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This is it boys, my biggest video yet. Please enjoy this stonking great Video Essay about what I think is the single best Melee Weapon, at least in any First Person Shooter, but arguably in all of Video Games.

This video is super dense and nerdy, we go into a LOT of Game Design Theory, Balance and Fairness in Multiplayer Games, and how the Developers over at Embark were able to combine a few simple mechanics in a way that facilitates thousands of hours of depth.

With Season 3 of THE FINALS being just a few days away, and the very core of this Sword's identity being in jeopardy, I had to make this video.

If, like me, you like big deep dives into very specific aspects of Video Games and other art, this video is for you. It's very much inspired by channels like ‪@Leadhead‬, ‪@shoeless_man‬ (Sorry for unintentionally yoinking your title/ thumbnail combo), ‪@razbuten‬ ‪@AddyValentine‬ and others.

Better to seek forgiveness than permission, so thanks/ sorry to ‪@Vain786‬ ‪@Eidorian510‬ ,‪@pullkia‬, ‪@Gressil8020‬ and ‪@l0wfye‬ for "letting" me use some of your footage (All credited ofc), and to ‪@ottr‬ not only for the thumbnail that features for like 2 seconds, but for sparking the controversy that lead to this video. And finally, to the incredible devs of ‪@reachthefinals‬ for hundreds of hours of some of the best multiplayer gaming I've experienced since Titanfall. Hopefully I can change your outlook somewhat on discovered mechanics in games.

Chapters:
00:00 Yes, I'm serious
02:05 Momentum and Dashing
04:48 Some just call it Slide Cancel
07:07 Quick Maths, Quick Melee
09:20 Kickflips
15:16 Into the Depths
17:49 Empathy
18:50 Arthritis Cancelling
22:19 One nerd's solution
25:05 Final thoughts
26:11 Strata?

Music by others:
Dragon Castle by Makai Symphony
Castillo by KOBA
Sherlock's Theme (BBC) by Michael Price
Super Mario 64 - File Select (Lofi/ Chill Remix) by Qumu
Infiltrator (Ghostrunner) by Daniel Deluxe
Rosalina's Observatory harp cover (Super Mario Galaxy) by Kroggi

Music by me:
Badeline's Breakbeat (Celeste Mod)
Toxic Avenger - My Only Chance (Furi) [I/O Remix]
I AM BUT A BRAIN IN A JAR (Strata)