Hey, Retcon Raider here!
Just wrapped up Solasta, so this seemed like a good time to sneak in one of my increasingly infrequent Retrospectives! Also, it’s a new year and it’s been 3 months since the last one and we just hit a little over 100 years worth of accrued Watch Time and we’re about to hit 20k Subscribers.
Not that I really ended up talking about any of that stuff. I mostly just ramble about video games and show off pictures of my cats. So if that’s what you’re looking for, then you’ve come to the right place!
00:00 Intro & Analytics.
04:14 Chattering about Wrath of the Righteous.
10:56 Chattering about Solasta.
12:40 Chattering about the Darkest of Dungeons.
15:42 Chattering about Pathfinder: Kingmaker.
17:30 Namedropping some other CRPGs.
17:55 Chattering about Fallout: Van Buren.
20:18 Chattering about turn-based tactical games.
22:05 Chattering about Baldur’s Gate 3.
23:15 Special thanks, plus a cat pic or two.
28:45 Obligatory Patreon plug.
29:30 Outro, party hat, and one more cat pic.
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kip it up i have no job =P
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IMO the Van Buren audio is completely fine don't be too hard on yourself.
You say you feel like there's dozens of others making wrath of the righteous videos but I swear you're the best one here
slow and low is best for cooking, can't help but feel it is the same for producing vids. your pace is yours sir, do it as you see fit.
The YouTube algorithm even remembered that I watched the Kingmaker Beta all these years ago and recommended the WotR on the very first video. Not a singled other of your videos, I was quite surprised.
I like to put on WotR when I'm getting ready for bed / falling asleep. I like the relaxed approach.
My problem with BG3 is it is a great game just not really a BG game more a Divinity: Original Sin 3 game. Also all that jumping just grinds my gears 🙂
BG3 implemented the druids, I would prefer more history, but with the high quality, no fan for the plot (narrative sucks), will not be finished until 2023.
Pathfinder wrath, it's fine even though I would like it to implement the climbing, jumping & tumbling, but the narrative makes up for it.
Solasta is unbelieved, on more than one occasion that i'm think they were players with you DM's. The imersion is most realistic (even "Critical Roll"), well implemented, but like pathfinder you cannot jump at please. The same thing happens with diablo 4, 20 years ago the jump was implemented in the diablo clones such as dark alliance & norrath champions and more recent games have it.
All is just my opinions many will love them but only solasta win for my.
Enjoy your wrath series. Been checking out wasteland 3
Never change Retcon There will always be detractors but your channel is growing, Patreon supporters are growing and you are putting out good videos on a regular basis
Bethesda? You mean Microsoft 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Guys we need to get him more patron supporters so we can make the reading of patrons even longer
Hey Retcon, one of the reasons that I subscribed to you was your voice and your "slow" pace. I enjoy it vastly more then just rushing a game like Kingmaker with such a lush story, Keep up the good work man.
Also, beautiful cats you have
About Wrath, – I must say there are good start, balanced storytelling with some action, then after first sequence of events pacing just stops at tons of exposition, text eclipse any gameplay, and not because of you, I think there some redacture failure. Script is just graphomaniac. Considering they translated this text from russian. In Kingmaker there was Chris Avellone, who redacted script, here in Wrath we can see this writing impulse unchecked.)
Damned be the nay sayers. I'm sure most of us are here due to the occasional rant, not in spite of it. Keep up the good work!
I enjoy the story along with the gameplay during these types of games. Do not change Raider……It is great. There are a lot of channels out there that speed run through things, I like your casual emersion in a game. Thanks for all that you do.
do strategie 2 for shure but, mix in some 3 if u will. seeing the same story twice one two introduction episodes is not appealing to me.
You cant make everyone happy, im watching you because of your gameplay style and narrations.
with darkest dungeon, plz just skip the bloodcurt.
Been playing Divinity: Original Sin…..That game seems right up your alley. Have you ever played it?
i liked ur b3 content, but i also understand there are alot of bigger channelks u would have to copmpete wirh on that game.
I know it's a little outside what you normally do, but Disgaea 6 drops, It'd be interesting to see you check it out 😀 it's a TRPG just with a very anime aesthetic/storyline 😀 That being said, I don't think it's got a PC release?
I'd like to see the data (well, not really, my days as a data-wrangler for hire are thankfully behind me) on the negative comments re pacing compared to subscribers and regular viewers…I suspect those of us who watch most of your output watch BECAUSE of the slower paced, thoughtful and lore-heavy coverage not in spite of it. (Oh come on, you got me to watch shooty-bang-bang series recently – X-COM, Gears Tactics and Phoenix Point are not my thing – Phoenix Point was a very pleasant surprise so thanks for that particularly.) And the cat pictures of course 🙂
Re WotR specifically, although I'm not a Pathfinder player either tabletop or CRPG, I do enjoy the system's lore (I wander off to look up certain things later) because I like the stories. After the last WotR video I was wondering about the possibilities of setting Ember and The Storyteller in conversation and then just seeing where they went. (I love Ember's potential – she seems to be styled as the archetype of the 'Holy Fool' writ large – an archetype I am fond of.)
Ha – waving my usual flag for Stygian 🙂 And Fallout:VB – found the lore videos and binged them.
Solasta has been another pleasant surprise, but I share your hesitancy re BG3. I did not like the previous Larian Games output, and so I was not as thrilled as lots of other folks when they were announced as the developers for BG3. My reservations have been vindicated so far; I don't hate it, but I'm very very unlikely to ever play it myself.
Algorithm, yadda yadda yadda 🙂 And I'm done.
Your compulsive need to read all the things is why I am subbed to you.
Will you make a series about Phenix point? The game has changed a lot
Totally agree with different build idea.
Kingmaker “story driven”? Hahahaahaha. I wish.
Yes officially you should be able to get to the end of Chapter 3 for Wrath of the Righteous, but in the current beta at least for me that is impossible as the game becomes hard to impossible to play, especially when it comes to the games version of Kingdom Management … if you ignore it I can gat to about I would say half of the chapter before it just becomes not playable for me ….
So Chapter II End is right now the best place to stop for your series, maybe a bit of the beginnings of chapter 3 just a quick look around at what you are offered there, maybe a battle or 2 .. but after that … it makes you really feel more like a tester then a player …
I, and I think many others, appreciate the effort put into each video. No offense to the people complaining about the pace, but I feel there are more than enough channels on Youtube with clickbait titles and daily low effort reaction videos that can satiate their need for instant gratification.
Plus, any video not containing the phrase "Smash that subscribe button and hit the notification bell." gets bonus points from me.
Another one for the list https://store.steampowered.com/app/1094730/Black_Legend/
I would like to see you continue with Kingmaker personally. Either way, looking forward to what ever is next!
As far as I understand it, people seek entertainment the most when they need to relax, i.e. in everyday working days, so it's indeed no wonder why December and January are that bad for youtubers, Although, your voice is indeed enhancing Wraiths of the Righteous experience we receive. Darkest Dungeon is meh. Kingmaker is quite good, but it would be a waste to do both of the pathfinder games at the same time, imho. Regarding possible new series I suggest you try out Valkirya Chronicles – it's quite good tactic game with quite a story, it may be to your liking. BG3 is seem disgusting to many hardcore baldur's gate lovers such as I am – it's essentially Divinity Original Sin 3, not a Baldur's gate tittle. Cats are always welcome.
disappoint? no disappointment with your channel. its actually relaxing to just listen videos when doing something else. yes even retrospective videos.
Nice to have the camera back! Keep up the good work!
We love you just as you are buddy. I personally love your pacing and hate when other youtubers skip over so much stuff just to finish the game fast to retain as many views as possible, I do understand it, it's their livelihood but I think they just get used to it after playing like that for a few years and never stop.
I wish I could help your channel to grow faster, I do drop your name when recommending gaming channels but I don't feel it's enough.
I followed because I really liked the Van Buren videos, and now I'm slowly making my way through some playthroughs. This is probably one of my favourite gaming channels.
Wrath isn't wholly terrible, but the pacing isn't great. Solasta has better pacing. Really, it does. I say this as a person who pays his bills by writing. Wrath's narrative is bogged down and just plain sloppy in places. Solasta is much, much better at rationing out the narrative and exposition in manageable chunks.
I am personally disappointed by the first Pathfinder game. Never got a chance to finish it. Got deep into the game, and every single time I ran into game breaking bugs or kingdom issues. So I might have become a bit biased by dislike.
I love the way you RP. Keep up the good work please.
Just continue the series as "remastered". 🙂 Shamelessly from the point where you left them off.
Tried other content creators with the same content but still end up going back to your channel. I prefer your layback and calculated approach to any series, or those tiny tidbits of text with amusing or informative excerpts, not to mention, that voice really immerses oneself deep into the lore. Thank you man, you made pandemic alot more bearable. Cheers from the Philippines!
Hey Retcon.
As a longtime viewer, let me say that I think you should just keep doing you. Your videos are awesome. We have your back.
Love your style of game play. Your style and storyline with Darkest Dungeon got me hooked and subscribed to your channel.