Sunless Skies Review

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  • The Sunless Skies Review takes a look at Failbetter's sequel to Sunless Sea. A sequel with trains in space. I had my doubts.
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    #SunlessSkies #SunlessSkiesReview #SunlessSkiesPC #SunlessSkiesGame #SunlessSkiesPCGame
    00:00 - Intro
    1:16 - Game Premise
    1:50 - Sunless Sea Improvements
    3:17 - Visuals
    4:14 - Music & Sound Design
    6:29 - Gameplay Mechanics
    12:27 - Early Game Woes
    14:34 - Later Regions & Stories
    16:35 - The Legacy System
    17:20 - Conclusions
    18:42 - Credits
    20:06 - The Memory Lingers
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  • @MandaloreGaming
    @MandaloreGaming  4 ปีที่แล้ว +784

    Sunless Skies on GOG - gog.la/TrainsInSpace
    THE LIST- docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo
    As of 2021, the Sovereign Edition came out as a free update vastly improving the skill and item systems, revamped areas, new quests, and a ton of other improvements including performance.

    • @Peaty1992
      @Peaty1992 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      =))

    • @JTMHoneycombs
      @JTMHoneycombs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yo! What's up, man?!

    • @dutchduk3342
      @dutchduk3342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oh fuck

    • @Obscarna
      @Obscarna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The organization of your chaos is quite amusing.

    • @SpecShadow
      @SpecShadow 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Planet Alcatraz or Brigade E5/762mm?
      The more obscure the better

  • @grosslyoffensivelizard-man3438
    @grosslyoffensivelizard-man3438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3344

    “Thomas had never seen such eldritch horrors before..”

    • @StrikeWarlock
      @StrikeWarlock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      He becomes one at the end of the video

    • @faceless2302
      @faceless2302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      The fat controller laughed, "Ȳ̷͓̰o̴̫̿ṳ̸͗̈ ̸͇̜͝ă̴̺͖͘r̸͚͒͠ͅẻ̸̢̟͛ ̷̣̄̈́w̸̫̠͗r̵̮͝ǒ̸̳n̸̤͓̅g̵͕̉͜͠."

    • @WilliamWhyles
      @WilliamWhyles ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I mean, would be weird if he had seen one before

    • @callum7081
      @callum7081 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bruh 😂💀

    • @shinobi-no-bueno
      @shinobi-no-bueno ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "Thomas hadn't seen such an Eldritch horror since that lovely holiday he spent in Brussels"

  • @rocwood
    @rocwood 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2835

    "dodge left"
    "dodge right"
    RULES OF NATURE

    • @nonya1366
      @nonya1366 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      I'M FUCKING INVINCIBLE - Blackhole.

    • @Doctor-Infinite
      @Doctor-Infinite 4 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      I swear the music started blaring in my head reading those three words😝

    • @FireTalon24
      @FireTalon24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Memes! The DNA of the soul!

    • @commando7238
      @commando7238 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Like I said kids are cruel, Jack and I'm very in touch with my inner child

    • @SwordWieldingDuck
      @SwordWieldingDuck 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@FireTalon24 read the book "Egoistic Gene" to understand what that means. It is when the word "meme" first appeared, and it means a unit of cultural information the same way as DNA is a unit of a living creature. The internet memes are memes, and so is religion, movies, games, ideas, theories e.t.c.

  • @scorchdragon1887
    @scorchdragon1887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2231

    I will never get "HP lovecraft's treasure planet" out of my head

    • @VF-Krieger
      @VF-Krieger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Scorch dragon Same here :)

    • @andrewboyko8304
      @andrewboyko8304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      That should go on the box for sure.

    • @CoercedJab
      @CoercedJab 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did he say that about this game or sunless sea?

    • @scorchdragon1887
      @scorchdragon1887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@CoercedJab he said that about Sunless skies

    • @Ninja4771
      @Ninja4771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      This is the line that sold me on the game

  • @HCSR2
    @HCSR2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1534

    "H.P. Lovecraft's Treasure Planet"
    Holy shit. How to sell a game in one phrase.

    • @Spiral-Mark
      @Spiral-Mark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Man, at least someone remembers Treasure Planet

    • @EvilBakaCat
      @EvilBakaCat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      two of my favorite things, they could work together gorgeously

    • @StrikeWarlock
      @StrikeWarlock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      What gets me is that hes saying it as a con, yet it sounds like a pro anyway

    • @liansmith4038
      @liansmith4038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Slight correction: HP Lovecraft *and Wilbert Awdry’s* Treasure Planet

    • @MrMaradok
      @MrMaradok ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Random brain fart: H. P. Lovecrafts “Lawrence Of Arabia.”

  • @markkiefer3243
    @markkiefer3243 4 ปีที่แล้ว +598

    "Fuel and supplies cost the same in every port"
    Me: *Remembers ports in Sunless Sea that would sell supplies and fuel at x4 the price they'd normally be back in London.*

    • @adt4864
      @adt4864 2 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      I feel like they *really* sold London being your home that you prefer over literally all the other places in that game.

    • @aragonnetje
      @aragonnetje 2 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      @@adt4864 The Iron Republic and Mount Palmerston have such great fuel rates, but London is where every journey starts, and where all successful ones end

    • @zephyrna6249
      @zephyrna6249 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Idk that seems like a miss to me. Sunless Sea encouraged you to plan ahead better and use your previous experiences to maximize efficiency. And would punish you pretty severely if you thought going to Irem with 8 fuel was a good idea. And I liked that dynamic alot.

    • @mellow_mallow
      @mellow_mallow 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@zephyrna6249 Irem, Irem... my Irem will be in the very furthest northeast corner of my chart this run. I will like going there but I will wish that my ship might go a little quicker...

  • @MrTombombodil
    @MrTombombodil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +334

    And just to show how dedicated this team is, they released a free update that totally reworks the entire starting region making it way better and less empty. Excellent work.

    • @KingAm0
      @KingAm0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They did?!! I know what I’m doing tomorrow!

    • @thehoodedteddy1335
      @thehoodedteddy1335 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      I swear, one day during a video Mandy will say “I reached out to the developers, and they made a sequel just for this video, link below”

    • @Aggrofool
      @Aggrofool 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah they tweaked quests and trade to nudge players to enter Albion earlier. They definitely did their best work in Albion.

  • @smilemore7431
    @smilemore7431 4 ปีที่แล้ว +916

    Mandalore: “ThE rEaCh IsNt ScArY.”
    First time playing I passed a Tackety Scout and it burst with tentacles and started screaming and spitting at me.

    • @l.e.b.3541
      @l.e.b.3541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Well at least it did'nt spit glass shards in your general direktion

    • @jonahulichny9874
      @jonahulichny9874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      On a similar note, is was in a cold area and was exploring when this... thing came and attacked my ship, and I ended up running away.
      EDIT: I now know that thing was a scrive splinter.

    • @joaogomes9405
      @joaogomes9405 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      The reach isn't scary until you accidentally find the grave of the fallen saint and the giant angry bat that is twice the size of your starter train and really doesn't like that you're trespassing on his area

    • @colbywhite2717
      @colbywhite2717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      ...they just wanted to be your guest...

    • @Snowie7826
      @Snowie7826 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@colbywhite2717 😎👉👉

  • @NormalRapt0r
    @NormalRapt0r 4 ปีที่แล้ว +512

    “As a ship captain, er, train captain...”
    *Conductor*

    • @DragonWinter36
      @DragonWinter36 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      TRAIN CAPTAIN, DAMMIT

    • @joaogomes9405
      @joaogomes9405 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Thing is, everyone in the game calls you captain. Conductor isn't even an option for a title. So train captains are canon in HP Lovecraft's Treasure Planet Fun Train Extravaganza

    • @Aggrofool
      @Aggrofool 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah that title is for the Clay Conductor.

  • @NoriMori1992
    @NoriMori1992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    7:42 "Inadvisably Big Dog: He is huge. He is enthusiastic. He is hairy. He wants, very badly, to help."

  • @CreepsMcPasta
    @CreepsMcPasta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1644

    Glad to hear I wasn't the only child traumatized by that Henry in the wall episode

    • @jamescooper191
      @jamescooper191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I didnt expect you here

    • @why110
      @why110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      @@jamescooper191 shut the fuck up

    • @barsozer155
      @barsozer155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@why110 lol

    • @Sovietube
      @Sovietube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@jamescooper191 dur hur i didunt ekspect yoo hear

    • @smokeyplane3285
      @smokeyplane3285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@why110
      open the shit down

  • @LegalPhantom
    @LegalPhantom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2847

    So, it really is Mandalore the one with the fungi growing in the garbage bin.

    • @michaelpara8582
      @michaelpara8582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +176

      DUDE I WAS THINKING THE SAME hahaha

    • @MagpieDynamics
      @MagpieDynamics 4 ปีที่แล้ว +415

      千ㄥㄩ千千ㄚ ㄖ尺Ꮆ卂几丨匚 爪卂ㄒㄒ乇尺

    • @jeeves903
      @jeeves903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +228

      No wonder they have the same bloody audience. Hahhahahah

    • @MrLordofgames
      @MrLordofgames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Seth and mandalore are the same thing

    • @yacabo111
      @yacabo111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      First they take Ross, then they take Seth.

  • @sebu6831
    @sebu6831 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3399

    Medication: Sunless Skies ...
    No medication: Crusader Kings ...

    • @mortemtyrannus8813
      @mortemtyrannus8813 4 ปีที่แล้ว +532

      Medication: Weird floaty train game
      No medication: Incest Simulator 2019
      Fixed that for you.

    • @miroslavzima8856
      @miroslavzima8856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@mortemtyrannus8813 Psst, maybe we should take his medication - for looong time.

    • @michaelpara8582
      @michaelpara8582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Hey hey people
      I get this joke

    • @dffffffzKDEN
      @dffffffzKDEN 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I understood that reference.

    • @sauronmauron6965
      @sauronmauron6965 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      An honorable member of the mercant guild,i see....

  • @awhatnow9861
    @awhatnow9861 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3138

    "you can't have a British adventure without someone dying in a storm"
    Now we just need "but then it got worse" in a Russian game

    • @user-ty1it5gz4v
      @user-ty1it5gz4v 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      "Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason"?

    • @novarwright8514
      @novarwright8514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +203

      a what now just imagine Russian horror game that is like Sunless Sky or Sunless Sea...
      Considering that majority of Russian game devs have a really nihilistic outlook on the world, it would be either much more terrifying... or existential as fuck.

    • @Wazzen563
      @Wazzen563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@novarwright8514 It would be both.

    • @aurochs2449
      @aurochs2449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      @@novarwright8514 sunless sky? More like half of a year in Russia.

    • @Crossfire12312
      @Crossfire12312 4 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      @@novarwright8514 Not nihilistic per say, its something unique.... In the majority of eastern Europe we have grim weather, beautiful architecture that signified freedom of expression and thought right next to them we have communist build ugly and sometimes decrepit and poorly maintained apartment blocks for street after street that often are very depressing and signified oppression and control . And add to that the bloody and grim wars for survival most cultures here had to fight and the influence of the old tribal gods in some villages and towns that still have "witches" and "shamans" you can go to that co-exist or conflict with Christians, and add to that the grim and Lovecraftian-ish folklore and children stories... it all adds up to a very unique idea of horror. I'm speaking from the perspective of Hungarian/Slavic/Romanian point of view, but don't forget we have people of tartar, cossack, kazan, mongol. gypsie, turkic, gothic and nordic descendance living in eastern Europe for generations and generations, each with their own tales, old gods/demons and fears. The perfect brewing pot for atmospheric and depressing horror.

  • @purplevoles8368
    @purplevoles8368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +748

    "Some of my first memories are watching Thomas the Tank Engine"
    I feel like I have a spiritual connection with Mandalore now.

    • @adenowirus
      @adenowirus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I was watching the Jim Button cartoon as a kid, so flying steam engines aren't new to me.

    • @infiniteinmystery35
      @infiniteinmystery35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      when he said he hated trigonometry i felt the same.

    • @MandaloreGaming
      @MandaloreGaming  4 ปีที่แล้ว +232

      It's the dark path that leads to engineering interests.

    • @Spiral-Mark
      @Spiral-Mark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Same

    • @cryw1092
      @cryw1092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Agreed. Thomas was the shit growing up. Used to watch the VHS tapes we had all the time.

  • @tech-adeptzeth1648
    @tech-adeptzeth1648 4 ปีที่แล้ว +329

    _The taste of smog. The sound of iron on iron._
    _We are home._
    I love the atmosphere of this game!

  • @notsandwich2322
    @notsandwich2322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    I still sometimes have flashbacks to the scrap yard from old Thomas episodes where trains were essentially killed and re purposed. That was a hell of a thing to just drop on kids back then.

    • @notsandwich2322
      @notsandwich2322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @BlazingEmber66 Holy shit you just reminded me of that. Bruh not kind

    • @robertharris6092
      @robertharris6092 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Soylant rust.

  • @Table53
    @Table53 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2190

    As an Englishman I don't know if I need to watch this video
    I already know bloody plenty about sunless skies.

    • @Eagledude131
      @Eagledude131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      But I thought the sun never set on the British empire?

    • @bigidiot8902
      @bigidiot8902 4 ปีที่แล้ว +279

      @@Eagledude131 the sun can't set if it's not there.

    • @catofwar119
      @catofwar119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      *British Empire intensifies*

    • @DylanJo123
      @DylanJo123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      Ive always wondered why the british was so successful at conquering distance lands. I now realize its because you guys want to get as far away from the isles as possible

    • @purplevoles8368
      @purplevoles8368 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      As a Washingtonian, I feel the same

  • @bens1cultist405
    @bens1cultist405 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    “Your play style was murdered and I’m glad for it” - I clapped for that line

  • @amanofculture9429
    @amanofculture9429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +306

    "There is no enticing benefit of having a larger crew. I mean there's more people to eat but"
    >Krakow flashback
    Quick, he is waking up! Bring the medication!

  • @KaguroDraven
    @KaguroDraven 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    11:00 I swear to god, Carillon always wants to buy Honey despite being the port that sells it. It's happened to me more times than I care to count. It happens with other ports on rare occasions, but it happens all the damn time with Carillon.

    • @StrikeWarlock
      @StrikeWarlock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Shhh, it's free money, no bitching

    • @iamlazycatxP
      @iamlazycatxP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It's simple!
      *THEY WANT M O R E*

    • @aristizle8797
      @aristizle8797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They are bee people. They like honey. The Devils have a bit of a honey problem. they don't like to talk about it.

    • @notinspectorgadget
      @notinspectorgadget ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aristizle8797 who doesn't have a problem with bit o' honey?

    • @aristizle8797
      @aristizle8797 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@notinspectorgadget Those bees that harvest the red honey out of prisoner's brains are 100% all natural organic free range creatures. But prisoners are a limited (if renewable) resource. Some of those stolen soul fragments are worth preserving for future research. All I'm saying is, maybe the impatient devils should spend some time refining the souls of the prisoners for a more robust bouquet of experiences. Really put those prisoners through the grinder. The cheap low quality red honey is embarrassing. Barely worth the use of the good pitch forks. Have some pride (but not too much).

  • @Tinkererer
    @Tinkererer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    "This didn't feel like Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett's The Terror..."
    Mandalore, stop tapping into my deepest psyche

    • @AverageJohanson
      @AverageJohanson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I didn't get that reference... What is 'The Terror'? the 1963 film w/ shit reviews?

    • @benderb.r5041
      @benderb.r5041 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@AverageJohanson Book and also TV Series. I highly recommend. Just the first season though.

    • @KOTYAR0
      @KOTYAR0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      13:00 what movie is that?

    • @StrikeWarlock
      @StrikeWarlock 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KOTYAR0 The Terror, an AMC tv series.

  • @deevee5327
    @deevee5327 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I remember, when I first played this game and spent some 20 hours in the High Wilderness, and then finally decided to visit London.
    I expected a massive city-map to cover the entire region. The down-to-the-bone feeling of discontent I had the entire time I explored the dry, dead edges of the map full of horrible things is a feeling I don't think I've ever experienced in a game. It felt like going to the forest at midnight. I was genuinely terrified but, more than that, I was completely unsure of what I'll find. That doesn't happen very often with games.

  • @supastar4784
    @supastar4784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    The story about "Little engine that could" as told by Maj. Benson Payne

    • @MandaloreGaming
      @MandaloreGaming  4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      He just kept CHUGGIN' ALONG
      Chugga-chugga Chugga-chugga, Chugga-chugga Chugga-chugga
      Toot Toot

  • @-Raylight
    @-Raylight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1193

    I like how often times Mandalore and Sseth post videos apart by 1 day
    It's like they're -same person- coordinating to not post on the same day, so their views count won't affect each other

    • @dreioo8759
      @dreioo8759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      At this point, I am at least sure they communicate and synchronize... R-right?

    • @CassiusGreen
      @CassiusGreen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Also build a shitload of hype. When one posts, they eagerly expect the other to do so too

    • @xanaxodgrindcorelover9191
      @xanaxodgrindcorelover9191 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @LeadFaun no

    • @Scylithen
      @Scylithen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      It takes 1 day for the conversion between the alter-egos to complete it's transformation.
      Drugs help too.

    • @dogboy0912
      @dogboy0912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      SYNCHRONICITY, BAKI KUN

  • @nimajneb4156
    @nimajneb4156 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    For some reason the Reach really appealed to me. The sheer mystique surrounding the region is really impressive, and the fact that it's an overgrown, dangerous place covered in ancient ruins is really interesting. Aside from the factions in eutheria, it has some of the longest questlines in the game, and some of the most unique locations. The reach may seem like the basic forest level of an rpg, but it holds so much more in its hostile verdancy.

    • @minhducnguyen9276
      @minhducnguyen9276 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It also has the most variety in the environment to me. It has tropical jungle, temperate forests and Arctic tundra all in one region.

  • @michaelpara8582
    @michaelpara8582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    This is the first time mandalore is reviewing a game i already have. Though the reason I already have it is because I loved sunless sea, which I first learned about through a mandalore review.

  • @Lightscribe225
    @Lightscribe225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +741

    I'm guessing the transition from Sseth to Mandalore has something to do with the
    *F L U F F Y*
    *O R G A N I C*
    *M A T T E R*

    • @Akrasia94
      @Akrasia94 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I hate how my brain read that in Sseth's voices

  • @BoisegangGaming
    @BoisegangGaming 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    11:30 "Your playstyle didn't just die, it was murdered"
    Wow. Did not see that jab coming.

  • @TennessseTimmy
    @TennessseTimmy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +625

    I loved the crusader kings 2 video, keep em coming

    • @Thenameless1
      @Thenameless1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      *Hey wait a minute*

  • @shotgunjustice9605
    @shotgunjustice9605 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1592

    Hey hey people, Mandalore here

    • @honda6353
      @honda6353 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Hey Mandalore, people here.

    • @somberflight
      @somberflight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Not enough genocide, not enough illegal organ harvesting. (which is a negative imo)

    • @deju5302
      @deju5302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @@somberflight you mean "Non-Consensual Organ Arbitrage"?

    • @somberflight
      @somberflight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@deju5302 oh shit, missed that.

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      If I were Mandalore... I'd be really tired of this meme at this point. >__>

  • @dickmarrinator9057
    @dickmarrinator9057 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    "a shooty game..if you're worthy"
    For one must always reign beneath....Dusk.

  • @LeeroyJenkins321
    @LeeroyJenkins321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +488

    I see the medicine is acting fast this time

  • @31_bit_03
    @31_bit_03 4 ปีที่แล้ว +518

    The Merchants have truly delivered

    • @spencerkimllido7327
      @spencerkimllido7327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Rumors says that Sseth received a total sum of $5000 dollars directly from the Merchants©®™

    • @inqntrol2047
      @inqntrol2047 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      All thanks to that protection money.

    • @tfwthelsdkicksin6083
      @tfwthelsdkicksin6083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But who are the merchants specifically?

    • @hbcdhapamzmdfnsdiufnsduifhsopa
      @hbcdhapamzmdfnsdiufnsduifhsopa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tfwthelsdkicksin6083 he is asking too much release the brainwashed gnomes

  • @DragosCCostache
    @DragosCCostache 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    “This didn’t feel like i was playing Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s The Terror but more like HP Lovecraft’s Treasure Planet”
    Wow. So many references in one sentence and all of them good. Hat’s off, my dude.

    • @AverageJohanson
      @AverageJohanson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn't get one reference... What is 'The Terror'? the 1963 film w/ shit reviews?

    • @lukestover2207
      @lukestover2207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@AverageJohanson Nah it is a reference to the HBO series The Terror. I have heard good thing about it but I have not found the time to watch it.

    • @StateCrusader
      @StateCrusader 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      wait a minute but that’s Dan Simmons’ The Terror...

    • @attentionwarrior3632
      @attentionwarrior3632 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AverageJohanson its a pretty good series atmosphere-wise. I watched it on amazon prime, would recommend

    • @zobiya17
      @zobiya17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@attentionwarrior3632 Are we brothers, Francis?

  • @vatti9999
    @vatti9999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    "If you're worthy" Dusk review next?

    • @toasterroboto2901
      @toasterroboto2901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Who did you expect at the end of all this? God?

    • @drowsymachinist
      @drowsymachinist 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      i mean... what did you expect at the end of all of this?
      God?
      The Devil, perhaps?
      No, it's just *it. . .*

    • @The_Crimson_Fucker
      @The_Crimson_Fucker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@drowsymachinist
      Stephan Weyte!

    • @TheRealLorcain
      @TheRealLorcain 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      oh fuck oh fuck i'm worthy mandalore i swear

    • @AmnesiaMau5
      @AmnesiaMau5 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DUSK 100%

  • @GreenGhost93
    @GreenGhost93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Now...I want a game based with Subnautica gameplay, but set in the universe of Sunless Skies

  • @cornyfirstkill
    @cornyfirstkill 4 ปีที่แล้ว +613

    So are you and Seth like room mates? close friend's? Lovers? The same person?

    • @yosukeminamoto5823
      @yosukeminamoto5823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Same person

    • @Eagledude131
      @Eagledude131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      Me thinks they are lovers

    • @JGenM
      @JGenM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +218

      My guess is yes to all four

    • @genuineculter5640
      @genuineculter5640 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      All of the above, in that order.

    • @SneedFeedAndSeed
      @SneedFeedAndSeed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      Dr. Doppio Mandalore
      Mr. Seth Diavolo

  • @salokin3087
    @salokin3087 4 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    Day doth bring Sseth, thou shall be blessed by mandalore

    • @michaelpara8582
      @michaelpara8582 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      On first light of the next day

  • @tsartomato
    @tsartomato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    henry in a wall is third episode and i damn lost it
    the violent crashes and graphic deaths which come next has nothing on existential dread of how that episode ends
    8\10 best show ever

    • @MandaloreGaming
      @MandaloreGaming  4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      It was a while before I saw it since we just had random VHS tapes of various episodes or ones my dad had recorded off of VHS. I think I thought the wall episode was the final one since Henry was an established character.

    • @tsartomato
      @tsartomato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@MandaloreGaming
      they let him out like the very next episode
      but that wasn't what i expected sitting down to watch a season of preschool kid's show about uncanny trains with ringo starr

    • @StrikeWarlock
      @StrikeWarlock 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I didnt expect the Thomas the Tankverse to go that dark

    • @tsartomato
      @tsartomato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@StrikeWarlock
      th-cam.com/video/7MUzA3RmeIM/w-d-xo.html

  • @VandalCleaver
    @VandalCleaver 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I'm starting to wish Sunless Sea had a lot of the mechanics shown here, but oh well. Driving a locomotive train through cities suspended in the clouds is beautiful, and this game's been on my wishlist for a long while.

  • @VoidTracks
    @VoidTracks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +619

    Just cleaned my house, got groceries, then made a sandwich and sat down at my PC...... perfect time for a Mandalore video!

  • @lucyarisato6850
    @lucyarisato6850 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    “If you’re worthy”
    Wow you couldn’t possibly have hooked me more for what’s coming next. Have fun with what’s beneath!

  • @tehmaddragon1940
    @tehmaddragon1940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    0:59
    "For the love of God, Montresor!"

  • @Jimbo55151
    @Jimbo55151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    In this game you can kill a sun god. That is, a god that is a living sun
    Go play it. Liberate the night. Break the chains of time and reality.

    • @SirusDiarota
      @SirusDiarota 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Found the revolutionary.

    • @Jimbo55151
      @Jimbo55151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      SirusDiarota As Caoláin Porter said in their blog posts on the setting so long ago. Better to be free and in chaos then a slave to the great chain of being of some weirdo alien cosplaying as a god. And that includes Vicky and her fake sun.

    • @SirusDiarota
      @SirusDiarota 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Jimbo55151 The coffee's better than the crap the stovies drink anyway.

    • @Jimbo55151
      @Jimbo55151 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      SirusDiarota never trust a bootlicker to make a good cup

    • @garyoakham9723
      @garyoakham9723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jimbo55151 but he vote Democrat and believe in big state. An atheist who needs big govt. hmmm

  • @shaddonon
    @shaddonon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    "This didn't feel like I was playing Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's 'The Terror' but more like HP Lovecraft's 'Treasure Planet'...". Lines like this make me feel like my Kyle Reese future self has come back to the present to save me the trouble of dumping time into a game and having to learn these lessons the hard way. I am continually surprised and delighted by how hyper-aligned you are with my own tastes.

  • @TheSpavier
    @TheSpavier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Sseth followed by Mandalore, my boy is on fire

    • @roseyboy35
      @roseyboy35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      The time periods between his personality switches are getting shorter, soon they will merge

    • @TheSpavier
      @TheSpavier 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@roseyboy35 and then Sir MandaloreTzeentach shall arise

    • @ThisIsVenom65
      @ThisIsVenom65 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheSpavier that would be the most glorious day in history, brothers and sisters. At last god of Chaos Undivided will merge and return in his full unparalleled glory :D

    • @arnantphongsatha7906
      @arnantphongsatha7906 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@roseyboy35 basically third impact

  • @adamofblastworks1517
    @adamofblastworks1517 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    It was time for Thomas to leave, he had seen *everything* and his mind broke.

  • @personanongrata6840
    @personanongrata6840 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The Cask of Amontillado is a lot different than I remember.

  • @KittyNaptune
    @KittyNaptune 4 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    I was waiting for this!
    Thanks a lot --sseth-- Mandalore

    • @scientificbrony
      @scientificbrony 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I know right they both remind me of each other so much, in a good way!

  • @ravencross7779
    @ravencross7779 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    MY MAN! just finished marathoning your vids last night

  • @0hate9
    @0hate9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "Not all games give you points for larping as U-Haul."

  • @safefireforever
    @safefireforever 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Best part of this vid is finding what he named his ships, like the Lube Express

  • @joelferguson9324
    @joelferguson9324 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I just want 3rd and or 1st person game in a world like this. I love this style and i think you could make an amazing universe out of it.

  • @badredfinn2982
    @badredfinn2982 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great review! Thanks! I had some trouble getting started with Sinless Skies. This let's me see a light at the end of the tunnel.

  • @Mordewolt
    @Mordewolt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yay, MandaSseth upload!

  • @Sareth94
    @Sareth94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "these people, animals and ... people-animals"
    Yeah, alright, I chuckled at that :D

  • @Jake-lx1wf
    @Jake-lx1wf 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool video Mandalore, good work as always. You really deserve more subs, keep it up!

  • @Mecha_Hitler
    @Mecha_Hitler 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love when you really match the music and intro up.

  • @theharlequin7280
    @theharlequin7280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing work with this video! It actually propelled this game from complete disinterest straight to my wishlist.
    I always loved the idea of Sunless Sea, but I never could get into it since it felt like a giant chore to me.
    This looks way more refined and playable.

  • @GothaBillsAndDeath
    @GothaBillsAndDeath 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Wow I can't believe Mandalore's reviewed Sunless Sea AND Underrail. He really likes his underground dwellings.

  • @lerouxpurple7766
    @lerouxpurple7766 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was very interested in your ideas on Sunless Skies, have me definitely intrigued in the game now! This was also great to relax with and watch during my lunch.

  • @petrusjnaude7279
    @petrusjnaude7279 ปีที่แล้ว

    The music is what caught my attention in this review. Thank you Mandalore, I bought this recently on a sale along with Sunless Sea and it's expansion.

  • @brassknucklehead1083
    @brassknucklehead1083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    18:35 cool creepy clock, in the middle of this city, but I’m probably safe here
    18:40 well.....shit

  • @Pimploaf_YTP
    @Pimploaf_YTP 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    As much as I enjoy the vast gameplay improvements in Skies, I feel you can definitely feel the change in writing staff from Sea to Skies. Sea had 4 writers total -- with the head being one cancelled Alexis Kennedy, who also wrote for Cultist Simulator -- while Skies had twice that, with only two returning (Emily Short and Meg Jayanth, both listed as guest writers on Sea). I would not say that Skies has bad writing at all (it is generally excellent), but in the change of staff you can certainly see a change in what topics occur and in the levels of mystique.
    From a gameplay and, to a somewhat lesser extent, visual perspective, I would say that Skies is considerably better. The overall flow of the game is similarly smoother: it's not only easier to get into but there's a better sense of progression: you don't feel like you're simply treading the same ground since you get thrown into new regions with new hubs as you progress. But I will say that, in my uneducated opinion, I find *some* of the writing to be less impressive in Skies.
    Edit: After playing the game a lot more, I find the regional divisions even more repetitive than the homewater cycle in Seas. Because while in Seas you'll be seeing several ports constantly, they add a better contrast to the further-out areas, while in Skies, when you're in a region you're going to be seeing much the same for a while until you head out.
    Skies generally does a good job of fitting the ports in each region into each other; there's more spatial and thematic connection. However, at the same time I feel in that, while there's a greater cohesion in the setting, you get far less weird things that seem like one-offs -- there's really nothing that quite compares to an island full of stolen valor postmen where all the untersea's lost mail seems to wash up, or guinea pigs and rats engaging in an ongoing conflict over an iridescent chunk of coral. Most subjects presented are larger scale, and often closer in analog to real life goings-on. I will again reiterate that I do not dislike the writing in Skies -- it's generally fantastic and captures the general tone of what the Fallen London setting has always been like -- but I will say I generally preferred the level of mystique and singular strangeness present in Sea, even if in most every other regard Skies was an improvement.

    • @Nessie1001
      @Nessie1001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This occured to me too and I think your observation is correct. I didn't play Sunless Sea yet but I did play Cultist Simulator, also written by Alexis Kennedy, and the writing there is on a whole other level than in Sunless Skies. Sunless Skies isn't horribly written but it doesn't have the same feeling at all, something about it just...

    • @Ryan-to9vh
      @Ryan-to9vh ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The writing is really the backbone of games like these, and for a setting of Skies' type & scope, that's an extraordinarily difficult role to play. I didn't play Seas, but I can easily see the writing of Skies isn't doing justice to the setting, and it leaves both the world and the characters feeling flat and disjointed. For a game as slow-paced, sometimes tedious, as Sunless Skies you can't afford to have numerous disappointing 'stations' without causing serious frustration, before you even factor in stat checks and RNG. I sympathize with the difficulty of the writers' task here, but the game really needed better to realize its potential.

    • @Anon-te6uq
      @Anon-te6uq 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Skies had way better writing. Sea had some really cringe areas like pigmote isle or the empire of hands. Skies was pretty much great all the way through. Even when sea did have a good concept it didnt go nearly far enough with it. Most towns only had a few paragraphs of writing. Skies had pages and pages.

    • @Pimploaf_YTP
      @Pimploaf_YTP 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @Anon-te6uq there is absolutely nothing wrong with either of those locations. Subjectively. Also subjective is more always equalling better: I liked the openness and mystery that sea maintained throughout that skies tended to muddle with a bit too much made clear and upfront for my taste; but with that said I think it's unfair of me to expect skies to be like sea since the tone has shifted and it's trying to accomplish something different. It's more down to that, on a personal level, I like dark, mysterious, lonesome settings, and anything that leans harder into that will appeal to me more.

  • @friedipar
    @friedipar 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have been waiting for this ever since i started playing this myself, around the time you reviewed Sunless Sea

  • @sorenveluxidus274
    @sorenveluxidus274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mandalore. I want you to know I love you’re videos. I’ve been rewatching them over again (I’m on my 3rd or 4th for some).
    Your fun, clever, thorough, and honestly pretty calming. I might start using your videos to fall asleep (I feel like I did this with the warhammer total war ones at least once)
    I just hope you’re doing well and want you to know you help me through my day.
    Goodluck out there friend

  • @whitenoise8280
    @whitenoise8280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Oh boy, my favorite fungus-batty-british-space-train game reviewed by dopelganger of african warlord, nice one.

  • @Jesse__H
    @Jesse__H 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    HP Lovecraft's Treasure Planet 😂
    clever.

  • @JamesLaserpimpWalsh
    @JamesLaserpimpWalsh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic review as ever. Thanks for the effort sir.

  • @wack3048
    @wack3048 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oooooooo yes my guy. Been waiting for this!!!

  • @tatu5539
    @tatu5539 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    So Sseth is the side that remembers the Henry in a wall -episode and Mandalore is the one that doesn't.
    It all makes sense now.

    • @StrikeWarlock
      @StrikeWarlock 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funny considering how Mandy references Enemy a lot.

    • @arnantphongsatha7906
      @arnantphongsatha7906 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's it! That Thomas episode is the catalyst to all of this.
      The lore keeps getting deeper, lads.

  • @alexdilley987
    @alexdilley987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "Treasure Planet: Unchained" looks pretty sweet...

  • @tximistarissole
    @tximistarissole 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice to see it's such a huge improvement! Thanks for convincing me Mandy.

  • @ToeManJon11
    @ToeManJon11 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how you made the end joke even funnier with the section name, truly a master of the art form

  • @paulsheldon8838
    @paulsheldon8838 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Nobody:
    MandaloreGaming: -I like trains

  • @tumate45
    @tumate45 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    When I first heard that tipical jingle what Mandalore uses for intros I was like "okay, now he's gonna say "with hallowen right around the corner""
    But sadly it didn't happen. I'm still mad. I'm gonna call Sseth

  • @jamesmckenna5453
    @jamesmckenna5453 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had doubts too after how rough Sunless Sea was, but you made me want to try it out. I've already sunk some 80+ hours into it and I'm just scratching the surface. Looking forward to the next update and seeing the improvements.

  • @benparker4912
    @benparker4912 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good vid ,thanks I’ve been waiting for a long while

  • @CassandraFortuna
    @CassandraFortuna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    "illegal furaffinity page weird"

    • @Oryxification
      @Oryxification 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That bit was genuinely, absolutely the most fucked up thing I've ever seen in a video game, up until that one scene in The Last Of Us II.

    • @StrikeWarlock
      @StrikeWarlock 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was wondering why I had a weird dream involving having sex with a bat and then I realized it's because I went balls deep to help the bat npc conceive tiny versions of itself.
      I honestly love the NPCs of this game, especially the princess.

  • @badredfinn2982
    @badredfinn2982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just getting back to this review after finally getting the game.
    I agree 99% with your review. I did, however, find the storyline compulsion to get you back and forth among the regions to be one of the best parts of the game. For example, your Aunt has to go to The Reach, Elutheria and Albion.
    And, I liked having two Tier 4 weapons, going back to the Reach, and vaporizing those Scouts, Dreadnaughts and Marauders that pwned me in the early game. :)
    The option to build the Albion-Elutheria Transit Relay is pretty awesome, too.

  • @chenoir
    @chenoir 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You know, this morning while working I thought I'd love me some Mandalore new review, lucky me!

  • @ClemmyGames
    @ClemmyGames 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! Interested to hear your thoughts on this

  • @duende29
    @duende29 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Having more crew makes it safer to lose crew to events, as the events reduce your crew by fixed amounts but if you go under half total crew you take severe penalties while traveling. And you will lose a lot of crew to events.

  • @OmarJames
    @OmarJames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Yo. I’m on crappy airport wifi, furiously trying to download this video before my flight closes the doors in 5 minutes. PRAY FOR ME 🙏🏾

    • @viesturssilins858
      @viesturssilins858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Did you make it??

    • @Jackofhearts17
      @Jackofhearts17 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So!?!?! WE NEED TO KNOW IF YOU MADE IT!

    • @karimsonsafehold9233
      @karimsonsafehold9233 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Doesn't your flight have wifi you can use once it levels out?

    • @OmarJames
      @OmarJames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Made it, bros! Actually making a video on it for the channel lol

    • @OmarJames
      @OmarJames 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Karimson Safehold - i aint paying for that!

  • @KRG30001
    @KRG30001 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I remember playing a primarily text-based browser game in the setting as a kid, look how far it’s come.

  • @malarlinus
    @malarlinus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what a great birthday gift! :)

  • @artinyyk
    @artinyyk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm quite the fan of this game so I'm glad it's finally getting a review. Although as pointed it out it does quite a few flaws, I really enjoy the world and setting.

  • @themilkman5440
    @themilkman5440 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    "If you're worthy" he says.
    Is that the greatest boomer shooter of the last decade I smell? Perhaps an air of DUSK?!

    • @andrewboyko8304
      @andrewboyko8304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The Milkman *civvies intensify*

    • @andrewboyko8304
      @andrewboyko8304 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pferd Schild that’s fair, in the world of cataloging boomer shooters there’s probably a lot of competition between pro runners and just overall reviews so some channels might feel a little repetitive. Still though, I miss civvie 17 it’s too bad he didn’t make it to the surface. He was good shit.

  • @marinn00
    @marinn00 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You keep reviewing my favorite games from the last few years, back to back even. Keep up the good work mate.

  • @LordGrizzlyTheAnnoyed
    @LordGrizzlyTheAnnoyed 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just earlier today I thought that a new Mandalore Review would be fun. Aaaannnddd here it is :D

  • @nathanielcrosby2426
    @nathanielcrosby2426 4 ปีที่แล้ว +568

    >Sseth uploads yesterday
    >and now Mandalore uploads today
    Look, it's clear that you two are one and the same. Just admit it already.

    • @darko1295
      @darko1295 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      One is actually funny but without letting the humor undermine the critical qualities of his videos and the other is in a near perpetual state of sarcasm and can't go on for 2 minutes without parroting edgy 4chan jokes about jews. Aside from reviewing obscure/weird/complex games, how are they any similar?

    • @yosukeminamoto5823
      @yosukeminamoto5823 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@darko1295 is a joke about sseth being mandalore withouth his brain medication

    • @melfice999
      @melfice999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Mandalore is the Hobbit in Sseth's ceiling..

    • @mrgreen497
      @mrgreen497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Who is the alter ego?

    • @Lejdorf
      @Lejdorf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@mrgreen497 That's the real question right here

  • @isaacshultz8128
    @isaacshultz8128 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You ought to add Endless Sky to the list
    When I first played it, I couldn't make enough money to pay off my expenses and loan. Every game ended with the bank repo- ing my ship.
    After I played for a while, I finally managed to pay off my initial loan and all the exploration and worldbuilding blew my mind.
    Good game, I'd love to see your take on it someday

  • @Hyper_Vyle
    @Hyper_Vyle 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man, I love these videos

  • @pluepaste6341
    @pluepaste6341 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    oh yeah a MandoloreGaming video, what a great way to start the day

  • @BigPapaKaiser
    @BigPapaKaiser 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Lube Express.
    Love it xD

  • @theancestor9345
    @theancestor9345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That subtle DownwardThrust and Cleanprincegaming call out lol

  • @notliam6707
    @notliam6707 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude you are pumping these out, I lOvE thEm and you

  • @smileplease_91
    @smileplease_91 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    My husband introduced me to your channel, and I love it. You make me want to play these games I've never even heard of, the good and the bad.

  • @gaddag1477
    @gaddag1477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Just like sunless sea this is a game ill install and play when i got a week off work , losing my self in the story and the setting.