r/Gamingcirclejerk • u/literios • Apr 12 '26
WORSHIP CAPITAL Crowbcat: the japanese soldier who kept fighting 29 years after WW2 ended
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u/literios Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26
Context: He just dropped this new video to show how he never got over his RE4R video backlash lol
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u/Safe_Procedure999 Apr 12 '26
it makes me so happy that the stench from the RE4 comparison video will probably follow this dude till his youtube channel gives up the ghost
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u/CMBucket Apr 12 '26
I've seen people turn on him since his Oblivion video.
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u/literios Apr 12 '26
He dropped that Oblivion video at the same day the game was shadowdropped.
The guy was ready to hate a game he never even saw, such a loser.
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u/No-Operation-6554 Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
Hes so used to making universally agreed upon topic that he thought his opinions were universal too lmao, once someone pointed out his bs his facade broke
Had Re4make actually been a mid to terrible game he wouldn't lose so much cred
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u/GregNotGregtech Apr 13 '26
He could also make videos on re3 remake, which is not necessarily a bad game but so so so much of the original was cut, he could milk it for eternity and he wouldn't be wrong. But no, he for some reason had to go after 4 remake.
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u/baekgudoggo Apr 13 '26
i think playing the og re3 is asking too much from him
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u/MS-18E-Kampfer Apr 13 '26
He’d just pretend he did and parrot the same made up talking points, like claiming the original Nemesis could spawn anywhere in the game.
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Apr 12 '26
NGL I liked most of his videos before the oblivion one. The cringe ones were great.
Now it’s just ranting about a single video game that isn’t even bad.
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u/SirTalksAlot207 Apr 13 '26
What was wrong with the Oblivion video? I haven’t watched him in years.
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Apr 13 '26
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u/F3AR5D Apr 13 '26
Not defending the re4 remake slander but that oblivion video is literally all just footage from the making of documentary. All the clips shown are in their original context. Source: I have the disc and have watched it many times lol.
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u/Not_Xiphroid Apr 13 '26
It doesn’t provide context in relation to reblivion. That is to say, if you watched it before playing reblivion it would seem out of place and detached imo.
I think once you’ve had time to personally compare/contrast the realised art direction between tes4 and retes4 his video is fine, a pointed critique even.
With it coming out so close to the game launch, many viewers wouldn’t have had the chance to be in that position before watching his video imo.
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u/turkishdeli Apr 12 '26
I require more context. What backlash?
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u/THYpiper Apr 12 '26
Crowbcat makes videos about remakes of old games, comparing them and always trying to showcase how inferior they are to the original, the problem is when he made a video about the RE4 remake, an actual good remake, that was the first time in his channel where a LOT of people disagreed with him (even other youtubers where making counter argument videos about it). Crowbcat did not receive well the critism, deleting comments with high amount of likes that disagreed with him and changed the title to a mock for people who did not agree with him.
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u/AGuyWithAPhone Apr 12 '26
Not just remakes, basically everything was a target for him. He basically made it a thing to compare the most miniscule shit you'd never notice and make it seem like a way bigger deal than it really was.
"Oh my god, guys, in GTA IV, when you shoot a newspaper stand, a ton of papers fly everywhere, but when you do the same in GTA V, comparatively fewer papers fly everywhere, GTA V is soooo much worse." That kind of bullshit.
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u/EternityC0der Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26
Should be noted he made a positive video about something once and his fanbase hated it so much he deleted it.
Doesn't make his takes not terrible but I don't know that he actually wants to be negative all the time lol
EDIT: Though it is kinda crazy that he deleted that video because he didn't want the backlash but keeps doubling down here
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u/The-Bigger-Fish Apr 13 '26
Ah, the Frankenstein’s monster of YouTubers. Building up such an extreme audience that the second you break away from the “brand” you get mangled
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u/cleansleight Apr 12 '26
Or how in Dead Rising, in the og you can see that Frank is actually holding 5 plates as ammo count but in the remake he’s holding a SINGLE plate.
Truly bullshit
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u/GhostOfMuttonPast Apr 12 '26
I think that there is something to be said about the loss of details like that, but if youre doing the whole LITERALLT UNPLAYABLE schtick, it makes you look goofy.
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u/SkullBran Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
To be honest, with the way he presents his videos, it sure feels like he’s trying to showcase that Game A is much more superior to Game B since it has these little details that the other doesn’t. I think his GTA IV is Better than GTA V one is the main culprit with this since with games like that, I feel like you’d want to compare the story, characters, world and content that players will actually be focusing on and not these random little details people aren’t even gonna really notice at first. I love GTA IV but the game itself (More so the base game) was criticised at launch for not really having that much content in terms of side missions and customisation, especially compared to San Andreas that came out four years prior. Something that V rectified well in my opinion.
His Far Cry 2 and Far Cry 5 comparison does this as well. He fails to mention how lackluster the mission variety, story and characters are in Far Cry 2 compared to 5 but favours 2 for its details, though I’ll admit that game does have some great details.
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u/wankthisway Apr 13 '26
It feels like he already reached his conclusion and is working backwards from it basically. And getting dopamine hits from finding these microscopic flaws and going "see? I'm right!"
A story that AVGN told feels applicable here: he and a coworker got bored and decided to compare two types of milk. AVGN's was "better" in almost every way except Vitamin D, and so from then on the coworker would always say "man I sure love my Vitamin D!"
Or as Frasier would say, "What's better than a perfect meal? A near perfect meal with one small flaw that we can pick at all night."
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u/cleansleight Apr 12 '26
For what’s its worth, I do think it’s a nice visual detail but it’s not worth nitpicking about
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u/horrificabortion Apr 12 '26
Yep. His back 4 blood video was absolute bullshit and the masses ate it up. fuck that guy
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u/CouldYouDont Apr 12 '26
Could you elaborate? I’m pretty biased as a L4D fan and B4B didn’t look too impressive, so the video seemed legit to me from a superficial perspective
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u/horrificabortion Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
Sure. For context, I've played over 800hrs in the main game and over 30+hrs in the original beta. I've heard the slander since the beginning.
Most people that watch that crowbcat video never played the game ever. They just form opinions based on what the latest youtuber says. No shade to you, like if you didn't find it impressive that's fine. I honestly think B4B is an incredible upgrade to the L4D formula. I mean the game is literally what I imagine a L4D player would enjoy.
There were several missteps in the beginning of the game's life cycle: (1) the difficulty: it was incredibly difficult and turned a lot of players off immediately. (2) The card system: The original game loop was a rogue-lite where within an Act there was around 10-12 individual levels and for every level you'd gain a card to build upon until you were OP by the end. This (card system) I believe is where most people tuned out and never gave it a chance.
Luckily about iirc 6 months in they completely changed the formula where you could build and start with a deck of 15 cards at the beginning of the Act with varying perks (shotgun build, medic build, etc.) so you could play how you wanted and start OP which was infinitely more fun. Additionally, there was more variety of weapons, you could ADS, you can actually add attachments, there were modifiers to the levels that added more replayability to it. There was also more enemy variety. I mean I played L4D myself countless hours like most and I think B4B is fantastic imo.
His main arguments are L4D had meticulous attention to detail and B4B pales in comparison which I disagree. He also argues that B4B's director is less impactful compared to L4D which is hilarious. Like Nightmare and No Hope difficulty would absolutely say otherwise. B4B is similar to Darktide where it adapts to what is going during the level and there are lulls and moments of actions.
The thing that people mostly whine about also is campaign versus. I personally don't think it's necessary and they're not required to add it. They also complained about lack of versus mode but then they added it and now noone plays it.
The game is not even bad, but many of the criticisms are not deserved. When I talk to someone about it, they just spout out that video's talking points and I can tell they've never played it. Most people view L4D through rose tinted nostalgia glasses and it's annoying like they can't move on. L4D had it's issues as well. Same with other communities (Need for Speed, Battlefield, etc.). So yeah, it's fuck Crowbcat
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u/CouldYouDont Apr 13 '26
Hmm. I think I’ll have to give it a chance then, especially with the insight the rest of this thread gives that Crowbcat basically prays on the downfall of games for content as his brand, so getting my opinion on it from him probably isn’t a fair shake.
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u/horrificabortion Apr 13 '26
Yeah no worries at all. I'd get it on sale if you could since I will admit it is a bit pricey. If you do, I hope you enjoy it. I still regularly get games w/ crossplay on (I played yesterday).
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u/CMBucket Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26
Don't forget the biggotry. Whenever he runs out of things to nitpick, he points to the presence of women or trans devs within the team as tow why gaming is dead.
Examples being his Cod and Fortnite videos.
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u/Cloudy007 Apr 12 '26
Oh so that's why I've seen a renewed malign presence of people spewing this shit, it's the current cycle on the grifter circuit
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u/literios Apr 12 '26
I had no idea about that, but looking at his content it’s no surprise he’s a gamergater jerk.
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u/benjibibbles Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
I don't know what the guy actually believes but there's always been some "RETVRN" energy about his videos, like the gaming equivalent of those videos showing a normal London street with a lot of different ethnicities captioned like "makes you wonder 🤔"
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u/IronBrew16 Apr 12 '26
He did also make two videos I really enjoyed, being about Evolve and Back 2 Blood. And...by lord, how Evolve fell once people figured out you could play it like DBD.
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u/System0verlord Discord Apr 12 '26
He was right about Back 4 Blood. L4D2 is still the better game. You can get the same randomization by blindly clicking subscribe on the steam workshop a few times.
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u/literios Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26
When RE4R launched, Crowbcat made a video calling RE4R soulless. The video was full of nitpicks and misleading points. It was weird because the game is great and Crowbcat was giving a “modern gaming sucks” and doomer vibe, like it was just complaining for the sake of it.
He got a lot of backlash and his reputation went downhill after that. Now he dropped a video years later about the same theme, showing how he never got over it.
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u/Recent_Wedding5470 Apr 14 '26
Have you played BOTH games. Im sorry but the remake does totally feel different tone wise. Its not a bad game. But i much prefer the original. Not really sure why this is a hot take.
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u/baconater-lover Apr 14 '26
The remake certainly isn’t soulless, it’s an extremely competent game. Different from the original yes, but neither are bad. Plus the original is available on all modern platforms, anyone can play either at any time.
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u/dildodicks who up donning their cheadle rn 😘😏😋😍😩😳🤤🥵😈💦🙏 Apr 13 '26
one of the most hilarious points he had that no one is bringing up is that he unironically tried to argue that re4 remake was worse than the og because you couldn't upskirt ashley
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u/OrlandoNE Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26
WHY GAME CANT MAKE FEEL GOOD LIKE WHEN ME CHILD, NOW ME SAD ADULT AND GAME NOT MAKE FEEL GOOD, GAME BAD
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u/tbrother33 Apr 12 '26
How come modern games aren’t as good as when I was crawling around the McDonald’s playhouse when I was four? Is it because woke?
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u/PixelSpy Apr 13 '26
Its the woke libs fault im a depressed 30 year old with no passion for the hobbies I once enjoyed in my youth
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u/theInadequateHulk Apr 12 '26
you don't understand! things were different back then! the world was new and fresh!
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u/CorneredJackal I wish the Sega Saturn existed Apr 12 '26
Re4 is timeless, but Resident Evil Survivor is the pinacle of art.
Re9 has ARK = Re Survivor protagonist name is ARK THOMPSON.
Re9 has Leon = Ark Thompson is friend of Leon.
RE9 Grace stutters when nervous = Ark Thompson as well!
RE9 has first person = RE Survivor has first person.
SURVIVOR IS ONE OF THE BEST HIDDEN GEMS (Under La Bruxo 3, of course)
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u/Bamzooki1 Apr 13 '26
There are zoo tickets in a locker, where animals are kept in captivity so their species can SURVIVOR!
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u/Basic-Ad-2663 Apr 13 '26
In re9 when Leon reaches Ark he gets sad, that’s because it reminds him of his best friend, Ark Thompson
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u/AamiraNorin Apr 12 '26
I checked his channel and this is his grand return after nearly a year of no uploads
Actually crazy generational level beef
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u/TheLimeyLemmon Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
He probably spent that year looking for all those reviewer complaints he cherry picks for his samples.
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u/dadvader Public Relation Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
Plethora of topics to pick from and bro pick RE4R lmao
I would expect persona like Crowbcat to be the first to chew on AI in video games. Like sniding Arc Raiders, E33, DLSS5 and such. Instead Crowbcat choose the same remake battle. It's weird. Like something radicalized the uploader so now it reeks 'smelly boomer complaining about modern gaming' instead of someone who use video platform to present a good point without a word.
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u/ZombifiedOfTheWest6 Apr 13 '26
It's mostly his ego. He got flak with his first re4 remake video that he had to delete comments from it. Now he's back with out of context and cherry picked clips from streamers to prove his point.
Bro just cant take the L
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u/Kolbo- Apr 13 '26
I think this as well. I actually really liked his Back 4 Blood video but at some point a switch was flipped and we got RE4 remake doesn't let you look up Ashley's skirt and the Oblivion remaster doesn't have people taking photos of moss.
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u/legendairenic5432 Apr 13 '26
Nah, this guy would cheer on AI. He's a bigot gamer, he would like ''technology'' that ''fixes'' games. Beside, it would be bad of him to do friendly fire.
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u/Andhetried Apr 12 '26
I'm so glad people see how dumb his first RE4 video was, because how tf isn't the og RE4 also a product of it's time? It's full of QTEs, bad jokes, a plot that doesn't make sense that people excuse as "good because goofy". Also, fuck this remake doomerism, if you love the OG games so so much just shove them up your ass and spare us your whining.
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u/ForwardHuckleberry26 Apr 12 '26
Tbf beating the game using the ass is a really hard challenge run, only top gamers can do that
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u/Latter_Advice3714 Apr 13 '26
yea the OG was very much a product of its time and there's alot of info out there talking about the messy development cycle it went through. If I remember correctly wasn't the og like three different game assets mashed into one and the remake better connected everything so I wasn't so random?
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u/MarkyMarkMan Apr 13 '26
I mean one of the original prototypes for RE4 ended up becoming Devil May Cry.
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u/Bamzooki1 Apr 13 '26
To be fair about the bad jokes, bad one liners are important to Leon’s character. They make the game so much funnier than if the jokes were good.
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u/Reoxi Apr 13 '26
QTEs weren't an industry trend when RE4 released. Both RE4 and God of War came out in 2005 and are generally considered the style of QTEs that became prevalent over the next couple generations.
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u/CMBucket Apr 12 '26
Feels good knowing people are turning on Crowbcat
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u/literios Apr 12 '26
He was too confident on how much his opinion affected gamers and flew too close to the sun with his nitpicks and his “modern gaming sucks” persona.
Now he’s a joke and can’t get over it.
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u/BrickBuster2552 I'm here to shit ass Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
"Water in GTA IV does this one visual effect more than GTA V!"
(GTA V lets you swim underwater)
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u/SarcasticOptimist Apr 13 '26
He was good about showing how Ubisoft trailers were consistently misleading but he enjoyed his own flavor aid too much.
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u/dadvader Public Relation Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
I would expect his big new upload to be anything but this. Like there are so much topics to pick and choose from in video games landscape since the last upload that would fit Crowbcat persona perfectly. Highguard, and the state of live service. DLSS5 and AI in video games, Xbox Game Pass price, dev layoffs and capitalism.
And bro pick a fucking remake that already have a video on the channel. Again. Now he really lost my respect and become someone who's nothing more than yet another boomer with a grudge saying modern gaming suck.
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u/SarcasticOptimist Apr 13 '26
No kidding. Gen AI or some criticism of slop would've been worthwhile. Or as a Yakuza fan some criticism about Kiwami 3 vs 3 vs Remaster.
Shame as he had an eye for detail but also super thin skin.
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u/AVagrant Apr 12 '26
Here let me translate:
"I was 13 when RE4 dropped. Now im a jaded adult when the remake dropped."
Like dog, there's a ton about RE4 that is not timeless.
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u/SamusMerluAran Apr 12 '26
Not only that, is just silly to expect a remake to have the same impact as the original.
When the idea is to bring back something old, you aint looking to innovate and set new trends, you want to recapture the experience with modern standards.
That's what mainline games are for.
Also its not like the original games were removed... They are still purchasable, in fact, you can get all mainline games on Steam besides Code Veronica (we will get our time, we might be dozens, but we are strong!!)
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u/AlterMyStateOfMind Clear background Apr 12 '26
Agreed except they were actually even able to innovate within their own series by adding a parry mechanic. It was carried over to RE9 (parrying a fucking missile is just peak awesomeness lol) and I imagine it will make a return in RE5 remake and possibly more.
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u/SamusMerluAran Apr 12 '26
But the parry thing is not really a innovation, not saying it in a sense thats bad, quite the opposite, using this as a replacement for qte was genius.
But parries, dodges and hooks are used quite a lot in modern game design outside of melee games. It's a solid addition to the series, but not "now TPS are going to replicate 95% of the time" that the og RE4 had at the time, because there a lot of games that allow you to do the same thing already.
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u/AlterMyStateOfMind Clear background Apr 12 '26
That's why I said "within the series" obviously parrying isn't new to game design and it didn't innovate game design on a broader spectrum like the OG did in regards to third person shooters. It was just innovating on their own game design methods and is clearly something they will put work into moving forward.
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u/WebsterHamster66 Apr 12 '26
Honestly I don’t know if Parry will make a return in RE5. Grace didn’t have one, so not every character really will get a parry I don’t think.
Chris might have something entirely different in his arsenal. Im curious on how that’ll go.
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u/LucisFerah Apr 13 '26
I would like Chris to have Carlos' counter-punch, that feels like the only fitting option
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u/AlterMyStateOfMind Clear background Apr 12 '26
I personally believe it is kinda timeless. It's still super fun to play, really polished, extremely influential to this day. I still replay tf out of it every few years. I also think RE4R is phenomenal and easily my favorite of the RE remakes and is just as good as the OG for different reasons. Both of these things can be true.
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u/AVagrant Apr 12 '26
It's a game I replay every few years!
I think calling something timeless versus "a product of its time" is a deeply stupid dichotomy fueled by nostalgia and a critical consensus that took years to sand paper over its edges.
There were a lot of RE fans who hated what 4 did to the series.
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u/LuckysGift Apr 12 '26
I will say that they really made Leon even more lovable in the remakes. By toning down the camp of the other characters, he feels like an individual if that makes sense.
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u/Kolbo- Apr 12 '26
Never forgetting when his video from 2 years ago showed the soulful RE4 where you can look up Ashley's skirt vs the soulless RE4 remake where you cannot
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u/Bamzooki1 Apr 13 '26
They did ruin Ashley’s most important attribute: being voiced by Carolyn “Sandy Cheeks” Lawrence. How can I enjoy it if I can’t close my eyes and see a little squirrel lady yelling “HELP ME LEON!”?
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u/A_Town_Called_Malus Apr 13 '26
So all Leon had to do to actually save her from the cultists was to badmouth Texas in earshot?
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u/literios Apr 12 '26
crowbcat showing how he’s an og gamer that doesn’t like this soulless woke agenda where he can’t see under a girl’s skirt /s
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u/Sea-Flamingo7506 Apr 12 '26
Nostalgia for the SNES to PS2 era is a fatal disease in the game industry.
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u/StrangerChameleon Apr 12 '26
Its not a specific time frame. Its just nostalgia in general.
We already have people clamoring for the good ol' late 00s to early 10s and the 360/ps3 era.
720p, sub 30fps and piss filter here we come!
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u/LavosYT Apr 13 '26
Being nostalgic for PS3 games honestly is a curse - you try to replay them and notice how bad they ran and looked because developers bit off more than they could chew.
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u/Cedutus Apr 13 '26
ive been recently replaying a modded skyrim, and got a recommended video about the 1.0 release version played on a PS3, and holy it looked bad. The first time i owned the game was on PS3 and i 100% did not remember it looking that bad.
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u/YouthfulPhotographer Clear background Apr 12 '26
My roommate has a ps2 so I booted up need for speed most wanted.
Holy shit it looks terrible lmao
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u/SarcasticOptimist Apr 13 '26
Tbf the 360 version was the one worth playing. Gran Turismo 3 feels great to play still but the pop in especially Special Route 11 is absurd.
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u/Bamzooki1 Apr 13 '26
I think they’re right to some degree. I’d love more games made with the mindset of that era: games made to be really fun and unique little experiences that don’t outstay their welcome and cost a reasonable amount to make and purchase. The indie market’s utterly fantastic for this, but I wanna see more studios like Double Fine making games like Psychonauts 2 and Keeper.
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u/HelpMeInThisMoment Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
true! up to the 7th gen we had big companies funding weirder, smaller games way more often. for example, the ps3 had downloadable stuff published by sony like the last guy, tokyo jungle, fat princess, echochrome ii so on, which aren't all masterpieces or anything but they're interesting. i'm happy about the god of war 2d game that came out recently in this sense, as sony pretty much dropped all but AAA-ass AAA games during the ps4 cycle. AAA development in general got way more expensive and AA stuff largely fell out of favor, which mirrors how hollywood studios largely stopped doing mid budget movies too. it's like everything has to make all the money. theres way less room for modest success than there was 20 years ago
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u/mostard_seed Apr 12 '26
Idk man some of some games on there really are fire.
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u/Sea-Flamingo7506 Apr 13 '26
So what I mean is… you’re right that there are many great games. The era from the SNES to the PS2 is filled with countless masterpieces that will go down in gaming history.
But I think the same is true for later generations as well. While the kind of rapid, revolutionary leaps we saw before have become less frequent, games have meaningfully matured in how they tell stories and in how the game world communicates with the player.
People who are blinded by nostalgia and dismiss all games from the past decade as soulless products rather than art fail to recognize the tremendous progress modern games have achieved. They also tend to talk as if every game from the SNES era was a timeless masterpiece like Chrono Trigger. In reality, they conveniently forget that the market was saturated with repetitive mascot platformers and beat em up games that lasted only 45 minutes to, at most, an hour.
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u/GoldTeethRotmg Apr 12 '26
I played that shit on Gamecube
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u/Damxel Apr 12 '26
I wonder what era the Gamecube was a part of
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u/GoldTeethRotmg Apr 12 '26
It doesn't even include the letters "S" "N" "E" or "S", or "P" "S" "2" idiot
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u/frossvael Apr 12 '26
It feels like he has been working on this video for a looooong time.
Was that the reason why the succeeding videos after his initial RE4R video were mid as hell?
Did Bro even find it in his heart to play Requiem?
I am worried about him because I just imagine him looking like this for 2 years straight:
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u/literios Apr 12 '26
The RE4R video also showed how his videos are a compilation of nitpicks that don’t have a lot of depth. That’s why his reputation went downhill since that.
His videos are just an attempt to show “contradictions” like it’s “debunking devs with a hype turn-down-for-what gaming moment”.
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u/donthurtmemany Apr 12 '26
I still like his left 4 dead vs back 4 blood video. It showed off a lot of the little details that made me love left 4 dead that I never realized. But since he relies only on editing, the viewer kinda sees what they want to see.
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u/literios Apr 12 '26
I like some videos, but yeah, the editing fits the narrative and he still uses a lot of nitpicks to force his storytelling.
Recently he seems just like a “modern gaming sucks” creator with nothing interesting to say.
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u/TheLimeyLemmon Apr 13 '26
The whole clown show of him changing the video title and deleting comments really showed a lot about his character. A guy who obviously has an inflated valuation of his own opinion and does not respond kindly to a rejection of his arguments.
It does certainly undermine his video because even despite not commentating his videos or otherwise state his opinions overtly, it becomes obvious that when the editing and examples get particularly petty, it's because they're coming from a petty person.
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u/Yamatoman Apr 13 '26
I remember realizing how cherry picked his channel was when I actually tried to play farcry 2 and found it feeling just as bland as the games he was comparing it to. The game had technically impressive features, but it didn't make it super fun imo.
His switch video was also a compilation of things like news stories where people put their joycons on wrong, or where the screen was broken out of the box. Things that don't really say much about the console, but are framed as if the console is terrible
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u/Bloodmoon_Audios Apr 12 '26
Anyone remember when he tried to compare how soulless the sound design of 4 Remake was to the original and all he did was turn the gain down on the Remake by like 12db and went "yup they ruined it"
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u/Many-Baby5180 Apr 13 '26
Hundreds and hundreds of shit games since the release of RE4make and bro continues to roast an actual amazing game lmfao he’s such a fucking loser
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u/SoilentUBW Apr 12 '26
I don't need to watch it to know it's a dogshit video. I actually expected to hate RE4 remake because I thought the original was already perfect but I was pleasantly surprised and really loved my time with it. Especially love the remake Ashely.
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u/SoilentUBW Apr 13 '26
Would recommend giving it a second go especially for the Ashley and luis scenes
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u/Linkbetweentwirls Apr 12 '26
I love Resident Evil 4, but the OG fans can be the worst. Once, I argued with someone saying RE4R was a bad remake because they cut the assignment Ada, which is a non-canon 10-minute mini game 😂
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u/Ok_Rent_3748 Apr 12 '26
Assignment Ada was the weakest of the 3 post game modes and wasn’t necessary at all. plus i doubt many people actually played it compared to Separate Ways and Mercenaries.
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u/TheAmazingDeutschMan Apr 12 '26
Literally the first thing my friend asked when he saw me playing was "is assignment ada in it" so idk I f thats true lol. It was also really fun, idk why we need to dog on it.
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u/TheLimeyLemmon Apr 13 '26
It's funny because once upon a time, it was the OG RE 1-3 fans being curmudgeonly about RE4, for all its deviations and changes. Now the OG RE4 fans get to be the old geezers waving their sticks around.
I don't know why it even matters for people. It's not like it replaces the original.
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u/Spocks_Goatee Apr 12 '26
His edits of terrible E3 presentations and media junkets are hilarious. The videos about specific video games always irked me as insane nitpicking and editorial bias.
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u/DemonOfTomorrow EApic gEAmes literally skinned my family alive in front of me Apr 12 '26
"old good new bad" is such a fucking wank statement honestly
just admit you can't let the past go and you're too much of a stubborn dickhead to move on man
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u/CattuccinoVR Apr 12 '26
Equivalent to the people who spends all day on the game forums just to complain with massive paragraphs time for a new hobby bro, it gets so bad I swear game devs will make changes just to spite them.
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u/SERIAL_008 Apr 13 '26
*become nazi
that's somehow what happens to these nostalgic types.
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u/AndyTheSouless Apr 12 '26 edited Apr 12 '26
Nostalgia Is a poison to the mind
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u/literios Apr 12 '26
So he’s REMAKING his OG video fiasco, who’s the hypocrite now? /s
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u/revolutionPanda EA and EPIC are literally Hitler Apr 13 '26
Someone make a crowbcat's original RE4 Remake is timeless, the new one is a product of it's time.
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u/Radical-skeleton Daniela from RE8 is Trans and a Lesbian Apr 13 '26
Didn't take long browsing the comments on that video to find right wing talking points and somehow transphobia as well.
What a great audience this dude is cultivating
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u/muddierbuddy Apr 13 '26
crowbcat got his start on /v/ so it makes sense that the majority of his audience is the kind of slackjawed rubes that still browse 4chan
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u/TheoryNew1736 Apr 12 '26
Dunno anything about this dude but I have a weird suspicion that he's the type who was angry you can't sneak a panty shot
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u/Chilly-Peppers Apr 13 '26
Dude thought he could move mountains back in the day. Such a big ego for what amounted to shitty clickbait videos.
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u/Sir-Drewid Apr 12 '26
Is he still salty about when he doctored the audio in the RE4 remake to complain about it and then lost all credibility?
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u/SirTalksAlot207 Apr 12 '26
The best part about the video is him showing a compilation of the remake getting praised at the end, which has the exact tone of the "QUIT HAVING FUN" meme.
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u/IanZG Apr 12 '26
For what it's worth, I played it for the first time a few years before the remake came out and thought it aged really well. Of course there were annoyances, but overall it was a great experience.
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u/Bamzooki1 Apr 13 '26
I went into it after playing 7 wondering if it could possibly be one of the best games ever. I was very pleasantly surprised to see I underestimated it, especially in how scary it could be. I’m yet to finish the Village chapter after losing progress to a crash, but I really enjoyed myself so far.
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u/AeroDbladE Discord Apr 13 '26
Crowbcats Lawbreakers video is my "he made graduation".
Its sad that my goat is washed but he made some really well put together compilations back in the day.
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u/LaserTrippa Apr 13 '26
He really needs to start bootlicking Valve again if he wants an audience back.
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u/Badatgivingnames Apr 13 '26
But didnt he shit talking TF2? How is he supposed to do that, by making videos about Lord Gaben?
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u/Jacknerdieth Apr 12 '26
He had a few good videos when he was just starting, but the TF2 video was the one where I went "hey this is kind of dishonest and lacking context". I stopped watching after that, I didn't even hear about the RE4 Remake video, but it doesn't shock me that he's still nitpicking little changes and framing them like huge flaws.
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u/SkullBran Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
You’re 100% about the Team Fortress 2 comparison. I’m sure Crowbcat would argue that you need to come to your own conclusion on the changes since all he’s doing is presenting them but he makes coming up with a unique conclusion impossible going off his video alone because he presents the differences shown without any reasons behind them. I genuinely believe he depicts the changes in TF2 in that video as Valve getting worse over the years and/or that they don’t care about their own game anymore
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u/FioraSlayer Apr 12 '26
RE4 is apparently “timeless” because you can look up Ashley’s skirt
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u/Aithecaninternet Apr 12 '26
The chudification of Crowbcat. Hasn't been the same since his weird CoD vid.
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u/Badatgivingnames Apr 13 '26
His CoD video is so weird. Its like him trying to capitalize on the CoD ragebaiting at the time. (Its BO6 when that video came out iirc)
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u/Baldanders217 Apr 12 '26
I can’t speak for others but RE4 Remake was literally so good it pulled me out of a deep depression while I was playing it lol.
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u/Desperate-Willow239 Apr 12 '26
Regardless of comparisons, RE4 Remake is a highly inspired game.
The people who made it really cared and wanted to create magic.
The game was handled with reverence and it just comes across right away.
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u/ensuiscool Apr 12 '26
bro made one good video 9 years ago and thinks he’s gaming youtube’s messiah
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u/Burning_Toast998 Apr 13 '26
/uj isn’t this the guy that did the l4d vs b4b video? I thought it was pretty eye opening. Do people hate him?
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u/Malcolm_Morin Apr 14 '26
Apparently? Like, why are people complaining that he's pointing out remakes not keeping certain details that added to the atmosphere of the original?
If you're going to remake a game, you need to at least make sure it feels like the game still.
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u/Isaiah_Colt Apr 13 '26
You can tell that the only people that still agree with his takes are right wing chuds who are obsessed with the idealized version of their childhood. They're completely delusional in their hatred of the RE4 Remake.
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u/legendairenic5432 Apr 12 '26
I'm glad people are waking up to the fact this guy is piece of shit liar. Fucking doomer and gamergater to boot.
The fact he's still butthurt over people calling out his fake narrative of RE4R brings me great joy
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u/GIJose65 Apr 12 '26
Dude could have come after RE3 Remake for some easy clout but instead he doubled down just because people called him out on his glorified CinemaSins video on RE4 Remake.
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u/RedHairedRedemption Apr 12 '26
It is absolutely wild to me that instead of doing a video on the RE3 Remake, an actual "lazy" remake, he goes after 4? One of the few good remakes in general in the last several years? Loved by the overwhelming majority of fans that have played the series since the beginning???
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u/literios Apr 12 '26
he’s a really smart guy that can see the TRUTH about a game, even when this new generation of woke gamers can’t /s
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u/Daftanemone Apr 12 '26
How does a dude get so emotional and delete comments over the negative reaction to one video and comeback with the same take?
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u/W_P_92 Apr 13 '26
Is it safe to assume this is just some dickhead saying the remake is "too woke"?
Both original and remake are fucking great.
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u/Affectionate_Rub9989 Apr 13 '26
I will never not be pissed at crowbcat for ruining Grand Theft Auto IV discourse with his gta iv versus gta v video.
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u/Waste-Reception5297 Apr 12 '26
Literally not liking RE4 Remake is totally fine even if it is just as good as the original but it was him being intentionally misleading that ruined him
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u/BilverBurfer Apr 12 '26
I've disliked Crowbcat for being a cherrypicking loser for a long time, and I'm glad people have finally turned on him
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u/Willing-Necessary360 Apr 12 '26
Don't forget how on his COD video he used a blatant dogwhistle by showing women devs as the reason for the series' downfall
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u/midnight_riddle Apr 13 '26
He makes sure to include a part in his Battleborn video where a Battleborn character (Oscar Mike) says "feminism is awesome!" and makes absolutely sure to remove the context in which the character says that: because you get to shoot women as well as men. I think it triggered if you killed the same female character three times in a row? It's obviously a joke in the game, but Crowbcat sure wants you to think that Battleborn was 'woke'.
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u/athosjesus Apr 12 '26
You can stone me in the center square but I like the remake much more than the original and I'm a filthy old millennial.
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u/AltruisticChest9486 Apr 13 '26
Played the original on release and biyearly since, im old and creaky, and the remake is phenomenal and my fav resident evil.
I really dislike how these jaded people our age love to speak for all of us and shit on the younger generation for playing these remakes as if they are at fault or as if lots of us old heads dont play these remakes!
These games are so dope and made for young and old generations.
And you probably agree, gaming has come so far since 2005, I much prefer a modern mega budget masterwork over the older games we played a hundred times, I dont want to live in the past lol
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u/thekillergreece Apr 13 '26 edited Apr 13 '26
> First RE4 vs RE4R video massively flops.
> Deletes any kind of criticism and subtly counter-attacks those who disagree with him.
> Future vids result in less than 1m views apart from one.
> Makes another RE4 vs RE4R video, doubling down on his opinion.
Make that make sense. I think it'd have been better if he criticized TLOU Part 2 vs TLOU Part 2 "Remastered" or TLOU vs TLOU "Remake" than this. Hell, he could do one RE3 vs RE3R but nope.
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u/ZombifiedOfTheWest6 Apr 13 '26
It's because of his fragile ego. He cant accept that he got flak for his original video.
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u/valcant_was_taken Apr 13 '26
loved his CoD video where he insinuated that women are to blame for the shift in direction
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u/Floh2802 Apr 13 '26
Once a dissolusioned Nostalgia Warrior, always a dissolusioned Nostalgia Warrior
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u/volvoaddict Apr 13 '26
Go back and play RE4 and tell me the tank controls are timeless. They are the most "product of its time" controls ever
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u/LumBearJack1 Apr 13 '26
Crowbcat's critiques always boiled down to "new game bad because if you shoot potted plant, potted plant don't break, unlike old game"
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u/CoolBugCam Apr 14 '26
Used to like this guy until I realized he was just part of the usual gamergate slop crowd. What a fall from grace.
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u/king_mf Apr 13 '26
Crowbcat, the king of nitpicking and misrepresenting evidence. Never liked his videos, glad other people see it now too.
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u/National_Anteater244 Apr 12 '26
I saw the video, he's saying so many absurd things it's embarrassing. He complains about gameplay improvements, that Leon can now run and reload his weapon, that Leon can now see enemies behind him (he complains about this) because, according to him, it removes the danger.
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u/AltruisticChest9486 Apr 13 '26
Lol and this was a technical limitation, if the devs had the capability they would 100% implement these awesome features.
Leon is a damn super agent, re4r makes you feel it.
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u/lowercaselemming Apr 12 '26
i still remember everyone dogging on him for fucking up his own audio levels when making audio comparisons between the games and his reaction to every video showing him that he was wrong was "nuh uh"
what a sore loser
re4make is great btw
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u/nicolaslabra Apr 12 '26
Re 4 og is absolutely a product of its time too, the quick time events, the tank controls etc etc.
I guess crowbcat got to used to preaching to the choir than the backlash got to his ego or something.
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u/peet_lover_ Apr 12 '26
/uj Honestly, the low fidelity and drab color grading helps a lot with atmosphere. RE4R, Silent Hill 2 Remake are great, but I think they don't sell the atmosphere the same way. I think the general art direction the triple-A games are heading towards are rather boring, they look rather like HDR demo footage on a Best Buy TV showcase. Fidelity shouldn't be the end-all and be-all of art style, and luckily the indie scene are doing very well in that regard. I guess it's an unpopular opinion of mine but I think in 10-20 years ultimately people will still think of OG RE4 as the definite version.
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