Noah Caldwell-Gervais | CRYSIS Identity: A Franchise Retrospective @broadcaststsatic | Uploaded August 2017 | Updated October 2024, 3 days ago.
This is a full-spoiler retrospective critique of the Crysis trilogy of first-person shooters. The first Crysis is a legendary piece of software, but the two in-house sequels failed to garner as much attention or respect. This video looks at what gave the originals such impact and speculates as to why that impact might've evaporated in later titles.
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Crysis-- 0:11
Crysis: Warhead-- 16:32
Crysis 2-- 25:15
Crysis 3-- 43:36
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This is a full-spoiler retrospective critique of the Crysis trilogy of first-person shooters. The first Crysis is a legendary piece of software, but the two in-house sequels failed to garner as much attention or respect. This video looks at what gave the originals such impact and speculates as to why that impact might've evaporated in later titles.
___TABLE OF CONTENTS___
Crysis-- 0:11
Crysis: Warhead-- 16:32
Crysis 2-- 25:15
Crysis 3-- 43:36
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If you enjoyed this video and want to contribute to the production of others like it, please consider supporting me on Patreon!
patreon.com/noahcaldwellgervais
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Table of Contents
Jaws of Hakkon 00:48
The Descent 07:31
Trespasser 16:01
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This is a video essay comparing two survival horror franchises in which the monsters come directly from the imaginations of the characters. It discusses the unique possibilities unlocked by basing the horror directly out of the realm of dreams and nightmares. It also compares theme and structure between the titles.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Alan Wake 0:09
Alan Wakes American Nightmare 29:51
The Evil Within 36:08
Evil Within/The Assignment & The Consequence 57:13
Evil WIthin/Executioner 1:07:40
The Evil WIthin 2 1:10:32
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This is a long-form video critique of the new Mad Max game by Avalanche. It looks at the game in terms of how it draws inspiration from the movies that preceded it, how it actually plays, and why critical opinions about Mad Max have been so thoroughly mixed. MAJOR SPOILERS THROUGHOUT, including an extended discussion of the ending.
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This is a spoiler-heavy look at the three DLCs for Mafia 3: Faster Baby, Stones Unturned, and Signs of the Times. It considers how each fits in with the main campaign theyre layered into, as well as thoughts on going through the game a second time.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Faster, Baby! 3:50
Stones Unturned 10:33
Signs of the Times 16:55
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This is a total-spoiler video critique of Mass Effect: Andromeda meant to take a look at how it fits in the original trilogy in terms of theme and structure. It aims to figure out if this spin-off is more of a Frasier or a Joey and how it mightve come to be one way or the other.
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