Grimbeard - The Sinking City (PC) - Review

[@GrimBeard]

Since were at the point were I'm getting comments calling me "brown boi" and linking FBI crime stats, I just wanna say like...if you are the type of person who says this shit, please don't follow my channel. I just want to give my opinions on games and shit. Fuck off. Thanks if you said nice things or contributed to conversation. Stay safe, Stay grim.

[@gamemast15r]

Idk about saying nice things but I do remember the time you saved my life, see it was back in Turkeystan during world war 3 and my unit was pinned down by these weird hunchback guys with headsets carrying these air soft guns and wearing insane clown posse t-shirts. It was awful!! Half of my unit died, we were scared because we felt like this was gonna be our future, a future run by basement dwelling peanut butter cut crust imp lords. We were almost pinned down when I heard a light come from the sky, telling us that it would be alright and that daddy has come to save us. I cried as you mercilessly wiped them out but opening up your crack and letting out the meanest fart I’ve ever seen in my life. That fart was so massive it split the Red Sea into 16 different sections led by its own underwater kingdoms looking to invade the surface only to forget about the fact they can’t breathe. You saved our unit tho and I can’t ever repay you for this kindness. I have my fair share of nightmares, like the time me and my unit got trapped in a McDonalds bathroom with the zombified remains of Ben Shapiro giving me a dissertation about the “Wet Ass P Word” or whatever the hell that is or the time me and my unit tried to get some R&R at a Chuck E. Cheese and we got swarmed by Suicide bombing Trump Larpers, it was insane. The amount of firearms going off made me wish Obama took all of our guns away and I live in Cletusville, Alabamer. Regardless I appreciate your existence pal, you stopping world war 3 was one of the best things you could ever do and I appreciate it. We’re now living in a promise land in the future of 2056 where no one is stupid and everyone lives in peace and no one pollutes. The only thing you missed however is that you gave me a giant lump of coal for Christmas and said it was because I killed a lot of mad puss during the war!! WTF DUDE!! You see how many people the Anti-Maskers killed during the 7th crusade?? Give them the lump of coal not me!! I only wanted to serve my country and make 360 no scope headshots dude. Your friend, Private Phil Disdick from U.S. Army ESports

[@funeeeeee]

I am very pleasantly surprised by the fact you took that stance, honestly. The gaming sphere has it's fair share of vocal bad apples (no matter common or not) and to see one of my favorite youtubers not only be in the right but also stand up to these ignorant people was very nice.

[@paprikayes]

Whether it's out of their own deep-seated prejudice or some naive attempt to "keep politics out of gaming", anyone getting upset at you for addressing the portrayal of racism in a game that itself addresses racism is out of their gourd. I don't think anyone will miss those epic gamers that much. This is one of my favorite vids from you so far, Grim. Keep up the awesome work!

[@n543576]

@@gamemast15r This was by far one of the greatest comments I EVER read on KZbin (an I've been here awhile) holy shit the 7TH CRUSADE OF ANIT MASKERS LMAO!!! I love it. Fuckem Grim Fuck em. You have the U.S armies' epsorts team and the Goth Gamer Nation on your side. If they have political grievances about you RIGHTFULLY calling out racisms in works that legitimately indeed has racisms in the works they're too far gone. We don't want an 8th crusade of racist who don't think their actually racist.....

[@timkonator]

Stop virtue signalling in your videos lol

[@sboy1024]

Hearing mandalore in your patreon supporters gave me a warm fuzzy feeling

[@GrimBeard]

He's a kind soul.

[@toolatetothestory]

Sameee

[@imonke5303]

fellow Kotor fans?

[@kinagrill]

@@GrimBeard You're his Baby Yoda? :p

[@PedestrianBurger]

I love mandalore. His video on mechanicus Warhammer was perhaps peak KZbin. Mandalore gaming is a goat.

[@JollyGiantProdutions]

Hey Goth Gamer Zaddy, I just wanted to say even though you sound like a sleepy bird man you're so positive lately in your reviews even when you don't like a thing. It feels better than most other "critics" that think having an opinion means pointing out how a thing is "lazy" or "stupid". Games are hard to make and it's nice to hear someone respect that.

[@jakedill1304]

And it kills me too how high the standards are for the production quality, despite how that basically kills innovation by its nature... Like people complaining about hair works clipping in and and cloth physics clipping and despite that the mentality has has scaled back a bit from blasting every post-effects processing feature into a game, and some respects it's gotten worse with the types that are getting blasted into a game, where visual coherency is now denoted by 10,000 different HUD markers backed up by audio cues backed up by animations backed up by kneecap to level design.. but it's presentation is nice, and always cracks me up how much people didn't like qtes, when games have essentially turned into qtes with extra steps, certainly on that production level.. and I'm not saying that can't be fun but like, there used to be this understanding back in the FMV days that you could get a superior image in the grand scheme of things using FMV, then you would with a 3D or or even a 2d render.. an analogy I like to use is, you couldn't fly in rebel assault.. but damn did it look pretty, you could fly in x-wing... like it actually kind of scares me the discourse in general actually the gaming discourse is the direct result of generations of spoon-fed brave New world ism in a market that was smart enough to Target youth and lock in brand ideology to curate the medium at the death of innovation.. and as the graphics pushed became the graphics push and the hardware, which only now really has actually even considered the idea of even low-end compute power over graphical fidelity.. and yet graphical Fidelity is still the the marker for a game it's not what it does it's how it looks.. and just like FMV now, we don't have interactive worlds, they're not curated enough they clip there's jank.. but if we control every aspect of the environment like a haunted house tour like Yahtzee likes to say then yeah we can have those impressive cloth physics that don't clip.. But.. we don't really have a game but then people aren't really expecting that either.. and even when they do get a game it's interaction by design, which in my opinion is still quick time with extra steps, even talking about something like doom eternal or dark souls, mechanically speaking mind you and those are clearly outlying examples that I'm using because they share aspects despite the reputation.. There might be a point in my life where hair clipping might bother me.. but I almost hope I never get there, and I hope the only reason I get there is because it's the only thing to critique.. clearly that's almost never going to happen, cuz we don't move the industry in that kind of direction LOL.. we move it in the direction of we've been trying to make movies this whole time now we can.. and we're done! And it really does feel like that for the last 10 years.. my ability to manually control just even in a linear story has gone so far down the toilet that I just can't play most modern games because I can't interact in a convincing way that doesn't break immersion.. just simple control over my avatar, I mean I never even thought they would even like it blew my mind that they took the jump button out of assassin's Creed.. like they took the primary means of interaction out of that game lol it was already quick time rhythm game with the combat which they brutally cut down from a really good system that they had built up in Prince of Persia.. but then they took the jump button out even, like.. They took the crouch button out of the Mass effect game.. and people were fine with it it seemed.. I often hear the excuse but you didn't really need it.. who cares? I care because I needed it in order to have a basic representation of actually being immersed in the game rather than controlling an avatar with broken knees.. and while I may not be able to cross very well right now in real life, and I still have a pretty effed up back from breaking it a while ago.. I can still lean left and right on my own.. I can't say that for I would say about 99% of games released nowadays.. One thing that used to bother me to no end was the cut scene of a console game, that would show this like Fox gameplay where you had all these cool moves that were standards in PC gaming to a degree, usually not presented like that cuz these were pre-rendered not even in engine... But by the time they had basically kept the exact same design for the dual analog controller I was pretty worried about the state of game design.. didn't think we would get this bad didn't think it would stay for this long in a Time Warp.. but then I also thought they would still be a couple of people that made PC games instead of games designed for consoles that get ported to PC.. like that just doesn't exist and the mentality of what you could do with that doesn't exist anymore at least not in the developer space from what I can tell.. outside of maybe a couple of military simulators and some RTS and we're going to see that go away real quick with Microsoft's Grand foray into getting RTS on consoles.. I would have much preferred the RTS treatment for the games I like, where there's only a handful of developers that make them but their proper you know successfully iterated versions of themselves mechanically and in simulation and all the things.. but you don't get many of them and they're usually pretty low budget.. I don't I don't get that ever anymore.. it just doesn't happen.. going to suck to the RTS folk out there to see that go through, cuz I've been there and I seen it.. hopefully it doesn't happen you know there's always a chance.. but oh well.

[@coomfard5771]

“Zaddy”? Zoomers are so gay

[@gladspooky9455]

"Hey Goth Gamer Zaddy, I just wanted to say even though you sound like a sleepy bird man." Jesus

[@michaelrussell2711]

"Looks how I feel most days" Yeah, that's my 2020 face too.

[@justinkroboth360]

"A cop will start shooting at me for no reason. I know that's, like, what they're good at" Omfg, I am deceased

[@lucascoval828]

For no reason. No reason at all.

[@NothingYouHaventReadBefore]

@@lucascoval828 You wanna elaborate that or maybe really not?

[@lucascoval828]

@@NothingYouHaventReadBefore It's just fell out of the sky. For no reason at all.

[@maxbeancounter]

@@NothingYouHaventReadBefore don't commit crimes, don't get shot at

[@UnknownName5050]

Only if “being armed” isn’t a reason. GFDOAFOAHWAR.

[@HandsomeAl]

Everytime I think that I haven't seen a Grimbeard video in some time, a new one appears to make my day. Love your stuff man so keep it up

[@lukegonzalez4893]

I was just thinking "man, I want to watch some grimbeard" just yesterday and I woke up to this. A full hour no less too.

[@calorlondo5323]

L

[@Kretek]

4:22 "Mountain of badness". I chuckled. I wont lie. I'm so sorry.

[@manusigfried2603]

We need more games like this one. Right now we have mostly triple a or bottom of the barrel. We need the games that are in the middle of the extremes, but with lots of heart put in the development

[@Afunnylittlefellow]

Been rewatching your catalog the past few days and now I am graced with a new video. The sacrifices are working.

[@FumblsTheSniper]

Sacrifices? I call them tribute

[@jakedill1304]

Remember you can get double triple quadruple sometimes even exponential value out of a firstborn, you just need to make sure that you get yourself a good crossroads lawyer.. like a good one, and and you know you have options I can't necessarily go through them all because they try to close these loopholes obviously, I mean the best crossroads lawyers are the ones who control them of course I mean they they invented it's their game it's their rules even... But if you're just throwing up one first born and taken what's on the table from that or worse from the minion.. you are leaving so much on the table.. it's it's almost like dealing with mortgages and whatnot but less Petty in the scope of things, like it is it's got higher stakes yet but it's it's not the stakes that make it interesting and exciting, it's it's the actual practice itself you know it's just you got to do a lot of work sometimes like sometimes these things just fall into your lap and you shouldn't trust him if they do, that can also be used against you in your contract.. but I just want people to you know understand that you don't have to just work in the parameters that you've been taught to accept.. sure you only get one first born.. but do you really?

[@Langtw]

At 25:40, you reference, "Can't we just drive around the US, investigating weird shit like that?" That's literally the Delta Green RPG. I would sell my left testicle to see someone turn it into a good video game.

[@AC-hj9tv]

I would give my right one. With our powers combined!

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

Am working on dming delta green rn

[@jakedill1304]

You know... You're not always limited to just one left testicle.. there are loopholes, with a lot of hard work and a proper, good and more importantly loyal crossroads lawyer, if you just take what you think is on the table in singular you're actually just leaving double triple even exponential.. it's not easy necessarily, but there are loopholes.. I couldn't tell you them cuz they're constantly being changed closed etc that's the nature of metaphysical law practice whatever.. I don't make the rules they make the rules, but just like your first born isn't your only first born necessarily at least value-wise naturally.. your left testicle isn't really your only left testicle.. As they say in Jurassic Park! Life finds a way! Don't be a moron like Lance and just get it caught in a bicycle chain and try to hawk it on the cheap and have it all come blowing back in your face cuz it's a crossroads packed and you know they're designed to do that from the ground up.. got to be smart, know your options knowledge is power..

[@Jekaterina92]

Thank god for this upload, I have rewatched every other video on your channel at least twice.

[@aaronmarko]

Oh just twice huh

[@Exigentable]

Same lol

[@TheMrSark]

**salute**

[@R3LAPZE]

Woah sark is here

[@jossuification]

Signal Bruce and get his ass here. He and mr Grimgay here should collab

[@Optaquon]

@@jossuification p]]]]p

[@theBigdavidp]

This is kind of surreal

[@mugwump7049]

"Don't fuck fish." Grimbeard, 2020 (PS: pretty cool to have Mandalore as patron!)

[@scottyfionnghal]

... unless

[@johno1544]

I like how the main character has served on the USS Cyclops a ship that was mysteriously lost with all hands in the Bermuda Triangle in real life. Cool detail to add.

[@colebeep]

This is the first of your videos I have seen. I watched it about a week ago when it showed up in my recommendations. I have gone on to watch every one of your videos at a breakneck pace. Seriously impressed by the quality of your content, and I now know an incredible amount about supernatural

[@AkaiNeko4]

lol welcome to the GGN friend, join us in mourning the loss of Darkened Streams

[@Valshiirs]

I love the background soundtrack. It gives a unique feel to your videos.

[@kulman4295]

Great analysis of the whole "giving KKK a good reason to be against X" situation - you nailed it - and this is often an issue with how these things are approached. People are too dumb to convey the real issue, it gets simplified to the point it results in the opposite message if you look beyond the layers.

[@lucascoval828]

Simplifications of history is indeed problematic. Just look at WW2.

[@TATERplaysGAMES]

I honestly think it says a lot about the KKK that, even in a fictitious situation where the threat they are prejudiced against is very real... That they still come across as intolerant bigots who've reached the right conclusion through the wrong logic. 🤣

[@TheAlmightyLoli]

On one hand, the idea of a Lovecraft story where everyone kind of already knows about the supernatural stuff is kind of interesting. And actually humanizing the Deep Ones to not just be evil fish people sounds neat. But the game doesn't really ever feel intentional with this stuff. It feels like it just doesn't pace out the spooky stuff. Plus, never trust an Innsmouther.

[@lucascoval828]

Innsmouth got what it f***ing deserved.

[@blackmonish]

Holy shit! Love your channel man. Surprised to see you hidden down here. Your review of Last of Us 2 was freaking rad. You're one of the few people that I have seen hate prejudice toward EVERYONE (not just the groups people care about, in order to feel better about themselves), and point out the irony when someone refuses to accept a sincere apology- just because that person is seen as, "the bad guy." Mad respect man.

[@thatzapherguy4066]

Great review. it was so refreshing to see a review by someone a review from someone who actually played the game instead of just jumping on the bandwagon of shitting all over this game without actually saying why they didnt like it

[@AlexOlinkiewicz]

It really is a flawed game and as an indie developer, I do have to question some of the design desitions the devs made on this game. Like the game's open-world could be 1/3rd and that would improve the pacing, they could handle designing the look of the places (so less repeated asset), etc. But with that said, I still enjoy the game despite its flaws. Makes me glad that I own a physical copy of this game on the PS4.

[@johnnyboy2537]

Fun fact: Lewis is actually guilty as sin but not for the reasons people might think like Innsmoutgers hating the Throgmortons. He was actually hired by the EOD to kill Albert along with any other survivors of the expedition. Unsurprisingly the race of evil fish people are still mostly evil.

[@startyde]

Awww yeah son, goth gamer nation be back!

[@Abyss3223]

55 minutes of Grim Beard, its like its my birthday.

[@-Zakhiel-]

It is mine :3

[@Abyss3223]

@@-Zakhiel- Nice

[@GrimBeard]

@@-Zakhiel- Happy B Day!

[@littlebaron5573]

Zakhiel Happy birthday goth gamer!

[@-Zakhiel-]

Thank you grimy, thank you all :')

[@360mega]

i absolutely adored this game. it came to the point that when i wasnt in danger or being attacked i would walk around instead of just the default running because the atmosphere felt so good running wouldnt make sense to the character. a sinking city means you need proper transport through a flooded city and i had an amazing time going places with the boats, i was so immersed. i felt like a detective. i got attached to the madness so THEY MADE A PROPER LOVECRAFT GAME

[@burhanudinzamri2772]

It seriously brightens my day when I see you upload a video. Keep it up, man! You're one of my favourite KZbinrs and an inspiration for me to start my own video game analysis/review channel.

[@GrimBeard]

Thanks so much for the kind words

[@prelapsaria]

does anyone know the song that plays at 38:31?

[@Taabituubi]

This channel is criminally underappreciated and that's a god damn shame. Keep on keeping on my man.

[@GateSide0]

Thanks again bro. Honestly I do want to try out most of the games you talk about but don't have the time. These videos are perfect since they're long, I can listen while working, and gives me more than enough of a gist of the games.

[@hyruleflower5695]

Old DOS game review suggestion: Star Control 2: The Ur Quan Masters Ancient space exploration RPG from 1992 with lots of spooky aliens our boy would like. Widely regarded as one of the best games of all time. Personal favorite.

[@CameronAB122]

That game kicks ass

[@8had0w96]

I think it's the first time i've actually cared enough to mind a spoiler warning, got the game, finished, and then come back to the video lol. I liked the game despite its many shortcomings, now i can finally watch the review in peace xD

[@nosferados8402]

I think too many works derivative of lovecraft's work and cosmic horror in general somehow focus too much on the protagonists impact on the situation itself when they really were told the other way around with the impact of a supernatural situation has on the protagonist being the main focus. This somewhat undercuts the point the of the original stories, which is the helplessness of humans in face of powers which far exeed their understanding and are totally uncaring towards them. I don't recall Lovecraft ever ending a story with the world itself ending, but instead mostly the protagonist becoming aware of his own fragility and either dying in the process, losing himself or being left alive scarred by the experience and in the knowledge of his own unimportance. But most works taking inspiration from these stories take the shadows formerly looming in the background and put them front and center with the figures involved somehow influencing these unimaginable beings. Then instead of ending the whole thing in uncertainty, they instead go for "rocks fall everybody dies" endings in an attempt to maintain the impression of the protagonists being powerless.

[@lucascoval828]

Lots of things people get wrong. Especially the ones that try to get post-modern about it.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

13:07 “Objectively the most right thing to do?” Yeah uhhh... that’s not objective. That’s subjective.

[@AftermathRV]

9:50 i dont feel like this justifies or excuses anything, but i do feel like pointing out that, he came to his senses, grew up, and left his racist self behind, he said so much in eltters to his most closest confidant, calling his younger self stupid, foolish, and close minded. for the time and day in which he lived, thats admirable.

[@omensoffate]

See poor mr grimbeard lived in hardships his whole life to the point he has to paint his nails. Poor little grimbeard

[@lucascoval828]

@@omensoffate Painting nails is harder than you think, bigot!!!! 😭😭😭

[@lucascoval828]

He was exposed to the criminality prevalent in certain groups. Maybe they should've behaved themselves.

[@J.DeLaPoer]

Lovecraft??? [Insert obligatory virtue signalling here]! I mean after all, he legitimately has to worry about being doxxed, cancelled, or having his head bashed in by a bike-lock wielding defender of the oppressed; if he's caught enjoying the material of an evil bigoted racist like Lovecraft without being sure to mention how racism is bad and blah blah blah. You see the same thing now for Harry Potter games where the reviewer has to insert a big virtue signalling spiel on how "trans women are women" and they don't support evil bigoted terf woman's views. Ugh. It's all so tiresome. Wokeness is cancer. I like the genre of games on this channel. I like Grim's style of presentation. But I'm sick unto death of the "progressive" crap that's insidiously ruining every aspect of society these days. Also I mean the immense irony of people who force their ideologies on others, and support censoring and physically attacking everyone they disagree with... and believing _they're_ the good guys. Anyway I said my piece. To be clear anyone who's gonna start personally insulting and attacking Grim is pretty stupid, even 'cringe', in the kiddies parlance. I don't support that. On the other hand if this does become a leftist-ideology/virtue signal gaming channel instead of a cool goth retro one, then I will be happy indeed to do as asked and unsub and leave. There's enough of that woke crap everywhere else. I don't need it here with my game reviews too.

[@cesarhoffmann5181]

PLEASE GREAT OLD ONES, BLESS THIS GLORIOUS DAY WHEN GRIM RELEASED A NEW VIDEO

[@moonsdonut5188]

do you mean old like joe biden?

[@cesarhoffmann5181]

@@moonsdonut5188 i think he's older than Cthulhu

[@Lalophobe]

Dropped what I was doing when I saw you uploaded. 🖤 you, man

[@teamhren1000]

I think Darkest Dungeon actually pulls off the cosmic horror thing well, both in story and gameplay. You know. If you can put up with the soul-crushing grind required to finish it.

[@AllfatherBlack]

was already a huge fan, this really sold me further. great work, never stop

[@vin8855]

It’s been 3 weeks without a new Grimmy video and my mental health has plummeted.

[@blondemaverick]

Commenting in offer to the dark, discerning algorithm gods. [Chanting crescendos] Thank you for this content, Great Gothic One.

[@ciapatyciapacz5354]

Gothic two was better

[@demizson576]

Good one! :) ... But at least we can all agree that Gothic 3 was underwhelming.

[@eveyweveydevey]

'A mountain of badness'? Do they recruit reviewers from Steam or something?

[@Tleilaxu0]

Oh wait, I get it! It's a pun on Mountains of Madness! 'Cause Lovecraft. ... I mean, at least it had a reason.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@Tleilaxu0 At first I thought it was just stupid, then I got the reference too and still thought it was stupid, but in an almost endearing sort of way.

[@xBINARYGODx]

It wasn't mean to be non stupid. Blind IGN and GS hate is moronic. First read a bunch of their stuff so you are fully justified in that hatred.

[@eveyweveydevey]

@@xBINARYGODx If these are the sort of things that set you off then I'm really worried about your state of being. 2021, there are plenty of more justified things to get angry about than opinions about vidya gamz coverage.

[@DarkRaptor86]

Hell yeah, some fresh Grim Beard material to sweeten my weekend.

[@АлексейЛогинов-ж1ц]

16:38 this part kills me every time i rewatch it... just brilliant

[@Sindoko12]

I sure hope the devs get their money. Even with the jank, this one feels better than Call of Cthulhu.

[@heresey]

"We need to address Howard's cat" is now my favorite open to conversations about race

[@lanceelopezz223]

kotaku kids

[@0nTh3Fr1tz]

Oh yeah! Grim Beard on my day off!

[@DecimusKrieg]

Same, what a treat!

[@CountOrlok777]

I just bought both the sinking city (the necronomicon version) and call of cathuhu for lower than 10 bucks each. Was it worth it?

[@cerberus9832]

That van der Berg was practically Hastur was quite obvious

[@edenbeats.8569]

Your videos help me a lot on rough times Grim, love 'em, thanks a lot.

[@ColdHawk]

“As complicated as applying for a passport.” My new favorite saying for things that are only moderately complicated but the complexity is completely unnecessary.

[@JDelwynn]

How hard is it to get a passport in he US? Here in Finland it's so easy, I just filled a short application and sent the pictures through the internet...

[@thishandleistacken]

It's hilarious seeing Lovecraft stuff in today's culture since for 10 year I was part of a cult which didn't start as having anything to do with Lovecraft but a splinter of the cult treats Lovecraft with the same seriousness it does the Egyptian pantheon. The splinter cult is called the Typhonian Order and even one of the Lodges in my city is immortalized in the official expanded Lovecraft lore: "Starry Wisdom" which in the lore is said "to have a few remnants in Canada" so whoever wrote that certainly knew about us :P Starry Wisdom also appears in some of Robert Anton Wilson's books but I guess that's little surprise since he knew a bunch of people from the group and even put a bunch of the initiation material in the book The Earth Will Shake. Spoilers: most real occult groups are surprisingly mundane and boring... and a lot of the ones people think "control the world" can barely pay rent for their Temples :P I did several initiations in the shed of a member's back yard because we ran out of rent for first the room above an occult book store, then above a yoga centre, then below an art studio. You feel kinda cool at first heading to your little secret club with a black cloak and wand in your bag but over time it gets absurd especially when the vast majority of the teachings are outdated nonsense that sure can have results but so can anything if you use the techniques involved to induce trances and you throw yourself into the lore, oaths and symbolism. To test this just look up the satirical Discordianism which borrows from the group I was in as well as a few others but mixes it with absurdism. It work just as well as the "real thing"

[@JJW410]

Smashin video as always Grim! :) Also lol at 30:57

[@ethanlove4695]

So stoked!! Love your stuff bro bro!

[@GrimBeard]

Thanks, buddy!

[@moonsdonut5188]

@@GrimBeard ive seen you your beard looks grim

[@heresey]

The combination of bad reviews and that thicc cephalopod head jiggling around for three minutes: beautiful.

[@TheRngMaster]

Do you actually have that Muerdame Señor Conde poster? I haven't seen this movie, but am now intrigued! Took longer than I hoped to find the title of the movie What poster is on the other side of your monitor?

[@dieyng]

I do not think that anyone has or will ever manage to use Lovecraft's ideas to actually surpass Lovecraft, there is a lot of talk in this regard, along with exaggerating the part writers like Robert W. Chambers had in creating the cosmic horror genre. For me, talk like this, honestly, is just an attempt to rob Lovecraft of his place in horror literature BECAUSE modern audiences can't simply acknowledge his racism, without feeling guilty of still liking his work. To go and use Deep One descendants as the victims of racism is utterly stupid and takes a turn that basically ruins the whole concept of the complete alien-ness of anything related to the Old Ones and the mythos. This does however go into the direction of how some people today are willing to overlook even actions that are by our own ethical standards vile and monstrous, if they are part of a different culture. Acceptance and tolerance is very important, but not to the extent where one fe. would justify a woman wearing a full hijab in forty degrees Celsius, violence from husbands to wife and children etc.. The moment someone commits a crime, like being part of a dangerous murderous cult, tolerance for that specific person, has to end. Considering that cats have a relatively special place in Lovecraft's work (fe. The Cats of Ulthar), that out of all creatures cats would be replaced with monsters, doesn't seem very true to Lovecraft's stories.

[@ethanlove4695]

Where do you get your ideas for the cutaways? Like the skateboarding and fishing?

[@adamwest8711]

Ethan Love - His specially adapted ‘blackout go pro’.

[@mconfuddle4028]

Uh 1h of good goth gamer content :3 Did you ever got your hands on Bloodborne Grim? For me its the best lovecraftian Game :)

[@MedalWelder]

People these days seem to have either forgotten, or not been around, when AA games were very prevalent in the market. I loved this game cause minor issues are just that, minor.

[@JazzyUnderscoreTrumpeter]

2nd video ever watched by you, watched your system shock review and decided to subscribe... I enjoy your humor.

[@GrimBeard]

Hey, thanks! hehe

[@AC-hj9tv]

Based fr no cap

[@kentcampbell122]

Hey, I was wondering if you ever uploaded the song at 9:13 anywhere?

[@Gruntvc]

Ive seen retailers sell this game for as low as $10 brand new on Xbox One and PS4. It was supposed to release on Nintendo Switch, but not sure if that is still happening.

[@Bruztmotor]

It is already out though

[@hibanamain5709]

It released on switch day 1 lol

[@parokki]

Well shit, Grimby. I totally gave up on caring about this game after some other brief reviews and downright lovecraftian licensing kerfuffle. You sold it up enough for me to not only decide to get it at some point, but to skip the spoilery bit. Well played, I guess.

[@reesetorwad8346]

same

[@welderbob5960]

Such underratted talent.

[@tequilawhiskey]

I audibily laughed at the start of the game when you get off the boat and theres a dude just completely decked out in yellow head to toe.

[@Krutamuzyka]

Grimbles - you said it's been 15 years since you were enthralled by a Lovecraft game. What game was that? Dark Corners?

[@1r0zz]

Dark corner was a fucking mess, especially when becomes "idiot kid take on Lovecraft" as the p&p-rpg. Bloodborne is the only proper Lovecraft game because it's the only game that understood how Lovecraft structured the bloody universe. Not only "bad fish people" and octopus head. This do get near, but ruins it with the main storyline.

[@DarthFennec]

@@1r0zz I absolutely adore Dark Corners, warts and all, but yeah I agree Bloodborne is the only one that truly understands what it's doing. But Bloodborne didn't come out fifteen years ago so ...

[@1r0zz]

@@DarthFennec The bloodborne bit was just a comparison to dark corners... Non that it was the 15 years ago game.

[@GrimBeard]

Yeah, it was Dark Corners. I love that game a lot. Most of my favorite games are lovable messes.

[@Krutamuzyka]

@@GrimBeard 100% agree.

[@jeanphilippemalouin]

Great video! You're getting REALLY good at making these. Have a nice day!

[@GrimBeard]

Thanks so much!

[@Naniru87]

This could very well be me missing the nuance but I thought that not all of the innsmouthers being evil and the cult being half "normal" people was a nice touch that simply said that even with the worst "origin", you don't have to be to what people expect you to be. The KKK only killing Innsmouthers made sense to me bc with the limited resources they had esp in a town that has barely any contact with the outside anymore, they have to pick their battles and would probably focus on the one minority that everyone would agree "had it coming". They attack the ones that are the least likely to get help: the newcomers. And to the KKK guy you can't kill: you can but only indirectly: by choosing not to give him medicine (or dress his wounds idk). But it could be I remember it wrong? It has been a while that I played it...damn shame, I really liked it... I'm not finished with watching it but wanted to get that out before I forget that again. D: EDIT: finished it. ^-^ Glad to know I'm not the only one who could identify with Reeds mood. I really liked him as a protagonist even though there was not that much to him. Itw as enough to work for the game. Besides that, I agree with your review a lot. The game is really not perfect but you can just FEEL that it was important to the people who made it and that they really wanted to tell this type of story. (it's also really neat to see another refined version of the mind palace etc. in this game. They got those in the last two sherlock games too)

[@blvcksabath2529]

My serotonin or whatever it is be rising everytime I find a new king form review channel🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@cantrip7]

Have any small/new review channel recommendation? I've been looking for new people to watch, but here I am rewatching another Grim Beard video!

[@AC-hj9tv]

@@cantrip7 grimbeard is all you need

[@MidnightMedium]

This game is clunky, sometimes offers no idea of where to go next, and can be kinda ugly. But it really gets the texture. Its probably the 2nd best Cthulhu game overall behind Dark Corners for me. Its definitely more playable than Dark Corners and has one of the best scopes of any of these games, not too personal, not too big. I really should go buy this again to try to support the developers since they got a bad deal

[@cb2291]

Good to see you still posting, man. Keep up the excellent work

[@BigDaddyDeepDish]

Literally just finished this game recently. Pretty good tbf

[@adamwest8711]

atticusphone - it’s not. I’m already attracting low level criticism for saying that I think it’s been a bit heavy handed with that element in the review but the game, whilst using a bit of allegory and, honestly I don’t think it makes a great deal of sense in the scheme of things, (like they move address and suddenly stop being homicidal cultists), but I don’t think it’s enough to ruin the experience.

[@UNKNOWNUNKNOWN-tw2iz]

If I walked the amount that I walked in the game , in real life I would have been in perfect shape

[@visassess8607]

To Be Fish

[@Cam-pe3nd]

Late to the party on this review despite being a longtime fan. I enjoyed the video more than the game. 😅 It's a little too walk-and-talk for me, and I wish it had a better mix of investigation and action. You really helped me understand what I couldn't quite pin down - the lack of mystery or tension in the actual mechanics. I'd been considering buying the Series X version and giving it another chance, but this helped me realize it's really just not for me.

[@JDelwynn]

I wish the game had no action. Not every game needs guns, this would've worked better as a simple adventure game.

[@thefearofg0ds758]

If this were a movie , I could see Hugh Laurie playing Reed

[@kyur3813]

Random question, since I see you cover TV shows: Did you watch Midnight Mass ? Honest disclaimer: Some people have a problem with the game's slow burn nature and it took them about 3 episodes to be fully grabbed by it. I am not among those people, but still wanted to mention it ... In any case, I recommend giving it a try and to avoid any potential spoilers. At all costs.

[@heyguiz]

Oh hell yeah, dude. Another pogchamp video.

[@hunchbackproduction]

THATS SO POGGERS MY SLIME

[@HiGlowie]

Love the KMFDM sticker in the intro! You a Raymond Watts/PIG fan, GrimBeard?

[@arcanefury095]

Love these videos they are always (muah, chef's kiss). Great job, Grimmie

[@Looneyboy]

Oh god it’s October I can’t wait for the next video

[@ramseydoon8277]

Thank you, Lord Grim Beard

[@ReddeSpectre]

The part of this game that you liked appears to be an exact description of the Call of Cthulhu Tabletop Game. Someone should take a big campaign from either that one or the Pulp Cthulhu sets and make it into a game like this. Feels like that'd be free money right there.

[@De_Ripp]

Hey, I say it a lot, but I really appreciate it when you upload. I always enjoy your videos.

[@kupokinzyt]

Your videos are so, so so so good. I am not new to your channel but I cannot watch anymore without commenting and saying so!

[@LW1773]

Can't believe we get a whole game where our protagonist does it to us the entire game. He had to do it to em.

[@PunishmentDumplin]

I found the drop in sanity genuinely scary. But the scariest thing is when a dead monster gets hit by a door or screws up melting into the floor and then ragdolls right at you.

[@sir1thomas1]

never stop making videos Grim, your dry wit, music and unique perspective is second to none.

[@simondaniel4028]

L4D2 update, NMS update, Rift S installing, new Grim Beard. Love your work. Much respect for Nox.

[@toolatetothestory]

To be fair, Lovecraft was afraid of everyone and everything. He had intense Paranoia, that he actually worked through though towards the end of his life! He would be very much happy to have you enjoy his work, as he started to see his previous thoughts as wrong.

[@IAmTheSnuggler]

whats the source that says he changed his opinions on race?

[@toolatetothestory]

@@IAmTheSnuggler His own letters he wrote towards the end of his life in which he expressed regret

[@noalb3108]

@@toolatetothestory Stop spreading lies made up by idiotic Lovecraft fans. Lovecraft showed regret towards a few things in his last bunch of letters, like his support of Hitler, but he never showed any sign of regretting his racist views. Watch the Lovecraft video made by "In Praise of Shadows", hew really thoroughly examines how Lovecraft was a disgusting racist piece of shit, all the way till his death.

[@toolatetothestory]

@@noalb3108 I never read a story by Lovecraft. Not a fan, barely know his works. I am, however, in support of discussing how mental illness, especially if left untreated, may affect a person's world view. And it is interesting to see how many people will hate the mentally ill as soon as they... actually show negative symptoms of their illness and stop being precious sad uwu beans. Lovecraft is a good example. Also I love how you reccomend a "definitely not biased" video and not, you know, reading the actual letters yourself.

[@troonsneed3480]

@@noalb3108 Don't read his works idiot leftist, go make your own shit and stop leeching of a more talented man than you

[@spicymilkman5783]

I just finished watching all you other videos, and look another video just as I finished the last one

[@diszydreams]

I want to, and will agree with the previous commenter below: Even though I watched beginning-to-end "Let's play" of this game, and basically knew the story etc. I still watched your review of it. Because you, Mr. Grimbeard, you are really good at this! Please keep it up!

[@GrimBeard]

Thanks for the kind words, buddy!

[@subrussian]

Love you dude. Still hoping for Realms of the Haunting review someday

[@bobloblaw418]

oh is my boy grim dropping an hour long review of a "lovecraftian" narrative game I'm never gonna play at midnight on a Thursday? Aiit im in

[@phyvo]

It's funny that you say that the main plot is boring and the side quests are most interesting because I've been having a similar feeling with games lately. Like, Divinity Original Sin 2. Wait I have to save the universe and gods from void creatures? Boring, bleh. I want to get back to helping someone who was transformed into a cow and chasing around a lich that I accidentally let loose. The small stories are just more interesting than "Evil bad, evil BAAAAD"

[@Sezwer]

12:06 Is that you Tychus?

[@benlawrence1977]

great review, played this on switch and loved it hoping to pick it up on PC so will investigate the options you mentioned here :)

[@SurikatMeerkat]

Your footage is just amazing. Immensely entertaining, and I really enjoy how to structure it all. Keep it up bud, excellent stuff!

[@futonrevolution7671]

Having the conversations end with "BYE" reminds me of Harvester.

[@tonkababic9826]

Always good to hear our goth king

[@WeCanCos]

Came back because sinking city 2 was announced and I'm totally on board. On the list of things I didn't think would happen, this is up there.

[@TheCrazyCartModChannel]

You're alive!

[@GrimBeard]

hell yeah, dood

[@journeyman4814]

the aesthetic almost looks like a 3D version of Darkwood. that would be sick