Let's not be too hasty now.

You can't criticise one dev of doing the same thing you love another dev for and that's what TGBS is doing. Its apparent from all his other videos that he hates older God of War games and he continues to hate on the series to this day, just finds some reason for it. His analysis of the combat in previous games is misleading, like he only played them on easy mofde going over all the nuances. The fact he says God of War is a hack and slash game for kids in his God of War 4 rant two years ago shows that he is full of crap. I'll call him for what he is, a douchebag.

I say this as someone who enjoys his Devil May Cry 3 analysis. Those are on point. His bias clouds his judgement here and his video on Ratchet and Clank on PS4 not being as good as the first, yeah not sure if he understands that 60fps doesn't necessarily make a game better to play than 30fps when that 30fps game has tighter mechanics. He is eloquent but dumb, though he shows hints of intelligence every once in a while.

Explain. What dev and what game and where does TGBS do this?

So what has he said and in what videos? Wherein said videos? Give specifics.

I assume you speak of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY6vIDCK7iQ

Where does he say "God of War is a hack and slash game for kids"?

I share the sentiment. I’m one of the few who thinks The last of us is boring. I prefer dynamic games to scripted cinematic games. I didn’t find god of war as boring as the last of us. Maybe because I like the source material more I didn’t mind the cinematic moments as much but I thought it was paced well for me. The combat, puzzle, narrative ratio was well balanced. It was the same as the older games which were heavily cinematic.

I will admit that we could have used more fast travel areas, the back travel seems grIndy after the endgame. The map is pretty useless as well. Those were my only complaints which are minor. The combat system was more engaging than the last of us stealth mechanics for example. I just can’t compare god of war to that class of games.

I'm gonna assume it's not a real depression.

I have bought it but not played yet. I do enjoy the old style outright cause i'm not a fan of the Souls type formula.

But heck, same thing happened with Resident Evil 7. Rather than be depressed, admit that the series doesn't appeal to you in this form and don't buy the games. Go for something else.
I dislike what RE7 has become and i walked away from the series aslong as it is that way. It simply doesn't interest me. I tried to find what i enjoy in the evil within series instead. Even if that series ends, i'm still not interested in FP RE and simply won't play it. I have no interest.

So... move on? If the series changed to something you don't like, give it a pass. Play some Bayonetta or Devil may cry instead.

I don't think it was a real depression either but he certainly sounded very bummed by the end of the video at the encroachment of cinematic elements.

Well the YouTuber in question, TheGamingBrit, didn't want to play this new God of War but many in his viewership forced his hand.

Speaking of Resident Evil 7, I'm a tremendous fan of Resident Evil 4 and that was a drastic departure from the initial RE formula. Prior to RE4, I played RE on the GameCube and didn't like it too much. The controls just seemed terrible to me.

I'll forever love RE4 but I can now sort of see why some RE fans might not be too fond of it.

Here's to Bayonetta and DMC staying true to the hack-and-slash formula.

God of War plays more like Dark Souls than the Last of Us.  The only thing it has in common with TLoU is the over the shoulder camera and a child companion.

Uncharted is a fast paced 3rd person shooter during action sequences...nothing like GoW.

Infamous SS is a fast paced sandbox.

Horizon Zero Dawn is more comparible to BotW than any other Sony game, and even then it is still unique.

Knack 2 is an action 3D platformer.

I mean come on. are you really trying to say Sony makes their games the same?  That would be MS, who pretty much seems to cancel anything that is different from their usual formula.  I am suprised Sea of Thieves made it, and despite the low scores, it is the one XBox exclusive to interest me since Sunset Overdrive.

But I digress...

God of War needed to evolve, Acension proved that.  SSM did an amazing job with this sequel/reboot and I do not agree with most points made by this guy.  While you cannot please everyone, the incredible reception of the game is proof that they made the right decision to change the focus and mix it up.

I for one do not understand all the praise this game is getting. I just left alfheim realm and went back to midgaurd. I have been playing for several hours and it feels like it is getting more boring. I just want a fun hack-n-slash with qte's. I hate the rpg elements as well, it forces me to waste time retracing steps looking for loot and that is just not the type of gameplay I enjoy. I don't care about this stupid kid or his stupid mom. I'm tired of listening to him whine about how much he misses his dead mother. And yes, kratos is hurting too but he can't show emotions, I get it. Is there anything more to the story? At what point does it get good? Only one good boss battle so far in all my hours of playing. Previous god of war's I would have taken down a couple building sized foes by now.

To be fair, Kamiya has said that God of War was a major inspiration for Bayonetta. You can take things from other games without it losing value or being cheapened.

I have to say that I agree to an extent. I also really don't like all this cinematic stuff that is so popular these days. But you know what? I won't complain about it. A lot of people really seem to enjoy these type of games. At the end of the day, it's just not for me and that is ok. It's not bad for the industry as there are tons and tons of alternatives. You never had a greater choice of games than today!

So if you don't like the game, like me, just leave it at that. There's no point to go on a rant or something. The game has its obvious qualities. If the genre itself doesn't suit you, just do it like I do and don't play it.

That is all.