And it features one of the best platformers ever...Mega Man X. And it's pretty frigging funny.

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I HATE hand holding in games. It ruined bowser's inside story and makes most console games insufferable.

I watched the whole video. . . . jesus

Next time flag your vid NSFW.

YES! I love that though. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.. Pokemon for gameboy.. pure epic and simple.

That vid was funny as hell too

Watch ep 1. He compares Castlevanias 1 & 2 and points out flaws that still persist in modern game design.

Damint Scorch, that stupid vid has me walking around work randomly going, "Megaman, Megaman!"

I walk around and ask "Whatcha gonna do today?" "I dunno..f*** JUMP AND SHOOT!"

I watched both. I do agree with the second one.

I remember being bored a few years back (2008ish) and playing Mega Man X on a emulator and getting into it, mean while I was playing MMX instead of CoD and other current games. Definitely stands the test of time.

BusyBadger wrote:Damint Scorch, that stupid vid has me walking around work randomly going, "Megaman, Megaman!"

lol

That's freakin awesome.

I lost count on how many times I rented MMX from Blockbuster back in the day...
Also has some of the best gaming music EVER.

Good video, and touches on a lot of good stuff. Much of what he talks about is also covered in pretty extensive detail in the Developer Commentary for most Valve games. They do a lot of talking about making "teaching" in the game feel natural, and about the difference between handholding and instructing. They talk about the evolutionary process that iterative playtesting and development goes into getting it perfect, something Megaman didn't have the luxury of (at least not to anywhere near the same extent). If you have either Portal game (particularly the first one) or any Half Life 2 title, I strongly recommend playing through in commentary mode.