the funny part about "deleting your files" is that the game doesnt really do it, it keeps in memory which file you have selected and if the card dies, it simply does nothing. you do get an achievement for deleting the file yourself, and the game will react to you deleting the file that died yourself also they cant legally delete your files, the game would be a malware if it did
Also another thing, if you don’t delete the file, it puts a .txt file at the other file’s location telling you the game can’t actually delete your files, but you should be a good sport and do it yourself anyways
Ngl I also somewhat felt bad for it, especially when P03 gets sad about it... But like, playing with your emotions subtly like that is part of why the game is amazing
@@Epsicronics I think all of the Scrybes were good people in their own ways minus Po3. Grimora was a good person yes, but she(I think?) Didn't take into account the desires of the other scribes with her final decision, I agree with her but still, it was a bit of selfish selflessness to delete them all. Also Magnificus was up there with her for probably the most morally good(minus what he did to his apprentices, though arguably it helped them, the Goo became one of his beloved master's cards in the end and the lonely wizard survived the game's deletion cause he had been trained and overcame absolute nothingness... Not sure about the head though), he just wanted to live. But even as he's on the floor, his code being torn asunder as the files are being deleted, he was still trying to get to you so he could shake your hand. And even Leshy, the man that started it all for us, through all of the trials and torment he put us through in Act 1, still had a good person behind him. Hell, him giving us our deck from act one back and telling us it was good, congratulating us on beating one of his beasts and reminiscing on our ability to triumph. Even when the scale is deleted he just tells us it's fine, we don't need to keep score anyway, because he just wants to play against an equal. Him reaching out his hand to shake ours and telling us "Good game" before he's deleted hit me hard This game was amazing and I hope we get a sequel sometime later on down the line
I played the Luke Carder fellow in Inscryption, and I watched this entire video waiting to hear something negative about my character…. I am extremely disappointed.
@@KEVINSAXBYY To be fair, the only thing I buy about "Luke is an idiot" is the typical horror character idiocy; not backing thr fuck out when all signs point to GTFO. Personal take? While I spoiled the game for myself like an idiot (only because at the time, no PS4 port existed), I still felt like aside from those choices, Luke felt *believable,* and first time I saw the ending on TH-cam it actually made me _pause_ for a second. Well acted, my guy!
Ey when’s the next video, Lucky Carder? Hope you cover Slime Toad Tournament next! It’s got a pretty cool energy system! Also, hope you get better from that head injury. Stay safe!
"You should not be forced to win by luck in a game." I... This game advertises itself as a card game AND roguelike. Both these things are intrinsically associated with luck, and making the most out of what you have. That's like buying a game that's a mix between a RTS and 4X and saying "I should not be forced to make strategic decisions."
And even then, it is one of the least luck-based games I have ever played of the genre. A friend of mine struggled with the card game part (Only in Act 1) so I helped her through it since I had already played it. I only failed once and even won THROUGH one of the failsafes that are supposed to prevent you from progressing too fast. So, yeah, it is very much skill based if compared to its genre brethren.
Given one of the other reviews complains they can't download it off of school wifi... I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that person was in elementary school at the time of writing their review
@I made An Account Just For This Comment Well its not *wrong*, in fairness telling someone that "Leshy doesnt want you to beat him so soon because he cares so much about atmosphere" somewhat takes away from the discovery part of the story. The first time i pieced together that its not the devs of inscryption that think youre going too fast but LESHY it blew my mind
For sure, it doesn't have cool horror graphics, sick npc style nor some ill OST that a listen to, on loop, while doing other stuff. Such a shame for this scam of a game...
“Great game all around but I recently found out that women are also permitted to play this game and that really ruined the whole experience for me, I went into this game optimistic but the clear liberal bias ruined it so I have to give it a thumbs down”
FR that's such a downgrader for the game, that's so messed up, my women are not allowed out of the kitchen, so atleast nothing like THIS will happen on my house!
I got upset multiple times because of RNG when playing the game. I had lots of bad luck. I made lots of misplays too; it took me a long time to learn how to play. I absolutely love the game. All those losses just made the joy of beating Kaycee's Mod and 100%ing it far, far greater. I love Inscryption so much.
Yeah for some reason I found Act 1 and Challenge level 1 excruciatingly difficult which made the win all the more satisfying (even leshy agrees with this ideology, hence why he plays against you so viciously). Yet somehow I was mostly breezing through the other challenge levels (and I beat level TEN today). I think the initial parts of leshy’s game is actually showing you the ropes despite feeling so full, so you’re well equipped for the REAL difficulties
What, dont like drawing 5 FUCKING PELT IN A GOD DAMN ROW? Just get better at the game i suppose. God i love this game but it hurts me emotionally sometimes
@@Epsicronics While rng will always be a factor in the game, a large part of the game is trying to minimise that RNG - a lot of players will use stuff like campfires and even sacrifices just to get rid of cards, because having a smaller deck is more consistent and easier to play around (hey, P03 was right on that front) That’s why most Skull Storm strats involve having only one 1 cost card, because they abuse the game logic that forces drawing one of them on turn 1, so with the right deck you instawin every time (with a really op 1 cost or a black goat to get a 3 cost on turn 1)
@@Epsicronicsit's kind of on you if you have 5 pelts in your deck. You got screwed over by rng, but deckbuilders are designed around creating strategies to minimize rng and maximize consistency. If you put 5 useless cards in your deck, you can't really be surprised when they show up. The game didn't secretly add them, you chose to buy a bunch of pelts without the guarantee of a trader. If I just add every card to my deck without any care for synergy, it's technically rng whether I win or not, but you can see how it's still my fault when I lose
@@mcswashbuckler3833 The trader was 1 fight away god damnit 😭 And yeah i get it but 5 pelts IN A ROW? in a deck of more than 10 no less, of which any could've saved me
Fun fact: I got stuck on act 1 for hours on end too because it never occurred to me to use the knife on anything else besides the Leshy fight. It was too good to not save it for the final boss.
Fun fact: I got stuck on act 1 for hours on end too. Using the knife every run. I didn't understand that the game wanted me to lose in order to continue.
I think it's so funny that people complain about being bad at the game when it's literally coded to give you OP shit. Almost every playthrough of the game I've seen has had some type of OP card, usually relating to the death cards, uyaruli, or the persistant ouroborus. They literally hard coded the game to be easy as fuck
Your ourborus in act 3 literally keeps it's stats from act 2 Just get 17 skeletons, an ouroborus an emperor's pets and a necromancer in the second act. Ouroborus farm
Yeah I just beat act 1 tonight for the first time on my third ever run with the strategic assistance of my friend (with my adhd my memory is bad and I can forget card and gameplay mechanics mid-fight) with death touch stitched Mantis God (from a trade of a golden pelt the Mycologists stitched) and Ant-producing squirrels (and of course their Ants). Hadn't seen Ouroboros yet, although he was a treat when I watched aforementioned friend play and got familiar with the first and second acts and then some of the third act. The Trapper got me in my second run due to a combo of forgetting what cards do and inexperience and he about got me in the third run were it not for me asking my friend for help on what to do. Leshy was a cakewalk, I just had to ask what the Moon yanked into orbit and under what conditions. Undying Squirrels were my favorite from my friend's gameplay. I was giggling a lot tonight over the evil combinations of sigils and health buffs I was conceiving, laughed at my own forgetting, and was ecstatic to see Goobert, get Magnificus's eye, and see him as Stunted Wolf again. It's hard at first, but once you start getting the op stuff it's hilarious. Trapper's whooping me in act two still lol.
like,i beat the first act with a card that spawned automaticaly after other card gets destroyed,but also created a copy of itself in my hand after being put down. it was a constant cycle of "card atacks - card gets destroyed - card copy spawn"
The funny thing to me about the people complaining about files being deleted is that, unless I'm forgetting, you get to choose the files you put on the line
They also do not get deleted, the game is not allowed to do that, it leaves you a cute lil "I cant delete this actually but you be a good sport and do it for me" type text file instead lol
P03 tells you to pick an old file, only threatening to delete it after picking. So no, you don’t really get to choose since you don’t know what your choosing it for. Honestly reviews like this don’t surprise me, as some people might not have experience with meta video games and might not know the extent of what games can do.
The people freaking out about needing to sacrifice the talking cards (even though they always come back) are kind of funny to me. Cause like, I get it, but thats just part of the game, they aren't real. I get emotionally attached to the Companion Cube every time I play Portal but I still incinerate it, because I have to, and I feel sad about it every time, but thats just how the game is. Also because I actually don't feel bad when I sacrificed the stoat or stinkbug because P03 is a jerk and Grimora wants to die
The funny thing is, that dilemma is probably part of the point here. Yeah, they're talking, "sentient" beings- beings that feel everything that happens to them no less, and when you get the option to sacrifice them for the first time, there's this moment of whether you're REALLY willing to sacrifice something that is for all intents and purposes *alive* (in the context of the game world, granted) in order to beat the game... And then it all resets, win or lose. You're hit with the reality that, *even in the context of the game world*, it's all just a game and resets back to square one after every run. TLDR; A choice being hard can be the point, it shouldn't be a turn-off if it has a reason to be there
Yeah I feel bad when I sacrifice the talking cards (not so much for Magnificus; worst advisor ever), but I like that I feel something about it. This game made me feel things. Shaking Leshy's hand in the finale, the Kaycee's mod devlogs, seeing Royal get to finally become a boss, all these things made me feel genuine emotion, and I commend any game that does that.
@@rizu-kun9687I actually think the Leshy part of the finale is beautiful. I’m not one for analysing design but for all of the third act and Grimora’s little section,it’s been greys,blues and greens (cold colours). When you get to Leshy,it’s browns and oranges and candle light. It feels warm,like you’re coming home. It’s just amazingly done
The best thing about the 0:25 one is that if you lose in that battle, PO-3 actually realizes he doesn't have permission to delete your file, and asks you to do it instead.
@@lordhellstrande2763 And at least the more you do in Act 1, the more help you get for later runs. Binding of Isaac purposely makes the game harder every so often by adding bad items into the game when you win.
i find it so funny that the person complained about the game making them uncomfortable because you had to sacrifice cards like yeah duh its kinda supposed to do that, it's a psychological horror game for a reason lol, you arent supposed to feel comfortable
I felt the same way tbh-going into act 2 I thought it would bore me, but having what’s essentially 4 different card games happening at once was very fun to me. Also, if you play well, it’s not that long of a section-I got through it in about 2 hours, and only struggled with one fight (Magnificus’s, because it forced me to use Mox and I wasn’t sure how to build a deck for that because it was my first time)
@@charlottesemicolon3Or he hasn't figured out the puzzles. To be fair, I tried to brute force through the act for a while. Got like 6 victories against Leshy before actually beating the act.
I think it actually did take me over 8 hours (a few weeks at least) to beat leshy's act. but the learning curve is so crazy that after playing kaycee's mod and going back I can't believe I ever struggled with it?
Do the people who really think their files got deleted not even check there computer to make sure the file is gone? Because I can't imagine not doing that but clearly they didn't go to check and see that they werent deleted.
To be fair, I kinda agree with 1:20. Not to a point of calling the game trash, but I was really liking the rogue-lite part of the game and when I got to make an overpowered card and beat the game I liked a lot, it threw me into a weird rpg with more complicated and not as fun gameplay where I kinda lost my drive to play further. I wish I could've gone back to the original game and keep exploring the little house instead.
Act 2 is definitely an afterthought, love the story aspect of it, sorta disliked it at first, found it somewhat fun by the end, Act 3 is loads of fun tho
@@Epsicronics Act 2 is certainly not an afterthought. It plays out like an old card collection deckbuilder game, like the old Yugioh ds games. It does a very good job at it and you can make some pretty cool decks and synergies. I think the step away from roguelike, into RPG-deckbuilder was fun, especially since it felt like I was actually constructing a deck rather than just getting cards and hoping for good luck. I love act 1 just as much as anyone else, but I don't think act 2 deserves any hate.
Leshy kind of WANTS you to win, he’s a cool dude who just wants to play games..if it’s too hard we’ll leave, so he gives us great card combination possibilities
1:42 I half expected this to be a positive review. When I pointed out the game was blatantly cheating to the person who recommended it to me she said "well yeah!" Once I stopped trying to play fair and counter cards, instead win by any means possible, the more broken the better, I did great.
@@Azathoth343You dont have to, i restricted myself from using ouro in act one and still manged to get a game breaking deck with normal cards, transfering sigils and some help from the mycologist, the game is meant to be broken
I feel like it’s extremely hard to NOT break inscryption. I got it on switch lately so I could replay it and have Kaycee’s mod mobile, and though I struggled with act 1 the first time I played… the second I unlocked totems in my switch play through, my third round of act 1, the game gave me unkillable squirrels. Like, it was 2 heads, and an unkillable base totem. If I had thought about it hard enough I could have dodged it by taking a head instead, but it was really funny to me (and I wasn’t really complaining lmfao)
Honestly though? I think the complaint at 1:14 is totally fair. Obviously the second half is a bit silly, but I definitely _almost_ dropped the game during the start of the second act. While I did find it enjoyable after a while, it's such a stark tonal shift and is NOT how the game is advertised. (Totally fair, because that would diminish the shock value, but it's still absent regardless.) Despite my eventual enjoyment, I'd still definitely consider it the game's lowest point for me personally. I wanted spooky YuGiOh, and right as it seemed like things were REALLY gonna pick up, they instead picked North-East and hecking ran with it. Still a great game and worth sticking with it throughout, but as someone who was quite attached to what Act 1 was building up, I can totally understand how the blindside that is Act 2 could totally turn someone away from the game, since the only way to go back to what made the game special is to slog through what you don't enjoy.
I think It has to do with the fact all these different ideas totems ,character pieces and all that are shown and you get cuck out of It for well a very meta game. It would not of been so bad If you actually did the song and dance of Act 1 vs all the other game masters and play vs their styles of DMing..But, instead you got Leashie's good first act, a game boy section, then P.O.E. It is weird, cause it felt It did not cling to the devs meta narrative It would of been one hell of a game.
Yea i think Act 1 and the demo "sacrifices must be made" that act 1 was made off of, was by far the strongest part of the game. And i think it was completely wasted potential to move away from the more subtle horror aspects of "sacrifices must be made", where you play a card game with an isolated man after your plane crashes in exchange for food. For the ARG that the gave dev shoved into the game. Having a fully fleshed out game work with and continue off where the game jam game ended would've been so interesting.
If you look at the Dev page for literally a few minutes, you can see they made Pony Island, a game exactly like this one. And another game that was ALSO exactly like this one.
@doubleaabattery7562 That's fair, although having now played through Pony Island, I feel like the tonal shift in Inscryption is kind of on another level. It feels like the entire game they've been building up completely comes crashing down and turns into this new thing that loses the charm of what came before. Now I definitely came around and honestly really enjoy the second act, but MAN did it lose me for a bit. Pony Island sets up its premise and its twist, and then just escalates from there, rather than suddenly experiencing a MAJOR shift. Haven't played through The Hex yet so we'll see how that compares, but even then, I don't particularly think it's fair to expect people to predict a twist based on a creator's other works rather than the work itself
@@kashino55archive94 When literally all the games are the same premise and in the same universe it starts to become more of a you problem, but understandable
“Cards talk to you and people with empathy will struggle”. (Plays Stoat) “Wow bro, that was such a misplay. My grandma could make better plays than you…..” …….. “I sacrifice Squirrel and Stoat to play Ouroboros”! “You bastard I’ll ki-“ (Poof)
I almost left the game a bad review because I spent 13 hours stuck at Act 1 until I picked it up again several months later so I can see WHY people love it so much. After finishing the entire game, I want to forget it and re-experience everything again.
Giving games a second chance should be way more normal than it actually is. I remember picking up Hollow Knight and getting 2-3 hours in before putting it down because it wasn't really clicking with me. 8 months later, I tried it again and became obsessed with it for a solid 4 months. Sometimes things you come to adore just don't mesh right away.
The random weird RPG complaint is completely fair. People like Leshy. 90% of people when they realize they are forced into the rest try to do the remaining much quicker. Literally the common advice is just to cheese act 2 because it is the low point. The actual fun parts are Leshy and P03. (I would not mind a P03 mod like Kaycee's)
Bro… Act 2 literally expands everything! Not just the lore, but the possibilities as well! Not only are there 4x as many cards, each with their own play styles, but you also get to collect them as well? How is this not immediately appealing to every card game fan?? 😅 Act 2 et al absolutely blew my mind, and my only wish is that I could erase my memory and experience this entire “rabbit hole” of a game again for the first time lol
The game doesn't even delete your real files it adds another file that is supposed to look like a deleted file but when you look at it it says P03 didnt manage to get enough permissions to delete a file
if you are a card game player you realise just how much free stuff the game gives you and how easy it is to abuse them items for example most people use them in moments when they really don't need them
I found the game too easy. Apart from act 1 and its mechanic of blocking my progress if I didn't lose at least once on purpose. Kaycee's mod was the minimum difficulty I expected.
In act 2 i tried the undead deck, saw how dhit it is , changed to beast, and filled my deck with warrens and urayulis and squirrels, ez . 11/10 can recommend
To be fair card games are Satan's work No I'm not religious I just hate card games with an undying passion (Yet for some reason I beat this game because I wanted to see the story so bad)
tbf 1:18 i agree, the pixel top-down movement stage was kind of disappointing to transfer to after playing the first stage, because the first stage is absolutely insane. I found 2nd boring in comparison. luckily the 3rd stage is very similar to the first.
Yeah, stage 2 felt more like a “Oh right we should probably connect the two acts we have into a coherent story” rather than something the devs really cared about making fun. It’s why people always adore Kaycee’s mod and want a version of it for Act 3, but never bring up Act 2 in the conversation.
@@Mjgaming54321 from a gameplay standpoint maybe but lore wise it is very important and it also adds to the theme of the game going over all the types of card games it is still a bridge between the two but it def has more reasons to exist
@@Mjgaming54321 Act 2 is worse than the other two... Thats the point. It's a clunky 90s card game for lore reasons, and the act mainly focuses on lore This game IS an ARG after all, the plot has been the focus since day 0.
@@An_Entire_Lime Act 2 was literally my favorite, and absolutely blew my mind It’s also the only act where you get to collect all the cards… What kind of card game fan doesn’t enjoy that?? I was in heaven 😅
Love the guy who said the game deleted his NFT. Like, bro... as soon as you find out your file will be "deleted" if that card dies, you just DON'T PLAY THAT CARD, especially if the file you linked it to is that important
I find it interesting when people brought up how they were disappointed at Act II being an RPG, when I had an absolute BLAST with act II (given I am a HUGE JRPG fan). Of course, I love ALL the acts because of this. :3
Same! I’m like… Not only does it expand on the lore, but I get to collect all the cards too?? RPG and TCG at the same time? What are people complaining about? 😅 (It’s like suddenly playing a mini Gen 1 Pokemon or something out of nowhere. Absolutely amazing)
@1:00 honestly, I'm more annoyed that you have to die a couple of times in act 1 to progress. I love this game and I've gotten like 115 hours in a 1.5 weeks, I'd just love to be able to do a lossless run of the story.
the first act is special. Unlike the others which are very basic. I haven't found the logic yet. No one or wiki to explain it to me. If at least the death cards had an interest for act 2 or 3, but not even that.
The game actually doesn't delete the file if you lose the hostage file card... Its legally not allowed. It does however create a word doc saying you should delete it yourself to be a fair sport in the file location, so really its not a criticism but a showcase of the games code.
Eh, i mean its part of the world building, and its design is there to actually introduce mechanics and show what kind of GM Leshy is so its honestly not terrible. Although getting a really good first run does sting a bit.
@@Epsicronics i pretty sure it’s obvious the game didn’t want you to beat act 1 on your first try judging by so many times the game throws scripted losses at you. every grizzly
@@Epsicronics I mean if you have a really good first run you might just beat the wall of grizzlies. You can beat act 1 without ever dying if you're good enough
@@Epsicronics It also usually gets people past the 2 hour mark in gameplay. Interesting, that. It would be weird if their was a huge tonal shift people might refund for after act 1 D:
the thing about the game intentionally ensuring you cant refund is pretty accurate it does go out of it's way to time stall you and then forces additional runs *after* stalling you repeatedly i also think its funny that the one person called the game a scam, not because of the false advertising or unfinished nature of the game... but because of RNG, like bro its a turn based roguelike since when are those EVER fair?
Adding in my own review here, because I have a couple things to say about inscryption. It is a beautiful masterpiece for those with hyper or obsessive brains who like to figure out mystery. I love playing this game and the strategy I had to use made it feel like I was playing up against real people. Not to mention if you are advancing too quickly in the game the characters will baby rage and play cards that you really just can’t beat. It’s hilarious, it’s like playing against angry guards… Which is essentially what they are. Got through the whole game and I’m trying to get into Kaycee’s mod I have 16+ hours in the game. And tbh if you can’t play the game in the time I had ( I’m horrible at video and card games as well as math) then I don’t know what you are doing wrong. Maybe I was lucky? But I doubt that because this game kicked my ass many times as well. My strategy? Use every failure as a learning opportunity and you can become the Ultimate Carder (True fans of the story will understand that joke at the end) Oh! And one more thing- I played this game on my Nintendo switch, so the only files that were used/deleted (none were actually deleted) were Nintendo pictures and my switch friends. A lot less loss playing Incryption that way
As far as card games go, this one is fairly easy, so I guess it depends on what people had experience with Those who came for a roguelike (without much card game experience) probably had a lot to learn, and some of them may have struggled, so I guess that’s where the complaints came from lol But yeah, if you’re a quick learner, then it’s not too bad… They really do throw plenty of “broken” cards/resources at you throughout the game
Steam reviews in a nutshell: Make up whatever random bullshit nonsense you can think of an post it as a thumbs down. Half if not most of these feel more like user error than anything else.
I love how you can tell which reviews didn't even bother to either finish the archivist fight or even better those who didn't even bother to finish the cutscene (also correct me if I'm wrong but the game literally asks you for permission to view your files lol)
My only real complaint is not caring for the UI/Genre shift partway into the game at a couple points. I don't agree with the downvote, but I see the point of the guy complaining about it.
If I will be honest, it looks amazing but after the first act I really didn’t like the look of it too much. Is there any game out there just like act 1?
@@explodingtoilet6711 thanks! I bought it an I’m not disappointed, the second act is short and sweet and the section after that immediately brought back the feel of act one!
I fully agree with 1:30 though. Act 2 blows in terms of gameplay and I never bothered to finish Act 3. Kaycee's mod is the reason I have more than 10 hours played.
Thank you for positive reviews in the ending, it helps restore my sanity, some of the negative reviews are so delusional it makes me lose neurons thinking how they might be serious about it (like the dude who seemingly never got past act 1 thinking it was the whole game and thinks the game has no story 💀)
It took me 20 hours before i got to act 2. Genuinly thought the entire game was just the first act over and over so I can kinda understand some of these reviews lol.
Inscryption is a great game, but if you weren’t aware of Daniel Mullins previous games and weren’t thinking too much about the trailers you could definitely feel a bit misled about how the games going to go, luckily the Kaycee’s Mod update allows you to go back to a version of act one with more new challenges!
the funny part about "deleting your files" is that the game doesnt really do it, it keeps in memory which file you have selected and if the card dies, it simply does nothing. you do get an achievement for deleting the file yourself, and the game will react to you deleting the file that died yourself
also they cant legally delete your files, the game would be a malware if it did
It also leaves a txt for players asking to delete it
Also another thing, if you don’t delete the file, it puts a .txt file at the other file’s location telling you the game can’t actually delete your files, but you should be a good sport and do it yourself anyways
In the beta test it did delete the file, but the testers didn't like it.
@@iniqui Source?
@slyceth he's lying ignore him
I love that the person complained about having to sacrifice the cards with personalities that talk to you, even though they come back after each match
And then the new game button which brings them back anyways
And the actual people behind the cards are jerks
@@UsedNameTag13 hey grimora is at least pretty chill
Ngl I also somewhat felt bad for it, especially when P03 gets sad about it...
But like, playing with your emotions subtly like that is part of why the game is amazing
@@Epsicronics I think all of the Scrybes were good people in their own ways minus Po3.
Grimora was a good person yes, but she(I think?) Didn't take into account the desires of the other scribes with her final decision, I agree with her but still, it was a bit of selfish selflessness to delete them all.
Also Magnificus was up there with her for probably the most morally good(minus what he did to his apprentices, though arguably it helped them, the Goo became one of his beloved master's cards in the end and the lonely wizard survived the game's deletion cause he had been trained and overcame absolute nothingness... Not sure about the head though), he just wanted to live. But even as he's on the floor, his code being torn asunder as the files are being deleted, he was still trying to get to you so he could shake your hand.
And even Leshy, the man that started it all for us, through all of the trials and torment he put us through in Act 1, still had a good person behind him. Hell, him giving us our deck from act one back and telling us it was good, congratulating us on beating one of his beasts and reminiscing on our ability to triumph. Even when the scale is deleted he just tells us it's fine, we don't need to keep score anyway, because he just wants to play against an equal. Him reaching out his hand to shake ours and telling us "Good game" before he's deleted hit me hard
This game was amazing and I hope we get a sequel sometime later on down the line
I played the Luke Carder fellow in Inscryption, and I watched this entire video waiting to hear something negative about my character…. I am extremely disappointed.
@@Exxo that's more like it!!
@@KEVINSAXBYY To be fair, the only thing I buy about "Luke is an idiot" is the typical horror character idiocy; not backing thr fuck out when all signs point to GTFO.
Personal take? While I spoiled the game for myself like an idiot (only because at the time, no PS4 port existed), I still felt like aside from those choices, Luke felt *believable,* and first time I saw the ending on TH-cam it actually made me _pause_ for a second. Well acted, my guy!
Hang on I thought you died?? Did you get better?
Ey when’s the next video, Lucky Carder? Hope you cover Slime Toad Tournament next! It’s got a pretty cool energy system!
Also, hope you get better from that head injury. Stay safe!
@@Lazy-Lizard He respawned :)
The”8 bit trash”guy is going to go into shock if he gets to act 3
I believe it is a miracle he made it to act 2 (that btw is the best part, as you can experiment with all 4 different systems)
"You should not be forced to win by luck in a game."
I... This game advertises itself as a card game AND roguelike. Both these things are intrinsically associated with luck, and making the most out of what you have.
That's like buying a game that's a mix between a RTS and 4X and saying "I should not be forced to make strategic decisions."
And even then, it is one of the least luck-based games I have ever played of the genre.
A friend of mine struggled with the card game part (Only in Act 1) so I helped her through it since I had already played it.
I only failed once and even won THROUGH one of the failsafes that are supposed to prevent you from progressing too fast.
So, yeah, it is very much skill based if compared to its genre brethren.
As someone whose beat skull storm, lucks Only a issue till I find a way to kill it.
Yeah, and inherently, any cardgame is kinda built on luck, you can just tweak your odds by being good at deck building, but you still can draw badly
Given one of the other reviews complains they can't download it off of school wifi...
I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out that person was in elementary school at the time of writing their review
It's like saying you don't like FPS Chess because you, "shouldn't be forced to play strategically!!! D:
Nah no way bro got mad at "too fast too soon" 😭 he didn't even learn bones
The fact that they got so mad about it they completely never got the fact that that feature is part of the story is gold to me
When I asked about it, people said I was progressing too fast and that made me hate the game for no reason since it wasn't the actual reason.
@I made An Account Just For This Comment
Well its not *wrong*, in fairness telling someone that "Leshy doesnt want you to beat him so soon because he cares so much about atmosphere" somewhat takes away from the discovery part of the story.
The first time i pieced together that its not the devs of inscryption that think youre going too fast but LESHY it blew my mind
@@Epsicronics They could just tell me "for the story to progress you gotta die some"
@@imadeanaccountjustforthisc9987 straight up lame
I can't believe inscription has no graphics, music or npcs.
I think po3 uploaded the wrong file
Especially funny considering it had ties to the hex and the whole point of the hex is that Gamefuna’s Blue Man makes sentient NPCs
The guy played for 50 minutes and didn't notice the "computer" he played against was an NPC or that he had NPC cards
For sure, it doesn't have cool horror graphics, sick npc style nor some ill OST that a listen to, on loop, while doing other stuff. Such a shame for this scam of a game...
Let alone a story smh
“i accidentally rated bad how do i change it help” caught me off guard
“Great game all around but I recently found out that women are also permitted to play this game and that really ruined the whole experience for me, I went into this game optimistic but the clear liberal bias ruined it so I have to give it a thumbs down”
"All of this is Biden's fault."
FR that's such a downgrader for the game, that's so messed up, my women are not allowed out of the kitchen, so atleast nothing like THIS will happen on my house!
That review sounds like it was written by Lionel (from The Hex)
Then you check their profile and they've got BLM, Antifa, LGBTQ+, and so on in their description.
@@focaestilosa3235 as a real life WOMEN i am OF COURSE! only allowed to be in the KITCHEN
I got upset multiple times because of RNG when playing the game. I had lots of bad luck. I made lots of misplays too; it took me a long time to learn how to play.
I absolutely love the game. All those losses just made the joy of beating Kaycee's Mod and 100%ing it far, far greater.
I love Inscryption so much.
Yeah for some reason I found Act 1 and Challenge level 1 excruciatingly difficult which made the win all the more satisfying (even leshy agrees with this ideology, hence why he plays against you so viciously). Yet somehow I was mostly breezing through the other challenge levels (and I beat level TEN today). I think the initial parts of leshy’s game is actually showing you the ropes despite feeling so full, so you’re well equipped for the REAL difficulties
What, dont like drawing 5 FUCKING PELT IN A GOD DAMN ROW?
Just get better at the game i suppose.
God i love this game but it hurts me emotionally sometimes
@@Epsicronics While rng will always be a factor in the game, a large part of the game is trying to minimise that RNG - a lot of players will use stuff like campfires and even sacrifices just to get rid of cards, because having a smaller deck is more consistent and easier to play around (hey, P03 was right on that front)
That’s why most Skull Storm strats involve having only one 1 cost card, because they abuse the game logic that forces drawing one of them on turn 1, so with the right deck you instawin every time (with a really op 1 cost or a black goat to get a 3 cost on turn 1)
@@Epsicronicsit's kind of on you if you have 5 pelts in your deck. You got screwed over by rng, but deckbuilders are designed around creating strategies to minimize rng and maximize consistency. If you put 5 useless cards in your deck, you can't really be surprised when they show up. The game didn't secretly add them, you chose to buy a bunch of pelts without the guarantee of a trader. If I just add every card to my deck without any care for synergy, it's technically rng whether I win or not, but you can see how it's still my fault when I lose
@@mcswashbuckler3833 The trader was 1 fight away god damnit 😭
And yeah i get it but 5 pelts IN A ROW? in a deck of more than 10 no less, of which any could've saved me
Fun fact: I got stuck on act 1 for hours on end too because it never occurred to me to use the knife on anything else besides the Leshy fight. It was too good to not save it for the final boss.
Same
use the knife at the start of the game, get goat waifu
ah yes, the “but what if I will need it later?” syndrome
"Too fast to soon"
Stabs eye
"Did I ask?"
Fun fact: I got stuck on act 1 for hours on end too. Using the knife every run. I didn't understand that the game wanted me to lose in order to continue.
I think it's so funny that people complain about being bad at the game when it's literally coded to give you OP shit. Almost every playthrough of the game I've seen has had some type of OP card, usually relating to the death cards, uyaruli, or the persistant ouroborus. They literally hard coded the game to be easy as fuck
People will always ask for an easy mode utnil the game plays itself. Then they will complain its boring or too easy.
Your ourborus in act 3 literally keeps it's stats from act 2
Just get 17 skeletons, an ouroborus an emperor's pets and a necromancer in the second act. Ouroborus farm
Yeah I just beat act 1 tonight for the first time on my third ever run with the strategic assistance of my friend (with my adhd my memory is bad and I can forget card and gameplay mechanics mid-fight) with death touch stitched Mantis God (from a trade of a golden pelt the Mycologists stitched) and Ant-producing squirrels (and of course their Ants). Hadn't seen Ouroboros yet, although he was a treat when I watched aforementioned friend play and got familiar with the first and second acts and then some of the third act. The Trapper got me in my second run due to a combo of forgetting what cards do and inexperience and he about got me in the third run were it not for me asking my friend for help on what to do. Leshy was a cakewalk, I just had to ask what the Moon yanked into orbit and under what conditions. Undying Squirrels were my favorite from my friend's gameplay. I was giggling a lot tonight over the evil combinations of sigils and health buffs I was conceiving, laughed at my own forgetting, and was ecstatic to see Goobert, get Magnificus's eye, and see him as Stunted Wolf again. It's hard at first, but once you start getting the op stuff it's hilarious. Trapper's whooping me in act two still lol.
like,i beat the first act with a card that spawned automaticaly after other card gets destroyed,but also created a copy of itself in my hand after being put down. it was a constant cycle of "card atacks - card gets destroyed - card copy spawn"
RNG
4:14
"I sit, in my desolate room
No lights, no music
Just anger
I've killed everyone
I'm away forever, but I'm feeling better"
The funny thing to me about the people complaining about files being deleted is that, unless I'm forgetting, you get to choose the files you put on the line
They also do not get deleted, the game is not allowed to do that, it leaves you a cute lil "I cant delete this actually but you be a good sport and do it for me" type text file instead lol
@@Epsicronics I mean, depending on what the file is, leaving text files in random places can potentially be just as bad.
@@AztecCroc I don’t think they leave the text files in random places. Idk I’m not sure tho
P03 tells you to pick an old file, only threatening to delete it after picking. So no, you don’t really get to choose since you don’t know what your choosing it for. Honestly reviews like this don’t surprise me, as some people might not have experience with meta video games and might not know the extent of what games can do.
@@Marcharound Valid, but considering he apparently doesn't even delete the file if you lose the card, I'm gonna be a bit harsher on the review
For people who are wondering about 0:25 no, inscryption does not delete your files
I can't even imagine how people can believe it 😅
4:06
This person never left the first map node.
The people freaking out about needing to sacrifice the talking cards (even though they always come back) are kind of funny to me. Cause like, I get it, but thats just part of the game, they aren't real. I get emotionally attached to the Companion Cube every time I play Portal but I still incinerate it, because I have to, and I feel sad about it every time, but thats just how the game is.
Also because I actually don't feel bad when I sacrificed the stoat or stinkbug because P03 is a jerk and Grimora wants to die
The funny thing is, that dilemma is probably part of the point here. Yeah, they're talking, "sentient" beings- beings that feel everything that happens to them no less, and when you get the option to sacrifice them for the first time, there's this moment of whether you're REALLY willing to sacrifice something that is for all intents and purposes *alive* (in the context of the game world, granted) in order to beat the game...
And then it all resets, win or lose. You're hit with the reality that, *even in the context of the game world*, it's all just a game and resets back to square one after every run.
TLDR; A choice being hard can be the point, it shouldn't be a turn-off if it has a reason to be there
Yeah I feel bad when I sacrifice the talking cards (not so much for Magnificus; worst advisor ever), but I like that I feel something about it. This game made me feel things. Shaking Leshy's hand in the finale, the Kaycee's mod devlogs, seeing Royal get to finally become a boss, all these things made me feel genuine emotion, and I commend any game that does that.
@@rizu-kun9687I actually think the Leshy part of the finale is beautiful. I’m not one for analysing design but for all of the third act and Grimora’s little section,it’s been greys,blues and greens (cold colours). When you get to Leshy,it’s browns and oranges and candle light. It feels warm,like you’re coming home. It’s just amazingly done
I love how a lot of people complained about the game deleting your real life files... when it doesn't.
“Scary Yu-Gi-Oh!”
See this guy gets it!
To befair the anglers flying Grizzlies made me rage too
There’s a reason we call it “8 fucking bears”
well, I once beaten the grizzlies twice. Which uh.. Made magnificus eye disappear, preventing progress. Wow, Leshy got so mad that he hid the eye.
@@Lazy_T1MThe eye just doesn't appear.
@@MrRirateyou have to die 2 or 3 times
"You should have to reply on luck to win!"
Man, I can't wait to find this person and introduce them to Bridge, War, and Poker
the guy said shouldnt
and also rely instead of reply.
Also, cocks
The best thing about the 0:25 one is that if you lose in that battle, PO-3 actually realizes he doesn't have permission to delete your file, and asks you to do it instead.
0:45 he is sad because the robot saw his history
P03: What the #%$& is your search history man?!
He has seen to much
basically all of the bad reviews can be summed up with just “skill issue”
If these people hate restarting cause they didn’t have the right item, they’ll *hate* The Binding of Isaac 💀
At least Act 1 Inscryption lets you keep some decent cards and good items
@@lordhellstrande2763 And at least the more you do in Act 1, the more help you get for later runs. Binding of Isaac purposely makes the game harder every so often by adding bad items into the game when you win.
yep, mfs never heard of a roguelike
@@lordhellstrande2763Yeah Act one is extremely easy once you end up getting lots of OP death cards and end up getting Ouroboros way too strong.
@@lordhellstrande2763you litterary get the ouroboros to boost your ass out of any act
i find it so funny that the person complained about the game making them uncomfortable because you had to sacrifice cards
like yeah duh its kinda supposed to do that, it's a psychological horror game for a reason lol, you arent supposed to feel comfortable
idk about you but playing one hour of inscryption act 1 after work is very conforting
just in a cabin playing a nice card game with a dude
And this part completely disappears later. To my great regret
These are all GameFuna employees
Irving writing half of these reviews and Sado writing the other half
4:04 absolutely despicable, he clearly said "grizzles" not "grizzlies" yet you misrepresent his astounding argument! bollocks!
1:35 what makes this funnier is they clearly did enjoy the game later because they went in for another 8 hours.
Most force their way through the bad second act with a guide once they realize they are stuck
To the man who didn’t know why there’s an 8 bit section. Read the lore. Or at least beat it to go back to the cool graphics.
Man, people shit on act 2 too much, it's my favorite of the three
@@guydudething2795I love it too and it's sad it gets so much hate, i guess people just likes act 1 so much they didn't want it to change ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I felt the same way tbh-going into act 2 I thought it would bore me, but having what’s essentially 4 different card games happening at once was very fun to me. Also, if you play well, it’s not that long of a section-I got through it in about 2 hours, and only struggled with one fight (Magnificus’s, because it forced me to use Mox and I wasn’t sure how to build a deck for that because it was my first time)
I cried at the end of inscryption. The worst part, I don’t even remember the ending, just the way it made me feel. I have to replay it
Same. I’ve only beat it once so far (a few months ago), but I really wanna go back and get all the achievements this time 😊
thumbs down 1027.8 hrs on record
cant beat act 1 :(
My man clearly hasn’t experienced the joy that is ouroboros
@@oobtty or just has a skill issue
@@charlottesemicolon3 As a wise bug Gal would say:GIT GUD
@@charlottesemicolon3Or he hasn't figured out the puzzles. To be fair, I tried to brute force through the act for a while. Got like 6 victories against Leshy before actually beating the act.
@@oobttyGLORY TO THE EVERLASTING SERPENT!
0:38 uhhhh i dont think this guy knows what happens when it “deletes your file”
your computer gets filled with images of shirtless buff leshy
@@mikadosannoji553 dam we wish
@@mikadosannoji553 then it would really be a dating Sim, like somebody said in one of the positive reviews
It can't even delete your files, it just puts a text document saying "I can't delete that, please do it for me"
0:41 as a game designer, I actually find Daniel’s work sick as hell
That "meta file delete" is why i have a picture of a pokemon decoy to use as a target if need be
I think it actually did take me over 8 hours (a few weeks at least) to beat leshy's act. but the learning curve is so crazy that after playing kaycee's mod and going back I can't believe I ever struggled with it?
Same but it was 10 hours. I don't play card games. It got easy after beating the game though
the school wifi one being posted on valentines day really makes it for me
Do the people who really think their files got deleted not even check there computer to make sure the file is gone? Because I can't imagine not doing that but clearly they didn't go to check and see that they werent deleted.
To be fair, I kinda agree with 1:20. Not to a point of calling the game trash, but I was really liking the rogue-lite part of the game and when I got to make an overpowered card and beat the game I liked a lot, it threw me into a weird rpg with more complicated and not as fun gameplay where I kinda lost my drive to play further. I wish I could've gone back to the original game and keep exploring the little house instead.
That's called Kaycee's mod. It's not a mod, it's a extra mode of the game.
You can unlock Kaycee's Mod by beating the game or by pressing Shift+K+M on the menu
Act 2 is definitely an afterthought, love the story aspect of it, sorta disliked it at first, found it somewhat fun by the end, Act 3 is loads of fun tho
The good news is, Kaycee's mod is that first part but a more proper roguelike, very cool
@@Epsicronics Act 2 is certainly not an afterthought. It plays out like an old card collection deckbuilder game, like the old Yugioh ds games. It does a very good job at it and you can make some pretty cool decks and synergies. I think the step away from roguelike, into RPG-deckbuilder was fun, especially since it felt like I was actually constructing a deck rather than just getting cards and hoping for good luck. I love act 1 just as much as anyone else, but I don't think act 2 deserves any hate.
Bros are talking about how the game is unfair meanwhile kaycee mod skull storm exists 💀
This game gave us the flying urayuli. 10/10
I mean, I understand the frustration in the second review, but you really just need three things: a good deck, a good strategy, and lots of luck
I was frustrated the first time I played it and put it down for a while...and then I played Dark Souls and went back and won on my next run
or just ouroboros and some other extremly broken combos
the review about act 1 being hard i find funny because that act in particular gives the player so many advantages over poor leshy
Leshy kind of WANTS you to win, he’s a cool dude who just wants to play games..if it’s too hard we’ll leave, so he gives us great card combination possibilities
4:11 , that review feels like it was written by one of the in game characters.
He sounds about as salty as P03 lmao
lol so true
@@bababooey5402P03 wrote the luck one
"There's no skill in this game, the guy you play against looks dumb and there are no robots 0/10"
1:42 I half expected this to be a positive review. When I pointed out the game was blatantly cheating to the person who recommended it to me she said "well yeah!" Once I stopped trying to play fair and counter cards, instead win by any means possible, the more broken the better, I did great.
how were you playing fair if i might ask?
@@nejsonsvejson9861Probably meant by not using the op cards at your disposal that do not need skill.
@@Azathoth343You dont have to, i restricted myself from using ouro in act one and still manged to get a game breaking deck with normal cards, transfering sigils and some help from the mycologist, the game is meant to be broken
I feel like it’s extremely hard to NOT break inscryption. I got it on switch lately so I could replay it and have Kaycee’s mod mobile, and though I struggled with act 1 the first time I played… the second I unlocked totems in my switch play through, my third round of act 1, the game gave me unkillable squirrels. Like, it was 2 heads, and an unkillable base totem. If I had thought about it hard enough I could have dodged it by taking a head instead, but it was really funny to me (and I wasn’t really complaining lmfao)
Honestly though? I think the complaint at 1:14 is totally fair.
Obviously the second half is a bit silly, but I definitely _almost_ dropped the game during the start of the second act.
While I did find it enjoyable after a while, it's such a stark tonal shift and is NOT how the game is advertised. (Totally fair, because that would diminish the shock value, but it's still absent regardless.) Despite my eventual enjoyment, I'd still definitely consider it the game's lowest point for me personally. I wanted spooky YuGiOh, and right as it seemed like things were REALLY gonna pick up, they instead picked North-East and hecking ran with it.
Still a great game and worth sticking with it throughout, but as someone who was quite attached to what Act 1 was building up, I can totally understand how the blindside that is Act 2 could totally turn someone away from the game, since the only way to go back to what made the game special is to slog through what you don't enjoy.
I think It has to do with the fact all these different ideas totems ,character pieces and all that are shown and you get cuck out of It for well a very meta game.
It would not of been so bad If you actually did the song and dance of Act 1 vs all the other game masters and play vs their styles of DMing..But, instead you got Leashie's good first act, a game boy section, then P.O.E.
It is weird, cause it felt It did not cling to the devs meta narrative It would of been one hell of a game.
Yea i think Act 1 and the demo "sacrifices must be made" that act 1 was made off of, was by far the strongest part of the game. And i think it was completely wasted potential to move away from the more subtle horror aspects of "sacrifices must be made", where you play a card game with an isolated man after your plane crashes in exchange for food. For the ARG that the gave dev shoved into the game.
Having a fully fleshed out game work with and continue off where the game jam game ended would've been so interesting.
If you look at the Dev page for literally a few minutes, you can see they made Pony Island, a game exactly like this one. And another game that was ALSO exactly like this one.
@doubleaabattery7562 That's fair, although having now played through Pony Island, I feel like the tonal shift in Inscryption is kind of on another level.
It feels like the entire game they've been building up completely comes crashing down and turns into this new thing that loses the charm of what came before. Now I definitely came around and honestly really enjoy the second act, but MAN did it lose me for a bit. Pony Island sets up its premise and its twist, and then just escalates from there, rather than suddenly experiencing a MAJOR shift. Haven't played through The Hex yet so we'll see how that compares, but even then, I don't particularly think it's fair to expect people to predict a twist based on a creator's other works rather than the work itself
@@kashino55archive94 When literally all the games are the same premise and in the same universe it starts to become more of a you problem, but understandable
“Cards talk to you and people with empathy will struggle”.
(Plays Stoat)
“Wow bro, that was such a misplay. My grandma could make better plays than you…..”
……..
“I sacrifice Squirrel and Stoat to play Ouroboros”!
“You bastard I’ll ki-“
(Poof)
these people calling the game unfair clearly have never experienced making the most broken card in existence and sweeping the whole game
Ouroboros go wheeeee-
7/7 free trifurcated strike death card
until Leshy uses it against you and you just lose
14/14 Urayli trifurcated strike + squirrels worth 3 blood go brrrrrr
on my winning run i had a 3 damage 2 health 1 blood sparrow that flies and had the mantis 3 lane attack that was fun
And this is why least kills everyone that loses causes they’ll whine if he doesn’t
I almost left the game a bad review because I spent 13 hours stuck at Act 1 until I picked it up again several months later so I can see WHY people love it so much.
After finishing the entire game, I want to forget it and re-experience everything again.
Giving games a second chance should be way more normal than it actually is. I remember picking up Hollow Knight and getting 2-3 hours in before putting it down because it wasn't really clicking with me. 8 months later, I tried it again and became obsessed with it for a solid 4 months. Sometimes things you come to adore just don't mesh right away.
@@OptimalLeisure Speaking of Hollow Knight, I never finished that game 😭 I also left it just like I did to Inscryption
This *card game* thows a 3D model of a ship at you...
Just let that *sink* in
Fecundity is comedic haha-
Nah, that can't be true, that one review said there were no graphics.
@@SirFlopsy no NPCs either so noone to throw a boat at you
its so funny how so many people dont know what a roguelike is.
Scary yugioh is the funniest description for Inscryption
The random weird RPG complaint is completely fair. People like Leshy. 90% of people when they realize they are forced into the rest try to do the remaining much quicker. Literally the common advice is just to cheese act 2 because it is the low point.
The actual fun parts are Leshy and P03. (I would not mind a P03 mod like Kaycee's)
I agree. Thankfully, P03 in Kaycee's Mod *is* a mod!
Bro… Act 2 literally expands everything! Not just the lore, but the possibilities as well!
Not only are there 4x as many cards, each with their own play styles, but you also get to collect them as well? How is this not immediately appealing to every card game fan?? 😅
Act 2 et al absolutely blew my mind, and my only wish is that I could erase my memory and experience this entire “rabbit hole” of a game again for the first time lol
1:20 actually one this has a really good point
The game doesn't even delete your real files it adds another file that is supposed to look like a deleted file but when you look at it it says P03 didnt manage to get enough permissions to delete a file
Everyone complaining about how hard the game is:
Me who thought it was actually pretty easy and enjoyed the feeling of control it gave me:
You can break it in half pretty easily. You are also given what are essentially cheats at a certain point like ouroboros
I wish i got ouroboros more frequently
if you are a card game player you realise just how much free stuff the game gives you and how easy it is to abuse them
items for example most people use them in moments when they really don't need them
I found the game too easy. Apart from act 1 and its mechanic of blocking my progress if I didn't lose at least once on purpose.
Kaycee's mod was the minimum difficulty I expected.
2:47 “Its bad cant open on school wifi”
inscryption is for 17+ for a reason
The amount of skill issue dripping from some of these...
In act 2 i tried the undead deck, saw how dhit it is , changed to beast, and filled my deck with warrens and urayulis and squirrels, ez . 11/10 can recommend
Me with my bone pile at 98/99- “GRIMORA’S WILD RIDE NEVER ENDS!”
Great game. Fun to play fun to watch fun to think about. So I give this game a 1/10
Edit: guys help how do change my rating help pls.
"the game is unfair" , good lord, you would never last more than 2 minutes in Dark souls
To be fair card games are Satan's work
No I'm not religious I just hate card games with an undying passion
(Yet for some reason I beat this game because I wanted to see the story so bad)
@@muufle you just experienced the power of a good story and also remember to praise the sun Muufle
difference is that Dark Souls is entirely consistent
still hard as hell though
Nah, fuck that; put him in front of Binding of Isaac.
@@BatteryPoweredCassandra don’t praise the sun. Gwyn was a horrible person.
I'm playing Kaycee's mod rn. Lose plenty of time, but that makes winning Leshy's boss fight even more honorable for me.
tbf 1:18 i agree, the pixel top-down movement stage was kind of disappointing to transfer to after playing the first stage, because the first stage is absolutely insane. I found 2nd boring in comparison. luckily the 3rd stage is very similar to the first.
Yeah, stage 2 felt more like a “Oh right we should probably connect the two acts we have into a coherent story” rather than something the devs really cared about making fun. It’s why people always adore Kaycee’s mod and want a version of it for Act 3, but never bring up Act 2 in the conversation.
@@Mjgaming54321 from a gameplay standpoint maybe but lore wise it is very important and it also adds to the theme of the game going over all the types of card games
it is still a bridge between the two but it def has more reasons to exist
@@Mjgaming54321
Act 2 is worse than the other two... Thats the point.
It's a clunky 90s card game for lore reasons, and the act mainly focuses on lore
This game IS an ARG after all, the plot has been the focus since day 0.
@@An_Entire_Lime Act 2 was literally my favorite, and absolutely blew my mind
It’s also the only act where you get to collect all the cards… What kind of card game fan doesn’t enjoy that?? I was in heaven 😅
Love the guy who said the game deleted his NFT. Like, bro... as soon as you find out your file will be "deleted" if that card dies, you just DON'T PLAY THAT CARD, especially if the file you linked it to is that important
Point 11 at 2:00 means they obviously skipped all the dialogue explaining how the game works and didn't even bother reading the rulebook.
I find it interesting when people brought up how they were disappointed at Act II being an RPG, when I had an absolute BLAST with act II (given I am a HUGE JRPG fan).
Of course, I love ALL the acts because of this. :3
Same!
I’m like… Not only does it expand on the lore, but I get to collect all the cards too??
RPG and TCG at the same time? What are people complaining about? 😅
(It’s like suddenly playing a mini Gen 1 Pokemon or something out of nowhere. Absolutely amazing)
0:15 *Insert CDI Zelda “Good.” Here
I came to this video to see the review where the new game button is busted
Probably one of the most originial and fun games I have played in a while.
3:36 someone tell this man about Ouroboros
The deleting your files review reads like a jerma tangent
beast man too stinky, me no play
Review left by P03
@1:00 honestly, I'm more annoyed that you have to die a couple of times in act 1 to progress. I love this game and I've gotten like 115 hours in a 1.5 weeks, I'd just love to be able to do a lossless run of the story.
the first act is special. Unlike the others which are very basic. I haven't found the logic yet. No one or wiki to explain it to me.
If at least the death cards had an interest for act 2 or 3, but not even that.
The game actually doesn't delete the file if you lose the hostage file card... Its legally not allowed. It does however create a word doc saying you should delete it yourself to be a fair sport in the file location, so really its not a criticism but a showcase of the games code.
best part is the dude at 1:14 who complains about the game changing at the 2 hour mark has 10 hours on record.
He probably still beat the game.
There’s too many card games in my card game! I was expecting main-stream formulaic trash 😭
kinda sympathize with the guy complaining about the wall of grizzlies tbh
Eh, i mean its part of the world building, and its design is there to actually introduce mechanics and show what kind of GM Leshy is so its honestly not terrible.
Although getting a really good first run does sting a bit.
@@Epsicronics i pretty sure it’s obvious the game didn’t want you to beat act 1 on your first try judging by so many times the game throws scripted losses at you. every grizzly
@@Epsicronics I mean if you have a really good first run you might just beat the wall of grizzlies. You can beat act 1 without ever dying if you're good enough
@@Epsicronics It also usually gets people past the 2 hour mark in gameplay. Interesting, that. It would be weird if their was a huge tonal shift people might refund for after act 1 D:
@@OhNoTheFace I beat the first act in an hour, suck my dinger 😂
the thing about the game intentionally ensuring you cant refund is pretty accurate
it does go out of it's way to time stall you and then forces additional runs *after* stalling you repeatedly
i also think its funny that the one person called the game a scam, not because of the false advertising or unfinished nature of the game... but because of RNG, like bro its a turn based roguelike since when are those EVER fair?
Yeah it does purposely delay you with the bears and then most are after 2 hours before the game dumps you into the much less fun part
@@OhNoTheFaceit delays you with the bear attack beacuse you aren't supposed to beat the game in one try
@@OhNoTheFace
It's a roguelike, multiple runs are, by definition, the point.
It's important for gameplay and story progression.
Adding in my own review here, because I have a couple things to say about inscryption. It is a beautiful masterpiece for those with hyper or obsessive brains who like to figure out mystery. I love playing this game and the strategy I had to use made it feel like I was playing up against real people. Not to mention if you are advancing too quickly in the game the characters will baby rage and play cards that you really just can’t beat. It’s hilarious, it’s like playing against angry guards… Which is essentially what they are. Got through the whole game and I’m trying to get into Kaycee’s mod I have 16+ hours in the game. And tbh if you can’t play the game in the time I had ( I’m horrible at video and card games as well as math) then I don’t know what you are doing wrong. Maybe I was lucky? But I doubt that because this game kicked my ass many times as well. My strategy? Use every failure as a learning opportunity and you can become the Ultimate Carder (True fans of the story will understand that joke at the end)
Oh! And one more thing- I played this game on my Nintendo switch, so the only files that were used/deleted (none were actually deleted) were Nintendo pictures and my switch friends. A lot less loss playing Incryption that way
As far as card games go, this one is fairly easy, so I guess it depends on what people had experience with
Those who came for a roguelike (without much card game experience) probably had a lot to learn, and some of them may have struggled, so I guess that’s where the complaints came from lol
But yeah, if you’re a quick learner, then it’s not too bad… They really do throw plenty of “broken” cards/resources at you throughout the game
1:42 the 11th and 12th reason makes it sounds like they're talking about Fear & Hunger
maybe it's copy paste from negative review
Half of these people... I'm not sure if they know what a roguelike/roguelite is
Steam reviews in a nutshell:
Make up whatever random bullshit nonsense you can think of an post it as a thumbs down.
Half if not most of these feel more like user error than anything else.
They also seem to not like how the game just kinda tosses you in the deep end and you just gotta learn to swim
Im scared of the first guy
I love how you can tell which reviews didn't even bother to either finish the archivist fight or even better those who didn't even bother to finish the cutscene (also correct me if I'm wrong but the game literally asks you for permission to view your files lol)
My only real complaint is not caring for the UI/Genre shift partway into the game at a couple points. I don't agree with the downvote, but I see the point of the guy complaining about it.
Fun fact: the game does not delete your files, it only ASKS you to.
5:31 Your profile picture fits perfectly with that review.
If I will be honest, it looks amazing but after the first act I really didn’t like the look of it too much. Is there any game out there just like act 1?
There is the kaycee mod that unlocks after getting the games ending, witch is basically a enhanced version of act one.
@@explodingtoilet6711 thanks! I bought it an I’m not disappointed, the second act is short and sweet and the section after that immediately brought back the feel of act one!
the guy at 01:32 is right tho
"cryptobros stay FAR AWAY" is so strong, i love it, and want that on my door instead of "no soliciting"
I fully agree with 1:30 though. Act 2 blows in terms of gameplay and I never bothered to finish Act 3. Kaycee's mod is the reason I have more than 10 hours played.
The people complaining about deleting file not realizing it doesn’t even actually delete or else it would be considered Malware
Thank you for positive reviews in the ending, it helps restore my sanity, some of the negative reviews are so delusional it makes me lose neurons thinking how they might be serious about it (like the dude who seemingly never got past act 1 thinking it was the whole game and thinks the game has no story 💀)
dude didnt even learn about bones
I mean he saved a lot of disappointment by not beating act 1 :O
It took me 20 hours before i got to act 2. Genuinly thought the entire game was just the first act over and over so I can kinda understand some of these reviews lol.
Sound's like some people made a Total Misplay.
I cant believe how many people are affected by skill issue
Some of these sound like they were written by P03
0:55 love this dude
The most surprising thing about these reviews is that some people actually thought this game was hard.
Inscryption is a great game, but if you weren’t aware of Daniel Mullins previous games and weren’t thinking too much about the trailers you could definitely feel a bit misled about how the games going to go, luckily the Kaycee’s Mod update allows you to go back to a version of act one with more new challenges!