History WebVideo / RosssGameDungeon

--->'''Ross:''' There's only three things I'm looking for in a ''Sonic'' game: [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic great music]], [[SceneryPorn exotic environments]], and going really, really fast. If they have all that I'm good. Oh, wait, no, there's another one: not having [[GameBreakingBug horrendous]], [[GameplayRoulette crippling]] [[ObviousBeta problems]].

* CatchPhrase: Ross says "Let's talk about the music" nearly OncePerEpisode. At least as often, he says "Back to the game" after one of his DerailedTrainOfThought moments.

* ''VideoGame/{{Quarantine}}''

** Being buffeted around by other cars in ''VideoGame/{{Quarantine}}'' gives Ross the same feeling of rage combined with helplessness that he would often get when driving to class, when he along with dozens of other cars would be held up by one slow-ass driver on a narrow road with no passing allowed.

** Towards the end of his review of ''VideoGame/{{Quarantine}},'' Ross comments that he'd rather train to be an ''actual'' cab driver than have to suffer through any more of the game's taxi missions.

* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Discussed in various episodes. Ross frequently prefers games with vivid worlds, tangible atmosphere, realistic characters, and/or [[WidgetSeries quirkiness]]. Games that are competently built but lack any personality or originality tend to be met with disdain, if not outright contempt.

* WidgetSeries: ''VideoGame/ArmedAndDelirious'' is so bizarre Ross soon gives up trying to understand it and just describes what he sees in each scene. There are also a few reaction shots of him looking dumbfounded at something that's just occurred.

* FlatWhat:
** Ross's reaction to the ending of his first ''Uncanny Valley'' playthrough.
** The cold open to the ''VideoGame/ArmedAndDelirious'' episode elicits this response, [[WidgetSeries not unreasonably]].

--->'''Ross:''' I ''can't stand'' turn-based combat. My brain refuses to accept it. I always want the characters to just run in there swinging, not stand around waiting for their damn turn like it's the DMV. Now, I'm not saying ''other'' people shouldn't play games with turn-based combat, but if we're talking about [=RPGs=], I am ''biased to a fault''. I can count the number of turn-based [=RPGs=] I've played to completion on ''one hand'', and I'm amazed I even got through ''those''. [[note]]The games in question are ''VideoGame/Fallout1'', ''VideoGame/Fallout2'', ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', and ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''[[/note]]

* {{Gaslighting}}: He's had a few games glitch out in ways that made him question his own memories, only to look back at his own recordings to find proof it was the game's fault. He's called this "gamer dimensia" and accused the game of "trying to make [him] think [he's] crazy."

* [[invoked]]WhatTheHellCastingAgency: Ross is flabbergasted by the casting of 52-year-old white actor Don [=McManus=] as preppy black teenager Hayden in ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange''.

** Ross also comments on the commander in ''Maabus'' not showing any emotions when discussing, say, the discovery of an alien spacecraft, to say nothing of the general peril of the mission, which destroys the earth if failed.

** The only thing that kept him from giving ''VideoGame/BlackMirror'' an "All-time Favorite" award was the ending. Ross takes the time to comment that he has nothing but respect for the logic ''leading up'' to it, but the payoff is what kills it. [[spoiler:Samuel delves into the ancient, long-lost catacombs under Black Mirror, arrives at the very room where Mordred Gordon once tried to open a portal to the underworld.. and nobody is there, leaving Samuel free to conduct a ritual without any context]]. Not only does the game not elaborate on what Samuel's even supposed to be doing during the penultimate cutscene, he [[spoiler:commits suicide not long after, without offering any explanation]].

** ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein2009'': The game has DualWorldGameplay with BJ using a magic artefact to swap between the living world and the SpiritWorld at will, and when in the spirit world, the game tints everything teal. Ross notes that the entire game industry seems to have unanimously decided that the spirit world ''must'' be teal, and lists several other games which do the same thing.

* {{Gaslighting}}: He's had a few games glitch out in ways that made him question his own memories, only to look back at his own recordings to find proof it was the game's fault. He's called this "gamer dimensia" and accused the game of "trying to make me thing I'm crazy."

''Ross's Game Dungeon'' is a review show created by Ross Scott, who most know as the creator of ''WebVideo/FreemansMind'' and ''WebAnimation/CivilProtection.'' The series mainly covers and analyzes obscure games and occasionally more recent games as well, with the humor taking a more deadpan approach in comparison to other review shows.

* ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfKryandia The Legend of Kryandia II]]''

* OvershadowedByAwesome: Discussed the issue about setting an ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' game during the French Revolution. No matter the assassination performed by the player it can't top the Third Estate breaking into the castle and beheading the king.

* ProtectionFromEditors: Ross's biggest criticism of ''Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy'' regards its eclectic tone, with much of it being a police procedural mystery with supernatural elements before Lucas starts using over-the-top kung fu and flying, leading to Ross state that he believes David Cage is talented (and admits that he enjoyed much of the game), but due to having nobody to rein him in during development, the story became a mess as a result.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Ross points out that the FBI having a department of puzzles, as shown in ''[[VideoGame/NelsonTethersPuzzleAgent Puzzle Agent]]'', is not as ridiculous as it sounds, not just because the FBI is a VastBureaucracy, but also because their most highly sought job qualification is accountancy and they work mostly on white-collar crimes. A BadassBookworm like Tethers would fit in pretty well.

** He considers that ''VideoGame/Farenhiet'' does a full-on cartwheel over the shark when, after hours of being a realistic police procedural with subtle supernatural elements, the main character abruptly busts out some full-on superpowers to escape the police.