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Alan Wake 2 Critique - Beyond the Lake
I don't know how to talk about Alan Wake 2.
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Alan Wake Critique - Beyond Inspiration
Просмотров 50 тыс.3 месяца назад
Alan Wake is a game that pulls heavily from numerous vibes. Stephen King, In The Mouth of Madness, the Twilight Zone, and Twin Peaks, all chiming out a tune that’s both colourful and monochrome. I loved it back when I played it at launch, I loved it when I bought the remastered edition, and I love it still after wading around in its fiction. So let's talk about it and its greatest inspirations....
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Critique - Dead Weight
Просмотров 492 тыс.4 месяца назад
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is a game nobody asked for, made in a way nobody wanted. It's cynical, it's boring, and it's disrespectful to its characters and players. Almost every single problem it has - from the empty story to the sludge it calls gameplay - can be blamed on the fact it’s carrying this live-service dead weight on its back. It should be the killing blow for a kind of g...
Baldur's Gate 3 - Noobus Humanus
Просмотров 344 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Upgrade your brain with Brilliant's 30-day free trial (and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual plan with this link! - brilliant.org/montyzander I made my wife play Baldur's Gate 3. She didn’t have any of it spoiled for her before I sat her down, stuck a controller in her hands and asked her to give it a go. It went surprisingly. TWITTER MontyZander PATREON www.patreon.com/mon...
How I Make Video Essays
Просмотров 21 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Upgrade your brain with Brilliant's 30-day free trial (and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual plan with this link! - brilliant.org/montyzander To celebrate hitting 100,000 subscribers I figured I'd pull back the curtain, walk through how I make videos and what I use to make them, and answer some questions while I go! *TIMESTAMPS* 00:00 - 0 - Introduction 03:10 - 1 - Capturing Footage an...
System Shock Critique - After the Hack
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Upgrade your brain with Brilliant's 30-day free trial (and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual plan with this link! - brilliant.org/montyzander System Shock's 2023 remake keeps the soul of the game and gives us a damn love letter to what it wanted to be in 1994. It's incredibly faithful, and while it looks fantastic and is more accessible, it retains a lot of the complexity and lack of c...
The Games That Made 2023
Просмотров 92 тыс.7 месяцев назад
Head to: squarespace.com/montyzander to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code MONTYZANDER LORE DUMP youtube.com/@LoreDump PATREON www.patreon.com/montyzander TWITTER MontyZander The art shown off to celebrate 100K was by @SamanthaSaunderz - she makes awesome video essays so give her some love! TIMESTAMPS 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:01:16 - Game 1 00:02:18 -...
Jedi: Survivor Critique - Balance in the Force
Просмотров 162 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Head to: squarespace.com/montyzander to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code MONTYZANDER In the Halls of Gaming History, I believe Survivor will be rightfully punished for the state it released in. But once you move past the bugs and performance issues, what you get is a game that has a grand scope, swashbuckling ideals, is an improvement over its predecessor in al...
The Game That Hates Games
Просмотров 83 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Head to: squarespace.com/montyzander to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code MONTYZANDER Fort Solis' worldbuilding isn't as interesting as it thinks it is. Its atmosphere is let down by its insistence that the player trudge through it, rather than eagerly explore. It's a 2 hour game that somehow manages to stretch its length out to 5 because of its painstaking slow...
Outer Wilds - Noobus Humanus
Просмотров 36 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Head to: squarespace.com/montyzander to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code MONTYZANDER I made my wife play Outer Wilds. It went badly. LORE DUMP - BIOSHOCK EXPLAINED ruclips.net/video/OD19pSLdDmo/видео.html TWITTER MontyZander PATREON www.patreon.com/montyzander TIMESTAMPS 0:00:00 - Introduction and Rules 0:02:00 - Part 1: Lift Off 0:07:32 - Part 2: M...
SOMA Critique - Anatomy of the Soul
Просмотров 307 тыс.10 месяцев назад
SOMA splits the atom of the soul, dissects it, and scatters its questions into the ocean for us to gobble up like guppies. But that scattering isn’t aimless. It’s targeted, specific, and conditions the player to internalise its horror and carry it with them after the credits roll. *LORE DUMP* ruclips.net/video/tpQZr3eT3KY/видео.html&ab_channel=LoreDump Thumbnail by Zoltiboi zoltiboi...
Hades - Noobus Humanus
Просмотров 87 тыс.Год назад
I made my fiancee play Hades - and the results were surprising. LORE DUMP ruclips.net/video/tpQZr3eT3KY/видео.html TWITTER MontyZander PATREON www.patreon.com/montyzander TIMESTAMPS 0:00:00 - Introduction and Rules 00:02:05 - Zero to Hero 00:09:13 - Wonder Boy 00:19:33 - Rule#95 (Concentrate) 00:27:23 - Go the Distance I MADE MY WIFE PLAY BALDUR'S GATE 3 ruclips.net/video/gOeLcTdFhV...
Gotham Knights Critique - Shadow of the Bat
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I don’t like Gotham Knights. It’s a brittle, hollow shell, made cynically, written farcically, engineered poorly, and designed not with FUN in mind, but an always-turning grindstone labeled “Player Engagement.” It’s borderline irredeemable. Nothing about the game is engaging, interesting, unique, or even functional. This was WB Montreal’s opportunity to step out of the shadow of the bat. It sho...
Arkham Knight Critique - Legacy of the Bat
Просмотров 1,9 млнГод назад
Batman: Arkham Knight is about Legacy. Rocksteady ripped out every system, re-examined every set-piece, redesigned the combat, the stealth, the gadgets, to give them a new lease of life in an open world that is proudly designed to be played, not wander through. The feeling of playing Arkham Knight is very different from the feeling of playing Asylum, City, or Origins. And that’s not just becaus...
Hitman | Noobus Humanus
Просмотров 57 тыс.Год назад
I made my fiancee play Hitman for the first time - and it went how you'd expect. LORE DUMP ruclips.net/video/tpQZr3eT3KY/видео.html TWITTER MontyZander PATREON www.patreon.com/montyzander TIMESTAMPS 0:00:00 - Introduction and Rules 0:01:57 - Confidence is Key 0:07:00 - Kaboom 0:13:26 - I Know the Owner 0:25:19 - Slaughter in Sapienza 0:33:55 - A Clean Slate I MADE MY FIANCEE PLAY RE...
Batman: Arkham Origins Critique - Vengeance of the Bat
Просмотров 451 тыс.Год назад
Batman: Arkham Origins Critique - Vengeance of the Bat
Batman: Arkham City Critique - Breaking the Bat
Просмотров 656 тыс.Год назад
Batman: Arkham City Critique - Breaking the Bat
Resident Evil | Noobus Humanus
Просмотров 76 тыс.Год назад
Resident Evil | Noobus Humanus
Batman: Arkham Asylum Critique - Finding the Bat
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Batman: Arkham Asylum Critique - Finding the Bat
Games That Made 2022
Просмотров 23 тыс.Год назад
Games That Made 2022
The Last of Us Part 2 is Overindulgent (And That's Okay)
Просмотров 18 тыс.Год назад
The Last of Us Part 2 is Overindulgent (And That's Okay)
The Evil Within 2 Critique - Every Scream A Painting
Просмотров 222 тыс.Год назад
The Evil Within 2 Critique - Every Scream A Painting
What the hell is happening to the channel?
Просмотров 18 тыс.Год назад
What the hell is happening to the channel?
The Evil Within Critique - Horror with Heart
Просмотров 295 тыс.Год назад
The Evil Within Critique - Horror with Heart
Hollow Knight | Noobus Humanus
Просмотров 120 тыс.Год назад
Hollow Knight | Noobus Humanus
Why The Last of Us Opening is so Powerful
Просмотров 8 тыс.Год назад
Why The Last of Us Opening is so Powerful
Bioshock Infinite Critique | After the Hype
Просмотров 788 тыс.Год назад
Bioshock Infinite Critique | After the Hype
Bioshock 2 Critique | After the Kool-Aid
Просмотров 460 тыс.2 года назад
Bioshock 2 Critique | After the Kool-Aid
Apex Legends | Noobus Humanus
Просмотров 30 тыс.2 года назад
Apex Legends | Noobus Humanus
Bioshock Critique | After the Shrug
Просмотров 651 тыс.2 года назад
Bioshock Critique | After the Shrug

Комментарии

  • @angrytourist
    @angrytourist 14 часов назад

    Those boys of silence glitched out and didn't spawn on my first playthrough; so that entire sequence made no sense to me... 😢

  • @leonardocota4703
    @leonardocota4703 16 часов назад

    monty has unironically became my favourite youtuber

  • @TheRealSladeValentine
    @TheRealSladeValentine 17 часов назад

    its funny how she hates Astarion but loves Lae'Zel as someone who ditches the frog faced bih the first moment i get i dun understand all Lae'Zel does is whine. "do this, you will follow me, now. come here, do that..." she is insufferable to say the least :/

  • @treefingers1183
    @treefingers1183 18 часов назад

    That's it. It's been two years since this game blew my expectations out of the water, and its story completely pulled me in. Thinking it's time for a second playthrough soon.

  • @Fehorder
    @Fehorder 19 часов назад

    Cant wait to see this on lore dump in 9 years after chase is done clockwork oranging over yakuza

  • @MinMin4theWinWin
    @MinMin4theWinWin 22 часа назад

    Hey, at least this game was vastly superior compared to suicide squad kill the justice league!

  • @elrevesyelderecho
    @elrevesyelderecho 23 часа назад

    Just finished watching. What a masterpiece!!!! ❤❤❤ Thanks!!

  • @elrevesyelderecho
    @elrevesyelderecho День назад

    4:00:46 I have been enjoying every single chapter of this video. Taking enough time to digest it and add notes to my own interpretations. Love the way the video interconnect and play around with different art expressions and multimedia sources. Honestly, I hope Remedy/Sam watch your content and ask you to work with them. This a really "deep dive" into the pocket dimension created by the RCU. Thanks mate. I still having a little more than 1 hour to continuing deep diving...after it, your Alan Wake 1 and Control video are waiting...will meet me when past self is gone.

  • @chexfan2000
    @chexfan2000 День назад

    I doubt any of the Alex Casey scenes we see in Noir York City actually happened beyond the most basic "Agent Casey once did some investigations in NYC" and that's it. The other details are from other places and other events; all the characters Casey interviews in the echoes are people Saga meets in Bright Falls and Watery, for instance. Unless Alan specifically writes that things are changing outside of the Dark Place, like Logan's fate, what we see in the Dark Place is fragments of stuff Alan has taken from the real world and arranged into a collage.

  • @JacobDennerly
    @JacobDennerly День назад

    Iv had a revelation In herald of darkness when at the point where Alan fights taken, Odin says “still he’s a torchbeare” and later Ilmo says before the cult of the tree there were the torchbearers So what if the torchbearers were Alan Barry and Sarah in the first game but Ilmo wouldn’t know who they r but know that they fought the taken Interesting idea

  • @jameshenning7451
    @jameshenning7451 День назад

    2:14:16 I always saw it that it was real that Batman had become something more something inhuman I saw the demon bat as Batman with supernatural powers and I thought that with Bruce Wayne being killed by the fear toxin joker and the the fear toxin joker being killed by fear toxin Batman that fear toxin Batman was all that was left in Bruce’s head and he literally became the demon bat trans spending humanity

  • @chilarius
    @chilarius День назад

    And instead of stealing the name of another country decided to steal the name to the entire continent. Very funny, Jefferson.

  • @BoniMayne
    @BoniMayne День назад

    The issue isn’t the woke ideology it’s the company behind it. They ruin all the games they touch open your eyes people instead of making it a battle for or against the gays no one really cares…

  • @sasukesbussy7101
    @sasukesbussy7101 День назад

    Literally could have just made this a random else-world story and no one would have cared but to try make it an ARKHAM game…the disrespect

  • @unr34L-
    @unr34L- День назад

    12:53 that means they can throw stun grenades lol, I was also confused by that message until the chapter where you have the hallucination of the heavy being Lugo and I had Adam’s toss a stun and was like oooooooh

  • @tamagothchic
    @tamagothchic День назад

    The storybook artwork is absolutely adorable ❤ somehow very Calvin and Hobbes/Tintin feeling, a nostalgic and expressive vibe, while still looking unique and interesting enough to blend well with the more adult/horror focused Wake material

  • @addisonmclaughlin162
    @addisonmclaughlin162 День назад

    This video critique is better than a lot of movies I have seen. And when I say that I mean like good movies. A video critiquing something else has no business being this good. One of the best RUclips videos I’ve seen. Well done sir

  • @tamagothchic
    @tamagothchic День назад

    I may never play Alan Wake 1 or 2 but I love the idea of Barry, a random musical and the Norse god magical rock concert finale. More things like those in video games please

  • @bee-xr7jr
    @bee-xr7jr День назад

    theres a million things i could say about how great this video is and how i love to see someone as passionate about something as i am cover said thing, but i gotta thank you specifically for being one of the few people to talk about the "jumpscares" like that. i felt like an odd man out thinking they were fascinating, and yet i seemed to see so many people complaining that that was their main gripe with the game. like huh? i never felt they were cheap, and most of the time they were just unsettling, not actual jumpscares that get me to fall back in my seat (i think the only one to actually make me jump was a cynthia one funnily enough) i saw it like you did as a manifestation of the dark presence and i feel they dont really count as jumpscares when you can tell by context clues that theyre coming. the build up to each one was always there and thats why they never jumpscared me, because you knew something was brewing and that it was taunting you, beckoning you forth into each overlap or each scratch appearance. i dont think theyre at all vital to the game being as amazing at is, but i think removing them like some people would rather have would definitely lessen the experience. being able to see these visions of the dark presence's influence throughout was always interesting to me. on top of that, theyre all just gorgeous. like i know theyre supposed to be terrifying but from an artistic perspective theyre just so cool, everyone on the art team did such an amazing job in every single part of this game. thank you for making this video man, i feel like this video stands as a masterpiece on its own, while simultaneously being an homage to this masterpiece of a game. great job, and great job to all the artists involved in its making as well!

  • @QuestionableLifeChoices
    @QuestionableLifeChoices День назад

    im gonna go ahead and assume that the sheer length of this video (along with you actually stating it outright) is evidence that you have no fucking clue how to even begin to break this down for lore dump lol

  • @giovanniciccone1323
    @giovanniciccone1323 2 дня назад

    Was is the average fan of dc/batman think of Gotham (the tv show) just curious

  • @giovanniciccone1323
    @giovanniciccone1323 2 дня назад

    I am a little over half way through the game but bane being hardest boss fight is crazy to me I was thinking Slade was by far harder

  • @marciver5028
    @marciver5028 2 дня назад

    Flashlight is my favourite torch

  • @samuel10125
    @samuel10125 2 дня назад

    I'm sorry but the argument that just because your white means you can't have a good argument about Racism is ridiculous and needs to stop skin colour isn't the marker of intelligence remember some black people think you can't be racist towards white which is complete bollocks Racism is Racism I've heard stories of black people and entire ghettos ostracising other black people for getting an education or being in a relationship with a white person surely you would champion something like this as hell even go as far as bringing back segregation on their own terms because whitey bad and we need keep black black Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the whole point to bring us all closer not deepen the devide by fighting Racism with Racism. Before you ask yes I'm white and I won't apologise for having an opinion on this it's free worlds and I have a right to voice it or type in this case but luckily these people and communities are minority they don't represent the whole just like in white communities we like act like Racism is rampant I don't think it is maybe Morgan Freeman was right just stop talking about it if you look for the bad in humanity that is all you will find same for Racism.

  • @hollowman7168
    @hollowman7168 2 дня назад

    Dam if they ever do a proper Dark tower series Melanie Liburd would be a perfect Odetta Holmes

  • @Ozzie869
    @Ozzie869 2 дня назад

    Hey so why did your first song make me cry

  • @zaphodbeebs2486
    @zaphodbeebs2486 2 дня назад

    A good twist is something that is foreshadowed and yet still shocks you when you learn of it. It also needs to be narratively earned or it will be hallow.

  • @yeasr7781
    @yeasr7781 2 дня назад

    Brump

  • @Xehanort10
    @Xehanort10 2 дня назад

    3:07:09 Jason being the Arkham Knight would have had more of an impact had there been mentions or flashbacks of him in Asylum and City. I also feel like it shouldn't have been a mystery since if Jason revealed himself at the start Bruce would have had to deal with his adopted son working with one of his worst enemies to break and kill him.

  • @randm4246
    @randm4246 2 дня назад

    There wasn't always government welfare. It's actually a relatively new concept. Previously, when someone was down on their luck, or otherwise in need of assistance, it was the community that rallied together to support those in need. And that system worked. A cynic could even argue that the government intentionally took that role over in order to break up tight knit communities and to make its citizens dependent on the government so they are easier to control.

  • @giovanniciccone1323
    @giovanniciccone1323 2 дня назад

    I am like halfway through the game and I really like banes look and how he is smart too and isn’t just a big brute

  • @morganl4060
    @morganl4060 2 дня назад

    This isn’t a critique. It’s an experience.

  • @cjp6438
    @cjp6438 3 дня назад

    I know im 3 years late but pretty please could I use the Jack Black School of Rock rebellion theme in my own video essay about something else?

  • @hehehefunnyname9613
    @hehehefunnyname9613 3 дня назад

    I like how chase was right about jeth years before the reveal

  • @Xehanort10
    @Xehanort10 3 дня назад

    2:16:27 As dumb as the Joker blood plot is Batman curing himself of it by imagining fighting Joker in his mind makes even less sense.

  • @ElPresidenteMargz
    @ElPresidenteMargz 3 дня назад

    Fat Bob Baldur is actually the band’s guitarrist who died 🎸 . Tor is the drummer 🥁.He’s the amazing Olli Tukiainen . One of my new favorite guitarrists

  • @BogdanBelcea
    @BogdanBelcea 3 дня назад

    Thank You!

  • @brankopetek6884
    @brankopetek6884 3 дня назад

    One week. It took me one week to get through the entire video. And here I am as the credits roll, in standing ovation. This critique is art, in all my life I am yet to see something so masterfully done.

  • @TheOrangeBrick22
    @TheOrangeBrick22 3 дня назад

    @58:30 the Lego games do these specializations when this one didn't haha

  • @jonahmueller1137
    @jonahmueller1137 3 дня назад

    I'm stuck in a loop, watching this over and over

  • @RancesIntersaiyan
    @RancesIntersaiyan 3 дня назад

    first video of yours i see and i watched the entire thing grind eat to ear, lovely couple and hilarious content!

  • @Cavadoro333
    @Cavadoro333 3 дня назад

    I think its terrible to think that death is something that must be erase of our life. Humanity is going in such a bad direction if we think that way.

    • @AegonTargaryenthesecond3096
      @AegonTargaryenthesecond3096 День назад

      We have always thought that way

    • @Cavadoro333
      @Cavadoro333 23 часа назад

      @@AegonTargaryenthesecond3096 yes but accepting it instead of running away from it with distractions all our live would help us in the long run I think

    • @AegonTargaryenthesecond3096
      @AegonTargaryenthesecond3096 23 часа назад

      @@Cavadoro333 I agree however it’s just not that simple

  • @Zortomm
    @Zortomm 3 дня назад

    I'm surpised that, in this super in depth analysis, you didn't talked about the C-A-G-E bullshit. It is the dumbest moment in this game imo, what's the need in being a riddle? That was lazy, LAZY writing.

  • @Person0fColor
    @Person0fColor 3 дня назад

    This idea that because something is old and dead guys wrote it its invalid is ridiculous and anti intellectual. 1) Is freedom of the press antiquated? 2) Freedom of religion should we get rid of that? 3) The right to peaceably assembly and free association are those "old ideas" written by "dead guys" so we should discard them? 4) What about the notion that the people are to be governed by their consent? Is this "old"? you see where this is going Practically all our political institutions fundamentally predate modernity. Hell bro England still has a state established church and every English citizen pays taxes to the Crown who is head of Church and state and used to be Army. Where does this stop? If you were fighting to topple an oligarchy and institute an egalitarian democratic regime in its place you think that hasnt been done before? Before the reformers were promising free college and free debt relief and free housing and free medical insurance they were promising free bread and games. Egalitarianism is as old as the West itself should we stop espousing egalitarian sentiment then?

  • @Kairac112
    @Kairac112 3 дня назад

    The opening, such a missed opportunity for a great tutorial level. Take control of batman with skills unlocked, one to mirror each of his sidekicks, have a great fight with ra's al ghul and then give you the option to choose your sidekick

  • @BogdanBelcea
    @BogdanBelcea 3 дня назад

    Thank You !

  • @Xehanort10
    @Xehanort10 3 дня назад

    1:01:04 The Jean Paul Valley Azrael is interesting but Michael Lane is boring in both the comics and Arkham games.

  • @Person0fColor
    @Person0fColor 3 дня назад

    The US constitution is not held up as the word of God? 😂 Article 5 is the amendment process. They literally gave us a process to change it, but they made it hard to do because the constitution is not about translating public sentiment as quickly as possibly into public policy. You really really shouldn’t talk about something you know nothing about. FFS he mentions the Bill of rights which were “amendments” “changes” to the constitution 😂 What again about “the word of God”? I thought you Europeans were supposed to be smart?

  • @Person0fColor
    @Person0fColor 3 дня назад

    And 90% of Americans don’t support back ground check, but that is besides the point the constitution is a fundamentally conservative document. It’s meant to temper and thwart public sentiment and refine ideas through a system of checks and balances. Populism which is what you seem to advocate for bringing up that fake fact 😂 is about translating public sentiment into public policy as quickly as possible. Damn bro you Europeans really aren’t as smart as you think you are 😂

  • @ChrisFactor
    @ChrisFactor 3 дня назад

    You end up with withers even if you don't "find" him. He shows up at camp anyway.