History WebVideo / SsethTzeentach

* ''VideoGame/DungeonSiegeII'' (along with '[[VideoGame/{{Dizzy}} Fantastic Dizzy]]'') (February 23, 2024)

* ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}'' (Sep 5, 2018) Bonus: Literature/RoadsidePicnic

* ''Guardians of Ember'' (Apr 25, 2019)

* ''The Nations'' (February 14, 2021)
* ''Amazing Cultivation Simulator'' (July 23, 2021)

* ''VideoGame/DungeonSiegeII'' (February 23, 2024)

* BaitAndSwitch: His review of ''VideoGame/DungeonSiegeII'' is initially presented as one of ''Fantastic Dizzy''.

* ''Fantastic Dizzy'' (February 23, 2024)

** A notable case of this being played straight and averting his usual positivity is ''VideoGame/{{Starfield}}'', which Sseth under no uncertain terms states the only way he can see the game being good is wiping the slate clean. Even when sarcastically praising the game, he's made his vehement dislike for the game's story and gameplay, though he notes later on in the video that he isn't mad about the game, he's mad he paid $100 dollars for such an average experience.

[[caption-width-right:350: [[{{Catchphrase}} "Hey hey people, Sseth here"]].]]

* TheAllegedComputer: Whatever computer Sseth is currently using in a review is rarely ever portrayed in a positive light when seen or mentioned. His laptop in particular is about a decade or two behind planet Earth, covered in a bizarre combination of old stickers and exposed hardware, and in such a poor state of disrepair that Sseth classifies it an improvised ''taser'' device in his VideoGame/{{Underrail}} review. Its condition only gets worse in later reviews.
-->'''Sseth:''' To keep it working I ripped out the thermal sensor, which means if I flip it over I can reliably cook eggs on the surface."
** The laptop's temporary replacement in Sseth's [[VideoGame/TotalAnnihilationKingdoms Total Annihilation: Kingdoms]] review, which he dubs "I Have No Case and I Must Scream", is an even more extreme example, being nothing more than some loose parts wired together lacking so much as a power button, requiring that pins be shorted on the motherboard with a screwdriver to turn the computer on instead.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Much of his commissioned pornography features women in carnal situations, and thanks to being exposed to the nymphs and similarly nubile feminine "creatures" in VideoGame/AgeOfWonders, he came to the realization that being gay was going to be an uphill battle, one that he's "still losing" to this day.
* AuthorAppeal: Sseth has a very obvious bias for [[WideOpenSandbox sandbox games]] which feature [[ItemCrafting crafting mechanics (especially with an economy to profit with)]] and [[RelationshipValues have faction and relationship-based gameplay]], especially [[Main/FourX 4X games]]. In particular, he loves to [[GameBreaker hilariously break them]] or [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential to doom the game world into becoming a cesspool of endless suffering and death]].

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In his review of The Nations, he jokingly said he made the video of a game his mother enjoyed in case she ever figures out what he's been doing with his time instead of working in finance. Fast forward to 2021 and it turns out the reason he went on a hiatus for a few months is because he accidentally doxxed himself which caused his parents to find out that he was making shitposting reviews instead of still being in medical school, so his internet was cut off while he smoothed things over with them.

** Sseth's portrayal of his patreon subscribers (which he dubs, "The Merchants' Guild") is normally negatively played for laughs, being portrayed in the VideoGame/{{Highfleet}} review by a short clip of soapy chimpanzees slapping each other and as "either a crossdresser, a trap transitioning into a trap" in the evenicle review.

* {{Blaxploitation}} / ScaryBlackMan: Relentlessly parodied in his guide for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPZ1gmZ2DlI Jungle]] [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Lucian.]]
* BoomerangBigot: He has made numerous jokes about jewish stereotypes, such as referring to his patreon supports as "The Merchant's Guild", but would later reveal that he's actually a German Ashkenazi Jew. Of course it's all PlayedForLaughs. Also, he might "secretly" be a foot fetishist.
-->(From his Crusader Kings 2 review) "Borrow money from the Jews, consider paying them back, keep it instead by expelling the Jews from your country. Don't feel bad about it, we've been expelled so often, you ''really'' won't hurt our feelings if you do it again.

* TheCameo: Ever since fans started speculating him to be the SplitPersonality of WebVideo/MandaloreGaming, both Sseth and Mandy have been making cameo appearances in each other's reviews.
** [[https://youtu.be/yG9g2byXR2c His re-review of Might and Magic VI]] has Paul Anthony Romero, the composer for the NWC Might and magic games (Including the VideoGame/HeroesOfMightAndMagic games.), make a brief appearance at the beginning, and say a variation of Sseth's catchphrase.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Hey hey, people, Sseth here!"
* ChildSoldiers: He claims to be one in his origin story.
* ComedicShotacon: Sseth regularly exploits the comedic value of his attraction to [[DudeLooksLikeALady "traps"]], and he's [[HasAType damn specific about his preferences too]], having used images of [[Literature/FateApocrypha Astolfo]], [[Manga/BlendS Hideri Kanzaki]], as well as [[Literature/ReZero Felix Argyle]]-- the last of which he even has a full-sized hug pillow of, [[ImplausibleDeniability which he bought solely for a video, of course.]] As it turns out, [[MundaneUtility it's pretty good]] [[NotTheIntendedUse as a neck pillow.]] As of his ''VideoGame/CavesOfQud'' review, he's seemingly gotten pillows of all three.

* ConfucianConfusion: One of his friends slips into this when playing Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom to explain the concept of BuxomBeautyStandard.

* CursedWithAwesome: In his ''VideoGame/VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', he pointed out that God's punishment for Cain killing his brother and having the audacity to lie about it was to give Cain superpowers.

** However, Sseth points out that the true punishment was giving Cain the ability to sire immortal children, and watch for eternity as his progeny kills each other out of the fear of death.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Before settling on making comedic reviews, Sseth dabbled in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' videos, reading strange things on the internet and just footage of him screwing around with his friends on online games.
** His Might and Magic VI review has some humor in it, but for the most part is incredibly serious.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: His VideoGame/{{Kenshi}} review ended with a parody of VideoGame/GodHand a few months before it got its own review.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Used to describe why he doesn't have evac pods on his ships in his Highfleet review.

* KlingonPromotion: One of his characters in [[VideoGame/DwarfFortress Dwarf Fortress's]] adventure mode was a kobold that managed to kill the king. To his surprise, [[TheGuardsMustBeCrazy the guards barely even cared]], and promptly made him king. He spent the rest of the game telling people that he killed the previous king, [[CassandraTruth which nobody believed]].

*** To a lesser extent, people have also compared him to Uberdanger, due to their similar accents and review styles. Uber's persona is far less focused on NSFW and a lot more AxCrazy, however.

** When he examines why is it he still have fond memories of the janky mess that is Total Anihilation: Kingdoms.
** When speaking about his ritalin addiction and the difficulties he has in going sober in the War Thunder review.

--> '''Sseth''': Look, I'm not here to preach, but maybe if each of us told another homie that we genuinely cared about them, maybe we would not be half as depressed and pathologic as we are right now. Its easy to forget yourself, I've been there many times and... and each time the pit is just as empty and bottomless as it was before, in my paralysis, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments it is only because of the people closest to me that I remind myself that I can climb out of it]].

--> '''Sseth''': Look, I figured it out. I know why I'm ''so angry.'' I'm not angry at the game, ''it's not even that bad.'' I'm angry because ''[[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition I paid a hundred bucks for it.]]'' [[Creator/ToddHoward The King of the Chess Club]] has done it again. Each time I tell myself, ''[[Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim "No, not]]'' ''[[Videogame/Fallout4 this]]'' ''[[Videogame/Fallout76 time"]]''. But I already know, [[MemeticMutation Todd's gonna tell me lies.]] ''[[MemeticMutation Tell me sweet little lies.]]'' And each time...''I listen.''

* RecycledScript: To highlight the similarities, the ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'' reivew copies the first half of the previous video about ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', with key moments replaced by the text-to-speech narrator, before comparing the heroes directly.

* ''Breeders of the Nephelym'' (September 29, 2023)

* ''Quasimorph'' (November 30, 2023)

--> ''Sseth'': Look, I'm not here to preach, but maybe if each of us told another homie that we genuinely cared about them, maybe we would not be half as depressed and pathologic as we are right now. Its easy to forget yourself, I've been there many times and... and each time the pit is just as empty and bottomless as it was before, in my paralysis, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments it is only because of the people closest to me that I remind myself that I can climb out of it]].

-->'''Sseth:''' But [quality] doesn't matter, because Bethesda spits out a game every few years for her target audience: ''Dads''. I get it. You have two kids, you're in your mid-thirties, and you have time for exactly three games a year. I don't judge, we're all busy. But ''this'' game is immune to criticism, because the people you're arguing with don't have that much time or investment. They see a crater, [[MundaneObjectAmazement they soy-pog]], and then they leave. That's why, if somebody defends this game, don't give them a hard time. They have it hard enough already, between beating their spouse ''and'' their children. And they still say man can't multitask...

* FanHater: Sseth isn't especially fond of ''Videogame/{[Starfield}}'' players, since they have such poor taste and little engagement they let Bethesda get away with utter laziness.

* DigitalPiracyIsOkay: Deliberately invoked, either due to inordinately high pricing of certain games and[=/=]or their ludicrously large DLC selection (e.g. ''Endless Space 2''), or because the games he's covering have been rendered {{Abandonware}} due to the publishers going out of business. As a result, Sseth occasionally includes links to his own DRM-free copies of games he reviews in the description. His [=ExpressVPN=] ad in the ''Videogame/TribalHunter'' video is damn near entirely about how it lets him pirate games in peace without his internet provider catching on and getting pissed about it.

* ReallySeventeenYearsOld: Played with, since Sseth doesn't claim to be a certain age to pass for anything. Despite his deep baritone voice, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZT3nlxuXl0 Sseth is apparently 27 years old as of 2022,]] assuming he's not being an UnreliableNarrator.

* DigitalPiracyIsOkay: Deliberately invoked, either due to CrackIsCheaper (e.g. ''Endless Space 2''), or because the games he's covering have been rendered {{Abandonware}} due to the publishers going out of business. As a result, Sseth occasionally includes links to his own DRM-free copies of games he reviews in the description. His [=ExpressVPN=] ad in the ''Videogame/TribalHunter'' video is damn near entirely about how it lets him pirate games in peace without his internet provider catching on and getting pissed about it.

* DigitalPiracyIsOkay: Sseth occasionally includes links to his own DRM-free copies of games he reviews in the description. His [=ExpressVPN=] ad in the ''Videogame/TribalHunter'' video is damn near entirely about how it lets him pirate games in peace without his internet provider catching on and getting pissed about it.

* SellOut: Prefaces his defunct Established Titles sponsorship video as him becoming one of these, so his audience of "porn-addicted males on the internet" shouldn't feel bad that it fell through. He's still proud enough of the advert to show it at the end of his Bastard Bonds video regardless, especially since it was created with the help of his new development team.

** When wrapping up VideoGame/BastardBonds, he mentions one of the reasons he covers the game ([[TakeThat aside from humiliating the sponsors that ditched him]]) is that he believes that societal fear and stigmatization of homosexuality has led men to find it hard to openly form close emotional platonic friendships with each other, leading to emotional stunting.

** His description of the sex scenes in Evenicle is made entirely with "Bowling Balls", "Sausages" and "pizza delivery men".

-->'''Seth:''' What's that? You want to know what happens when the pressure gets too high? (''the background mentions the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byford_Dolphin Byford Dolphin incident]]'') No. No , you don't.

* {{Irony}}: Despite gleefully parodying the GreedyJew stereotype and being a self professed money obsessed manchild, Sseth's purported reasons for leaving his "respectable" job in medicine was due to the [[EveryoneHasStandards overly corporate, greedy and callous manner his field was]].