>feel compelled to do a video essay on my thoughts on certain games sometimes
>Be aware that most are just story recaps
>Consciously go out of my way to avoid retelling the story and spend most of the time talking about the actual meat of the game and its successes and failures
>get criticized because they're unapproachable to people who haven't played the game in question

There's no pleasing people. I continue to do them anyway because I find them fun and cathartic to do