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DO NOT BUY Animal Crossing New Horizon - TERRIBLE game
2020-04-28 · 10 min
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Well, well, what do we have here? Another
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0:05–0:07 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_0overhyped game from Nintendo that everyone
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0:07–0:10 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_1is praising and talking about, and turns
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0:10–0:13 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_2out it's just another piece of rubbish.
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0:13–0:14 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_3Animal Crossing: New Horizons is probably
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0:15–0:18 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_4the worst game that I've never played.
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0:18–0:20 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_5Okay, so first of all, let me just talk
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0:20–0:22 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_6about the price. This game is insanely
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0:22–0:25 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_7expensive. On the Switch Nintendo Store,
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0:25–0:28 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_8it will cost you— it will set you back
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0:28–0:29 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_9about the Great British pound. £50,
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0:30–0:34 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_10that's a lot of money just for a stupid
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0:34–0:36 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_11game where you run around chopping trees
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0:37–0:38 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_12and picking up apples and fake fishing.
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0:39–0:41 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_13And this is one of my problems with
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0:42–0:43 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_14Nintendo as a company. I think they're so
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0:43–0:45 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_15greedy for money, they're so money hungry,
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0:46–0:48 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_16even though they probably make way more
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0:49–0:50 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_17money than most other companies and they
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0:50–0:52 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_18probably make huge profits. But still,
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0:52–0:54 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_19they think that it's okay to be able to
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0:54–0:56 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_20charge £50 or £60 just for a
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0:56–0:59 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_21brand new game. And as you can obviously
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1:00–1:01 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_22see, this is a game designed children.
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1:01–1:04 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_23Look at it, it's basically a kids game.
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1:04–1:06 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_24What kid is going to have £50 just lying
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1:06–1:09 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_25around as spare change to be able to buy
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1:09–1:12 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_26one of their games? Obviously they won't
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1:12–1:13 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_27have £50 and they have to start going to
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1:13–1:15 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_28their parents, begging them to buy it for
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1:16–1:18 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_29them. It's just kind of like manipulation.
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1:18–1:20 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_30Nintendo makes a really cute, fun-looking
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1:20–1:22 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_31game, then the kid really, really wants it
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1:22–1:24 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_32and then begs their parents to buy it for
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1:25–1:26 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_33them. I think it's kind of manipulative.
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1:26–1:28 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_34So what exactly do you do in this game?
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1:29–1:32 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_35Well, that's a very good question because
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1:32–1:33 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_36I have been trying to figure figure it
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1:34–1:36 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_37out, and I just don't get it. I don't
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1:36–1:37 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_38understand what is so fun about this game.
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1:38–1:39 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_39It looks pretty boring most of the time.
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1:39–1:42 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_40You're just running about either
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1:42–1:44 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_41collecting resources, chopping down trees,
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1:44–1:46 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_42collecting wood, picking up fruits off the
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1:46–1:49 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_43ground or from trees, doing fishing and
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1:49–1:52 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_44getting fish. And then I'm guessing that
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1:52–1:55 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_45you have to build items using the
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1:55–1:57 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_46materials and resources that you collect
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1:57–2:00 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_47in the game. To build a house and then
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2:00–2:02 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_48build furniture, maybe build some kind of
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2:03–2:05 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_49farm that generates crops and food for
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2:05–2:07 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_50you. It doesn't really seem like there's
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2:08–2:09 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_51any goal or story to the game. It's just
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2:09–2:12 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_52kind of like a sandbox game that lets you
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2:13–2:15 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_53do whatever you want to do, however you
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2:15–2:17 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_54want to do it. It doesn't really seem like
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2:17–2:19 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_55a game that's going to be challenging or
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2:19–2:21 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_56difficult. It's not like a high-skilled
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2:22–2:23 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_57game where you rack up points or a high
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2:24–2:26 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_58score. It's not really a game that's going
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2:26–2:27 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_59to challenge you or make you, you know,
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2:27–2:30 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_60actually improve some kind of bodily
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2:30–2:32 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_61function I think it would be safe to say
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2:32–2:34 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_62that this game falls neatly into the
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2:35–2:37 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_63category of peaceful, relaxing gameplay
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2:38–2:41 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_64that's kind of boring to look at. Not
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2:41–2:43 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_65really much is happening, but I guess when
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2:44–2:46 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_66you play it yourself, it relaxes you and
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2:46–2:49 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_67makes you feel comfortable. I don't really
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2:49–2:51 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_68understand those kind of games. If you
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2:51–2:53 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_69want to feel relaxed or comforted, why
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2:53–2:56 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_70don't you just sit in a chair and listen
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2:56–2:57 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_71to some nice jazz music? Why play a video
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2:57–2:59 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_72game? When I play video games, I want to
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3:00–3:02 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_73play something that's exciting and
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3:02–3:04 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_74challenging, that has at least a good
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3:04–3:06 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_75story or decent gameplay. This game seems
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3:06–3:08 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_76to lack both. Seems to lack neither a
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3:09–3:11 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_77story or interesting and engaging
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3:11–3:15 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_78gameplay. And now that I think about it,
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3:15–3:17 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_79the game does actually look like Stardew
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3:17–3:19 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_80Valley, which is very cheap on Steam. You
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3:19–3:22 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_81can get it for about $5 or $10. And why
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3:23–3:26 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_82would you get Animal Crossing when you
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3:26–3:28 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_83could get Stardew Valley instead for about
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3:28–3:30 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_84a 5th of the price when basically it's the
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3:30–3:32 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_85same kind of game? You run around, you
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3:33–3:34 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_86collect stuff, you clear away stuff, you
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3:35–3:37 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_87make a farm, you make food and crops, you
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3:37–3:39 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_88buy stuff at shops. I don't really see how
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3:40–3:42 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_89that's different to this Animal Crossing
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3:42–3:44 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_90game. So why don't you just get Stardew
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3:44–3:46 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_91Valley, which is a 5th of the price? Now
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3:46–3:49 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_92for the graphic fidelity of the game, I'm
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3:49–3:51 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_93just going to have to say that
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3:51–3:53 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_94unfortunately the graphics of this game
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3:53–3:55 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_95are not quite up to my standards. I feel
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3:55–3:57 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_96like the colors are just way too washed
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3:57–4:00 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_97out and the heads of the people and the
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4:00–4:02 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_98characters are just way too big. There's
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4:03–4:04 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_99just no possibility that you could have a
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4:05–4:07 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_100head that big and still be able to run
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4:07–4:09 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_101around without falling over all of the
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4:10–4:11 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_102time. It just makes no logical sense.
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4:12–4:14 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_103It's kind of sad and a little bit
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4:15–4:17 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_104depressing that we've got a bunch of kids
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4:17–4:19 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_105doing gardening and fishing and outdoor
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4:19–4:21 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_106activities, which would be great if you're
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4:21–4:24 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_107actually doing them in the real world.
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4:24–4:26 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_108Why would I want to do gardening in a game
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4:26–4:28 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_109when I could just go out to my garden,
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4:28–4:30 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_110dig some holes, and plant some actual real
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4:30–4:32 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_111fruit and vegetable and get some real-life
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4:33–4:35 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_112results? But the saddest thing about it is
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4:35–4:38 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_113that it seems to be loads and loads of
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4:38–4:40 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_114adults playing this game, not kids. Even
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4:40–4:43 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_115though you look at this game, you think,
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4:44–4:45 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_116oh wow, this is definitely a kids' game
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4:45–4:46 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_117and only kids are going to be interested.
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4:46–4:48 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_118No, you've got legions of Nintendo fanboys
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4:49–4:51 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_119and fangirls playing this game and
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4:52–4:54 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_120actually enjoying it, which I just do not
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4:54–4:56 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_121understand. You look at this game and it's
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4:56–4:58 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_122obviously a game designed for kids. And
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4:58–5:01 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_123yeah, if I was 10 years old, I think I
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5:01–5:03 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_124would also really want to play this game
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5:03–5:04 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_125and probably have a lot of fun. But I am a
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5:04–5:06 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_12631-year-old man. There's no way in hell
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5:07–5:09 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_127that you would ever catch me playing such
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5:09–5:11 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_128a stupid-looking game and actually
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5:11–5:13 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_129enjoying it. I think I'd rather play with
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5:13–5:15 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_130my Rubik's Cube. There's kind of like this
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5:15–5:17 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_131weird thing about Nintendo fans who are
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5:18–5:20 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_132adults. Yeah, I know they probably played
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5:20–5:22 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_133Nintendo when they were kids and they're
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5:22–5:24 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_134big fans of Super Mario, Mario and any—
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5:24–5:25 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_135everything. But they grow up into adults,
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5:25–5:28 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_136and you think maybe their tastes change
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5:28–5:30 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_137and they'll play more mature games like
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5:30–5:32 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_138Rainbow Six, but they don't. They seem to
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5:33–5:34 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_139carry on wanting to play the same childish
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5:35–5:37 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_140games that they used to play when they
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5:38–5:38 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_141were 10 years old, even though they're
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5:38–5:40 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_142probably 30 now. It's just really, really
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5:40–5:43 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_143weird. They also have this same kind of
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5:43–5:45 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_144look. You see these Nintendo fanboy
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5:45–5:47 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_145YouTubers on YouTube, they always have
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5:47–5:49 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_146this same look where they usually have a
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5:49–5:51 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_147beard and really big glasses and they look
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5:51–5:54 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_148really nerdy. I don't know, I just don't
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5:54–5:56 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_149get it. It just— the gameplay looks so
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5:56–5:58 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_150utterly boring. What do you do? You just
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5:59–6:01 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_151run about, you press buttons. There's
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6:01–6:03 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_152absolutely zero challenge to the game. Is
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6:03–6:05 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_153it even rewarding collecting wood and then
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6:05–6:07 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_154building stuff when it's not even
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6:07–6:09 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_155difficult to collect the wood in the first
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6:09–6:11 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_156place? So unfortunately, I'm going to have
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6:12–6:14 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_157to cut the review short today because I
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6:14–6:16 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_158can't really be bothered to do anything
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6:17–6:18 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_159else for this video. I would say in
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6:18–6:22 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_160conclusion do not buy this game because
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6:22–6:24 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_161you'll probably not enjoy it. And yeah,
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6:24–6:28 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_162I don't really want to waste £50 on this
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6:28–6:30 · rev_3435226d67fd57c63495b1ce56b8fbdf_163piece of rubbish.
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