My REGRETS! - Retrospective on my game reviews, and correcting my mistakes!
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- I'm looking back at all my game reviews to see if I still agree with my past self. What I think plenty of game reviewers are guilty of is to score a game too high when reviewing it "within the hype" of a game. I'm surely guilty of that myself! I'm reviewing my reviews! All my "Buy or Not" reviews are found in a playlist here: • Buy or Not?
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NINTENDO SWITCH REVIEWS:
Atelier Mysterious Trilogy: • Atelier Mysterious Tri...
Atelier Ryza 2: • Atelier Ryza 2: Lost L...
Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town: • Story of Seasons: Pion...
Dragon Quest Builders 2: • Verdict after 120 hour...
Immortals Fenyx Rising: • Buy or Not? Immortals ...
Astral Chain: • Astral Chain Review (N...
Xenoblade Chronicles DE: • Xenoblade Chronicles D...
Story of Seasons Friends of Mineral Town: • Story of Seasons: Frie...
Assassin's Creed The Rebel Collection: • Buy or Not? Assassin's...
Luigi's Mansion 3: • Worth Buying? Luigi's ...
Animal Crossing New Horizons: • Animal Crossing New Ho...
Oninaki: • Addicting, Unique & DA...
Rune Factory 4: • Farming-Sim/ARPG! - Ru...
Pokémon Sword/Shield: • Buy or Not? Pokémon Sw...
Atelier Dusk Trilogy: • Atelier Dusk Trilogy R...
New Super Lucky's Tale: • New Super Lucky's Tale...
Ni No Kuni: • The MOST Underrated Ga...
Atelier Ryza: • Atelier Ryza: Ever Dar...
Fire Emblem Three Houses: • Fire Emblem: Three Hou...
Graveyard Keeper: • Verdict after 30 Hours...
Dragon's Dogma: • Dragon's Dogma Review ...
Atelier Lulua: • Atelier Lulua Review (...
My Time At Portia: • Verdict after 70 Hours...
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I'm sorry some of the gameplay footage is lagging... I mean "Pioneers of Olive Town" when I said "Friends of Olive Town" lol 😃AND: I think I've gotten the word "jarring" from SwitchUp 😂 I shout "hi" to Ircha Man when he came home from work.
Ive never seen you mention a grand theft auto game will you be playing the updates on switch? Or not your kinda thing
Just wondering, what causes the low framerate on past footage?
Artistic choice? Or technical issue? :P
@@1000Orgasms In this case I used a screenrecording software to make the editing process faster. Other times when I download old youtube videos (to re-use footage) it can cause glitching effects, but I'm not sure why.
@@ircha Ahh! I see. Great video!
We enjoy your content. 😊👏👏👏💯
Your Ni No Kuni review is why I'm playing that game!
My review of your Review of Reviews video is a resounding 10 out of 10. Wishing you a happy autumn :)
Omg haha 😂 👍 👍
i love these sort of videos. seeing how a reviewer might see them a few months, to even years, after they've released and hearing what may have changed. always love the reviews and content!
I'm actually impressed by how similar so many of these are. You obviously have an unusually good sense of perspective even when you're in the middle of the 'hype' for a game1
Thank you 😁😁😁
You should know that you have never lead me astray with your reviews, you were also very correct about Metroid Dread. Unfortunately I saw your review after I purchased the game and I hate it. Metroid Dread was not your type of game and it ended up not being my type of game either. Hype or not, if you like it I usually do. Personally I wish you would put the scores back in your reviews as your views are even clearer summed up with a number. Thank you for being so reliably accurate over the years :)
Wow thank you so much! I'm glad I've been helpful ❤️ ❤️ I'll keep doing my best 💯
Everyone is entitled to change their mind over time but what I get from your channel is what games I want to try. Your channel is one of the two main channels I watch thanks again
Thanks 😍 glad I can be helpful 😁
Hey Ircha I always enjoy your reviews, we can tell you actually spend time with the games you review and we appreciate you 🥰 .
I doo 😍👍 thank you so much 💕
@@ircha ❤️❤️❤️
Regardless of scores, I still watch your reviews over and over again cuz I love them!💕 thanks for awesome reviews, Irene!!👍
No one hits the mark 100% of the time. But all your videos feel organic and not contrived like so many other channels. Keep killing it!
My Time at Portia is that good, eh? I've had it for a while on Steam now, should probably actually play it...
And 100% agreed on DQB2, there's a reason I've been playing it on stream, it's SO GOOD!
I wished I never brought DLC bundle with SoS Pioneers of Olive Town and was caught up with hype watching with Japanese version. The game has much improved with optimization to the makers. There has been huge update to My time at Portia when Desert abandoned ruins kept crashing I wished never brought but the bug has patched out the loading screen has been improved but still long. I love Atelier Ryza2 thanks to you and Erick.
My heart stopped for second on Dragon's Dogma I was so scared you would give it a low score lol
Great game
Heheh 😎
I played the Switch, PC, and mobile version (Android Note 10+) of My Time at Portia and weirdly the mobile port is the smoothest play!
Love when I see a random upload from you lol I remember I discovered you and became a fan after the Let’s go review, you’ve kept it real ever since
Edit: and the makeup in your logo looks just as good to me lmao @16:40
Omg u have to play the “music was good” clip from your cousin anytime you say that. I love that so much!!!
And consoller 😁👍
@@ircha omg yes plz!!!!!!!
This was a good idea for a video! I know my ratings change with time too😂 also are you/have you tried the new Animal Crossing update?👀😁 So fun and now we have crops and cooking!
I think in your review scores you give too much leeway or too high credit for the genres you typically adore (farm life sims) and you stand by that. Then other genres, you are seemingly afraid to give what it may deserve.
Regardless though, I certainly do think your scores and reviews are valid and am always interested to see what you think of a game :)
P. S. You're too harsh on your older self who still has very similar opinions and wasn't that long ago.
I'm actually not bothered too much by your older ratings because I always took them with a grain of salt and paid more attention to the details you shared. It's neat that you are updating your scores here, but it would probably be cooler to have each video updated (though that's obviously NOT realistic).
For me, being a seasoned gamer, I picked up on specific details while you were articulating your experiences to the best of your ability. It's somewhat akin to looking at tags on Steam to see what might be pertinent for me. While I could probably get the information more quickly on a more concise, professional review....those are rare these days. You can't trust people shilling for corporations, but I can trust the information I glean from your videos. In particular, I enjoy your honesty and there is a homely feeling about your videos - which is nice while I'm looking for key bits of information that you usually have in there.
I wish you the best and hope to see your videos for a long time to come. Hang in there and have a great day!
I always like watching your reviews, even though I quite often don't agree on the score xD But that's I think because I am VERY harsh. And that also why I watch you, because you are generally a very positive person and more than once you reminded me why a game IS fun :)
Hey, Irene! I found your channel a week or so ago and just wanted to say that you're now one of my favorite channels. Your passion for this hobby is amazing and infectious. I hope you're able to do this full-time, some day.
Oh by the way, coming from an American: your English is fantastic and your accent is adorable. 😊
i saw you on Metal Jesus channel and I found that you are from Norway and since I am work for Yara Fertilizer even though I am not in Norway I feel like I wanna support you, subbing!
Thanks! 💯👍
Juarez!! I'd have passed over this if it wasn't for your review, but this is a real gem, need to play it agsin
I know right? 😁 😁
Haha I laughed when you said you wanted to use the word jarring because you heard it somewhere Lolol 😂😂 btw I bought atelier ryza 2 the other day because of you!! 😁
JARRING 😍😍💪
I enjoy watching your reviews so much I re-watch them. So funny to see you do it and then I watch it.
Yonder: finally finishing this game
I love the way it looks and the lighting. I like the satisfying sound effects and animations for things. Things that need improvement in the game: 1. the exchange rate, we rip the npcs off 2. the quests need more depth 3. the recipes need to have more purpose besides just make and sell 4. more recipes for the different fish. That's about it. It's very pretty, Halloween in Bobintoff is nice, fishing feels good, lighting is great, and the faeries are cool but besides their looks they don't each serve a special purpose, that would've been nice. Ah well. Room for improvements.
I got burned on Yonder. I found it to be too shallow and undeveloped. It's a pretty game for sure but it doesn't have much else going for it unfortunately. I expected deeper customization of your farm lands and the characters were too generic and lifeless. It's a shame too because the original box art looks really nice and the game itself is very pleasant to look at while wandering around. I just wish it had more meat and depth to the gameplay.
Have you ever played “A Hat In Time”? It’s a really good 3D platformer.
I didn't get a chance to watch this whole video but I hope you included golf story! Probably my favorite indie game of all time!
Stunning use of the word "jarring", 10/10
😂😂😂👍 Thanks!
A clever person once said, that 10 shouldn't just be given to games that are "flawless utter perfection", it shouldn't be this impossible score that only "perfect" games get, because no game is perfect. Rather it should be given to games that are the best that game can be in and off itself, if that makes sense?
Well said 👍👍❤️
The only game I'd ever give 10/10 is hollow knight. I can't find a single bad thing about this game
@@JechtNH same! that and any of the supergiant games
Ahhhh todays my birthday and a new ircha video :) such a great idea for a video I love you!!
Yes I totally agree with liking a bad game due to its initial hype, I’m guilty of that too.. Now that I think about it……this video has caused me to reflect on most of my questionable life decisions 🤦🏽♂️
Is this video "Ircha Gaming Approved"? Sad i found your channel this year and not prior. Been loving it so far.
Love your videos. This one was fun.
You're too kind, thanks
Great video!!! I love the chill looking back feel of this video. 👏👏👏
Thank you for your reviews and some of the games you reviewed I've added to my switch library. Keep up the great work.
Have you looked at grow song of the evertree? It's out on switch and a few other consoles it looks like it would something you would enjoy I just picked it up on Xbox would love to hear your review!
I'll play it now ❤️
You are so right about the hype thing Ircha. I go back and play some games that I loved in the past and sometimes I’m like “wait a minute, this isn’t that great” haha. Also I love that you love Xenoblade Chronicles 2. I feel like it’s the best JRPG on the switch.
great concept. like yeah initially we can like the game but over time, it can change. great concept!
*Stares at computer and casts a spell with weird sounds. * 😂
I was never a Tales of fan because of the kiddy artstyle and character models. Now I'm giving the series a chance with Arise.
I am still interested in trying Titan's Quest! I love THQ NORDIC and always see it at Walmart for like $20. Is it worth $20 still?😂
If you love ARPG games like Diablo yes! 😁 I have a review video on Titan Quest if that helps 👍
@@ircha YES 🥰
10:50 The music was good lmao. You have to continue saying it in every review video now lol.
Hahah I definitely need to yes 😁 👍
You should make a second channel about the Atelier lore and history.
I would never say that it could be considered a "regret". It makes it feel like you are depreciating your older work in my opinion, but this is just one viewer's perspective here. However, I say that what you are doing is a great idea to have a sort of "reflection". Because like you said, hype can definitely "influence" a higher score in some cases. "Back in 2018" sounds like you are doing a "Back in my day" tone lol. My personal take, here when it comes to "scoring" I rarely pay attention to them. I tend to pay more attention to the details, the critiques, the mechanics, etc. For those are what influence me to either buy a game, or to stay away from it.
As an example here, a game that I played recently and have been looking forward to was "Land of War - The Beginning". Which is an FPS based in WW2 during the "beginning" of the war between Germany and Poland. Where the synopsis is you are a Polish Soldier taking part in the Battles of Mokra, Warsaw, and Hel (Yes 1 L). The game is in a mixed review state atm. Keep in mind this is an Indie Studio out of Poland and they tried their best to replicate the feel of the old school Call of Duty and Medal of Honor games. To go back to how it's a Indie Polish studio, the game is excellent in it's original Polish language, but is bad with it's English Dub. The game itself is still a bit buggy, but overall a fun experience for me. That being said, while I am very happy with my purchase, I know that people might not like a game that is still in a very buggy state, which I might say "buy it", I know to a viewer they might not be convinced, so in the end it's up to them to buy it. If the team were to continue to improve upon the game and even include level DLCs (as they provided weapon DLC's for the game that still fit the time period (like a Tommy Gun)), like the Battle of Wizna, which really would be an interesting experience to go through all 3 days of the Polish Thermopylae. In the end, it would still be up to what MS Games will do with this project. As personally, I want to see them succeed and make this product better, for I see potential in this title.
Despite that paragraph above, I know there are people that do like a sort of "scoring" system, that might help influence them to get a game based on what the reviewer says, critiques, or compliments about a game, and you definitely did help in influencing me get into a WHOLE bunch of Idea Factory games, and of course I don't regret that in any stretch of the imagination. This indeed was a very fun video to see how you reflected on your past work, and if you agreed with Past Ircha or even disagreed be it improving or decreasing the score at hand. Opinions do change over time, they are not always solid in some cases.
Thank you for your wonderful comment, agricultural genius😁👍❤️😉
Star Atlas has great action, beautiful graphics and the story is engaging scifi hokum - plus Starfox and the gang are in it, so you can play it like a Starfox game! The big minus for the game is that it has the dreaded Ubisoft endless-sidequest generator leading to maps bombarded with icons and a lot of busy work, which knocks a couple of points off what could be a more focused, tighter and more memorable adventure. Still gets an easy 7.5 fro me, definitely pick it up in a sale. Love your channel Ircha!
I agree with you in My Time at Portia now. Maybe even a 7 for me. Performance and content on the Switch has been AWFUL. It’s a great game regardless but definitely should’ve had a lot more polish before the publisher/devs released it.
Can we also talk about the lack of support for that game on systems other than PC? Bc it’s been bad. Really bad. We finally got the content that PC gamers had 1-2 years ago and when it was released, there was a massive gamebreaking bug that took another month to resolve.
For those reasons, I won’t be buying My Time at Sandrock for at least a year or two. I want to be sure the developers/publishers are releasing an actual finished product.
I played MTaP on the Switch, PC, and mobile. The mobile version is the smoothest and is the full version, including audio! That blew me away!
I couldn't agree more ! A few months ago when an update finally arrived on the switch, we couldn't enter the Desert ruined anymore. (After a few months, they patched it) This, along the loading screen (the update made them quicker but still long) and the fact the my game didn't save my progress a few times make playing it so incredibly frustrating. It's annoying because the game itself is excellent.
As you said, it's clearly for me as well that they didn't put much love in the switch version which is a shame.
Still playing Genshin? what's the update review on that one?
Yeeeeeahh Ibreally want to se that!
Yayyy a long video 🥳
Btw the oversized messy bun is super cute! Reminds me of Tinker bell 🌻 🧚🏻♂️
You're always so cute in your videos, I love this video, cool idea to review your old reviews
Yes! Sometimes we can be a little too nice about a review. Also. We can be too harsh lol. Sometimes later I’m like “heyyy that wasn’t so baddd”
love the new hairstyle 💁🏻♀️💛✨
Big fan, keep up the great work.
An Ircha tattoos video! :O
It's the Master Sword from Zelda Wind Waker 😋
@@ircha Approved!
like the OLIVE TOWN music at the end lol
You like what you like. No need to weigh your opinions against those of others. And its totally fine to revise.
Jarring at 13:16...? Please explain?? What is jarring??... LOL!
Always love for Ircha gaming from the States... ~Frankie
The slow crafting in ACNH 😁
I feel like Spiritfarer might get a 10/10 from you or at least 9/10, have you played it yet???
It's sooo cosy! Great music and atmosphere. I'm not done with it yet though 😊
@@ircha yesssss so cozy, the music when you bring someone to the Everdoor gets me every time 🤣 the graphics are also insanely good. I love it so much. I might like the graphics and colours and artstyle more than BOTW even!
I liked the pokemon costume
Lol this close to xmas the thumbnail is that your best home alone impression
Hah yeah! 😁😁
@@ircha also i like how it looks like you have a good and evil ircha on each shoulder
I like the idea of saying ircha approved.sometimes score hare hard to give a game.example i really approve of ff7 remake but im not sure what I would score it on a scale to 10.i love certain games that I would score low
Dang we’ve got the same Fit Bit.
This is NewTerrain approved.
The cosplay for Pokémon is good
Love you, Ircha! ♥️
You blessed us with this video
Wow!
Big beautiful eyes alert lol. Ircha how do you feel about the Dark Souls series and souls like games in general?
Atelier Sophie 2 coming soon. Just saw trailer. Looks good.
It is normal for our tastes to change over time.
I didn't like Neo the world ends with you much but after listening to the praise other people were giving it I plan to play through it again. Hopefully I'll change my mind because the original is my favourite DS game.
I couldn't get into Dragons Dogma. I wonder if I was playing it wrong?
Loved the video. 👍
Great Idea!
I don't like scores. I grew up with two magazines, Club Nintendo (official magazine in Mexico) and La Mosca (music and counterculture magazine), and neither of them game scores to the games and albums they reviewd, instead they wrote long articles about the games and brief essays about the albums, mentioning their characteristics, and that was better than a score to choose games and albums.
Yo girl dip them toes into dark souls remastered
The "honey moon" phase.
They fix load time with patch, for my time in Portia
Good to hear!!
Let's Go Pikachu is a solid 8/10. It's the most fun I've had shiny hunting in a Pokemon game!
Atelier for the win! 💖🧪
You’ve not explained the changes though. So doesn’t help as much because it’s almost like you’re giving marks based on memories now and if it’s grown or not. But wouldn’t we want to know the score while it was fresh for you surely.
Yeah, in a lot of your first reviews, you just say that the game is Ircha Gaming approved.
Lets Go Pikachu/Eevee 5/10? Generous
Also when are you making a Skyrim buy or not review
Skyrim is buy.
I trust your scores
Absolutely loved Graveyard Keeper too, but the developers don't give a rat's arse about us. They're pushing new DLC when the base game has had game breaking glitches for longer than I've owned it.
I liked the dance it’s nice
This is the problem with opinion based reviews. So many of these games still getting high scores are objectively awful games.
Kinda cute to see you slightly cringe at yoru self from the 2018 ratings, Shows how much you have grown as a reviewer too. ^^
I approve.
I was surprise that you score 8 or 9 in Atelier series 😅 i thought you will rate the game 10 out of 10 lol.
Atelier Ryza new score is 10/10 😁👍
@@ircha yeah i know 😊.. Btw i'll start with Rorona next year lol
I love your tattoo!
If Borderlands 3 9/10 how do you rate Borderlands 2?
Ni no kuni 1 is over 9,000!
Not a 10 lol
Over 9000! 😃
actually i bought ni no kuni 1 and 2 i found at my local store for really dirt cheap price and im playing them right now 1 is good but the AI partner needed more work story is fine
ni no kuni 2 is not good as the 1st but it fixed the system and story just okey
I gave ircha a 10 but that cud be cuz i want more reviews but for honesty and entertainment u shud still be above alphaomegasin or metaljesusrocks
Cute 🥰 claw clip Ircha gaming.
Cool tattoo
lol still amazingly high rates, more than half are -5
Ye i never understood your score for Pokemon SW/SH. Still i think 7 is way too much for that mediocre, content cut, unpolished, empty ps2 game. Pokémon is the highest grossing media in global history and thats the best they could do. They went downhill since the 3ds era. And looking at the future games they won't be any better. But casuals will eat it up anyways...
Um actually they're starting to improve. Even though Gen 4 remakes were made by different company, the lightning and effects are cool and some missed features were added that weren't in the original like choosing a Pokémon to walk with around the region. Idk about you but Legends Arceus is looking promising and it's a huge turn from Swsh
@@asunnayos Looks exactly like Sw/Sh. Same shitty visuals and choppy animations. The new mons are cool. Dp remake looks good but there are bunch of missing features and quality of life stuff. Example tms are one use only again. Just why?
@@yamivirus3275 Personally I didn't mind Swsh graphics, I liked the vibrant colors they used. Arceus graphics do look kind of stale but it's not bad for me. They probably did one tms use for Dp to make it a better challenge/stick to the original of the game. We already don't need to teach our mons cut, surf and stuff. Will say Im more hyped for Dp. Pokémon isn't the only game going downhill so is Animal Crossing but people don't see it or ignore it bc of the dlc and update recently. A lot of games nowadays are changing and it's frustrating but people will still play and buy it because the companies will never ruin their series to be unplayable.
@@yamivirus3275 Idk what's missing from Diamond Pearl other then end game content but end game content has been dying before Swsh in my opinion. The underground and secret base exists and now we can find mons which is really exciting.
@@asunnayos You can check the leaks whats missing from sp remake. The one time tms are stupid. Even in gen 3 remake they got rid of that. Why bring back? The graphics are a joke. I know the switch isnt powerful but at least make the environment comperable with Botw or Monster hunter Rise 2. Where is the quality control from Nintendo's part? They rush out these unpolished games and they will only have more and more angry and dissapointed fans.
she watches her own videos to get views :P
Yes 😂 👍
Metroid Dread will get a 10.01/10 after I review it again in 3 years time