The Best and Worst of 2021

[@loziclec.1295]

I sincerely think the Roger Craig Smith situation was just RCS: "Hey, I've been voicing Sonic for over 10 years now. How about a raise?" Sega: "Nah, mate. We stuck with you cuz Ryan Drummand was too pricey. We're not spending more money on you." RCS: "Aight. Bye." Sega: "Wait no come back!"

[@Ronan34753]

Same. What's shocking is they thought Roger was worth the extra cash. Given his record as Sonic.

[@loziclec.1295]

@@Ronan34753 Maybe it was just easier to pay up rather than looking for an equally cheap replacement.

[@maximoomega3691]

That does sound very likely lol

[@Ronan34753]

@@loziclec.1295 That sounds like current-day Sega to me.

[@jnasty7088]

Cool To See you talk about multiple different games and your other interests outside the fast blue mammal!

[@inyuji]

Definitely wouldn't mind more videos that are NOT solely about Sonic. My one gripe is that the vid was too long. Thankfully, I can easily listen to this in the background while working on other stuff.

[@inever8521]

I'm not gonna lie, the part where you talked about Mike Pollock genuinely made me sad because before I discovered his ludicrous tweets, I actually liked his voice of Eggman.

[@Psycho0Noob]

And now he's even worse....

[@inever8521]

@@Psycho0Noob Damn... that's just sad.

[@grantley2831]

ur vids have a chill and dry feel to them that reminds me a lot of KingK, really loving it :-)

[@popocornpo1833]

I was literally just binging a bunch of your videos and now this drops? Hell yea

[@beruanga]

Erm, this video's kinda neat I guess.

[@unlikelyvee]

great video i love hearing your perspective no matter the topic so just keep doing whatever makes you happy :)

[@TheRetroCount]

Just finished watching it for real. Wonderful work! Since I've heard it from you over and over again, I'll finally bite the bullet and try Outer Wilds, seems like something I'd be interested in. Your feedback on games is always insightful and I love your perspective and critiques on them. I also saw my face a few times, unexpected but I love the funny moments we shared together! I always learn from your videos and often look to them for inspiration. I hope you can make more non-Sonic related content like this in the future, it's always a pleasure to hear from you! Also BROTHERS IN PUTTING ARK SOUNDS IN ALL THE VIDEOS

[@flamingoodness4923]

Great video all around. Seeing you talk up other worlds does make me want to try it out some time. These days I don’t get THAT much time to play bigger games since I’m in my final years of college and job hunting, but when I get the chance to do my own thing more, I definitely want to try it out! In regards to Pollock, I’m still so glad you pointed this out, here and in the original video, mainly since I was the same way. I had rose tinted goggles about Mike until you called out that exact mentality. I remember specific cases where I just gave an opinion about eggman’s voice not sounding as good as it used to, but then Mike Pollock jumped in and felt the need to defend his voice acting when he could’ve just not. Someone once DMed him saying he should change his Twitter tag to “itsakike” obviously a shitty comment you should just ignore or block without saying anything, but he still felt the need to have an entire conversation with the guy, basically enabling the person even further rather. When I brought this up, Mike just advertised a recording of him trolling a scammer? I just ignored it because it was dumb, but I think you did a great job showing people that just because he’s the voice of Dr Eggman, doesn’t mean he’s some greater person, and should still be held accountable for shitty things he’s said. All around, great video!

[@telekinesticman]

I'm really glad you understood the point of those sections and that it helped you realise why that behaviour shouldn't be enabled or accepted. Thank you!

[@freezeblazestar1079]

@@telekinesticman crash is rat too you knew

[@OkiVerser]

Excellent video. Even though I didn't play much of the games you talked about, it was still interesting to hear your thoughts and critiques on these games. You once convinced me to play Outer Wilds and I liked it. And now you convinced me to play Celeste and I'm sure I'll love it, so thanks. Again, excellent job and I hope this video does well so you can have an incentive to make videos that aren't centered around that blue rat.

[@limhansyin5981]

Came here to hear you call out Mike Pollock from your recent tweets, ended up watching the entire video. You deserve more views! Also you must feel so vindicated after Mike shat the bed today. Good for you man.

[@telekinesticman]

*Extremely* vindicated, and validated, absolutely. Thanks for the kind words! I just hope he gets his act together one day, but three years later and it looks like that didn't happen. What a shame.

[@ehabseifo1407]

I really feel sorry for colors fan and for 3d sonic fans

[@JPGH_Extras]

I absolutely LOVED This Video! Awesome to see someone that likes both Sonic AND Jurassic Park!! And I LOVE your long videos too!

[@loziclec.1295]

Now that Troy Baker and Sega are both getting into NFTs, only a matter of time before Mike Pollock does too.

[@iTotofogo]

Followed for Sonic, staying for videos like this! Loved it.

[@naitsabes6222]

Fanatastic video ,I really enjoyed hearing you’re thoughts and opinions on certain games that if i didn’t even know about , I hope this doesn’t change you’re mind about making non-sonic videos because this would a great direction to take

[@x123Juancho123x]

This was great! Nice to see some variety as much as I love your trashing on Sonic games videos.

[@marioandsonicfanx4184]

We miss you so much. And we are happy that you returned. 😃👍👍

[@ApocHedgie]

This video is worm fairy approved

[@cliff0015]

this is a Very Good video, i'm gonna recommend it to all the fans dialled into hip hop culture.

[@Leee275]

I know this video is 2 years old so you probably already discovered this by now, but when it comes to Dread not following up on Samus' rivalry with the Galactic Federation, there was a mistranslation with Fusion. In the original japanese translation of the game, the experiments done with the Metroids was done by an insurrectionists group rather than the actual Federation as a whole. There is a video called "The Other M that never was" that you could watch for more information on this.

[@sketchsskotch1073]

Honestly it feels weird when you talk about the Sonic fanbase because from you, it sounds like the fanbase does nothing but suck off the ego of SEGA and Sonic when for me, in the fanbase it's almost been a constant war between the negative and positive sides. When Colors Ultimate footage came out, I'd say almost an equal half of people were saying it looked good while others pointed out the excessive bloom, technical errors and some even calling it Sonic Colors: DX. The fanbase is been kind of cold when talking about Frontiers until recently and even then it's still only lukewarm in terms of topics; originally there was basically nothing to talk about but criticize the lack of gameplay or information, and that was to the point where Twitter started debating over the only Sonic-thing in the trailer, the model and started a whole war on how lifeless the animations and how short Sonic spines were on the model.

[@pcb1175]

I think everyone’s experience & beef with the sonic fanbase is different. For me for the past few years I’ve seen nothing but people making videos, essays & comments about how bad the “meta” era is & how it ruined the franchise & that the “dark” age is actually good & how the Adventure games are masterpieces. I don’t entirely agree with those opinions & hearing the same thing over & over again really annoys me after a while.

[@JmrUltra]

This is before watching the entire video so sorry if I miss a few things that you do mention in it. 2021 for me was interesting for a few different reasons. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury was awesome and made me appreciate the game a lot more than when I first played it in 2016. Miitopia while being a remaster, was the first time I played the game and it has since become one of my favorite games ever. The Smash DLC was pretty good, and Sora in my opinion was a fitting end to Smash Ultimate’s DLC. That was essentially half of what I got on the Switch because that was half of the story for me. This was the year I got a gaming laptop and I got so many games for great deals on Steam. Sonic 3 and Knuckles, SA1 and 2, Generations, Undertale, Deltarune, and I even got Sonic Mania for free when it launched on the Epic Games store, I even got a chance to play Project 06 which has become my favorite fan game ever. Speaking of Sonic, his 30th Anniversary……….I liked the symphony, has some of my favorite renditions of iconic Sonic songs and Sonic Colors Rise of the Wisps was well done in my opinion. But to be honest, most of it was not the best, especially with one particular title. I was pretty excited when Colors Ultimate was announced given that it was one of my favorite Sonic games, but as the months went on, things went back and forth between the fan base, and with my thoughts on the game, it was just an overall mess. It just got to a point where I didn’t know what to think anymore, but I did end up getting the game for Christmas, and it was more out of curiosity of how I would feel playing it. I do think it’s a fine remaster, with things that were cut that I personally miss like the multiple save files and the Miis. But overall, this soured how I needed to think about Sonic games in particular from build up to release, and I’ve decided not to take part in the discussion of future official Sonic titles at least before and at release, whether new game, spin-off, or remaster, I just want to stay out of it, which is why I haven’t said anything about Sonic Frontiers, and even avoiding videos talking about it, and just waiting until more info comes out to form my own thoughts. Outside of that sour moment for me personally, I did enjoy what I played this year, and I am looking forward to what’s coming this year, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Splatoon 3, and Freedom Planet 2, just to name a few. Sorry for the lengthy comment, I just wanted to get my thoughts on not only the year as a whole, but the 30th Anniversary as well. I’m looking forward to watching your video. After watching the video: It was really good, I liked seeing your perspective of all of these games that came out. I did admittedly miss a few titles last year, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania, Metroid Dread, the Sam and Max Remasters, and WarioWare Get it Together, just to name a few. So yeah, I may need to keep an eye out for those, and I’ll try to also keep an eye out for Outer Wilds, looks really cool.

[@pcb1175]

58:40 I see what you’re doing there, nice dig at you know who.

[@EpochPho3nix]

Wow I love gaming!

[@telekinesticman]

There's nothing better to me!

[@TheRetroCount]

Caelum, So cool! Love Grandpa

[@RiderNexus]

2021 was a year I mainly started to get back into reading Manga and watching Anime I didn’t have much interest in a lot of games this year outside of Halo Infinite and the Pokemon Diamond and Pearl remakes, most of my gaming have been backlog related, and I finally beat a Kingdom Hearts game

[@Erumore]

Always good to see Outer Wilds getting some attention! Such a shame that it was robbed of GOTY, but with almost everybody who played it recommending it to everyone they know, hopefully it'll get some belated recognition through word of mouth. I'm glad to hear Deathloop gets a recommendation too. The premise really appeals to me and it's the kind of game I'd like to make a full video about, but I really don't want to pay full price while it has Denuvo DRM on it. RE4 in VR look incredible, I wish I could play that. Nice video and a great summary of last year.

[@manidavis4126]

Since when did Chris Patt ever said something that's homophobic?

[@Kneevirus]

Crash 4 is my fav platformer of all time i love like everything about it and i ignore getting the boxes.

[@happythumbsgaming8606]

Have you play Metal Gear Soild 5 and Red dead Redemption 2?

[@happythumbsgaming8606]

1:18:10-1:18:12 What did you think of the last Super Smash Bros Ultimate character?

[@Ronan34753]

Something that annoys me, is all the usual "Top 10 worst games of 2021" videos conveniently leave out Sonic Colors Ultimate... A game so bad it could kill you, apparently not bad enough for these gaming channels that usually dunk on Sonic. Edit: Also I still can't believe Roger Craig Smith is the same voice of Ezio. He was so good as Ezio! As Sonic...

[@lupinthenerd439]

As sonic he's not that bad...for me at least

[@Ronan34753]

@@lupinthenerd439 I wonder how he sounds to people who like him. To me, it's like he's doing a cynical parody of Sonic, from the perspective of a bitter Nintendo fan from the 90s.

[@lupinthenerd439]

@@Ronan34753 he sound fine(?) What is your point? I never had a problem with him, he's the most professional VA sonic ever got. If you wanna hear some parody take of sonic check out the first 2 actors who played him in the games lol those are not very good dybs but it's the fault of the director not necesserly the actors. Regarding ultimate's reception, that 's because at its base is still sonic colors, one of the few sonic 3d titles you can fully reccomend and jump into it without problems. They also dropped patches pretty fast, for istance the game grumps never got any bugs and they were playing the switch version

[@Ronan34753]

@@lupinthenerd439 He sounds fine...if your ears don't work. Here's the thing about Ryan & Jason. They both started out rough, and got better with each game. Especially Jason in Sonic and the Black Knight, he nails it harder than that "professional" Roger ever could. While Roger is stuck with a flat emotional range on the character, sounding like his voice was put through auto-tune, and honestly just comes off as some old man trying to get down with the kids. Roger never improved, he stayed the same as his debut, which was abysmal. Oh yes... The "at it's base, it still-" excuse. Hate to break it to you, but a terrible port is still a terrible game (look at the Silent Hill HD Collection). But also, I had to laugh when you claimed that 2D Bubsy reboot was "one of the few sonic 3D titles you can recommend". A worthless game, who's only worth, were corporate metacritic scores from snobby critics that hate Sonic. And no, Colors Ultimate is still buggy & broken even now. As for the Gamegrumps... Arin Hanson fairly judging Colors as he was defending it, is as reliable as the Judge in the Rittenhouse trial. I wasn't surprised he "conveniently missed" all the bugs. Arin liked the game, so he wanted to show it in the best light. That's all it is. If I wanted to, I could do the exact same thing with Sonic 06. Show the game in the very best light possible, to make it look good. It's called selective editing.

[@lupinthenerd439]

@@Ronan34753 ok dude i'm not gonna read your bible size comment because i just stated a couple of opinions, not some spark to start a flame war. And comments like "he sounds fine..if you are deaf" don't really make me wanna talk to someone who takes this stuff a little bit too seriously and aggresively. I like rogers take and I played colors ultimate on pc for christmas, and from my experience in its current state on pc is fine, it's a port that works. End of the thread

[@shrimbloMale2]

This is fucking badass man

[@ehabseifo1407]

I have a question: what are ur thoughts on satam

[@telekinesticman]

I don't like any of the Sonic cartoons as they're mostly boring and don't match what I like about the series. Sonic X was probably the closest to being what I'm after, and Adventures is at least entertainingly dumb, but SatAM, Underground and Boom do nothing for me.

[@ehabseifo1407]

@@telekinesticman I'll respect your opinion. But one last thing: sonic, jurassic Park, star wars, James bond , Jaws, x men and aliens have had so many missteps. But it seems that sonic is the only one that is not considered a respected franchise while the others are considered respected and liked even tho they had as many missteps as sonic. I feel embarrassed when I say I like sonic but not embarrassed when I say I like star wars. What makes you think these franchises are still respected, even with the many missteps, while sonic is considered a laughing stock despite having the same amount of misstapes as other big and respected franchises. In my opinion I think it's the modern design and the voice acting.

[@telekinesticman]

@@ehabseifo1407 I'd argue all of those things you mentioned are also terrible now, but for some reason the legacy of their original films is still fondly remembered, whereas Classic Sonic games in the mainstream are often still viewed with a somewhat negative lens, retroactively. Maybe this is because Sonic is a videogame and some people just don't get it, maybe it's too different from something like Mario, or maybe Sonic has just had SO many major mistakes in the public eye that he's seen as so bad now. Jurassic World sucks, but the masses love it. Sonic 06 sucks, and EVERYONE hated it. That's my quick thoughts.

[@ehabseifo1407]

@@telekinesticman its an interesting opinion.I do think 2d sonic is still considered great to thr public where as 3d sonic is not. I think the reason why the original films for each of these big franchises are still well respected is because their original movies they have aged well. The special effects for star wars still hold up for example and because of that these franchises will forever be considered great even with the many missteps they have . where as the original 3d sonic games-sonic adventure one 2 and heroes, great for their time, are no longer fondly remembered its because they have not aged well where as 2d sonic, including rush trilogy and the advance trilogy, have aged well. It's hard for anybody to go back and play the sonic adventure trilogy and like them is because they have not aged well where as anybody could go back and watch the og jurassic Park and enjoy it since it had aged well with its dinasours and acting. What sega should have done in order for 3d sonic to be remembered good was to make rly good remasters for the og 3d sonic games just so they can be continued to be remembered good. But instead they made horrible remaster thta made the old 3d sonic games look bad. Many old 3d games like super mario 64 have aged horriblly but nintendo and other companies were smart enough to make remasters like super mario 64 ds to fix all the problems just so the og super mario 64 can be fondly remembered. Christina white head was smart enough to remaster sonic one and sonic CD to fix all the problems which made people look at the og games more fondly. Thats my thoughts

[@ehabseifo1407]

The 2d sonic games, james bond, jurassic Park, star wars and many other big franchises managed to be continued to be respected even with the many garbage recent contents we got its because they have aged well. The sonic adventure trilogy didnt survive to be looked fondly, when sega kept releasing garbage, it's because they have not aged well.

[@coverandoacasa]

if you liked metroid prime, which is an ok metroidvania, you will love F.I.S.T., released a month prior.

[@teryliuhoo5989]

Ok but ultrakill though

[@telekinesticman]

One of the coolest games ever

[@teryliuhoo5989]

@@telekinesticman I got introduced to it from your last vid it’s really good but I suck at fps games

[@danielellis6327]

good video

[@vadim_65rus]

1:05:37 Amogusaurus?

[@aidanshowers8366]

First Camp Cretaceous like you said is a kids show and your complaining about the main characters not being seriously injured? Ok (completely ignoring the near death experiences the kids get into but sure), and technology in the Jurassic universe is highly advanced and beyond what we have in real life robot dogs that fire electric bolts isn’t to far fetched. The kids aren’t cheating against the smoilodon they’re making loud noise to scare it off like the scene your playing and what your saying completely contradict each other, and they’ve been through several life or death situations trying to stay positive and enjoy any amount of happiness is literally what anyone would try to do. On sonic in rise of the wisps he’s supposed to be a jerk. I don’t know where this idea that sonic is supposed to be super courageous came from but he’s literally characterized as a teenage blue speedy hedgehog with an attitude I’m sure everyone has been a teen at some point and knows they can be pretty rude. Not to mention the short wasn’t even really meant to be action focused it was meant to be more comedic, it’s doing something separate than mania adventures so a comparison is almost entirely invalid. Some fans are excited for frontiers and prime because of the idea and the hope it will be good, not seeing anything doesn’t mean you can’t be excited for somethings potential, the marketing isn’t sonic teams fault whatsoever it’s SEGA’s marketing team.

[@telekinesticman]

Why be excited for something you don't even know exists yet? What is there to be excited about? Blind faith is pointless.

[@aidanshowers8366]

@@telekinesticman Sega have released images and info about the game and it’s basically confirmed to be an open world game. While not a lot there is crumbs of something people aren’t blind they are just interested and even excited for a game that has a good concept and quite a bit of potential.

[@jessea9744]

Great video. I think you need to learn more about conservatives before you imply they are hateful people to literal children though.

[@3mar00ss6]

I forgot who you are and why I'm subscribed, so far I'm enjoying it also wow Chris is homophobic(⁦ಠಿ_ʖಠಿ)? that's amazing actual legend ( ಠ‿ಠ)

[@maximoomega3691]

Who's Chris again?

[@3mar00ss6]

@@maximoomega3691 the one voicing Mario in the upcoming movie

[@maximoomega3691]

@@3mar00ss6 oh Chris Pratt

[@3mar00ss6]

@@maximoomega3691 absolute chad

[@maximoomega3691]

@@3mar00ss6 me or him?

[@3mar00ss6]

rangers is going to be ass absolute ass 💀 after forces I'm never going to be excited about anything from sega (⁦⌐■-■)

[@3mar00ss6]

Metroid dread is a sh tty game as long as it's stuck on sh tty hardware don't even argue

[@Ketchup1810]

I thought it was just fine, kinda overrated

[@3mar00ss6]

@@Ketchup1810 the game is bad because it's on bad hardware, it could be the best game of all time but if it's stuck on a stupid console I'm never playing it unless I can emulate it

[@Ketchup1810]

@@3mar00ss6 so the games not actually bad but it is bad because it’s on the switch therefor making it bad

[@3mar00ss6]

@@Ketchup1810 exactly

[@KnucklesandWade1994]

@@3mar00ss6 bruh have you played the game? Graphics don't matter