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Hey guys Its Sagar from Tecworkz.
In this video, I will compare the dual cameras on the Mi A1 with those on the OnePlus 5T.
Ever since I got the OnePlus 5T, this is one of the most requested video from you guys.
OnePlus 5T is basically a glorified OnePlus 5, with a bigger screen and slightly updated
set of cameras.
While both the 5T and A1 look very similar, Keep in mind, that the Mi A1 comes at Rs.15000,
which means, it costs less than half as much as the OnePlus 5T.
So it will be really interesting to see if the dual cameras on the OnePlus 5T can hold
up their price.
Now before we get started, make sure to hit the subscribe button, so you don't miss out
on any of the amazing videos, coming up on this channel.
Let us quickly get the specifications out of the way.
Mi A1 packs in dual 12 megapixel cameras with phase detect autofocus and dual tone flash.
One of the camera, has a regular 26mm wide angle lens with F/2.2 aperture, while the
other one has a 50mm telephoto lens with an aperture of F/2.6.
OnePlus 5T also has a dual camera setup with phase detect autofocus on its back.
Instead of having a wide and a telephoto lens, both the cameras on the 5T have 27mm lenses.
Main camera is a 16 megapixel sensor with F/1.7 aperture, and electronic stabilisation.
Secondary camera, has a 20 megapixel sensor and again a wide F/1.7 aperture.
At front, the Mi A1 has a 5 megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture, while the OnePlus 5T
has mammoth a 16 megapixel camera with F/2.0 Aperture.
The dual cameras on both these phones now have different functions.
You can choose between wide and the telephoto cameras, while clicking images on the Mi A1.
But on the OnePlus 5T, you can no longer switch between the cameras on your own.
The phone chooses the lens to be used, depending upon the lighting conditions.
You can take 2x zoomed images on both, but on the A1 it is optical zoom, whereas on the
5T it is digital zoom.
Both these phones allows you to take images with depth effect, by simultaneously gathering
information from both the cameras.
Now that we know the function of dual cameras on both these smartphones, lets take a look
at some of the images and videos that I took with them.
Both the cameras capture a lot of information and very good colours in ample light.
The 16 megapixel sensor on the OnePlus 5T captures more detail and sharper images, but
the Mi A1 is also not too far behind.
A1 sometimes misses the white balance, and the image ends up looking like this.
Here we have a similar shot from the wide lens of both the phones, and here is the 2x
zoomed image.
Mi A1 actually has optical zoom thanks to the second telephoto lens, while the OnePlus
5T digitally zooms the photos.
Even then, if you look closely, the 2x images from the OnePlus 5T are a bit more detailed.
5T has better dynamic range of the two, but while shooting in HDR mode, A1 is a bit more
aggressive, and I actually prefer its HDR images over those of the 5T.
Here is a quick test between the focusing speed of these cameras.
OnePlus 5T is not exactly the fastest at focusing, but it is still doing a better job than the
A1, at latching on to the focus.
Close up shots from both look good.
And thanks to the wide f/1.7 aperture on the 5T, background is blurred out very nicely.
But I am really impressed with the detailed and sharp images from the A1.
Thanks to the telephoto lens on the Mi A1, and the second lens on the OnePlus 5T, you
can take portrait shots like this.
Background is not as compressed on the 5T as it is on the A1, but I also like the fact,
that these images from the 5T are not too cropped in, like the ones from the Mi A1.
Again with some of the portrait shots, A1 got the white balance wrong.
But it is impressive to get such good portrait images from the A1.
Until now, we saw that the images from the OnePlus 5T are clearly better, but the Mi
A1 is also holding up very well in this competition.
As we move to lower lighting conditions, difference in the images start getting noticeable.
Wide aperture on the OnePlus 5T helps it capture more details, and its wider dynamic range
comes to play in these situations as well.
Mi A1 also performs good for the price at which it comes in, but there is a lot of noise
in its low light images.
This is due to the camera, cranking up the ISO, to compensate for a narrower aperture.
All of the low light images from the 5T are very sharp, show better colours of the two
and also have a lot of detail, and lower noise in them.
In this image you can see the amount of noise being captured by the camera of the Mi A1,
compared to the OnePlus 5T.
The 16 megapixel front facing camera on the OnePlus 5T, captures a lot more details and
better dynamic range of the two.
OnePlus also has a wider lens, so if you need to get more people in the shot, 5T is the
one to get.
Coming to the video performance.
Both the phones lack optical image stabilisation, but the electronic stabilisation on the OnePlus
5T, does a great job even while shooting 4k videos.
Video from the A1 is not stabilised at all, and it looks really shaky.
Xiaomi has pushed out a few updates to fix this video issue, but it did not make much
of a difference.
To conclude, The camera of the OnePlus 5T is final
definitely better than the Mi A1, just like the OnePlus 5 was, but that doesn't mean
one on the Mi A1 is not good.
It can take some really good images in bright lighting conditions, and I actually prefer
the HDR shots that comes out of it.
So If camera is the main deciding factor for you, and you have the extra cash, then definitely
go for the OnePlus 5T.
You also get a bigger screen, better internal hardware and overall better experience, for
that extra money that you pay.
But if you only have Rs.15,000 you can go with the Mi A1, as you still get a very good
camera at this price point.
The main point of this comparison, was that you can spend as little as Rs.15,000 and still
end up with a good smartphone, with a decent camera for general use.
I know this video, is very much on the lines with the comparison between the Mi A1 and
the OnePlus 5, but honestly, the dual cameras on the OnePlus 5T are not too much of an improvement
over the Oneplus 5.
If you want to check out my camera review of the OnePlus 5T, i'll leave a card to
it on the top right corner of the screen, and also link it in the description section.
I will be comparing the camera on the OnePlus 5T, with a few other smartphones.
If it is something that you are interested in, then make sure you are subscribed to the
channel.
If you want to pick up any of these smartphones, I will appreciate if you used the links in
the description section.
It helps the channel out, at no extra cost to you.
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The fear of bodily harm that's legitimate when I was a disc jockey in
Columbus Ohio you know I was young right 22 23 I thought I was tough and I was on
the air and Al Green who was a great performer at that time and still is now
now singing gospel music had a record his first hit record was backup train so
a guy came in the town and was impersonating Al Green I happened to
know al green because I'd already booked him and so when I found out this guy was
impersonating algorri I came on the air and did an editorial about it and I
exposed him he was rather big fellow and so he had the word out that when I see
this guy less drama this jock I'm a knockin my mouth with having a big mouth
so I was driving down Main Street in Columbus Ohio had my son in the car and
I always had this little saying hey if anybody will put a threat on me I'm
gonna make a Monterey so I saw this guy on the street side pull around
I said excuse me I'll be right back got out the car and say hey man I heard you
said that you were looking for me I'm les brown he said you are say yeah I
said what is it I'm the one that said that you are an imposter I said I want
to know what you're gonna do about it he open his coat he had a gun there I say
but whatever I said to hurt your field
acknowledge your fear scare yourself accordingly and do what makes sense for
you well one major fear I've always had it's
a fear of dentists and this fear had me I didn't have that fear and what really
enforced it you got to watch things that can feed your fear I saw a movie that
most people would not remember this movie was starring Dustin Hoffman era
thon man with Laurence Olivier when he's trying to get a confession out of him
and he took this drill out let me tell you someone he went in dumped my
Hoffman's mouth with that drill I had a dollar worth of popcorn that pop go
whatever do you know I could not go to the dentist for five years I had left
broadcasting went to the Ohio Legislature had an impacted wisdom tooth
now that hurts and I would call and soon as the people would answer the phone I
would hang up that's not fighting about dr. Hamlet office boom I'd hear then I
got to the point where I could just ask for an appointment hello and I wouldn't
give my real name because I knew I would go keep I'm giving anybody a Joe jiggly
gym it gets better the first time I got to the point where I could give my name
it was about four years after that you know so my name is les fine then I'll
call back and say look here due to my legislative agenda I won't be able to
make it so the lady finally said no function you're scared aren't you I said
no I'm not you said then why don't you come in Assassin none of your biz
she said you're not coming in because you're scared I wish you just would not
waste our time and she hung up I said you have no right to do that to people I
agree you know so finally it'll make a long this short I was hurting so bad as
a waiter but I've got to do something and I said what am I afraid of go there
and handle that's it man I said dr. hammer I just can't hear this drill I
mean you can do whatever I just don't I don't need to hear this drill this drill
that sound you know that's the what gets me that drill don't pull that drill out
on me he said just calm down karna and it wasn't really bad as I thought it was
one of the things you find out that when you face your fears it's not as bad as
you think it is and when people tell you I just can't do that I can't handle I
mean really really I can't have it what they're envisioning is that they're not
going to be if they're gonna clock out like you're going to die guess what we
all that occasions when we confronted our fears we had to do something we felt
uncomfortable with we didn't want to do it and we did not die they didn't come
take us and put us in a box somewhere am i right so what we've got to begin to do
how do we handle that what's the process because it's all up in here one I think
is imagine the worst-case scenario I just imagined that he went in my mouth
and with this drill and that I just croaked out
then I imagine that's the worst case scenario then I had another technique I
used visualize yourself being more than able and capable of handling it and I
used to have a tremendous inferiority complex about speaking before people
that I felt who had more going for them than I did because I'm not college
trained I used to feel that college people were the most intelligent people
on the planet and there was nothing I had to say for them and what would I
what will they listen to me for and that's the way I felt and so I had to
visualize myself speaking before them speaking before various audiences that
had more going for them than I did and realize and appreciate my own value and
that I was a worthwhile person even though I didn't have all going for me I
don't have the money I didn't have the education that they had so part of the
process is seeing yourself being worthy being capable having what you need to
make your worthwhile person and that you more than able and that you deserve to
be listened to or you deserve to have that dream and that passion whatever it
is that you see and envision that you've got to see it in your mind's eye and
know that you've got what it takes repeat after me please
I must see and my mind's I see myself confronting my fears handling my fears
I'm more than able shake somebody's hand on your right and left and say you got
the right stuff
so what do these people need to get started why aren't there starting we all
know the answers fair but the difference with you guys or me or anybody's
followed through is we're more afraid of to what life would be like if we don't
follow through then the person is willing to settle for what they got and
kind of hope it'll change and maybe purchase something for the moment and
then not follow through with it it's almost like people overachievers have a
little more fear they're a little more afraid of missing out they're afraid of
not being there or they got a strong enough reason to follow through so I'd
say if you looking at home you want to get somebody some value go where do I
start I'm sick of this that's a damn good place that's probably what they
bought the product in the first place but now from that for just a minute what
that they bought they bought the product just escaped from that stay just feel
over here so cuz it was well guess what what makes people exciting is progress
you don't have to be at the goal yet to feel alive again you have to be progress
in the first up to progress and make a decision of behind the product but then
you don't do the second step which is open the damn thing up I think another
powerful distinction that you're hitting on here is the fact that a lot of people
that have breakthroughs in their lives like including Frank and I both in
different you know success stories situations whatever you want to call
them is that you know people typically hit rock-bottom
yeah before that must is a reality you're right so in thinking of that you
know cuz a lot of things as well like we hear in marketing you know like if you
had a gun to your head right now and you had to make money in the next you know
48 hours what would you do and that really resonates with people but so I
just wanted to bring this into the conversation because I think a big part
of the market of all these people aren't people that have their backs completely
against the wall yes that's right okay so they're not in a must situation yet
they're in a desire situation where they're okay in their lives they do have
big dreams and ambitions they do want greater things but it's not pushing them
yet to the point where they will do what it takes to master some us so what do
you think how how do people go from not having their backs against the wall when
they have no choice to say I'm totally sick of this right to to conditioning
their minds to go from their situation where they always may be okay yeah to
getting something greater well you'll think about this what pisses you off and
what excites you is all relative you know 300 hours a week no $2,500 this
excites him more that memory to this day than even the million bucks you know you
did it first 24-hour version right or you break in the form in a mile million
bucks I've been out of your mind tell me about that for a second what did that
feel like you make a million bucks in 24 hours nobody in history of the
Internet's done you for it yeah just unbelievable
what was your wasn't even about the money that's exactly right that's
exactly what really about the money know what something like oh that's how many
cars I can buy it just wasn't it was just it was just breaking through like
another like barrier of progress so at that point was it about you back to your
wall at that point what it was really about other point for my fear is what
really wants for the point where you fear and for some people and I think in
some cases it's also a recognition of Who I am and what I'm capable of so for
somebody whose life it's already great this is a bad what if I could take on
another skill that could create more freedom for my life and just stand I'm
not having to go out and try and do it all perfectly right now what I'm gonna
do for the next eight weeks I'm gonna do what we pray a little ritual I'm gonna
do one thing a day to condition my mind right so let's go so I thought through
I'm gonna read so I'm gonna listen to something I'm gonna immerse myself I'm
gonna go for an intense jog or I'm gonna go lift weights but I'm gonna do it
consciously to get in a state where I'm gonna follow through because people
follow through when you're in state whatever it takes to get you to try
harder read more set your goals and go for it
here's the next attitude disease over caution some people never will have much
they're too cautious now you can also be too reckless but you can also be too
cautious this is called the timid approach to life
and my caution was always the risk risk used to drive me right up the wall
I used to say what if this happens it's called the language of the poor what if
this happens and on top of that if this was to happen look at the fix I be and I
better not try I could always ace myself out then I'll
tell you what changed my whole life when I finally discovered it's all risky the
minute you were born it got risky if you think trying is risky wait till they
hand you the bill for not trying if you think investing is risky wait till you
get the tab for not investing see it's all risky get married is risky having
children is risky going into business is risky investing your money is risky it's
all risky I'll tell you how risky life is you're not gonna get out alive
that's risky the Englishman says well if that's the way it's gonna work out let's
give it a go right that's what it's for give it a go
somebody says yeah but I'm looking for safety and security
fine then huddle in a corner we'll cover you with a sheet bring you three meals a
day and we'll protect you feed you look after you care for you we
won't let anything happen to you and you'll probably live to be 100 the guy
said yeah I'd live to be 100 but what a way to live right what a way to live
safe and secure dog ask for security ask for adventure better to live 30 years
full of adventure than 100 years safe in the corner and see it's not important
how long you live what's important is how you live
here's the next attitude disease we're almost through at this monthly list in
fact we're almost through hang on the next one is pessimism
pessimism the deadly disease of always looking on the bad side the problem side
the difficult side checking all the reasons why I can't be done the poor
pessimist leads and bug you they like he doesn't try to figure out what's right
he tries to figure out what's wrong he doesn't look for virtue he looks for
faults and when he finds him he's delighted how this is the poor guy looks
through the window doesn't see the sunset he sees the speck from the will
and this is the poor guy right who rushes up take such leave of his senses
this guy rushes up me says I've got five good reasons why I won't work he's so
dumb he doesn't know all he needs one he's got five
to the pessimist the glass is always half-empty to the optimist the glass is
half-full why would the same measure affect people two different ways answer
it all depends on how you look at it our lives are mostly affected by the way
we think things are not the way they are the way we think they are affects us
most and so you know what most people go through life running scared running
scared from things that have no teeth in them because their false expectations
appearing real that's it we are brilliant enough to
scare ourselves to death you realize that there are some people actually who
get a kick out of scaring themselves to death I remember the last frightening
movie I saw it was the Exorcist I will never forget I was so frightened when I
came home I'll never forgot drove in the driveway and I had already called my
former wife and said listen turn the lights on I was coming in the driveway
and I and I was getting out of the car and all of a sudden I couldn't get out
of sup blow my horn I said madam when they got me they got me she came to the
kitchen when I said take your seat belt moves fool
I was freaked out of my wits but there are a lot of people who think you're on
for that love I'm a person that my brother is a paratrooper my twin brother
he's in the military career man I would love to jump out of an airplane
to parachute I'm scared though I mean I really admire
my brother for that I would really love to be macho man like that what are the
things that you fear that's been keeping you from living your dream that's been
keeping you from doing some things that you would like to do just think about
those things and how do we begin to handle that Abraham Maslow said that the
life is about growth and he said you could either go back to your comfort
zone and there you won't find any growth or you must Willie be willing to go
forward then face your fears again and again and again because you're never
going to have a fear free existence I mean some fear is acceptable and
legitimate there are some things that you you really should be afraid of now
you shouldn't allow it to immobilize you you acknowledge it you take it into
account and you carry yourself accordingly there are times that we
should proceed with caution but it's the difference between being stopped by fear
it's the difference between having a fear and the fear having you so what do
we do one acknowledgeable and knowing that it's okay don't condemn yourself
for being afraid it's perfectly fine to have some fears you acknowledge your
fears you embrace those fears and then you move on
you act on whatever it is that you fear because once you embrace it see what you
resist will persist what you resist will persist so one of the most important
things is is to begin to embrace your fear second I'm going to get clear about
why this is a must for me circles my backs against the wall but because I
wanna master your life that could create some freedom I'm not gonna mastered
overnight but I got the system I got the plan
what do one thing a day I'm gonna work on one subject week this week is gonna
be figuring out with the right product or industry is next week gonna be basics
of building traffic and each week I want to make a little progress and I'm gonna
get to a goal whatever that is I'm gonna make a thousand bucks
my 300 bucks in a week I'm gonna get through my twenty five hundred that
first twenty five hundred is the most excited done believe the first three
hundred dollars life-changing look the most like thing I remember I was
supposed to be a truck driver like in twenty four thousand a year because I'd
be making the most anybody my family never failed that work out for you real
well thank God I'm not on the truck right I think you could pull my finger
but I could do it with my teeth I could pull my teeth right thirty six grand a
year was the golf I could make three grand in a month why did that was out of
my mind and then it was like could I make ten grand a month then it was ten
grand in a day that 100 grand a day then could I make a million dollars in a day
every day with me four hundred million dollars in a day and stock my the
company took public my personal stock probably after I did it though it
doesn't really count right people I remember who's first Tony
they told me when I was on stage I had this audience of about 15,000 people the
Continental Center was during a stretch break I was doing they loved rocking the
house series going crazy and they gonna shoot your ass for a million bucks right
now it's like wow that's cool like okay that's not only so stupid it's like
what's next and I went right back to what I loved once you break through then
it just becomes a game the people that are getting your products have not yet
broken through in most cases the breakthrough happens by conditioning
your mind every day by feeding it a role model or story it's putting yourself in
a pig state you follow through by getting physically strong it's creating
a little ritual of doing a little bit each day and then you get momentum the
most important thing along too if you start out with why absolutely why is it
a must for you it doesn't have to be here against the wall but it has to be
something you're hungry for because the only difference in people is hunger and
if you're not hungry get around people that are hungry and something will hit
you you look launched a conversation you get around people that doing better and
all of a sudden you start going my life sucks I mean when I went to a
guy in LA it's one of the most multi-billionaire guys I'll never forget
and I lived in the Del Mar castle and I was really proud that was like the
symbol of me having picked myself from being poor to providing for my family
this great place built from castles in Europe overlooking the ocean not far
from you and I went this guy's house he's billionaire he took me down to his
wine cellar how many great wine went through this whole thing at the end
of the night I was depressed I lived in the Del Mar tenement as far as I was
concerned I really was I was like I live in a crappy place and all my standards
changed all sudden I wasn't a little settle for living that all of a sudden
my back was to the wall in a different way because as a man I knew was capable
of more so people can change their standard by getting around where it's
better people can change their standard by getting associated what's true like
the bills they got to solve the problems they got to do it or they can do it
because they're excited because there's something new they want to take off
everyone's different but they gotta find the why and they got to come up with
some daily rituals to get them going and just it was tough at the time that's
what you get momentum one of the major things she'll taught me when I met him
he said poor thinking habits keeps most people poor not poor working campus most
people work hard but they don't think hard and she'll taught me that the mind
is like a factory on mental factory and whatever you think about all day long
pours ingredients into this mental factory and that's what builds the
economic social financial fabric of your life
he quoted me a Bible phrase that says as you think so you become how awesome when
he talked about poor thinking habits he had me I used to start the day reading
the morning newspaper I mean you believe that or not I'd get a cup of coffee read
the paper I'd load up on wars and riots and
murders and stabbings and killings and bank robberies and muggings and car
wrecks and tragedies I'd even read the back pages I seem to like that stuff for
some weird reason I've laid upon all that and then I start the day you can
imagine the kind of days I used to have you walk around on your financial needs
they call you economic peewee the guy says I want to be a great leader
wonderful the first thing we do is following to his house when we get there
we walk in and check his library number one
somebody says well why check his library the reason is because what a man reads
pours massive ingredients into his mental factory and the fabric of his
life is built from those ingredients you would not believe what some people have
got in their house to read you would not believe one of the best dressed up words
I know for a lot of it is trash can you imagine dumping a bale of trash into
this mental factory every day and coming out with a rich dynamic positive life it
can't be done you might as well try making a cake with cement the kids back
in Danbury Connecticut high school they're asking me questions one day I'm
talking to the kids kids got good questions he says one of them said to me
mr. Owen how do you build the good life I said it's simple it's not easy but
it's simple here's how you build anything select the right ingredients
keep out the wrong ingredients and it starts with thought
everything starts with thought so you must be wise and careful what you think
about because that starts everything you gotta be wise and careful I asked the
kids what would happen if somebody dropped sugar in my coffee they said
will you'd be okay I said what if somebody dropped
strychnine in my coffee they said well you'd be dead
I said correct lesson 1 life is both sugar and strychnine you gotta be
careful I said what if my worst enemy drops in the sugar they said will you be
okay I said what if my best friend even by accident drops in the strychnine they
said well you'd be dead I said correct lesson two watch your car
you got to be careful see it doesn't matter who hands you the bad stuff it
doesn't matter where you get the bad stuff it'll still do its damage on your
bank account wherever you get it so you know think about what's the Holy Grail
between somebody taking action or not it's one word certainty when somebody is
absolutely certain they'd you know the common war to believe right but you know
you can believe in a general level or you can believe what's certain when
you're absolutely certain that if I do this it's gonna get that result and that
results gonna change my life you'll do it when you think it absolutely is not
gonna work you're never gonna do the middle no-man's land of maybe it'll work
maybe it won't that's the piece that kills people right so if it's a must for
you you got to make it work that in our case right that's an example there's
none of us for you and you're not sure you don't know what to do so I years ago
I'd look around to say okay how do people get themself to follow through
they haven't been following through know what's the difference and I started
eating in hundreds of people literally eventually thousands go to have
thousands of my then so I'd ask the group to give me the feedback they came
up with his mom looks like the holy grail of beliefs or the holy grail of
Momentum's like the difference between what makes the rich get richer the poor
get poorer right and the difference melanie was mindset then I counted that
bill so this is like a stupid little fucking box it's a little scribble your
for you you think about the first thing that determines whether you can do
something or not and I put that this first box at the top here on the left
side it's potential like what's the potential of the other day like when you
guys started you proved something no one had done history around the form and
I forgot Lino's how many centuries they're trying to run a four-minute mile
roger bannister does it how did he do it do you remember you did in this industry
right you made a million bucks in a day no one had ever done that in history
right after you did it a bunch of the guys are doing in case we can't possibly
roger bannister didn't just go physically practice and made a shift in
his hat he practiced in his head because he
could never achieve it physically so he had a change in his head first that the
result became certain enough he believed it and then his body got him through
after roger bannister in their four-minute mile within two years 37
people right before that well no one in history ever done here's how it works
the potential for anybody getting your product is extraordinary
they can do what you've done as much more or less making whatever they want
to do the potentials their markets proven them whether that they happen the
potential has a lot to do with what action they take which is the question
of kingdoms right like you know copy those potential but we're not taking
action and we all know that the action that day is going to turn their votes
again that's pretty obvious so most people have a belief about what
their real potential is matter what you tell them and that affects how much
action they take and of course that affects the result and then ironically
that result reinforces their belief mr. shelf gave me one of the greatest
phrases when I first met him when he said gym every day stand guard at the
door of your mind
how important stand guard at the door of your mind and you decide what goes into
your mental factory don't let anybody just dump anything they want to in your
mental factory because you've got to live with the results okay here's the
last disease and we're through with this list
in fact we're almost through hang on the last subject is very brief the last
disease but this one is deadly engage in this one indulge in it even slightly and
you might as well forget the future because it's gonna forget you
complaining crying whining griping a Bible word called murmuring see that
will ace your future spend five minutes complaining and you have wasted five and
you may have begun what's known as economic cancer of the bone surely they
will soon haul you off into a financial desert and there let you choke on the
dust of your own regret I hope I said that well so you won't forget it's a
deadly disease if you don't think it's bad ask the children of Israel of Old
Testament faith typical of us all their story just happened to get in the book
story says children of Israel were slaves God performed a series of
dazzling miracles and got him out and now they're heading for the Promised
Land remember the story heading for the Promised Land tragedy of
the story they never got there reason from day one they started to
complain they griped about the water they griped about the weather
they whined and cried and griped about the food they griped about the
leadership they've whined and cried because it was too far too cold too hot
too difficult too miserable I mean they wide and whined and cried for years
finally God said I've had it trip cancelled or something like that
the story says they died in the desert never got to the promised land
which i think means two things indulging this long enough you get your
Futurecast and I guess it also means even God Himself can only take so much
okay
just be on the lookout of the things that can destroy all the good you start
the war is on and this evening tomorrow mentally personally socially
economically you got to make sure you're winning the war and this is part of it
in the belief exits I'll give an example let's say a person has unlimited
potential we all agree but they take little action little results why cuz
they have to start let a problem with their belief they don't believe it's
really gonna happen for me maybe for Frank Kearns because it got the cool
hair and stuff or maybe it's for you because you're so driven but it's not me
maybe Tony Robbins because she's a freak got these big teeth whatever their
thought process is right they got this thing right but what happens is if you
believe that there's very little potential how much action you're gonna
take and when you take a little potential with a little action what kind
of results you get lousy little results we need a little results what does that
do to your belief because see I told you this was a waste of time soldier this
wouldn't work and then what happens you tap even less potential to take even
less actually even worse results and your belief gets even weaker and this
sucker feeds on itself until you are in a downward spiral poisonous it's
poisonous and it's self-fulfilling now what if something could happen that
come along and fill you with a sense of absolute certainty not like I believe
but mean where you know and you guys this case mine as well we knew because
we had to because we burned the boats there was no other option we had to find
a way we that we weren't gonna live that way we all did it in different ways and
for different reasons but in essence that was it if you get yourself in a
state of certainty that this is gonna work I'm gonna find the way and if this
doesn't work I will make the way then you tap a lot more potential and when
you're serving your potential you take massive action when you take massive
action you really believe in some things you get great results when you get great
results your brain goes see I told you I was a stud I told you this thing would
work out not even strong you have more potential take greater IQ better results
that's how you went from 300 bucks in a week to 2500 five days to a hundred
thousand and a month to a million bucks in a day same thing with you and we get
momentum sweetie rich get richer the poor get poorer now some people go out
they go I'm gonna take a bunch of action all
right I'm gonna open this product gonna try it they'll say to you I even did it
but it's like the salesman who goes and knocks on the door he knocks on a
hundred doors and says and even if he doesn't say it verbally his face says it
because he doesn't believe it's gonna work so his voice his body the execution
is so weak maybe if he talks 200 people somebody's gonna buy on a pity he's
gonna want his kids to starve right but he's not gonna get the result so the
core difference in people is how do you produce certain day when the world isn't
giving it to you you go out and try and you're trying your case you're a hundred
thousand and that nothing's working how do you keep yourself going the way you
did it the way I did it the way you're doing it we mean I've done it
consciously is we didn't change our potential that
was there and it wasn't even taking more action taking more action with beliefs
not gonna works not gonna change anything we got results in our head that
made us feel certain as if it had already happened
true or false for you sure all right so give me an example some people know I'm
not just making this crap up well I mean just like when I had nothing I already
knew I was driving like Ferraris and Porsches and stuff because I always
wanted those cars I already knew I was going to have them it was inevitable
right I never - no that was just my inevitable outcome but how did you do
that did you have a ritual did you think about it regularly was that one time you
thought about it or was it something you had an obsession towards I had an
obsession towards it I mean I used to go I weren't used to work in a video store
which is the last job I ever had in my life thank God and I used to go to work
almost every day and I used to bring two magazines with me to read on my breaks
entrepreneur magazine just to read about business everything else to read about
what other people are doing look for role models and I used to carry an auto
trader with me and I used to look at Porsches that were for sale and people
always used to ask me what are you doing with that auto trader magazine I'm like
well I'm just picking out the Porsche that I'm going to buy
which probably got you a lot of crap people made fun of me here I actually
had a boss at that job tell me you know you really shouldn't do that to yourself
John because it's it's very very likely that that is never gonna happen that
it's very likely that you you're never going to have that car yeah that's
that's the kind of belief he was trying to put in my head see when you begin to
understand and acknowledge your fear and you go forth anyhow
you go forth in his spirit and uh knowing that there's a way that you can
begin to handle this there's a way out here somewhere there's a solution what
it is that you're seeking that you have the capacity to whatever comes up to
handle it to face it and rather than feeling powerless you begin to feel
powerful see when all of the major downsizings that are taking place around
this country there are a lot of people who are biting their fingers and fear
that they might lose their jobs but there are few people who have decided
within themselves I'm going to make it some people aren't waiting to be cut
some people are moving on their home because they feel within themselves I've
got what it takes to make it they're not afraid about tomorrow because of how
they see themselves because of what they feel that they deserve because of what
they feel that they can create for themselves because these people have
decided as they look at the future as they look at themselves there's a way
where there's a will there's a way for me to begin to create a way out of no
way and when you have that kind of
consciousness when you have that kind of spirit nothing can stop me nothing what
would your life be like as you look toward the future if you decided I'm not
going to allow my peers to stop me what would your life be like what would your
future be like if you decided to to want that which you desire so strongly that
it prepares you pass your fears that you experience to fear as the one book says
feel the fear and do it anyway what would your life be like and I'm saying
to you that all of us who have been in tuned by fear have the capacity to
resurrect ourselves and to resurrect our dreams
and you have is it easy no it's not easy can I do it yes what's one of the ways
to get started some of us need somebody to hold our hands sometimes we need
somebody to help us out be willing to say I don't know be willing to reach out
be willing to get some assistance to take you to the next level of what great
athlete you never expect boxes to make profound statements I think was Joe
Frazier who said this one he says all of us are like the blind man at some point
in our lives standing on the corner waiting for somebody to lead us across
to all of us at some point in our lives need some help need someone to reach out
to us to find the Lifeline to help us go across some treacherous waters that we
couldn't navigate by ourselves none of us do it by ourselves all of us
have some part of our lives we need that kind of help we need that kind of
assistance because we grow up from the people we have in our lives that can
enrich our lives and personally professionally spiritually and all the
dimensions of our lives we don't grow in a vacuum so you look at yourself what
are fears you have it may be you need some help and strengthening yourself in
that area as you assess your strengths and your weaknesses that you begin to
improve yourself and your passions and your dreams and your goals and the
things that you want if you decide to experience all of your true potential if
you decide to manifest all of your greatness and you decide wait a minute
what what else is available to me out here if I decided to experience the fear
of rejection the fear of no the fear of failure the
fear of standing by myself what else is available of taking a chance of fear of
losing it all what else is available to me that will bring some extra meaning
and value the fear of people not liking the you know how many people do things
they don't want to do because they want everybody to like them everybody's not
good at like you excuse me special announcement
everybody's not going to like you know that's it's just not that kind of world
but you know that a lot of people who won't take positions on issues who won't
take a stand for things they believe in who won't speak up for themselves
because they don't want to make anybody mad Oh Bill Cosby he said I don't know
what the secret of success is he said but here's what I know what the secret
of failure trying to reason
you can't breathe in it but there people have the fear of rocking the boat so
they just go along and I just go along well how do you feel well I don't really
want to say how many of you know people like that
raise your head if they're not truly experiencing life what do you really
want to do well I don't like this but I guess I'll go ahead on and do now the
life is too short for them to shut and unpredictable moseying through not try
to disturb anything not trying to shake anything up not trying to make any waves
you see there are some people who who come through the universe and their
level of contribution and the level of energy they manifest is so small so
inconspicuous that when they go you won't even know they left I mean they're
people who died on jobs and and you same where's John Oh jump and did six miles
you're kidding I guess we did this but there's some people because of their
personality because of their contribution because of their the
investment of their time and their energy and the impact they have there
that when they go everybody will miss them so when Mother Teresa checks out
everybody will know when Rosa Parks everybody will know nessam that never
everybody will know what because of their contribution see but there's some
people because their contribution is so small no one will care
some say before you are boxed and buried decide that you're going to box and bury
your fears decide that you're going to begin to live life on a new level
seeking out new horizons that you were to find more love and more joy and more
ways to give more to life God said something I love this he says
everything a man does for himself guess what he takes with thee
but everything he does for others he leaves behind so when you begin to say
what is it that I want to leave what contribution that I want to begin to
make what difference do I want to make in life what is it that I want to do
with the rest of the life that I have left what what chances I need to take
what risks do I need to begin to embrace what fears do I need to step on what
areas of my life am i dead right now what dream you can either live your
dreams or live your fears you have got to get to a point where you say I'm sick
and tired of living like this there's gotta be more let's see that's when
people go out and strike out on their dreams that's when people get out of
relationships where they're dying together rather than growing together
that's where they leave jobs so where you going away from here
do you have another job no I don't well how are you going to make it I don't
know but I will say you will when you put yourself in that kind of situation
I'm reminded of two frogs that that were huffing down the road and they fell into
a bottle of milk and one was hopping up and down for a while and he drowned he
just gave up but there's other frog just kept on
kicking he wouldn't give up he just kept on kicking and pretty soon he churned
that milk into butter and he walked on
some saying when light catches you about a neck in but blind slap you'll laugh
but knock you down I said just keep on kicking you know and you can kick hard
out of those circumstances whatever they are not be intimidated by them repeat
after me please I'm going to keep on kicking I'm gonna cut them off is never
going to give up keep check somebody's hand on your right in love and say keep
on keepin on
I tell you you know one of the exciting things about life is you got to keep the
child in you little children tree we used to go to work with my mama we'll be
riding across time and beat you my brother have yoga that's my car
no but then after we become adults light slap you side ahead of your dad's and
then you don't dream anymore bigger Thomas in the book I'm the Invisible Man
I think it was he said the impulse to dream has been slowly beaten out of me
through the experience of life and most people ladies and gentlemen have stopped
living their dreams because of the lessons they've learned from life or
things they've picked up because we've only been born with two fears the fear
of a loud sound of the fear falling and all the other fears of fears we learn
fears we pick up whatever you scan up the life the value you brought to the
planet
what if usually you're stronger so as we begin to look toward the future and look
at what will it take for us to break through those feelings one acknowledging
the fear knowing it's all right some fear is healthy beginning to know
that your dreams your passions your drive to achieve whatever it is you want
as it has more power and meaning it will move you past your fears as you begin to
feel that you deserve it your passion and goal is so strong the fears you
begin to trust yourself and put yourself in the situation where you have to make
it happen you will make it happen ladies and gentlemen I don't believe
this I know this from my own life experience I know that you've got
greatness within you I know that you have unlimited potential in you I know
that you have something to give to the universe that was not here before you
showed up somebody said that life is God's gift to us and how we live our
lives is our gift to God what kind of gift
are you giving and what kind of gift could you give if fear wasn't an issue
and I'm saying you can have fears but don't surrender don't let your fears
have you you're more than capable of making this your decade
this is mrs. Mamie Brown's baby boy Leslie Calvin Brown saying is the
plumb pleasing pleasure
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Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - REVIEW (Spoiler Free!) - Duration: 25:02.
Sometimes, a game is so special that you can feel it right away.
There's a confidence on display, and a belief that the work put forward is worth your time
because you're about to be treated to something great.
It might start humbly enough: one might feature a boy simply waking from a nap while another
has the eventual hero going about his daily life.
From these small beginnings, a huge adventure awaits that's almost guaranteed to make
you laugh, cry, and get excited at every new revelation.
It happened for many with Xenoblade Chronicles...and it happened for me with the arrival of Xenoblade
Chronicles 2.
Fans are hoping that this sequel can somehow meet that same level of quality.
Yet in many ways, it surpasses them.
Let me explain.
The story of Xenoblade 2 takes place in the world of Alrest, a place made up entirely
of what's known as the Cloud Sea.
There are no natural continents to live on save the immense World Tree that lies in the
center of Alrest.
Instead, the people have to survive by living on giant creatures known as Titans, who are
able to travel the ocean-like Cloud Sea, eternally circling the World Tree.
But after living this way for so long, the Titans are beginning to die out and the threat
of war hangs over everyone, a fight for the dwindling territory.
It's in this setting that we focus on a salvager named Rex, who makes a living recovering
artifacts and technology that long ago sank into the Sea.
This focus on him allows you to learn the rules of Alrest and the existence of Drivers
and Blades.
Blades are special beings that bond with the people capable of becoming their Drivers.
The Blade grants the Driver more power, allowing them to use special abilities called Arts.
But Rex's life is soon thrown a curve when he agrees to a lucrative job and his salvaging
causes him to meet Pyra, a special Blade known as the Aegis.
He inadvertently becomes her Driver yet promises to take her to the World Tree where his dream
of there being enough land for everyone might become possible.
From there, the story takes many twists and turns as we learn about the Titans, the politics
of Alrest, the World Tree, and what makes Pyra so special as an Aegis.
I somehow managed to squeeze in 90 hours of playtime with Xenoblade Chronicles 2, just
barely reaching the end before this review.
This is a world that begs to be explored and I decided to take my time to get as much of
a natural experience as I could before making that last drive to the finale.
And I can say emphatically that the story is just incredible.
While prior knowledge of the original game will help you get more out of it, this is
still a story that anyone can enjoy.
And there's so many great moments.
I would get a smile out of the silly scenes, invested in the huge action setpieces and
incredible choreography, and even teared up when tragedies or low points for the characters
would occur.
This is a story that slowly introduces you into the world, teaching you the basics, before
adding layer after layer, and creating an investment so strong that I just wanted to
keeping playing for hours on end.
And by the time I experienced the final revelations and conclusion, I was left in tears.
It is a truly beautiful story.
And the characters are a major factor of all this.
There are so many people to meet, helped by the fact that nearly every major character
also has a Blade with their own personality quirks, yet I never had trouble remembering
any of them.
They stood out thanks to the excellent writing and individual personalities.
Some fall into tropes of course, but they're still so fun or given enough of a twist that
I would find myself getting pulled into this world.
And best yet, every party member has an arc that made me care about them even more than
before.
Unlike the original, where I felt some party members got shifted to the side once their
part in the story was finished, Xenoblade 2 keeps everyone involved and relevant, making
it quite difficult to decide who should be in your party.
Naturally, while a wonderful story and memorable characters can keep you playing a game, it's
more of a slog if it's not actually fun.
And I am happy to say that nearly every major complaint that I had about the original Xenoblade
has been improved upon in this sequel, creating a battle system that is simply a joy to use
and a world packed with so much to do that I feel most players could get at least 200
hours out its gameplay.
While that might seem overwhelming, one of best improvements is simply how the game teaches
you its mechanics.
Not everything is available all at once and there's enough time to really learn the
previous element before expanding upon it.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 doesn't throw you into the world and expect you to work things
out on your own or read expanded manuals to really understand what you need to do.
At no point did I ever feel lost in the battle system, something I couldn't really say
about either the original Xenoblade or X.
Before actually playing the game, I thought combat looked slow, unwieldy, and uninteresting.
It was one of my big concerns, but after experiencing it myself, it is a huge improvement over the
original game.
Whereas before you were mainly focused on your positioning and using Arts in the proper
order, now the focus is on the flow of battle itself.
The biggest change right away is that you have to stop moving in order to start attacking.
And then comes the key feature.
Every weapon in the game, all 14 types, has a rhythm to it.
These consist of three major hits, each one gradually building up power until the cycle
repeats, and that rhythm ties into your Arts.
By timing the use of them just as you hit, the Art will be even more powerful, with each
hit in the cycle growing in strength.
So maybe you want to do the most damage so you wait for the third hit, but this isn't
always possible because of other factors so you must maximize what you can with the first
or second.
It made me pay attention to each battle as utilizing this strategy is incredibly helpful
and even sets up other aspects of the combat.
As you use Arts, they'll gradually increase your Special meter, up to Level 4.
These allow you perform powerful attacks that, while good on their own, more importantly
set up Elemental combos.
Every weapon has one of eight Elements and each weapon can have any element.
These elements are then applied to your Arts, making them even stronger against enemies
weak to that type.
Using a Special begins an Elemental Combo of whatever your current weapon is imbued
with.
From that point, you are shown a grid of other Specials you can possibly activate to continue
the combo.
Of course, there's also a time limit, but you can extend it through the use of statuses.
Certain Arts will cause a Break status, leaving enemies open to harsher outcomes.
Topple will make them fall to ground defenseless for a short time while there's the new statuses
of Launch and Smash.
Launch leaves the enemy vulnerable in the air for even longer, while Smash does massive
damage for slamming them into the ground.
Pulling off an Elemental Combo also strengthens the potential of the returning Chain Attacks.
They're essentially no different from how they worked before.
There are segments that fill as you battle and one segment can be used to revive a fallen
party member.
But if you fill all three, you can unleash a Chain Attack for even more damage.
Using it normally will likely only get you one round of hits from each party member.
Potent, but not as good as using it after Elemental Combos which lead to Elemental Bursts.
Attacking the enemy will also strike any orbs that surround it from the Elemental Combo.
This will not only cause damage but extend the Chain Attack, leading to some of the most
devastating possibilities in the game.
By the final boss, I performed a Chain Attack that caused nearly 2 million damage.
I love this battle system so much.
It is satisfying on every level yet challenging to pull off during boss fights and other tough
encounters.
There's a feeling of balance to the system since it takes a lot prep to pull off the
major feats.
When I did though, I was always left smiling.
And while it might sound like a lot to take in now all it once, Xenoblade 2 gradually
feeds you this information over the course of 15 to 20 hours.
You will know the ins and outs of every step before they give you the next.
And even before that point, I was still having fun in combat as I learned the intricacies.
Heck, there were still small elements being introduced 80 hours in that change the way
you strategize in this game.
It is by far the best combat that Xenoblade has ever had.
And that's without mentioning the customization.
As I said, every weapon can be any element but you get these weapons through the use
of Blades.
Blades come in two categories, Common and Rare, differentiated by their designs and
potential, and are obtained by using Core Crystals that bond them to whoever used it.
Common Core Crystals usually yield Common Blades, but there's always the slight possibility
of finding a Rare Blade.
These Common Blades can be ranked 1 through 4 with the higher numbered ones having slightly
different designs and more potential in battle.
They're fine for early on, and the higher ranks can hold their own, but what you'll
really want are the Rare Blades.
These unique Blades can either be found in shops or during sidequests, but the easiest
method is the Rare or Legendary Core Crystals, although there's still a chance that it'll
just be a strong Common.
All Rare Blades are ranked 5 and are where you'll really get the most out of the Blade
systems thanks to their Abilities and raw potential.
There is a way to slightly influence your chances for a Rare Blade when bonding though.
Various boosters can be used to increase the chances for a Blade of a certain element.
These can obtained in treasure chests or when salvaging or for dismissing one of your Blades
in the hope of getting a better one.
The designs of the Rare Blades are incredible in their own right, each one with a unique
personality and function, but what makes them special is the process of increasing their
power.
All Blades can be equipped with Core Chips that make their weapons even more powerful
and even change the design.
It's the only bit of visual customization there is in the game as unlike previous titles,
there's no way to change the party's outfits.
Instead, their only equipment are the Blades they use and accessories.
But Blades can be equipped with their own accessoriesas well, making for a lot of potential
fine tuning, especially when it comes to their role.
These fall into one of three classic categories: Attacker, Healer, and Tank.
Attackers deal the damage, Healers keep everyone healthy, and Tanks absorb the majority of
the attacks.
Where it gets interesting is that these are determined by the Blades you equip.
Rex is naturally fit as an Attacker, but his stats change when using a Healing or Tank
Blade, making him just as viable.
You could have certain characters focus solely on a single role or make each character have
all three to fit any situation.
Again, it goes back to the sheer amount of player choice in Xenoblade 2 and every option
is viable.
And as you battle, your Drivers will get stronger as well, beyond the obvious levels.
Weapon Points allow you to increase the strength of the Arts in each Blade weapon.
But it's not a common pool that you decide from.
Instead, the Weapon Points are earned for the weapons you actually use.
So for example, the more you use a sword, the more points it'll have.
And any Blade that uses a sword will already have their Arts strengthened.
It removes a lot of the clutter and keeps things simple.
Then there's Skill Points, which can be used to increase each character's stats
or offer up utilities in battle such as having an Art charged as soon as a fight begins or
the ability to chain Arts together for more damage at a faster rate, at the expense of
drawing a lot of aggression.
Then there's Poppi, an artificial Blade made by the Nopon, Tora.
She can't equip normal accessories like the other Blades, but she is customization
personified.
Ether Crystals can be earned in order to increase her potential.
These range from more accessory slots to changing her element to changing her role in battle.
She can be whatever you want.
But to earn these Crystals, you must play an original arcade game called Tiger!
Tiger!
Here you control a Nopon salvager as you collect the actual Crystals and treasure chests while
taking out the creatures in your way.
It's a fun game in its own right with 5 different levels, but you'll have to play
it a lot if you want to really unlock Poppi's potential.
But even as is, she can be an excellent Blade in combat.
But your Blades aren't just useful in battle.
Each one has Field Skills that allow you to access new areas, unlock special treasure
chests, or even open up new dialog options with the townspeople you meet.
It makes this world feel so much more dense than what's come before and encouraged me
to revisit old areas.
I wanted to see what else I could find as I improved those skills and obtained more
Blades to augment them since they stack on top of one another.
But this is where the true genius of the Blades lies.
Every Blade has an Affinity Chart.
There's no affinity between your party, instead it's between your Drivers and Blades.
As the Blades gain affinity with their Driver, more abilities on the chart are opened and
they can be a truly helpful prospect.
They're essentially a miniature achievement list.
As you do the things listed in the chart, a latent ability or Field Skill is improved.
For the Common Blades, these run the typical gamut of using certain moves or taking out
particular monsters.
The Rare Blades have those as well, but the difference is that every one of them has either
a special Heart to Heart scene or sidequest or even both to discover.
You'll get the personality of your Blade as you use them, but it's through these
requirements that you really get a sense of what they're like.
And they are absolutely worth it, not only for building a connection but making them
that more potent in battle.
Ignoring this aspect of the game will leave you much weaker for the challenges you'll
face.
And I loved it.
It made me think of the sidequests in Xenoblade Chronicles X that really showed you what your
teammates were like.
While these aren't as in depth as those, they do provide just enough to make the effort
worthwhile even without the bonuses.
Naturally, these Heart to Hearts and sidequests will greatly boost the affinity for your Blades
as well, making them worth hunting down.
Some of the requirements can be a little tedious, but that's where the Mercenary Missions
come in.
At one point in the game, you'll have access to a mercenary company where you can send
out your Blades to fulfill certain missions for each location.
And this is where your Common Blades come in to play.
A mercenary squad can have up to 6 Blades and certain requirements must be met such
as an element, a number men or women, or a kind of weapon.
Other skills may be suggested as well which will shorten the amount of time that team
will be away.
Not only does this earn you extra money, but it builds affinity and unlocks nodes in the
chart for those Blades.
This applies to Rare Blades as well, making for a good way to build them up when they're
not in use.
Obviously you'll need to actually equip them to unlock some of the nodes, but it still
saves time.
The other boon is how it relates to town development.
Each Titan you visit has a development ranking, much like the town affinity in the original
Xenoblade.
But here, rather than solely be focused on doing missions and talking to townspeople,
it's about giving a boost to the local economy.
Buying and selling items in a town will boost its development and sometimes grant new mercenary
missions that will expand the shops.
This in turn provides more options for you to buy and spend more money which increases
the development while lowering costs.
Sidequests and talking to the townsfolk still help but it's this buying and selling that
really pushes it forward.
And that's the great thing about towns now.
It feels like there's more a purpose.
Before you had to talk to everyone in the hope of finding new dialog and potentially
opening up more sidequests and affinity opportunities.
Now every person that you haven't talked to is marked with a star.
And even if you have talked to them, that star will return to indicate new dialog opportunities.
It is a timesaver of system and so elegant when the world is this huge.
Additionally, it's actually worth buying things in towns now.
Where once you could rely on enemy drops to get you what you want, now there's a new
owner system.
If you buy at least one item of everything a shop sells, you can become the owner.
While this doesn't grant you any monetary gain, it does provide a permanent buff to
your skillset such as increasing your default running speed and how close you have to be
to draw in items.
It is a brilliant way to keep me spending money because these buffs are so worthwhile.
And this goes back to the mercenary missions that increase the shop inventory in the hopes
of buying everything including the deed to their shop.
It's a wonderful example of how the systems in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 tie into each so
naturally that it made me want to see and do it all.
While the sidequests aren't as plentiful as previous games, they're much more substantial
and there's still a lot.
Many can lead you all over multiple Titans, potentially taking you to places on those
Titans that you hadn't seen before.
It's a lot like a miniature story arc but rather than blindly trying to discover where
you need to go, every sidequest is clearly marked with what you need to do.
Completing all these sidequests also doesn't carry with it the issue of being over-leveled.
In the original Xenoblade Chronicles, it was possible to become too strong for the story
if you went out of your way to do everything.
This is solved in 2 by classifying sidequest rewards as bonus experience.
By staying at an inn, you can tap into this extra experience and immediately level up
your characters if you so choose.
So you can go at your own pace as much as you want and if you come to an especially
hard spot, return to the inn, level up your characters, and try again with no need to
grind.
It's a great fix.
And another wonderful improvement is to collecting materials.
The process has been made much easier.
Rather than individual items spread across the world, there are specific Collection Points
where you can find these materials.
Better yet, you can easily identify what you'll likely get from that point.
If you're near water, you'll get fish.
Near a tree?
Wood materials.
Near a rock?
Different minerals.
And if you need bolts and screws, you can go salvaging.
Collecting these items is a breeze and nearly eliminates the nightmare of finding that one
particular rare material that you simply can't locate.
And better yet, some of the Field Skills and shop buffs increase how many materials are
yielded by the Collection Points.
I didn't miss the exclusion of a Collectopedia at all.
This system is so much better.
And honestly, that's how I feel about the gameplay in general.
Everything is improved upon what came before.
It's easier, it's faster, it's more engaging, and the little headaches are nearly
gone.
The combat is also the best in the series and incredibly fun to play.
That's not to say that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 doesn't have issues though, but they tended
to be on the technical side of things in my experience.
The graphics as a whole are simply gorgeous.
Monolith Soft are masters of huge and beautiful worlds.
Each Titan is special in its own way, and it was a treat to travel across each one.
And even though I was a little unsure of the character designs at first, I pretty quickly
came around after seeing them in motion.
They are so expressive with little smiles and other touches that simply enchanted me
and this was especially true during the comedic scenes.
The animations on one character in particular are absolutely brilliant.
Here's the problem though.
Fast travel returns and is still quite useful, but if you fast travel from one Titan to another,
the game can take a while to catch up graphically.
Almost every time, the textures are extremely low quality until the final sheen is put on
while other locations has whole geometry missing for a short while.
It doesn't exactly ruin anything and could be a way of cutting down on load times, but
it's really distracting from the beauty on display.
What is slightly worrying is how the game froze on two different occasions.
One had a loading screen lock up on me while the other had the game crash entirely.
The game doesn't autosave either unless you're bonding with a Blade so I was incredibly
lucky that the two times this happened, I had saved not long before.
Still 2 times in 80 hours is not that bad, but I would recommend saving fairly often
just in case.
The graphics may be wonderful overall, but they still pale in comparison to the music.
Every song is an inherent joy to listen to and really punctuate some truly moving scenes.
The battle music is exciting on its own but ramped up to such an awesome degree during
boss fights.
One of the Titan's daytime music is so good that I guarantee it'll be a staple in the
same way as Gaur Plains.
These are incredible pieces of music that I still ache to listen to as much as possible.
The only issue I came across was the sound balancing during Heart to Hearts.
Sometimes the music could nearly overwhelm the characters saying their lines.
Thankfully this isn't an issue during normal cutscenes.
However, this is based on the default settings.
I later learned that the game does allow you to customize the audio volume in all contexts
and even independently adjust the vocals during gameplay and cutscenes.
And speaking of the acting, we return to a UK voice cast that just seems to fit so well
with this series.
While a Japanese voice pack will be available for free, I still really enjoyed the dub.
I think most of the cast does fantastic job, especially the actors for Pyra, Poppi, and
Tora.
Rex's voice actor does a good job overall, but he lacked the sheer vocal power of Shulk.
He just couldn't scream like Adam Howden, always seeming to hold something back.
A common problem though was the lip syncing.
It can be pretty off a lot of time, but it feels like they're still attempting to match
the lip flaps.
Unfortunately this creates some slightly stilted acting moments, but when these actors don't
have to worry about matching anything, they come across so much better.
It feels like an unlucky Catch-22 though I eventually was able to ignore the slight awkwardness.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a marvel of an RPG.
This is a game that took a hard look at what came before and made every effort to improve
upon it or streamline the process.
The land of the Titans is a little more linear than what we've seen from the series before,
but the world feels more dense, more fleshed out, and there's still tons of gameplay
out there for me to encounter and experience.
I repeat, the combat is the best it's ever been, tactical and exciting, especially when
you pull off the combos that you've been working toward.
And the presentation, barring a few hiccups, is just breathtaking.
The story pulled me into its world almost immediately before beginning a gradual build-up
that adds layer after layer without forgetting its core characters and making all of them
feel integral.
There are some truly awe-inspiring moments that left me teary-eyed and excited for what
came next.
This is the masterful storytelling you knew and loved from Xenoblade Chronicles, just
as good as it ever was.
That an RPG of this caliber has landed on the Switch in its first year is incredible.
What's even crazier is that it's my favorite game this year.
I absolutely love Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and what it brings to this series.
It improves upon so much while being the most accessible entry to date.
If you have even the slightest curiosity, play this game.
Give it the time to get its hooks in you and you won't want to put it down.
Now if you excuse me, I want get back to playing.
Thanks for watching and be sure to subscribe to GameXplain for more on Xenoblade Chronicles
and other things gaming.
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HOW TO INSTALL KODI 17.6 ON FIRE TV OR FIRESTICK (DECEMBER 2017) - Duration: 15:20.
hello guys and welcome to buy coupon in today's video I will show you how you
can install Kodi on your amazon firetv or amazon firetv stick and this will be
my December 2017 update for you guys so let's get started so the first thing you
want to do is go to settings press it down move over to the right-hand side
until you reach device click on that scroll down to developer options click
on it enable these two press ok then scroll down to apps from unknown sources
click on it and then click on turn on so we're going to press the home button hit
the left key press down and type the word down
the one we're looking for is the third one on the list so scroll down to the
one it says downloader press okay so under apps and games press ok on the
orange icon that says downloader and you're gonna click OK to download if you
see a get option all you gotta do is do the same thing however if it's not
allowing you to download the downloader app you have to go to your Amazon
account by using a browser you can do it on your phone you can do it on your
computer just log on to your Amazon account and then go to one-click setting
and then putting your billing address there and once you save it go back here
and then press ok to download
okay so now that the downloader app is installed let's go ahead and press ok
you're gonna see this little notification just go ahead and press ok
and on the blinking cursor go ahead and press ok and from here we're gonna type
in bi t dot ly /lv Y and then the number 18
you can press play or you can just simply go down over here and click on go
like so you will see this little notification go ahead and press ok and
then look on your remote control and find the menu button it's right next to
the home button if you press that you will see this little screen so scroll
down to enable JavaScript and reload page so click on it and then we're gonna
click on download
just click on it alright so from here just press the down twice and then move
to the right-hand side click on install
so now that the live the app is installed go ahead and press down move
to your right click on open press down on the blinking
cursor just simply press ok and we're gonna type in the latest version of Kodi
which is version seventeen point six Krypton so let's type in VI T dot ly /
vhy 33 and again that's bi t ly /bh Y 33 and then go ahead and click Next or
press play from your remote and then when I click on OK to go and it will
fail so just go ahead and hit the back button and then press ok again it should
initiate the download this time how are you guess we're back
so once you're finished downloading the Kodi app I'm going to install it so go
ahead and simply press down twice move to the right hand side click on install
alright so now that we have successfully installed Kodi on your fire TV or a fire
stick we're going to go ahead and open up the Kodi app so press down move to
your right click and open alright so in order for us to completely set up your
Kodi all we got to do is press the up key move to the right hand side the one
in the middle that looks like a gear go ahead and press ok here go to file
manager click on it scroll down to add source click on ok and click on none so
we're going to type in the source for the titanium build so type in HTTP
colon double slash repo dot supreme builds calm
and again guys as usual make sure everything is lowercase no spaces in
between otherwise that will give you an error message so again that's HTTP colon
double slash repo dot supreme builds com go ahead and click on OK over here
press down hit OK just name it whatever you want
clicking ok press down click on OK again and from here we're gonna hit the back
button twice like so scroll down to add-ons click on it
move up I'll add this little open box click on it and then scroll down to
install from zip file click OK you will see this warning move to the left hand
side click on settings click on unknown sources and then say yes click on yes
and then hit the back button now go ahead and click on install from zip file
again and you will see this little window so you want to choose the source
that you just added it's in my case it's this one go ahead and press ok here and
then scroll down to the very bottom the one that has the dot zip and then press
ok
move up to install from repository click on it scroll down to supreme builds
repository click on that scroll down to program add-ons and then choose supreme
builds wizard click on install
once the add-on is installed you will see this little notification go ahead
and choose this miss click on continue click on build menu
and then there we go if you're in the u.s. I want to make sure you choose this
one titanium USA server one or two whichever
works for you if you are in Europe or UK then choose this one and as you can see
there's a lot of builds available
depending on your preferences but for this tutorial we're going to use
titanium let's go ahead and click on it and then scroll down to fresh install
and then press ok
move to the left click on continue
and then wait for it to finish off the installation process
are you guys if you feel uncomfortable streaming movies online using Kodi what
you need is a virtual private network or a VPN my recommendation is ipvanish so
here's what you need to do to register click on the address bar and type in
here bi T del Y / IP B hy again guys this should be all lowercase
so VI T del Y / IP B hy press enter all right so there we go so all you got to
do is click on get protected and if you need more information on how the VPN
works or virtual private network works you can check out the information on the
website so let's click on get protected and right now there are on sale at two
thousand eighty seven cents for two years so it's a price lock guarantee
guys so you might want to take advantage of this if you want to do a trial do
this one month for ten dollars per month basically and just for a year if you
want to do it for just a year you can go ahead and click on 649 over here now to
register I had and click on create an account over here click on enter valid
email address and then enter your password and this will be your username
and password so you can log into your ipvanish account you can use credit card
PayPal or any other payment methods
all right so once it's finished installing you're gonna see the screen
go ahead and press ok under force closed
hit the home button and then press down three times so under your apps and games
move to the right-hand side click on see all hit your left key from your remote
and then press the Menu button from your remote the one that has three dashes and
then we're gonna click on move to front like so and then press ok and it
immediately moves the Kodi icon at the very top of the list let's go ahead and
open it so press ok
all right so congratulations you have successfully set up your Kodi on your
fire TV or fire stick now give it five minutes to update guys it takes a little
while and it's not gonna respond on your clicks so just let it sit there for a
while how are you guys if in case you had troubles with the build not
responding all you gotta do is four stop it under manage installed applications
and then from here let's go ahead and check out the menus available so we got
main menu movies TV shows free live TV support replays combat zone Kids Zone
hen espanol gears TV later streams PVR plus subs music Android apps and we're
back at the main menu let's go ahead and go to the movies and you will see this
just in movies on top if you want to manually use a video add-on or a movie
add-on you want to go down over here on the list
so we're gonna try to play a movie using covenant when they scroll down to new
movies alright so let's go ahead and pick a random movie over here let's go
ahead and try this
I hope you enjoyed watching this video please like share comment and subscribe
to the channel and thank you so much guys for watching
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Hello, hello guys! As usual, Mr. ATC for another idea of housing!
A lot of people are often asking me advice on what can we recycle and how to do it.
Today I would like to challenge your creativity…
One of the basic things with recycling is first to know what you need and then how can you make it happen…
For example take this plexiglas frame holder that I found in the street by the way…
It's not good at all…
It's amazing how many good things we just throw away and that's very sad!
Remember guys, we need to stop just throwing away stuff and refurbish and recycle as much as possible…
A lot of things can be recycled today and broken down into single materials
Another great tip for you is to check online how you could recycle a specific item
There is a lot of great website showing some cool ways how to upcycle things…
So now let's go back to the plexiglass frame holder...
In a few days, I will be showing you what you could do to recycle it.
And believe me it's going to be very cool
You could even be surprised!
But now the most important question is: What do you think can be created out of this???
Before showing you the final result, I would love to read your comments and ideas.
So come on go in the comment field now and share your ideas with us!
Then I will be back to you in a few days! See you soon!
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