- Hey guy, welcome back to talking about video games
because everything else right now suck.
So last month I made a video
comparing the current state of the PS4,
and the Xbox One and a lot of people commented
that it seemed like I was sponsored by Microsoft
because I thought the Xbox One has made some improvements.
I just wannna say, that's ridiculous,
I'm not sponsored by Microsoft.
I'm sponsored by Squarespace,
and they have no stake in this.
One of the main things to compare between the two consoles,
is their on demand game services,
Xbox Game Pass and Sony's PlayStation Now.
And I realized that maybe I didn't give enough credit
to PS Now at the time,
there are some really fantastic games on there.
I just personally think it's funny
to scroll through the massive A to Z list
and see how much disparity there is.
They've had like award winning titles on here,
Uncharted 4, God of War, Horizon,
and then you'll scroll just a little bit further
and see something called Super Stacker Party.
- Yeah, boy, oh yeah!
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- That was pretty fun, so with that in mind,
I decided to take it upon myself today
to scour the depths of PlayStation Now,
and tell you all about some of the good games,
and then make fun of the ones that aren't.
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In my opinion Wolfenstein,
is one of the most underrated series of the past decade.
I always see Doom get a lot of love, and rightfully so,
but now imagine all the fast-paced gunplay of Doom,
but instead of aliens,
you get to shoot a bunch of heavily armed Nazis,
in a dystopian alternate universe,
led by one of the best villains,
I've ever gotten to encounter in a game.
Now what if I told you that there was also a story,
full of ambitious twists and turns and shocking moments
that left my jaw dropped multiple times?
I don't wanna spoil anything,
but there are so many times when you think,
well, surely that's not about to happen,
and then it does.
Overall, I think the first one has more cohesive story,
but the second one does a lot of great things too.
I would tell you not to even bother with this spin off,
but lucky for you, it's not on PlayStation Now.
So I have no obligation to acknowledge it,
as part of this list, 9/10.
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Moving on to the Bad, this game came out in 1997.
Oh, hold on, sorry, I read that wrong.
This game came out in 2012.
So the goal here is to be a firefighter
for as long as possible without losing your job.
Seems simple enough, but I skipped the tutorial,
which is probably what led to my undoing.
I was too busy looking over the shoulders of my colleagues
and trying to get a soda out of this vending machine
to realize that there was a fire
I was supposed to be putting out.
Whoops, but even once I grabbed,
what I assumed to be a fire extinguisher off the wall,
I realized I didn't know which car was mine,
and so I had to trek out on foot.
Turns out that was the wrong thing to do.
Alright, let's try this again.
I'm feeling pretty confident this time,
so the first thing I did on day two was take a nap.
Wonder what all my friends are up to,
pacing around aimlessly again, keep up the good work.
This time I paid attention,
when they told me which car I'm supposed to use.
So now I get a chance
to check out this game's awesome driving mechanics
and sprawling open world.
Yeah, not a whole lot going on out here,
but I have to give them credit
for something I've never seen in a driving game before,
turn signals.
What is this, GTA but better?
Now I can finally signal
to the no other drivers on the road,
which way I'm about to turn,
before instead bolting into an open field
because who's gonna stop me.
By the time I got to the scene of the fire,
I was worried I had somehow gone to the wrong place
because I didn't see any smoke.
Turns out it was just one of those tiny fires
that you can put out with little to no effort.
The town is saved.
Unfortunately, I was unable to parlay my heroic deed
into a successful romance with this female bystander,
as she seemed totally unaffected by both my enduring charm
and all physical objects.
On my way back to the station,
I realized I was getting thirsty
and since the vending machine back there doesn't work,
I decided to solve this problem by taking a quick detour
into the lake.
I guess I wasn't supposed to do that,
because my shift just ended again, goddammit!
Even though I saved the entire city
from a raging electrical fire,
I was awarded no points and lost my job.
What is this, GTA but better?
2/10.
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I feel like most people of the current generation console,
have probably played Rocket League at some point,
but I still feel like it's flown under the radar.
This game has provided me
with some of the most satisfying moments of my life
and I've had sex before.
But even after almost five years of playing this game,
there's almost no better feeling
than hitting the game winning shot and over time
or coming back from what seemed like an impossible deficit.
To me Rocket League is the ultimate sports video game
because there's almost no luck involved.
You don't have to hope you get the right catch animation
or get mad when your shot should have gone in but didn't,
because the game decided it wouldn't.
If you make good decisions
and hit the ball the way you're supposed to,
you're probably gonna win.
And when you lose,
you almost always have no one to blame, except yourself.
Rocket League also has one of the largest skill gaps,
I've ever seen in a game.
There are people who effortlessly do shit like this
with their eyes closed,
and then there's people who probably are playing
with their eyes closed.
More likely though you're like me
and you've played hundreds of games
but plateaued a long time ago somewhere in the middle.
Either way, it's one of those simple to pick up,
hard to master games
that has a little something for everyone.
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When something exists seemingly
just to advertise an entirely unrelated product,
it probably doesn't bode too well
for the quality of that thing.
Regardless, I was excited to try out
Monster Energy Drink the game.
Once again I skipped the tutorial,
not realizing how insanely difficult,
the next five minutes were gonna be.
The major advantage that the AI,
seems to have over me, is that their movements
are programmed by a computer,
so they don't have to deal with the shitty controls,
like I do.
At least the creator writer system
is pretty fun with 10 different faces to choose from
and a number selection system
that will surely make you give up,
on whatever you initially had in mind.
I named my guy motorcycle,
thinking it might give me some kind of edge
over my competition, it didn't.
At least I didn't get last place this time.
I'm not sure why this game exists,
it's bad at almost everything it tries to be
and jokes on them, I stopped drinking caffeine
so I will not be buying a Monster Energy Drink.
I'll give this game 2/10
because sometimes it's kind of funny,
the way the bikes run into each other.
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Overcooked 2, is one of the most fun arcade games,
I've ever played.
Every improvement over its predecessor is much appreciated
and will provide you and your friends,
with so many hours of entertainment,
that you'll forget you've been doing unpaid kitchen labor
this entire time.
Don't let the cartoony appearance of the game fool you,
there's a steep but satisfying learning curve here.
After the first few cakewalk,
you'll find yourself having to focus harder
on not burning rice than you ever have in your life.
If you're looking for a fun co-op arcade game,
that gets progressively more challenging
and will either bolster
or absolutely destroy your friendships,
Overcooked 2 is well worth your time, 8/10.
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I guess I'm just confused by the concept of this game.
I get why people would play paintball in real life,
because they get to shoot guns at their friends
without any real consequences.
But isn't that also what video games are for?
I'm I missing something?
Why not just play a regular shooting game?
This just seems like the equivalent of a driving simulator,
where you have to wear a seatbelt and obey the speed limit,
otherwise, you'll get pulled over and get a virtual ticket.
It's video games you can break the rules,
1/10 for being totally pointless.
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If the first hour of The Last of Us,
doesn't get you fully enthralled
in the experience you're about to go on,
then maybe video games aren't for you.
Unlike the much more controversial sequel,
it's hard to find a lot of people
who didn't enjoy this game.
The only reason I didn't bring it up until now
is because if you have a PS4,
you've probably played it already.
But if you have PlayStation Now,
and you wanna know what all the hype is about,
take a break from your firefighting duties
and throw some bricks at a zombie, 9/10.
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So this is a game where you're a toy car,
and you have to drive around your house
and knock over toys, I think.
The best grade I got was a C,
so I'm not exactly in authority
on how to play this game good.
The thing that ruins this,
otherwise flawless experience for me,
is that you steer the car, not by using the sticks
but by turning the controller.
I didn't even know that was an option,
which is why it took me almost a full minute,
before I even tried doing it.
On the service this is a totally fine gimmick,
but like with a lot of other PS Now games,
the problem is the input lag.
There are not nearly enough games on PlayStation Now,
that you can download before you play them,
the rest you play by streaming them,
which means that even on the fastest internet connections,
your button presses will always be slightly delayed.
Trying to physically turn my controller to move a car
that's responding a full second later,
is disorienting and reminds me of that Tom Scott video.
So in that way, maybe it is worth it to play one time.
But for me, it reminds me
of when I would play Mario Kart on the Wii
and my friend would tell me
to just use the arrows to steer, because it's easier,
but I said I'd rather use the motion controls
because of how excited I was by the technology,
and then I'd lose because it actually was way harder.
Only now there's input lag, 3/10.
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A lot of people seem to think that Fallout 3
and Fallout: New Vegas, are better than Fallout 4.
And even though they're right,
if you've never played a Fallout game before,
I would start with this one and work your way back,
at least that's what my experience was.
But that doesn't make it,
almost everything wrong these days,
but man, are they good at music.
Everyone loves the Skyrim soundtrack,
but Fallout Four's ambience can be just as beautiful.
And that's not even mentioning the perfect selection
of mid-century blues and jazz music,
that truly makes you feel like you're in the apocalypse.
I think I initially sunk about 100 hours,
into this game and still didn't see every corner of the map.
Probably because about 20 of those hours,
were spent trying to build a giant tree house
that I was really proud of, until I went on YouTube
and saw what other people were making.
The AI can be inconsistent
and another settlement needs your help,
but even through it's flaws,
Fallout Four, is a fun ass game,
and may ultimately prove to be the final relic,
of a company that has since completely lost their way, 8/10.
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I have to confess something guys,
I have no idea who Bubsy is.
The game seems to think he's my favorite bobcat,
but if I'm being honest,
that seems like a pretty low bar to cross.
I guess by default, yeah, he currently would be number one,
but the moment I mean, any other bobcat,
they will be taking that spot from him
because Bubsy won't shut the hell up.
- What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
Take that, you cotton-gobbling monster!
And pounce I win!
I'm unstoppable!
Take that, you cotton-gobbling monster!
M.C. Bubster the pounce master in the game yeh!
What could possibly go wrong?
- Aargh, this game is worse
than getting my teeth pulled at Jerry Garcia's house, 1/10.
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Finally the crown jewel of PlayStation Now games,
is none other than Go! Sports Ski.
Unlike other games, they don't bog you down
with endless customization options,
you get one face to choose from regardless of skin tone,
and I like that.
The gameplay itself is just on another level,
for a second I actually forgot I wasn't really skiing,
it's that immersive, and just when you thought
the fun ended at the bottom of the slope,
the replay feature lets you relive
your most exciting moments from a brand new perspective.
My one gripe with the game if I had to pick one,
is when I tried to take my experience online,
only to be devastated when I found out,
that for some reason their servers were down, damn!
Well regardless, Go! Sports Ski gets my first
and only perfect rating on the list.
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Borderlands 2 is a pretty good game,
that turns into a great game,
if you can find someone to play it with.
Just be careful not to develop a gambling addiction,
like I did, something about getting a radium
from these slot machines,
made me wanna sink every last dollar I had into it
and not even regret it when I was broke.
Another gem from the 360 era,
Arkham City is my personal favorite of this series,
it's kind of like the Spider Man game but older
and it's different, because it's Batman.
Like a lot of open world games,
it certainly can get repetitive after a while,
but who cares if it's repetitive,
if the thing you're repeating is fun.
Between the color palette tone and sound design,
Sly Cooper has a distinctive charm to it,
that I personally have yet to see replicated
in the decades, since these games were released.
The age can be very apparent at times
with some of the awkward dialogue and clunky game mechanics.
But there's something about slide two and three
in particular, that make me feel
like I'm putting on a warm blanket.
Maybe that's literally just the definition of nostalgia,
but I still think anyone can enjoy these games,
whether you've played them before or not.
Overall, I think it's worth saying that the PS4
is still a far superior console to the Xbox One.
It may not always function as well as the Xbox
but the selection of original games,
make it not even a competition.
I was reminded of this, this past month
while playing Ghost of Tsushima,
Xbox ain't got shit on Sony these days.
I think that's the big reason,
why their game pass has to be so significantly better
than PlayStation Now.
Sony doesn't even need to make a good on demand game service
because they have enough good games
and enough people buying those games,
to not even worry about it.
It seems that the common theme
of the good games on PS Now is that,
most of them came out a long time ago.
So you're in luck,
if you're someone who hasn't played any games
in the past 17 years and you just bought a PS4,
you got a lot of catching up to do.
But if you're like me,
and you've already played most of these,
around the time they came out,
there's really not a lot of value in PS now.
Every once in a while they'll get your hopes up
by adding a newish triple A title,
making you think that that's what they're gonna do
from now on, but just as soon as they add it,
they take it back off
and replace it with nothing worthwhile.
If you ask me, you are better off
just outright buying Firefighter Simulator
and trying to beat my high score, which is currently zero.
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Wow, two videos in one month about video games,
what am I, a nerd?
Yes, honestly, I think with everything going on
in the world this year,
it's become harder and harder for me to give a shit
about some of the more trivial drama that goes on
from time to time.
Video games have been the only thing keeping me from falling
into a massive depression,
so at least for now, I'm gonna keep talking about.
But also I feel super lucky
to have such a supportive audience,
thank you guys for coming along for the ride with me.
Every time I post something
that's slightly branching out of my usual content,
I always expect it to tank
and that usually performs about the same, so thanks.
But thank you again for watching,
thank you for your support
and I will be back tomorrow with a live video
of me extracting my own wisdom teeth, so see you then.