Bioshock Infinite - Good or Bad?

[cbgog]

I'd like to start by saying thank you guys for the feedback for the last episode. I decided to ultimately get a voice actor for the ghost character Ooh.
In this video however I did his voice for a final time.(The VO wasn't available yet) 



I look forward to your feed back

Thank you for watching.

[8 Bit Brody]

This is one of your better videos. I don't enjoy the picture in picture thing you do with the video. I'd try to find a way to either make a more interesting border instead of a white background, or just make the video full screen.

[mandaloregaming]

The voice work is a massive improvement

[Locklear]

I agree with everything said so far. It's weird how the game footage keeps changing in size or position against the white background.

[Tentacle]

The following is my feedback alone. I like to remind people when I do share it, that these are my thoughts alone and I as one viewer may not make up the general opinion of your viewing demographic.

The Good:
You have a fantastic voice for content; it’s calm and eases you into it. A lot of creators either want to be whacky or informative to the point that they are a borderline substitute teacher. It is easily the best aspect to your channel and overall content.

The Bad:
Sadly for you, as much as I dig the VO… I hate the gimmick. The conversations sound unnatural, the flow and pacing would never actively be as civil or well thought out and just everything about it annoys me. Interactions like this just don't happen.

I loathe the visual presentation also. I get that you want the characters on screen so people know who is talking… However have you considered maybe just a themed boarder for the video instead? That way, you can keep game play as the focus and I dunno... Put up a red frame for the ghost and a green one for the snake? Colour coding simplifies things and prevents the footage randomly scaling every other sentence.

Overall:
I’d really want to see you do more traditional content, because I genuinely think more people would gravitate towards your opinions if it was just being yourself. No gimmicks, no personas. Just CBG being who he is. I know you attempted something like this with Life is Strange, but maybe try that in a more scripted style. However if you do intend on continuing the format with a new VO, please do record your lines together in some sort of call. It would make the conversation sound more natural, you could have more realistic interruptions and it would make it far easier for viewers to tell the two of you apart.

[MoonSpirit]

Okay, where to begin...

+++I like the concept of having two characters trying to bog down the good and the bad of a great game. Kind of like the optimist vs. the cynic.
---The visual presentation. All of it. I can't stand looking at white while the game is there. It's like watching a movie with the projection off center and unfocused.
+++The voice acting works pretty nice and fluid. Could use some work.
---The characters popping in and out is kind of distracting from the already distractingly terrible presentation. I'm not an animator and of course all those expressions are necessary, but you gotta work on the character movements. It's so jarring.

It's a good effort, but I honestly had trouble trying to watch this movie overall after the first minute or two. Sorry to say this, you've really got to improve.

[cbgog]

Thank you guys so much for the feedback!

I'll keep in mind the ideas you mentioned. The border concept is a nice idea, and I'm probably going to include something of the sort in the next video.
As for being myself as a format instead
I still have not dropped it, and intend on trying out more out of character concepts, I guess I just find it more boring to work on something about myself rather than with characters who aren't really
suppose to fully represent me, but rather a more broad opinion.

[chrismadagames]

Awesome stuff mate! Great narrative, great looking characters (or mascots?), and great game to review! I've not actually played Bioshock Infinite myself, but I've watched playthroughs from some guys, and there's a lot of good visuals!

A benchmark to help you improve as a reviewer I'd say! Great work!