Recommendation | 13 Sentinels

[@TheGamingBritShow]

This is a slightly tweaked version of a video made exclusively for Patreon upon the game's release. For more exclusive reviews, consider backing at: www.patreon.com/thegamingbritshow

[@UntilDawnCreeps]

13 Sentinels is so good. One of the most unique gaming experiences our there with a story presented in such a creative way. Went under the radar when it came out unfortunately, but I feel it's now starting to gain a bit more popularity due to a dedicated cult following.

[@radiak55]

Vanillaware is certainly an underrated studio, even before their current iteration, their game Princess Crown was great too. I like that they tease upcoming ideas in their new years celebration messages, of which 13 Sentinels was teased as far back as 2013. Played almost all of their new games, starting with Muramasa and that is a great intro to this studio.

[@CaptainPupu]

Nothing they made even comes close to Odins sphere leifthrasir and muramasa. This 13 sentinels is a joke. The usual japanese nonsense stories with filler dialogue and a non existent combat system. Vanillaware had the talent to create extremely beautiful, unparalleled hand drawn animations and art, interesting storylines and fluid, 2.5d combat. What happened with that? They threw it away for ... Moving circles with gifs. How the mighty has fallen....

[@Zangelin]

One of the actual best sci-fi stories in all of media.

[@lilacorkindheart8325]

Love it. I feel like I'm back home again. This is the TGB I fell in love with. Unbound, unchained, following his heart wherever it may lead him. Thank You Charlie. You Rock.

[@TheGamingBritShow]

Damn.

[@FredMaverik]

someone is IN LOVE

[@HolyDeviant1]

If you want to have an idea of how wild, insane, and out of left field some of the plot twists can get - One Let's Player on twitch was so blindsided by a revelation he assumed it was a bug.

[@parusastringent7073]

Whaaat ? How. The game is full text driven. How can a twist be perceived as a bug ? Which twist was it?

[@HolyDeviant1]

@@parusastringent7073 Essentially, the player thought that a name had been swapped for another. If you're curious as to who and why - It's WoolieVS, who has a background in game testing and might have been a victim of hypervigilance. Funniest part of the playthrough, though, and practically worth watching on its own merit.

[@brycecartwright2403]

Which twist was it? Depending on which one it was it makes that mistake all the funnier

[@omensoffate]

@@HolyDeviant1tbf woolie is an idiot

[@kurtisseid8361]

​@brycecartwright2403 it was Juro's "A Relentless Nightmare", which isn't even a twist if play even *a little* of Shu, Iori, or Nenji.

[@viewtiful1doubleokamihand253]

I went from it back to Odin Sphere. The combat of 13 is… like paradoxical… You constantly feel as if you are underachieving, yet the “S” scores just litter the screen.

[@Road_to_Dawn]

13 Sentinels was my GOTY 2020, and I’m so glad it’s finally starting to get traction through word of mouth. Vanillaware is one of my favorite studios. All of their games have such gorgeous artwork, but sadly they’ve really gone under the radar for a long time. Their most well-known games are probably Dragon’s Crown, Muramasa, and Odin’s Sphere, the latter of which was my introduction to them and one of my earliest platinum trophies when the Leifthrasir version came out on PS4. Their most recent game is the GrimGrimoire: Once More, an enhanced remaster of one of their first games. There’s a surprisingly long demo for it available. I’ll be playing the game as soon as I find a chance with my giant backlog.

[@mahendrap1960]

Last of us part 2 robbed best narrative award

[@rikkuster]

I had a really good time with this game and really got into the combat portion of the game. There's so many upgrades for each character it was fun replaying battles over and over.

[@ViperJoe]

It's a shame VN is such a niche genre because this game is criminally overlooked. The fact it was also a PS4-exclusive for the longest time certainly doesn't help. It's one of the best and most tightly-woven stories I have ever experienced, with a very interesting cast of characters and an absolute banger of a soundtrack. Vanillaware just don't miss.

[@feedbackhell]

damn, might need to get on this oneee

[@drizz0h2]

Wouldn’t call it a VN Personally, but I agree

[@mahendrap1960]

Persona 5 is also follow visual novel, but it's most popular JPRG game

[@noahsabadish3812]

it’s such a perfect game for Switch, to play for an hour or two in the evening

[@C_Ranked]

13 Sentinels: Aegis PEAK

[@ShadoWB4MV]

You just sold me on the game. I've seen people mentioning it a few times in forums, but it never sounded appealing but the way you put it, made it look awesome even for someone that doest really like strategy games

[@kambandi1788]

I always liked how information found throughout the progression of the game always brings something new and changes your thought process of the narrative and setting in general. It blew me away. Playing 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim gives off the similar sense to Neon Genesis Evangelion, on how first viewers that have no idea of the anime would think its just a Kaiju Vs Mech battles, but under the surface, it's much more than that.

[@WarpedByTheNHK]

I've never looked too deeply into this game before, but the visuals on display are so absurdly gorgeous that I am tempted to give it a shot despite my misgivings.

[@Brian0wns]

I just started playing this game because I picked it up on Eshop sale for like 17 bucks - I am only at my 3rd character intro. What grabbed me is this character is from Imperial Japan wanting to win the war against the USA and he was basically catapulted into 1985. That alone is a freaking cool premise. Really looking forward to playing this game I had no idea about.

[@fruit4evr]

played this game at a summer camp in 2022 over like 2ish weeks. so good, very fun and great characters. One thing i rly liked about it was how self contained and “finishable” it was. This wasn’t some large crazy game where you need to grind or replay but it wasn’t some simple 5 hour flask either. very very good and i found the art and graphics during the story part of the game to be especially well made and pleasing to the eye

[@Neossshadow]

I'm really enjoying this format of quick recommendations between larger videos

[@SonicKick]

You know I really think Brit should do a recommendation video on Nier Automata when it comes out.

[@Yami-no-Raiden]

NicoB made an hour long video praising this game and its glory 2 years after his blind LP. If that isn't a sign of love and praise that this game deserves, well then IDK what to tell ya.

[@Gestrid]

And let's not forget the 8 1/2 hours he spent in a livestream going over the in-game files and the developer interviews to piece the whole game's story together after he'd finished it.

[@gameinspection4999]

Loved this game to pieces. Glad you had a chance to cover it

[@kyosefgofa]

I will cook a yakisoba pan for this video

[@madbrosheo1514]

I got this game as a Christmas gift. Never would’ve bought a game like this, but after the first five hours or so, I was absolutely engrossed.

[@diamondhamster4320]

Vanillawere always delivers.

[@CornishCreamtea07]

I've been playing all Vanillaware's games since Muramasa on Wii, including remasters, while I love the way the story is presented and would highly recommend it, by and large this felt like one of their lesser titles. The Real Time Strategy is certainly better than critics say it is, but it doesn't feel as satisfying or as diverse as Odin Sphere or Dragon's Crown(though it doesn't have any of the annoyances of the latter). It would have been greatly improved if there was more to do during the story sections, as in having secrets or Easter eggs referencing other Vanillaware games, or anything to make the environments feel more alive. Everything you do is just a way to move onto the next part of the story, which while not bad does feel like a missed opportunity.

[@nimazsheik5152]

I finished this on an emulator and the story was freaking amazing. Play it on an emulator, don't wait for it to get ported. You don't need a very high end PC

[@mahendrap1960]

Actually, I played on Android with yuzu Android

[@EliasSpacer]

I got this game based off of your recommendation after hearing about it previously, and it may have become my 2023 GOTY. I loved it, and I'm sad I'll never experience it for the first time again. Thank you for making this video!

[@xvct2661]

It’s interesting that you covering this I’m about to buy a playstation and this on the list of games I’m gonna play on that thing

[@yash_kapoor]

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES

[@Mene0]

You are the second reviewer I follow that recommends this. Might give it a try

[@HemborgerChariot]

I love this game so much I make an ongoing analysis series that deep dives into every single chapter of the game. We desperately need more people talking about this game, and we need more people talking about the spoilers of this game instead of just the spoiler free reviews and recommendations.

[@Charlestouchdown]

Literally just MegaZone 23 with a VanillaWare taste.

[@losingmyedge1196]

i had this game on my radar already. but i never knew that it was an visual novel and that's how this video convinced me to give it a shot. i had a great time. thank you :)

[@XxXVideoVeiwerXxX]

It IS a linear visual novel, just with a tactical mech wave defense mixed in. Here is the summary recommendation. Do you like scifi? Do you like anime? Yes to both? You will like this game. It's literally scifi the anime game.

[@ThemSensay]

I love this game so much and just like Charlie it was my favourite from 2020 (Tied with FF7R). If anyone likes this game I recommend trying Odin Sphere Leifthrasir which has a pretty fun combat with a very interesting crafting system and a unique story, it's also drop dead gorgeous like 13 Sentinels.

[@xnexgax2477]

If you like the story of 13 Sentinels then Astlibra is a pretty good thing to play next

[@RougeMephilesClone]

Welcome, brother. We have been expecting you.

[@bellboy7809]

I bought this one with your original patreon review in mind, but ive been trapped by TotK since that came out. Regardless, excited to try this one when I can.

[@SoloRogueStudios]

I cannot tell you how happy it makes me to see a prominent KZbinr like the Brit recommending this game. More people need to spread the word about this one. Criminally overlooked.

[@cokeMONSTERps3]

Yakisoba Pan.

[@16.chapel]

sick vid brotha. been wondering abt this game

[@TMTLive]

I love the story and VN "gameplay" but I was actually surprised by how much I liked the RTS portions as well in a kind of "Evangelion control room simulator" kind of way. Seeing entire parts of the map redrawn as buildings get levelled is super cool.

[@tompuce84]

"What else can I do but give it a big thumbs up?"; I AM giving a big thumbs up, to this video coz its gooooOOOod ;)

[@noirlavender6409]

This game is absolutely gorgeous, the only downside is that they made a few small censorships on the translation, and worse, the english voice acting is mid at best, good thing it has japanese on the settings. 10/10 amazing game.

[@xFlavusx]

Incredible game, liked every bit of the story and gameplay, recently got S rank in all battles on insane difficulty

[@Blarglesnarfe]

*YES! YES!!!*

[@RnA.2]

Welp as someone who finally got around to 13 sentinels on PS5, yh it runs at 4K with a clean 60 mostly from what I saw (since it had PS4 Pro compatibility so yk, it's gonna obviously be rock solid). Oh and as someone who played the battle mode on hard mode, yh you'll take some deaths a good bit if you want the challenge, otherwise normal mode should be fine enough for alot of ppl.

[@noahsabadish3812]

this game deserves a replay just because of how much story there is to absorb. it’s practically impossible to comprehend everything in the first go, IMO

[@Kriss_ch.]

Vanillaware always have a problem with the amount of content in their games. Presumably because of the time it takes the tiny team to create the gorgeous artwork, all of their games have you seeing the same environments and characters over and over again. I think Odin Sphere has an amazing finale and it's fun to see the storylines from different perspectives - but it's a lot to ask to have the player beat mostly the same campaign with the same assets and bosses with five separate characters, just in a different order for each of them. It's a 50-hour game where you play a single 10-hour game five times to get to the conclusion, which just doesn't feel necessary. Or at least, not done as well as it could be, if those different campaigns had had more unique content to them. Dragon's Crown isn't small for a classic beat 'em up, and it's fun just to play which helps a lot, but if you intend to get the most out of it you'll have to replay those stages again and again. Par for the course for the genre I suppose but it wants you to repeat a lot of content just to see the ending in a way you won't have to for Streets of Rage 2 or whatever. That's been the big issue with getting into 13 sentinels for me. The story may or may not land for me - I had suspicions some of the memory loss rubbish is gonna lead to some awfully contrived stuff - but it's also the knowledge that in terms of visuals on this adventure, it's gonna be an abstract battle view and something like 10 adventure screens for this 50-hour adventure again. I'll try and get over that hump eventually, though. In my experience, despite the tediousness of repeated content, these games are worth it in the end.

[@CornishCreamtea07]

Yeah the reused environments and levels do become a problem the longer you play. The remasters would be the ideal time to add some new environments, but they never do, Dragon's Crown pro adds nothing new, so they could have added one more level to visit and maybe made the hub town a little bigger. At least Muramasa has locations and bosses exclusive to each playable character(you can go to the others post game but that's just for optional items).

[@mahendrap1960]

Vanillaware is not main problem, Atlus is main problem, who didn't bother to advertised this game when it was released, around that time persona 3 was trending on Twitter, this game didn't got attention as it deserved

[@Vashkey]

Man my brain is broken. I know this was on your Patreon but I could have swore you posted this publicly a while back

[@Yami-no-Raiden]

Hell. Fucking. YEEEEEEEEEEEEES!

[@noahsabadish3812]

this game made me try yakisoba pan for the first time. worth it.

[@FuraFaolox]

13 Sentinels is such a masterpiece and it is so difficult to recommend bc it's hard to explain the game without spoiling it

[@noahsabadish3812]

commenting for the algorithm. incredible game, loved it on Switch. mind blowing stuff

[@mahendrap1960]

It's really shame that, This game didn't got recognition it deserves, I played this game on my phone when yuzu emulator Port to Android, surprisingly it was playable on my phone, I play for a week it took me 37 hours to beat the game

[@sdbzfan1]

I Really wish 13 Sentinels had an anime its story is such a breath of fresh air from the usual safe highschool anime plus mecha is my shit also the robot fights would look so good animated

[@FlutterSwag]

Oh man, imagine trying to explain the story direction to the directors 😂😂

[@mahendrap1960]

Dude, this game already has enough scene you don't have to watch anime

[@sdbzfan1]

@@mahendrap1960 sure but i want those animated scenes and mech fights

[@mahendrap1960]

@@sdbzfan1 animation is gonna be mess just like nier automata that anime has been cancelled after many episode delayed

[@FuraFaolox]

i doubt it would translate well into anime

[@yannispirou101]

It is an amazing game, definitely recommendation-worthy

[@MrAnimeFan4Eva]

Ive had this downloaded for a few years i just havent got to it yet but ive heard only great things

[@9r4ss_]

Been watching you l for years and years I just don’t understand how you can have less the 200k subscribers you def deserve way more with quality content like yours

[@point-bl4nk]

because he stopped chasing the yt algorhythm

[@xvct2661]

It’s the algorithm man it promotes lower quality longer stuff that’s bingeble short and to the point isn’t just the meta right now but quality always wins in the end

[@thechugg4372]

I'm going to guess that trashing Dad of War and saying P.T might not have been a great Silent Hill game might have done the trick, also trashing Ratchet and Clank 3, now that's a SSS combo to get a lot of hate. He wasn't even wrong but I'm sure a lot of people hated him for it.

[@xvct2661]

@@thechugg4372 nah people on the internet have short memories no one remembers that shit

[@jackbiesty3729]

Damn, one video after another.

[@TANGER840]

One of the best sci fi stories out there, happy to see it in this channel

[@Rucksack-]

never really see anyone talk about 13 sentinels so this greatly appreciated!

[@Zeromus5555]

Masterpiece.

[@conner101howard]

For the engagement

[@SoldierBoy3064]

it's $17 in the psn store... might do it

[@dongodongo12]

I really love this game, it might be on my top 10 games of all time

[@sukamadik5983]

It looks like this game rubbed off on you the same way those girls did with the robots. Glad you covered this one 😂

[@MD_Chaos]

Personally, I didn't think it was that good I enjoyed the game, mainly for it's look and music, some killer mechanical design work and also the RTS parts were pretty fun if real basic compared to like front mission. But as someone, who's done a lot of Sci-fi and mecha(both in games and outside of it), esp the ones the game pays homage to, I thought it would be lot more interesting and nuanced than where it ended up, considering the development time and the hype it generated at the time. The Narrative starts off interesting with a good hook, but once you just find out what the actual setting is(which is lifted from megazone 23), Things just become a matter of catching up to the climax and felt more like a drag to get there. The climax was solid and tied things up nicely, but it wasn't anything I hadn't seen before or really made the game worth it by the end. The characters were fine and interesting, but aren't what I'd call memorable, the voice cast was great(Tomokazu seki playing the delinquent was great casting). To me, it's like a 6/10 type game, enjoyable and well made with some stand out parts, but not something I'd think stands as anything that oustanding.

[@stefanodellonte1813]

Man i love this game

[@Msatk342s]

This really was the best game of its year, the entire time i was playing it, I couldn't stop thinking about the machinations of the plot and the characters, and while the gameplay is fairly easy, it also manages to be fun to mess around with different strategies and try to keep your streak of not resting anyone up. It has quickly become one of my favorites.

[@filipborch-solem1354]

I replayed the game on ps5 and I can confirm there’s no lag or framerate drops whatsoever.

[@Padrier958]

CUTE GUY

[@myyoutubeaccount4167]

Head empty, except CUTE GUY

[@Olygrom]

An absolutely bonkers journey of discovery. I kept a notebook from the halfway mark to try and connect the dots on my own. The eb and flow of confusion and 'oh my god, what?!' moments every 2 or hours keep the pacing really good. I don't love the ending or some of the weird story parts in school where there's some silly trial and error, but aside from that it's a delightfully unique and enjoyable game Also everytime I booted it up I longed for a yakisoba roll

[@Moddeang123]

GOD GAME GOD TIME, Japan should make Vanillaware their national treasure already. It's still really surreal to me how pack 2019 are! The best year for Story driven games!!! We got 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim Disco Elysium Outer Wilds Such a good time!

[@GiantTabby]

Still one of my most favorite games ever. I enjoy strategy games myself. 13 Sentinels feels engaging, I like trying to engage with hordes of enemies that try to overwhelm my team and the goal I'm protecting. The stakes feel high enough for me to want to make the most out of my small yet specialized team of thirteen pilots. I get it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I wouldn't have loved 13 Sentinels as much as I did without the mech strategy gameplay. It's as abstract yet rewarding as the scifi mystery plot.

[@xxdarklink93xx]

Another great reccomendation outside what you usually see on this channel! there's no bad Vanillaware game

[@FallingStar1080]

The only thing this visual novel is missing is the cgi's, this game doesn't have any

[@JuliusCaesar103]

Gaming Brit on a roll

[@giuseppinamastropaolo7004]

Any hope for a Steam release?

[@TANGER840]

seeing the history of vanillaware releases i doubt it, i hope i could be proved wrong in the future

[@sonnycapo986]

Daaaam homie . One video per week now? Post a pic with a spoon on your head to confirm it's really you.

[@TheOscuras]

Glad you recommended this, thisngame is a fucking gem

[@magicno2]

I played it mid June, I had beaten Persona 5 Royale before. 13 Sentinels is still the best game of that year. So much so that I was willing to blindly buy Vanilaware's next releases. Despite how jumpy the series of events are, I like how they all make sense in the end.

[@Ashamedofmypast]

What a triumph of a game

[@JacksImagination]

Wow

[@freddytackos]

lmao i JUST bought this

[@freddytackos]

also not the review I'd expect on this channel. really really not the review Id expect on this channel

[@Jadfisk]

It is a great game and absolutely worth playing. Go play it now.

[@alder613]

Unfortunately, the discourse surrounding this game's translation/localization has forever turned me off from playing it. And that's a shame, because I want to support Vanillaware in the hopes that Odin Sphere and/or Dragon's Crown might get ported to the Switch someday.

[@LuckyHazama]

Peak science fiction.

[@mahendrap1960]

Also, Mecha story in decades

[@EpepmasterBujubuset-sj2kt]

is there any other game like this?

[@noahsabadish3812]

the gameplay style differs slightly, but the ZERO ESCAPE series of game has a similar high-concept sci fi story!

[@Brawler1993]

A friend of mine practically forced me to buy this game when it came to Switch because he was convinced I'd love the story, and I was so mad to learn he was right.

[@Cerebrus000]

Oh it's a switch game, rip

[@Ali-fs7ze]

*sad pc owner noises*

[@mahendrap1960]

Happy Android phone😂

[@XesiAMV]

I want to play it! Hopefully it comes to PC

[@xxdarklink93xx]

I played the whole game on PC thanks to the switch port ;)

[@bionicnomad1000]

Use emulators

[@argusy3866]

I wanted to play it for the story, but honestly 30 hours of mashing a button to get more dialog got unbearable. Guess I will have to watch a summary on youtube.

[@noahsabadish3812]

you can set dialogue to advance automatically :)

[@KanaevM]

Дошло и до тебя таки.

[@SmittyDealio]

I'm gay

[@cassidy8307]

Still waiting for a pc port

[@ThePolistiren]

The game is censored. I'll never buy censored games. Torrenting with a translation fix may be viable if it ever gets ported on PC.

[@mahendrap1960]

Which censorship you are talking, this is not h€&tai visual novel game, this game is made by well known developers , there is no censorship in this gamy

[@trignite]

Shame there's no PC version. I would've bought it on steam, but now im sailing the high seas to play it on an emulator.

[@mahendrap1960]

If it got PC port, it'll use DRM just like every atlus games except Catherine classic

[@Delulu1886]

It's Really Baffling To Me Why The Japanese Mostly Post Thier Games Only On Thier Systems I Mean Could It Have Hurt If They Just Pushed a Little Bit and Made a Port To PC? Or The Poor Xbox lol

[@sukamadik5983]

This video really should have been 13 minutes long instead of 7 minutes. You can easily fix this by adding 6 minutes of credits to this video 👍