Berwick Saga is NOT Fire Emblem

a review about berwick saga for the playstation 2.
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[@ActionButton]

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[@thats4thebirds]

It’s THE Tim Rogers from THE Action Button Reviews channel.

[@randommodnar1669]

😮

[@brettkerwin3432]

No way! The guy that makes high quality videos watches the guy that makes high quality videos

[@treadmillgaming5963]

Thank you hideo kojima

[@gabecrossgrove3336]

Oh my goodness it’s my idol on my other idol’s channel

[@jackjones4577]

good lord the editing is insanely good

[@degreeskelvin3025]

As always. Everytime he drops a video and i check his subscriber count im like wtf??

[@YareYareYaroze]

As a motion designer : I don't understand how they do this.

[@JM-tj5qm]

​@@degreeskelvin3025 I think the content is just too niche, the quality is amazing tho.

[@ericjackman1143]

"Tenacity and luck are a potent combo in the face of a hopeless situation" *absolutely throats the biggest cucumber I've ever seen*

[@Choops6969]

bwahahaha

[@RocketSlime]

​@@Choops6969Gluk Gluk 9000

[@lucky_crit]

You know, I feel it was definitely a bold choice spending 39 minutes of the video explaining how to properly grip the tip just how Shouzou likes it.

[@Choops6969]

it's bold in the way it jerks it.

[@drewnolde2674]

Omg choops please don’t make this your last video! You finally made a good one!

[@navarre2142]

Ain't no way bruv said ricky martin and then showed enrique iglesias 💀💀💀💀💀

[@Maragi224]

30:15 bro please wear a helmet lmao

[@GeeVee1978]

I perfectly fit into the venn diagram of people that this video appeals to: 1. People who like to learn about underrated obscure JRPGs with cult followings 2. Bisexuals

[@summysailar]

That intro... woke me up

[@Choops6969]

HOW IS UP!?

[@summysailar]

​@@Choops6969there's no way you replied as I woke up STOP but yea I'm staying frothy

[@seasonedrice69]

unfortunately, you not doing the obvious joke leaves room for me to do it. "my local lazberian bar played this on loop tonight." "lazberian's love berwick saga's (over)commitment to realism"

[@IcedCoffeeGaming]

Berwick seems very interesting, it would be great if there was a modernized version of the game or remake of it. Limited resources, encouraged aggressive play, and punished over investing in units are all great features for a strategy game. Great video dude! I know you've been working on this thing for a while and it really shows in the absurd quality of the editing and effects.

[@RocketSlime]

I'd argue the game IS great every thing in the game has work arounds and solutions and the game has a amazing sprite art, great music, great gameplay, amazing map quality more and such

[@windsweeped]

This is a cool video, I liked when Kramer was on the cliff

[@WadeSilver]

I liked the part where Choopi chooped all over Kaga's chooper

[@Kaliko250]

Did you just do a parco folgore "chi chi chi chi oppae" dance in a berwick saga not fire emblem video? Holy-moly!

[@vishuprathikanti9352]

I've played Berwick saga twice, I think back to back like you. The first time, I played blind while occasionally looking up recruitment/promotion and using save states. I had a great time and left thinking it was a masterpiece. The second time, I dove into reddit, found out I played the game wrong and used bad units, and attempted to recruit everyone, do most events and most importantly, no save states. It was miserable and I got halfway through before I quit that idea and just used units I wanted to use and used save states. I do think thracia is a better game than this, just because it's easier. But Berwick saga is genius, straight up. You didn't talk a lot about the hexagons but I'm now convinced they're way better than squares 😂. If there was a patch to make Berwick saga easier/more reliable/reveal hidden info, I'd gladly pick it up again and maybe go through with that recruit everyone and all events/bounties idea. But for now, I think I'd rather play any other fe game 😭 Also, I literally had to stop the video, go to action button and see if I missed a super Mario bros video 😂

[@superilikeeggsyo]

"I dove into reddit, found out I played the game wrong and used bad units, and attempted to recruit everyone, do most events and most importantly, no save states. It was miserable and I got halfway through before I quit" I think this sentiment is why a lot of FE fans rag on the Kaga games nowadays. They have lots of obscure mechanics and a reputation as being "difficult" but when looking up a guide and planning an optimal run they become outright dull IMO. Recently I did a runthrough of FE3 (when I learned that FE3/4 are on the JP Switch Online SNES emulator) where I plowed through the game doing a pseudo ironman and not looking up any of the secret shop locations, how the sphere items work, etc. (haven't played the game since I was like 14 so I forgot basically everything) Ended up having a much more fun go of things and I imagine FE4/5 are similarly fun when you're not sending units to arbitrary event tiles and obsessing over getting certain pairings to fire off.

[@vishuprathikanti9352]

@@superilikeeggsyo lol I think it's maybe more complicated. Most units in Berwick saga actually take a decent amount of investment, "good" units included. So if you don't enjoy/properly understand a unit, you feel like you're enduring a lot of bs that the game throws at you, rather than forgiving it when you're having fun with a few you like. That second run wasn't dull at all, it was just not fun.

[@superilikeeggsyo]

@@vishuprathikanti9352 Oh no I understand. I meant dull as in "tedious/mindless". Not "boring". I haven't played Berwick saga myself but based on your comments and the overall tone of the video the comparison to FE5 is a lot more apt that the anecdote I gave about FE3. FE5 when played blind has the player constantly on-edge over the mechanics and gimmicks but even when using a guide to know how where the warp tiles are, how to recruit Xavier, etc. you still have to juggle things like fatigue, 1/256 miss chance and other nonsense the game throws at you. My point was more that I legitimately don't think I could get much enjoyment out of any of Kaga's games if I had a guide on me while playing it or was actively trying for a LTC or Perfect Rank. Will probably get around to playing this and the two Vestaria Saga games at some point though. Just to embrace the wackiness.

[@dedyariansa7618]

you can definetly making berwick saga more "easier" with a randomizer,you can make it "balance" patch that adding more or less to the games,and you can even make your own balance patch if you wanted to.

[@sielklavar]

Okay but imagine how much better the sales of Path of Radiance would have been if Cloud was a hidden character

[@Choops6969]

I agree.

[@snatcher8517]

chest hair plays chess

[@aerheart]

I'm really glad that Fire Emblem has its very own youtuber who every once in a while releases a video essay with absolutely insane production value about a topic that I've never even heard of before.

[@checkerhat327]

I was literally discussing you this morning the timing could not be more perfect.

[@nev2221]

Your videos are so good, they feel like those comfy & cozy video game essays from early 2010s

[@Choops6969]

that's what I'm going for. peebs is by boyfriend irl.

[@HoshiHero]

Another certified choopin' masterpiece... Can't get content (art) like this anywhere else. I didn't know I was still capable of feeling but this managed to make me laugh a few times. Also what music did you use at 42:12?

[@boredasbored6274]

You can’t just come back out of no where and drop this banger of a video.

[@derail7493]

I can't believe your crippling Taco Bell addiction was actually secret anime montage training for mastering Berwick Saga. Now I wanna try to get this game physically, especially if Tim Rogers cameoed in it

[@Rahochusosu]

Tim Rogers jumpscare D:

[@blueblade6174]

The quality of your videos cannot be understated.

[@blindcocostudios]

I'm glad adding guns in Gales of Nayeli could nudge you towards this marvelous thumbnail

[@abis8394]

that "Mario party & Go Fish" line killed me

[@Fin0fLenster]

Ah yes the crippled status. My favourite thing to happen to my star combat unit on the 4th turn of a 5 turn cycle.

[@BTypeHStyle]

Also, thank you so much for giving a full list of all the music you use in your videos. I don't say this very often, but your random assortment of music has led me to some OSTs I otherwise would have NEVER found or even gotten a chance to listen to. So to anybody else who is always hunting for musics credit, I can very confidently say that Choops so very kindly put the full list at 26:44 - 27:25

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

Who even cares about background music? Are you 5?

[@cupie2255]

YES, this was a very nice addition for his videos.

[@mcihay246]

@@mihaimercenarul7467 Who even cares about the thoughts of those who care about background music? Are you 3?

[@mihaimercenarul7467]

@@mcihay246 good parrot. Want a biscuit?

[@mcihay246]

@@mihaimercenarul7467 I cannot dare to take it. It belongs to you.

[@sigmundschwartz6434]

2:22 One day they'll love you, Gaiden. You're that fun kind of jank.

[@Clementaii]

Incredible video Choops! Great to see you back in the clack and it was well worth the wait for it

[@TechnoFall42]

Fantastic video! Berwick is one of those games that will definitely not click with most people, but if it clicks for you, it's one of the most amazing gaming experiences ever created. And even were I not a huge fan of this game, I'd still respect it for taking full advantage of the medium, intertwining narrative and gameplay beautifully. As is, it's probably still my favourite game, because its mechanics all flow together incredibly well and it's just fun to utilise them to their full potential. I love Berwick's maps and difficulty progression, I adore all the units that for the most part feel truly unique to each other. I was fully convinced by this game that skill sets will always make for a vastly more fun cast than a single minor personal skill + a bunch of class ones. I like most of the characters and imo a lot of them left a much bigger impact on me than whatever a support system could achieve. Making the player actually use characters, instead of glueing 2 of them together to grind up an arbitrary amount of points, taking full advantage of the hub to create a myriad of optional events and adding unit-specific objectives on maps made me actually care about the cast both story and gameplay wise. Ruby and Clifford, Izerna and Dean, Christine, Ward and Elbert, plus Axel, Larentia and Sylvis are some of my favourite S/TRPG characters, despite not having chunks of script comparable to Hamlet in length dedicated to each of them. The music is some of my favourite in the genre, though some short pieces can get repetitive. I like the art direction, even if it's not everyone's cup of... whatever you like to drink. In conclusion: Next time someone says Final Fantasy Tactics is “like chess”, scoff at them and say, “More like Connect Four-you haven’t played Berwick Saga you dumb noob.” Then put on your sunglasses and dolphin-flop out the nearest thirty-story window.

[@brunkosproogle5046]

BRB adding Thumpy Pumpy Bingo to my personal dictionary

[@randolphorlando]

Fantastic video. Berwick Saga has been in my top 3 games list since I first played it years ago, and this video just happens to come out while I’m starting my 6th replay? Must be fate. I think that the reduced scope of Berwick’s story is honestly very refreshing and interesting. You get a point-of-view in the war between the League and Raze that’s very atypical for a FE-adjacent game, the comparison to Thracia is pretty spot on (though I do think it makes much more sense than Thracia does when played standalone). Reese is uniquely situated to be impactful only on a small scale while still interacting with these major players in the greater conflict, I honestly really love it- and I’m totally not salty I never got a sequel starring Zephyrus. Haha… I was already entertained enough by this video to subscribe, but then you referenced Super Thracia and Trails and got me to point at the screen like DiCaprio because this dude is literally me. Great work, looking forward to more stuff from you in the future.

[@ZetaHeart12]

not me fully believing the beginning of the credits sequence was a like a dragon reference. lovely video, i'll see myself out

[@eddiec9756]

My key takeaways from this are: Choops editing skills have gone overdrive in the last year Choops is a fellow Lapis fan And that Berwick Saga is not Fire Emblem... it might be worse XD

[@rowboatcop4451]

Wow Tim Rogers was probably the last cameo i was expecting, but i suppose there is a good amount of overlap in him and choops getting me to watch hour(s) long videos on niche japanese games ill never play

[@Red_Hatkins]

Your editing style has always made your videos feel like watching a movie, so watching this 40+ minutes choop-tastic movie on a game I hope to play eventually has been the treat of the year.

[@pissbabygrandad]

I don't know Choops well, but from the goblin bunker network chat, I know him to be like a hand grenade, rolling down a hill and causing chaos with incendiary comments. This video rocks.

[@Matt16006]

Great video, can't even imagine how much effort must have gone into the editing. Also not gonna lie, you REALLY sold me on this game. Even a lot of the flaws/oddities sound very unique and make me wanna try it

[@professionalspecialist5780]

God tier editing as usual. Never disappoints. Godspeed choops

[@fationmuhollari9768]

Thank you for shedding some more light to this masterpiece. At the beginning it felt so frustrating and barely gave it a chance, but once I got the hang of it, oh boy. Also there's a trick that lets you play with fire emblem-like turn order if you want to experience it in anothe way.

[@MagicEcho]

Choop man. Yo, I really hope you get more recognition. That amount of editing must've driven you insane. Respect for the dedication. I'll share this one around so the insanity wasn't in vain :)

[@Choops6969]

whoa. magic echo?! LUKE?! fr tho ty.

[@MagicEcho]

:D :D :D @@Choops6969

[@ViddysVids]

This ...video.... is insane. I feel like I stumbled upon a video worth a gazadillion likes. The editing is insane, and the whole video is funny and pleasant. I hope this video gets the recognition it deserves!

[@cascade1460]

The editing in this video is so good its not even funny it's literal eye candy

[@VuNguyen-fv5jl]

This video was incredible. Will add Berwick to my future backlog

[@Dimosthekid]

I had no idea of this choops person, but I am so glad I do now

[@yumenonaka5257]

I'm in the New Threat segment. Hooray! Amazing video.

[@Choops6969]

merry pidmix

[@2ndEntity]

This might be one of the most impressively edited videos I've ever come across for a video game review. Kudos

[@T5poon]

I almost made the mistake of listening to a choops video while falling asleep without actually watching the wonderful editing. Best video I've seen in months maybe years.

[@jamestopfaff]

Your editing style is priceless bud

[@Hiya8partyz]

Omg 42 minutes of signature choop editing and scripting? We’re eating like kings tonight

[@Fizzy01010]

the editing on this video is so absurd in a good way i just couldn't look away like jingling keys

[@NahNope776]

Thank you, Lord Choops! That was delicious!

[@MrChip-jm3vq]

Now this is a video for the whole fucking family

[@Kronos777Lusos]

Choops, its now time to work on "Unicorn Overlord is NOT Fire Emblem", See you next year! ;)

[@dutchwarrior2192]

This might be the most outlandish intro I have ever witnessed.

[@sleepedge8257]

Yoooo this has gotta be your most well produced, entertaining, and unhinged video yet !! I will definitely echoe your opinion on Berwick saga any time i need to pretend ive played the game for the sake of an argument online (im kidding of course) anyway I'm so glad you're back !!

[@NastyCrab]

Was going to ask what the music was at 42:00 as a bit but then realized....that's almost the exact timestamp of the music credits. Anyway, incredibly well-done and entertaining video as always!

[@padamoce7642]

Telling people to give the wrong timestamp is downright evil, imma subscribe now

[@SalientLamprophany]

I always wondered where Tim went. Choops was holding him hostage in his mindscape.

[@RocketSlime]

On the the turn order thing choops I sorta see your point but even that is a mechanic you simply have to work/learn around imo which is very much in line with berwick sagas philosophy wise, the rng and even weapon breaks are easily avoidable and workable (in the case of rng early on combining units skills like Reese + Leon + Adel thus making the rng favour the play), and for weapons and breaking simply swapping weapons around often thus mitigation how much damage weapons take and using repair stones when needed, I feel like the obtuse mechanics not being fully explained is much like how you talked about fe 4 simply put the game came with a instruction manual which ya know was meant to instruct the player. Also while I can see your point on the story feeling small scale and kinda incomplete but I'd argue the story is VERY focused in reeses story and the game shows just enough of what's going on and how it impacts Reese and his group

[@Realag666]

I was not expecting ActionButton to make a random appearance, this Video as usual is a classic. I still show people who know nothing about Fire Emblem your Fire Emblem Merch Ring Skating Video, because there is nothing quite like it.

[@Choops6969]

awww. thank you

[@bruceweihsmantel542]

YOU'RE BACK!!!! Thank you so much for creating new content like this!

[@KrimsonKattYT]

The production value on this video is honestly insane and I love it. The quality is better than 99% of the videos in this platform. Instant sub. Keep up the great work!

[@VanguardCommanderAC]

The fact most of the people in the comment section are avoiding talking about Berwick Saga says it all.😅

[@IVeNoMII]

This video was INSANE. I'm not even sure I didn't just hallucinate it.

[@RockR277]

Honestly the whole deal about exp and character leveling/usage is a huge selling point for me. One of the biggest detractions I had with Engage was how difficult and time consuming it was to keep everyone leveled.

[@ScottE-2]

The editing on this video is solid but by the gods the gameplay... I am quite glad I didn't play this growing up. Though I do remember seeing a small handful of the streams shown in the video. Great work, good to see a new video. I hope to catch the next stream when available.

[@ggdeku]

As you explained Berwick Saga, I was overcome with the realization that this is what I've wanted from the SRPG genre the whole time. Another excellent video from the GOAT. Great work Choops.

[@absoul112]

Now I'm more convinced than ever to try it, but I'm also more convinced than ever I won't enjoy it. eh, still gonna give it a shot.

[@noahpelletier6616]

33:36 Now I'm expecting either a Super Mario Bros 2 video, or a Berwick Saga video from the legendary Action Button reviews... Or both

[@LectroNyx]

42:01 what music did you use at this point in the video

[@viosworld]

editing is insanely good and this is a great insight for someone thats been interested in trying berwick as a fire emblem fan for a while, good shit

[@bennyv7753]

Man, this video was sooo goooood!!! I was captivated from start to finish! Seriosly, this was the best editing and overall video quality that I've seen in a loooooong, long time. INCREDIBLY good job!!!

[@SquarewhiteTV]

Absurdly good-looking person delivers absurdly good video essay with absurdly good editing

[@natester2342]

Dude i just found your channel and the fact you are under 50k is criminal you are extremely talented. Subbed keep it up bud

[@VuNguyen-fv5jl]

42min banger from choops?? Time to drop everything

[@AJPastorProductions]

Choops just casually dropping another crazy edit

[@BTypeHStyle]

Okay, so basically, Berwick Saga is Fire Emblem.

[@Me_Mike_sus]

This guy gives me some real "Tumblr sexy man" energy

[@R1SKYB1Z]

God dammit Choop now I got to play not just Berwick saga but all the preparatory games that you played before it

[@R1SKYB1Z]

19:40

[@naota909]

Certified💀xD moments timestamp list: 1:27 2:10 2:24 7:25 7:59 8:32 9:16 9:49 11:44 12:27 12:55 17:20 19:12 - 20:47 21:22 34:04 36:27 Be sure to click every one so those spikes show up in Choops "most watched moments" analytics

[@PERSONTHATISCLEVER]

This is one of the best and funniest Berwick Saga reviews ever

[@NevermoreFE]

ok dude im so serious about this: just heal colm already. he's been hurt for so long.

[@scottk5946]

It’s always a treat when Choops uploads 😎

[@Frito774]

I feel like I’m watching Xavier: Renegade Angel if he was a video essayist

[@rossedwards3623]

Always a pleasure to talk Berwick. Here’s hoping this inspires the next generation of “berwick big brains” -GeneralCervantes

[@chosencode5881]

He is back!!! The Choops!!!! I clicked on this not knowing it was the Chooopster!

[@JetblackJay]

Immaculate video

[@PyroPenaloza]

Sure missed your videos. Welcome back king!

[@Percevalko]

Do I have to play Chapters 1 through 173 first or is there a story recap?

[@Choops6969]

welcome back, bud.

[@palatonian9618]

Incredible editing, humor and delivery

[@hugofontes5708]

This wasn't the video that made me aware the game existed, but it sure is the one that explained what it is and why I would like to play it. Thanks!

[@floris1111]

Choops, I can't believe you stole away my Tim Rodgers, 2027, 40 hour Action Button video review of Tear Ring Saga Series: Berwick Saga: Lazberia Chronicle Chapter 174

[@Fin0fLenster]

Yeah I genuinely love the fog of war maps in this game.

[@connorstanton2567]

Wow the production value is amazing!

[@Silberlangbogen]

What's Fire Emblem?

[@zerogouki]

Choops this was beautiful, thank you! It was absolutely worth the wait. ❤

[@algaae]

I agree.