I've been gaming since the late 70's, and I miss these dungeon crawlers. Stonekeep/Ultima Underworld/Eye of the Beholder type stuff. I'll pick this up to support the devs. Thanks for the vid!
You would like Dark and Darker. As is, it’s an extraction looter game with no story. They say that’s because they are trying to get the combat and game loop perfect, then we will see an actual campaign. Already hinted at some excellent writing. Best 20$ early access game I’ve ever gotten.
Anyone here remember Black Crypt? Solid dungeon crawler similar to Eye of the Beholder. Legend of Grimrock is the closest thing I've played recently, but I could sure do with more games of that caliber.
The problem with mold is, by the time it's actually showing fruiting bodies on the surface, the mycelium has already infiltrated most of what it's consuming.
So, thanks to this, I gave the Early Access Demo a try, and as someone who plays spellcasters, I'm pleased that the way to get/learn/find new spells is frankly, about the same way as in Arx Fatalis or even Underworld Ascendant. In that you could try finding the scrolls/tomes to learn the spells, or you can experiment with what you have. For example, the Douse Spell, if Splatter added in that last node (echo stone) He'd have gotten the opposite spell (Ignite) learned. Sadly, neither are very combat effective, but farther experiments have yielded more potent spells. Such as a rapid firing arcane arrow (drains mana quick though so be careful), and a spell similar to Burning hands from D&D. Later, with more stones and farther experiments, I found a similar lightning spells and an always useful Light spell. Granted, spells learned through experimentation are only revealed/learned after getting the minimum Intelligence first to cast them. Either way, I've always found this form of Spellcraft in games to be fun and interesting.
I like magic systems that allow for experimentation and customizing spells. It's also more immersive, in the sense that most spellcasters in any lore came up with different powerful spells that you end up using, and it's cool that you get to experiment and create your own like the in-lore casters.
Are there difficulty settings? I need an easy game, when it comes to 'real-time' combat. PS. I didn't like Arx Fatalis, but I don't remember why, right now. Is that the one where you had to move your mouse in a particular pattern in order to cast a spell? If so, that might be it. But I always like supporting indie developers, even if I've already got more games than I can play. :)
@@Bill_Garthright If you didn't like Arx Fatalis, you probably won't like this. I've played a few hours now, and it's pretty much Arx. With that said, if the only reason you didn't like it was the spellcasting, then you'll be fine here. This still has the "combine words to find spells" system, where you need to find words/runes and then figure out the combinations for spells, but you don't have to draw them, you don't have manually do every cast (you memorize a few and can freely swap between them and cast them), and it just generally has less friction. The Arx spellcasting did have a very cool effect of forcing you to really remember you spells because you had to draw them in combat if you needed more than you could memorize. This was really stressful, but really fun when it worked (which isn't horrible with the Arx Libertatis fan mod). When it doesn't work it just feels really bad though. I don't know if there's a good way to get that system to work well. Maybe it could work with a pre-trained LLM trained on a whole lot of player inputs from testing. Doing it algorithmically is a really hard task.
@@Cethinn Thanks! To be honest, I don't remember why I didn't like Arx Fatalis. After all, that's been awhile, and I buy _lots_ of games. It just wasn't for me. It's all down to personal preference, after all, and I'm far older than the typical gamer. But I'll still take a look at this when it's finished. I like to support indie developers, anyway. Thanks for the reply.
I'm a solodev so I'm a little biased, but Rat Tower is also a one-man operation and the game is very impressive from the 5 or so hours I put into it. The first area is incredibly large and well-designed. If the entire game is like that, this will be one of the best indie dungeon crawlers to come recently. So please support this dev if you like the game! Early Access is designed to help indies fund and bugfix their games, not large AAA companies that abuse your trust.
That's a good point. Do you know why indie devs seem to be sleeping on GOG? Especially smaller devs it seems like it would make sense to release there too.
@@GameTimeWhy GOG is a curated store. Getting approval is harder than Steam/Itch, and you need a business relationship. That said, the guys at GOG are very professional and I sell games there too.
@@GameTimeWhyI don't know specifically but I can assume its is because they risk not gaining the, "Steam exposure." Don't get me wrong GoG is a a great platform and I would like to say they have a lot more consumer and developer friendly policies then Steam but, not having a game on Steam is a perilous journey for pc games that 1. Arent already gaining marketing exposure, or 2. Don't have the funds to support their early access project.
irl? not at all. as long as its green/blue you just cut it off and a bit around the mold and you should be fine. Also you can taste mold so if the loaf taste like flowers, then yea there's mold throughout. rinse mouth with mouthwash or swish salt and you'll be fine. Avoid BLACK mold. throw that away.
@@jprec5174 Yeah, people dont realise that not only mushrooms with a distinct fruiting body can be highly toxic but also the species which dont develop one. They are all fungi after all.
@@jprec5174 Depends on the food. If the food is hard/dry you can get away with cutting away the mold because penetration is shallow. With something like bread, fresh fruit, soft cheeses - if you see mold on the outside, there is mold deep inside it too. Also, by the time there is billions of mold cells in one place so as to be visible to you, the entire piece of food is covered in mold already... you just can't see it yet.
Another tip that I've found. The small bound boxes can be picked up and stacked to make steps to reach higher places. Once finished with they don't break from weapons but if you throw them, they shatter on the 3rd throw. Good loot when they drop....❤
Indeed. Well that's time to consider adding it to the huge wishlist. Actually buying a game only happens after at least one post-release (proper release) patch.
You want indie games made by developers who actually love their game and don't have to rely on publishers to fund the work and maybe insert their own private interests in the game or hinder develpment? You either get Early Access or Kickstarters (often both...). And I for one sure as hell know which of the two I prefer.
@@g.m.fernandes3579 One wonders how small companies were making so many great games in the past.... Must have been a glitch in the matrix huh. "You have to spend money in order to make money".... what looney could have possibly said such nonsense? I tell you smth you would not see without early access: Bad games. Why? Because when you take the risk and invest heavily into smth, you make damn sure it will turn out fine. Not the case when you run a kickstart campaign, or get money from gullible people based on promises tho.
I actually like the magic system requiring you to put some thought into translating arcane knowledge into practical effects. I saw that first with a PS1 game Drakan: the Ancient's Gate where you have to manually control magical gestures. It was a clunky system, but the principle behind it appealed to me. The spell requiring more than just a single button press to rewrite your reality.
@@giampaolomannucci8281 ya i get it but I don't have to like it. Where there are some that use this option appropriately there are many that use it maliciously to collect earnings prior to producing a product, to circumvent the review process, etc.
@@fightingfortruth9806 Very few abuse the system, I've played lots of games that successfully got out after an early access period. When devs abuse the system they usually are marked by the community so they can't do it again, it also happens that when they try and develop something new there will be a barrage of negative steam reviews to warn other people.
@@giampaolomannucci8281 I think he meant that AAA game releases are just as incomplete as early access indie games nowadays, or at least I think so haha.
one thing i miss at indie games is that most devs did not take care about huds design, i think is not hard to design a thematic hud, something medieval, instead of that they choose a generic hud design for inventory and life and magic bars.
@Shiningforceking Galam is the name of the King? :D Oh, what a memories, played Shining Force 2 on my Genesis back in the day. The battles starting from the middle of the game were so vast and long, taking like a hour or so... It's a shame they thrown the tactical battles from the series afterwards.
In case you haven't seen, the weapon damage / repair system has already been hot fixed to be less severe. Really cool to see you find this one, I've been enjoying it a lot!
I don't know the reference, so in my minds eye, Westley is a barkeep with a gravely voice who just so happens to be a giant rat in a suit cleaning out a glass.
Oh, hey, that's modern Arx Fatalis! The cooking looks pretty much identical. The magic is different, but I can see similarities, you just don't have to draw the gestures yourself.
A lifetime of jrpgs has trained me to think of "what if this humble piece of garbage becomes something useful later on?" 99% of the time, it's just garbage.
He shouldn't have thrown it away, he should have sold it to the merchant (along with all the weapons & shields dropped by enemies) instead of selling healing items.
@@coldcrush5921 When I was a kid, I'd eat it raw. Definitely not a sweet _then!_ Heh, heh. I can't do that, these days. But I had no trouble eating rhubarb raw as a kid. PS. But my Mom's strawberry rhubarb pie was _so_ good! Well, all of her pies were great. I could never eat pie elsewhere, since it was never as good as hers. :)
Love your content. I'm not always interested in playing the games you showcase but I appreciate seeing them. This game was actually on my wishlist so glad I got a chance to see you give it a try. The gear wear system looks a bit busted as does the lockpicking but maybe it will get fixed soon.
literally watched a few minutes of your video, grabbed the demo to make sure i could run it, bought this game and even my kids want to play it lol Good stuff
This looks really cool, was just talking to my wife about how cool it would be to make mini games for crafting that make it more realistic but still keep it a game. Adding this to the wishlist
I usually wait on Early Access but after the demo I had to jump in. My internet is slow so I'm watching this while the game downloaded and was delighted to hear explanations of a few mechanics I was getting wrong. The game has room to grow, but I can't say it is missing any core features from the now 2 hrs I've seen of it. Feels very good to play and I haven't hardly touched magic or archery.
Happy to see so many fans of rhubarb pie. Most people I know aren’t at all familiar with it. An d straight rhubarb, thank you very much. No strawberry mixed in.
I want a game like this, but faster paced and high fantasy. Let us start shooting spells and punching boulders right from jump, with all of this excellent interactivity.
3:22 I couldnt agree more. Having seen to much of what people are capable of, I dont have that blind gratefulness to be alive in a situation like that. Never heared that sentiment echoed before!
wow, yeah bringing up Kingsfield, one of my fav games of all time. Back in the day before you could just look up puzzles online, you had to figure stuff out on your own or wait for strats at the local magazine store to solve stuff your stuck in
This is what I have been looking for! Tried playing Dark and Darker because of its atmospheric dungeon crawling but i kept getting rushed by blood thirsty other players. I get it, that is the kind of game they wanted to play, but all it did was reinforce my desire for a single player dungeon crawler that looked like D&D.
@@skunkybudtoker9092 True. and I cant really blame them because the MINUTE they show mercy on someone else, THAT PLAYER will go full murder hobo so often they cant risk it anymore. Dark and Darker has some great looking maps though... but i must admit I am not good at navigating them for quests. Running into similar problems in Monomyth Demo. I think I am still in the starting Catacombs and know A Way potentially forward but ran into yet another Wraith long after my one glass saber broke on me so idk how to get past it. My character is too dumb to use magic properly.
Kings Field The Ancient City is one of my all time favorite games as well. Keep my KF4 PS2 CD in a ziplock bag for safe keeping lol. I am definitely checking this game out because like you said not alot of these made anymore.
OH MAN the second you said shadow keep it all clicked i had that game on the 3D0 the panasonic console it was sooo ahead of its time 3d rpg dung crawler ima have to try this one out now.
This looks very well made but there are a few issues. It seems like the devs expect players to dump all their points in Lockpicking right at the start, Splat actually did invest in that skill from level 1 and he still couldn't open a lot of containers and doors. Also, either he was doing backstabbing wrong or it's too weak. He couldn't even kill a rat with a sneak attack. And the inventory doesn't have enough space, they could improve on that by making some items like herbs and mushrooms take up 1 square instead of 4.
@@patrickmanhattan6518 It's good to know that you can increase your inventory space. My point about Lockpicking stands though, Splat even said in the video that he had to put more points in it to open some things. And he had just started the game.
My leg hurts. Also you're so right about lock picking. That's such a a good point. Everyone else didn't notice the lock picking thing. I'm glad you pointed that out and we're so right about that
So far, the game reminds me of Arx Fatalis. And that makes me happy. Was one of my most favorite games, because oif the interaction possibilities with the world.
i absolutely love kings field, it would make me so mad! i would quit for months i thought it was such a hard game, im sure it wasnt that hard with a walk through, but at the time i thought it to be the most difficult game i ever played, i still do, tank controls, brutal. blew all the souls out of the water cuz they WANTED you to fall down the hole and die, they actively made you want to try it, there really could be treasure that you NEED down there >
...rhubarb is *what*?! Bite your tongue, philistine. Rhubarb is all the tartness that Strawberries, sweet, innocuous and unprepossessing as they are, lack. Strawberry Rhubarb is the Gods' own fruit mix, and you can die on whatever hill makes you think otherwise. ;)
Nobody should ever listen to you. You think sour red celery is a sweet treat to make pies from, when all it was was a second class substitute in places where they could t easily get real fruit
you can kick using the middle mouse button. and those boxes you cannot open... you can smash them against stuff, which eventually will break them... and they DO have stuff inside.
I've been gaming since the late 70's, and I miss these dungeon crawlers. Stonekeep/Ultima Underworld/Eye of the Beholder type stuff. I'll pick this up to support the devs. Thanks for the vid!
Tried Arx Fatalis? ;-)
You would like Dark and Darker. As is, it’s an extraction looter game with no story. They say that’s because they are trying to get the combat and game loop perfect, then we will see an actual campaign. Already hinted at some excellent writing. Best 20$ early access game I’ve ever gotten.
@@FumblsTheSniper Already on my whishlist ;-)
What about Lunacid? ;-)
Lands of Lore.... What a game that was.
Nowadays, Legend of Grimrock is the best thing that filled that emptyness, imo.
Operencia was also decent.
Anyone here remember Black Crypt? Solid dungeon crawler similar to Eye of the Beholder. Legend of Grimrock is the closest thing I've played recently, but I could sure do with more games of that caliber.
4:13 Nothing like waking up in a cell with a hidden escape room in it. I see someone developing the game is a fan of oblivion
And the cellmate across the way talking to you. But this one isn't an a-hole.
Arx Fatalis
The problem with mold is, by the time it's actually showing fruiting bodies on the surface, the mycelium has already infiltrated most of what it's consuming.
Which means that if you eat something that was GOING to be moldy in a day or two, you're already eating most of the moldiness.
free extra protein nice
Free penicillin
Eating A little mold won't hurt you just makes you tougher lol
Fruiting mould tastes bad. Mycelium doesn't taste like anything. Just cut the fruiting parts off and cook it.
So, thanks to this, I gave the Early Access Demo a try, and as someone who plays spellcasters, I'm pleased that the way to get/learn/find new spells is frankly, about the same way as in Arx Fatalis or even Underworld Ascendant. In that you could try finding the scrolls/tomes to learn the spells, or you can experiment with what you have.
For example, the Douse Spell, if Splatter added in that last node (echo stone) He'd have gotten the opposite spell (Ignite) learned. Sadly, neither are very combat effective, but farther experiments have yielded more potent spells. Such as a rapid firing arcane arrow (drains mana quick though so be careful), and a spell similar to Burning hands from D&D. Later, with more stones and farther experiments, I found a similar lightning spells and an always useful Light spell.
Granted, spells learned through experimentation are only revealed/learned after getting the minimum Intelligence first to cast them. Either way, I've always found this form of Spellcraft in games to be fun and interesting.
I like magic systems that allow for experimentation and customizing spells. It's also more immersive, in the sense that most spellcasters in any lore came up with different powerful spells that you end up using, and it's cool that you get to experiment and create your own like the in-lore casters.
Are there difficulty settings? I need an easy game, when it comes to 'real-time' combat.
PS. I didn't like Arx Fatalis, but I don't remember why, right now. Is that the one where you had to move your mouse in a particular pattern in order to cast a spell? If so, that might be it. But I always like supporting indie developers, even if I've already got more games than I can play. :)
Absolutely loved Arx Fatalis wished they actually made a updated VR version of it, being able to caste spells in VR would have been awesome.
@@Bill_Garthright If you didn't like Arx Fatalis, you probably won't like this. I've played a few hours now, and it's pretty much Arx. With that said, if the only reason you didn't like it was the spellcasting, then you'll be fine here. This still has the "combine words to find spells" system, where you need to find words/runes and then figure out the combinations for spells, but you don't have to draw them, you don't have manually do every cast (you memorize a few and can freely swap between them and cast them), and it just generally has less friction.
The Arx spellcasting did have a very cool effect of forcing you to really remember you spells because you had to draw them in combat if you needed more than you could memorize. This was really stressful, but really fun when it worked (which isn't horrible with the Arx Libertatis fan mod). When it doesn't work it just feels really bad though. I don't know if there's a good way to get that system to work well. Maybe it could work with a pre-trained LLM trained on a whole lot of player inputs from testing. Doing it algorithmically is a really hard task.
@@Cethinn
Thanks! To be honest, I don't remember why I didn't like Arx Fatalis. After all, that's been awhile, and I buy _lots_ of games. It just wasn't for me. It's all down to personal preference, after all, and I'm far older than the typical gamer.
But I'll still take a look at this when it's finished. I like to support indie developers, anyway. Thanks for the reply.
i love arx fatalis and this one gives strong vibes of it
Thought the same! It really looks like a love letter to Arx Fatalis.
well, you even begin the game in a cell wirh another prisoner talking to you about a way out
I was just about to say that!! Good old Arx....
It's nice to see cooking mechanic from Arx Fatalis
Yep, immediately reminded me of it. Great game :)
That game was so atmospheric, the ambient sounds were amazing too
I swear the very start is so eerily similar.
I'm a solodev so I'm a little biased, but Rat Tower is also a one-man operation and the game is very impressive from the 5 or so hours I put into it. The first area is incredibly large and well-designed. If the entire game is like that, this will be one of the best indie dungeon crawlers to come recently.
So please support this dev if you like the game! Early Access is designed to help indies fund and bugfix their games, not large AAA companies that abuse your trust.
That's a good point. Do you know why indie devs seem to be sleeping on GOG? Especially smaller devs it seems like it would make sense to release there too.
@@GameTimeWhy GOG is a curated store. Getting approval is harder than Steam/Itch, and you need a business relationship. That said, the guys at GOG are very professional and I sell games there too.
@@GameTimeWhyI don't know specifically but I can assume its is because they risk not gaining the, "Steam exposure." Don't get me wrong GoG is a a great platform and I would like to say they have a lot more consumer and developer friendly policies then Steam but, not having a game on Steam is a perilous journey for pc games that 1. Arent already gaining marketing exposure, or 2. Don't have the funds to support their early access project.
@@GameTimeWhyit’s also on GOG
@@GameTimeWhy I think gog might not allow early access games and also it has less visibility. I’m sure the royalty fee is much better there though
5:26 "If anyone is old enough to remember shadow keep", lol dude, I remember Pong.....way too many moons have passed.
I remember playing Altered Beast on an Arcade.
I remember installing captain claw from a CD-ROM all by myself as a kid
Ooh the mems!@godoftwinkies574
@@godoftwinkies574Rise from your grave
When Mars Attacks on floppy disk. Fuck I'm old.
This is probably one of the best little games like this I have seen ever
From the first few seconds this game took me back to one of my favorite games, Ark Fatalis. It has many thing in common with that game.
Was about to say the same.
ARX Fatalis ;)
That's the point of it! The solo dev basically said if no one else gonna do anything with arx fatalis, I'll do it myself.
Never eat moldy bread. If you can see the mold, the whole loaf is bad. Throw it away.
Oh, _now_ you tell me. I've been cutting the mold off and eating the rest of it for 50 years. Well, not every day. :)
irl? not at all. as long as its green/blue you just cut it off and a bit around the mold and you should be fine. Also you can taste mold so if the loaf taste like flowers, then yea there's mold throughout. rinse mouth with mouthwash or swish salt and you'll be fine. Avoid BLACK mold. throw that away.
@@jprec5174 Yeah, people dont realise that not only mushrooms with a distinct fruiting body can be highly toxic but also the species which dont develop one. They are all fungi after all.
@@jprec5174 Depends on the food. If the food is hard/dry you can get away with cutting away the mold because penetration is shallow.
With something like bread, fresh fruit, soft cheeses - if you see mold on the outside, there is mold deep inside it too.
Also, by the time there is billions of mold cells in one place so as to be visible to you, the entire piece of food is covered in mold already... you just can't see it yet.
@@Bill_Garthright Ditto - 65 and never had a problem doing the same thing.
Another tip that I've found. The small bound boxes can be picked up and stacked to make steps to reach higher places. Once finished with they don't break from weapons but if you throw them, they shatter on the 3rd throw. Good loot when they drop....❤
I absolutely loved Kings Field. Lunacid hit some notes but didn't quite scratch the itch. Hopefully, Monomyth will.
[3:00] I LOVE THE VOICE ACTING!!! It's not stiff, it's not affected, it just sounds like an actual human..
Im wishing for more of these dungeon crawlers, too.
Best part of Oblivion/Skyrim imo.
"officially out"
Me; Sweet!
"In early access"
Me: oh
Indeed. Well that's time to consider adding it to the huge wishlist. Actually buying a game only happens after at least one post-release (proper release) patch.
My feelings lately. I'm over this whole early access trend. 😒
You want indie games made by developers who actually love their game and don't have to rely on publishers to fund the work and maybe insert their own private interests in the game or hinder develpment? You either get Early Access or Kickstarters (often both...). And I for one sure as hell know which of the two I prefer.
@@g.m.fernandes3579 One wonders how small companies were making so many great games in the past.... Must have been a glitch in the matrix huh.
"You have to spend money in order to make money".... what looney could have possibly said such nonsense?
I tell you smth you would not see without early access: Bad games.
Why? Because when you take the risk and invest heavily into smth, you make damn sure it will turn out fine.
Not the case when you run a kickstart campaign, or get money from gullible people based on promises tho.
Well, because of that guy i have tons of games in my wishlist in early access -___-". Damn you and your good content Splat ! ^^
Cool looking game. Might add to the list, wait for it to fully release.
I bought asap but yeah I'm gonna wait till full release to play it.
I remember games like this way back in the day, loved them and I miss’em.
I actually like the magic system requiring you to put some thought into translating arcane knowledge into practical effects. I saw that first with a PS1 game Drakan: the Ancient's Gate where you have to manually control magical gestures. It was a clunky system, but the principle behind it appealed to me. The spell requiring more than just a single button press to rewrite your reality.
Have you seen the Arx Fatalis magic system?
Check out Legend of Grimrock 2, if you haven't. Their magic system is likewise a little more in-depth than "Select Fireball from your list."
@villainvoice5143 I'll do just that. Thanks for the recommendation.
"This game is officially out.... in early access." Heh, a metaphor for all products in the 21st century.
that's the best way for indie devs to finance their games without a publisher that gives money but also dictates development
@@giampaolomannucci8281 ya i get it but I don't have to like it. Where there are some that use this option appropriately there are many that use it maliciously to collect earnings prior to producing a product, to circumvent the review process, etc.
Problem is that these games stay in EA forever. Devs get complacent for getting rich off a half baked product.
@@fightingfortruth9806 Very few abuse the system, I've played lots of games that successfully got out after an early access period.
When devs abuse the system they usually are marked by the community so they can't do it again, it also happens that when they try and develop something new there will be a barrage of negative steam reviews to warn other people.
@@giampaolomannucci8281 I think he meant that AAA game releases are just as incomplete as early access indie games nowadays, or at least I think so haha.
The ease in which you break doors is hilarious. It's like your are the fantasy Kool-aid man.
I too have been waiting for Monomyth for years since the first demo was out, I very happy that we are so close to finally play the whole thing!
If a dev is watching, you can sort items pretty easy by sorting them smallest to largest and then putting the smallest top to bottom left to right
one thing i miss at indie games is that most devs did not take care about huds design, i think is not hard to design a thematic hud, something medieval, instead of that they choose a generic hud design for inventory and life and magic bars.
Absolutely. Kings Field is one of my fondest gaming memories.
Fun to see Arx Fatalis getting a modern version. Will check it out.
That’s EXACTLY where my brain went. Arx Fatalis was so far ahead of the industry!
Dark Messaiah?
Always a pleasure watching you play Splat
Arx Fatalis spiritual sequel 😮
I can see why you were excited to play this one. It looks amazing going on my wishlist asap.
The king's Herb looks *EXACTLY* like King'sfield herb, same with the antidote one.
it triggers memories
Gong is best girl.
Same as opening in underground cell and bone club from Arx Fatalis
@PaganPilot man, I should really play Arx, I keep hearing about it.
@Shiningforceking
Galam is the name of the King? :D
Oh, what a memories, played Shining Force 2 on my Genesis back in the day.
The battles starting from the middle of the game were so vast and long, taking like a hour or so... It's a shame they thrown the tactical battles from the series afterwards.
@@SavolX Still have the cartridge and the game on IOS, its free on the google store.
what a game it was.
In case you haven't seen, the weapon damage / repair system has already been hot fixed to be less severe. Really cool to see you find this one, I've been enjoying it a lot!
"But Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.es?"
"Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist."
I don't know the reference, so in my minds eye, Westley is a barkeep with a gravely voice who just so happens to be a giant rat in a suit cleaning out a glass.
@@Cretaal The Princess Bride - Great movie for its time :)
@@PeteDeKiwi It's been way too long since I've seen that, then. Time for a rewatch.
@@Cretaal I fkn LOVE that image, though! Like Lester from Beakman's World lol
A man of taste! 😁
really something extra went into this game. a step above some of the other first person dungeon crawlers we have seen on the channel
This looks super interesting. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!
Oh, hey, that's modern Arx Fatalis! The cooking looks pretty much identical. The magic is different, but I can see similarities, you just don't have to draw the gestures yourself.
Splattercat: "It looks like there's encumbrance."
Also Splattercat: Refuses to throw away his old clothing that has worse stats.
A lifetime of jrpgs has trained me to think of "what if this humble piece of garbage becomes something useful later on?" 99% of the time, it's just garbage.
He shouldn't have thrown it away, he should have sold it to the merchant (along with all the weapons & shields dropped by enemies) instead of selling healing items.
Splat gonna splat.
Another early access. I hope it does well and full releases.
They alread have a date: March 2035.
@@godoftwinkies574 at least it isn't 2077.
Nice throwback! I played Shadowkeep on Commadore 64 and the sequel, Eye of the Beholder on SNES. Those were some of my favorite games back then.
I've never heard so much slander against rhubarb. You take it back!
Has Splat never heard of strawberry rhubarb pie? You don't have to choose between them.
Unsubbed!
(Nah, just kidding.)
What he said literally doesn't make any sense rhubarb is nothing like strawberries, hence why they're used together in pies.
One of the only sweets I'll eat.
@@coldcrush5921
When I was a kid, I'd eat it raw. Definitely not a sweet _then!_ Heh, heh.
I can't do that, these days. But I had no trouble eating rhubarb raw as a kid.
PS. But my Mom's strawberry rhubarb pie was _so_ good! Well, all of her pies were great. I could never eat pie elsewhere, since it was never as good as hers. :)
Thanks for showing this game. You are the only way I hear about many games.
Love your content. I'm not always interested in playing the games you showcase but I appreciate seeing them. This game was actually on my wishlist so glad I got a chance to see you give it a try. The gear wear system looks a bit busted as does the lockpicking but maybe it will get fixed soon.
literally watched a few minutes of your video, grabbed the demo to make sure i could run it, bought this game and even my kids want to play it lol Good stuff
Rodents of unusual size? I don't believe they exist.
This looks really cool, was just talking to my wife about how cool it would be to make mini games for crafting that make it more realistic but still keep it a game. Adding this to the wishlist
Always love to see more indie first person RPGs
just downloaded the demo. Thanks for the great find!
This game looks like it would be perfect to be turned into a VR game.
I usually wait on Early Access but after the demo I had to jump in. My internet is slow so I'm watching this while the game downloaded and was delighted to hear explanations of a few mechanics I was getting wrong. The game has room to grow, but I can't say it is missing any core features from the now 2 hrs I've seen of it. Feels very good to play and I haven't hardly touched magic or archery.
Splatt: I think these are like ribbed for security reasons"
Me: "They are ribbed for... other reasons"
This looks Amazing! thanks for bringing it to my attention! I'll definitely be picking this up next paycheck.
A cup of dark messiah, a dash of thief, a sprinkle of arx fatalis. I´m into it!
Dark Messiah. That game was the S.H.I.T. Completed that more than 30 times I think.
Happy to see so many fans of rhubarb pie. Most people I know aren’t at all familiar with it. An d straight rhubarb, thank you very much. No strawberry mixed in.
I'm trying the demo rn looks so promising!
That rat attacking in the dungeon gave me some serious Daggerfall nostalgia. I loved that game.
Have you tried the unity version not the one on GOG as it has bad mods attached to it.
And here I thought I was the only one who played/ remembers King's Field and kind of preferred it to all of From's Souls games.
Thanks for showcasing this, I am very interested and didn't know this game existed.
This reminds me both of Arx Fatalis and Dark Messiah, wishlisted!
I feel that character portrait is like a cross between Keanu Reves and Jack Black.
That beginning instantly reminded of Arx Fatalis beginning
An absolutely beautiful game. The look alone would draw me in. 😀
Ah yeah, those unreal metahuman portraits. You can spot them from miles away.
I want a game like this, but faster paced and high fantasy. Let us start shooting spells and punching boulders right from jump, with all of this excellent interactivity.
dark and darker
@@MxdKush That game is PvPvE trash.
@@SFJake250 Skill issue
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic.
@4Moth2Mellow0 Shit taste
This absolutely breathes of Arkane Studios circa Arx Fatalis & Dark Messiah of M&M. GIMME!
I liked the mold story (about it tasting like grass).
The playthrough was fine too, but I came for your story telling abilities :)
Woah, had this one in my wishlist for quite a while.
can't wait to try it out.
This looks like a great weekend game
Damn I REALLY see the Arx Fatalis influences here
3:22 I couldnt agree more. Having seen to much of what people are capable of, I dont have that blind gratefulness to be alive in a situation like that. Never heared that sentiment echoed before!
wow, yeah bringing up Kingsfield, one of my fav games of all time. Back in the day before you could just look up puzzles online, you had to figure stuff out on your own or wait for strats at the local magazine store to solve stuff your stuck in
9:55 I liked how you were concerned about the type of pie, but were perfectly fine eating the meat from a barrel in a dungeon..
This reminds me of Arx Fatalis... especially the cooking
For some reason, this gives me "Dark Messiah of Might and Magic"-Vibes.
This is like a mix of Arx Fatalis and Thief!
Placing the pie by the fire made me laugh for, like, a solid 60 seconds for some reason. lol
I love it when splat rants about rhubarb
7:17 Ribbed, but not for our pleasure
😂
This game reminds me of Arx Fatalis, one of the earliest games of Arkane Studios.
STRONG Arx Fatalis vibes with some Thief mixed in!
Kingsfield? That’s all Ultima Underworld my child.
If you haven’t, you should play Arx Fatalis. Its awesome.
This is what I have been looking for!
Tried playing Dark and Darker because of its atmospheric dungeon crawling but i kept getting rushed by blood thirsty other players. I get it, that is the kind of game they wanted to play, but all it did was reinforce my desire for a single player dungeon crawler that looked like D&D.
Dark and Darker is full of murder hobos.
@@skunkybudtoker9092 True. and I cant really blame them because the MINUTE they show mercy on someone else, THAT PLAYER will go full murder hobo so often they cant risk it anymore.
Dark and Darker has some great looking maps though... but i must admit I am not good at navigating them for quests.
Running into similar problems in Monomyth Demo. I think I am still in the starting Catacombs and know A Way potentially forward but ran into yet another Wraith long after my one glass saber broke on me so idk how to get past it. My character is too dumb to use magic properly.
09:53 - Splat, you're ignoring the entire category of savoury pies...
Game looks fantastic.
Kings Field The Ancient City is one of my all time favorite games as well. Keep my KF4 PS2 CD in a ziplock bag for safe keeping lol. I am definitely checking this game out because like you said not alot of these made anymore.
The way the bonfire was placed looks very very close to the first bonfire you find in Arx Fatalis :D
Looks worthy to try. Thanks, Splattercat
OH MAN the second you said shadow keep
it all clicked
i had that game on the 3D0 the panasonic console
it was sooo ahead of its time
3d rpg dung crawler
ima have to try this one out now.
This looks very well made but there are a few issues. It seems like the devs expect players to dump all their points in Lockpicking right at the start, Splat actually did invest in that skill from level 1 and he still couldn't open a lot of containers and doors. Also, either he was doing backstabbing wrong or it's too weak. He couldn't even kill a rat with a sneak attack. And the inventory doesn't have enough space, they could improve on that by making some items like herbs and mushrooms take up 1 square instead of 4.
1) Some doors only open with keys
2) you can find backpacks that double your inventory space
@@patrickmanhattan6518 It's good to know that you can increase your inventory space. My point about Lockpicking stands though, Splat even said in the video that he had to put more points in it to open some things. And he had just started the game.
@@MarkDeSade100 that is true 👍
He started out as an unga bunga. It would've probably been different if he started out with different stats.
My leg hurts. Also you're so right about lock picking. That's such a a good point. Everyone else didn't notice the lock picking thing. I'm glad you pointed that out and we're so right about that
That final 2v1 was intense. Game looks nice!
A newer version of arx fatalis... i like it.
It looks like having a backup weapon is a good idea. Also using a crappy weapon to break barrels. Looks like a fun game!
The magic reminds me how, in old Warhammer, you started with spells like Protection from Rain :D
So far, the game reminds me of Arx Fatalis. And that makes me happy. Was one of my most favorite games, because oif the interaction possibilities with the world.
i absolutely love kings field, it would make me so mad! i would quit for months i thought it was such a hard game, im sure it wasnt that hard with a walk through, but at the time i thought it to be the most difficult game i ever played, i still do, tank controls, brutal. blew all the souls out of the water cuz they WANTED you to fall down the hole and die, they actively made you want to try it, there really could be treasure that you NEED down there >
...rhubarb is *what*?! Bite your tongue, philistine. Rhubarb is all the tartness that Strawberries, sweet, innocuous and unprepossessing as they are, lack. Strawberry Rhubarb is the Gods' own fruit mix, and you can die on whatever hill makes you think otherwise. ;)
Great video of a decent game...😊 Thanks bro
I can't trust anything you say anymore. You don't like rhubarb pie.
Nobody should ever listen to you.
You think sour red celery is a sweet treat to make pies from,
when all it was was a second class substitute in places where they could t easily get real fruit
you can kick using the middle mouse button. and those boxes you cannot open... you can smash them against stuff, which eventually will break them... and they DO have stuff inside.
strawberry + rhubarb with that perfect balance of tartness and sweetness is my pork chop hill
I'm a big nerd, casually throw out athelas like that and I subscribe
You know the game is good when Splat exceeds 40 mins mark