

To anyone reading this that wants to play a strategy game with anime girls, just play Fire Emblem. It's actually worth your time. Or, if you want something Sci-Fi, Rebelstar: Tactical Command (for the GBA). The story for that one is a bit bland, though, apparently.

[@luckycapgaming5957]

TRUCKER SLANG MENTION!

[@SometimesRPG13579]

Welp, just caught up to this series. What a rollercoaster this has been. From what I've watched. It seems there's a lot of passionate devs who makes either decent & compentent games, or unfinished ones that somehow still cost money. I wonder how you'll review the find the cat games though?

[@Graeldon]

You'll be able to find out soon! Editing is underway =) Thanks for being part of this community!

[@SomeGuy712x]

(8:24) I wonder how high the taxes are in Huston? :P (8:29) And then they get "Houston, Texas" correct here.

[@thraexgladiator]

Door kickers with anime girls? Oh I’m definitely buying this…

[@CainXVII]

I remeber a couple of mangas that I stopped reading when I realised I was just waiting for them to end. Bleach for example

[@Highretrogamelord]

Wait, what? You only know the stats of the team members AFTER you purchased them? What garbage idea is that? Oh, and I just caught up to your latest video (as of the date I'm writing this)! YAY!!! I might have not commented on every video but I definitely watched all of them.

[@Graeldon]

Yep, you're only able to see the cost at first, and then you see health and abilities after purchasing them. Really weird game design choice. Congrats on catching up! I hope you've enjoyed the journey! As a fellow content creator, I'd love to hear I'd you have any feedback to share, but no pressure, of course!

[@Highretrogamelord]

@@Graeldon Thank you, I certainly have enjoyed the journey and hope to see more. For ideas: I was thinking about you could make a video where, once you are finished with a certain letter, put the games beginning with said letter in a tier list but that will probably a lot of games. (As for numbers you could do it per number or numbers in general)

[@Graeldon]

@Highretrogamelord that's an idea that's on my mind for sure! Currently, I was looking at continuing the top 5/bottom 5 at the end of each milestone, but I'm looking at ways to do something a bit more significant

[@CainXVII]

I don't know, I feel like that works well in some games - vampire survivors for example. But there has to be a point to changing out your character even if the new one sucks, like a whole new challenge/playstyle, so that you want the new one anyways.

[@danielgrezda3339]

There is a nieche for anime fps games and a few games have tried to fill it, s4 league used to fill it back in the day and snow break containment zone tried until they had to turn it into a borderline H game to keep it alive. If you want an actually good anime fps strinova is releasing globally in october, lets see how long that stays good given the history of this genre.

[@SolidAK-15]

Snowbreak's fan-service felt "forced". Yeah, the reason they so suddenly added revealing battle suits is because compared to other gacha games, they were barely making any money.

[@WwZa7]

You guys are talking like it's an issue. Snowbreak's gameplay has not gone worse as the result of it, it got better. It's still a damn good third person shooter.

[@SolidAK-15]

@@WwZa7 I mean, yeah the gameplay is still fun. Definitely my fault I expected it to be something like Max Payne 3 lol.

[@danielgrezda3339]

@WwZa7 I wanted to try it but what puts me off about it is now the gameplay and monetary incentives are misaligned, so I don't know if the game will improve in the future or get stale.

[@WwZa7]

@@danielgrezda3339 I don't see how are they misaligned, or how would that be a bad thing, but I'm an end-game player so I assume new player experiences might be different. That being said, I recently convinced my friend to try it and he loves it, not for fanservice but for the gameplay and personality of the characters. Right now they are mostly getting money from skins, which is not a bad thing for a Gacha, neither is it a new thing. Current event is anniversary where they threw in almost all past skins in and created more gacha systems just for this event just so all characters would be available for this event. That's why it might feel quite chaotic.

[@kalilak9701]

Thanks for the great review Graeldon! Good on you for not letting the cardboard cutout anime waifus bribe you into giving the game a higher score like so many of the reviewers. >.

[@z.s.7992]

I caught my son grabbing his headsculpture.... embarrassed the heck out of both of us

[@marsgreekgod]

I think you would really like tactical breach wizards

[@party4lifedude]

I have to wonder if there was more explanation or information in the Japanese version of the game that was just totally lost in translation, or if the game is just like that.

[@stalebread7116]

Day 299 of waiting for Celeste

[@corback]

bro really said "gigen" for the GIGN 💀💀💀

[@DoCaMakesArt]

I was about to comment that, i'm pretty sure these aren't their names, it's the name of the unit they're part of >w< Not that this makes much more sense when all of these are pretty much national security and have no reason to team up on an international operation

[@gimok2k5]

@@DoCaMakesArt Probably done in a similar way to some other anime where the female leads are named after tanks, ships or guns. In this case, they are named after counter-terrorist-organisations.

[@Lagbeard]

Questionably translated game with waifus? Why not.

[@ShinoSarna]

See, I think the problem is that you're definitely not the target audience of this game. As someone who does play these kind of military tactical games, most of stuff you frame as negatives are like... pretty much a given in the genre. Briefings that are a dry wall of text, loads of military jargon where its assumed player already knows it, mechanics that aren't really explained because fanatics will already be familiar with them, or will look them up - like, characters in first three Rainbow Six games also have no personalities of any kind and are just interchangeable stat blocks. Similarly, the fact that Mossad's ability is game breaking is normal - these games are hard to balance so there *usually* is some cheesy strat that you have to actively avoid playing to not ruin game for yourself. This is... sort of the norm for low-budget tactical games. For people who like milsim tactical games, a lot of the flaws that are so bad for you are just a background noise of the genre. People tolerate that, for a simple reason is that there is very limited amount of games like this. Doorkickers is better... sure, but what are you gonna do after you finished Doorkickers ten times in single and multiplayer? Doorkickers 2 is STILL in Early Access after 4 years. This, in contrast, for 4 dollars, it's not a bad value for your money.

[@TomaszRyszkowski]

I can see your points, but let's not excuse parts of the game outright not working by the fact that there aren't many games in this genre. Like yeah i guess for a fan of the genre this will do because it has to do, but for somebody from outside, the game is still a buggy mess, and all of the problems Grael mentioned still exist. I can agree with the price being really good on this one tho, i'm not sure why it wasn't mentioned there lol

[@ShinoSarna]

@@TomaszRyszkowski I might've poorly explained it. I mentioned Doorkickers more in a sense that like - one might easily make argument "play Doorkickers instead" but that's a fallacy, because I guarantee you 99% of people who seriously played and liked 10-4 have already played Doorkickers, and probably have dozens of hours in it. The point isn't that it's a buggy mess - it's just most of these flaws will not be that big flaws to a military tactics fan. Just because you can easily clear the game in 5 hours by cheesing it with Mossad doesn't mean anything, because fan of the genre would challenge themselves to not use it. Cheesing enemies with long range weapons is overpowered, but that is the case in like, a huge chunk of tactical games, sniping is almost always the cheesy strat. There is little story because nobody plays these games for story, its mostly there for context and flavor. Mechanics are obtuse because figuring them out is half the fun. It's a design philosophy that might seem outdated nowadays, but I don't see how this is any different than other retro throwbacks on Steam - it's just this isn't emulating style not of a NES platformer, but like a mid-90s PC strategy game or something like that. Like, it's like if a modern dungeon crawler first person RPG required you to draw your own map of the dungeon (and some in fact do). To outsiders this might seem time-wasting and outdated, but to the fanatics making your own maps is half the fun.

[@-johndm-4696]

yooooo plague inc apparition!!

[@gamin9wizard945]

15:45 may I ask the reason why that part of the screen was pixelated?

[@Graeldon]

Innocents may or may not have been harmed

[@gamin9wizard945]

@@Graeldon But, why the pixelation? was it too gory for YT?

[@Graeldon]

Not too gory, barely any blood. But KZbin is sometimes a bit weird about showing violence against innocents, so we opted to play it safe

[@gamin9wizard945]

@@Graeldon KZbin has become literally unusable. Anyhow, I'm sorry for annoying you with my random nosy questions, and I appreciate the responses

[@horrorsage1346]

Anime girls can't fix everything but Graeldon can

[@3emad.305]

Why did i read SAS sass what.

[@unifiedhorizons2663]

Google translate sucks translating languages that ain’t part of English If it ain’t Danish German French Irish or Norwegian Google translate can’t figure out Asia languages I had a Chinese friend and I had to keep correct there grammar so they got annoyed and look for a better translator app because some basic conversation was completely broken. we enjoyed talking to each other so she finally found a better one but one of my questions was me explaining how to redesign the Russia flag to be more Russian then French. and she had to reexploan same thing 3 times

[@CainXVII]

Indirect contact 😂

[@unifiedhorizons2663]

Japanese you read right to left I believe but only 30% of languages are right to left English and most European languages are left to right. Unsure why they’d do that. I think Japanese is bottom to top as well. which is even smaller % then right to left. it’s always been top to bottom. this game could of been good it’s just unpolished

[@WwZa7]

No, the actual japanese/Chinese you read top to bottom, starting from right most line.

[@GeorgeDCowley]

3:10 Or you missclicked.

[@stalebread7116]

Day 297 of waiting for Celeste

[@nylonswordsman]

I don't think he'll do celeste, it has far over 200 reviews

[@stalebread7116]

Day 312 of waiting for Celeste