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Why i HATE Stellar Blade - PC port review and gameplay
2025-06-13 · 8 min
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Hello, welcome back to a new video.
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0:01–0:03 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_0So today we're going to talk about why I
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0:03–0:05 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_1hate Stellar Blade.
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0:05–0:07 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_2The PC port is finally here and people who
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0:07–0:10 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_3don't have a PS5 can finally play the
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0:11–0:12 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_4game, and I don't really recommend playing
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0:12–0:15 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_5it to be honest.
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0:15–0:15 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_6It's a little bit boring.
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0:15–0:17 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_7So we've got these really irritating
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0:17–0:19 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_8spider-like enemies, and for some reason I
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0:19–0:22 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_9don't know why, but it's so dark here.
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0:22–0:24 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_10I don't know why there's so many shadows.
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0:25–0:27 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_11I don't know if I can blow this up or not.
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0:27–0:29 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_12So the combat is a little bit tedious,
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0:31–0:34 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_13isn't it?
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0:34–0:34 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_14And these barrels— oh, they do blow up, I
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0:35–0:37 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_15think.
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0:37–0:38 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_16Oh, they blew up in my face.
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0:38–0:40 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_17So it's— I mean, I can't even move,
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0:40–0:42 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_18and now I'm locked onto this enemy for
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0:44–0:45 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_19some reason, even though I didn't choose
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0:45–0:47 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_20that one.
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0:47–0:47 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_21I don't even know what the lock-on button
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0:47–0:49 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_22is.
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0:49–0:49 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_23So the combat is just hack and slash.
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0:49–0:51 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_24You got some combos like this where you
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0:52–0:55 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_25just go right, left, right, left, right,
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0:55–0:57 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_26left.
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0:57–0:58 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_27So yeah, and then there's just too many
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0:59–1:02 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_28cutscenes and you can't skip the
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1:02–1:04 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_29cutscenes.
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1:04–1:05 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_30I'm pressing all the buttons and nothing's
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1:06–1:08 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_31happening.
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1:08–1:08 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_32So this enemy looks kind of interesting.
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1:09–1:11 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_33The dodge button's really annoying as
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1:13–1:14 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_34well.
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1:14–1:14 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_35I don't know why they put the dodge on the
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1:14–1:16 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_36Shift key.
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1:16–1:16 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_37It's very awkward to press.
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1:17–1:18 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_38And I've got no health potions.
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1:19–1:20 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_39And now I'm dead.
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1:25–1:25 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_40So the controls are really irritating if
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1:26–1:27 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_41you're playing keyboard and mouse, and
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1:27–1:30 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_42you'd have to go into the system settings
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1:30–1:32 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_43and remap them, which is kind of fiddly
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1:32–1:35 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_44and annoying to do.
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1:35–1:35 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_45So what do I do now?
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1:39–1:40 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_46Oh, now I've got to rewatch this stupid
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1:41–1:43 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_47little cutscene animation of the enemies.
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1:43–1:44 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_48I can skip this bit and I've got to kill
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1:46–1:49 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_49these things again.
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1:49–1:49 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_50Oh my god,
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1:50–1:50 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_51I don't know why they— I think dodge
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1:53–1:55 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_52should be the F button, it would feel
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1:56–1:59 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_53better.
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1:59–1:59 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_54Shift should never be used for emergency
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2:00–2:03 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_55situations, which dodging is basically.
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2:03–2:06 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_56I have no idea what happened.
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2:07–2:08 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_57Oh,
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2:14–2:14 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_58so yeah,
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2:15–2:18 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_59I guess there's like a little mini-boss
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2:20–2:21 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_60thingy here.
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2:21–2:22 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_61At least I can skip the cutscene now.
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2:23–2:25 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_62Whoa, so now it's like wannabe Elden Ring
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2:30–2:33 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_63with the lock-on
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2:34–2:34 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_64and the dodging.
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2:36–2:36 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_65I keep pressing space to dodge and it
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2:37–2:39 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_66jumps.
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2:39–2:39 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_67And also you can't block when you've
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2:43–2:45 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_68jumped like that.
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2:45–2:46 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_69Say— oh my God, what?
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2:47–2:48 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_70If I jump and then press the block button,
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2:49–2:52 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_71it should block mid-air or cancel the
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2:52–2:54 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_72jump.
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2:54–2:55 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_73But now I've got to kill those stupid
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2:55–2:56 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_74spider things again every time.
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2:56–2:58 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_75Why'd you make me kill the easy stuff over
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2:59–3:01 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_76and over and over again and then play a
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3:01–3:03 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_77stupid cutscene?
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3:03–3:04 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_78When all I want to do is fight the
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3:05–3:07 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_79challenging ones.
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3:07–3:07 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_80I don't want to keep killing these over
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3:08–3:09 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_81and over again.
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3:09–3:10 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_82This is really annoying.
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3:20–3:21 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_83What?
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3:24–3:24 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_84I really got to change the buttons.
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3:30–3:31 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_85Dodge is spacebar.
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3:33–3:34 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_86It also takes too long to heal.
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3:35–3:36 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_87I don't like watching that animation.
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3:37–3:38 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_88And also block doesn't seem to work ever.
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3:41–3:42 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_89Like, I'm pressing block and nothing
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3:43–3:44 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_90happens.
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3:44–3:44 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_91Now I've used all my potions on these
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3:48–3:49 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_92things.
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3:49–3:49 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_93Probably gonna die again.
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3:53–3:54 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_94They just attack at night.
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3:57–3:58 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_95Oh my God, I think it's
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3:59–4:03 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_96easier to
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4:06–4:08 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_97block than dodge.
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4:12–4:13 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_98Oh, it cannot be guarded.
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4:16–4:18 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_99What?
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4:24–4:24 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_100I blocked it!
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4:24–4:25 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_101Oh my God, this game is so annoying.
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4:27–4:29 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_102This is so annoying.
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4:32–4:33 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_103I have to kill the stupid little spider
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4:34–4:36 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_104things over and over again.
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4:36–4:36 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_105I don't know why they made it like this.
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4:41–4:42 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_106Yeah, also I looked up the, the model that
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4:49–4:52 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_107they used to make this game— I mean, make
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4:52–4:54 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_108the character— and she looks nothing like
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4:54–4:57 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_109the in-game character.
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4:57–4:58 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_110Well, the idiots in the comments were
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4:59–5:00 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_111saying, well, actually, women do look like
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5:00–5:03 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_112this in real life.
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5:03–5:04 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_113The game's character was modeled after
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5:06–5:07 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_114some woman.
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5:07–5:08 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_115Yeah, she doesn't look anything like the
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5:09–5:10 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_116model in the game.
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5:10–5:12 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_117She just looks like a normal Korean woman
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5:14–5:15 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_118who's had too much plastic surgery.
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5:15–5:16 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_119She looks nothing like that in real life.
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5:29–5:31 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_120Oh, what?
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5:47–5:47 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_121Oh, I got it.
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5:50–5:51 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_122Easy,
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5:54–5:54 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_123easy.
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5:56–5:56 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_124She can climb up stuff.
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5:56–5:57 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_125Is that Russian?
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5:57–5:58 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_126Why is it Russian?
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6:01–6:02 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_127Are we in Russia?
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6:04–6:04 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_128Well, it's like a fantasy world.
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6:06–6:07 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_129Did I just die?
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6:09–6:09 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_130Yeah, are we in Russia or what?
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6:15–6:16 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_131Why are we Asian but we're in Russia?
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6:17–6:19 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_132It's kind of weird.
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6:19–6:20 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_133And then that's Chinese.
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6:21–6:22 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_134What?
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6:22–6:22 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_135Doesn't make any sense.
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6:23–6:24 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_136That's Chinese.
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6:27–6:27 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_137Why are they just like random languages
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6:29–6:30 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_138everywhere?
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6:30–6:31 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_139So we're in China or in Russia?
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6:32–6:34 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_140PlayStation games always have this look,
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6:41–6:43 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_141don't they?
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6:43–6:44 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_142Like blue, cold, very
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6:44–6:48 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_143clean-looking interface, which is also a
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6:49–6:52 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_144bit boring.
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6:52–6:52 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_145Kind of like Death Stranding vibes I'm
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6:53–6:55 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_146getting from this game.
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6:55–6:56 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_147You have to cross here.
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6:58–6:59 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_148They always make the games look kind of
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6:59–7:00 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_149the same.
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7:00–7:01 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_150The ladder behind me.
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7:01–7:01 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_151So I'm not really a fan of PlayStation, to
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7:03–7:04 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_152be honest.
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7:04–7:05 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_153The games look good, but they have no soul
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7:14–7:16 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_154or character.
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7:16–7:17 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_155Oh God, swimming levels.
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7:19–7:20 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_156Great.
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7:20–7:21 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_157I hate swimming in video games because the
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7:22–7:24 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_158controls are so irritating all the time.
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7:24–7:26 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_159Look, what am I supposed to do?
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7:26–7:28 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_160Why does she keep going under?
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7:29–7:30 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_161Now I can't get back up.
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7:32–7:33 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_162What am I supposed to do now?
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7:39–7:39 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_163Can't you just climb over?
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7:41–7:41 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_164I guess I gotta dive and go through a
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7:42–7:44 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_165hole.
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7:44–7:44 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_166Yeah, there.
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7:44–7:45 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_167Okay, Ctrl to descend.
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7:46–7:48 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_168Such pointless gameplay, isn't it?
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7:51–7:53 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_169It's not fun, it's not hard.
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7:53–7:54 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_170What is the point?
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7:56–7:56 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_171Can I climb this?
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7:59–8:00 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_172Oh God, swimming, it just killed it for
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8:05–8:08 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_173me.
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8:08–8:08 · rev_4cac16312b18ec17f272f3106099073d_174I'm done.
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