Good video. Having a combat expansion pack is always an interesting design choice, but I wonder how much the game is fun and how much is just reloading until going fuck it with the result, especially as the entire game, including the final battle (which is admittedly skippable), is unwinnable if you used too many resources.
There is definitely that aspect since getting crit felt like a death sentence; either you take too much damage or you get a permenant stat decrease, or in the case of black powder bombs you've just gotten knocked down on the ground meaning you've lost a turn, all of your block/dodge stats and are about to have a steel enema; but people have unbelievably not only finished the game solo, but also ironman.(According to some codex users, someone did both as well).
This video skims over a lot, like, a lot lmao. He skips so many good characters it is unbelievable, and the usual tourists who consume this sort of content will be unaware of them. I'm biased as fuck here so I think this video is one of his worst yet in terms of quality and summary since it builds up the DND universe but does not use the more mysterious word-of-mouth way its mechanics are set up in-game which makes it a lot less intriguing, your imagination of the in-game instances of lore from characters will always be more vivid and memorable than the DND lore book itself since its woven with the characters personal experiences and beliefs. The usage of the concept art is pretty neat with the background but I guess his content is speeding through mostly RPG games people will never play which is gay. The parts skipped may just be little things but thats what made the game a hit. I don't know what I was expecting but this is the first time I have actually been pretty disappointed in his work. Now I wonder just how much he's skipped on mods and games I haven't played but watched a vid of his on seeing as he pretty much left out everything interesting, notable and tragic about Dak'kon's backstory in his speedrun wiki summary.
I don't usually mind them but I'm autistic about shit like this, neither the thumbnail or title actually tell you what the video is about. Compare it to the shitpost thumbnail/title of his last FO2 video
It's already nearly 90 minutes long. Kinda ridiculous blaming him on speedrunning the game by not doing everything (especially as he himself seems to avoid using guides to 100% games he plays).
I cheated.
Age of Decadence is more well balanced.
A Ukrainian, so like I said a redditor
They're Russians nowadays.
It won't happen because:
Okay, you know what? I had my criticism over the thumbnails, but this one is okay
Sort of criticism, sort off "Hey, heres some suggestions to maks your mod not suck" and snippy talks at Howard
Watching it now, looks like it will be another pseudo-video essay like with Fallout 1 video. Looking forward to Van Buren lore talk, I can never get enough of that.
Oh ye, I actually own both copies of that game on steam (and physical copy of the 2nd game), I was actually surprised he even used the soundtrack from that game. Specially how buttmad he usually is at Goblin