Dumb Video Game Tropes

[@RedGoner]

>"skyward sword has a wiimote on the screen for the whole game" you can literally take it off at any time by just going into the menu, arin hanson

[@pebl7735]

Holy shit you can? My life has new meaning

[@Chaos89P]

There are three modes for that.

[@jackjohnson6820]

Calling someone "Arin Hanson" is my new favorite insult.

[@LucasMBoysOurRoy]

He actually did sound like Arin Hanson throughout the video

[@kh2fan145]

Also remember how Arin Hanson then immediately forgot the controller inputs on the WII remote? The remote famous for not having many buttons. Or was that just hin playing the game in general? I honestly can't tell anymore because it really feels like he intentionally plays the games poorly so people can get mad and he can drum up controversy about it just to hype himself up

[@stigurna]

Imagine how many hours went into the cat fight thing Good shit alax

[@gameguin6113]

Stigurna i would play that game actually.

[@yamerooouwu455]

@@gameguin6113 me too

[@Yuti640]

That part is legendary

[@huntermansam2006]

@@gameguin6113 same

[@ZodokiEsparda]

i would watch a full figth

[@ChristopherMoom]

Ha, you think Bowser's fake out final fights are too much? **Laughs in Kirby final bosses**

[@xXNightmareZero8Xx]

I see you in comments everywhere lol guess that means we must share a lot of good similar tastes

[@OwNAvenged]

There's always 3-4 Final Bosses at the end of a Kingdom Hearts game, and you have to beat them ina row without dying, or you reset back to the first one.

[@futurist4034]

*C.R.O.W.N.E.D starts playing in the distance*

[@_mariomz]

@@xXNightmareZero8Xx now you get married

[@ladictator6920]

Well hello there

[@SpaceHamsterGames]

Cool vid man! I can tell how much effort was put into this for sure!

[@lordlouie3550]

Yo Hammy! Do another Smash Mods video! *DO IT OR I'LL SUMMON AN ARMY OF TOAD TO SMOTHER YOU IN YOUR SLEEP*

[@thebetaman]

@SpaceHamster Yosh

[@cyusontheinternet]

Oh hey hammy

[@Blixir]

Hammy!!!

[@SuperJumpBros]

hmmm I thought I was already subbed to yours and relaxalexs channel but it didn't work. So I resubbed

[@Orsopidou]

Oh my god the Cat RPG Fight was freaking awesome I really hope Cat's leitmotif will be reused in later videos 👀

[@user-wt8py7qt9t]

I wanna listen to it more

[@trevor245]

It was really cool and unexpected lol

[@freehugs8060]

It was reused in the patron section I think

[@thejrcgoblin294]

That bit was so great and Cat's theme sound so funny - "Yawns, but on purpose"

[@ejthenobody]

Yeah, no that was actually frickin' rad as heck.

[@Mucblaster24]

Morgana: "You need a lockpick to open this chest" Joker: Leaves palace to go home to make lockpicks to open that chest Morgana: "BED"

[@mindstouchworlds808]

They actually changed this in Persona 5 Royal from what I hear, you can now do additional activities after palaces in Jokers room.

[@mindstouchworlds808]

I have the game and I can confirm you indeed now have the ability to do some extra stat boosting activities after leaving the meta verse. There are still some days where Morgana says you should rest but they are far and between and only depend if it's a major story beat.

[@Mucblaster24]

MindsTouchWorlds dude, you acting like I haven’t beaten the game 7 times

[@gamesgamer2091]

They could have added that function to original p5 in an update man cmon. STOP TELLING ME TO NOT MAKE A SMOKESCREEN MORGANA I NEED THE POINTS BEFORE I MEET HARU AND CONTINUE WITH YUSUKE. FAAAAAAAAAACK

[@ScottishDuck17]

The title of the video is wrong. It should be "Stuff Alax doesn't like except when it's in Persona 5" :P

[@Realmfaker]

This

[@ModernAegis]

Galaxy Brain

[@amirgarcia547]

ScottishDuck17 LMAO

[@guayasplm4496]

But in Persona 5 comes with good music, poses and tits.

[@velvetphi]

Well I mean, that doesn't apply to, ah... No, yeah, that's basically the whole video.

[@SirSlush_]

"Hitting something until it agrees with you" - The story of Jonathan's and Speedwagon's friendship

[@crazyantdog101]

More like the story behind most Jobros: Part 3: Kakyoin Part 4: Okuyasu Part 5: Bucciarati

[@neoxus30]

All first five Jobros) The other three don't fight before friendship)

[@librathebeautifulwarmonk1283]

@@crazyantdog101 Ermes, Hot Pants and Joshu too

[@CrimsoniteSP]

I actually really like Leitmotif. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, it brings a little charm to a small game. That's probably why I like it so much. If it were widespread, it'd be rather annoying, especially if the game was very long.

[@CrimsoniteSP]

@@VivianGoat Oh don't worry, I have other anime to watch.

[@serPomiz]

it is either used like that, or absolutelly and orribly abused; I believe the only game that strikes both a middleground and both extremes with that is sonic adventure: namelly, sonic and gamma stories; soinc is the long story, he does the most; his theme happens once in a while, when important development are going on (and sonic barelly reacts), and at the end of his story in full gamma story is short and very emotional, his theme goes off every time something important happens and we hearr the last clsoing round of notes as the camera is panning out. and then it restart in full for the credits less than 6 seconds later. the main music theme, open your heart it only goes for the intro and for the first phase of the final bossfight (should have inverted it, as a side not)

[@serPomiz]

@@franciscorendon2783 kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2PWgKOve5ahfJY

[@serPomiz]

@@franciscorendon2783 because you're leaving and we are distraught by that, so that music start that's the joke.

[@dialaforawesome]

Undermotif Leitrune DeltaTale Err... YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN

[@detectivepichu8398]

Alax's moves: Chop: The basic attack, although Alax gains some MP after using it. Cut: Cuts some of the foe's healthbar out of the video, costs 3 MP but deals moderate damage. Layer: A defensive move, Alax puts another layer on himself in the editing process, allowing him to take one hit without losing any HP, costs 3 MP Bless Up: Alax blesses up, preventing him from messing up, he loses 5 MP but his attack is increased for a few turns.

[@Buphido]

"Skyward Sword has a Wii remote on screen for the whole game" ...sure. I'm probably in the minority when I say that the first thing I do when starting a new game is looking through the options. But man...

[@Increda-bad]

Yeah i always go to the options too to at least turn on subs if nothing else

[@Stratilex]

Yeah I always want to see what I can customize

[@delta3244]

Yet another person who almost instantly goes to settings. Does anyone else here find themselves consistently creating control schemes that are miles away from the original in games with full control customization?

[@Buphido]

Delta I don‘t go that far actually. I am a believer of the fact that the control schemes thought out by the developers are the way they are for a reason. That doesn’t stop me from making some minor modifications for the sake of comfort though.

[@subhanmahmood6580]

NieR: Automata's original control scheme sucks though lol, I changed it as soon as I got a chance

[@ObnoxiousArtist]

*"Silent Protagonists"* *"Choices"* *Dragon Quest series:* 👀

[@cjlite0210]

Imagine if Link had a voice Oh wait

[@jam4536]

@@cjlite0210 don't remind me of the CDI games PLEASE

[@Kawber]

When you are supposed to interact in the cutscenes

[@Starfloofle]

do you mean QTEs or do you mean the hilarious thing assassin's creed and the like do where you can still sort of walk around while people are talking so of course you pace back and forth or spin around in a circle while your character gives some kind of monologue

[@cedenoa001]

*Press F to Pay Respects*

[@Moon-fm3uf]

Man of Medan

[@takemetoyonk]

>yes >yes, sure

[@josealejandromontilla1106]

my mind: PRESS [X] TO TOUCH TITS

[@ravenfrancis1476]

I mean, to be fair, Dark Pit is more a parody of "dark and edgy clone characters" than an actual straightforward example, and Shadow Mario (despite the name) is about as edgy as Care Bear fanart drawn in Crayola. And the music repeating in Omega Flowey's boss fight makes sense since, y'know, that's Flowey's theme song. And guess who you're fighting? Flowey.

[@ballisticboo7808]

Yeah, if you have a dark and edgy clone character that serves narrative purpose and has a personality, like Shadow or Dark Pit, I think it's ok.

[@thisisaloadofbarnacles921]

He said just because it's a trope doesn't mean it's bad, and even of it's a parody of a trope it's literally still the trope, just self aware. It's like if a show points out that its plot or jokes make no sense, pointing it out doesn't make it suddenly better or make sense.

[@thisisaloadofbarnacles921]

And Omega Flowey has a theme, which is, you guessed it, a leitmotif! It's not necessary bad, but that's what it is.

[@neksnek2032]

Also shadow as a purpose and goals separate from Sonic... In SA2 at least

[@sketchsskotch1073]

@@neksnek2032 Shadow was a unique and interesting character until the internet memed so hard on the worst portrayal of Shadow so SEGA thought that ShTh was the game to base his character off of.

[@memerio1458]

This video might be about bad things that you see way too often, but Alax’s great style of editing is one of a kind.

[@notjack6373]

his editors and the quality are just incredible

[@yagroloiii5721]

Thank god he got rid of the cat

[@tcoogz1379]

9:27 "I was neglected as a child" lmao the fight sequences in this video were so well done, I really appreciated all of the little great details like this. Keep up the great work Alax!

[@bandanadeesupremacy332]

*”You think Jesus had a boss fight?”* -Alax 2019

[@mattlane5632]

That got me!!!

[@rabbitrun777]

his boss was our sin

[@togglebott7748]

Takaya in persona 3 is basically this

[@funninoriginal6054]

@@togglebott7748 Weed jesus with a revolver*

[@FixTheWi-Fi]

The Temple

[@LegendOfMario]

11:20 I mean, what did you expect? "Oh man, the dark demon of shadows wants me to join her side?! ...what if I say yes?"

[@chongwillson972]

@LegendOfMario at least have balls to make it a bad ending ....

[@nickclark1815]

I think BOTW did a good job with Link's silence, it's explained that due to the pressure of being responsible for so many people's lives as a knight, he shut away his emotions to help deal with all the stress. Little hints in the game that you might not even find gives Link's character so much depth, he has a reason to be silent. So my point is, if you are to make a silent protagonist, give them a good reason to be silent.

[@amirgarcia547]

Nick Clark Yeah, like in Fire Emblem Three Houses, where *SPOILERS* The reason why Byleth is silent is because they were basically the result of an experiment where they were used as a vessel to bring the goddess of Fódland, Sothis, back to life. Causing them to lose part of their humanity such as having difficulty expressing their emotions and even having no heartbeat. So it only makes sense that what’s essentially an emotionless blank slate has very little dialogue.

[@Chaos89P]

Some of these so-called "silent protagonists" actually are saying something. The weird thing, like with Link from BotW and Byleth, you as the player have to select what they say, even if there's only one choice.

[@reginlief1]

I mean, you can just assume they function as characters within the world and not as mutes. The silent protagonist thing is merely an unfortunate symptom of the video game avatar mechanic, and not necessarily a narrative tool. After all, turn based Pokemon battles aren’t meant to literally represent how battles work in universe.

[@gamingawesomeness222]

BOTW also had a weird thing going on where in over half the voiced-cutscene memories, link was borderline motionless. It was as if they left him in as a test model and forgot to remove him in the final render. Zelda and the Champions came off more as talking to themselves.

[@maounobbu8128]

Silent Protagonists Doomguy: _Loads Double-barrel with malicious intent_

[@LucasMBoysOurRoy]

You know a trope that I’m sick of? *3D Sonic games being 2D.*

[@Starfloofle]

On that note can we talk about kirby bring my boi back to pixels where he belong :c Amazing Mirror was still the best kirby game and I'll fight anybody who says otherwise

[@cookieblobber]

Kirby

[@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor3450]

You know a trope I’m sick of? Sonic games being shit

[@flyingchairguy2221]

Yeah I loved sonic colors when i first started it cuz it was a 3D game but then like 5% into the game literally every level was 2d and I kinda just dropped it and have not played a sonic game to completion since then

[@IkeOkerekeNews]

@@peppinoandweskerfriendsfor3450 Haha that doesn't exist.

[@grovetender4713]

6:13 "The world smells of grape soda."

[@DracRio]

9:33 “Victory was always assured probably...”

[@ShibuNub3305]

Relatable

[@pasta8tp727]

Im gonna need that cat battle music...

[@acekirby678]

Heccing yes.

[@hamzahkhan4067]

Absolutely

[@jordanwarner1352]

0:56 Please let this be a real game 5:50 And this 9:21 And this Basically everything Alax makes

[@Blixir]

Blungo World GlitchKat And.......Alax Mobile Addition..?

[@DracRio]

“Victory was always assured probably...”

[@unpopulartrashcan3221]

Use the free version of construct 2/3 and do it yourself It probably will be trash Bu trash is fun

[@morks4290]

That battle with Cat was actually one of the best editing I’ve ever seen in a KZbin video, good job!

[@user-on7jb5ii6p]

9:22 is the best battle in this video, it literally made me smile

[@FalcoMaster.]

The rpg skit looks like a Tony hawk style user interface with persona, and earth bound thrown in lol

[@Starfloofle]

and plenty of acid-- wait no that's just earthbound u rite nvm

[@AdrianLeeGod]

@@Starfloofle Implying there's a difference.

[@philmp6]

Tony Hawk's Persona?

[@kyubeyz_7062]

Luckily, with Kirby, the “final” boss is more of a sequence and is part of the final plot. It isn’t just out of nowhere and it’s actually kinda surprising seeing the final boss. Especially when one boss has multiple phases worth of full bosses.

[@archytas3115]

Video-game tropes are very cool in that they are an interactive art. Tropes for plays, paintings, and other purely observable mediums has been refined over thousands of years. Videogames are extremely new and are still in their infancy in regards to mechanical tropes and still heavily borrow from other mediums. The automated interactivity video-games provide is still being explored mechanically which is what draws me to it. It's a great time to be alive.

[@unluckycatfish6866]

6:00 that little trick with the music you pulled off for this joke had no right to give me such chills!

[@VioletLunaChan]

"VICTORY WAS ALWAYS ASURED PROBABLY"

[@TheMortalMan]

6:02 I LOVE this. The editing is fast yet smooth, flashy but not to the point the viewer can't tell what's going on.

[@splattim3180]

Ah, yes, that thing with the thing where you do the thing to do a thing to the thing.

[@jimmyjohnjoejr]

DO IT

[@Hyper_Drud]

Yeah, that’s a thing.

[@hurt4322]

Splat Tim, I know you have no age.

[@bloodmuzzle]

Scorbupcus

[@xamareik4661]

When you're playing an rpg and your enemy screams "I was neglected as a child!"

[@ballisticboo7808]

Akechi Persona 5

[@togglebott7748]

TLDW: it’s ok when persona 5 does it

[@nolandstudios]

The Mr. Cat leitmotif was awesome, it really sounds like it would be in a video game. Just that entire Mr. Car fight was so cool, great video man.

[@sirpineapple2486]

I was ready to throw hands when you said Leitmotifs were a "dumb" video game trope

[@famaki8072]

@@VivianGoat So, uhh, color splash ?

[@spongyoshi]

I don't remember color splash having that many leitmotifs Although I can complain about Yoshi's New Island or Mario Land 2

[@TiStardust]

Spongyoshi Color Splash has leitmotifs for every color! It’s actually handled very well, with a lot of variety and differentiation. The fact that you didn’t notice it probably means it was pulled off well!

[@spongyoshi]

FOR REAL? I had no idea! Welp, time to listen to that soundtrack again!

[@YellowpowR]

@@spongyoshi The soundtrack is amazing from both the instrumentation and the leitmotifs.

[@namedname7478]

So you don’t like repeated voice lines… “Get a load of this!” -Eggman, every line of Sonic Adventure

[@MrMockRock]

That Wii remote at 8:10 didn't have a battery pack, you ain't slick Alax! (Great vid as always btw)

[@rileyalt1251]

Hearing a repeated “Yeah, Okay“ After Banjo Kazooie footage gave me old Jontron flashbacks. 2:00

[@LightningSpeed001]

I no longer watch these videos to pass time, I watch them because of the amazing editing and to hear all the jokes.

[@dw5926]

Yes

[@adja8580]

4:46 - 6:28 - I'm actually crying. I haven't felt this much pure joy in my entire life.

[@notjack6373]

not gonna lie i enjoyed the editing more than the video sorry alax

[@lay-lowandsmash1519]

The editing is part of the video. So that's a compliment

[@jonetgames]

@@lay-lowandsmash1519 He means the script.

[@ninjajack6457]

5:50 best thing I’ve seen on this channel, love the callback to the P5 video.

[@Lowgami]

10:32 “I think that enemy got THE POINT”

[@theguyman256]

Geez Archibald, do you think the enemy did or did not get the point?

[@Kavasloppi]

This just might be my favorite video of RelaxAlax because of how much editing went into the live action parts. Also how much the topic derailed in a way.

[@foxtrap86flame]

MC: * *didn't heal* * Enemy: "Killer Queen bites the dust!" MC: * *dies* *

[@bilbo671]

This was amazing. I always enjoy your stuff, but the JRPG battle in the middle really caught me off guard in a good way. I hope more people appreciate this style of humor.

[@BranJohn98]

Did anyone else adore that Alax vs Cat boss battle? That was honestly pretty sick ngl, do more plz?

[@Amsosorryscotty]

8:18 that wii remote that Alex is holding dosen't have a batterys. And for that matter, dosen't have lid to cover the batterys.

[@BugsyFoga]

Limited lives will always be my most despised Trope in the video game industry, anyone else agree ?

[@kanoy7817]

They made sense in the days of arcade machines, but nowadays they are pretty pointless

[@Doctor-Infinite]

**DOOM ETERNAL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION**

[@boop6428]

@@melaei cels tee

[@petwisk2012]

I Don't hate them (also i kinda prefer them over thosse Rage games that put you over bad level design but Just try to compensate by not having a life System)

[@spongyoshi]

I agree so hard! Recently having problems playing Tropical Freeze in co-op with my sister so I have to go farm some lives when I run out of them since we have so little lives in co-op. Yet now that I'm playing alone, I have around 90+ lives and it just doesn't add anything to the game, especially when you already have so many collectibles! If anything, it just makes the co-op worst.

[@BlueDavrial]

Not gonna lie that full on RPG boss fight vs cat scene was amazing. Some killer music and killer editing. I'd definitely play a game with battles like that. Also it strikes me that Alax actually has the perfect voice for an RPG protag

[@pokejacob123]

I don't want to be that guy, but you know you can hide the wii remote on skyward sword, right?

[@pokejacob123]

@Reece Orton Its in the settings. You just choose what format youd like to use, I'm pretty sure it was between like, Novice, Intermediate and Pro, but I could be wrong.

[@statiksea]

I just wanted to let you know that this video is extremely high quality, its fucking awesome and im really happy seeing your content grow like this. Thanks for making such awesome stuff Alax!!

[@AdventurerOfOblivion]

5:45 You know, I do miss her and Ganon. They never failed to make the video more entertaining

[@Samsonsamurai]

That Cat battle was amazing. I hope to see more! Your battle edit are all amazing

[@SolracDude]

This has made me realize that live action segments where the KZbinrs talks into the camera with a bookshelf full of nerd merch in the background is the biggest KZbin trope of all

[@maximumborkdrive437]

Another big one is the youtuber saying "now before you start destroying me in the comments" before making any mildly-controversial point.

[@justinwalter51]

This is one of my favourite videos from you ever because of how funny it is, even though i think that some of these tropes serve a necessary purpose in games.

[@manguy01]

Not gonna' lie. Watching this was like watching the cutting room floor of multiple unfinished scraps of episodes

[@aurachanneler8396]

I love when your videos devolve into insane ramblings. It’s pretty great.

[@misterzygarde6431]

How would you feel if the Angry Video Game Nerd got into Smash?

[@propottsie6672]

thought u were gonna say angry birds

[@justyumi4410]

You're everywhere

[@Trentmoment]

nah its gonna be linkara

[@ConsarnitTokkori]

he wouldn't

[@blaster.m1943]

Ur mum lol

[@dubstepsyou]

I honestly come back and watch this fight sequence anytime I'm feeling down. Everything about is is so well thought out and it drips style all over my new shoes.. And I'm not even mad about it! Thanks Alax.

[@Dannyxv8]

Seriously, that cat fight was unexpected but amazing, really impressive stuff Alax.

[@TyGuy9001]

That transitions about overused voice lines made me laugh sooooo hard. It caught me super off guard too! This is one of your best videos in a while!

[@Pokeball35]

Cat's Leitmotif is my new aesthetic

[@dylanlight5077]

That battle with cat was epic. I love unique battle animations like that it's what makes turn based RPGs still fun for me

[@jadetealaaron2003]

"The world smells of Grape Soda".- Cat

[@mini_hek]

3:33 KILLA QUEEN DAISAN NO BAKUDAN, BITES ZA DUSTO

[@sevenpink21]

I really think you should go back and play mainline SMT games, such as IV, Strange Journey, or Nocturne. They're all really good

[@spacedp]

Nocturne (not sure about other SMT games) has a bigger focus on gameplay/battling than story so I'm not sure he'd like it very much since he pretty much hates turn-based RPGs.

[@aldenreed1523]

@@spacedp I think he should at least play Persona 3 since he enjoyed 4 and 5.

[@dc_dachi]

Those are great RPGs but they encapsulate a lot of the things Alax dislikes about RPGs.

[@LadyofDread]

@@aldenreed1523 I enjoyed 4 and 5 and couldn't stand 3 There's a very clear difference between the styles of Persona

[@mint437]

I really doubt he'll like it. He likes P4 and P5 because of the social link mechanics letting him take a break from the turn based RPG mechanics (which is what he hates) and is also all what those games are

[@lavestahuntail8495]

Love how well done this video was! Keep it up Alax!

[@kingcookie9777]

We need a game with you as the main character and all these tropes in it as well and you will point out all these tropes as well

[@GeorgeMarionerd]

So much effort went into this video. So good. Much appreciated.

[@TSMSnation]

i will fight you on leitmotif's till the end of days. that's strait up your a hot, im a cold kinda guy.

[@hatster401]

have you ever played fire emblem? There's way too many leitmotifs

[@angrypepe7615]

@@hatster401 everything can be done poorly but that doesn't make using it a trope. look at games like hollow knight and possibly undertale (it does get annoying at some points but it at least makes thematic sense)

[@ninjarobotg]

11:06 LATE NIGHT ME NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT FONT THIS IS I LOVE IT I NEED IT.

[@cabbage164]

Let's just remember that in the real world this cat is wondering why his owner is portraying him as some kind of deity

[@Yipper64]

11:20 oooo im a novice game designer, and my first game was basically, "choose the wrong option, you die and have to restart" the game! it was just this. Over... and over... i mean, the logic there makes sense to me, and i was using twine in a way that its probably rarely used so i still feel proud of myself for that one, but i just think its funny to see a mirror of it being called a trope.

[@smittenwerbenjagermanjense1268]

JonTron: yeah ok. Yeah ok. YEAH OK! ALAX: it's free real estate.

[@officersoulknight6321]

6:58 Man I didn’t know silent protagonists were so relatable.

[@CompletelyChaotic]

I think he's trying to avoid persona 3.

[@GogglesMain]

9:27 Rushing Dragon Punch! *I was neglected as a child* Time for my special attack!

[@hammieli1875]

It’s not a JRPG unless you use the power of friendship to kill a god (or something like that) -Yahtzee Crowshaw

[@PastysBakery]

I think this was some of your absolute best editing, Alax. My GOD.

[@afrodude4782]

"Bless up or mess up" I laughed too hard at that

[@vince32233]

I love watching the dog status at 9:21

[@PUTRiDLegacy]

No one talking about how octopuses usually have big fat lips in media, like Mario, Zelda, Sonic, etc.

[@myfriendkirby]

DAMN, those RPG bits are so well done! Nice work Alax!

[@nuclearepsilon]

I can definitely see why you would find Xenoblade Chronicles 2 annoying, but honestly, I still think that the series’ battles are dynamic. Especially the first one, with fights such as Zanza and Yaldabaoth being some of the most climactic and epic battles I’ve ever played tbh. Definitely check it out if you haven’t already, and especially if you’ve already tried out Xenoblade 2

[@apexkonchu2234]

He doesn't like RPGs. It'll take more than a good RPG to change that. Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is one of my favourite games of all time, but nothing appeals to everyone.

[@oceanman4843]

I didn’t WANT to hate Xenoblade 2 but I did

[@snugglebuns6193]

@@oceanman4843 same, I love the first game to death, it's one of my all time favorites. I was so excited for the second one, I preordered the extra expensive extra special edition. Had the game for 5 months before I even had a Switch. Then I finally played it and hated how it was dripping with weeb bullshit and big anime tiddies. It's like they gave it the Teen Titans Go treatment: threw out everything that made the original great, and instead tried to appeal to the lowest common denominator by filling it with cheery anime waifus. I still have not beaten it to this day only because I can't stand the story and characters. The combat is needlessly bloated, and every enemy encounter takes a painfully long time because of it, even when just fighting weak random mobs. I really want to love it and still play it every now and then, but the slow fights and the cutscenes where the characters act too "anime" really kills my enjoyment.

[@nuclearepsilon]

Snugglebuns I personally loved Xenoblade 2, but I don’t blame you for not liking it. Xenoblade Chronicles is by far my favourite game, and there are a lot of aspects in which XC2 just kind of betrays that with its overuse of tropes and mechanics that go ultimately unused. I still ended up loving it, but it’s definitely flawed and pails in comparison to the first game

[@sonickhable]

@@oceanman4843 each Xenoblade game is very different from each other so while i really enjoy the main 2 games, i can see why you wouldn't

[@FaustoRomano9]

That was a pretty cool user interface for that relax alax rpg! The influences you had for it were very clear xd

[@jeremiahowens9999]

Holy crap I never thought about the seagulls I always saw them and just continue playing now I'm going to stay up all night thinking about it damn it Alex

[@stigurna]

I just noticed on like, my 7th rewatch that Luigi actually punches Mario out of frame on 7:38

[@DwamkTag]

This I an amazing video and such an enjoyable experience, wish it was a little less of a complaint video but editing, pacing, and story telling was solid as a rock: 9/10 please keep it up

[@someguyparagon5273]

Probably the one trope that I remember questioning when I was young was playing Area 51 game. I mean after a certain point (by that all 3 teammates are brutally killed) your basically by yourself. I always question "Why did the game give me allies only to kill them off early on?" I later realized it was the *Main character does everything by themselves*

[@T-Darien]

I was about to watch something else, but this is obviously more important

[@notjack6373]

same

[@takemetoyonk]

10:30 this is definitely one of my favorite dumb tropes, when done intentionally. Like Xenoblade, Smash, and Street Fighter. The voices become iconic soundbites, or like.. sound textures

[@theguyman256]

"Let's press on, and on, and on!

[@discountfunnyman]

I need a one way trip to the timeline where 5:51 is real

[@bee-zeesoul1018]

10:45 One game, Alax. ☝️ONE GAME.

[@StickMaster500]

Therapist: _Sans Jesus isn’t real, he can’t hurt you._ Sans Jesus: 4:16

[@a.randomcomenter5482]

Wait so if I belive in Jesus that means I belive in sans Jesus

[@pggtm9410]

You mean ,,Jesans''

[@thegreat2635]

Damn, that was some smooth editing. Also I loved all the little skits!

[@deviantartguy0]

I like the minor story elements tutorial characters can give.

[@cecillewolters1995]

Holy crap the editing in this video is on another level! Great job :D