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[@hunterswilling9138]

Vaush: "Anyone only interested in politics come back in 10 minutes" Me: Sees length of video About that...

[@Noschool100]

only*

[@herec0mestheCh33f]

Classic voosh

[@Spremington]

Narrator: To no one’s surprise, it ended up being much longer than ten minutes

[@coladict]

I knew it wouldn't be 10, but I expected maybe 40 when it happened live.

[@TheLivingSeven]

"10 minutes, lmao" oh dear chatter you have no idea.

[@abyssGazerTV]

From Fantasy Skyrim to Post-Apocalypse Skyrim to Space Skyrim, Bethesda truly has all the options.

[@JurasJankauskas]

@@CrazyGiaky And that's before we get Post-Apocalypse Skyrim 5 and Fantasy Skyrim 6

[@Andrei4224]

Space Skyrim is not gonna be lit. Hunting artifacts in space? Really? There's no other problems humanity facing in space? I wish it was more realistic with politics and quests that make sense like FNV or The Outer Worlds. I don't have much respect for Bethesda after they killed Fallout, but there's still a minuscule chance that Starfield will be a decent game.

[@FelisImpurrator]

@@Andrei4224 So the game not specifically having the narrative angle you want in a prerelease trailer is enough to judge it preemptively? This is pretty much the diametric opposite meme of "we don't want politics in our viddy games", but it's unironically "we need to have these specific politics in our viddy games". Sounds pretty weird, man.

[@FelisImpurrator]

@@Andrei4224 Whatever you said, it got mega owned by KZbin death robots.

[@Andrei4224]

@@FelisImpurrator damn, shouldn't have thrown those racial slurs

[@brushwagg7735]

My favorite part is how the line “I don’t wanna play as a stray cat, that makes me sad” emotes harder than everything he said about the new diablo and the Bethesda game.

[@thereasonabletroll68]

i feel like the big complaint is that since oblivion, nothing has gotten better just bigger story hasnt gotten better, combat hasnt gotten better theres just more of it

[@JurasJankauskas]

Actually, it's worse. The reason why people like Morrowind and Oblivion so much compared to Skyrim is that they simplified the fuck out of most systems. Morrowind, while looking super outdated, was a huge game. Much bigger than whatever Skyrim could ever be, but it's biggest strength was all of it's mechanics and character systems, that they simply cut out for streamlined gameplay. It's the reason why all modern Bethesda games feel the same. You shouldn't have the same melee combat in both Fallout and Skyrim, and probably even Starfield if it's gonna have melee weapons, but here we are.

[@sub-harmonik]

Tbf more of it is what ppl want

[@Marxistnazi]

@@JurasJankauskas the combat is so bad, and the story isn't good enough to hold it up, that and the rpg elements can't either. New Vegas was so good, I could look past it's Bethesda flaws. Story was good, the quests branch out and converge masterfully, and the lore and world is insanely well written.

[@matthewlegrand1025]

They hated him because he was right

[@seththeawesome3366]

All game companies will inevitably make a Ubisoft game. It’s the stage of decomposition just after bloat.

[@MatPost]

@@TiramisuDesu97 witcher 3's ooen world is nothing spectacular but the writing is good

[@demo0831]

Love your content Vaush but its not that people get oversensitive with minecraft. Its that your hatred for it is so great and unneccassary that it actually urks people. But its also funny so keep doing it

[@asherroodcreel640]

He likes making you all angry, it can be really fun to be mean to people like that, especially when they kinda deserve it Edit: I didn't read the bottom part, I'm sleepy hail vaushler

[@charlesblasini2134]

Vaush owes me financial compensation from the whiplash i experienced between him shitting on minecraft and him sucking off a game that would have all of the same criticisms apply

[@demo0831]

@@asherroodcreel640 Nah u good, though I am curious other then bein funny what makes minecrafters deserve the trolling?

[@mikayelhakobyan1653]

why do people get so upset it's just a shitty kids game

[@phatman9762]

@@mikayelhakobyan1653 All kids are shitty so all games are shitty kids games.

[@J4j4yd3r]

I know the broader gaming audience doesn't seem to care that much about it, but Valve has actually been significantly investing in modern gaming not being proprietorially tied to Xbox/Windows/Microsoft over the past 5-10 years - between the (admittedly niche and unsuccessful) steam Link, actually having developers on payroll contributing to Proton (a compatibility layer allowing games made for windows to be run on Linux _as-is_), and now the steam Deck - not to mention everything they've done around VR, culminating in Half-Life: Alyx & the Index. They're definitely not a games maker anymore, and they certainly seem content to farm their storefront/marketplace for "passive" income (though here as well, the explosion of games present on steam has meant increasing infrastructure costs and challenges for them, so it hasn't purely been a "passive" endeavor, just a low-risk one). They seem to be interested in presenting their actions as trying to take on the role of "custodian of gaming[ for gamers]" in opposition to the current domination of the industry by do-what-worked-for-others, quarterly-profit-seeking actors (a good example being all the criticisms Vaush has of the upcoming Diablo IV in this video). Obviously it's not all sunshine & daisies in reality, but they certainly don't seem to be as lazy as the other big names, just not nearly as focused on creating new games themselves. It's still debatable how effective they will end up being at this, and such a position is also clearly a possible marketing/PR tactic given today's context. Credit where credit is due, though, they're walking the walk much more than others in the space.

[@saudade7842]

Starfield could be good, but to say I'm skeptical would be an understatement

[@Spyno41]

After the whole Diablo Immortal debacle and Blizzards reputation, I don't know how anyone can get excited with Diablo 4.

[@beanieguitarguy4070]

I think Blizzard’s mistake is thinking that Diablo players have friends lmao

[@saltking2715]

dunno why they try to make diablo into an mmo, diablo was always best when you could do stuff on your own and relax. The boosting process and being too weak to solo phase was always the worst part.

[@beanieguitarguy4070]

@@deadasfak Then play a different game lmao

[@BasedWop]

THANK YOU! This was one of the main reasons I love the Diablo series - I'm antisocial, why would I want multi-player.

[@nubgaming1013]

@@deadasfak you can still build a character. You don’t have to switch

[@Smolscream]

While the game does look interesting as a previous wow and Warcraft player, I honestly think it’s gonna to be bad. It seems to be born of trying to ride recent trends, which admittingly can be good for a new player base, but it could also be an excuse for lazy game design. Ergo Ubisoft.

[@ghastlyghandi4301]

Man I love vaushs’ media takes, he’ll be shown two things and the one he doesn’t already like will be bad to him for a set amount of reasons, and he’ll then immediately go to the other thing and say it’s based even though they have the exact same problems he just stated. He’s so inconsistent that it ends up being pretty funny.

[@GhostGuy764]

Yea that 40K games looks like such a cookie cutter doom-like wtf 😂

[@nrdy8221]

@@GhostGuy764 what are you on about? You know this is an entire genre right?

[@wisegoongala4305]

@@GhostGuy764 Jesse wtf are you talking about

[@alecatnight1540]

This comment is a psyop of a psyop

[@MrJoester19]

@@nrdy8221 yeah that's the point, its ok to be like other things in your genre its just funny how its a problem when you don't like it already. Like you don't have to craft some argument to just say not my vibe

[@Pepsiman1848]

This is the best ten-minute video on KZbin.

[@masonkohler8657]

Dude the Diablo devs didn’t even sound interested in the game they were announcing lmao

[@sub-harmonik]

Blizzard is so soulless now

[@NexusSomnia]

I showed him Witchfire now my triumph is immortalized in a segment

[@asherroodcreel640]

You will be covered In bronze and placed on a marble pedestal for your accomplishment so that we may worship you.

[@blackmage1276]

I'm the one who called him uncreative

[@ihaveasecret9539]

I’ve been lowkey excited for Witchfire for the past 5 years. Looks dope.

[@caad5258]

good work comrade

[@Dazedoz2]

My opinion on starfield: Bestheda finally got the character creation interesting with traits and stuff (we haven’t seen this pan out in gameplay though, might not contribute anything lmao) but yeah vaush is right, this reeks of just fallout 4 copy and paste, and the story is probably going to be the MOST boring mid thing on the planet. Bethesda finally got some game design stuff right but Bethesda writing will forever be ass

[@Dazedoz2]

Also the fucking 1000 planets thing is the biggest red flag on the planet jfc Bethesda is making a large 1cm deep puddle it’s big but it’s got 0 depth

[@pixelpause3693]

Bethesdas writing isn't even that bad. It's mostly their main story lines that arel lackluster. And ther more than one good reason for that. Mainly that the story is supposed to be a sort of "tour guide" to introduce you to the different parts of the world, characters and factions. Another reason why it is difficult to write engaging storys for sandbox games is ludonarrative-dissonance, Especially when it comes to urgency which should be avoided for the most part because you dont want to pressure the player to rush through the main quest while ignoring the "star" of the game (the world) There are a lot more reasons thst i am to tired to list now

[@radiofloyd2359]

The fact that there are 1000 planets means it's impossible for this to be anything more than mid.

[@abyssGazerTV]

The character customizing of Starfield is bad too because you can't play as a lizard.

[@themajesticspider-man6116]

I've never seen him as upset and on the verge of tears as when he reacted to the gameplay trailer to the new Diablo. Lmao

[@devin5297]

I don’t even understand what he was upset about

[@robertseba1795]

@@devin5297 that was seriously frustrating. it was almost as if he wanted to sound angry for the sake of sounding angry.

[@AB076]

@@devin5297 he literally said what he was upset about

[@Alienshade]

I can understand him because I don't like Diablo games anymore. Can't even fin 3. I tryed 3 times but It was so boring. But that was a long time ago and Im going to try it again soon.

[@thelostsandwich8435]

It sucks because you want to see the franchise finally do well. Radiant quests are a cheap and easy design, but I like world bosses personally. It comes down to loot and endgame, and from where they've been heading, it doesn't look good. His concern is valid, albeit overplayed.

[@croxmeister]

Vaush hates it because it's Skyrim in space I love it because it's Skyrim in space. We are not the same

[@phatman9762]

True, you're the objectively correct person in that comparison. Vaush has brain worms when it comes to video games.

[@d0ntfeedphil447]

Why play Skyrim in space when you can play 40K in space?

[@cobraglatiator]

@@d0ntfeedphil447 SOYHAMMER

[@jansettler4828]

Skyrim sucked, this will suck too

[@phatman9762]

@@jansettler4828 Sure Jan *roles eyes*

[@Racecarlock]

(Paused 21 seconds in) You know, I never expected a game hype event reaction from vaush, but I'll definitely take it.

[@mememachine-386]

For those of you complaining about Vaush's Starfield takes, I really have to wonder how old you guys are or how long you've been playing video games for. The game looks like it was designed in 2004 and has textures from 2018.

[@Necroskull388]

Fr though. Like, how do you get excited for Starfield if you’ve played more than three games in your life? And if someone hasn’t, then boy, I have some MUCH better games to get excited about that are already out and way more affordable.

[@TheMahayanist]

It's pretty impressive at how bad these takes are.

[@coocooman]

Does Vaush just hate RPG mechanics? I love that your character can have specific disadvantages. It's a good sign that Bethesda is being back RPG mechanics after trying to scrub them from their games.

[@pixelpause3693]

i love vaush but i think he is at his absolute worst in this video. no nuanced thought or constructive criticism in sight. only "this bad, me no like!"

[@nathanmeagher7869]

They were in New Vegas it shouldn’t be a marketing point. It’s like marketing a character creator like they also did.

[@charlesblasini2134]

@@pixelpause3693 i had to stop during the Diablo IV segment. It's almost like he's desperately trying to get triggered at everything possible

[@coocooman]

@@nathanmeagher7869 I agree, and am Skeptical of Bethesda, Im just saying Vaush is criticizing the wrong aspects of the game.

[@wiggledixbubsy98]

Vaush has never had a good take on a game. There. I said it.

[@the-lag-gamerita5446]

34:28 OMFG, THE SHOTGUN EJECTS WHOLE RIFLE BULLETS INSTEAD OF SHOTGUN SHELL CASINGS, LMAO.

[@afluffywhitekitty8589]

Holy shit I almost spit my drink, I literally made some of those paintings that show up at 25:29 I can't believe I missed that trailer

[@Turisteiro291]

LoL

[@Gekoman333]

Plenty of reasons to dis on Diablo IV, but ragging on the couch coop is too far. I might end up being forced to play it with my lonely friend one day, and now I have no excuse to fall back on. It’s about community Vowsh. (Sincerely though, couch coop / LAN party’s are my preferred multiplayer experience)

[@MrHat.]

Pretty sure vorxsh said coop is good

[@Killroy007]

Honest to god couch parties are fucking underrated

[@johnd3687]

I could've watched this for another hour. Nice to have a little break from the politics.

[@caad5258]

same

[@SnuSnuDungeon]

I hold out hope that Scorn is a genuinely scary horror experience

[@adamsmasher9769]

I have been waiting for this for like 8 years. This NEEDS to be good

[@adamsmasher9769]

(Disclaimer, i dont know exactly how many years, i just know its probably been the better part of a decade)

[@SnuSnuDungeon]

@@adamsmasher9769 fingers crossed 🤞

[@WidespreadKnown]

@@adamsmasher9769 First pre-alpha footage is from 7 years ago... You're not far off.

[@emporioalnino4670]

It was meh

[@Keres8096]

at 35:24 one of the pirates in starfield use the same voiceline "Your gonna pay for that!" that they use for NPCs in Skyrim.

[@arthurs2589]

34:29 Those are rifle bullets, WITH THE CARTRIDGE STILL IN THEM FIRING OUT OF A DOUBLE BARRELED SHOTGUN

[@BasedWop]

Literally a child's understanding of how firearms work

[@arthurs2589]

@@BasedWop I hate it when media does shit like that. That combines with the other issues brought up means the launch is prolly gon be a disaster

[@BasedWop]

@@arthurs2589 absolutely, how many people played through with that gun and worked on/viewed the trailer without noticing that glaring mistake... And how many more mistakes will there be that actually affect gameplay

[@arthurs2589]

@@BasedWop in all fairness it's not the creatives who are to blame really. The weapon designer is probably pulling their hair out rn cuz of that It's the managers who create such horrible conditions that don't let creatives carry on their process

[@emporioalnino4670]

Who cares

[@ParisofNowhere]

Lol when Vaush played Elden Ring for the first time he was like "Im gonna craft so much shit" and now he's making fun of Starfield for just having crafting as a mechanic?

[@daryno9048]

I think vaush issue with this is that this info is being presented as something new. it actually doesn’t need to be mention in a Bethesda game since crafting have been in several of their games already. Like obviously they are going to have a crafting system in their RPG game. It would be like them saying that you can play the game in FPS or TPS as if that is new info

[@Necroskull388]

If the game is focused on the crafting too much, then it’s a game about crafting rather than a game about things that are actually worth engaging with on a deeper level. Bethesda has repeatedly demonstrated that they’re only interested in building contextless crafting loops.

[@ParisofNowhere]

@@Necroskull388You can go through all of Skyrim without having to craft a single thing

[@MatPost]

Vaush when Bethesda: I already played this game Vaush when Fromsoft: HOLESUM BASED HECKERINO OF A VIDYA FORMULA

[@mikayelhakobyan1653]

the difference being that Fromsoft games are good

[@phatman9762]

@@mikayelhakobyan1653 Fromsoft games are for masochist bottoms who love to bash their heads against a brick wall until finally the blood and grey mater soften the mortar enough that they can plunge their near death body through it only to regain consciousness hours later and discover another brick wall. You're all subs, and Fromsoft is your dom.

[@shane4147]

@@mikayelhakobyan1653 elder scrolls clears unfortunately

[@MatPost]

@@mikayelhakobyan1653 that is true in some of the aspects but for others ehh, it didn't age well at all. Like I could think of many things in regard to the flaws of Fromsoft titles like to name a few, static camera FOV (really bad especially for huge bosses), the inconsiderate crosshair for bows/crossbows, unbalanced PVP (why even bother including it lmao), unclear and outdated questline approach, mostly lame craftable items, BOSSES ARE TOO DAMN FAST AND OP and others I could think of. Still, at least the gameplay loop in Fromsoft games is more satisfying but that also can pose to be another problem, especially in Elden Ring. You see, there is really not much outside of combat, the puzzles are mundane and simple when being compared to Breath of the Wild for example. Like they could have included other forms of activities as well rather than put the sole focus of their games toward combat which is not inherently wrong but that should not be the only thing available for the players.

[@BackwardsPancake]

@@MatPost I think it's a matter of "core systems", above all. The fact that Fromsoft's combat design is much more interesting than Bethesda's might just be "one aspect", but it is extremely meaningful, because combat is very much the central thing you do in both games, and it's sort of really important to get it right. All the other systems can be interesting distractions, but they aren't as central and woven into everything like the combat is, and therefore don't have the same presence and staying power. Think of it like this: You know that joke about how every Skyrim build eventually turns into a stealth archer? It's because that's the only time in the game where the weapons feel appropriately lethal, impactful and satisfying to use. What does it say about a combat system when the most fun way to engage with it is to bypass it completely? I would certainly argue that any game that makes you want to avoid it's core gameplay loop is a shit game. To phrase it another way: I can pick up any Fromsoft game and feel safe knowing that just fighting basic enemies will feel fun. Some parts of those games are shit, but the main thing I'm doing is consistently engaging and satisfying. Alternatively, I can pick up any Bethesda game and feel dread knowing that I'll have to spend several more hours modding the game to make the combat actually weighty and interesting, and even then all I've done will feel like a janky band-aid fix, because there's only so much you can do by polishing a turd.

[@l_ndonmusic]

Anyone have any issues where it says “No stream Tap to retry” and it won’t load the vid?

[@resdyne9590]

Yes you gotta refresh the app and try again

[@waltzleafington363]

Yea, fallout 4 actually made me sad. I hadn't experienced how Bethesda waters down their games, and got to experience that. My first experience with a Bethesda owned game was FoNV. And hated seeing Fo4 water down absolutely everything

[@thatsinteresting3415]

Damn, Vaush's nostalgia glasses are embedded in his skull.

[@thefebo8987]

Wanting good non-generic games is nostalgic? Okay doomers

[@thatsinteresting3415]

@@thefebo8987 He was complains about others nostalgia glasses one second, and then he screams about the games he enjoys being changed. Lol His game critiques lack substance, when the are arbitrarily applied.

[@eduardocherry7268]

Vaush definitely doesn't hate Minecraft as much as he says he does and just likes farming content from angry Minecraft fans. Kinda respectable

[@wile123456]

Vaush is the only person on the planet to think couch co-op is a bad thing

[@gilgabro420]

it is often put in to mask the lack of content because any game is good if you play it with friends. he probably just thinks it is a bad sine.

[@Evadann]

​@@gilgabro420 tell me you're under 20 without saying it lol. It's only been within the last decade and a half that game companies have forced out Couch Co Op. Couch co op used to be pretty standard for multiplayer games. Now they just want you to buy two copies and two systems.

[@gilgabro420]

@@Evadann i am not under 20.

[@Helperbot-2000]

@@Evadann couch coop used to be standard in videogames that were good making them better, now its put in bad games to make the joy of playing with friends seem like its the game beeing better than it is

[@revenge3265]

That Diablo 4 section is karma for the Minecraft hate LMFAO.

[@wisegoongala4305]

Based indie game supporter Vaush

[@supremecalamitas342]

defense of minecraft: survival mode sucks, but the creative mode is unmatched. There aren't that many sandbox physics games in 3d that are good, the only other one I can really think of is Gmod. Everything else just doesn't have enough parts to do anything interesting in.

[@asherroodcreel640]

There was a game called sky saga that farted around in early access for a while, it had a really nice art syle and more then one texture for the same block, it also had a lighting engine and furniture with customizable color pallets. That game had the best block building I've ever seen, if you don't believe me look it up

[@gryph0n55]

I saw this and I was like "Oh cool, another lengthy vaush reacts video", then I realized it was a reaction to games media, and then I remembered it's Vaush, and then I realized it was gonna be a full hour of the worst media takes you've ever heard in your entire life because Vaush has channeled 100% of his "good take" energy into politics but still insists on giving takes on media despite being almost biologically incapable of delivering an actual good media take that isn't just the same thing everyone else says.

[@1OtherMr]

the fuck are you on about

[@tiagoferreira4111]

True

[@alecatnight1540]

Lol you think his political opinions are good?

[@tiagoferreira4111]

@@alecatnight1540 nah. The true was for the gaming hot takes. I don't really know what is political views are.

[@gryph0n55]

@@alecatnight1540 nah, more “based”

[@jakitron890]

I'm still excited for Starfield, but it's really funny seeing how overwhelmingly negative vowsh is about it

[@hackE444]

@Jakitron Vaush media take moment Vaush media take moment

[@AUSxTECHxGUY]

It looks promising and quite ambitious.

[@uncreative54]

Starfield, though it looks generic, could be fun. If Bethesda could make an engaging, impactful narrative with area designs and side quests that are either related to the narrative or engaging enough to pursue on their own. But when I play Bethesda games, I'll stumble into interesting areas and say to myself: Ooooh, I wonder what's here to discover! And then find out that the answer to that question is nothing. Because there's no side quests that lead here, no lore to be discovered, nothing. It's just procedurally generated trash or, even worse, intentionally generated trash. It becomes part of a walking simulator.

[@cass7448]

Most of Vaush's complaints about Starfield were just "I don't like games with X". Which is fine, but getting mad about the existence of games you don't enjoy is pointless. Just play something else. It's not like Diablo, which is consciously moving away from things he enjoys about that franchise. It's understandable to be upset about that.

[@marciamakesmusic]

​@@AUSxTECHxGUY its a bunch of half baked systems stitched together

[@Gamernutritionfacts]

Neon white has the best ost of any video game mentioned here. This is non negotiable

[@melikaibun]

God bless machine girl

[@blackmage1276]

Silksong

[@syntheticteapot]

💯

[@samu9601]

That diablo trailer had as much cool stuff in it as some generic mobile game ad

[@Dooferification]

Diablo 4 look so unreadable. One of my biggest complaints about POE is how the enemies blend into the environment and the D4 devs basically said hold my beer and made that worse

[@AUSxTECHxGUY]

Starfield looks good imo. Vaush needs to chill out, they're not perfect but clearly people derive a lot of enjoyment from Bethesda games. I don't enjoy Fromsoft games lol but I'm not whining about their popularity.

[@aristizle8797]

I've already hashtag walkedaway from my battlenet account. Blizzard's every choice reaffirms my decision. Take my hearthstone "collection." That hostage has been shot.

[@thatsinteresting3415]

Vaush: "This game just started and I am not aware of it's gameplay or plot." Vaush: "This game unironically has gameplay and plot. What the fuck Todd!?"

[@vognerful]

Wow, Vaush impression of The Ant Man is perfect.

[@aristizle8797]

Look. Guys. Bethesda. If you have writers' block for your space game, just play stellaris and steal one of their mini stories and make a game around that. TIME IS SIGHT, GRAVITY IS DESIRE. What was will be, what will be was. The deity that you bargained with is called End Of The Cycle, they gave you great wealth; you had 50 years, it's year 49... or maybe it's year 51.

[@pixelpause3693]

most of those stories only wprk because they are short and dont answer many questions /ask more than they answer. ...... ah also in case you didnt know. side-quests are a thing in "rpg's" especialy in bethesda games.

[@AedraRising]

Not having played Stellaris, can those stories be generally told pre-first contact with intelligent alien life?

[@MrHat.]

@@AedraRising yes, though not a much smaller, scale like a StarTreck episode were the premises is a mystery on an uncharted planet.

[@aristizle8797]

@@AedraRising The main game is a big ol' 4X game. Risk in space, or Civilization in space, or Terra Mystica in space, if any of those help. These short storylets are flavorful side quests you do while you Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate. You play through a short text-based story bits-and-pieces at a time. End Of The Cycle: [Humans[ make a deal with psychic entity space cthulu. A small amount of folk don't join in on the deal. The deal is basically ez-want-for-nothing prosperity for [time]. After that [time], End of the Cycle eats the folk who made the deal and uses the sacrifice to manifest itself and power the destruction of all life. It takes some time, and the overlooked small group of exiles might just be able to defeat the entity and restart [humanity]. This one is a self inflicted endgame galaxy wide crisis. A challenge. You may be given the option to choose to do this (if you build correctly and are lucky/unlucky). TIME IS SIGHT, GRAVITY IS DESIRE: is from the Horizon Signal storylet written by Alexis Kennedy. You make friends with a black hole. 5% chance of this event being possible to find each game you play (I got lucky once). What was will be, what will be was: Spoilers. And I skipped a lot of the events. You can see the whole thing on the wiki page. Search: Horizon Signal Stellaris. "An alert communications officer has identified what appears to be a faint signal, almost lost in the gamma-ray flashes from the black hole here - faint, but unmistakably artificial. This raises intriguing possibilities for our scientists." "Science Officer [scientist name] reports that the signal was unexpectedly easy to decipher... but the team has spent considerable time confirming that it was not a hoax. It is a repeating, half-coherent message in the [empire adjective] language - something like a poem. It repeats the phrases GRAVITY IS DESIRE and TIME IS SIGHT. It encodes co-ordinates near the black hole. And it ends with a dedication by name to the Science Officer - who adds dispassionately that they have confirmed that the signal has been radiating into interstellar space before their birth. In fact, the signal may predate our civilization." ... "The [science ship name] has located a small, minimally powered artificial object, broadcasting a looping signal at local range only. These sorts of things usually turn out to be escape pods, and this looks like one of those. It's been out here a long time. When the crew cracks it open - carefully observing quarantine procedures - they find ancient remains, preserved by the sterile pod environment. So far, not unusual. The captain of the [science ship name] indicates, however, that they did not expect to find the [empire adjective] words WHAT WAS, WILL BE; WHAT WILL BE, WAS daubed on the wall in the bodily fluids of the pod's occupant - who the crew are now wryly referring to as the Messenger. They add that there are some equally unexpected anatomical similarities between the Messenger's species, and our own." "[Society research leading scientist name] has reconstructed the Messenger species. It's feebler than ours, but has significantly improved cognitive abilities. There is some confusion about whether we were the source species, and the Messenger the modified version, or whether the Messenger was our ancestor. It is a little embarrassing to imagine that we might be descended from such an effete species - but [Society research leading scientist name] is firmly of that opinion. Indeed, they consider the loss of cognitive abilities a "tragedy.". Such a tragedy that they have undergone a retroviral treatment to alter their own physiology to that of the Messengers. They insist that this will equip them much better to continue the project." "[Society research leading scientist name] has now recreated the genetic heritage of the Messenger species. Without stopping to ask anyone's opinion, they have also created highly contagious retroviral agent. It stalks our worlds. Under its influence, our primary species falls into a chrysalis-coma and emerges a day later as the Messenger species. This is causing, it is fair to say, some excitement." ... "There is a consciousness outside time and beneath space. It is a labyrinthine tangle of desire and desperation. Our remote ancestors knew it as the Loop, the Worm-in-Waiting. We have met it out there, where the void is tormented by gravity. It seems to have taken a personal interest in us. There are mathematical proofs that it loves us, but love to the Worm is not like love to anything that subsists in ordinary space. With all we have learned, we think that we might be able to use the Omega Alignment to open an access route - an Entry Point - for the Worm to manifest in our home system. (The Worm is fond of beginnings, and this is ours.) What consequences would that have? We have yet to find anyone who's prepared to commit to an answer. Immortality, perhaps, or apocalypse. But we would certainly learn a great deal." "The Project is complete. The accelerators are online. The power network of a dozen cities is diverted to wake the pseudo-singularity at the heart of the Alignment. Space shudders like wind-wracked cloth. [star name], for a heart-stopping moment, dims, and then brightens. A shadow coils in its heart. The Worm is here. It unfolds like origami. Across the system, sensors shut down in abject disbelief as the incomprehensible data of its arrival sleets through them. On the homeworld, our subjects scream and cower as they feel its attention turned up on them, and upon us. It presents a wordless question - or rather, we have become aware that this question was always what it was asking us, every time we encountered it." "The Worm loves us. It will always love us, and thus it always has. It winds around the hot heart of our home star. It winds around every infinitesimal loop of genetic information. It provokes a shuddering series of cataclysms in the planetary crust of our home, but when our star grows cold, that cataclysm will warm us. We understand so much more. We will always be what we were going to be, wound tight in the love of the Worm."

[@Necroskull388]

@@pixelpause3693 Presumably, that’s where Bethesda’s writers come in to fill in the details, since that’s what they’re paid for.

[@kazamajack1091]

I love the bit about the Minecraft legends vs pixel art. It's such a peak Vaush moment. My guy really said "stop being so defensive" after telling a chatter to smash their head into a wall, and that they have bad opinions. He just machine guns off contradictory statements. He really is the most hyper defensive person on the planet, and it's such a frustrating issue that lends it's self so many other problems.

[@alecatnight1540]

> claims Minecraft and 40k Boltgun are the same, actually > Good opinion dude

[@kazamajack1091]

@@alecatnight1540 Wow stop being so defensive

[@mogscugg2639]

​@@kazamajack1091 no explain how boltgun and minecraft legends are the same

[@underplague6344]

15:04 is a masterpiece

[@mortadelofilemon2086]

I cri evrythyme.

[@joshuanegrete3633]

Maybe what I'd like to see as more games go into open world there's a header/indication telling you the level of the area or option to lower your level automatically in a area if your over leveled. Pokemon does it in battles like setting the max to level 50 for battles for a option in pvp. Idk why it can't be done in open world.

[@michaelwerkov3438]

because weapon use is linked to levels

[@andrewgreenwood9068]

1:07:38 genuinely one of my favourite boss fights i have ever played. My main damage dealers both went down in the first round and i ended up needing to carefully take it down with my remaining characters.

[@sithisrants4154]

I completely forgot that E3 was a thing that existed and I still didn't miss anything

[@Reverendshot777]

E3 doesn't exist. This was Xbox/Bethesda showcase.

[@sithisrants4154]

@@Reverendshot777 Same difference

[@Jaylabug1]

vaush's take on minecraft is the worst take he has, it literally adds nothing

[@Killroy007]

Just like the game

[@Jaylabug1]

@@Killroy007 that was your best retort?

[@Sparten7F4]

TL:DW 'Why NEW THING!? I liike OLD THING BETTER! Do OLD THING, not NEW THING.'

[@asherroodcreel640]

TL:DW I swollow whole eggs and liked man of steel

[@ironickrempt]

(Except for Minecraft games, voxels = ugly I guess) Vaush is right for the most part on Diablo tho, aside from character creator bit that was stupid

[@asherroodcreel640]

@@ironickrempt he tends to be a bit black and white but that's just part of autistism and honestly he's not that bad, Also minecraft looks like ass because the bloks are a meter wide and the art direction sucks, if they where a fourth or a ninth of that then it would be an issue

[@Sparten7F4]

@@ironickrempt Also you : 'Why do NEW THING? Do OLD THING! NEVER CHANGE!' All the other games still exist. Go play 'em.

[@ironickrempt]

@@Sparten7F4 I’m just saying I don’t want micro transactions in my effectively single player game, I think him complaining about the other stuff was dumb

[@melikaibun]

I didn’t hear about neon white until a friend told me machine girl did the soundtrack, story is camp but the game is great I’m having a lot of fun

[@TheDoggyGIR]

Vaush has great political takes, media not so much...

[@gilgabro420]

no his media takes are better than his politics. That is what i watch him for, strange i know... :,D

[@TheMahayanist]

​@@gilgabro420His politics takes are usually right, his media takes are 50-50 sometimes he gets it sometimes he doesn't.

[@andrewgreenwood9068]

And his food takes are so bad i am worried for him. Putting salt on chocolate cake is not right.

[@TheDoggyGIR]

@andrewgreenwood9068 it's a truly insane take.

[@Glibbers]

Wait, what other games are there like Minecraft: Legends? I am pretty hyped about it, because I always wanted Minecraft to have some RTS elements, so the reaction by him and chat was confusing to me. I only know of Dragon Quest Builders, are there others ones too (on PC)?

[@Necroskull388]

??? You can just play an RTS??

[@Glibbers]

@@Necroskull388 You aren't very intelligent, are you?

[@the5002ndpanda]

vaush's minecraft girlfriend broke up with him in middle school and he hasn't been the same since

[@inlieuofsense9521]

love the collective melt down about todd

[@pigmanpiggypiggyman3732]

They need to stop making sci-fi games where it looks like it's infinitely more interesting to play as the robot

[@Smolscream]

I’m not gonna lie, the new Diablo game has soo much in common with elden ring it’s making my head spin. I mean that jump attack? Pretty sure I saw that in the trailers. Granted elden ring itself does take a lot from other open world games, but the timing is so convenient it’s just so weird! Especially when they said modern games. Someone please tell me I’m not crazy.

[@dogearflopper7011]

I wish I had chat's standards for games. I'd be so much happier.

[@Necroskull388]

They’re probably teenagers, and I did have a lot more fun with games as a teenager because my standards were so much lower.

[@Alienshade]

Vaush was pretty right!😅

[@stevenacorn4596]

"Nobody cares about base building." Yeah? That's why it's time and time again been the most supported feature of Fallout 4's modding community. There are valid arguments as to whether or not those mods exist to fix a system that in many ways broken, however it's silly to suggest the idea that the feature isn't fairly beloved.

[@TheGreatestJediOfAllTime]

No one cares about it in an RPG game/series. Thats what no mans sky and minecraft is for.

[@AedraRising]

@@TheGreatestJediOfAllTime It's an open world sandbox RPG. And in those games, it is a good thing to focus on exploration and interactivity with the world. Seems to be doing fine

[@stevenacorn4596]

"World interactivity bad, arbitrary stat systems good."

[@zacheryeckard3051]

@@TheGreatestJediOfAllTime It was one of my favorite parts of FO4, State of Decay, etc. It was limited and flawed, but maybe don't speak for literally everyone, eh?

[@TheGreatestJediOfAllTime]

@@zacheryeckard3051 youre confused as to what an rpg is considering you said state of decay, so maybe don't speak in general eh?

[@paxxielart]

I only liked Fallout 4's settlement system using the sim settlements mod.

[@nickmccabe2327]

It won't be long before Todd Howard announces that Nirn (the Elder Scrolls planet) is a DLC planet in Starfield

[@goodluckgorsky3413]

I know Vaush’s minecraft hate is annoying to a lot but I agree about minecraft legends. The minecraft art style does work but ONLY when it’s actually minecraft. The simplicity of minecraft cube graphics works for the sandbox game but it’s just gonna be a downgrade to any other art style if it’s trying to do anything else

[@dragonicdoom3772]

I'm curious why he seemed so angry at Minecraft Legends, like its nothing ground breaking but I wouldn't say it looks bad after such a small amount of gameplay. Is it the same as every other game like it with a blocky coat of paint? Probably, but not every game needs to reinvent the wheel. I had fun with Minecraft Dungeons, it was a shitty reskinned Diablo with less depth than a puddle but it had a decent gameplay loop and the pretty consistent expansions kept it going for a while. I only really stopped playing when Gilded Gear came out and made the game way too grindy and luck based for my taste.

[@andrewgreenwood9068]

Rouge trader is really good. It was my first interaction with a piece of Warhammer media and it quickly became one of my absolute favourite games

[@namelesscompadre4095]

Vaush's reaction to the D4 gameplay: Nightmare Nightmare Nightmare!

[@jupiter3472]

It’s to funny to me that Todd Howard just keeps approximating games that already exist, and then making them Skyrim. How many Skyrims can this boy make?

[@Revan058]

There's no limit to his ability to rim the sky!

[@inlieuofsense9521]

@@Revan058 i sure hope we get something to rim the sky. they deserve it

[@zacheryeckard3051]

Bruh, Vaush... the Diablo 4 changes aren't bad. It looks like they picked more up from games like Grim Dawn or PoE. Character customization isn't a bad thing. Stop being a boomer.

[@zacheryeckard3051]

You're just complaining to complain. Performative Pickiness? I dunno, but this is one of your worse media takes. Couch Coop is a great change, too. Let's not pretend that level scaling wasn't already part of the genre, and the specific franchise.

[@spengebabswagpants6768]

Why is he complaining about starfield being similar to other Bethesda games when elden ring is literally just open world dark souls with the exact same gameplay formula as all other souls games.

[@phatman9762]

Because he LIKES it when his daddy Fromsoft does it.

[@MrHat.]

Because the gameplay in Souls like is good, in Bethesda games it is awful

[@spengebabswagpants6768]

@@MrHat. except that the open worlds in Bethesda games have much more going on in them. They’re sandbox driven games and as a result, so much more modular compared to souls. NPCs aren’t static, they don’t sit in the exact same spot for 100 hours until the script teleports them somewhere else like in souls. When a quest NPC asks you to meet them at location A, they physically leave the building they’re in and walk there. You can pickpocket equipment off NPCs as a thief in skyrim Best I can do in elden ring is level Dex. NPCs react to enemies outside of scripted events. NPCs in souls don’t, they just stand in place and get killed. Rip Kenneth Haight. Killed by Demi humans that I led to him.

[@CKT1138]

I actually posted this comment too lol

[@jessew7565]

What? No darksouls game has been fully open world, so the gameplay formula is inherently drastically different. Bethesda games all have the exact same flavor, your comparison doesnt make sense

[@stbd2773]

This is the shit I love, fuck politics honestly I wanna hear Voosh critique video games for 10 hours

[@GirthQuake101]

No Man's Skyrim

[@jamestolliver9970]

After playing the outer worlds recently, star field just looks so bland. The outer worlds is often called mediocre but its interesting style and snarky over the top satire still makes the game fun for a while. Star field just looks like a combination of all the most generic aspects of space games.

[@Marxistnazi]

Ow imo I didn't like it, but it's world and everything is way better than generic Starfield. It's like they studied how to make a bestseller, and deliberately implemented every feature that would arouse you're reward system.

[@therealgooseman2358]

1:04:40 Same, I literally haven't beaten the final mission because I know if anything bad happens to the cat I will have an emotional breakdown that lasts for months.

[@ironickrempt]

I agree with Vaush that Diablo IV looks shit, but why tf is he criticizing it for things “not being in previous Diablo games” RIGHT AFTER he complained about Mojang being too stagnant just because of their artsyle? Vowsh having emotionally driven media takes yet again 😔 smh

[@MagusMirificus]

Vaush's media takes bug me so much because he's clearly SO passionate about media and media analysis, and has pretty diverse taste and decent media literacy, but like many others has never really developed a coherent aesthetic philosophy or felt the need to do so, and so tends to just post-hock justify whether something strikes him as cool or not. His good taste is essentially moral luck directly translated from ethics to aesthetics. He is, ironically enough considering the video he just put out, very similar to the Nostalgia Critic in that regard.

[@Killroy007]

Diablo 4 is a continuation of a series. Minecraft legends is a standalone spin-off. Latter are supposed to be different

[@godwings101]

Damn, with how Vaush talks you'd think there were no games he liked at all.

[@MariaKryvohub]

It's like he doesn't want to have fun, I don't get it.

[@cobraglatiator]

of course there were games he liked, 40k was up there. SOYHAMMER

[@CodyJLee0123]

@@MariaKryvohub Bethesda/Ubisoft games aren't fun

[@emilchan5379]

I mean he did react positively to the WH40k games and a few others like Neon White. He just doesn't like the usual Bethesda/Ubisoft fare so he is biased against them.

[@Necroskull388]

No, he has some decently consistently sensible taste in games. It’s just that the modern AAA landscape is a barren wasteland of polished dung - see also: capitalism. There are a million and one worthwhile games out there, but almost none of them get these overproduced reveal trailers.

[@TheSilael]

Vaush: *mocks MC Legends for nostalgia bait* Also Vaush: *praises Warhammer 40k Boltgun which has DOOM style nostalgia bait* My unpopular opinion is they could both be better.

[@d0ntfeedphil447]

40K is Based unlike MC Legends

[@TheSilael]

@@d0ntfeedphil447 I can agree with that, but he still went against one of his own talking points.

[@Alienshade]

Mc Legends was really really bad. Boltgun ok!

[@thomaskemp8803]

Its no mans skyrim

[@TyranusRex721]

Soul Game becomes open world. Vaush: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! Diablo doe the same thing. Vaush: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[@1OtherMr]

now, what's the difference between diabloe and souls games, I wonder?

[@thatdarnskag5043]

I'm just glad XBox folks finally get to experience Persona.

[@LusciousHam]

I'm really excited for callisto protocol

[@smonarch9624]

As much as I like Vaush his video game takes have always been absolute trash.

[@jansettler4828]

Nah his media takes are around 50/50 gold/trash

[@justinlacek1481]

Starfield has a lot of potential. Rn, weapons don't appear visible on your character in 3rd person, theres no clear damage indication (from what I can tell), and the gore/blood is terrible. I need to see more from the combat side of things. Also btw, let's just keep it a buck. The "ancient aliens left behind mysterious artifacts" is boring asf and overly played out. Absolutely not creative in the slightest

[@pixelpause3693]

give me a sci fi plothook that works on a player insert charcter that isn't over done.

[@cass7448]

Let's be honest, if it's Skyrim in space then everyone is going to ignore the main quest.

[@BackwardsPancake]

I just feel like it's always a bad sign when a shooter game shows you enemy health bars. It's basically a tacit admission that "we couldn't get the weapons and enemy hit feedback to feel intuitive, so we just gave up".

[@androgenius_alisa]

@@pixelpause3693 you've been on the same relatively small spaceship with the same people for 30 years. Everyone is on edge. One crewmember got homesick to the point of having a joker moment. This event sets off a chain reaction of mental breakdowns and you gotta keep the ship going

[@pixelpause3693]

@@BackwardsPancake i dont think its supposed to be a shooter primarily. I think action adventure would be more acurate. Since shooting is probably less than 50% of the gameplay (if we go by the standards set by bethesdas last few games")

[@janbittner1465]

Enemies in 2.5d games aren't always facing you...they have different sprites at different angles.

[@rocketsniper8726]

Ngl starfield looks like it could be engaging but it needs well developed factions with highly pronounced, tangible, not just aesthetic choice differences and well written stories bc the gunplay looks shit lol

[@BigaloMax]

Starfield just isn't as impressive when we have games like no man sky already. Even Ubisoft already did there on take on this whit Starlink and at least that has starfox in it to make it distinct in someway. All starfield will have is 16 times the bugs.

[@Versace_sheets]

16 times 1 frame per second too apparently

[@rainbowkrampus]

NMS has nice visuals and moody atmosphere. Starlink had fun toy spaceships. Starfield has... brown...

[@gudboah4688]

My brother in Christ it hasn’t even come out yet

[@ironickrempt]

@@gudboah4688 an npc had its head on backwards in the trailer, not saying it’s going to be bad for sure but the worker exploitation vibes are high already…

[@AUSxTECHxGUY]

The no man's sky comparison is disingenuous. The games are clearly trying to achieve different things.

[@d0ntfeedphil447]

Gaming Frogs > Politics Frogs

[@SpurnOfHumanity]

I agree that starfield looks over hyped as shit but vaush has some of THE FUCKING WORST taste in games and he's infamous for his shit media takes. I don't know wtf I expected from this video.

[@Killroy007]

I agreed with his takes in this video and his sentiment is pretty simple to understand and something thats very true.

[@daryno9048]

I really hope Nintendo and Sony will have their showcase sooner rather than later.

[@shinigamiryan5837]

Nintendo's has been leaked for the 29th of June, while Sony is up in the air. Than again, Sony tends to drop smaller previews through the summer till later and often closer to September when not accounting for E3.

[@daryno9048]

@@shinigamiryan5837 yeah, I really hate how Sony wait until September now because for me, their shows are usually the most exciting

[@shinigamiryan5837]

@@daryno9048 Believe it's due to their shows being heavily geared towards the Japanese market for September, while June is usually more for global as their shows were often for physical showcases in Japan.

[@thatsinteresting3415]

The plants do look like shit, but the gameplay loop of every single Bethesda game is exploration.

[@seansteele6532]

How long after joining the "Peacekeepers" before space Preston Garvey tells us another settlement needs our help?

[@NerdyGuyRanting]

I prefer it if there are cosmetics that you have to buy over cosmetics that you can buy but can also grind. If you have to buy them, then everyone knows they're bought, and thus less prestigious by default. Their only value is in their appearance which might be enough on its own. But if you can buy gear that can also be worked for regularly, then that detracts the value of that gear. You'll work hard for something that has zero prestige. Nobody will think it's impressive because everyone will suspect that you bought it rather than worked for it. The work wont be worth it. It's objectively better for cosmetics to be store only than having the ability to either grind or buy something.

[@Necroskull388]

I don’t care about whether or not I’m validating someone’s e-peen because they bought the “prestige” cosmetic instead of earning it - I care about whether or not I can look cool.

[@asherroodcreel640]

You shouldn't be able to buy cosmetics because if you can buy them then corporations are incentivised to be shitty, also cosmetics are part of the fun they make you feel powerful

[@zacharywoodford8530]

Idk, as long as it doesn't effect the gameplay I'm OK with microtransactions. Then again I'm also a person who plays as the default character in games with very in depth character creators so maybe my opinion is a little biased

[@asherroodcreel640]

@@zacharywoodford8530 the problem with cosmetic microtransactions is that corporations exist to make money so as long as they can get extra money by doing something even if it makes the game worse they will and they'll always push the envelope so they can get more. As long as we live in a corporate world then any kind of micro transaction is asking for trouble

[@zacharywoodford8530]

@@asherroodcreel640 I get it I guess it just doesn't bother me much because I don't care about cosmetics. Pay to win upsets me but all others are irrelevant to me

[@Necroskull388]

For me, it’s a matter of, “you shouldn’t be able to buy *anything* in a game, BUT if you CAN buy something, it should be limited to cosmetic only.” Different degrees of harm.

[@asherroodcreel640]

@@Necroskull388 corporations are constantly pushing the envelop so any kind of in game purchase will always be a treat to what you do care about

[@iulioh]

Yep, i hate vauwsh media takes.

[@thatsinteresting3415]

The Plucky Squire was created by a former Pokemon designer

[@BoozeNMetaL]

Say what you want about Skyrim but it made Enderal posible. And you can't tell me that game ain't art.