Q&A: July 20th, 2022

Sebastian Wiese Asks
Do you think there would be (enough) material to cover Need for Speed before Underground/Most Wanted for a Video, in a somewhat similar fashion to military shooters before Modern Warfare?

Potentially, though, to be honest, the only video I'd really want to do on old NFS games would be Porsche Unleashed, as I have a huge connection to both versions during my childhood and adolescence. 

Juhana Asks
If you had to choose. Would you rather eat a Canadian flag with maple syrup on it or poutine with the cheese replaced by cheese made out of Canadian flag? It's a full size flag in both that you have to eat.

This is the dumbest question you've asked yet... which is saying a lot.

Also the answers simple, Poutine, because then I won't notice the flag nearly as much.

RupertLitterbin Asks
You wanna play hot wheels?

Now that I have my Forza save back, I can!

San_Rayncloud Asks
Since you've been on YouTube for so long. Have you had any of your videos become severely outdated in regards to your opinion, info or otherwise? If so, have you ever considered sort of remaking/reimagining those older videos?

The videos that are dated for me are because of their craftsmanship or technical competence. The tutorial video's likely the most dated one in terms of opinion, as while I don't hate Fallout 3's opening like so many, I do see how its restrictive nature negatively impacts the game and doesn't fit the mold of Fallout.

The only video I'd consider remaking however is Halo Reach, though I'd very much want to make it a new piece rather than a remake, because for as much flack as that video got, it's also the one that made me take YT a lot more seriously, and my content immediately improved after it as a result.

The whole thing with my Halo Reach video isn't so much what I say, but how its said. It was still at a time when I was playing with different styles and tones to find out what my voice really was.

Nathan Tellent Asks
Do you think we should get another red faction game? and should it be closer to the original or the new third person games?

I've only played the original, but based on what I heard about Guerilla, I think people care a lot more about the destruction than whether or not it's first or third person.

Either way, the franchise could definitely use a comeback, especially in the space of middle market gameplay driven shooters.

The_Surviv0r Asks
You've got me to replay Driver San Francisco after years and I have to say, I forgot how absolutely fun the game is despite how completely different it is to the originals. The question is, in a hypothetical "Driver Revival", what style you believe should they go for? Driver 1 and 2 or San Francisco? I love both style to death (enough to speedrun 2) but I also adore SF myself.

It's tough, because on the one hand, I'd want independent developers to carry to torch of Driver 1&2, and Reflections building another San Francisco style game, as it'd be a lot more reasonable for a small team to just make a collection of fun missions rather than building 140+ cars and an open-world.

However, I can't imagine what justification you'd use to bring back that style of gameplay, as San Francisco really did give an explanation I think you can only use once, at least with that character.

Perhaps then you could do a balance.

Make a story-driven campaign in the style of the original Driver games, and then have a separate arcade mode combined with Multiplayer using the Shift mechanic.

That mechanic really is too much fun to only ever be used for one driving game.

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