The Favourite Games of a Jaded Cynic - Casp

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00:00 - Begin!
02:42 - Talking about myself
03:38 - Mexican Devil The Sequel
04:29 - The KZbinr Special
05:20 - Screaming Muscles + Numbers
06:12 - Screaming Muscles - Numbers
07:04 - Analogue Humans
07:19 - It Is T-T-T-T-T-T-T-Time
08:13 - The Only Good Alex Kidd Game
09:10 - Koji Igarashi's Dracula
10:12 - Xenobian Nights
10:51 - Tictacs Onions
11:34 - Vundar Boi: The Lizard's Dressed Cross
12:15 - Tingly Breaths
12:56 - File Fancy Four
13:47 - My apology to the communities I've harmed
idk why but youtube bungled my Alex Kidd and Dragon's Trap footage.
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Sources:
Pokemon Footage from DroppedPie:
/ droppedpie
AVGN footage from AVGN:
/ angrynintendonerd
Live and Learn cover by the ever-majestic SephirothSword57:
• Live & Learn - Sephiro...
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Games featured in this video in order of appearance:
Secret of Mana Remake (PC)
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (PC)
Phantom Brave (PC)
Alundra (PS1)
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (Switch)
Diablo 2 (PC)
Dark Souls (PC)
Demon's Souls/Sekiro/Bloodborne concept art because i got lazy capturing footage. lol
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot (PC)
Dragon Ball: Attack of the Saiyans (NDS)
Dragon Ball Z: Legacy of Goku 2 (GBA)
Dragon Ball Z: Legend of the Super Saiyan (SNES)
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (PS2)
Digimon World (PS1)
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards (GBA)
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters (GBA)
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist of the Roses (PS2)
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Some seegerrr idk also PC)
Castlevania 3 (NES)
Castlevania Symphony of the Night (PS1)
Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance (GBA)
Castlevania Portrait of Ruin (NDS)
Castlevania Order of Ecclesia (NDS)
Bloodstained (PC)
Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen (SNES)
Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis (GBA)
Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap (PC)
Breath of Fire III (PS1)
Breath of Fire IV (PS1)
Final Fantasy IV (SNES, NDS, PSP)
Dark Cloud (PS2)
Suikoden (PS1)
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Music used in this video in order of appearance:
Shu Theme - Arc the Lad II OST
Yagos Island - Arc the Lad II OST
Queens - Dark Cloud OST
Battle - Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits OST
The Child's Dream - Alundra OST
SANJO! GINYU TOKUSENTAI!
Boss Theme - Dragon Ball Attack of the Sayians OST
Digital City - Digital Card Battle OST
Slash - Castlevania Dracula X OST
Swimming - Alex Kidd in Miracle World OST
Bloody Tears - Castlevania: Symphony of the Night OST
Overture - Ogre Battle March of the Black Queen OST
Warren Report - Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together OST
Chongara's Theme - Arc the Lad OST
Airily - Breath of Fire IV OST
Baron Theme - Final Fantasy IV OST
Royal Castle -The Legend of Dragoon OST

[@Caspicum]

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[@crackmonsieur]

No

[@greenpoolball5136]

Based?

[@greenpoolball5136]

@devildark casp has mouths to feed and by mouths, just his but it's whatever to me

[@Click3tyClick]

@devildark if you can get a bunch of money for shilling a shit game you know your audience is discerning enough not to actually download then why not, I'm sure we've all done cringier shit for money

[@thesidneychan]

@devildark the key detail in the script was "I'm sure you all heard about this game". It's a wink wink situation. Neverknowsbest did something similar and it was hilarious.

[@dynastystar5515]

I was expecting you to be "Haha, I was joking" after 5-10 seconds of the sponsor, only to go "oh shit, he's not stopping, he's seriously sponsoring them"

[@Caspicum]

I was legit waiting for this comment. Would it have been a surprise if it were a joke, or was the real surprise that it was authentic? You gotta keep people guessing.

[@BrenTenkage]

@@Caspicum ...I'll allow it *tips sombrero*

[@dynastystar5515]

@@Caspicum which would have been the bigger surprise? Your sponsorship, or you not getting a comment about the sponsorship?

[@coleowing]

@@Caspicum RSL is such a joke at this point. It's impossible to tell if it's real or not. Fuck it, get that money. More power to ya.

[@Doofens]

They’re sponsoring him tho

[@midiagain828]

Couldn't get that Arc the Lad R sponsorship so had to settle with Raid instead.

[@Caspicum]

I tried so hard though :(

[@BobbyHopp]

As far as ""cynical"" reviewers go youre probably on the higher end of them. Cynical but not in a malicious or kinda uncomfortably forced way more in a "well I didnt like this aspect of a game so im gonna obviously talk about it" way. And even then in most cases you usually find some scraps to compliment as well even in a game you dont really like as much.

[@lordeowstheking]

This stroke dribble of a comment actually got likes.. wtf are you talking about?

[@jmarra07]

AVGN is ironically the poster child now of how not to do the "Angry Gamer" trope, since yknow, he started the whole thing.

[@moomoomang]

This is the best video you've done since the last time you reviewed Digimon world

[@Caspicum]

I hope the next one will be the best one since this one too!

[@SephirothSword57]

Hmm, interesting video. There are parts of this video that made me scratch my chonmage, and as a talented reviewer myself, It is my duty to mention this so that you can make improvements to your content. There are many parts in the video where you aren't being objective enough as a reviewer and mention things being "awkward", "pointless", etc. Which are all negatives. Making them objectively bad. But you then make those terms seem like they are positive and that they add to the games. Not to mention that some of the analysis you did is just wrong. Like saying exploration in Gekka no Yasokyoku is "pointless wandering around". Iga-san put his heart and soul into making that game into a flawless masterpiece. However, that description does fit the Castlevania's after Symphony. Also, the Dark Souls/Diablo parts could've been removed. Give these honest critisisms some deep thinking and I'm sure you can overcome these flaws in future videos ✌ However, you did brought up great games like Budokai Tenkaichi 3, Alex Kidd and Wonder Boy 3, and a lot of other good games, and I really liked the Yu-Gi-Oh segment as it not only highlighted one of the best video games in the series (Forbidden Memories for the magical PS1 is sugoi as well), but it also respectfully praised the late Takuhashi's magnum opus franchise with grace! I also see that your other videos features a lot of great JRPGs and Japanese games so I can tell you that you will definitely become a good reviewer with some more skills and training! You are just not quite there yet. Now, I have to mention my inclusion in this, and I will say that I have huge acting experience since I have been on KZbin for 8 years now. I would also prefer to be called an Objective Reviewer instead of being called an "angry reviewer". it just so happen that a lot of games I cover are bad games that people pretend are good. Matta ne and good luck! - Seph-sama

[@Caspicum]

I don't know how I missed this comment, but I'm so glad I found it. Thank you, Seph-sama. I feel blessed. I will not make the mistake again, my Objective Reviewer friend.

[@deadliestvice5356]

Holy shit, an absolute, unapologetic turbo weeb straight out of 2006. Where's my camera? Ah, apparently i fell for the meme.

[@zintosion]

I thought the Raid Shadow Legends sponsor was a skit or a joke. Rofl. Well as long as they give you the big bucks.

[@stevemanart]

Final Fantasy IV (SNES) with the J2E fantranslation is my comfort version of the game and is still my single most favorite game of all time.

[@wootmann]

You’re one of the only KZbinrs out there still mentioning the BoF series. I replay III every year and hearing it’s name in a video in 2022 keeps my extremely dim hope of a series revival alive

[@Caspicum]

After 6, I don't know if they can do it but Breath of Fire should be talked about more tbh, maybe it'd get their arse in gear.

[@emersonpaiva7558]

It is still my favorite game of all time, and the reason I'm subscribed to this channel(aside from other great content). Capcom sprinkles BoF here and there but we need a new entry

[@sadscientisthououinkyouma1867]

@@Caspicum I'm not sure I want another BoF, it feels like there is 0 chance for any potential sequel to be good. With how JRPGs are now we will watch the visual style of BoF be slaughtered, the gameplay even more lobotomized than 4, and probably have memes inserted into the western release.

[@Sarahm2261]

​@sadscientisthououinkyouma1867, what wrong with jrpgs nowadays?

[@Sarahm2261]

@@buritomaster don't say that to my baby boy final fantasy.

[@SuiteLifeofDioBrando]

I also loved DB Budokai Tenkaichi 3. I love the roster having young chi chi and even Babidi.

[@Caspicum]

The fact that I can play as Zarbon and Salza, the greatest henchies makes me so happy I could squee AND xd

[@asksalottle220]

@@Caspicum whichever one had the ability to fight as gokrule (fusion of goku and herlule) is the one I remember most fondly.

[@GELTONZ]

My favorite thing was discovering the side characters that are secretly amazing. I swear I had some impressive potato throwing tech with Yajirobe, but the best character you wouldn't expect is Burter. He's SO FAST and every punch is like ten punches! It's absurd!

[@deadliestvice5356]

If that game was published by Bandai of today, you would've had to be each of the extra 90+ characters and their 150+ forms.

[@TitaniumBuckets]

Awesome to hear you're gonna do more breath of fire videos! And appreciate the love for the same games I love as always

[@Caspicum]

It won't be for a while, I want it to be huge. Talking hours long so I don't regret not talking about things.

[@eric8275]

@@Caspicum Still you're talking about genres that you have no common sense of. While making a video full garbage games that you recommend.

[@reaceles5636]

@@CaspicumJust glad to know that's still a thing. It's been a while since your BoF:DQ vid. That aside, take your time. For I think it's safe to say we'll all be waiting.

[@AxePillEd]

Appreciated the use of Attack of the Saiyans music in the Dragon Ball portion. Surprisingly solid DS RPG that covers up to the Saiyan arc, I’d recommend it.

[@Caspicum]

I had an Attack of the Saiyans video planned, but it became a Naruto RPG video instead.

[@spicyananaspizza]

Dragon Ball Z Legendary Super Warriors for the GBC made me rage so hard. I smashed my GBA screen, pulled the game out and flung it across my room. I never found it back xD

[@nicolaspinto2927]

Ah yes the best flavor of tictacs, onion. Nice vid as always Casp, looking forward to Some Day(TM) when we get more fancy file videos.

[@Caspicum]

I'm so torn on more FF videos. Every time I look at my FF2 notes I get instantly demotivating knowing how many people have already done it, and how few reviews of Shadow Hearts and Alundra are out there. I *want* to, I've got some cool shit I've never seen anyone talk about, but I don't know if it's worth it

[@BinaryDood]

Holy shit someone else who appreciates the SHIT out of DUelists of the ROses! One of my fav games as a kid

[@crispy_asch7110]

Best title and timestamps I've seen in a video

[@Caspicum]

tyty i tried not to give away my picks through the titles alone, and made them fun for people to look at (i hope)

[@theelike4302]

Budokai Tenkaichi 3 is best experienced on the Wii. You have to mimic the moves with the wii-motes which I shouldn't have to tell you is a ton of fun. Defeating enemies by doing a Final Flash to then see Vegeta on screen doing the Final Flash is satisfying in such a unique way.

[@Caspicum]

I was actually looking at footage for it while I was editing, and the Wii version looks like it has a lot of slow down. I don't know if they were emulating it, but I'd hope it ran at least as good as the PS2 version.

[@theelike4302]

@@Caspicum I don't remember there being any major slowdowns in performance when playing on og hardware. If there was it wasn't enough to effect my enjoyment.

[@Yanncki64]

Thank you for the great entertainment over the years.

[@Caspicum]

Thank you for sticking around for so long! It's been a hell of a ride

[@terreausore2435]

"Jaded Cynic" *takes sponsorship from basically cancer made video game*

[@Bootsricky]

I will say SepherothSword57 is easily one of my favorite creators on KZbin. A true genius and a man who knows what people want. His covers of Sonic Adventure 2 songs though???? Fire.

[@Caspicum]

legit, I love his charisma and attention to detail. one of the greatest boys on the platform.

[@jmarra07]

I honestly can't even finish a video of his. I do not understand the appeal

[@jordanazerad123]

Im still waiting for a follow up video saying the Raid segment was a joke.

[@Caspicum]

me? telling jokes? never! ...maybe in a year when I'm contractually allowed.

[@NuuLeo]

Great video Mr. Casp, I will now play Alundra

[@Caspicum]

If you actually do, you will be blessed with 5 years of good luck. I'll think about you every time I lay my head for rest.

[@Tech__Tyrant]

I need a video on Dark Cloud!! That game was so ahead of its time

[@pancakeluchador920]

Queens theme in the beginning of the video. Thank you, it's nice to know someone else remembers dark cloud.

[@Caspicum]

Quality taste

[@JimPanzeeEsq]

"but not so much that he'd wake dad" bahahaha

[@alexclaton]

looking forward to those bof vids. more jrpg vids are always welcome =P

[@Caspicum]

That's exactly the mindset I like!

[@dairydancer]

"But not angry enough to wake dad." That is the truest statement I have never noticed lmao

[@dairydancer]

If raid shadow legends paid me. They would be on my favorite games list also haha jk

[@Caspicum]

sometimes you just gotta scream. GET F'D DAD

[@Eddo0702]

dang it, i love what you said about the castlevania franchise but now i fell like a jaded cynic (grat video btw)

[@BrenTenkage]

Knight of Lodis, It is in my Top 5 All Time Favorite Games of mine, and I've played literally hundreds of games. It was my first Tactical RPG, made me appreciate the story in games and characters...and that music, track 04 is one that will always get me pumped...making me think about sieging a scottish castle. Also Skies of Arcadia is on that list...cause come on, sky pirates

[@Caspicum]

Gotta get around to playing Skies of Arcadia, it's tough to approach bigger JRPGs like that, but it is on the list. Maybe once they port it to Switch... Also absolutely based taste my brother. Knight of Lodis is something else, it's probably my favourite Tactics game.

[@BrenTenkage]

@@Caspicum Yeah...Skies of Arcadia is currently in murky legal waters, I recommend getting on it now. But yeah defientally a top tier non-big JRPG Studio RPG. Sure it has some problems but the spirit and style it has keeps me coming back. Also thanks, glad ya agree when it comes to taste, and I consider Tactics Ogre a good starting point. Also Onimusha Tactics was also pretty good...pretty fun to go into hell and beat up King Enma and steal his mahagony desk

[@jmanclan]

Thats awesome you got a paid sponsorship dude, hope you make bank. Youre one of my favorite dudes on here and want you to succeed and keep content coming for a long, long time.

[@Caspicum]

ty ty! I hope it doesn't put too many people off, and the monetary viability of this channel has never affected my love for talking about games, but I appreciate the well-wishes!

[@ParmMannREBORN]

You touched upon it with how you need to think just a little bit, but something about Souls games being so satisfying to move around in makes it so fun to just vibe with. Movement feels good, so combat feels good which makes me want to go explore and fight new things. Is a nice loop

[@Dsuranix]

Ershin says she is glad you're making a bof4 video.

[@Caspicum]

I would never disagree with Ershin

[@kingred111]

Your voice is pleasant to listen to leading me to pretty much watch all the videos you uploaded except for the Ark ones, the ones sharing the same name as the video with the trumpet player. So when you mentioned your digimon video it reminded me of a thought I had from something you said in your second cyber sleuth video about it treading the same story and well my thought went along the lines of every digimon game boils down to ether A some idiot wants to control everything or B some idiot wants to destroy everything

[@Caspicum]

I think that sums up 99% of games tbh

[@foxboxtrot9436]

I knew this video was going to be good as soon as I saw SephirothSword57 appear at the start. On a more serious note great video as always.

[@Caspicum]

Sephi is a god. and ty ty i hope it wasn't too uhhh low effort

[@aestheticprima1160]

It's real refreshing to have a video filled with genuine praise for some gaming favourites, it's so easy to be filled with cynicism but why do that when you can gush about stuff you love instead. Also looking forward to the Breath of Fire videos, BoF3 despite the blatant padding is still one of my favourite games ever.

[@greenpoolball5136]

Watch every ff2 review filled with the same cynicism, good thing casp's ff2 has been on hold for indefinite time so you won't hear it from him.

[@reaceles5636]

Formerly Sakura here. I just wanna say... The lack of Suikoden in this is unacceptable! ...Just kidding! x3 We have some intersecting games in our list, and that's always a treat! Man, it's been a while since I've found you because you reviewed the Digimon games, most of which I've also played (yes, including the godforsaken 4th game on the PS2).

[@NmyLogan]

loving this influx of content brother, keep up the great work! Edit: please play DBZ infinite world! it is basically budokai 4 please please.

[@Ragnarakk]

Casp has good taste in games! keep it up dude.

[@Caspicum]

You gotta keep the bad ones out right?

[@fangiscool1]

Based on all the recommendations from this channel I keep getting, I think we've played almost the exact same games in our childhoods. 3:30 Dark Alliance is kind of obscure. I used to play this with my sister all the time. Was always over-encumbered by hoarding arrows.

[@RiiViiMedia2424]

0:36 Professional jaded screaming at its finest. :)

[@alucardvania986]

Happy to hear you are a comfy Dark souls player. Best way to spend some time off starting a new character, using new weapon builds. Oh, and always name your character something ridiculous.

[@Caspicum]

bro i love dark souls so much i played the switch version just so i could poo at the same time it's an illness please help

[@alucardvania986]

@@Caspicum now that is living the dream.

[@asksalottle220]

That's one pretty thumbnail. I like aqua dragon but I was always a pumpking man myself.

[@Caspicum]

I'd always have Pumpking as my guy, even though as a card, he's infinitely more useful, but that Aqua Dragon just does not stop unless you're doing high-tier power bumping

[@asksalottle220]

@@Caspicum oh shit it's been easily 18 years since I touched it, you did have like, a commander sort of guy didn't you. that's probably what I did as well and am remembering it wrong but I dont think I took advantage or aqua dragon, I just remember over running the enemies with pumped zombies, shit was pretty fun for what it was.

[@ParmMannREBORN]

Have you ever played Dragon Ball Fusions? Feel with your enjoyment of RPGs, love of Legacy of Goku's lighthearted tone & BT3's giant roster that Fusions would be a slam dunk. Shame it's stuck on the 3ds...

[@Caspicum]

bro i loved Fusions. Chiaoman is my favourite (canonical) DBZ character.

[@SimonSater]

Like for Alundra 10/10, waiting eagerly for the video

[@Caspicum]

It's so hard to pick one game to really focus on, but after this Arc series is done, it'll either be Alundra or Breath of Fire.

[@SimonSater]

@@Caspicum Both amazing choices!

[@ESPmrBrough]

fucking hell i thought alex kidd in miracle world was just a fever dream i had when i was ill as a kid

[@Caspicum]

Honestly, if I hadn't loved it so much, I'd be in the same boat. The remaster isn't too bad either!

[@DocDoesGamingYT]

People on Twitter legit called me crazy when I said Dark Souls was my comfort game, so glad you chose those exact words to describe it! But man fk areas like the tomb of the giants and the fking crystal caves FFIV is also one of my favorites, but my favorite Digimon game is World DS since I'm a sucker for pixel art and I love the digifarms lmao For Castlevania I'd say my favorite is probably Dawn of Sorrow, my little brother got it for me from *a bargain bin* for like 15 bucks a long time ago

[@Caspicum]

hot damn that' s a find. also dark souls is totally a comfort game, like to unwind I put on a good old school punk album or some speed metal and play some Dark Souls or some shit. Each to their own right?

[@qwefg3]

Duelist of the roses... A fun if frustrating game. A lot more fun when you have a lot more cards and since it is old you can get a ROM and save to give you the cards or play a mod to get some more gameplay fun out of it.

[@e2-woah939]

I absolutely love duelist of the roses. It’s one of my most played games besides dmc1, demon souls, bloodborne, and pgr3.

[@Caspicum]

Quality taste.

[@derekschommer1465]

It’s about time for a digimon world replay

[@Caspicum]

I say that every day tbh

[@derekschommer1465]

@@Caspicum being an adult makes it a lot harder to dive in for several 10+ hour days playing lol

[@CoffeePotato]

*Sees tarot card* ....and we're liking this before the video even starts.

[@Caspicum]

I knew I picked the right thumbnail image.

[@freakyfro99]

I rented BoF3 a million times when I slept at my sisters place but somehow never managed to finish it. I should probably get around to that lol

[@crackmonsieur]

I too am a fan of Mexican Devil: The Sequel. The game is clunky, awkard, sometimes you just enter a room and insta die and that's great.

[@Caspicum]

I heckin' love it on Hardcore. I used footage of losing a Barbarian to DIablo... It hurts mang

[@dylan.t180]

Doz bt3 was my jam

[@jmarra07]

Have you ever played either La Pucelle Tactics, or Makai Kingdom? I'd love to see a video on them one day. I'd pick Pucelle if I had to. I think it's the first NIS game I played, right on the prime PS2 era where the whole catalogue was out, and you did a few already, the Phantom Break, Prinny series and mentioned Disgaea once or twice.

[@Caspicum]

I've only briefly played La Pucelle but I wasn't a huge fan of it. I don't remember much, but I remember not enjoying it as much as the crazier RPGs. That said, it's been a while. I remember digging Makai Kingdom, but without the engaging narrative that Phantom Brave had, I dropped it pretty fast too. I'm looking forward to replaying it possibly on the Switch or just using it to flex a PS2 upscaler I got recently. I'd love to do more NIS stuff but my backlog at this point is so big I'll never get around to it all. I'm always thinking about dropping any given video at any given time and doing another NIS game though, so it's not off the cards :^)

[@jmarra07]

@@Caspicum Something about La Pucelle really clicked with me. Maybe the battle system? I did enjoy the story a lot too. Makai kinda seemed like a *typical* NIS title, which is still good.

[@jmarra07]

More random PS1 RPG reviews, please, sir!

[@Caspicum]

Definitely, that's my weakness.

[@freakyfro99]

Wonderboy was actually given for free on Epic a few weeks ago and I really tried to like it but the controls were just so slippery I couldn't get used to it 😅

[@ilucasz]

You really did put some effort on the AD. Did you really play and like it? Never played Raid myself.

[@retsz]

Unpopular opinion, but i still hold a candle for final fantasy: mystic quest. Yes, it's baby's first rpg, but that's exactly what it was always meant to be. It's entire purpose was to let the west dip their toe into the waters of jrpgs, and it doesn't try to be anything else. if i hadn't rented that game as a kid, i might never have tried all the other jrpgs that are now some of my all time favorite games.

[@usov656]

Goddamn do I wish they'd bring ogre battle back. The entire package is so charming, the visuals, sounds, plot, gameplay. It's extremely engaging and comfy to me. Maybe with the success of tactics ogre remake will maybe, just maybe, give a tiny bit of chance for some sort of ogre series revival.

[@Caspicum]

I really hope so. Feels like the perfect time for an Ogre Battle revival, what with PC being the dominant platform, and Ogre Battle lending itself perfectly to mouse and keyboard controls.

[@echodff]

Are we getting too old to still love Digimon World and Yu-gi-oh games? Ah, fuck it. I'm ancient but DW1 is too unique of an experience to not share. Will always be a misunderstood gem.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

So do you know about the secret after credits scene in knights of lodis?

[@Caspicum]

Of course! I was gonna do a video on it years ago and beat it in 23 hours or some shit to get the ending. Not that bad for a tactics game tbh

[@Sarentor]

Holy shit you got InternetHistorian to collab

[@Caspicum]

Could you eemeegine?

[@jamalshelton5746]

The hidden sarcasm about this sponsor is not lost on me. I know you can't publically say anything but I'll say that I like the video so RAID doesn't notice anything.

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

Cool but needs to be longer

[@adambriton5394]

You have good taste in children's card game anime /game

[@Caspicum]

ty ty it suits my lifestyle

[@GELTONZ]

This was a nice video. I do always love hearing people just say what games they really love. Been meaning to do that myself with my own utterly absurd top 10 list. That said, I never really saw you as being THAT cynical...or rather there's a difference between being cynical and being faux angry. That said it's starting to feel like the trend of angry reviewers is going away and being replaced with the inverse. The "actually bad games were secretly good" reviewer or something. I'm starting to miss the hate. I dunno. We live in strange times.

[@Caspicum]

Straight up, I had a part in the video originally where I talk about how KZbin seems like it's mostly "Yes men" now, and everything is amazing all the time. I hate it. It's cool to love stuff, but not everything is a masterpiece, because if everything is amazing, then nothing is amazing. Sometimes things just suck, and you can dig them, but they still suck. I've got a working theory on this, that everything is starting to suck more and more because people are trying to be super positive about everything. We're not holding media to standards, and movies and games are getting away with all sorts of awful shit for a myriad of reasons. Some political, some contrarian, some just bad taste idk, but horse armour used to be bad and now horse armour is in every game because we had the mindset of "Live and let live". Now games are designed to make people buy more shit in them instead of offering jingling keys for $5. People say the slippery slope is a fallacy, I say they've been sliding for years and haven't noticed. I had a brush with faux angry in my Digimon World 4 video and it still makes me cringe, but overall I think I've avoided it. Also if you make a top 10 list, chuck it my way. I love seeing what makes up peoples core tastes as well, especially when it's full of weird shit

[@PepsiMan666]

Legacy of Goku 2 was so good I wanted more of it so I got its predecessor (there was no Buu's Fury at the time). What a mistake that was.

[@Caspicum]

I have really fond memories of watching a mate play the OG, but trying to play it myself makes me question how reliable nostalgia really is.

[@SoShiBias]

That is so true about the negativity of the gaming circle. Though I'd like to believe the most cynical audiences of games are perhaps in a turning phase, while still having plenty of pride to express. They know what they like is good, why they are good, and played enough to compare what's better. Perhaps gain a little joy revering over how their tastes are above others who've known less because of their still limited experiences. It is omnipresent as generations of people come in and the current generation grows, but for that group, they either walk on feeling cynical on all things, or find it exhausting and tuned it down, focusing on the postives too. I suppose both attitude can exist in a balance too. As for the youtube space, strong emotions do sell. Being cynical draws a clear line between liking and disliking something. With that, audiences can more easily relate and resonate to those personalities and content. Used to be a way more cynical person, but once I've grown to appreciate games and media in general even more, criticisms never comes from ill intent and I always try to look for the positives amidst the wrongs. Looking at every experiences as a chance to enrich yourself is key to growing a more critical mindset for your future experiences.

[@davidsburningdumpster8728]

Yes? Police? This is the dude that touched my in my backlog! Jokes aside, I try really really really hard to play new games (for me, not as in, age related) instead of replaying what I already like but... I want to replay about half of this, play once the other half and lose another entire month to duelist of the roses, that game's so good! And gratz on the Raid sponsor! Get that tencent money!

[@setteplays]

That's the beautiful thing about opinions. You can be cynical, you can be critical and you can hate something, but you can still love it and play regularly for some reason. When people get dismissive about negative takes, they miss the forest for the trees. You can have standards and be vocal about how things should be better while being appreciative of what's good in them, since things like games tend to be very complex products that went through a lot of hands. And with that said, I wasn't expecting Alex Kidd to be in there, that game sucks, my god (I like it too though).

[@RayzeCruxis]

I'm actually curious as to what other games are your comfort games. But I'm also happy you're aware your cynicism can cause unnecessary problems.

[@Caspicum]

There was a lot I didn't add, otherwise this video would've been hours long. I love Yakuza, even played Dead Souls and didn't hate it. The Sims on PS2 where you're given an objective, Pokemon Puzzle League, there's some Zoids RPG on the GBA I really dig. There was a whole bunch of weird shit I could've picked, I just ran out of time for the vid, and I didn't want to put too much effort in anyway, as I could make real videos on those games, you know?

[@RayzeCruxis]

@@Caspicum I think it would be kinda cool to keep diving down memory lane. Ya know, show ppl the games behind the cynic.

[@jonathanplooij3666]

i love the castlevania ds games

[@squidlordo7793]

Have you ever played the main line Kingdom Hearts games? Really love those , that and souls are my top top game series

[@Caspicum]

I have! I don't like 3, but 1 and 2 are some premo stuff. 1 is such a weird, awkward game but it's incredibly enjoyable for how... idk. How something it is. 2 has an amazing combat system that nobody ever gets to see because mash X to win works up until the final difficulty setting.

[@DiscoLem0nad3]

Thoughts on Terranigma?

[@monkeyd289]

I found your channel years ago after looking up Dragon Ball Z Legendary Super Warriors on KZbin and finding like 2 videos on it. Havn't seen it in a while, but I do feel like you were very kind to it. Then I saw you had a video on Digimon World 4 and was overjoyed to hear you shit on it. A fucking digimon game where I pretty much don't digivolve and the digimon fight with goddamn swords and guns??? I'm still as disappointed by that as I was when the game first came out, so yeah negativity is the best. Keep it coming.

[@Caspicum]

I will, and I appreciate the support of my crippling negativity.

[@deadliestvice5356]

I always assumed you enjoy the games you reviewed positively, but what do i know, i'm not an epic _CYNIC_ such as yourself.

[@Caspicum]

The issue is how many positive reviews I have :^)

[@wombocorp]

Even if you might come across as being cynical in your videos, I feel like a lot of other game reviewer channels would just shit on most of the games you cover in your videos for the sake of comedy and not really give them a fair chance. But still, I really appreciate you taking the time to share some games you love. I obviously don't think there's anything wrong with being critical or negative about things, but I feel like being able to just appreciate things for what they are, flaws and all, and just be able to share the fact that you think "this thing is pretty cool" is equally important.

[@Caspicum]

That's how I've always approached games, tbh. If you dig it, warts and all, that's a genuine admission of enjoyment and love. It's the people who scream that their game has no flaws that makes me awfully suspicious as to whether they even like the game, or whether they're in a video game cult.

[@wombocorp]

@@Caspicum It's weird, it's like people really want to legitimize why they like something. It's kind of sad. I know I'm the most critical of games I love BECAUSE I love them. If I don't love something, I might even be more positive about it because I just don't really care enough to think about it too hard. I feel like in doing that you also just alienate more people and make them try to find whatever reason they can to shit on it. Like you said, people are contraian by nature.

[@diwajerebation4077]

grab that bag

[@Caspicum]

ty king 👑

[@DaedalosC9]

Im a simple map, I see Tactics Ogre on the thumbnail, I click. Also, Tactics Ogre Reborn, preorder now! (for the sake of future Ogre games)

[@Caspicum]

If Tactics Ogre were being remastered by (almost) anyone but Square, I'd consider it, but I can't in good conscious give them money before the game releases. I know it might hurt Ogre Battle in the long run, but the reason Square-Enix keep doing shitty things is because they're being rewarded for it. I can't wait for it to drop even though it seems like the PSP version with a bad filter and a UI redesign, but idk man they're such a scummy company.

[@DaedalosC9]

@@Caspicum well the PSP edition turned out pretty well with an outstanding music arrangement. By these days anything to put the Ogre series back in the spotlight (if it ever was) is welcome

[@Dhalin]

Some of the less-popular games I rather enjoy: 7th Saga (I did a solo Kamil run on my channel with the original NA "hard" version!) Lufia and the Fortress of Doom (I actually prefer it over Lufia 2, not to say 2 was a bad game, I just find 1 more fun) Secret of Evermore (probably in the Top 3 of my favorite SNES games of all time!) Just to list a few.

[@Caspicum]

I love Secret of Evermore until that one fight where you can get stun locked by the enemy in the arena and then I usually check out. 7th Saga is one that's always fascinated me but I never really got into it, and Lufia, is of course, an absolute classic. I'm gonna say 7.5/10 taste because there was no Sailor Moon RPG.

[@Dhalin]

@@Caspicum Which fight in SoE? Do you mean the Rat Boss? That's usually the one everybody talks about. There's an easy way to cheese him (without skipping his room) if you were ever interested in finding out.

[@Caspicum]

I can't remember specifically, but I do remember getting stun locked and dying super fast to some bullshit. I'd have to play it again, which I should probably do soon.

[@Dhalin]

@@Caspicum I'd be happy to help if you did! It's one of my favorite games of all time and if I can help someone, esp. a youtuber see the sparkling diamond underneath some of the stuff people have against the game, I'm happy for the opportunity to do so. Was intending to someday do a playthrough of my own on my channel, even, or at the very least a couple 'how to' videos (kinda like the ones I got on my channel, like how to kill Magus really easy in CT or how to easily level capsule monsters early in Lufia 2).

[@codyfelts9531]

Nice Dream Whale clip in the beginning. I miss that guy

[@Caspicum]

He's still around, he's just a bit mushier. Gravity can be a bitch you know.

[@DreamWhale]

G'day!

[@codyfelts9531]

Hey, there he is! You two considering streaming ever again? The ocarina of time randomizer run was fun.

[@DreamWhale]

@@codyfelts9531 I've been around, I'm over at Dropped Pie! In terms of streaming, we unsynced. We were docked and then we slipped out of dock, we just gotta re-dock. We keep talking about it.

[@codyfelts9531]

@@DreamWhale Good to know! I've got some catching up to do then and binge these videos. Thanks bud

[@anastasiolabropoulos]

YES! FINAL FANTASY IV!

[@onewingedmoogle]

If you like The Dragon's Trap, you should really check out Monster Boy if you haven't already.

[@Caspicum]

I dig it, but I never beat it. It was good but I think nostalgia drives a lot of the love for Dragon's Trap ngl

[@DumasHiseki]

Dark Cloud video, when?

[@Caspicum]

Not soon enough, tbh.

[@CoffeePotato]

You just wanted to say Jinglehunter, didn't you? 🤣 Diablo 2 also reaches 11/10 for having a cow level. Dark Souls was the only time I thought the last boss was right there 4 separate times, and was blown away each time. Whaaaat, you mean the Crissaegrim wasn't perfectly balanced in SOTN? Damn interesting Speedrun scene, too. Ogre Battle, it's a board game you can shove on any enumator. Knight of Lodis can be deep, but good lord it's a blast. Getting Reborn on Switch just to relive the glory days of burning out retinas at 3am trying to make the dumbest party imaginable. TO has some absurd challenge run fun, and that tone rules.

[@GuyDude-hk8uy]

"I aim to piss off as few people as possible, despite my colourful language use" You could have just said: "As you know, I am Australian".

[@Caspicum]

I've been telling people for years that being Australian is a disability but they just don't listen.

[@Pompadour_Pug]

I'm expecting another 40 JRPGs I didn't even faintly know existed which will haunt my pissbaby need to be the big gamer man with the biggest gamer brain Also how many moon rune books did you purchase with the Raid bucks?

[@noelienoelie8425]

Naruto games are my secret go to. Low key the best multiplayer going.

[@JimPanzeeEsq]

Yes in the pre-symphony/ super Metroidvania. There's a few. People get angry online that Metroid & Castlevania stole the title, but just like Resident Evil became the most well known Survival Horror because it was better...I don't know where I'm going with this. It's late, I need to sleep

[@Caspicum]

Go get sleep, sweatie xoxo

[@JimPanzeeEsq]

@@Caspicum I'm so sweaty 🥵

[@nngnnadas]

You show on screen japanese footage for most of them games. So I'm genuinely not sure if you mean the super famicom version of FF4 or the even more dumbed down American release (for some reason called FF2, I couldn't find any explenation for that on the internet.)

[@Caspicum]

Either or. I'm not fussed with the intricacies, I just play Japanese games for videos because it doubles as reading practice and footage capture. It's effectively the same thing with a few different numbers and some uhhh... localization.

[@GreyCartridge]

Castlevania? He’s getting closer…

[@Caspicum]

Boktai? What is that, a Vietnamese noodle broth?

[@PaulvonOberstein]

Anyone who's favorite Final Fantasy is FF4 is alright by me.

[@greenpoolball5136]

Nani?!

[@Caspicum]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?????

[@livingconstellation6003]

No Monster World IV?

[@Caspicum]

I like it, but I'm not *in* like with it.

[@livingconstellation6003]

@@Caspicum Yo thoughts on the Live A Live remake?

[@deejay3297]

Lal remake is insanely good sux its only on switch cuz its the best remake of a game since resident evil absolutely increibl o sorry im still lookn for dreamwhales comment carry on sub to dreamwhale!

[@fredbedlam]

Review Alundra, please.

[@Caspicum]

I will, for you, my friend.

[@jjh01harmon38]

Wait, you actually like videogames!?

[@Caspicum]

lol fuck no

[@ahmadmanga]

If your Digimon reviews count as cynical, then I don't know what dark word my thought process should be defined as.

[@Caspicum]

introspection :^)

[@deadliestvice5356]

God bro, you're so damaged. You should tattoo that word on your forehead.

[@TheDraco175]

Budokai 3 is the only DBZ game that exists.

[@W1ndF4lc0n]

Get into old-school CPRGs my man. Drop the weeb RPGs.

[@Caspicum]

I can't, I hate reading!

[@Caspicum]

nah fr tho you right i just wish i could get a tl;dr

[@W1ndF4lc0n]

@@Caspicum Get into the dungeon crawler ones then.

[@DanteWolfwood]

So glad you abandoned the fake cynicism motif and admit Dark Souls 2 is the best game in the Soulsbourne series

[@Caspicum]

Nah that's a different game :^)