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EARLY VIDEO: "This Game is Perfection, Please Don't Buy It"

🕑 Added 2025-03-20 09:37:23 +0000 UTC

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Colin Horen

I have to say, even compared to the last couple videos you've published, your editing skills feel like they have improved and toned so much! This was an absolute delight to watch, like like your OTXO video, your writing passion on display just make me want to experience the game for myself more and more, despite the situation it's developers have been put in.

Colin Horen

It's a hard choice, but between the two I'd still go with the first one since the video seems primarily about THE game itself and not the idea of simply making a 'perfect' game all for nothing. I know it's kinda "clickbaity", but that's also a good way to grab interest from those unfamiliar with your work and potentially build an audience.

Ted Cart

I'm gonna click "don't buy it" regardless of my mood but the philosophical "What's the point of..." question would only win me over on a certain kind of day. Stick to the stronger clickbait choice; the ultimate depth behind it more than warrants the tactic. Also you dodge the heat potentially facing that dev who preached piracy by NOT explicitly preaching piracy in your title. I don't think the title makes you "culpable" or "complicit" if that's a concern. My initial reading (or understanding) of that sentiment "Don't buy this perfect game" is "Having zero flaws robs the game of its character," or maybe "this ultimate experience feels hollow despite perfect execution." That's a fascinating premise and it doesn't clash with actual video - the dev preaching piracy is a STRONG hook once you're watching, regardless of expectations. We all love an underdog speaking truth to power. Props on the video - fantastic prose and detail explaining what makes this game fun. Also love the sentiment that it's a good thing to discover a masterpiece years late. This video is among your best - good research, well-balanced inclusion of personal anecdotes, compelling flow in the writing, good background music (did i hear Borderlands and/or Mirror's Edge Catalyst?) that complements Rollerdrome's aesthetic rather than distracting from it. Rollerdrome on its own is old news but your recap and analysis has a timeless quality to it. This is an impressive balancing act. TL;DR: Run with the clickbait title: this video deserves the attention, viewers will be pleasantly surprised, and you're not liable.

FrostLock

I have no idea what the second title is even supposed to mean, while the first title makes sense to me.

NephyrisX

"What is the point of a perfect game?" is the superior title. The initial one is basically every goddamn clickbait title on youtube, and I hate it so much that Youtubers are forced to use this format to gain traction