Pros & Cons

Pros & Cons is the name of a segment done at the end of a game that has been featured on one (or more) of the main Friday night Gatorbox shows. In the segment, as Draco recaps his impressions on the game in question, he will name some of the positive and negative aspects from the stream. Large-print text in lime green and red usually appear on screen the first time Draco says "pros and cons" followed by a bulleted list of remarks filling out each section as they are covered. Due to the free-form nature of the segment there have been numerous visual gags such bullet points getting placed incorrectly and fixed in real time or the entire text overlay being brought back onto the screen just so Draco can name off one more thing that slipped his mind earlier.

The Pros & Cons segment was a staple of the early seasons of Gatorbox, however in recent years (starting some time around the 2021 season) it has been replaced with Draco answering the question "do I recommend this game" with a mostly simple "yes" or "no". Draco often still gets into the game's high and low points, he just doesn't turn it into a segment. The final game to receive the Pros & Cons segment was Powerpuff Girls: Relish Rampage in a March 2022 stream.

Recommended?

Starting in the 2020's the Pros & Cons segment was gradually phased out of the show and in its place is a summarization of the game followed by Draco providing a "yes" or "no" answer as to whether or not he'd recommend a viewer play the game. His answers usually fall into one of the four following categories:

• Hard Yes: A definite recommendation, a game that is worthwhile to play through in full. A rare conclusion on the show considering most of the time games are chosen specifically because they aren't necessarily known for being good.
• Soft Yes: An affirmative recommendation, however the game in question may be somewhat flawed but in a way that can be easily disregarded. This answer is sometimes given to games that can be improved with mods or one that becomes easier once the player is better skilled at it or familiar with the lore.
• Soft No: The most common answer, a game that is generally just boring or not very good in general. Not offensively bad, just forgettable. Sometimes paired with "soft yes" in situations where the game goes on sale for a deep discount on platforms such as Steam. Many "so bad it's good" games fall into this category for being objectively bad.
• Hard No: An absolute rejection, reserved for games that are irredeemably terrible, broken, or offensively awful.