Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Not every game lets a player skip their cutscenes. What if I told you there's LEGITIMATE reasons for game developers not allowing players to do that...?
Specifically, at least 5 of them.
What exactly is a game developer thinking when they make the decision to allow / disallow such a feature. And is the removal of player choice truly justifiable?
Channel Discord: discord.gg/DaUUDURJgq
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Chapter Timestamps
0:00 - Opening Gag
0:24 - Introduction
3:37 - Reason #1: Technical Limitations
8:29 - Reason #2: Implementation Priority
12:14 - Reason #3: Delivering Gameplay Information
14:36 - Reason #4: Creator's Preferences
18:32 - Reason #5: Force Story Engagement and Player Retention
25:21 - Conclusion: Are these reasons justifiable...?
26:47 - Outro
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Music used
0:24 - Apollo Justice, I'm Fine! [Ace Attorney, Spirit of Justice]
3:37 - 4 Minutes Before Death [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
8:29 - Fate Changed [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
12:14 - COMPLICATION [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
14:36 - Inspector Cabanela, A Lanky Man in Lovely White [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
18:32 - The Last Desperate Struggle [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
25:21 - Reincarnation (2023) [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Remastered]
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Ghost Trick is a great game. You should try it.
#genshinimpact #hoyoverse #honkaistarrail
Not every game lets a player skip their cutscenes. What if I told you there's LEGITIMATE reasons for game developers not allowing players to do that...?
Specifically, at least 5 of them.
What exactly is a game developer thinking when they make the decision to allow / disallow such a feature. And is the removal of player choice truly justifiable?
Channel Discord: discord.gg/DaUUDURJgq
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Chapter Timestamps
0:00 - Opening Gag
0:24 - Introduction
3:37 - Reason #1: Technical Limitations
8:29 - Reason #2: Implementation Priority
12:14 - Reason #3: Delivering Gameplay Information
14:36 - Reason #4: Creator's Preferences
18:32 - Reason #5: Force Story Engagement and Player Retention
25:21 - Conclusion: Are these reasons justifiable...?
26:47 - Outro
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Music used
0:24 - Apollo Justice, I'm Fine! [Ace Attorney, Spirit of Justice]
3:37 - 4 Minutes Before Death [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
8:29 - Fate Changed [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
12:14 - COMPLICATION [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
14:36 - Inspector Cabanela, A Lanky Man in Lovely White [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
18:32 - The Last Desperate Struggle [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
25:21 - Reincarnation (2023) [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Remastered]
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Ghost Trick is a great game. You should try it.
#genshinimpact #hoyoverse #honkaistarrail
![Why Pokémon Bicycles cost $1,000,000 (1 million dollars) [Game Designer Explains]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5MmdeRaVVEk/mqdefault.jpg "Why Pokémon Bicycles cost $1,000,000 (1 million dollars) [Game Designer Explains]
Buy a Bicycle? In this economy? Lets not do that... Instead, come and learn the Game Design reasons why Bicycles in Kanto are bizarrely overpriced.
Also yes, I know its Yen.
Channel Discord: https://discord.gg/DaUUDURJgq
Chapter Timestamps:
0:00 Opening Gag
0:24 Introduction
2:19 To you, Dear Viewer, try and think like a Game Designer
2:33 Required Information: Impossibility of Purchase
4:02 Intermission
4:32 The Bicycle is a Sidequest
5:13 Evolution of Sidequests Across the Years
7:04 Player Response to a One Million Dollar Pricetag
8:23 Case Study: Gold & Silvers Million Dollar Slowpoke Tails
9:48 Case Study: Super Paper Marios Million Rubee Debt
13:18 Furina
13:26 The Bicycles Failsafe
14:00 The Optional Nature & Function of the Bicycle
15:36 Bicycles in other Pokémon Games
16:25 Recap / Closing Thoughts
17:37 Outro
Music Timestamps:
0:24 - Cerulean City [Pokémon Red & Blue]
0:48 - Bicycle Theme [Pokémon Black & White]
2:40 - Dance of Deduction (Type A) [The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles]
4:34 - Trucy Wright, Child of Magic 2013 [Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies]
5:14 - COMPLICATION [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
8:23 - Trance Logic [Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice]
9:51 - Merlees Mansion [Super Paper Mario]
11:58 - Mimi Battle 1, Im Not Nice [Super Paper Mario]
13:19 - Distorted Day in Paris
13:26 - SUSPICION [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
16:25 - Thought Route / Revisualization, Resonance of the Synapses [Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice]
17:37 - Trucy Wright, Child of Magic 2013 [Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies]")
![The Flying Type is not a Real Pokémon Type [archeType Talk]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ABZZMRSp6dg/mqdefault.jpg "The Flying Type is not a Real Pokémon Type [archeType Talk]
Flying does not exist.
A strange statement, since its clearly meant for Pokémon with wings. But thats aesthetics. Im talking game design.
In terms of game design, Flying lacks a clear identity, with all Flying Pokémon and Moves having seemingly nothing in common. And its progression across the ages also feels similarly lost and confused.
To understand, lets look at the history of the Flying Type, and analyse how it changed across the generations.
0:00 - Opening
1:51 - A Half-Baked Beginning (Gen 1)
6:54 - Fixing Mistakes (Gen 2 & 3)
9:32 - Flying Moves now Exist (Gen 4 & 5)
13:58 - Nothing until Dual Wingbeat (Gen 6 - Present Day)
16:33 - Closing Thoughts
Music used:
Before Dawn, at the Winery [Genshin Impact]
Dawn Winery Theme [Genshin Impact]
Moonlike Smile [Genshin Impact]
Lone Sojourner [Genshin Impact]
Tender Strength [Genshin Impact]
Thumbnail source: https://lynxgriffin.tumblr.com/post/47706218043/for-the-flying-types
Join the Discord Server: https://discord.gg/c9E3SzSds9
This video was edited by my editor, Drix.
#pokemon #pokémon")
![Why Critical Hits Exist, and How they are Designed [Game Designer Explains]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AhGMSaMCy2g/mqdefault.jpg "Why Critical Hits Exist, and How they are Designed [Game Designer Explains]
Critical Hits are such a staple of video games as a medium, to the point where players have long forgotten why they exist.
Some people even question their inclusion in a game, and wonder if certain games would be better off without them.
They might be correct. But that isnt the point of this video.
This video is about why developers implement Critical Hits into their games in the first place, how they are designed, and what effect they have on players overall.
This isnt a complaint - its an exploration of how a game gets built. Perhaps itll change you view on your favorite RPG.
0:00 - The Components of a Crit System
3:15 - True Random Crits
10:35 - Variable Crit systems
15:28 - Guaranteed Critical Hit systems
18:37 - Closing Thoughts
Music used:
Littleroot Town [Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire]
COMPLICATION [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
Crisis, Herta Space Station Battle Theme [Honkai Star Rail]
Those Who Fight [Final Fantasy VII]
Reach out to the Truth (Instrumental) [Persona 4]
Sootopolis City [Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire]
REINCARNATION [Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective]
Join the Discord Server: https://discord.gg/c9E3SzSds9
Thumbnail art provided by u/Shadow_9021 and used with their permission (https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/1u5n8ke/free_sfm_poster_requests_%EA%89%82_%E1%97%9C/).
#pokemon #teamfortress2 #tf2")
