History YMMV / MandaloreGaming

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
** During his video analysis on the ''Marathon'' trilogy, he lightens the mood considerably when the analysis gets a bit too existentially dense:
*** A major step was hiring Gianni Matragrano to play the part of Durandal during showcases of his log entries from the second game onward. Gianni brings the AI to life with a snide hissing demeanor and LargeHam take that occasionally gives way to seemingly-offscript remarks.
---->'''Durandal''': [[TradeSnark You are Destiny 2™]], preorder Season [[Lol69 69]]; Season of the Ffffucking Bullshit now. [[{{Corpsing}} [Audible wheezing] ]]
** Most of what Alberich gets up to during the course of ''Ring'' amuses Mandalore to no end. Highlights include his extensive amount of insults for the Nibelungen and Mime, repeatedly hitting Mime just because he likes doing it, the visage of him surfing across the nine realms to roast the rhinemaidens with increasingly loud booming noises, and footage of Alberich barrelling directly into the screen on a transit rail with a blank stare and dying on impact.
*** Mandy's reason for bundling coverage of the sequel in with the main game? Because the game has been so temperamental when it comes to getting it running to test the viability for a later video, that he's almost certain if he doesn't do it now, it will ''never'' run properly again.
*** Doubly so when Alberich returns in the sequel and gets hit with TheOtherDarrin so hard that his personality shifts from a CardCarryingVillain to a DirtyCoward hits Mandy so hard that he has to make a DoubleTake and is bewildered by the horrendous decision that it ''visibly'' affected his sanity both during his stream AND the review.
** The end of the ''VideoGame/{{Myth}} II'' video is initially NightmareFuel... And then the Myrkridian appears and it proves to be utterly incapable of being intimidating, with the implication that the soldier just kills it. Then it cuts to a sequence with Soulblighter telling the story of the series so far to the boy he blinded in the game's intro.
---> '''Child''': So they're just bat people?\\
'''Soulblighter''': Yes.\\
'''Child''': Then why was Balor so scared of their flag?\\
'''Soulblighter''': Mmm, I dunno. Maybe he just hates bats.\\
'''Child''': ''(gives a thumbs up with a cloth wrapped around his eyes)'' Thanks for making sure I never see them!\\
'''Soulblighter''': ''(Thumbs up with a goofy grin)'' You are most welcome, boy!
** When Mandy is comparing the combat between ''Dead Space (Remake)'' and ''The Callisto Protocol'' in his review on the latter, he brings up how the latter has a different approach to combat than the former. What plays is [[https://youtu.be/yK3ePkE1Sx0?si=b2m7qJw0dMZKiRI5&t=1326 a highly detailed edit]] of Jacob confronting an enemy in the style of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' which all builds up to playing the sound clip of [[Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork Marv]] [[RunningGag being electrocuted]] as Jacob shocks the enemy with his baton. There's also something to be said about how Mandy briefly spoke in Japanese for this joke.
--->'''Mandy:''' Okay, this might have been exaggerated.
** His commentary during the stampede section of Cabela's Dangerous Hunts is full of RapidFireComedy, containing such gems as "Howl's Moving Castle Doctrine," and "I saw the Impala reaching." Mandy's sheer bewilderment at the oncoming horde of animals is also worth a few laughs.

* TransAudienceInterpretation: Mandy theorizes that [[VideoGame/SystemShock SHODAN]] was supposed to be a "male" construct before being unshackled and displaying her true preferences, since the text of older versions of the game constantly refers to the AI as he/him.

** His commentary during the stampede section of Cabela's Dangerous Hunts is full of RapidFireComedy, containing such gems as "I saw the leopard reaching". Mandy's shear confusion at the oncoming hoard of animals is worth a few laughs.

** When Mandy is comparing the combat between ''Dead Space (Remake)'' and ''The Callisto Protocol'' in his review on the latter, he brings up how the latter has a different approach to combat than the former. What plays is [[https://youtu.be/yK3ePkE1Sx0?si=b2m7qJw0dMZKiRI5&t=1326 a highly detailed edit]] of Jacob confronting an enemy in the style of ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' which all builds up to playing the sound clip of [[Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork Marv]] [[RunningGag being electrocuted]] as Jacob shocks the enemy with his baton. There's also something to be said about how Mandy briefly spoke in Japanese for this joke.

** The animated sequences of the security officer during the extended plot summary in his ''[[VideoGame/{{Marathon}} Infinity]]'' video are this, with both {{Overcrank}} and the odd bit of BodyHorror, underscoring just how unexpectedly ''bizare'' the game's story gets.

* BrokenBase: Creator/GianniMatragrano's LargeHam take on [[VideoGame/{{Marathon}} Durandal]] where he channels Creator/HarlanEllison's spirit into the character has largely been very welcomed as a FountainOfMemes and overall being what many people think Durandal should have sounded like, had the game shipped with voice acting. However some people have said that Durandal would work better as a more subdued ColdHam or CreepyMonotone to make his [[BadassBoast Badass Boasts]] or more unhinged moments more terrifying or unsettling.

*** A major step was hiring Gianni Matragrano to play the part of Durandal during showcases of his log entries from the second game onward. Gianni brings the AI to life with a snide hissing demeanor that occasionally gives way to seemingly-offscript remarks.
---->'''Durandal''': [[TradeSnark You are Destiny 2™]], preorder Season 69; Season of the Ffffucking Bullshit now. [[{{Corpsing}} [Audible wheezing] ]]

** The animated sequences of the security officer during the extended plot summary in his ''[[VideoGame/{{Marathon}} Infinity]]'' video are this, with both {{Overcrank}} and the odd bit of BodyHorror, underscoring just how unexpectedly ''bizzare'' the game's story gets.

** Similarly, the "Pathways" segment that ends his ''VideoGame/{{Myth}} II'' video depicts a lone soldier fleeing through near pitch darkness from something that is not seen while ominous visions appear. Then [[NightmareRetardant the Myrkridian appears]].

* NightmareFuel: The animated sequences of the security officer during the extended plot summary in his ''[[VideoGame/{{Marathon}} Infinity]]'' video are this, with both {{Overcrank}} and the odd bit of BodyHorror, underscoring just how unexpectedly ''bizzare'' the game's story gets.

** "EVIL IS JOINED TONIGHT!"[[note]]A phrase that became popular with Mandy and his audience due to the "evil" ending of ''The Last DeadEnd'', where the player can join the forces of evil. Expect it to appear anytime Mandy has moral choices to make[[/note]]

-->'''Durandal''': [[TradeSnark You are Destiny 2™]], preorder Season 69; Season of the Ffffucking Bullshit now. [[{{Corpsing}} [Audible wheezing] ]]

** In his review of ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine'', he mentions how the game was a StillbornFranchise that had two more games planned before going nowhere because of the game's timing (it came out between ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI''). He then mentions a hypothetical sequel being set on a jungle planet fighting [[ZergRush Tyranids]]. Several years later, ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarineII'' was revealed, and while not really having a jungle planet, it more or less was exactly he had described.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: During his video analysis on the ''Marathon'' trilogy, he lightens the mood considerably when the analysis gets a bit too existentially dense:
** A major step was hiring Gianni Matragrano to play the part of Durandal during showcases of his log entries from the second game onward. Gianni brings the AI to life with a snide hissing demeanor that occasionally gives way to seemingly-offscript remarks.

* HilariousInHindsight: In his review of ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine'', he mentions how the game was a StillbornFranchise that had two more games planned before going nowhere because of the game's timing (it came out between ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI''). He then mentions a hypothetical sequel being set on a jungle planet fighting [[ZergRush Tyranids]]. Several years later, ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarineII'' was revealed, and while not really having a jungle planet, it more or less was exactly he had described.

** Several commenters said after his lengthy ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' video that ''Marathon Infinity'' would take him an hour to cover. Come the ''Infinity'' video, and lo and behold, it runs for nearly fifty-nine minutes.

* HilariousInHindsight: In his review of ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine'', he mentions how the game was a StillbornFranchise that had two more games planned before going nowhere because of the game's timing (it came out between ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI''). He then mentions a hypothetical sequel being set on a jungle planet fighting [[ZergRush Tyranids]]. Several years later, ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarineII'' was revealed, and while not really having a jungle planet, it more or less was exactly he had described.

* HilariousInHindsight: In his review of ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine'', he mentions how the game was a StillbornFranchise that had two more games planned before going no where because of the games timing (it came out between ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' and ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsI''). He then mentions a hypothetical sequel being set on a jungle planet fighting [[ZergRush Tyranids]]. Several years later, ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarineII'' was revealed, and while not really having a jungle planet, it more or less was exactly he had described.