Rapid Fire Roundup June 2024 - with Chris Yi

[@gleasoneast]

Always love the rapid-fire roundup. Love it when you guys overlap or share reviews of older stuff that you’ve only recently played. AND when you update your reviews for when you feel the game improves (or declines) after initial impression. Cheers.

[@Bleuchz]

Chris absolutely knows what he's doing standing in front of that green screen :)

[@ConstantChaosGames]

LOL, that intro was amazing. Shia would be proud :)

[@Tavobe]

Great intro! Keep them coming, Chris!

[@hoser40k86]

Thanks for the Rapid Fires, Chris!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Absolutely amazing intro!!!!

[@play-it-or-not]

I love Faraway, such a quick and satisfying game!

[@alexsantillano4459]

I hit the like button almost instantly.

[@tomdelany7085]

That intro is gold!

[@ScytheNoire]

Terraria: The Board Game is being made by the same people who made Senjutsu: Battle For Japan. Lots of drama as they haven't been honest and opened up a new company for the Terraria KS campaign to obfuscate their identity.

[@mikaeki5245]

These intros. I'm still waiting for a compilation of all your great skits.

[@glasscube6391]

That’d be great! I’d love to see this as well.

[@darvidtorres]

Best intro ever 🔥

[@ryanlopezdevinaspre]

Oh, man I like Senjutsu a LOT. I will concede the rule book isn't great, though I didn't feel like it was quite as bad as you described. And the two different boards not fitting together is just unbelievable. 😂 But I just love the gameplay. It feels like playing the PS1 classic Bushido Blade as a board game, and much like in Bushido blade, it's a slower, more deliberate style of game. I understand why players feel like everything is random and there's nothing they can do, but I feel like that goes away if you think about the game as one where you simply won't be able to attack it whenever you feel like it. You have to bide your time, dodging and positioning as best you can, until the moment to strike hits. It's definitely a game that benefits from repeated plays, but I find it wildly satisfying, both solo and multiplayer. While there was a lot of drama around the Kickstarter delivery, for anyone picking this up at retail, I think there's a solid game here if you know what you're getting into. It's not an action packed slug test you can just do almost whatever you want at almost any time. It's slower and more deliberate, and it requires more patience and set up. Yet even so, most games will probably only run 15 to 30 minutes, which honestly feels impressive given the nature of the game.

[@JonTripp115]

Come for the game reviews, stay for the 2016 HRC references.

[@jasonlevine6286]

These rapid fire roundups are great, and I love the Victor Borge reference!

[@RulebooksForYou]

Alright buddy - you're the man for that opening! Thanks!!!

[@dejavu_d]

You're looking for the term "ludonarrative" coherence/concordance

[@thedicetower]

Yeah, that's a great point. I've always heard that discussed in video games but it works here as well! Meadow, for example, has strong ludonarrative coherence.

[@seansteel328]

After that intro, I'm excited to see when Chris will set-up a flag on a permanent webcam that says "Yi will not divide us". I'm even more excited for 4chan hunting down the location

[@JonReid01]

Thank you for bringing up this memory wow completely blocked that out.

[@fingolfinfinwe]

Best intros. Thanks Chris!

[@matthew.strout]

Nice Hillary reference lol

[@rentless666]

Chris ❤🧡💛

[@koklead7904]

Salad and veggies

[@jasondunham5780]

PERFECTION!!!!

[@kevinbhieey9188]

I'm curious how annoyed Chris will be when he's breaking these reviews into separate videos and he hears himself refer to "the other games in this video".

[@Noel_Maymes]

No yippin’ way!!! Haven’t watched the whole video yet, but damn Chris, I hope you are ready for the WAVE of Chris memes! Absolutely love it!

[@judgemario]

Nice Victor B. reference. 👏

[@RulebooksForYou]

Do it!

[@sdpam3463]

Intro! 😂

[@darinherrick9224]

Wait... Brass Empire reprint? I’m gonna buy it!

[@rollingwiththebeard]

LOL AMAZING!

[@kaboodledoodledoo]

Ha-HA! Now THIS is a man who KNOWS what he is doing. 😏

[@JonReid01]

Hahahaha

[@ianw0ng]

play the video at 1.25 speed, close your eyes, and you would think you're listening to jongetsgames.

[@elqord.1118]

That’s funny

[@darinherrick9224]

Wins the prize for most annoying intro ever.

[@thedicetower]

🏆

[@glasscube6391]

I don’t see what’s wrong with adding a little bit of humor to The Dice Tower. We need more channels to be fun and expressive.

[@Jueglar]

made it 16 secs in and im leaving why are you screaming at people .............................................

[@thedicetower]

It's a riff on a famous, weird Shia LaBeouf video as a joke. I always do a dumb skit at the start if these. 30 seconds in is a normal video.

[@Jueglar]

@@thedicetower jokes are ment to be fun, funny or entertaining not run off your viewers

[@thedicetower]

Humor doesn't always land with everyone. Some people found it funny, and others don't.

[@glasscube6391]

@@JueglarYou have to understand the reference. I totally get all of his humor, but it just aligns with what I find funny as well. Can’t take everything too serious, especially with Chris!

[@GeeEmm81]

Are you for real??