On one hand, this video really could have been finished in the span of the week, which is the ideal for a quick, twelve-minute recommendation video. On the other hand, two complications cropped up: the first one has me feeling like a bit of a fool.

Towards the four-minute mark, I mention several combat capabilities that I barely used. I used them so rarely that scrubbing for footage was going to take excruciatingly long just to find those abilities in action. As such, I tried to find ways to scrub through faster and more efficiently, only to realize too late I could just boot up the game, load an end-game save, and demonstrate the moves in one simple, short clip. I need to start considering these things more during the video editing process, especially while scripting.

However, while having to deal with heavy scrubbing is enough to kill my motivation to push through editing, the real problem was more personal. A lot of drama at my Church, a very important place to me, and so I have found myself quite depressed and struggling to work on things. However, I managed to finish, and have proven to myself the Ramble Recommends concept can work.

Not much more to say other than I did certainly enjoy the game, and I will likely try to play it more in the future. More importantly, it feels good to have a format in which I can recommend indie games I enjoy, and as indie games are less known than big, AAA releases, or even some AA releases, the videos are good at any time. As I try to work out how I wish to pursue deep-dives and critical analysis in the future, it’s nice to have a format for smaller game releases that works.