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Played about 10 hours or so and I love this game. My favorite aspect of this game is that it's rhythm is completely different than all the other souls games. Only gripe is my complete lack of understanding why all these games don't support save files like dark souls/elden ring. As someone that makes any amount of characters, this is incredibly frustrating
I'm really hoping for some South East Asian or Pacific mythology theme. Tattoo yourself to grow in power, channel the power and personalities of gods and spirits, fight in lush jungles and beaches when Non-Western castles were at their peaks.
i love souls games too but i'm not happy we're getting so much of them.. because when something good go mainstream it becomes stale after a while.. just like open world games
IGN gave it a 6, but really it didn't seem like the reviewer even played the game after I watched this review. Edit: whoa people chill! IGN was just the first review I saw posted. I'd never take a publication serious that has given Madden an 8 for the past decade. (For a step in the right direction)
Going for a combat-focused game is a bit weird for Spiders because that was probably their weakest point previously. I’m still gonna give it a chance though because I enjoy Spiders’ particular brand of jank 😂
Been looking forward to this game ever since Spiders announced it. I'm really happy that they managed to finally hit it out of the park with this one, especially since it's a different type of RPG than Greedfall. Steampunk and Soulslike is a fascinating combination and I cannot wait to dive in..thanks for the review!
I just finished it. Very very easy compared to all the other Soul games. Once I upgraded my main weapons (ball chain thing) I sailed through the game. I really enjoyed it. Graphics are lovely in a lot of places.
Very well put together video. Concise, clean, and organized. Fextralife is one of those insanely high quality channels that, for some reason, doesn’t gain much traction. Definitely want to see you guys hit 1 mil subs soon. You deserve it.
Looks interesting at first glance, but I'm hesitant still. With games like these it all falls appeart instantly if the combat doesn't fell right. And it's actually hard to get it right. The Surge 1 is a good example, they got it way better in the second game but the first was just stiff combat that boiled down to "attack once, dash back, wait for enemy attack animation, go in and repeat".
Was never a fan of dark soul games or bloodbourne games but this has completely taken over my time lol level 30 dancer and a grind resources before moving onto the next area or quest. Having such a great time with this game its so well flushed out ecspecially on series X
@@Barney_rubble983 I did play it. I liked it. You can really feel the difference when attacking with a light weapon and when attacking with a heavy weapon, like in ER. Movement looks good, might feel kind of sluggish if you are used to DS/ER games. I enjoyed it
Alright I'm sold. Just recently discovered this game and conveniently it's on sale right now. It's only about 25 bucks (regular price) in my region and currently it's on sale for 15 bucks.
I'm a sucker for piranha bytes and Spiders games 😂 recently got elex 2 and loving it. Loved greedfall. Technomancer was eh. But this looks like they finally got some great combat, which is really what the other games is missing.
I played the beta pretty extensively and did notice the frame drops and missing HP bars as well. Hopefully that will get fixed with a patch. Otherwise I had an absolute blast and can't wait to play the full game.
@@1985NEVETS I'm currently playing and they feel fair. Couple times I had to argue so far but it's been a great experience. LOTS of Bloodborne influence.
I think Spiders does good work. They do admirable work with a cool identity (like Greedfall!), even if it's not going to trounce a AAA powerhouse outright.
@@locdogsgg9135 Bro, I've been a Saints Row fan since the beginning. The reboot has furthered my disappointment. I'll have to give it another shot at some point.
Idk man. I understand. But at this point, the research is worth so that I _KNOW_ I'm gonna enjoy something if I buy it. Not a fan of losing money on things I don't like lol
This game was pretty cool, but for me it fell short..It gets repetitive fairly quickly..it attempts to make the game bigger by making you retrace levels when you get new "powers" to access different parts of the levels...I got 1 full day of gameplay out of it and feel like I'm just doing busy work fetch quests now
Excited for this title, Elden ring and Lies of P. Devil May Cry released by Capcom Production Studio 4 really pioneered the genre in 2001 but we didn't get to see a comparable 5 star title until Dark Souls released by From Software in 2011. It's nice to see developers finally delivering the games we have been awaiting for 20+ years. 🇯🇵👀 Kudos to anyone that beat Nightmare in DMC-1 on the Dante Must Die difficulty level. I still have the PS2 memory card with that save data. 😆👍
Same here I've bought every game Spiders has released, however have never been a big fan of souls type games, so the assist mode might make me consider buying this as well.
Hey Fextralife - you guys should invest in a decent microphone... This sounds like it was recorded on a Nokia 3315. Surely you can afford a $100 mic or so 😅
It’s a decent experience, but definitely one of their buggier games, even for Spiders. Expect loads of bugs, glitches, bad performance issues, stutters, textures not loading, ridiculous hit boxes, falling through the map, getting stuck on obstacles, etc. I wouldn’t recommend it unless you can get it on a deep sale.
I’m curious is it better than Thymesia? If I’m to get one of those two. Someone who loves the fluid and baddass shit of From soft which would I prefer?
This may offer more content than Thymesia. Thymesia appears to be much more linear than this. Since they both are souls likes you have many things to compare them to. Thymesia is similar to Sekiro while Steel Rising feels more like Bloodborne. Thymesia also allegedly doesn't have good voice acting or it doesn't have a lot of voice acting.
@@TheDestro001 a lot of people has said that the game and demo feels very different. In terms of combat it also has more variation now. It's much more sekiro compared to soulsborne
Fun game but the default difficulty is not enough. I enjoyed the entire game regardless --and much of it could be because its Assassin's Creed-like alternate history story. The Dark Souls template is worn out by now; someone needs to improve/evolve it further than this game or others.
Bound by Flame 2014 was a decent title (same devs) Greedfall 2019 sucked big time. Not sure about this one. And for 70 Dollars AUD. It's a pass from me, even Thymesia was cheaper. Dks vet here. (dark souls) Take my opinions as you will.
This...might honestly be the difference for me It's interesting both came to the same concept. But Lies of P looks like it does it...better. But, I'm willing to try both. Depending on how long I wait, Lies of P might be first though haha
@@jacobberry5138 one point: it is way too easy. You have a gun just like in bloodborne and your bullets can get debuff effects like frost or fire. And if any boss in the beta got a frost debuff, the fight was more or less over.
@@locdogsgg9135it is not the only problem. But most problems are pure personal preferences when it comes to me. That does not mean it is a bad game. It is a one playthrough for me.
looks fine..but no respec us a pass for me nowadays....i hate to be halfway a game a realizing i made bad decisions and not beeing able to respec...when I'm forced to restart a game for that reason I'm turned off really fast...maybe when they patchnit in one day I'll give it a try
I found the levels to be more varied and better done than thymesya, but the combat and character style of thymesia is better in my opinion. Now lets wait for lies of p
Tbh ign, GameSpot and other such companies have become so big that they no longer have gamers write articles and journalists do it instead. You know the same people that sensationalize all the terrible things going on in the world? Yeah. Those people
This game was a pass, and it's for a valid reason I bought this ge on pc and I have a rtx 4070 ti this game is poorly optimised to the point that it was giving me inconsistent framrate and stuter down to 50fps and when spiders dressed all the issue they just said hahaha bot on us lower your resolution, that makes no sense I can run 40k space marine 2 on easy 120fps ultra 1440p yet a game that came out 2 years ago which requires you to have 12 gb vram I don't know who the hell this game was made for becuase even my friends who have even better graphic cards could barely get 70fps, please optimise your bloody game as most of us who actualy buy your bloody games have no more goodwill left the last 3 releases by this dev have optimisation problems and you turn a good premise into a unplayable mess hence the reason steam took this of the store cuz every single person got a refund, I love soulslike games and when it did work it was good to bad those 5 min don't make up for the performance problems don't blame your consumers for the issue when most PC players have future proof machines
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Played about 10 hours or so and I love this game. My favorite aspect of this game is that it's rhythm is completely different than all the other souls games. Only gripe is my complete lack of understanding why all these games don't support save files like dark souls/elden ring. As someone that makes any amount of characters, this is incredibly frustrating
Piranha bytes is the same way 😭😭
This game is pretty good
Wow another soulslike, i love how many of these we're getting, just give me a souls game in every region and different history i'd be happy forever 😁
I'm really hoping for some South East Asian or Pacific mythology theme. Tattoo yourself to grow in power, channel the power and personalities of gods and spirits, fight in lush jungles and beaches when Non-Western castles were at their peaks.
i love souls games too but i'm not happy we're getting so much of them.. because when something good go mainstream it becomes stale after a while.. just like open world games
@@ruffethereal1904 cannot wait for wu long
@@ruffethereal1904 I hope you would be heard
@@ruffethereal1904 give me a souls like on the island of rakyat from far cry 3 and I’ll cry
IGN gave it a 6, but really it didn't seem like the reviewer even played the game after I watched this review.
Edit: whoa people chill! IGN was just the first review I saw posted. I'd never take a publication serious that has given Madden an 8 for the past decade.
(For a step in the right direction)
No shit, its ign...
That people still takes them serious is beyond me
Lol never trust ign for reviews
Probably not getting enough pay checks.
It probably doesn’t offer journalist difficulty setting.
That review is so well done. It really makes you question the review that IGN just released.
That’s not a review at all
@@seagrey75 From IGN?
Igns review is dog crap I’d give it over a 6 from just the beta alone.
6 is about what most outlets are giving it
IGN is a fucking joke, I wonder how they are still running and who is even watching their reviews?
Greedfall was a blast to play, not perfect but still worth a playthrough. This looks like a more polished Greedfall.
Going for a combat-focused game is a bit weird for Spiders because that was probably their weakest point previously. I’m still gonna give it a chance though because I enjoy Spiders’ particular brand of jank 😂
Greedfall 2 soon:)
Been looking forward to this game ever since Spiders announced it. I'm really happy that they managed to finally hit it out of the park with this one, especially since it's a different type of RPG than Greedfall.
Steampunk and Soulslike is a fascinating combination and I cannot wait to dive in..thanks for the review!
The steam review page is full of people mentioning that it's optimization is stupidly terrible though...
I was skeptical about this game.. but coming from you , i feel more confident that is good. Thanks a bunch!
I'm convinced that there is a soulslike game for everybody, just got to give it a chance
I'd love to see a Viking mythology Soulsbourne game.
I just finished it. Very very easy compared to all the other Soul games. Once I upgraded my main weapons (ball chain thing) I sailed through the game. I really enjoyed it. Graphics are lovely in a lot of places.
Very well put together video. Concise, clean, and organized. Fextralife is one of those insanely high quality channels that, for some reason, doesn’t gain much traction. Definitely want to see you guys hit 1 mil subs soon. You deserve it.
@goggles789 you’re delusional. Go back to IGN, it’s for dumbasses like you.
Looks interesting at first glance, but I'm hesitant still. With games like these it all falls appeart instantly if the combat doesn't fell right. And it's actually hard to get it right. The Surge 1 is a good example, they got it way better in the second game but the first was just stiff combat that boiled down to "attack once, dash back, wait for enemy attack animation, go in and repeat".
Yeah, the combat is not great. It's fun enough, but it's pretty jank.
That’s exactly how surge 2 plays also which is why even though I really wanted to like them I think others souls likes are way better than the surge
same people who made this made greedfall, the king of jank. I wouldn't preorder
Animatronic and puppet like animations does not = jank
I for one am very excited to play a game that will feel different on purpose.
Costed me $22 on gog so either way I won’t be disappointed, probably
Thank you for all the info. This was a great preview.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you
You really can spot a Spiders-made character model from a mile away.
Seriously. There's an uncanny ugliness to them all.
If there are dislikes on this video, they must be from IGN.
First there was Fashion Souls, then Elden Bling, now ..Paris Fashion Week? We've come full circle, boys.
Lmfao underrated comment
Very excited for this game! Looks very fun
That's what I call a good review!! Thx a ton 😘👍
Was never a fan of dark soul games or bloodbourne games but this has completely taken over my time lol level 30 dancer and a grind resources before moving onto the next area or quest. Having such a great time with this game its so well flushed out ecspecially on series X
I like this game too
I loved Bloodborne and knowing there are weapons with built in guns make me eager to play.
Great review. 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
GreedFall was good so I’m hopeful for this. Spider is a studio in keeping an eye on for the future.
Just finished this game and I really enjoyed!
I wish game publishers make more action RPG games with the Witcher 3 mechanics
I have yet to play a Spiders game I didn't love, so looking forward to this.
Another soulslike game? Yes please. Will definitely check this one out.
Did you play it? What did you think?
@@Barney_rubble983 I did play it. I liked it. You can really feel the difference when attacking with a light weapon and when attacking with a heavy weapon, like in ER. Movement looks good, might feel kind of sluggish if you are used to DS/ER games. I enjoyed it
@@pizza_con_pinha I just started it. I think it's good so far. The movement feels a bit like lords of the fallen. I can't believe I never heard of it.
To the first major boss and so far really enjoying the game
I have so much fun with this game, and LOVE European setting. It's worth it. Definitely
I finished every souls game 6-7 times (except sekiro) and Steelrising is very good game, it has very good, efficient combat mechanics
Easily a Day 1 purchase for me as well as anticipating Greedfall 2's drop! Go Spiders!!!!
I loved Greedfall so I'm excited to play this! Thanks for the review 🙂
Alright I'm sold. Just recently discovered this game and conveniently it's on sale right now. It's only about 25 bucks (regular price) in my region and currently it's on sale for 15 bucks.
Definitely want to play it but will wait for a sale.
will wait for Lies of P and compare the two of them.
I'm a sucker for piranha bytes and Spiders games 😂 recently got elex 2 and loving it. Loved greedfall. Technomancer was eh. But this looks like they finally got some great combat, which is really what the other games is missing.
I played the beta pretty extensively and did notice the frame drops and missing HP bars as well. Hopefully that will get fixed with a patch. Otherwise I had an absolute blast and can't wait to play the full game.
Not sure if she mentioned it or not but how are the hit boxes? Feel pretty good and fair or cheap sometimes etc.?
@@1985NEVETS I'm currently playing and they feel fair. Couple times I had to argue so far but it's been a great experience. LOTS of Bloodborne influence.
@@blind_playthroughs k thanks that sounds awesome.
I think Spiders does good work. They do admirable work with a cool identity (like Greedfall!), even if it's not going to trounce a AAA powerhouse outright.
Well done to Spiders for including an easy mode. Now I can enjoy a souls like game
IGN gave 8.2 in greedfall but 6 for steelrising
Because greedfall had ladies with mustaches. That's all IGN cares about.
@@nakedbeekeeper9610 it's bs mate don't know which is a gd game unless we play it by ourselves
@@dijik123 that's why i pirate my games. If the game is good i buy it to support and encourage the devs.
@@nakedbeekeeper9610 delete ur comment mate don't support pirating
Combat looks really clunky ? But ima try it out. Looks really interesting. Reminiscent of those older PS2 games
Combat looks really clunky
It’s much better than it looks. Just takes getting used too like every game rhythm wise
This looks cool enough to buy. Then again, I don't take this stuff so seriously and buy almost everything.
Me too lol
Every release that looks remotely good in my eyes 🤷♂️
Latest burn was saints row
It wasn’t bad but was not worth the full pre order price
@@locdogsgg9135 Bro, I've been a Saints Row fan since the beginning. The reboot has furthered my disappointment. I'll have to give it another shot at some point.
Idk man. I understand.
But at this point, the research is worth so that I _KNOW_ I'm gonna enjoy something if I buy it. Not a fan of losing money on things I don't like lol
@@13Kr4zYAzN13 Yeah, I don't mind taking a chance on something. It's just money, I'll make it back.
Might wait till it gets a discount
Greedfall was published by Focus Entertainment, not Nacon
different publishers for different regions is a thing, not sure if thats the case here lol
Eh, I'll rather wait for Lies of P.
Looks more interesting, and has better aesthetics imo ^^
Can't wait untill tomorrow
This game was pretty cool, but for me it fell short..It gets repetitive fairly quickly..it attempts to make the game bigger by making you retrace levels when you get new "powers" to access different parts of the levels...I got 1 full day of gameplay out of it and feel like I'm just doing busy work fetch quests now
I might give this game a try especially now that’s it’s free until March 5 .
Spiders has had terribly animated mouths in cut scenes since M.A.R.S on the xbox 360. Im used to it by now.
Excited for this title, Elden ring and Lies of P.
Devil May Cry released by Capcom Production Studio 4 really pioneered the genre in 2001 but we didn't get to see a comparable 5 star title until Dark Souls released by From Software in 2011. It's nice to see developers finally delivering the games we have been awaiting for 20+ years. 🇯🇵👀
Kudos to anyone that beat Nightmare in DMC-1 on the Dante Must Die difficulty level. I still have the PS2 memory card with that save data. 😆👍
I like your scoring system.
it's fun but dont go in expecting a super polished souls like.
The assist mode alone will probably convince me to buy.
Same here I've bought every game Spiders has released, however have never been a big fan of souls type games, so the assist mode might make me consider buying this as well.
I love what I’ve played if this game
Visions of Lies Of P
great review !!! SUB EARNED !!
Hey Fextralife - you guys should invest in a decent microphone... This sounds like it was recorded on a Nokia 3315. Surely you can afford a $100 mic or so 😅
I have one question... Can I skip all the story stuff? I don't play these types of games for story.
no french dub is a stupid move, I will buy it on the grey market
Hopefully the gameplay is better than Greedfall's.
I understand combat similarities in these games, but are they really "soulslike" if there are no invasions or jolly cooperation?
Those things are options in souls games usually so no I don’t think they are required for it to be a souls like
Lady's voice in the video has no dynamism at all. It gives the impression that she is reading a text she isn't connected to.
Humm. I want my automated thing brunette. Thank you very much.
Honestly I'm getting tired of how many soulslike are getting released. It is turning to be generic.
This looks very nice indeed
Think I'll wait for Lies of P. Both games like very similar and I suspect LoP may be better, so don't want de ja vu whilst playing it.
On top of that there is also Soulstice coming out in the same month. I am curious about this title too.
Looks good and fun, but its not for me. Maybe ill try when this comes to 50% sale.
She looks like such a girl boss, I’ll probably play
But why review read by Google translate
wait I'm playing as the bourgeoisie?!
It’s a decent experience, but definitely one of their buggier games, even for Spiders. Expect loads of bugs, glitches, bad performance issues, stutters, textures not loading, ridiculous hit boxes, falling through the map, getting stuck on obstacles, etc.
I wouldn’t recommend it unless you can get it on a deep sale.
Does it have HDR on PC?
I’m curious is it better than Thymesia? If I’m to get one of those two. Someone who loves the fluid and baddass shit of From soft which would I prefer?
From your last statement Thymesia would be your jam
I tried demo of thymesia some months ago and it felt very stiff combat wise compared to dark souls.
This may offer more content than Thymesia. Thymesia appears to be much more linear than this. Since they both are souls likes you have many things to compare them to. Thymesia is similar to Sekiro while Steel Rising feels more like Bloodborne. Thymesia also allegedly doesn't have good voice acting or it doesn't have a lot of voice acting.
@@xephyrexe5246 it has barely any voice acting, no voice for the dialogue
@@TheDestro001 a lot of people has said that the game and demo feels very different. In terms of combat it also has more variation now. It's much more sekiro compared to soulsborne
Just waiting for Wu long
This is not the kind of game I wanted from Spiders.
Fun game but the default difficulty is not enough. I enjoyed the entire game regardless --and much of it could be because its Assassin's Creed-like alternate history story. The Dark Souls template is worn out by now; someone needs to improve/evolve it further than this game or others.
Bound by Flame 2014 was a decent title (same devs)
Greedfall 2019 sucked big time.
Not sure about this one.
And for 70 Dollars AUD.
It's a pass from me, even Thymesia was cheaper.
Dks vet here. (dark souls)
Take my opinions as you will.
...who abbreviates Dark Souls as "dks"? 🤔
You have the correct letters RIGHT THERE lol
Im pumped for this!
Can't decide between this or gloomwood
Lou Lou? Oui c’est moi!
So this is where lies of p was born ?
I just don’t see much of a reason to suss this if we have Lies of P ?
This...might honestly be the difference for me
It's interesting both came to the same concept. But Lies of P looks like it does it...better. But, I'm willing to try both. Depending on how long I wait, Lies of P might be first though haha
I played the beta version and I thought it was terrible
What we’re some of the problems? I’m curious. I don’t want to waste my money, so your opinion is appreciated.
@@jacobberry5138 one point: it is way too easy. You have a gun just like in bloodborne and your bullets can get debuff effects like frost or fire. And if any boss in the beta got a frost debuff, the fight was more or less over.
@@tomvandl why not just raise difficulty then if that’s the only problem 🤔
Is there more problems
Really want to buy it
@@locdogsgg9135it is not the only problem. But most problems are pure personal preferences when it comes to me. That does not mean it is a bad game. It is a one playthrough for me.
"fair share of titles" like what? genuinely, i have only bought elden ring this year and nothing else
I mean we knew the world was terrible, it's France. Come at me Frenchies, j'ai pas peur de vous xD
25 to 30 hours os good for 49 dollar price point
So this sounds like a pretty basic move set a la bloodborne. & some grenades/items. Is that about it?
After this review I'm thinking Lies of P looks far better graphically & seems to have far more abilities & crafting etc...
Watch ACG review
looks fine..but no respec us a pass for me nowadays....i hate to be halfway a game a realizing i made bad decisions and not beeing able to respec...when I'm forced to restart a game for that reason I'm turned off really fast...maybe when they patchnit in one day I'll give it a try
i buy it because i like the seting its remember me on bloodborne and you can play a 2b souls charakter XD
Damn all a game needs to succeed is release during the driest month of a dry year, fuck quality
I found the levels to be more varied and better done than thymesya, but the combat and character style of thymesia is better in my opinion. Now lets wait for lies of p
Oh boy! It looks like Bloodborne!
Tbh ign, GameSpot and other such companies have become so big that they no longer have gamers write articles and journalists do it instead. You know the same people that sensationalize all the terrible things going on in the world? Yeah. Those people
This game was a pass, and it's for a valid reason I bought this ge on pc and I have a rtx 4070 ti this game is poorly optimised to the point that it was giving me inconsistent framrate and stuter down to 50fps and when spiders dressed all the issue they just said hahaha bot on us lower your resolution, that makes no sense I can run 40k space marine 2 on easy 120fps ultra 1440p yet a game that came out 2 years ago which requires you to have 12 gb vram I don't know who the hell this game was made for becuase even my friends who have even better graphic cards could barely get 70fps, please optimise your bloody game as most of us who actualy buy your bloody games have no more goodwill left the last 3 releases by this dev have optimisation problems and you turn a good premise into a unplayable mess hence the reason steam took this of the store cuz every single person got a refund, I love soulslike games and when it did work it was good to bad those 5 min don't make up for the performance problems don't blame your consumers for the issue when most PC players have future proof machines
Mad iRobot vibes 😆
Why the heck a Automaton have Stamina?
Early fluid pumps. Can't keep hydraulics at constant pressure. You gotta think this is before oil-air suction units even had splash guards.
Greedfall had some of the worst combat in a video game ever so i'm not hopeful for this
so both the lie of p and steel rising are both a mix of blood born and sekiro