As 2018 comes to a close, let's look back-ten years. Tim Rogers (that's me) counts down the best games of 2008. As a man once sang, "it was a very good year."
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@FatProfessorOak5 жыл бұрын
Tim Rogers going on that lovely and hilarious self reflection during Braid. Always too good.
@LaymensLament5 жыл бұрын
I greatly appreciate the sincerity he brings in between. Cynicism and irony are entertaining and can be illuminating but If everything is cynical its worth nothing. The reason he's so good is that he's passionate, knowledgable but also a human.
@edenthekii5 жыл бұрын
Tim’s mind is a beautiful mess. I could listen to his opinion on anything.
@ThatShyGuyMatt5 жыл бұрын
He could do a video on bad herpes outbreaks and I'd enjoy it.
@mf-h36592 жыл бұрын
i like to think that its more than everyone else's mind is ugly tidy
@josephretucci3505 жыл бұрын
You can make one of these for every year since ~1980, and I will watch every one multiple times.
@josephretucci3505 жыл бұрын
Also, Bangai-O Spirits is a miracle.
@MarcosVinicius-fb8kk5 жыл бұрын
"Shooting a zombie is the vegetarian version of murder" Poetry at its best form.
@joelman19895 жыл бұрын
Marcos Vinicius Souza Oliveira I was just about to write about this! I loved this line. Weirdly profound.
@Justsomeone999874 жыл бұрын
I was about to write this as well. As a vegan, this cracked me up!
@dorgsan3 жыл бұрын
Kinda weak point. In many great games you kill mindless enemies. Dark Souls, for example.
@Ghibellino895 жыл бұрын
that Braid story was amazing... Thank you Tim for sharing it with us!
@dr34mv3iL4 жыл бұрын
Came here to say this
@ERoBB15 жыл бұрын
Call Jonathan Blow. That's the real story here. We need to revive this friendship.
@emulsion_8 ай бұрын
I think he's a pretty bad person so tim dodged a bullet
@Solid--Snake5 ай бұрын
@@emulsion_ could you elaborate on that? i never heard anything about him
@cole17142 ай бұрын
He’s annoying as hell. It’s something you pick up on by following his output over the years
@SushantThapaliya5 жыл бұрын
Man, Rogers deserves his own channel and ten times the views.
@cable_yours_truly5 жыл бұрын
すっさんと exactly I would sub in a heartbeat
@ShredST5 жыл бұрын
But then he has to live the youtuber life.
@andrewhickinbottom10515 жыл бұрын
He does have his own channel. It's called 'Action button'. There isnt as much stuff on there recently though - all his best recent stuff is for Kotaku
@badtrinket4 жыл бұрын
its worth mentioning if you didnt already know, Tims now making his own videos at the channel Action Button!
@TheAssassin6422 жыл бұрын
Mission accomplished
@LadyR3335 жыл бұрын
"Lost Odyssey has more twists and turns than a large bucket of skinny worms." My god you poet.
@MrIAmHugh5 жыл бұрын
I can't stop thinking about the line, "For that money, I could probably buy an illegal, dead dolphin at the fish market!"
@ak21125 жыл бұрын
Don't mind me... Just going back and rewatching every Time Rogers video I can find.
@adultbroker13194 жыл бұрын
ditto
@gregstiles4 жыл бұрын
This is the 4th tim rogers vid I've watched in the last 3 hours, I've been trying to figure out how he does this. His writing is so good and free flowing it makes me question my intelligence.
@kotaku4 жыл бұрын
gregstiles perhaps it will excite you to know that for the last week i have been working NONSTOP on this year’s edition of this exact video :-O
@kotaku4 жыл бұрын
gregstiles perhaps it will excite you to know that for the last week i have been working NONSTOP on this year’s edition of this exact video :-O
@gregstiles4 жыл бұрын
@@kotakucool, at least you've got to work your ass off at it. this makes me feel 20% better. Your wicked good man, keep going thanks.
@RobbyHuang5 жыл бұрын
I for one, am glad that both you AND Jonathan Blow exist. He may make amazing games, but no one can make videos and write quite like you do. Happy New Year and thanks for all the great videos!
@FrozenToews5 жыл бұрын
it's that time of year again, the end of it
@ShaedeReshka5 жыл бұрын
Lost Odyssey is one of the best JRPGs ever made and one of my favorite games of all time. It's a masterpiece of JRPG storytelling.
@NathansReef5 жыл бұрын
I got married in 2008. I played a lot of Valkyria Chronicles in 2008. In 2012 I had a son and we named him Welkin. I am sometimes jealous of my son because I like his name so much. He loves telling his friends he is named after a video game character.
@hansamurai5 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! I have a son born in 2011 named Shepard. :)
@BankruptGreek5 жыл бұрын
how did you convince the wifu about the name?
@NathansReef5 жыл бұрын
@@BankruptGreek She is not a gamer but she watched me play much of the game and she liked the name as well. So, it didn't take any convincing :)
@PaulSoth5 жыл бұрын
I sometimes do night work at local schools. In one elementary school, there's a kid named Raiden.
@Lee86THUNDER5 жыл бұрын
I cant wait to name my kids after videogame characters lol.
@occono35435 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking of starting a programming course at 29 after doing a Bachelor in a Humanities course I realized I didn't want to do anything with in the end. So starting at 26 sounds like having your shit together to me.
@frozenbean5 жыл бұрын
"You always need your ears on a public toilet" is incredibly sage advice.
@crowzur60555 жыл бұрын
I've been looking for a reason to finally play Lost Odyssey. It's been on my shelf for almost 6 years. I'll do it for you Tim Rogers.
@Orain884 жыл бұрын
When I think back to 2008 the first game that springs to mind of personal lasting significance is Dead Space. I think that game aged plenty well and has solidified as a classic. I still play it once a year (hoping one day the series might reanimate). You reminded me that Valkyria Chronicles and Braid came out in 2008, both games I adore.
@johnmack62185 жыл бұрын
Tim Rogers, you are a unique human being, the David Lynch of gaming. Thank you for another year of deep and insightful opinions mixed in with pure hilariousness. I'm a doctor training in psychiatry and although I adore my job, it comes with some awful and disheartening stories that tend to stay with me longer than I would like them to. Your work always leaves me in a cheery mood, for that I thank you.
@rockys2014 жыл бұрын
I'm a gigantic MGS fan, and I'd been waiting 3 and a half years for the biggest game ever to come out. The level of pure happiness and excitement the day it was released is yet to be topped
@2tTwotw5 жыл бұрын
Tim did u say "More twists and turns than a fat bucket of skinny worms?" ! DUDE Did u make that up?? wtf thats like genius man what are you?
@salemite5 жыл бұрын
You are a true hero and a scholar for reminding me that Bangai-O Spirits exists. It was one of the best robot gaming experiences of my life.
@MrCarzo5 жыл бұрын
I NEED TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT TIM ROGERS LIFE, EITHER IN BOOK OR PODCAST FORM
@ggqq60122 жыл бұрын
D
@VenomHernandez5 жыл бұрын
2008... A simpler time of games and I also started high school that year
@zyonhenderson675 жыл бұрын
Such a damn great year man. Diverse, Memorable, and awesome soundtracks
@danstrauss30305 жыл бұрын
Dude Bangai-O spirits is a legendary hidden gem. I loved this game. I felt like the only one who understood it’s greatness!
@zerarch775 жыл бұрын
Everyone who plays it feels that way. 100% agreed.
@Vexiss425 жыл бұрын
It's amazing
@reed16455 жыл бұрын
I was so wonderfully pleased to learn of Tim Rogers' love of Lost Odyssey. Just when final fantasy was starting to lose me it came along and completely blew me away. I'd love to see a hd re release on modern platforms.
@Jrodgamer15 жыл бұрын
Tim Rogers? The man the myth the legend..
@mackstertube4 жыл бұрын
The best video of the best games of 2008 in 2018 watched in 2019 by a big fan of Tim & his work.
@Jousoful5 жыл бұрын
I think the part about Valkyria Chronicles convinced me to buy it on Switch
@RobotHottdog Жыл бұрын
Reporting from 2023 and still waiting for TRUCK HECK
@TiRoSu5 жыл бұрын
This is a great video. I was interested in Tim Rogers' opinions then, and I'm even more interested in his current opinions of his old opinions.
@RyanDeLaTorre5 жыл бұрын
I genuinely had a big smile after seeing Bangai-O Spirits at #1. It’s such a fantastic game and it was definitely my favorite game that year.
@themarkandrus5 жыл бұрын
Bangai-O Spirits is a brain-worm that I think about every time a game pauses to emphasize massive damage.
@AceRimmer12725 жыл бұрын
Would love to see your 2007 version of this video and hear your extensive thoughts on CoD4 and Bioshock. Keep up the awesome work!
@Jacargon5 жыл бұрын
Whoa, I know that walk from Ogikubo to Kichijoji really well. I used to work above the Starbucks and damn!
@ericspratling92525 жыл бұрын
I remember Tim's blogging countdown of the Best Games Ever. It was quite an experience.
@TheKafairy5 жыл бұрын
I like how you double down on mispronouncing Valkyria Chronicles
@ShinobiPhoenix-YT05 жыл бұрын
Hearing Tim Rogers talk about anything reminds me of the exact reason I am so saddened by the break up of the Super Best Friends whereas if I heard the same about another gaming group online (sans the Game Grumps) I wouldn't even be affected. And that is JUST HOW GENUINE AND EARNEST Tim and the SBF and people like that are that makes me want to hear them because they are putting out their actual honest, spiteless, lacking-in-hate, heart on their sleeve thoughts on something that has nothing to do with trying to destroy something or someone or guide someone else's opinion on something or just be contrarian or game the "Influencer" system. It's how they really think and they don't care what YOU think, because it's not about influencing you. Its about "here's what I think, I'm not trying to change you, just attract people based on whether they are interested in what I have to say, if you aren't, peace be onto you". I know that's not actually are not the thoughts of people like Tim Rogers or the SBF, but it's what I feel when I hear them. It's inviting and inclusive without being seductive. It's like seeing the lonely person at the lunch table and you wonder why they are siting alone. Some people reject the perceived reaction and make them into an enemy, some try to approach and feel dejected if they didn't feel they got anything immediately out of the interaction and some sit and and just want to learn about the person and sometimes a friendship forms because you were willing to just let someone be themselves without judgment. Like I feel that Tim isn't sharing these stories to grab your interests or elate a response but because it's genuinely on his mind and he genuinely just felt like letting it out into the world. Some will reject it or be dejected and others will just go "Huh...?" and keep listening, maybe even relate to a similar feeling. I am sad hearing his stories, but it's a good kind of sad, the kind that makes you go "I want to give you a hug" especially because you honestly need a hug for yourself from a kindred spirit too. Anyway *HUGS*
@mattlocke22795 жыл бұрын
My step-brother only shouts his picks from the dankest basements
@crossthreaded68675 жыл бұрын
I seriously loved this and am going to try some of these games because in 2008 I didn't have access to the hardware that played some of them. This owns and I'm ready to game in the new year.
@defunctchannel9425 жыл бұрын
I’ve been trying to describe MGS4 for a while now. I think you nailed it with Stufful.
@defunctchannel9425 жыл бұрын
Also I love your writing. You should make more short stories. Or at least make them public. Or don’t. I mean, it’s your stuff man. I’m not your boss.
@AleksandreMzhavia2 жыл бұрын
Man, I need more of Tim's videos. WTF, we need moar!
@PizzaDinosaur5 жыл бұрын
Tim where's the Android port of Ziggurat I have not played a single damn game on my phone since Ziggurat that has been as good as Ziggurat
@zerarch775 жыл бұрын
Have you played Hoplite?
@mack46914 жыл бұрын
Have you played ridiculous fishing?
@MNicolai5 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting all year for someone, anyone, to praise Banagi-O Spirits on it's 10th anniversary. You have saved 2018, sir.
@haughtygarbage58485 жыл бұрын
#4 made me tear up, but not for the reason I expected
@Zaswarley5 жыл бұрын
I checked out that list on your old blog you mentioned and OMG - Panzer Dragoon Zwei is so good. I happened to play it for the first time this year and I feel like I will be friends with that beautiful ugly dragon forever
@bowloflentils5 жыл бұрын
Valkyria Chronicles rocks! I liked VC4, maybe not as much as 1 but it is still a good time in my opinion.
@mikereativemind75355 жыл бұрын
Tim Rogers is my favorite! Always makes me laugh...keep being you Tim
@IBODEGAI5 жыл бұрын
I’m certain I’m not the only one who is grateful that Tim didn’t study computer science in college. Also, Tim still says “owns” and that OWNS.
@bryanareynolds5 жыл бұрын
Actually I'd really like to play more games from Tim, so if going into computer science early had led him to be able to do more of that I would be ok with it.
@IBODEGAI5 жыл бұрын
Bryan Reynolds I can accept that.
@uncleiroh61275 күн бұрын
Tim should just make his own KZfaq channel at this point
@streetmagik31052 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah!! I still play Bangi-O Spirits and Missile Fury. I miss Treasure so much! You've got great taste Tim, but don't let it go to your head buddy.👍
@shakybeevessouls5 жыл бұрын
Far Cry 2, I was soooo excited for this game I convinced my mum to give me it before Christmas and adored Guns of the Patriots FN bizarre but class game! I remember the stealthy section through Vienna (or wherever it was), so many standout moments, way less responsibility 10yrs ago....... Ahhhhhh nostalgia :)
@Zaswarley5 жыл бұрын
I’ll be playing Videoball with some friends this new year’s eve. God speed Action Button
@shabberto4 жыл бұрын
Love GTA4 & MSG4, some sick games on here. What a year 2008 was!
@mileswales5 жыл бұрын
dear Tim Rogers, Wasn’t there a way to share custom levels in bangi o spirits using audio that sounded like a dial up modem? you should share some.
@robertbaillargeon36835 жыл бұрын
Something about that story about Jonathan Blow was really great and I don't even know what it was yet. Also, I've tried to get into Lost Odyssey three times but I always drop it and I don't know whether I should try again or if it's just not for me.
@radicalstanza36144 жыл бұрын
I liked the concept and the novella parts, but wasn't really feeling it until after the part he mentions here. Not that specific part itself -- that might've been the roughest part of the game to get through, in terms of pace and linearity and all that -- but yeah, disc two and onwards really gripped me and I think it's my favorite game of that console generation now, so you might just need to persevere a bit more than you usually would to get the full payoff.
@iownu925 жыл бұрын
I found that whole backstory about your experience with Braid and Grasshopper very interesting.
@mymusikrawks5 жыл бұрын
You just cannot get better content than this haha
@TheRacePig5 жыл бұрын
thank you for going to bat for lost odyssey it's going to be forgotten by time and game likers alike, but imo it's a masterpiece
@773soccer5 жыл бұрын
Lost Odyssey WAS free during Christmas last year, it’s for purchase now
@TheRealImpertinent5 жыл бұрын
6.49 plus tax atm
@JPHarringtonJr5 жыл бұрын
Tim, I like your writing, for real.
@purvdragon-sensei5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the New Year's present. Unless you ARE posting something on the New Years, wooweeee.
@alexis30845 жыл бұрын
I really loved VC4. Even more than the first one D:
@suketodara5 жыл бұрын
Me too, and I've played the first game at least 7 times in the past decade, and still got hooked to VC4 campaign and loved the characters. I wonder what Tim hates about it.
@alexis30845 жыл бұрын
@@suketodara Yeah, the only thing that I did not like was the ost. They use one song for the battles too many times.
@names-are-for-friends5 жыл бұрын
VC4 is probably my favourite game of the year and, having gone back to VC1, the original doesn't hold up. The story is inane and unfocused, the characters are barely there, the level design is iffy. 4 is vastly better in all regards (literally there is not a single thing it doesn't do better than 1) and I was honestly shocked at how well the story, its themes and characters all came together.
@alexis30845 жыл бұрын
@@names-are-for-friends Yes dude, most of the things you said I've written on my Review (unfortunatly it's in portuguese). The addition of squad stories makes Squad E more relatable than 7. I think they did a very nice job in making me feel something for those characters.
@names-are-for-friends5 жыл бұрын
@@alexis3084 I'd forgotten the VC1 squad doesn't have any personality traits or skills before I started the game. But to be fair, that's something they share with the main cast, so it didn't bother me for long. I still laugh when I think about the guy who is your childhood friend and suggested to be an important character, but who only appears in scenes that are directly relevant to his character arc and then completely disappears from the story for long periods for no reason. EVERYONE in the game is like that but he's the worst example. I like VC1 as a game, but it's inconceivable to me that a real human being could genuinely prefer it to 4 because it's such a straight improvement in every single area
@penttikoivuniemi21465 жыл бұрын
Lost Odyssey is a title I was super interested when it released, read a bunch of reviews repeatedly, and considered buying it several times. I never did. Maybe it will get released on Steam at some point and I'll finally get around to it.
@JulianKable5 жыл бұрын
I've entered some obscure medium of psychdaledic streams of one-sided counselling sessions paired with verbose discussions of video games. I want more.
@ambientnoiserock5 жыл бұрын
We do not deserve Tim Rogers.
@CandiBookCorner2 жыл бұрын
Was briefly baffled to stumble on this video and hear such glowing praise for Valkyria Chronicles, since I really disliked my experience with the series… until feeling very validated to hear the fourth game specifically sucks 😅 i assumed I’d hate the first if I hated the fourth, but now I’m actually kind of excited to check it out
@natsrome5 жыл бұрын
I cannot believe that QWOP was 10 years ago... How time flies.
@ahmedp8005 жыл бұрын
Oh man I LOVE Lost Odyssey! Its just a shame it was suffering from so many technical issues, slow downs, lag, painfully long loading times :( that killed the experience for me. I still hope it gets released on PC, though I know that won't happen...
@tobinkaestner5 жыл бұрын
"Has more twists and turns than a large bucket filled with skinny worms." X"D
@benvids4 жыл бұрын
Number 2 and number 1 and number 1 are the only games I’d consider playing again.
@Flackon5 жыл бұрын
Are you going to continue your playthrough stream of lost odyssey?
@VVVHHHSSS5 жыл бұрын
Haha, of course you worked on No More Heroes, you beautiful weirdo. Btw, thanks for studying linguistics, you talk with a buttery smoothness that warms my work-ears and it's therapeutic as heck.
@ShinobiPhoenix-YT05 жыл бұрын
On a different topic, Why is Braid not on Switch by now? I have literally always wanted to play Braid and never did because I essentially had to skip the entire PS3/X360 era and it wasn't on a Nintendo platform at all. I almost feel like it's a conscious choice to not move Braid up at least to PS4/XB1 (though, in the case of Xbox, it should still work on XB1, right?). Yet how many people would discover its magic now if it was on Switch? Given the install base is almost 20 milllion already, I have to assume at least a quarter of that will want Braid since the praises for it are still out there.
@Solid--Snake2 жыл бұрын
i remember being addicted to a bangai-o game in a N64 emulator in my computer when i was a kid. solid stuff.
@SrStakeholder5 жыл бұрын
I wish more video games characters have natural disadvantages like in farcry 2.
@romainsoula65215 жыл бұрын
2008 : EA released Dead Space and Mirror's Edge. What a year. What happened though?
@mirkwood115 жыл бұрын
Novel idea, would love more!
@Ruko5 жыл бұрын
I need to replay Lost Odyssey on my Xbox One X, would be nice to skip the disc swapping too.
@Jodeadible5 жыл бұрын
In Canada, we get to complain about game prices as much as we want to since a new game has been $79.99 + tax for the last several years. I don't even remember the last time a AAA game came out that wasn't that price.
@detroit76335 жыл бұрын
Jodeadible in australia its 100 bucks
@Jodeadible5 жыл бұрын
@@detroit7633 Feelsbadman, especially since you guys have the ratings board that bans a bunch of Mature-rated games
@detroit76335 жыл бұрын
Jodeadible do we? what games?
@Jodeadible5 жыл бұрын
@@detroit7633 The Saints Row series got major flak over there. It was released at a later date than every other country because of it's mature content
@detroit76335 жыл бұрын
Jodeadible lol
@atomicbrain94015 жыл бұрын
7:22 - what in tarnation kind of pronunciation
@Mariofan75 жыл бұрын
Man I moved to Ogikubo this october. I’m a cool guy too!
@rooty5 жыл бұрын
Oh I lived near Kichijoji in 2008. I think you knew my classmate Rose.
@YouTube82123gw5 жыл бұрын
TIM YOU ARE BASED AS HELL FOR PRAISING MGS4
@derekd19975 жыл бұрын
Doing the dishes and had to race to stop this with soapy hands so I didn't get Lost Odyssey spoilers. I've never owned an Xbox but someday I will play this game.
@AmirhoseinHerandy5 жыл бұрын
You can speak Farsi my man? :)) Good choice :D kheily khoobi خیلی خوبی
@seralis3165 жыл бұрын
Had a weird revelation during the Braid section...I think I'm growing up to be Tim. Graduated from college a few years ago with a ...language... degree and just now, at 26, am starting to learn anything about programming. I've also been mulling around with the idea of getting into writing my own game reviews, so that sounds fun. Always like your stuff Tim, this is great as always.
@porridgeramen72202 жыл бұрын
Hello 29 year old you hope that's going well!!
@rooislangwtf5 жыл бұрын
I somehow missed that a sequel to The Legend of Kage came out
@comradesXcosmos5 жыл бұрын
what game did you bring to treasure’s offices, tim!?
@NohStar5 жыл бұрын
so nostalgic for the year of the action button twenty five best games of all time. twas vintage
@RonnieBarzel5 жыл бұрын
I'd never seen the Japanese "Lost Odyssey" box art before. Interesting design for it, compared to the generic "floating heads" cover we got here in the U.S.
@kotaku5 жыл бұрын
Channing King fun fact: the japanese sleeve art is printed on traditional japanese calligraphy paper!! it’s kind of incredible. if you’re ever in japan just go to any used bookstore. you can get a like-new copy of lost odyssey for less than ten dollars. then just put some US version discs in there lol
@Iamgonnabethere4 жыл бұрын
I Like That GTA 4 Won Game Of The Year
@cheezopath5 жыл бұрын
truck heck!!!
@dannyruggles70205 жыл бұрын
2008 was a great year for games
@skyedogg5 жыл бұрын
My favorite example of the Oscars proving how stupid and pointless they are is the 1990 awards when they picked Driving Miss Daisy over Do the Right Thing. If you ask me, that year the Oscars judges did the WRONG thing.
@JamesPery5 жыл бұрын
I feel like treasure created a game of the year every time they created a game! Maybe I’m wrong but treasure is the shit. Gunstar forever!!!
@reallyidrathernot.134 Жыл бұрын
I like Valkyria Chronicles, but strategy wise I just cheesed it by having people run up to enemy soldiers and shoot them at close range.
@KennethWrites5 жыл бұрын
What I remember about *No More Heroes* is X-Play giving it a 5/5 and gamerz being super-duper upset on the X-Play forums.