Op , can you parry ? Learning how to parry helped me not get parried in turn because you start to spot setups and know what attacks you would parry so you don ' t do them etc . <| sep |> I don ' t understand why this happens . Why can you not just email YouTube and tell them this guy blatantly ripped your video and then they ' ll take it off ? Seems like an open shut case <| sep |> I ' m on the other end of the spectrum , I think hype will only ruin a game for you . Not knowing anything about a game will force the game to earn your appreciation and respect . Hype just sets those up in advance . You ' re already in love with the game so you have a somewhat cheapened experience you ' re simply racking up experiences to conform with your views . It becomes less about discovery and more about spectacle . Not to say you shouldn ' t look into a game before purchase . FF is a flagship series with a storied and somewhat checked lineage but knowing the talent involved , how the battle system and art style and music and gameplay all work and waiting for reviews from sources you trust are the best way to experience games IMO . All my favourite games of all time are ones I wasn ' t even remotely hyped for Chrono Trigger , Shadow of the Colossus , Castlevania SOTN , Super Mario Galaxy . I had just read a little bit about them , caught the critical consensus and jumped in . The last time I ' ve had that experience was with games like Inside and Stardew Valley , both that I bought on a whim and knew nothing about . That experience of discovery has had an impact that will last longer than most other triple AAA games with huge marketing budgets that I ' ve played this year . I think uimlistening 123 ' s approach to going in blind is a little cynical . And he ' s right not to be cynical . But being skeptical is ok . Actually , it ' s more than ok it ' s the best way to approach pretty much anything you ' re excited about