And I salute Jon for refusing to apologize, he did nothing wrong and people are overreacting.Keane wrote:I can't disagree, considering how the site went from posting fanart, gifs, everything about Jon to completely shitting over him because he said "Retarded" on Twitter.
One thing I loved about Jon in comparison to Danny was just hearing Jon gush about his nostalgic love for Banjo-kazooie, describing all the minor details. It really reminds me of this entire community and why we love Rayman so much. We notice all the small details because we grew up on the series. I do wish Danny would hold more interests for gaming now but I do enjoy still watching him. To be honest while yes, Danny is definitely funnier than Jon in grumps, I don't know, I prefer listening to Jon's nostalgic memories because it's such a relateable and great thing to hear. Jon had so much enthusiasm, while Arin always just kind of laid there like "Yeah... cool".
My favorite episode of Grumps will always be the Guest Grumps with Grant Kirkhope, never have I seen such a perfect combination of humor and just discussion at the same time. Grant was such an amazing guest, and really brought out the best parts of Arin and Jon that we'll likely never see again. It just ends up with what you prefer, and for me, I just really prefer hearing Jon's experiences as a kid with these games, Jon really showed he wanted to focus on the game and have a good time while Arin a good chunk of the time just showed no interest in completing.
I'm totally fine if Arin doesn't like Mario 64, but when he goes far as to shoving his opinion down anyone's throat similar to his Zelda sequelitis it's a problem.Keane wrote: I can tell that with no nostalgia or anything for Mario 64, it's just kind of an obscure, badly aged game to him.
True, he did bring some good arguments to the table, but the Zelda sequelitis had to be one of the most awful things I've seen in a long time. He not only has shown us a darker, rather bitter and abrasive side to him, but the whole sequelitis just felt like a huge negative/bully fest to anyone who enjoys the game. Remember at the beginning of the video? He depicted everyone who prefers OoT over A Link to The Past as a fat neckbeard basement dweller. Yes I know, it's a joke, but the point is a really abrasive side of Arin comes out. One of my favorite comments here that I 100% agree with:Keane wrote:As for Arin, I actually think he can make some really decent arguments
You wanna know what made his past sequelitis's so good? He offered actual critique and not just things he personally didn't like. He offered a more fun way of doing retrospectives/reviews that most reviewers didn't tackle. Arin is a very impatient man, and for that reason is why he hates OoT. If you can't sit through a minor treasure chest scene without throwing a bitch fit, there's something legitimately wrong with you. But Arin has admitted on GG that he has ADD, so there you go.Alec Aquino wrote:You know, Arin has a lot of good points here. He really does. But he just comes off as such a smug asshole in his delivery that I want to disagree with everything he says just out of principle. A Link to the Past is MY personal favorite Legend of Zelda game of all time and this guy is making me want to defend Ocarina of Time because I can't stand the way he is aggressively bullying it to death.
This would make a lot of sense, he said he wanted to do a re-analysis sort of for his Zelda sequelitis as even he himself realizes he came off incredibly abrasive in his delivery.Keane wrote:Arin having recently gotten out of some stressful thing, think he posted about it on the reddit.
What bothers me more than Arin's abrasiveness on the Zelda sequelitis were the massive amount of people in the comments who thought he was right. A minor treasure waiting scene, no matter how much you justify it isn't an actual critique, it goes to show how hypocritical he is of cutscenes and tutorials in games when he himself states MGS is one of his favorite games. It really bothers the hell out of me when I see a comment saying "You know maybe Arin was right." As if these people don't know how to think for themselves, they need Arin to decide.
I'm scared honestly, a new generation of gamers will be exposed to his Zelda sequelitis and just think he's right and never play it based off his silly critiques towards it.
