Alex Escobar

Videogames are my passion. And currently developing a Youtube channel with my wife to talk all about videogames, news, hot takes and more.

[Alex Escobar @alex_zenkai]

#ResidentEvilRequiem or #RE9 is so far the best videogame I've played this year and as a Resident Evil lover, I'm pleased to see the direction the franchise is going and how #Capcom is approaching the franchise.

Here's my sincere review. https://t.co/S62LWrzTjB

[Legendary Drops @ALegendaryDrops]

Im losing the war right now.

[Legendary Drops @ALegendaryDrops]

He went against their new "harassment policy".

[Alex Escobar @alex_zenkai]

@bootmanmstz This take is completely braindead.

[Legendary Drops @ALegendaryDrops]

@madcap412 Aye, thanks man, really appreciate it.

I'm not anything special though, just try to separate the signal from the noise. I'm just glad people enjoy the videos and some developers find it insightful.

[Noir 浮世 @madcap412]

I want to give a shoutout to this YouTube channel - Legendary Drops

I think this guy is good at vocalizing the general sentiment of gamers

He genuinely understands the criticism and does not dismiss it like jackasses like Jez Corden or Parris, who just call people "grifters"

When I criticize a game like GTAVI...I am hoping to be proven wrong by the game

At the end of the day, I love gaming. I want games to be cool. That does not mean that I cannot criticize what they release and say whether what I am seeing looks good to me or not

I hope more and more developers listen to people like this guy who provides a genuine and nuanced view from gamers....

...as opposed to the frauds at IGN, Kotaku, or other mainstream outlets who don't even play games and are just propaganda at this point

[FINAL FANTASY VII @finalfantasyvii]

Every edition. Every detail.

Take a closer look at every version of Final Fantasy VII Revelation available to pre-order starting today. Which one are you choosing? [1/3]

[thomasmahler @thomasmahler]

Hey folks,

I'm launching a website today: https://t.co/JolbgwKsO7

It started as a little database I built for myself. I use Metacritic and OpenCritic a lot and they're clearly useful, but to me as a designer the user experience always felt a bit lacking.

Then the thing kept growing, and at some point I realized it had become genuinely useful for any gamer, not just me. So here it is, for everyone.

My main problem with the existing aggregators: Their scores tell you how the press felt about a game, not how players did.

That made sense 20 years ago. I cared a lot what GameSpot gave a game back then. But today we can actually measure how players felt, and to me that will always matter more than how the press did. On https://t.co/JolbgwKsO7, players hold at least two-thirds of every score, by rule. Press still counts, it just can't outvote the people who bought the game.

The other big problem: Those sites rate a game once, at launch, and then never really touch it again.

But that's not how games work anymore. A game can launch rough and get patched shortly after, but on Metacritic and OpenCritic it carries that scarlet letter forever.

No Man's Sky is the obvious example: Famously rocky launch, and Hello Games has spent the years since relentlessly improving it. Its Metacritic score has never moved. On https://t.co/JolbgwKsO7 it launched at 50 and sits at 82 today, because scores here are LIVE: launch-era reviews fade out over time, and reviews written after a significant patch count the most. When player sentiment changes, the number changes. Simple.

And since press does still count, I ended up reviewing the reviewers too. Every outlet and creator gets a trust score based on one question: When they reviewed a game, did players end up agreeing? You can see who consistently calls games the way players see them, and who doesn't. Again, simple and fair.

And everything is transparent. Every game page shows exactly how its score was computed, and the full methodology is public. No editorial opinion, no magic number.

Anyway, I hope you get a kick out of it! Even just as a way to see the best games on each platform, find something you missed, or browse a site that isn't wallpapered in ads, I think it's already pretty useful.

Enjoy!👍❤️

[Pirat_Nation 🔴 @Pirat_Nation]

Thomas Mahler, director of No Rest for the Wicked and creator of Ori, has launched a new review site called VideoGamesCritic.

He wants give players more weight than professional critics, Two-thirds of the score comes from Steam users, while critics make up the remaining third.

Mahler says sites like Metacritic and OpenCritic mainly show what critics thought about a game, while his site focuses more on what the people actually playing it think.

“Press still counts, it just can’t outvote the people who bought the game.”

The site also gives reviewers and outlets a trust score based on how closely their opinions match player reactions.

It also takes newer Steam reviews more seriously, so a game that improves over time can see its score change.

Mahler calls VideoGamesCritic “the one source of truth for gamers.”

[Mightykeef @MightyKeef]

This is actually a huge W from Xbox, and I've always been confused why this just was not the standard for all disc on all consoles.

[Alex Escobar @alex_zenkai]

@RinoTheBouncer It is something so props to Xbox! But they’ll still kill physical next gen.

[Salva Fernàndez Ros @salbaFR]

El evento de la Gamescom siempre ha sido el más flojo y el de más continuidad (juegos ya conocidos, a punto de salir, etc.) pero aun así, el de ayer fue descaradamente malo y preocupante. Repleto de clones y gachas.

[Alex Escobar @alex_zenkai]

@TommyTwoTimez2 @longislandviper @ComplainsLex Also I bet at the end GTA VI might be more worth the price than what Mario Kart World was.

[Alex Escobar @alex_zenkai]

I’m not saying Mario Kart World is not well priced. All i’m saying is all the game journalists complained about the $80 price of the game but here they don’t blink an eye. (Even tho GTA VI is actually $100 for the whole game not $80).

I just want to know if he defended Mario Kart World for $80 when all the backlash was going on. Besides Mario Kart at least wa soffer in physical and with the Switch 2 it ended up to be $50 for a digital copy.

The same people that same “Drop the price” when Mario Kart’s price got announced are the same ones defending GTA VI for $100 and have been trying to convince you that $100 is fine for GTA VI for 2 years. I’m just trying to see if this guy is a hypocrite or not basically.

[Alex Escobar @alex_zenkai]

People that advocate for “No disc, No buy” are not against digital games just to clarify. You have the right to only purchase digital if you want, however the same rule applies for physical which is why people are mad. Choice of how to consume media is being taken away for one group of people.

If people can’t understand that and can’t have a decent conversation about it. There’s no point in arguing then.

[Alex Escobar @alex_zenkai]

@longislandviper @ComplainsLex I’m curious… Did you defend or complain when Nintendo released Mario Kart World for $80? Did you say that according to inflation it is still affordable? Just curious…

[SoSnake @SoSnake13]

Persona 6 sortira en physique seulement sur PlayStation 5 .

Mais on vous dit de passer sur Xbox pour le physique 🙂

[Legendary Drops @ALegendaryDrops]

A lot of moral grandstanding over Grand Theft Auto 6 leaks.

This happens to another company, nobody bats an eye.

>13 years of waiting
>A completely silent and paywalled marketing campaign
>Paraded as the biggest game on earth

Could you have made yourself a bigger target?

[Legendary Drops @ALegendaryDrops]

500k an absurd and honestly surreal number.

In 5 months it will be 2 years since I was laid off and went full time on YouTube and what a ride it's been.

Forever humbled and grateful too all of those who have supported me.

Thank you all for everything.

[Alex Escobar @alex_zenkai]

People that advocate for “No disc, No buy” are not against digital games just to clarify. You have the right to only purchase digital if you want, however the same rule applies for physical which is why people are mad. Choice of how to consume media is being taken away for one group of people.

If people can’t understand that and can’t have a decent conversation about it. There’s no point in arguing then.

[Alex Escobar @alex_zenkai]

@Genki_JPN I thought we were the crazy ones and we only represented less than 10% of the consumers…