2 years ago: "This game is a 120gb Downlaod" Current Day: This game is only 32GB 2 Years ago: "the devs are trying to get this number down" ACHIEVMENT UNLOCKED
It's cool to see this series back. ~10 years ago same studio made Total War clones with the King Arthur theme and they were solid games even if they lacked the polish of Total War games.
Yeah, I bought those when they came out actually. It was pretty cool back then. The landscape was very different in 2009, and you just didn't see that many cool PC games come out anymore. Hell, the indie scene was still in its infancy where I could count the number of indie devs I liked on two hands, and they were quite obscure. World of Goo had only been released the year before that. The PC revival hadn't quite begun yet. So it was always exciting when a developer came out with something new and interesting, and I thought King Arthur The Role-Playing Wargame was pretty cool at the time, though I think my standards may have been a little lower back then because of the general situation.
I'm always down for a King Arthur game, Enjoyed this one a lot! If anyone wants a game set in a Arthurian setting that's very dark check out Tainted Grail Conquest it's also a turn based RPG but with a "deck builder" card based gameplay spinoff.
Hey, another Tainted Grail enjoyer. I think TG doesnt go as hard as this one on the arthurian mythos, but its still excellent. I'm down for more grimdark arthurian.
@@BlankaCentral It's fun. It's the type of game I enjoy. It kind of reminds me of the Divinity games with the whole action point system, and I enjoy the x and y axis morality system, where you can be a tyrant or more like arthur, follow the old ways or christianity. It's not the type of game that you can play more than once though. No matter what route you take you will experience effectively the same thing in reverse. Become more of a tyrant and you'll get the Black Knight or the Red Knight (great villains from Arhurian legends) but be opposed to Gawain or Lancelot, and vice-versa. When you go one route, you fight the opposite so you know exactly what you would get on the other side. Same is true for old ways vs christianity knights. The only way to get Galahad the chaste is to be a christian. He's not interested in the tyranny or the virtue of Mordred but rather their belief in god or the old ways, but Morgan le Fey can join Mordren who follows the old ways.
I really recommend you to play Valkyria Chronicles games (1 & 4 on PC). It's one of the most unique "tactical xcom-like" RPG in the market & honestly I am quite surprise no western games utilized such third person camera moveset so far for tactical strategy game design.
@@dennisdavidov782 Played this one a lot but the multiplayer servers (and the dev studio) were shut down last year iirc? I think if the DLC factions were a bit more fairly priced it wouldn't have come to this, but Games Workshop greed killed a small studio again as the game suffered from poor marketing and, as I said, overpriced DLC for things that could have been in the base game. That's a shame, it was a pretty neat T-RPG with a pretty good soundtrack too. And playable skavens is always a big plus :D
Just wanted to drop a comment letting you know how much I appreciate this channel and your review style. Can't remember what video it was but I heard you say how you didn't like how so many reviews have too much "video essay" structure for lack of a better word. After seeing some of your reviews it really makes you realize how annoying and unhelpful so many many reviews are and how much fluff there is to them. I walk away from your reviews having a very clear picture about what kind of game the game is and how fleshed or not fleshed out it is in various aspects. It's really striking how much more informed I am about a game after your reviews and I how I kind of just have a sense of what a game is like from other popular review channels. (both large game website channels and the more popular multiple 100k sub channels) Anyway, these kinds of reviews are needed in the space and you highlight how poor some reviews are because they don't just get to the point; keep up the good work.
Very well said. I can second this. Very focused, straightforward and efficient. Its made it hard to go back and watch old videos I liked even. Always look forward to seeing a review for a game I’m on the fence about on this channel.
Aside from the size and repetitiveness - I honestly have to say I really like this game and I want to see more DLC out of it and more games like it. It is fun, the randomized loot helps and with a bit of Mod support this thing could be one of my favorites of all time. Thus (for me) it's worth the price of admission to support the devs and get more of this kind of content and games. I do agree that more could have been done in terms of reactivity but I found myself surprisingly immersed in ways I typically only tend to get in CRPGS or X-Com2 with Mods
A little more than 1/2 of the way through, and story and gameplay wise I’ve found it to be one of the best games I’ve played in a while. Bug wise I’ve had one lock up that forced me to quit, and two freezes that resolved just by tabbing out and back in, and all of those were before the last 2 patches, no issues since. Maybe the sleeper hit of the summer?
One point worth to mention is that there is not much opportunity to “grind” and level up if you find yourself not powerful enough to fight the enemies. Typically TRPGs have a “grinding system” in place for your characters to level up and become more powerful and capable to take out the enemies, while this game doesn’t.
Really enjoying the game, although the game definitely needed some polish at launch, bugged achievements and some serious spikes of difficulty that were several levels higher than similarly leveled content. I want to do an iron man run but am going to wait a bit but some people were complaining about broken saves after some of the patches so I'm probably going to hold off on that. Still, really enjoyable game overall. Oh, and gear makes a HUGE difference in this game, as some gear synergizes really well with certain classes (gear that gives ap back on kills combined with gear that gives you extra attacks for example), but since gear is completely random, its hard to create specific builds.
I don't have an issue with competent but generic gameplay, especially from games priced at AA price points. I'm just kind of surprised more reviewers aren't listing the theme/branding of the game as a negative. "King Arthur: Knight's Tale" sounds like the name of the sort of movie that gets aired on basic cable in the middle of the afternoon because broadcasting a test pattern in between the commercials breaks would draw _slightly_ less of a crowd.
Love me Authurian Lore and Tactics so I just had to buy it. Was sceptical of the cost of over $40 but I'm glad I got it. Everyone is such a chad and I love the atmosphere/characters.
This game seems to be a combination of both of their previous game series. First one is King Arthur which has myths, morality system and building system, while the second one is Van Helsing with story structure, progression, atmosphere and exploration.
I didn't disagree materially with your review, but I'm still completely obsessed with the game right now & having a ton of fun post elden ring. I'm hoping for some added content and class balance.
I got it on PS5 for preorder bonus but with the game's size will have to wait until I beat Rebirth that is coming out next week to have space for how big the game is!
Perfect review video, you really captured all of the point. I bought it at sale, I do think it's worth it and the size has also go down to near 40GB I'm not even finished with act 1 but the combat and the "go to this place, kill all the enemies" gets really repetitive for me, the combat itself is good but one encounter with an enemies is taking too long.
I really recommend you to play Valkyria Chronicles games (1 & 4 on PC). It's one of the most unique "tactical xcom-like" RPG in the market & honestly I am quite surprise no western games utilized such third person camera moveset so far for tactical strategy game design.
Thanks for putting your cash and time on the line to help us make an objective decision on these titles you review! This wasn't even on my radar, but it looks interesting (call me a sucker for Arthurian legend I guess). It's too bad there isn't much to the combat objective-wise (beyond killing everything), but I love these types of games and I'll throw it on my wishlist for the future.
I steamrolled until Act 3, where the difficulty went through the roof on certain missions (celi/unceli). The game is horribly balanced. That said, I still enjoy it as a whole, but that almost ruined it for me. Great review by the way. You're my go to reviewer for RPG's these days.
Yeah I'm struggling here also, most of my people are level 14, and the lowest mission I can choose is level 17.. it's very hard.. weird you can't choose difficulty. Some missions I had to replay 10+ times - basically impossible. Had to bring Mordred to have a chance, but then Mordred is outlevling the others because I have to bring him every time..
Little bit late to the party but the things that this game needs is simply more variety in enemies, locations, battlefield layouts etc. The concept of the game itself is great, its a mix of Heroes of Might & Magic and Xcom2. I really like that there isnt as much talking like in BaldursGate 3 for example, its fight after fight after fight and I prefer that. This game just needs an expansion or more DLCs to add to the game.
Definitely agree on the difficulty spikes...one moment I am rolling over the enemy on hard and the next mission I am losing two front liners. It needs a little tweaking here and there. Same with what is spoken compared to the text. They quite often do not match up...but overall a good game.
Uhm, have never played any games in this universe before, and I play all these sort of games. So weird that you say, this is used often.. I thought it was such a cool world to live in...
This game is a strong 7.3. With a bit more customization in gear(actual equipment and models) and a couple adjustments to attacks of opportunity(like using ranged weapons in mee range), and a disengage for a reasonable ap cost (not sure there) it could soar into the high 9s.
This reminds me with the problem I saw with Xcom like games and Battle Brothers.... The story simply wasnt good enough and it became boring and repetitive... For me a game needs to hook me in and for me this mean making me care about it... be it through the story or the characters. I think most studious really forget that a good story is what makes a good RPG and even if this games dont fall exactly in the RPG genre its RPG like.
As my first TRPG, I thought this was stellar, I sunk 140 hours into it before I finished my 2nd playthrough, and that was only because I wasn't good enough to play the hardest difficulty. Also really enjoyed the morality, as it lets you play a Rightful/Christian playthrough, followed by an Tyrant/Old Faith playthrough with different knights and feel. Really cool idea.
Steam has this for 40% off so I finally bought. Started off on Story difficulty and need to move it up to Normal, i'ts just too easy, at least in the first two missions.
My initial impressions were I really like this, I did when I first tried it, thought this is cool! Medieval X-Com! BUT there's a few things that ruined it for me, granted I haven't played it for that long but... - There don't seem to be any actual weapons and armour loot to get. Just runes that you can add to your weapon to upgrade it / buff + add damage/blood etc it's not half as exciting as finding a cool new sword and such or nicer gear. - The battles are very repetitive and samey and I've had issues (bugs?) where my units won't attack, despite having plenty of AP and won't use potions. - The other thing that REALLY SUCKED was the difficulty*. Normal was challenging but do-able for me but it was way too easy on story (to the point where the enemies can barely even damage your units). *A good example of my issue - On Normal difficulty, I had a party of 5, three of them got injured on a mission - game told me it would take 5 missions to heal ONE (and I could only heal one at a time) of them. FIVE MISSIONS - So why is this so bad? Well yes, you can pay to heal them in 1 mission but I could only afford to do that for one of them, which meant I now had only a party of 3. Bear in mind that the missions only get harder as you progress - so obviously it's going to be MUCH harder with 3 than 5. My current party members are bound to get injured now that there's less of them and It hardly seems fair because now I'm stuck in a vicious cycle - when the injured in the hospice are finally healed, they're just going to be replaced with injured from my party and the constant rotating healthy/injured units thing is enough to put me off the game to be honest, so annoying.
hey man, about the originality aspect, isn't this the same company that made king arthur the strategy roleplaying game? a total war style tbs map with rts battles and a lot of lore and ingame choice with dialogue? the art and dark tone are similar, plus the morality system is identical, only the unlocks change. gonna get it, i liked that series a lot.
Haven't been able to muster the will to get back into this one after playing the first few missions... which is too bad because I love tactical games and am always on the lookout for high quality additions to the genre. I did quite enjoy Expeditions: Rome though
I didn't LOVE it early on either but I kept going and now I'm addicted. Unlocking new characters, levelling up/progressing through the talent trees and getting new gear is so much fun!
I seriously really liked this game. The combat mechanics are very fun and good. Only did one play through (Rightful-Old faith) with Merlin being so OP that he would just plough through the levels. The only downside is that it was getting redundant at the end and is the reason why i didn't redo the game (Tried a bit of Christian-tyran). I pardon the devs because i know its a new small company and think they a great job with less resources and i see great potential for a follow up King Arthur 2. Totally recommend this game for people who are into turn-based tactical RPG. A good 8.5/10! Thank for the review!
it's not new but small also really has not too much experience with these type of games... also made very few games... but they made mostly arthurian games somehow ":D it was some problems with games like gigantic size +100gb but now just 39 with more contects and updates! the best thing is (for me) how reflecting the christianity and druidic-celtic religion in the game which is very good cause most legends and even the history it was happened
Gloomhaven was actually the thing that came to my mind when listening to Mort`s review as well. 😀 Now, we will "only" have to wait those 1-2k hours until that game can be considered as "100% finished" . 😛
This game really hit the spot for me, even though its simple its new and there arent really that many games in recent times that fill this gap in the same way and it gets off the hook easily for some of the shortcommings for me. The biggest downside for me was that it seems unoptimized (the DL size could be an indicator for that) and it heated up my computer way more than it should have. They are adding content to it down the line too, so if they take a couple of risks and devirsify a little bit with that content like xcom did this game can easily go from good to very good.
This game has it's flaws but I can't deny that it's the most fun I've had with something from this genre since Othercide. BTW if you like this and haven't played Othercide it is one hell of a hidden gem oozing with style.
@@InMaTeofDeath the Addon War of the Chosen and Mods offer so much replayability it may have came out in 2016 but its still the best game in it's genre imo. I've tried Othercide but the art style just isn't mine... i like my games with more colors than only black, white and red 😉 Atm i enjoy playing Warhammer 40k Chaos Gate Demonhunters.
@@technosamurai9171 If you haven't played either Xcom 2 is the best option. I like Knights Tale because it's a different spin on the classic formula that Xcom established but the classic formula is what made these games popular so I'd go to that one first. Another Xcom like game you should keep your eye on is Phoenix Point which was created by one of the original Xcom devs. The biggest draw to me for Phoenix is unlike Xcom1 and 2 it's possible to freely aim every shot you take instead of having just a set percentage chance like Xcom and I personally prefer that. They're both great though
I found that in order to maximize my gaming experience I should have 2 large gaming hard drives and at least a dozen games installed. That way I am not playing the same games all the time. Things dont get old nearly as fast if I am playing with other options. ie I'll play assassins creed valhalla for about 4 hours, every other weekend.
I wonder what's taking up 120 GB? A ton of 4K (or higher) textures, models, backgrounds, etc? That sucks though. If it is just hi res shit, you should be able to only download the 1080 or 1440 package to reduce that. The price is another thing...I always wait for sales, but especially for something like this. 75% off sounds about right, heh.
Well, this time, I am the problem. I'd say that I cant stomach trpgs. They have to be extremely good for me to actually like them. I was hyped for this one because, well, grimdark arthurian mythos? thats a winner combo! (see: Tainted Grail) and I think both the setting and the theme are incredibly well done (I dream of a ttrpg campaign that I dont have the brainpower to create), but the combat and the pacing felt so unbearably slow that I just couldnt. I just cant. The ladies are my favourite. Getting Morgana was worth everything.
I dislike how the morality system removes context from all choices. Once you select your "path" you need to click stuff with the right icons if you want to get perks.
I really enjoyed the game, it was fun to go through, the plot was pretty solid if not a bit basic, some of the UI/game elements could use some polish but generally it was great. My only main gripe is that at some point you would just rotate the same 6 characters basically because there is no need to anything else in addition the fact that Mordred is locked in a specific class really limits the gameplay experience to something very specific and tailored. Generally the game is over when you kill Arthur, the "endgame" is very pointless and the payoff is not worth it and very grindy, the fomorian part (which are really easy to deal with apart from some random difficulty spike encounters) is kind of pointless in my eyes.
I have to disagree on Arthurian legend being over done. In this case, you actually play as Modred while usually you get to play Arthur. It's a nice change.
So, what are some good TRPGs that have all the things this was missing? Not games from before 2016 please and not games from other systems. PC only. I tried Fellseal Arbiters Mark and didn't like. I really did like Disgea 5, but the theme was a bit cheesy. I love that kind of gameplay though. I can't seem to find much. Steam just shows me deckbuilders and regular crpgs. I want to grind, craft, become super powerful, and explore.
BTW I just got this game the other day, and the game now takes up 38 GB. So, that's something. Did buy on sale & really enjoyed the first 20 hours so far.
Very drawn to the setting and the aesthetics. THAT trailer is 🔥. Still is. Games got it’s problems tho I’ve heard and you’ve now confirmed it. I’m going to wait on this one.
Don't know about you but my DL size was 50gb. I didn't buy it day one, rather after the 1st patch I think. But overall I like this game a lot, I'm into XCOM a lot so this game has that element going for it. I agree that the difficulty spikes after each act starts is a balancing act. I hope they look into it. Edit: At the moment I have 73h clocked and I'm not finished yet. For that I think that 45$ is well worth the time I've put into the game.
I gave the game a try after your initial first impressions. Dropped it very shortly after the first few quests exclusively because of the clunkiness of ui and combat. Something that divinity and pathfinder do so well. It feels like games have so much potential but I have a hard time getting past UI, controls , and combat clunkiness. Makes me very sad.
I believe my Morality chart is broken nothing has unlocked and is just greyed out, even checking places like the Hospice i have enough morality whatevers and the benefit is greyed out and cannot be unlocked. Does anyone know why this is?
I enjoyed what I played of this, but there was too much tedium, and it moved too slowly. I just don't have time for it. I think the fact that this review is less than 20 minutes says a lot.
i've tried it, its ok nothing about it makes me go wow most of the gameplay feels very meh the large download size and the hefty price was a bit of a turn off along with the mission style just repeating itself, the game layout feels like its on railroads
Are there clear indications of path? Like i want to recruit lady on old faith side, will the game choices give clear or vague indication of different path?
Sometimes it's clear, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes there's literally a big icon on the screen telling you which choice you're taking. Sometimes there isn't. I gave a dying priest a potion, apparently this was the wrong choice for someone following the old gods.
I the think they just need less massive skills that you boost and then use to nuke border. Give more small tactical abilities like slow, traps blind and so on. As of now each character has 4 skills they use for 90% of the game and it gets very repetitive.
It could have been a very good game but there was few unforgivable mistakes. 1. You can't change class as Mordred 2. knights not going on a mission not levelling - you only run main 4 to be highest lvl possible 3. not enough interesting magic items 4. buildings in camelot not worth developing - all those are ruining the game in my opinion, not mention of course ton of bugs this game had but the sory and everything else was interesting.
2 years ago: "This game is a 120gb Downlaod"
Current Day: This game is only 32GB
2 Years ago: "the devs are trying to get this number down"
ACHIEVMENT UNLOCKED
This game is 120 GB? Does it come with the lead dev's vacation photos, his metalica albums and an illegal copy of GTAV?
Lmaooooo.
lol 😆
I won’t buy a game that unnecessarily large. It would take more a day for me to download even at the fastest speed available in my area.
@@PaulRoneClarke man, life is so different now, before a 20 gb download would take a day and half
@@johnisaacfelipe6357 yeah tell that to my router that got pissed on by my cat. i can get a max of 650kb/s, lmao, this is going to take a week....
This is excatly how a game review should be. Thank you very much.
It's cool to see this series back. ~10 years ago same studio made Total War clones with the King Arthur theme and they were solid games even if they lacked the polish of Total War games.
i was just mentioning that, good games those, the very first one was the best, very immersive.
Really?
What were they called?
@@michimatsch5862 king arthur the roleplaying wargame
Yeah, I bought those when they came out actually. It was pretty cool back then. The landscape was very different in 2009, and you just didn't see that many cool PC games come out anymore. Hell, the indie scene was still in its infancy where I could count the number of indie devs I liked on two hands, and they were quite obscure. World of Goo had only been released the year before that. The PC revival hadn't quite begun yet. So it was always exciting when a developer came out with something new and interesting, and I thought King Arthur The Role-Playing Wargame was pretty cool at the time, though I think my standards may have been a little lower back then because of the general situation.
I'm always down for a King Arthur game, Enjoyed this one a lot! If anyone wants a game set in a Arthurian setting that's very dark check out Tainted Grail Conquest it's also a turn based RPG but with a "deck builder" card based gameplay spinoff.
Hey, another Tainted Grail enjoyer. I think TG doesnt go as hard as this one on the arthurian mythos, but its still excellent. I'm down for more grimdark arthurian.
@@VicStrange9 Absolutely, have you checked out the other TG game? Looks very atmospheric!
Wqiting for the first person RPG Tainted Grail:Avalon, but conquest was awesome, absolutely nailed it's atmosphere
@@christophertheofilos1063 Totally Stoked for it, the 30 second trailer nailed the atmosphere for me 😁!
@@ZenChubsy When it happens. I think I've been waiting forever to get it.
The game is now 49.37 GB. I'm downloading it now on steam.
like it?
@@BlankaCentral It's fun. It's the type of game I enjoy.
It kind of reminds me of the Divinity games with the whole action point system, and I enjoy the x and y axis morality system, where you can be a tyrant or more like arthur, follow the old ways or christianity.
It's not the type of game that you can play more than once though. No matter what route you take you will experience effectively the same thing in reverse. Become more of a tyrant and you'll get the Black Knight or the Red Knight (great villains from Arhurian legends) but be opposed to Gawain or Lancelot, and vice-versa. When you go one route, you fight the opposite so you know exactly what you would get on the other side.
Same is true for old ways vs christianity knights. The only way to get Galahad the chaste is to be a christian. He's not interested in the tyranny or the virtue of Mordred but rather their belief in god or the old ways, but Morgan le Fey can join Mordren who follows the old ways.
Thanks! Great review and you helped me decide to buy it.
First time watching you reviews and I'm here to stay!
Top 3 reviewer in my book
I really recommend you to play Valkyria Chronicles games (1 & 4 on PC). It's one of the most unique "tactical xcom-like" RPG in the market & honestly I am quite surprise no western games utilized such third person camera moveset so far for tactical strategy game design.
Great games, and if you're still wanting more after those games, 2 is on PSP and 3 has a fan translation on PSP as well.
There was one game with a similar 3rd person strategy camera - Mordheim: City of the Damned, a pretty good Warhammer game.
@@dennisdavidov782 they are VERY different gameplay wise though
Not only VC are great tactical games with a bit of real time twist, the soundtracks by Hitoshi Sakimoto are bangers, as usual from the guy :)
@@dennisdavidov782 Played this one a lot but the multiplayer servers (and the dev studio) were shut down last year iirc? I think if the DLC factions were a bit more fairly priced it wouldn't have come to this, but Games Workshop greed killed a small studio again as the game suffered from poor marketing and, as I said, overpriced DLC for things that could have been in the base game. That's a shame, it was a pretty neat T-RPG with a pretty good soundtrack too. And playable skavens is always a big plus :D
Just wanted to drop a comment letting you know how much I appreciate this channel and your review style. Can't remember what video it was but I heard you say how you didn't like how so many reviews have too much "video essay" structure for lack of a better word. After seeing some of your reviews it really makes you realize how annoying and unhelpful so many many reviews are and how much fluff there is to them. I walk away from your reviews having a very clear picture about what kind of game the game is and how fleshed or not fleshed out it is in various aspects. It's really striking how much more informed I am about a game after your reviews and I how I kind of just have a sense of what a game is like from other popular review channels. (both large game website channels and the more popular multiple 100k sub channels)
Anyway, these kinds of reviews are needed in the space and you highlight how poor some reviews are because they don't just get to the point; keep up the good work.
Very well said. I can second this. Very focused, straightforward and efficient. Its made it hard to go back and watch old videos I liked even.
Always look forward to seeing a review for a game I’m on the fence about on this channel.
Everytime I youtube a game I see one of your reviews figured I may as well subscribe thanks a bunch.
Fantastic review as always! Thanks.
Thank you for the review, especially adding in the chapters.
dark fantasy and great story is what got me interested after reading fextralifes review.
Aside from the size and repetitiveness - I honestly have to say I really like this game and I want to see more DLC out of it and more games like it. It is fun, the randomized loot helps and with a bit of Mod support this thing could be one of my favorites of all time. Thus (for me) it's worth the price of admission to support the devs and get more of this kind of content and games. I do agree that more could have been done in terms of reactivity but I found myself surprisingly immersed in ways I typically only tend to get in CRPGS or X-Com2 with Mods
Thanks for the review. I’ve been curious to hear your take on the game before pulling the trigger on purchasing it.
A little more than 1/2 of the way through, and story and gameplay wise I’ve found it to be one of the best games I’ve played in a while.
Bug wise I’ve had one lock up that forced me to quit, and two freezes that resolved just by tabbing out and back in, and all of those were before the last 2 patches, no issues since.
Maybe the sleeper hit of the summer?
One point worth to mention is that there is not much opportunity to “grind” and level up if you find yourself not powerful enough to fight the enemies. Typically TRPGs have a “grinding system” in place for your characters to level up and become more powerful and capable to take out the enemies, while this game doesn’t.
Great video. Thanks for committing to a 100% review.
Really enjoying the game, although the game definitely needed some polish at launch, bugged achievements and some serious spikes of difficulty that were several levels higher than similarly leveled content. I want to do an iron man run but am going to wait a bit but some people were complaining about broken saves after some of the patches so I'm probably going to hold off on that. Still, really enjoyable game overall.
Oh, and gear makes a HUGE difference in this game, as some gear synergizes really well with certain classes (gear that gives ap back on kills combined with gear that gives you extra attacks for example), but since gear is completely random, its hard to create specific builds.
I don't have an issue with competent but generic gameplay, especially from games priced at AA price points. I'm just kind of surprised more reviewers aren't listing the theme/branding of the game as a negative.
"King Arthur: Knight's Tale" sounds like the name of the sort of movie that gets aired on basic cable in the middle of the afternoon because broadcasting a test pattern in between the commercials breaks would draw _slightly_ less of a crowd.
Thanks for the review, I was thinking about buying it so this helped decide (I’ll wait)
Love me Authurian Lore and Tactics so I just had to buy it. Was sceptical of the cost of over $40 but I'm glad I got it. Everyone is such a chad and I love the atmosphere/characters.
What plat form is it on
@@natemorgan8873 Steam, un sure if on consoles or Epic gamestore
This game seems to be a combination of both of their previous game series. First one is King Arthur which has myths, morality system and building system, while the second one is Van Helsing with story structure, progression, atmosphere and exploration.
I didn't disagree materially with your review, but I'm still completely obsessed with the game right now & having a ton of fun post elden ring. I'm hoping for some added content and class balance.
I got it on PS5 for preorder bonus but with the game's size will have to wait until I beat Rebirth that is coming out next week to have space for how big the game is!
Perfect review video, you really captured all of the point. I bought it at sale, I do think it's worth it and the size has also go down to near 40GB
I'm not even finished with act 1 but the combat and the "go to this place, kill all the enemies" gets really repetitive for me, the combat itself is good but one encounter with an enemies is taking too long.
I really recommend you to play Valkyria Chronicles games (1 & 4 on PC). It's one of the most unique "tactical xcom-like" RPG in the market & honestly I am quite surprise no western games utilized such third person camera moveset so far for tactical strategy game design.
120GB _is_ a shockingly HUGE install; wow! That totally is worth mentioning; thank you for that info.
yeah probably was a big mistake/bug and they changed and now it is only 39gb with more updates!
Thanks for putting your cash and time on the line to help us make an objective decision on these titles you review! This wasn't even on my radar, but it looks interesting (call me a sucker for Arthurian legend I guess). It's too bad there isn't much to the combat objective-wise (beyond killing everything), but I love these types of games and I'll throw it on my wishlist for the future.
Damn, I was kinda hyped for this but the 120 gB size and the lack of variety in enemies made me turn around. Thanks for the complete review!
I steamrolled until Act 3, where the difficulty went through the roof on certain missions (celi/unceli). The game is horribly balanced. That said, I still enjoy it as a whole, but that almost ruined it for me.
Great review by the way. You're my go to reviewer for RPG's these days.
Yeah I'm struggling here also, most of my people are level 14, and the lowest mission I can choose is level 17.. it's very hard.. weird you can't choose difficulty. Some missions I had to replay 10+ times - basically impossible. Had to bring Mordred to have a chance, but then Mordred is outlevling the others because I have to bring him every time..
Little bit late to the party but the things that this game needs is simply more variety in enemies, locations, battlefield layouts etc. The concept of the game itself is great, its a mix of Heroes of Might & Magic and Xcom2. I really like that there isnt as much talking like in BaldursGate 3 for example, its fight after fight after fight and I prefer that. This game just needs an expansion or more DLCs to add to the game.
Definitely agree on the difficulty spikes...one moment I am rolling over the enemy on hard and the next mission I am losing two front liners. It needs a little tweaking here and there. Same with what is spoken compared to the text. They quite often do not match up...but overall a good game.
Uhm, have never played any games in this universe before, and I play all these sort of games. So weird that you say, this is used often.. I thought it was such a cool world to live in...
This game is a strong 7.3. With a bit more customization in gear(actual equipment and models) and a couple adjustments to attacks of opportunity(like using ranged weapons in mee range), and a disengage for a reasonable ap cost (not sure there) it could soar into the high 9s.
MG: Unique negative Point...
S: Great now we're just fishing for points
MG: 120GB Download Size
S: Holy sh... a legit Point!!!
yeah ":D i think it was a big bug but now just 39 with more contects and updates! so
This reminds me with the problem I saw with Xcom like games and Battle Brothers.... The story simply wasnt good enough and it became boring and repetitive... For me a game needs to hook me in and for me this mean making me care about it... be it through the story or the characters.
I think most studious really forget that a good story is what makes a good RPG and even if this games dont fall exactly in the RPG genre its RPG like.
It's really hard to find a game with really good story imo, for me as long as the story is not bad I will give it a try.
As my first TRPG, I thought this was stellar, I sunk 140 hours into it before I finished my 2nd playthrough, and that was only because I wasn't good enough to play the hardest difficulty.
Also really enjoyed the morality, as it lets you play a Rightful/Christian playthrough, followed by an Tyrant/Old Faith playthrough with different knights and feel. Really cool idea.
Steam has this for 40% off so I finally bought. Started off on Story difficulty and need to move it up to Normal, i'ts just too easy, at least in the first two missions.
My initial impressions were I really like this, I did when I first tried it, thought this is cool! Medieval X-Com!
BUT there's a few things that ruined it for me, granted I haven't played it for that long but...
- There don't seem to be any actual weapons and armour loot to get.
Just runes that you can add to your weapon to upgrade it / buff + add damage/blood etc
it's not half as exciting as finding a cool new sword and such or nicer gear.
- The battles are very repetitive and samey and I've had issues (bugs?) where my units won't attack, despite having plenty of AP and won't use potions.
- The other thing that REALLY SUCKED was the difficulty*.
Normal was challenging but do-able for me but it was way too easy on story (to the point where the enemies can barely even damage your units).
*A good example of my issue -
On Normal difficulty, I had a party of 5, three of them got injured on a mission - game told me it would take 5 missions to heal ONE (and I could only heal one at a time) of them.
FIVE MISSIONS - So why is this so bad? Well yes, you can pay to heal them in 1 mission but I could only afford to do that for one of them, which meant I now had only a party of 3.
Bear in mind that the missions only get harder as you progress - so obviously it's going to be MUCH harder with 3 than 5.
My current party members are bound to get injured now that there's less of them and It hardly seems fair because now I'm stuck in a vicious cycle - when the injured in the hospice are finally healed, they're just going to be replaced with injured from my party and the constant rotating healthy/injured units thing is enough to put me off the game to be honest, so annoying.
With the quantity of games to play nowdays and so little free time, I'll have to pass this one. Thank you for your review, it's very detailed.
hey man, about the originality aspect, isn't this the same company that made king arthur the strategy roleplaying game? a total war style tbs map with rts battles and a lot of lore and ingame choice with dialogue? the art and dark tone are similar, plus the morality system is identical, only the unlocks change. gonna get it, i liked that series a lot.
Haven't been able to muster the will to get back into this one after playing the first few missions... which is too bad because I love tactical games and am always on the lookout for high quality additions to the genre. I did quite enjoy Expeditions: Rome though
I didn't LOVE it early on either but I kept going and now I'm addicted. Unlocking new characters, levelling up/progressing through the talent trees and getting new gear is so much fun!
@@alexandermartin5204 Hmm, maybe I'll give it another try then
I seriously really liked this game. The combat mechanics are very fun and good. Only did one play through (Rightful-Old faith) with Merlin being so OP that he would just plough through the levels. The only downside is that it was getting redundant at the end and is the reason why i didn't redo the game (Tried a bit of Christian-tyran). I pardon the devs because i know its a new small company and think they a great job with less resources and i see great potential for a follow up King Arthur 2. Totally recommend this game for people who are into turn-based tactical RPG. A good 8.5/10! Thank for the review!
it's not new but small also really has not too much experience with these type of games... also made very few games... but they made mostly arthurian games somehow ":D
it was some problems with games like gigantic size +100gb but now just 39 with more contects and updates!
the best thing is (for me) how reflecting the christianity and druidic-celtic religion in the game which is very good cause most legends and even the history it was happened
Great review
Game's on sale on Steam right now, and as I type its download size is 34.2 gigs. It's truly bizarre that it was over 100 gigs at release...
I'm really excited to play this. love arthurian literature.
Always have an archer and Mage with u
When do you review Gloomhaven? :) It has the full release & story campaign now! Thanks mate
eventually lol
Gloomhaven was actually the thing that came to my mind when listening to Mort`s review as well. 😀
Now, we will "only" have to wait those 1-2k hours until that game can be considered as "100% finished" . 😛
@@Badbentham yep its similar! But better combat system
Great review
Thanks for the info, dude.
That file size is sketchy. I think I'll hold off on this one, for now.
This game really hit the spot for me, even though its simple its new and there arent really that many games in recent times that fill this gap in the same way and it gets off the hook easily for some of the shortcommings for me.
The biggest downside for me was that it seems unoptimized (the DL size could be an indicator for that) and it heated up my computer way more than it should have.
They are adding content to it down the line too, so if they take a couple of risks and devirsify a little bit with that content like xcom did this game can easily go from good to very good.
you should try divinity original sin 1 and 2 or pathfinder Wrath of the righteous or kingmaker. all 4 are amazing games
@@firewizardrunepro thanks for the tip, played em all. DoS2 with mods is pretty stellar
This game has it's flaws but I can't deny that it's the most fun I've had with something from this genre since Othercide. BTW if you like this and haven't played Othercide it is one hell of a hidden gem oozing with style.
X-Com 2?
@@Grauer1510 I've played that but it came out in 2016, Othercide came out in 2020 I've been done with X-com 2 for years.
@@InMaTeofDeath the Addon War of the Chosen and Mods offer so much replayability it may have came out in 2016 but its still the best game in it's genre imo.
I've tried Othercide but the art style just isn't mine... i like my games with more colors than only black, white and red 😉
Atm i enjoy playing Warhammer 40k Chaos Gate Demonhunters.
I have both wishlisted on Steam. Which one do you think is better overall?
@@technosamurai9171 If you haven't played either Xcom 2 is the best option. I like Knights Tale because it's a different spin on the classic formula that Xcom established but the classic formula is what made these games popular so I'd go to that one first.
Another Xcom like game you should keep your eye on is Phoenix Point which was created by one of the original Xcom devs. The biggest draw to me for Phoenix is unlike Xcom1 and 2 it's possible to freely aim every shot you take instead of having just a set percentage chance like Xcom and I personally prefer that. They're both great though
It's 40% off right now on Steam, for another 22 hours. I'm still up in the air about it.
Good review 👍
Great Review! Ever thought of playing Warhammer 40k: Mechanicus?
It's on my list
I found that in order to maximize my gaming experience I should have 2 large gaming hard drives and at least a dozen games installed. That way I am not playing the same games all the time. Things dont get old nearly as fast if I am playing with other options. ie I'll play assassins creed valhalla for about 4 hours, every other weekend.
thanks mate!
A bit random question but do you have any plans to review Two Worlds II ?
I'd be interested in your take on it.
Not anytime soon, but never say never
Very interesting i think the art style looks absolutely spot on though.
what other TRPGs would you recomend over this one?
Expeditions: Rome
I wonder what's taking up 120 GB? A ton of 4K (or higher) textures, models, backgrounds, etc?
That sucks though. If it is just hi res shit, you should be able to only download the 1080 or 1440 package to reduce that.
The price is another thing...I always wait for sales, but especially for something like this. 75% off sounds about right, heh.
They got it down to 38GB
Well, this time, I am the problem.
I'd say that I cant stomach trpgs. They have to be extremely good for me to actually like them. I was hyped for this one because, well, grimdark arthurian mythos? thats a winner combo! (see: Tainted Grail) and I think both the setting and the theme are incredibly well done (I dream of a ttrpg campaign that I dont have the brainpower to create), but the combat and the pacing felt so unbearably slow that I just couldnt. I just cant.
The ladies are my favourite. Getting Morgana was worth everything.
Really hope you cover 40k chaos deamongate !
This game is fantastic
60% off on Steam right now with a new 2.0 update, but reviews say it's repetitive and I have a low tolerance for that so I dunno
first two games of this series was great for me, and this game will be too i hope ))
Dude this looks like a cool game!!
Can’t wait till the console release
I dislike how the morality system removes context from all choices. Once you select your "path" you need to click stuff with the right icons if you want to get perks.
I really enjoyed the game, it was fun to go through, the plot was pretty solid if not a bit basic, some of the UI/game elements could use some polish but generally it was great.
My only main gripe is that at some point you would just rotate the same 6 characters basically because there is no need to anything else in addition the fact that Mordred is locked in a specific class really limits the gameplay experience to something very specific and tailored.
Generally the game is over when you kill Arthur, the "endgame" is very pointless and the payoff is not worth it and very grindy, the fomorian part (which are really easy to deal with apart from some random difficulty spike encounters) is kind of pointless in my eyes.
i greatly enjoyed this game, but the repetitiveness was a bit tiresome, still i don't feel bad for paying full price
I have to disagree on Arthurian legend being over done. In this case, you actually play as Modred while usually you get to play Arthur. It's a nice change.
To bad I love Arthurian mythology.
Where is the 100% on your steam profile?
Does the main character always have to use sword and shield or can you change weapons?
equipment types are set, no changing
What happened to reviewing NWN2?
I'll get to it eventually, I'm not in any particular hurry for it
Thanks for the review. The game is on a hefty sale now, but 120 GB is too much for me.
They got the file size down since
So, what are some good TRPGs that have all the things this was missing? Not games from before 2016 please and not games from other systems. PC only. I tried Fellseal Arbiters Mark and didn't like. I really did like Disgea 5, but the theme was a bit cheesy. I love that kind of gameplay though. I can't seem to find much. Steam just shows me deckbuilders and regular crpgs. I want to grind, craft, become super powerful, and explore.
BTW I just got this game the other day, and the game now takes up 38 GB. So, that's something. Did buy on sale & really enjoyed the first 20 hours so far.
Yep.. will wait for a sale.. that file size though.... even bigger than KCD
I disagree about the replayability. The different choices in team members with different skills facilities replayability
Is the lead character automatically a fighter/warrior?, or can you choose any class you want?
i tried the game earlier today and the install size is now 41 gb on steam/pc at least instead of the 120 gb it might have been before
they removed 2/3 of the game content so youre missing a lot
have never heard you mention it at all in any of your game selections after this, didnt like it much?
It's fine, but yeah I would say I liked it less than most
Very drawn to the setting and the aesthetics. THAT trailer is 🔥. Still is. Games got it’s problems tho I’ve heard and you’ve now confirmed it. I’m going to wait on this one.
Don't know about you but my DL size was 50gb. I didn't buy it day one, rather after the 1st patch I think.
But overall I like this game a lot, I'm into XCOM a lot so this game has that element going for it. I agree that the difficulty spikes after each act starts is a balancing act. I hope they look into it.
Edit: At the moment I have 73h clocked and I'm not finished yet. For that I think that 45$ is well worth the time I've put into the game.
I gave the game a try after your initial first impressions. Dropped it very shortly after the first few quests exclusively because of the clunkiness of ui and combat. Something that divinity and pathfinder do so well. It feels like games have so much potential but I have a hard time getting past UI, controls , and combat clunkiness. Makes me very sad.
Its xcom, darkest dungeon and divinity original sin combined.
I like the game, but it crashes and crushes so I cannot get passed Sir Percival’s mission.
I believe my Morality chart is broken nothing has unlocked and is just greyed out, even checking places like the Hospice i have enough morality whatevers and the benefit is greyed out and cannot be unlocked. Does anyone know why this is?
I enjoyed what I played of this, but there was too much tedium, and it moved too slowly. I just don't have time for it. I think the fact that this review is less than 20 minutes says a lot.
The launch price scared me off 😭
Is trading levies bugged? Cuz i see ur item selling price is reduced just like mine ( tyrant route)
i've tried it, its ok nothing about it makes me go wow most of the gameplay feels very meh the large download size and the hefty price was a bit of a turn off along with the mission style just repeating itself, the game layout feels like its on railroads
Are there clear indications of path? Like i want to recruit lady on old faith side, will the game choices give clear or vague indication of different path?
Sometimes it's clear, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes there's literally a big icon on the screen telling you which choice you're taking. Sometimes there isn't. I gave a dying priest a potion, apparently this was the wrong choice for someone following the old gods.
120 GB?! WTF? Did they all skip the 'file compression' class in college?'
I the think they just need less massive skills that you boost and then use to nuke border. Give more small tactical abilities like slow, traps blind and so on. As of now each character has 4 skills they use for 90% of the game and it gets very repetitive.
and i be like then this guy get the time to COMPLETE 100% OF THIS GAME WTF
..and after i see what video being released like a 1 minute ago, kek
It could have been a very good game but there was few unforgivable mistakes. 1. You can't change class as Mordred 2. knights not going on a mission not levelling - you only run main 4 to be highest lvl possible 3. not enough interesting magic items 4. buildings in camelot not worth developing - all those are ruining the game in my opinion, not mention of course ton of bugs this game had but the sory and everything else was interesting.