The Mechanic That's Impossible to Balance

Get Displate's premium metal posters for up to 40% off with code RAZBUTEN at https://displate.com/l/razbuten Failure is a strange part of games as it brings shape and stakes to them, but is also something we generally want to avoid at all costs. This video examines that delicate push and pull and the ways in which it gets players to feel and act in certain ways. Audio edit by ‪@HeavyEyed‬ Thumbnail by ‪@hotcyder‬   Additional Footage from ‪@yakkocmn‬ and ‪@HeavyEyed‬ Additional Music and Sound Effects by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Games shown (in order of first appearance): Baldur’s Gate 3 Absolum Bramble: The Mountain King Lies of P Celeste Wyldermyth Red Dead Redemption 2 Rain World Elden Ring The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Ghost of Tsushima Hyperlight Drifter Perennial Order Cyber Shadow Sword of the Sea Dark Souls 3 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Hollow Knight: Silksong Super Metroid Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Dark Souls Remastered Hell Clock Slay The Spire Balatro Hades Hades 2 Sifu Disco Elysium Pathologic 2 Citizen Sleeper Dead Rising Cyberpunk 2077 Persona 5 Royal The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask Unsighted Pikmin Metaphor: ReFantazio A Highland Song Kingdom Come Deliverance Life is Strange The Quarry The Witcher 3 Skyrim Life is Strange: True Colors The Forgotten City Life is Strange: Before The Storm Hypnospace Outlaw Kena: Bridge of Spirits LISA: The Painful Shovel Knight Animal Crossing: New Horizons Dave The Diver God of War: Ragnarök Demon’s Souls Elden Ring: Nightreign Thymesia Remnant 2 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Zelda II: The Adventure of Link The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild The Last of Us Part II Isles of Sea and Sky God of War: Ragnarök - Valhalla