WAY OF HERO - I Beat The Whole Game In Under 20 Minutes

[@Phourc]

"If you're satisfied with a simplified FPS shooter, this one might be suitable." "If you go on far enough, you get to fight some zombies in a cave." those positive reviews are something else, haha.

[@spiderjerusalem100]

Hang on, that title screen is ripped straight from The Last Of Us. Fucking shameful.

[@Dreamcaster111]

Holy shit, you're right.

[@ChosenOneDan]

LOL omg it is! fucking russian scammers these days with all these half assed asset flips.

[@Apopolopis]

i believe the text character is from arma

Yup, that was the very first thing I thought too. Goddamnit. These people.

[@cmbunit01]

The soldier's portrait is one of the promo pics for Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead. www.arma2.com/assets/img/post/stories/armaOAfeatures/A2OA_ingame_screenshot_01.jpg

[@russianspy5307]

This would easily be 40 hours long if you didn't speed run it

[@ZackVapa]

You can't polish a poo

[@russianspy5307]

What if it was a really dry and hard turd?

[@battlion507]

Kek Man And not stinky? Then put in the microwave and cook it for 3 minutes and serve it on top of your favorite surloin dish and finally serve it to Gordon Ramsey and see his reaction.

[@russianspy5307]

+Tony davis he'd probably make me head chef of every kitchen in the world

[@figjam9530]

ZackVapa, but you can roll it in glitter.

[@PoisoNico93]

Jim sets yet another speedrun world record. Thank God for Jim "The Speed" Sterling, Son

[@FNX42]

I feel "Sterling Moss" after legendary F1 Driver Stirling Moss would be a better analogy.

[@anikmonette2140]

PoisoNico93 Not to disrespect Jim(I would never do that!) but he's probably the only one who finished it...

[@HexDSL]

lol i love that the menu says "Continu"

[@alexf3265]

Also, "Qui" is the cherry on the cake for me.

[@ATFADL]

Hay man you cut those unnecessary letters off the end, and you still get the meaning across while passing the savings onto the player. that's a game dev pro tip you can have for free.

[@AlwaysANemesis]

+Alex F The 'developer' must've quit halfway into typing out the menu buttons.

[@andhieyusuf7008]

That sudden horrible thought when Jim saw the vascular arm actually is a not yet explainable psychological phenomena. Sometimes we have sudden imagination of harming ourself, like when we looking over a balcony sometimes we feel the urge to jump down. No one yet understand what is this, other than possibly this is our survival instinct (ala 'if you jump down, you will die horribly. Let me show you. Are you scared? Then don't do that.')

[@azurebookllet9216]

Add that to the things I never expected to learn from YT comments.

[@Veolynn13]

Andhie Yusuf there's this railing at the high school that gives me acrophobia every time I look at it from the 2nd floor.

[@agentoranges]

The "call of the void"

[@slendy9600]

ive heard it referred to by philosophers as existential angst (or maybe dread i dont remember clearly). they explained it as the discomfort we feel when we realise we and we alone are in control of our actions and we dont entirely trust ourselves, actually that sounds quite similar to what you described about survival instincts

[@revolvingworld2676]

I can't even watch videos of people doing that skyscraper parkour stuff, without being nervous.

[@meleemastermaa1449]

Didn't know you were a speedrunner.

[@Dusty--]

The closest he'll get to speed..or running (ha)

[@hacsakalllar4038]

He shouldve put (WR) in the title too, just for the clicks.

[@Gingerbread22]

Someone tell Crit1cal that he has a new shitty game to speedrun!

[@chamilton6826]

Mark Eddleman j

[@Zguy09]

I remember playing Mega Man 3. I once challenged myself to play through the entire game without dying or using energy tanks. When I did accomplish that, that playthrough took about one hour. One hour. And that's still over THREE TIMES the time it took Jim to play through this excuse of a game that just came out. Keep in mind, Mega Man 3 was an NES game that was released in 1990. That sure puts things in perspective, doesn't it?

[@copyrightclaim3541]

(Angry Joe) 20 MINUTES?!

[@yaldabaoth2]

TWEEEEEENTTTTTTYYYYYY MIIIIIINUUUUUUUTTTEEESSSS?!

[@1399chrismartin]

Angry Joe probably couldn't beat this game.

[@Joshcoshbagosh]

well see thats just it though. I dont get why people think Joe stopped doing reviews entirely.

[@eliseo5416]

Joshcoshbagosh hasn't done a Video Game review in two months..

[@genericgamingcommentator8236]

Eliseo Palacios and now there's the Outlast 2 review.

[@GamesTrailerzers]

Steam Greenlight voters logic : Vote an Unity Stock assets fps Don't vote a game that put in effort.

[@dewinteryageu]

I think the problem sometimes is, when they see a yt video about it from yters that make it look fun. I have seen Pewdiepie play "Grass Simulator", but i'm not sure if thats the real/only reason why people voted GS in greenlight. i mean it's about 1$ in sale and even this is a price nobody should pay for this kind of game

[@smjaiteh]

I honestly don't think there are many people on Greenlight. The ones that get on just bribe the few people there with game keys.

[@PenguinDT]

Speaking of Greenlight, did anyone ask Gaben about the state of it - or Steam - in that recent AMA? Everyone is just talking about their 'not Half-Life 3' he almost committed to.

[@Byrvurra]

Most of these games have more "not interested" votes than positive votes. The not interested votes appear to not be figured into the selection process.

[@mrchoochoohead9033]

didnt you get the memo? we, jim sterling youtube subscribers are the ones voting to get all this shit greenlit so we can see jim make new videos. spread the word

[@Leinad44]

I like to imagine that Jim's lawyer is Pheonix Wright xD

[@noahboddie3482]

MustardFuelledVengeance now I can't stop seeing that either

[@WakoDoodle]

He saved professor Layton, so he can save anyone!

[@captainpipsqueak9223]

I object to that.

[@BrokenSplinter]

Boglin lawyer

[@kubak89]

Tracker Jim's lawyer is actually just a boglin puppet on his hand.

[@damienk777]

So I can play it, and refund it? Awesome

[@nahCmeR]

Damien K You're really going to take that risk? Is it really worth the chance of losing $1.99?

[@damienk777]

perryltd It's not realy a huge risk, As long if I don't play more than 2 houres and own the game shorter then 14 days Steam has to refund the game to me. It's in there policy. But I ain't going to buy it though, it was a joke.

[@KingBobbito]

But do you really want to do that to yourself? For the same price you can buy a bottle of nail polish remover, drink it, and still have more fun than playing this game.

[@damienk777]

KingBobbito You're right man. I'm going to the store right now.

[@wmurray003]

@Damien K ...when did they have a REFUND policy? I don't remember this...

[@ArcMedicalResearch]

Just tossing this out there; I'm pretty sure the sound of the plane taking off was actually the sound of a helicopter's main rotor spooling up

[@TheSefirosu200x]

And that, folks, is why you put the arm, gun and HUD elements of an FPS character on the top layer of the world, so that even if they technically clip through a wall slightly, the player won't be able to tell.

[@sascachuhuan]

Soooo you are a soldier who goes to sleep wearing his uniform, helmet included and then mutants just show up?

[@andhieyusuf7008]

sascachuhuan Hey, gotta be prepared for any sudden apocalyptic scenario.

[@principalityofbelka6201]

Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead has prepared me; M4 in hand, twelve helmets strapped to each other, 7 military rucksacks on my back and all of the socks outside my boots. Gotta be prepared man...

[@kallemetsahalme5701]

well people say many games explain the bad guys motivations too much. so this game is for those who dont want to know that terminator is actually killing people because it got bullied by a school crush

[@Izunundara]

We need someone to draw whatever Jim describes in his intros, a smooth, featherless vulture with no beak sounds horrifying

[@Izunundara]

Calm down hard lad

[@NEligahn]

One of my favorite Jim moments with these is when he's ambushed by an abrupt game ending.

[@Sicarius_7]

That's always a good sign, when not two minutes into game-play you're wishing you were playing another game.... I love that you imagine random shit and gross yourself out and flap your arms around too. I kinda thought that was a special me thing. XD

[@massivepileup]

"Way of Hero": Run away and flee with a plane.

[@KILLERDEVIL13]

You know what mate ? You're interesting, you're funny. I'm going to subscribe.

[@alestorm2767]

And don't forget to thank god for Jim fucking Sterling, son!

[@Arbron]

and to say FucKonami.

[@slendy9600]

Sweet Autumns dont forget that hes also our #1 boglin boy

[@Werlerfer]

meh meh I can't tell what is worse, script kiddies or asset flippers

[@BlueZirnitra]

Your ramble on anxiety made my fucking day. Hahaha. Edit: Changed wording slightly when anxiety kicked in and convinced me that my perfectly legible comment was incomprehensible.

[@stevedyssal2495]

Oh my god, today I learned Jim does the same thing I do when I see veins, I also learned he's a monster for saying that thought about the scalpel aloud and causing the reaction.

[@SilentPony]

Hey Jim, I heard about Friday's ruling. I know its not over and you probably don't want to talk about it, but congratz all the same.

[@videogamer678]

What are you talking about?

[@SilentPony]

The judge in the DH vs Sterling case ruled that DH has until Feb 10th I think to retool the entire lawsuit so its actually DH the company, not the Romine bros(who count as a separate legal entity) is suing Jim. If they don't, case gets dismissed.

[@1toncheese]

Damn that's still going? I thought Digihom would have been laughed out of court already.

[@ambrose1724]

+1toncheese Oh, my friend, reality is much better than that. They didn't even get to court yet. Their case as written is such a mess(due to not being able to afford a lawyer who would write it for them), Jim's lawyers asked the court to dismiss the case on account of it not being anything near legally sound, and the judge is telling DH to whip into shape or sod off before the hearing started:3

[@1toncheese]

Damn they can't even get that far?

[@NeroThacher]

i noticed the glove as soon as he picked up the glove. although i absolutely understand him figuratively "feeling" what he described of the scalpel, i can "feel" half the shit i think about - for example; hearing "someone lost a finger" makes me wave my hand about stupidly too lol

[@DrShaym]

This game is 99 cents on Steam and is currently 10% off.

[@toomanyaccounts]

pretty sure 90% coupons are being dropped from badge crafting.

[@NoBody-tf7ib]

Bruh, don't waste your time on it.

[@capthavic]

Those arm veins made me think of that scene from Terminator where he peels back the skin to reveal the metal rods underneath. Though with that texturing the character looks like an early model with plastic/rubber skin.

[@EnoEtukeno]

It's pretty unusual for games like this that strafing makes you harder to hit instead of the usual "enemy sees you, you will take damage". That's something, at least.

[@og4407]

This reminds me of "Duty Calls" that Call of Duty parody game that Gearbox released to promote Bulletstorm in 2011.

[@vincentoreilly2704]

I was apprehensive at first when I toyed with the idea of getting into this whole video game development lark, but by god, the bar has been set low

[@MrMleczkp]

Those are not veins but muscles (palmaris longus muscle) 15% of people dont have them at all and the remaining 85% have 1 to 3 of them on each hand this game hero clearly has 3. The actual artery is below those muscles.

[@azurebookllet9216]

OK, so what determines whether or not you have them, and in what number, and what difference does it make?

[@MrMleczkp]

Robert Neville Genetic. Little to no difference at all. Some say they make certain movement with your hands easier but if so than just marginally.

[@azurebookllet9216]

OK, thanks.

[@ATFADL]

Thank you sir, that was actually super interesting, I'm weirdly satisfied knowing that.

[@slendy9600]

in those 15 percent of people are the muscles actually literally absent or are they just smaller and not visible from the outside?

[@joelbernard697]

lol giving your textbox enough time for the player to read is something that was mastered in regular Nintendo generation, so there isn't a real excuse for anyone to fuck it up.

[@thomasjenkins7506]

hell, the problem now is they usually take too long without an option to skip.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

This whole game is about as long as one level of a real game.

[@DMSwordsmaster]

I love how one of the guys who gave a positive review in that screenshot is named "Gaming Authoritah" just for the sheer irony of it all.

[@lackadaisicalgamer4790]

Can't wait for WOH 2. I hear they're really going the extra mile with sequal and making it a whole hour long experience.

[@emmathepony1992]

"its time to perform the Art of Stealth ... or is it ?" LOL

[@CNWhatImSaiyan]

Somehow, I figured "The Art of Stealth" would be a new catchphrase

[@DuranMK2]

For some reason, this reminds me a bit of a Half-Life mod that I think was called Paranoia, except that while Paranoia wasn't especially long (I think it took me maybe an hour to finish, but this was years ago so I might not be remembering correctly), what was there was actually fairly well-made and fun. Also, it was free, being a mod and all.

[@Safersephiroth777]

And people say that Jim isn't good at video games. He just beat one easily!

[@DemonicAkumi]

4:20 Oh god, Jim Sterling is just like me when it comes to people's wrists like that. I thought I was the only one. Even worst hearing him explain it making a more powerful image in my brain than usual!

[@jamesmason3734]

4:36 Guess I know Jim's fursona now.

[@azurebookllet9216]

Furry can't even tell the difference between fur and feathers anymore. Sad.

[@timothymckane6362]

@Robert Neville And scaley skin.

[@jamesmason3734]

Oh I can tell the difference between fur and scales. I can tell real good.

[@Theladywiththeblackdress]

Isn't that last of us concept Art in the main menu

[@roflturkey6513]

Alcendence Pretty sure it is

[@cvspvr]

nah man, the last of us copied this game

[@rayanderson5797]

I can't be the only one wondering why the title is 'Way of Hero' (A grammatical nightmare, by the way), when nothing the main character is doing seems heroic. I guess I'm just reading too far into an extremely generic title.

[@RoraxPlays]

game literally put on steam for cards and 1$ sales from people with more curiosity than sense? yeah probably reading too far into it.

[@kappaross6124]

I am generic mans with gun. mans with gun always is an hero.

[@tissueoflies2780]

Except, for the mans with guns you're shooting.

[@roflturkey6513]

Dapper Blook Even ISIS members and school shooters?

[@tissueoflies2780]

See above mans with guns you're shooting. IF you lose you can't be good guy can you?

[@BBoyFureyu]

It's pretty sad that we live in a day and age where a lawyer is an accessory that comes with the territory of showing people what a game is like before they waste their money on it.

[@Person01234]

Jesus Christ, when even your own multi-reviews of your own product can only muster an "it's alright I guess"...

[@No-dl6im]

Person Oisels Sefeloth This game didn't transmit radiation poisoning through my computer, I give it a thumbs up

[@MrNiceguy3210]

I like how the soldier was apparently living in a house right next to the enemy, and that the mutants were just thrown in without any explanation. It's a wonder how people think they can make a super shitty game like this that's less than 20 minutes long, and then try to sell it on Steam.

[@varg696]

"Art of Stealth" has been removed from Steam. Their "developer" created some Accounts to write Fake Reviews. Good Job Jim!

[@BensonBoy2019]

We're all fat, scared, boy chickens on this blessed day.

[@Ektalon]

Big Fat Scared BoyChicken: Jim Sterling's rap career name confirmed.

[@singnitpick]

Must take crazy discipline to put out so much content! There is pretty much always a new sterling video to check out. Love ur commentary!

[@havocgr1976]

Dont forget to buy the sequel, it clearly leads to a sequel.20 more epic minutes of pure student project quality design.

[@adampoole948]

3:39 the skin and glove are fused lol

[@PaulSchlock]

"It's Solid" - Jim Sterling

[@johnclavis]

Jim Sterling, whenever you feel anxious, just remember that you're the #1 Kiss Boy

[@Drain_Life_Archive]

When someone's impression video becomes your game's full length LP, it's not really a good sign.

[@GamesTrailerzers]

This shit make no sense how th hell Jim went going to the enemies base and the skybox is dark 7:17 and he went inside the base and the Skybox is Sunny 7:22

[@azurebookllet9216]

Haven't you played such masterpieces as Thirty Flights of Loving and Virginia? This game is clearly inspired by them and is also trying to apply cinematic techniques to gaming and is just cutting past the unnecessary transitions in real time.

[@dunka12]

that seam on the soldiers face is "dev doesn't know f**k all about texture filtering"

[@TheOverkill999]

That opening screen has an image that I swear is taken straight from the Last of Us.

[@lilturk726]

Just got done watching some Awesome Games Done Quick highlights and this was in my recommended. Now that I see this is a speed run, I know why it was suggested to me.

[@DangerNoodless]

"PLANE!In the past I was a pilot and I can control it" The protagonist "You" really has an interesting background story :D

[@ryanpearse910]

A testament to Jim Sterling's masterful speedrunning skills.

[@georgeharrison3726]

0:55 - "Eliminate all escaped mutants, *as well as people who can see something*"?! This game should be called "Revenge of the Blind Hero".

[@SSofIreland]

Okay, how many Steam keys did this particular hack offer to get through Greenlight?

[@Fiery891]

Gabe Newell recently did a Reddit AMA - www.reddit.com/r/The_Gaben/comments/5olhj4/hi_im_gabe_newell_ama/ One of the questions was on Steam Support, he said they work to improve it. Funnily the question of raising the quality of the games they sell on the storefront didn't come up.

[@azurebookllet9216]

Damn, such a good opportunity blown. Until next time?

[@marcosdheleno]

you do know that the "ama" had alot of "cant ask about this" right? for example, half life 3, and the sort, people had to come up with inventive ways to ask about that.

[@lynchstan9745]

15:52 That death grunt brings me joy. Don't know why.

[@eaglebladedolphinbrother4611]

Wow.. What a load of platypus shit... You da man, Jim!!!! Your commentary always keeps me rolling!! Keep making quality vids!

[@MurderMan11]

I didn't know you did full playthroughs of games Jim. holy shit! When can we expect a full let's play of more games?! This was so exciting!

[@Ironman1o1]

Loving those boulders of supplies where you find everything.

[@leviadragon99]

What on earth is that pistol model playing at? It looks like a mashup of generic sci-fi gun and generic modern military design.

[@Arbron]

Also notice how when he reloads the rifles he doesn't chamber the first round? He just sticks the clip in and keeps walking? First time I've ever seen (what I presume to be) stock assets omit that detail.

[@TehNoun]

"Eliminate all escaped mutants, as well as people who can see something." Can't wait for our protagonist continues his senseless slaughter of the sighted in the sequel

[@PlayThenSay]

10 things that let you know this game will be shit: 1) Random splatter of assets called map design, 2) No feedback from hitting shots, now 3) Ladders dont work, 4) Poor to no punctuation in text, 5) No AI programming, 6) Needing a stamina bar, when did characters in game just stop getting tired and needed a meter to show it, 7) A HUD that you swear youve seen before, 8) Random spiky mountains everywhere, 9) Always slightly misty/foggy, 10) Jim Sterling is having to play it, luckly one I didnt bother with. Love you as always Jim

[@ChernobylGuy]

I'm not the only one who hears more jim's voice in left ear than right, am I?

[@Isabelle-fr9dp]

When Jim started sprinting the first time, I honestly thought he had sped up the footage instead.

[@jamesgrey785]

Jim you need to watch Taboo with Tom Hardy as Dickensian Bane. Its hilarious he has a top hat and a homunculus. "Now give me back my horse"

[@rogerbabin8175]

Why did Steam step in for Art of Stealth? I thought they normally don't give a shit about asset flips so what makes that game in need of corporate intervention?

[@havocgr1976]

Because they were disputing ALL reviews as offensive.

[@marknjunge]

The reason given is because the developer made account and gave his game good reviews.

[@smjaiteh]

Let me rephrase that title: WAY OF HERO - I Beat A Whole Game In Under 20 Minutes... *AGAIN*

[@SayakaSoulGem]

Sambou Jaiteh Remember Gentlemoon 2? xd

[@BewareTheForce]

And let's not forget Near Midnight, the early access horror game that can be beaten in 3-6 minutes.

[@smjaiteh]

Also, MURDER, that pixel art short story he played a while back.

[@toddseekins8874]

And inside before birth......

[@ShakeableYeti22]

I don't know if anyone else noticed but, the player character's text box image was ripped straight from an Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead screenshot.

[@BawlzOFire]

When you mentioned the guys veins I immediately thought of something cutting them and then started flapping my hands before you even mentioned the scalpel and flapping your hands lol

[@christianlowman6644]

"A fat scared boy chicken"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Jim Sterling is such a legend👊💯🖒👍

[@YellowAfterlife]

I'm not sure if you are familiar with, but Falcoware is a "distribution service" based around packing games in installers ridden with adware and other unwanted software (RelevantKnowledge). As one can expect, such model encourages this exact kind of shovelware[-ish] games. It is rather unusual to see that they now publish games on Steam - I wonder if they edited their TOS to let them sell user-uploaded games or if these are those few that they bought exclusive license for.

[@Janokins]

I do believe that the home screen for this game uses TLOU concept art with a ton of blur.

[@Jaspertine]

You know you're getting quality when your game has a "continu" feature.

[@TheShook50]

So, Jim, did you get so inspired by AGDQ last week that you decided to take up speedrunning random Steam games? Are you going to stream yourself going for sub ten or crazy sequence breaking glitches?

[@octoburg7313]

seeing games like this and the fact that they charge money for them just reminds me how cave story was free

[@eplex6528]

I was underwhelmed by that hard laugh Mr Sterling, very much so. I expected more.

[@flynnhodgkinson-gray8456]

2:23 Jim: It's over Digi Hom, I have the high ground! Robert: You underestimate our power! Jim: Don't try it. *Digital Homicide tries to sue again.* *Jim slaps them down again.*

[@msbuinov926]

And I thought I was the only one who hates veins and arteries in character models!

[@andhieyusuf7008]

Thoth themighty I feel that too. Is the character hold his gun so tightly his muscle pops out?

[@DeadCamper]

I'm going to quote MrMleczkp above: "Those are not veins but muscles (palmaris longus muscle) 15% of people dont have them at all and the remaining 85% have 1 to 3 of them on each hand this game hero clearly has 3. The actual artery is below those muscles."

[@anikmonette2140]

DeadCamper Yeah, but what is visible here is the ligaments, not the muscle itself. Also, some people lacks the muscle but still have the ligaments. I appear to have none of those...

[@wigibob3829]

Wow, this Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days remaster is looking good.

[@Jaklas1979]

When ever i see Jim play a game from indie developer's i always think there's a 90% chance of 7:39 happening.... :D

[@LotherLotheris]

Well Jim, the creator of the ga... the asset flip "Art of Stealth" has been banned from Steam because, unsurprisingly, he owned multiple accounts and made many positive reviews to his asset flip. It is good, late, but good.

[@toomanyaccounts]

it was four days after the game got on steam that steam made the game and dev vanish. Even the dev is purging his facebook of connections to the Art of Stealth.

[@BR34DSQUAD]

Isn't that the same asset store UMP-45 that was used in Afflicted?

[@ThisChangeIsAwful]

this stamina bar feels the same as Piccled Ricc. I assume its something they can cut and paste from a website?

[@RoderickPenTheThird]

I just love listening to you talk jim

[@InfernalMonsoon]

"Scary creatures" in this devs head equals two zombies that do fuck all and lots of generic soldiers with generic guns. It's like Aliens: Colonial Marines 2.0!.

[@Rosbif48]

Does the soldier usually have to remind himself that he used to be a pilot?

[@daviddanielian9525]

I'm glad the main menu has a "Qui" option, lots of triple A games lack this feature.

[@southwardfaun9008]

Jim, this map itself was most likely not bought. Unity has a very simple terrain system that allows you to simply drag your mouse across the floor and the more you apply it in one area the higher your mountains are. Design asside, it's the easiest thing in the world.

[@LordSpongy]

I do that flapping thing too when my mind decides to bring up images of scalpels/knives/razors dragging across my wrists/forehead (when I wear a hat for some reason the forehead thing drives me insane if it pops into my mind).

[@BreadAssassin]

Huh. Jim, I didn't know you were doing full LPs now,

[@SadalDay]

Jim is a speedrunner and didnt even know it !

[@AmeshaSpentaArmaiti]

metal gear? what's that? is it a zombies game? as a hip young pro gamer that dabs and everything zombies are all the rage and i want to play the zombies.

[@swishfish8858]

YesteryearsGamer - Even the "anthropomorphic" part is debatable, it's not like they consider us even conscious. We're just bank accounts.

[@therobotchickenMLP]

Jinzo Okami I once heard someone compare Metal Gear to Call of Duty.

[@iusedtocarealot]

Fat Scared Boy Chicken is my new Steam nickname. Thank you Jim Sterling