Noah Caldwell-Gervais | A Thorough Look At Watch Dogs @broadcaststsatic | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
This is a video critique and analysis of the Watch Dogs trilogy of open-world hacking-focused GTA-alikes. It looks at the how the extreme tonal changes each game goes through clash with its lack of interest in changing its mechanical structure from game to game. Spoilers throughout.
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Watch Dogs 1-- 00:13
Bad Blood-- 32:10
Watch Dogs 2-- 35:38
Watch Dogs Legion-- 1:06:21
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This is a video critique and analysis of the Watch Dogs trilogy of open-world hacking-focused GTA-alikes. It looks at the how the extreme tonal changes each game goes through clash with its lack of interest in changing its mechanical structure from game to game. Spoilers throughout.
____TABLE OF CONTENTS____
Watch Dogs 1-- 00:13
Bad Blood-- 32:10
Watch Dogs 2-- 35:38
Watch Dogs Legion-- 1:06:21
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If you enjoyed this video and want to contribute to the production of others like it, please consider donating through the crowdfunding website Patreon: patreon.com/noahcaldwellgervais
![A Thorough Look at Fallout [Revised/Expanded/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V7FLCg4KdyE/hqdefault.jpg "A Thorough Look at Fallout [Revised/Expanded/HD]
This is a video review and retrospective of the full Fallout franchise, from its 90s isometric roots to the Pitt Expeditions update of Fallout 76, with everything in between. It looks at how Fallout 1 established the tone and iconography of the series, and then how each subsequent game interpreted those elements in its own unique way. This video essay doesnt seek to rank the games, instead looking at each in terms of its individual strengths, weaknesses, and fidelity to what came before. FULL SPOILERS THROUGHOUT.
This video made with production assistance from Nate Greene.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Intro 0:00:00
Fallout 1 0:01:12
Fallout 2 0:50:34
Fallout Tactics 1:56:41
Fallout Van Buren 2:39:31
Fallout Brotherhood of Steel 2:43:13
Fallout 3 3:06:42
(F3) Operation Anchorage 3:53:47
(F3) The Pitt 3:56:45
(F3) Broken Steel 4:03:04
(F3) Point Lookout 4:08:10
(F3) Mothership Zeta 4:15:00
Fallout New Vegas 4:20:37
(FNV) Dead Money 5:16:15
(FNV) Honest Hearts 5:27:31
(FNV) Old World Blues 5:38:45
(FNV) Lonesome Road 5:49:11
Fallout Shelter 6:05:59
Fallout 4 6:11:09
(F4) Automatron 7:21:33
(F4) Far Harbor 7:24:46
(F4) Nuka World 7:37:55
Fallout 76 7:56:10
Patron Thanks 9:03:04
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![A Thorough Look At Half-Life [Revised/Expanded/HD]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_bsIXA8lNZc/hqdefault.jpg "A Thorough Look At Half-Life [Revised/Expanded/HD]
This is a full spoiler retrospective video review and critique of the industry-defining Half-Life franchise of games. It looks at the arc of development from 1998-2020 that took Gordon Freeman from the popularizer of mouselook to the herald of virtual reality. It also covers Half-Life associated and adjacent games, like Portal 1 and 2, Source Multiplayer titles, and some iconic single-player mods. This is a remake of a video Id done in 2013. That video has now been delisted in favor of this updated, tidier edition. A link to it has been provided below for anyone still curious, as well as download links for mods. Again, spoilers throughout.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Half-Life 00:18
Opposing Force 16:57
Blue Shift 21:50
Decay 25:43
GoldSrc Multiplayer Mods 27:39
They Hunger 29:50
Half-Life 2 32:43
Episode 1 54:41
Episode 2 59:29
Portal 1:06:56
Source Multiplayer Mods 1:12:02
MINERVA: METASTASIS 1:16:29
Portal 2 1:18:30
Black Mesa 1:28:52
Long Time to Wait/Lost Coast 1:39:09
Half-Life Alyx 1:41:01
Credits/Special Thanks 2:09:12
Changes From 2013 to 2020 Version
-Edited the whole script for clarity, cohesion, and substance. Kept about 40%. Replaced a lot of the rest.
-Added some extra paragraphs where Id plain forgotten to put them before.
-Added a section on Decay.
-Did a Half-Life universe focused segment on Portal 2 from scratch.
-Expanded the Black Mesa section.
-Added a full-spoilers Half-Life Alyx section.
-Slightly retooled the old Lost Coast transition paragraph but kept it, mostly.
-Much greater clip density throughout.
-New voice work.
-Just tried to make it better. Make it, you know, less garbage to watch.
LINKS
They Hunger Mod for Half-Life 1:
https://www.moddb.com/downloads/they-hunger-1-2-and-3
Timeline Trilogy Mod for Half-Life 1:
https://www.moddb.com/mods/timeline-series/downloads/timeline-complete-steam-compatible
MINERVA for Half-Life 2:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/235780/MINERVA/
Original 2013 Version of This Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih1Q2DasYTQ
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![A Thorough Look At God of War [Spoilers]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/apX3q5PCrQQ/hqdefault.jpg "A Thorough Look At God of War [Spoilers]
This is a video retrospective and critique of the seven major God of War games for Playstations 2-4. It looks at what made them so remarkable at the time, how much of that feeling still comes through, and how the 2018 reboot fits in with their legacy. TOTAL SPOILERS THROUGHOUT.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
God of War (2005) 0:20
God of War 2 28:55
Chains of Olympus 46:52
God of War 3 57:05
Ghost of Sparta 1:25:20
Ascension 1:37:28
God of War (2018) 1:51:19
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![Prey vs. Prey [Total Spoilers]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bINxL__VitI/hqdefault.jpg "Prey vs. Prey [Total Spoilers]
This is a video critique and retrospective looking at Human Heads 2006 Prey and Arkanes 2017 Prey. It looks at how the game share some commonalities and tracks how it came to be that two such structurally divergent games ended up sharing the same name and franchise. SPOILERS FOR BOTH GAMES, INCLUDING THE ENDING.
TIMESTAMPS
Prey (2006) 00:12
Prey (2017) 17:35
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