[MandaloreGaming] Arcanum Review

[rusty_shackleford]

You didn't watch the whole thing.

Not only did I, I watched all the videos on the entire channel for the full length and provided Ed123 with some critiques.

 

[Jasede]

I raise.

 

[Lonely Vazdru]

A quick retrospective indeed.

 

[HumanTotemPole]

'Sup Drog.

Certainly a high profile shout out for one of our more infamous former allegedly former posters.

Had a chuckle at the idea of a NORP curious about Drog eventually ending up here.

 

[Denim Destroyer]

I have a friend who was encouraged to try Arcanum after the video, he gave up after not being able to change resolution in-game.

 

[Jasede]

He doesn't have a 4:3 CRT? Some "friend".

 

[Ol' Willy]

Why does this video need to be an hour long?

disgusting, only an hour long
what can you possibly cover in an hour?

That's some good length.

Although this is a bioware game so pass

 

[rusty_shackleford]

Although this is a bioware game so pass

check the other videos on the channel if you like more obscure games

 

[c u in da ballpit ashren]

What's a codexer's opinion on how/why Mandalore gets so many views on basic rundowns of old games like this, anyway? What is it? Did he build up a fanbase over time? Was he always somehow as charismatic as a charisma build pc in Arcanum? Dumb luck? Is it the games, themselves?

 

[thesheeep]

What's a codexer's opinion on how/why Mandalore gets so many views on basic rundowns of old games like this, anyway?

He covers lots of ground, goes into detail and provides actual reasons for his views (not like some others that just rant on endlessly without rarely if ever making a point, ala AngryJoe, etc. ).

He basically creates what you'd expect a review to be - in a time when the original reviewers (aka games "journalists") no longer write actual reviews, just pushing nonsense, and have no clue about games to begin with. Somewhat of a niche, really.

His stuff is generally pretty high quality and not just made for entertainment.

 

[Mary Sue Leigh]

Hey hey people, do you wanna kill all the gnomes?

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Hey hey people, do you wanna kill all the gnomes?

Sure. FriendlyMerchant where you at?

 

[TheSoul]

What's a codexer's opinion on how/why Mandalore gets so many views on basic rundowns of old games like this, anyway? What is it? Did he build up a fanbase over time? Was he always somehow as charismatic as a charisma build pc in Arcanum? Dumb luck? Is it the games, themselves?

Something something algorithm. I do like watching his videos occasionally.
I trust his judgement more than the usual gaming youtuber. The games I've also played I had similar views on so I think he did play them. I also prefer how he structures his reviews, most sections are clearly defined and he doesn't try start his reviews with a 20 minute preamble or critic shield. For reference, someone like neverknowsbest or josephanderson meanders too long and uses clickbait titles that I ignore at this point.

 

[Mary Sue Leigh]

Videos were recommended to me because I watched Seth Tshentag(sp?). So "algorithm" is probably true.
The videos lately really get unnecessarily long tho, like who cares about the story of Marathon (bungie) games?
Also he was in some drama of the disgusting kind with vinesauce that I also used to watch but I guess he avoided bad repercussions by largely ignoring it?

 

[whydoibother]

Troika fanboys will no doubt rush in to proclaim that releasing broken games is not why Troika went under(it was. 2.)

Works fine for Bethesda ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Jasede]

Videos were recommended to me because I watched Seth Tshentag(sp?). So "algorithm" is probably true.
The videos lately really get unnecessarily long tho, like who cares about the story of Marathon (bungie) games?
Also he was in some drama of the disgusting kind with vinesauce that I also used to watch but I guess he avoided bad repercussions by largely ignoring it?

That's literally the only thing people care about in Marathon as far as I know! The story videos were the only ones recently I liked.

 

[FriendlyMerchant]

Hey hey people, do you wanna kill all the gnomes?

Hey hey people, do you wanna kill all the gnomes?

Sure. FriendlyMerchant where you at?

Cool it with the antinanatic remarks.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Hey hey people, do you wanna kill all the gnomes?

Hey hey people, do you wanna kill all the gnomes?

Sure. FriendlyMerchant where you at?

Cool it with the antinanatic remarks.

No way turnipfucker

 

[whydoibother]

Gnomes are clearly meant to be G*rmans: industrialization, factories enslaving people, eugenics, shooting at union strikes.

 

[FriendlyMerchant]

Gnomes are clearly meant to be G*rmans: industrialization, factories enslaving people, eugenics, shooting at union strikes.

They are supposed to be better than germs. Just like German Jewry is superior to the average germ.

 

[NecroLord]

Did you guys know that despite being only 13 percent of the population of Tarant,orcs commit more than 50 percent of the crimes?

 

[thesheeep]

like who cares about the story of Marathon (bungie) games?

That was the main reason for me to watch the videos.
The lore is what sets those games apart - beyond that they are just pretty lame shooters compared to the Build games.
I'd never actually play Marathon, so having this neat summary of the story was perfect.

 

[whydoibother]

Did you guys know that despite being only 13 percent of the population of Tarant,orcs commit more than 50 percent of the crimes?

Only because workers strikes are criminalized now.

 

[Mary Sue Leigh]

Green is mean

 

[Ol' Willy]

Did you guys know that despite being only 13 percent of the population of Tarant,orcs commit more than 50 percent of the crimes?

Around orcs, never relax