Nicolas Samuel there’s only more to come! It’s hard to believe I managed to get this out. And I’m still in disbelief as I watch it myself. Glad you enjoyed it!
You know .. it did came half a decade after Skyrim but still the story .. it was the most beautiful game I ever played and the details were so good .. if only Skyrim had this much detail .. ... And best part are sound track and realism in this game..
I like the learning books, it gives a reason to spend money. Since that was a problem in Elder Scrolls that you end up with a ton of money with nothing to spend it on.
I disagree with your point on the learning points personally, I always liked their uncommonness and the fact that it was easiest to buy them from merchants. In regular Skyrim, I always have a surplus of gold because I never have the need to spend it on anything. However, in this mod, that finally gave me something to use the currency on, and even though that did take a lot of money from me, I still had an additional 25,000+ pennies by the end of the main questline.
Of course, you have a valid point. It is pretty easy to get around the issue I mentioned, and it seems that quite a few people agreed with you on that point. Though I figured I should include the issue anyways. No XP system is perfect (and this one is better than the OG Skyrim one in my opinion,) though it is important to air out issues! Thank you for watching!
Also you can always treat merchants who sell skill books as "trainers" if you like it this way. And amount of gold you need per level is just a joke really (once you will start making money in some way and/or invest in rhetorics). 4 crafting points per level is like 80 gold at the begining of the game. 5 learing is like around 500. Price will rise later dramatically but so will your gains.
Marvin Kopp - Official I’m glad I can deliver my take on the product as best that I can! You’re talent with music is incredible, and it’s always a pleasure to hear Enderal’s music as I start it up.
Станислав Дегтярев thank you! Video editing has always been a small time passion, so it’s nice to practice whenever I can. I’ve already made a list/improvements to what I’ll try to do better in the next video. Glad your sticking around!
For me this mod fixes the biggest problem of a late elder scrolls (after morrowind) : the level scaling. In oblivion/skyrim, ennemies never get harder or easier. Leveling up does noting towards you getting stronger, just the world scaling on you, so you never feel like you are improving, just going through the motion. Here, in enderal, you FEEL every minor upgrade and comming back to a cave or dungeon that kicked your ass and clearing it is probably the best feeling a rpg can give you on a gameplay perspective! Also the hard coded loot gives so much replay value since now I know where that powerfull 2h sword is and how to get it early, just good old rpgs stuff really 👌
Wow, my man, this is a very good video! I am truly glad Enderal gets some attention, the game really deserves it for how fantastic it is. Also, with content regarding this game, done in english, not german, you manage to fill a certain void present on TH-cam. An empty place for someone talented to present, judge and recommend the work of other also very talented people. I am grateful for that! Keep up the good work, I'll be sure to stop by the next video. Cheers!
Thank you! That was my intent! I saw people who offered very general reviews of Enderal, but nothing so specific. Fevir obviously being the most well-known, posting really short pieces. So I took the opportunity I saw. It puts a smile on my face to see that people are enjoying this video! Glad to have you, cheers!
I think the gameplay part of Enderal is genius. Much of the shallowness in Skyrim has been re-worked and improved, often by re-introducing old concepts like Morrowind's artificial scale and the use of limited transportation, the importance of magic on both the setting and the player character, meaning that you have to think more about how you play. The learning books for example are a stroke of pure genius, since it gives meaning to the basic gameplay loop of explore-fight-loot, which often falls flat in actual ES games, since money quickly becomes worthless to a competent PC. This is built upon by some of the early quests and how the economy works; you don't get easy money very quickly and the cost of travel is all given new light by some of the early quests, which a payment of 50 pennies helps out a farm immensely, while for you it's pretty much pocket change halfway into the game. Things like where and who you can buy the books from also impact and reflect the world, as for example the changes of magic make a lot of sense. How magic works is used superbly in several quests and many of the new schools are much better than in Skyrim, though some of them are still confusing. Like why are the Detect spells in Mentalism, when Mentalism is about telekinesis in various forms? Why not Light or Entropy, the schools that deal with life and death, or Psionics for example? And an additional complaint about the range of the spells; they're useless for finding ranged enemies, who prefer to stick beyond its maximum range, which is extremely annoying given the extremely dense foliage and bush that dots the landscape. Oftentimes finding an archer requires you to dance in place to try and figure out where the arrows are coming from, which is annoying. Though as a mage it was still extremely satisfying to play, since I had to think tactically. Not just in the sense of what spells to use and who to attack first, but where to engage enemies from, when to pull back, when to take cover and when to charge in. In the early game before I acquired the sheed magical muscle to just tank through everything, I would commonly pull back and summon a weak little wolf familiar and send it to sniff out and harass some ranged enemy I couldn't see or reach, giving myself just a moments reprieve to reformulate a new plan. The addition of spell levels also does wonders to the magic combat system, as concentration spells from Destruction no longer completely fall off in damage, maintaining their "OH SHIT HE'S COMING RIGHT FOR ME" place in fights, while the different projectile spells all have their own place as well. Lightning bolts for sniping and anti-mage, Ice Storms for when I need AoE and crowd control and Fireballs when I wanted to pelt a group(though the explosion radius seemed nerfed compared to Skyrim, since it would miss way too often for my liking despite landing right next to the enemy. Maybe it's just the terrain and the way the explosions work in the engine.) That said, the game had way too many essential characters. Jesus fuck, I lost it quite a few times and went on console-and-game-mod enable massacre sprees on more than one occassion due to sheer frustration with that shit.
I am doing as best as I can hope. Currently coming over COVID, and trying to find my feet again. Rekindling my own love for the things I love once more.
For me one huge problem with Enderal was that it was too enemy dense. Anywhere you went in the wild you spent 90% of the time clobbering monsters and bandits on every other step and that got tiring quickly. Especially since Skyrim's combat system was always inherently broken and not very much fun at all and enemies respawn in cleared areas quite fast... Also friendly outposts are all to rare on the map. Where Nehrim had multiple small villages, farms etc. Enderal has really little. I know it makes sense story wise but it still makes me feel less comfortable going through the world. All in all I liked Nehrim MUCH MUCH better.
I've never played Nehrim, but I'll have to give it a go! Funnily enough, something like that was originally on my script except it was about enemy placement in level design being unfair at times. Although after playing through the game some more, it wasn't as prevalent a problem as I originally thought, so I scrapped the line. Though I can understand where you're coming from, while, yes it does make sense in the story, a better balance could've probably been achieved!
This retrospective is on the same levels as other similar from ign or nick930 with million views. TH-cam algorithm is bizarre, this needs more attention
Was interesting to read peoples' preferences of the leveling system in the comments. I thoroughly disagree with them. Leveling skills merely by books turned the game into a bit of a gold grind. It completely took away focus from the story for me for a very long time. It also feels a lot less natural and unrelated to the skills themselves. Once I figured out how it works, a few hours in, I realized 'okay, so the next step is to get gold' - so that became the 'main mission' for me for the next period of time. The story, development or actually USING the skills became secondary. At one point, towards the latter half of the game, I bought 15-100 heavy armor in one go, simply because I had nothing more to dump the points into. It just felt unnatural and using abilities didn't feel rewarding in any way. I had nothing against the skyrim system. It was good for main abilities and silly for crafting (crafting iron daggers over and over got boring). There's other issues too, such as the fact that you can only find the master abilities for the individual schools by accident. I went destruction and, 75 hours in, I was nowhere near finding ANY of the master skills, let alone all of them. Had to google, and I would have never found them otherwise.
This if first video i have seen on this chanell and you ve earned subscriber already. Quality of production, calm voice, quoting your sources, length... it feels better than many chanells with a lot more subcsribers
Thank you for the kind words! I try to make these videos as professional as I can and it takes a lot of time and effort. Now with time free from my previous jobs #3 is back in the works! Thank you again!
I don't remember everybody looking that hot in my game (I personally prefer vanilla looks, not everybody's hot in the real world :P) Very good video. I always feel nostalgic watching anything related to Enderal. The story, the atmosphere, music and overall design are just incredible. The e-mail part cracked me up 😄
I know, personally, I'm not subscribed to any look changing mod (just a wait mod and a fast travel mod for ease of getting shots.) Though I think I may have downloaded a look changing mod in the past and the files are still in my folder. So I'll do a fresh install of the game to see what I can do.
@@Wereyoi Oh, don't get me wrong, I don't mind people using mods that enhance NPCs' appearance (to each their own as they say ;)) it's just funny how all of them are made to look hot, even the inn patrons and bandits :D
@@Wereyoi I recognize the overhaul you used, it's Enderal NPC Overhaul. I always use it myself, since I prefer it over the vanilla Enderal character appearances overall, so it was easy to identify. www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/85455
One of the best Enderal reviews I've watched so far. Great job...between the structure, detail, presentation and particularly the way you make it entertaining to actually watch the review (eg music, video editing, etc). My only caveat would be that I believe the "skill books" portion was lackluster. It ignored some of the substantial pros which skill books present (makes characters want to do side quests in addition to the main storyline, to explore (to get more storage space), and it dramatically fixes the economy where you can actually buy things.) There are certainly enough books, it just means you need to explore and interact with merchants more. I would certainly be curious as to how many hours you played since I do feel like certain things (like broken AIs) is more of a rarity regarding mod coding (though broken NPC paths due to vanilla Skyrim are much more common). But you seemed to address alot of the points that I think make Enderal different and special. Great job!
Hello! I'm glad you enjoyed the review! I wouldn't hesitate to say that this part of the review is riddled with flaws and it's difficult for me to bring myself to watch it at times. My stance on the skill-books was a bit one-sided due to the nature of the review (with it only focusing on my run-through of the main quest) and if (or really when I suppose) I do come back to redo these reviews in a better way. In regards to playtime, I currently have 137 hours and growing in Enderal, however this does not count the approx. 30-40 hours I probably spent back in 2016. The enemy combat AI is certainly not common, but when it does happen, especially in 'boss' fights - it's certainly a bit shaky. Thank you for your feedback and I'll keep it in mind while I work on part 3 - I'd recommend checking out the next part if you're interested in the story. I believe that video trumps this one in quite a lot of ways.
God tier man. Amazing video. One of the best games i have ever played. One of the best stories i have experienced. Don't have the words to express how grateful i am that this exists.
After having released my own very first TH-cam video, I remembered that my old pal had some time ago already released their own entire series about a game I’ve never heard of. I decided to give your video series a watch and after sitting through the whole thing, I’m blown away. Especially from the perspective of someone who just went through all of the video production process, it’s easy to see that this video is incredibly well made. To be honest, I’ve never liked Skyrim or most open world games. They’re just not my thing. I’m highly doubtful that I will ever play Skyrim or Enderal, but even so I found this video very entertaining and informative. I may not enjoy those games, but that doesn’t change the fact that you’ve provided me with an informed appreciation for the game. What little I played of Skyrim long ago made me familiar with the NPC’s that have been memed for acting and sounding robotic and strange. It’s really interesting to see such a massive improvement, especially from fans. Even just watching the voice acting examples provided I feel more engaged in the performance than basically anything in Skyrim. And the more traditional RPG experience system seems like it’d appeal to me a lot more than Skyrim’s Final Fantasy 2-esque style. I may not play or enjoy a game like Enderal, but this video has given me many reasons to respect the hell out of it. I will make sure to recommend Enderal to my friends because basically all of them love Skyrim. Tremendously well done game and video series. If there are any future videos, I will be sure to continue to watch.
You are meant to spend a ton of money on learning books. instead of exploring for books you explore armor and weapons. I found a ton of armor to sell and trade throughout my entire playthrough. most of my armor upgrades came directly from finding/ battling for it. To me it made the gameplay loop so good. Going on a large adventure, coming back with armor and gold to trade and once you've spent it all, you've become a much stronger character. I think ive spent like 10 hours just running around Ark
I just finished this game's main story. I love this game overall, love the story, love it's soundtrack, voice acting is amazing, but mechanics... I hate those annoying books! I ended main storyline with 70+ combat skill points. I've played two handed warrior and I only found one skill book for two handed at the end of the game and it was master level...
@@bonbonbot8444 It's great to know you're still around! Unforunately, I greatly underestimated how much university could beat me over the head with work! So now with the beginning of a new semester, I've taken advantage of it and am hopefully going to get Part 2 out by the end of January!
They are leftover files from a mod I installed wayyyy back. I guess I forgot to totally clean up my Enderal folder before reinstalling. In Part 2 I did a fresh install of Enderal and the NPCs are back to normal. Apologies!
I quite like the exp system, yeah you have to buy the books, yeah you’re essentially going to be a homeless bum for a long time ( wel you can sleep at the temple and use random workstations) because money is sparse but this means that when you go to a place where the lvl is higher than you you can find some amazing things. A few times I did this by accident finding great gear and summons that surpassed me by a whopping 10 levels. It really made me dislike the vanilla Skyrim system where everything is always on your level.
@@Zero11s Well I guess thats personal preference. Speaking for myself, I've played almost every RPG out there since the late 90's and I would rate Enderal number one or two storywise. Maybe once you've past puperty you'll be able to appreciate it a bit more. Why not give it another go in a few years, I'm sure you'll like it.
@@Holydecipher my buddy is RPG nerd and he told me his favorite is Torment Planescape and Enderal. They're off the beaten path and have their own unique stories and world. He also loves Baldurs Gate etc.
Hello all, I hope you guys enjoyed my first video foray into TH-cam! Thank you so much to Nicholas Samuel for agreeing to interview with me, as well as the entire Enderal team for creating this master class of a mod! I hope the video doesn't look too horrible, and everything is up to par. I have a ways to go to live up to my inspiration, Raycevick! But thank you so much for watching!
I must say .. you made an amazing video .. I was searching all over something like this about Enderal .. and you are the only one who have video for what I wanted to know .. you have my big thanks ;____;
It's up at the top with Witcher 3 etc for me. The Skyrim combat isn't that great anymore, but I LOVE the experience and learn points system like in the old Gothic games. I also love how there is story and details in almost every corner 😍
@@Zero11s I really liked it in the first Witcher 3 playthrough, but I know what you mean now after my second one If you talk about Witcher 1, then yes you are 100% right, I didn't play that one because the combat is so bad
41h into it so far; 30% of the map explored. And I LOVE it. The characters are great and believable, the cities (specially Ark) are amazing (compared to the crap that Solitude was), the writing is SO much better than Skirim’s.... Is as if Skyrim was the demo and Enderal the real game.
Pfahahahaha, different games for sure, even though they were built in the same engine. But you have to appreciate Skyrim a bit, because without that I don't think we would have Enderal ;) But yeh, it's a magical game for sure.
On the issue with levelling up, I personally liked how you needed to buy skill books to raise your stats. More often than not in an RPG I find myself with thousands of spare coins that I have no use for by late-midgame to endgame. In Enderal however, the player actually needs to make a choice and balance their funds between healing, levelling up and gear. Funnily enough, my need for coin was actually what lead me to the Rhalata DLC, since I heard about the fight club in the Pits and thought that it would be a good way to try and earn some money to level up. So even though it was purely an accident, this particular game mechanic was what naturally lead me to discover an entire questline.
the only things i have actual complaints about in enderal are: enemy placement is beyond poor, and the problem with replayability since a lot of the story relies on plot twists
Thank you! I'm working hard to get part 2 out, but speaking as to why the story is good in a concise and understandable way without rambling or speaking on pointless subjects has seen me rewrite the script 9 times! I'm hoping to get it out ASAP!
@@Wereyoi Great, we are all looking forward to the second part. If you need future ideas, you also could make a video about similar games/mods like enderal
The fact that this is your first video is incredible. You really captured how magical this game is. It felt more like a video essay than a review, and the developer interview helped that! Also thank you for gushing about the music, somehow other reviewers almost skipped over it, but I felt it was one of the best aspects of the game.
anyone watching this now. is there anyyyyy way i can like donate money to this dev team or the people behind it. i cant believe im saying this but after 500 hours ive seen all the areas and been in allll the dungeons... and still havent done half the paths
As far as donations go I have no idea what happened to their donation link. However they do have a shop: sureai.net/shop/ The division of profits etc. I can't speak on, but that seems to be the most direct way to support Sure A.I. other than buying their newer games (not like Enderal but I believe their next project is an RPG, don't quote me though.) The old dev team has moved on to bigger and better things, as they should they certainly deserve it. However, Nicholas Lietzau wrote a book in the spirit of Enderal (due to legal reasons it's called the Twelfth World) if you want to support the writer. Book is titled "Dreams of the Dying". I believe it follows Jespar's adventures
Nice thank you! Yours was the first video I saw that walked through the various books and what they meant for leveling. I just started the game and very happy so far.
I'm glad I could help ^^ I'd recommend holding off on parts 2 or 3 if you plan to watch them, as they contain massive spoilers, until you finish the game!
@@Wereyoi Too late story was just so engrossing I watched or read most spoilers for the main game lol I'm 55 hours in and just made it to Ark so exploring the crypt. Wish me luck!
What a great job you've done with this video review! I'm definitely looking forward to more (though I'd probably have to hold off on the Story video for awhile, since I've barely started the story of this game). Not that I don't want more Enderal content, but what kinds of content do you see yourself doing after the Enderal videos, and what games would you want to cover? Have fun and keep up the good work!
You’ll probably have finished the story by the time the next video comes out. Since part 2 is shaping up to be longer than part 1 xP and these videos take easily 100+ hours to make. In terms of what’s next, I honestly have no idea. I might cover other large scale mods Forgotten City and the like. Things that have a large focus on story. I also am entertaining the idea of branching out to Mass Effect, The Witcher, or other popular story-driven RPGs. Though we’ll see when we get there
Hmmm, maybe... maybe not. I'm playing it as a Let's Play on my channel, so I only get to play 2 - 3 hours a week. Still, I look forward to checking the next vid out sometime. I love games with good stories! I would love to see you do some Mass Effect vids. :)
@@TheRPGChick Of course, though Mass Effect is sorta owned by Raycevick. Though I have my own points on the matter :p But thank you for sticking around!
No problem, but hey, I like Racevik's vids, and I think there's room enough for everyone. I'll always watch a good Mass Effect review/retrospective. :)
Alrighty, so people are leaving some comments that for some reason I'm unable to see :L I don't know what is going on, but I can answer their questions through comments & hopefully they'll see! Yes! Part 2 is in the works (unfortunately I was unable to really work on it in Nov. and Dec. due to university work) I've just recorded a couple of my first takes on the script yesterday and I hope to do a final take sometime before the end of the week to open the weekend for myself to begin to video edit. Scripting takes ~30-40 hours (because I constantly rewrite and edit my script because I worry a lot about my script) Usually, audio editing and mixing takes ~14 hours - Video editing takes ~24 hours If I can get the time I want, I'll be able to get the video out within the next couple of weeks!
This was good, but I will put watching the next parts on hold, as I haven't played Enderal itself (beyond the part of meeting Jasper). Don't want to spoil myself of abything that happends in the game, you know?
Sieben absolutely! The next two part have/will have major narrative spoilers so I don’t blame you ^~^ enjoy your first play through! It’s a hell of an experience
@@Wereyoi It cerainly is! I cannot believe what SureAI managed to do, I can barerly (how does that word spell?) call it a mod, it's a proper game. My favourite thing (so far) is writing the dialogues in a way more resembling, say, Fallout games, where the parts that actually move the quest are marked. Also: Looking forward fo your future videos, not even the Enderal-related ones!
@@Sieben77 A simple addition to dialougue which makes it so much easier to understand what stuff to ask. Surprised more games don't do that. And thanks you so much! I have no idea what the future holds in store, so we shall see where it takes us ^^ (Barely)
It is crazy how good Enderal is. I've played it for 250 hours now (I'm a completionist how examines everything). Music, story, art style, voice acting: all top notch! Ok, the graphics are a little outdated but this is compensated for by the incredibly good art style!
This is incredibly well done - we'll do all we can to spread the word! Thanks so much, Garret! :)
Nicolas Samuel there’s only more to come! It’s hard to believe I managed to get this out. And I’m still in disbelief as I watch it myself. Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Nicolas, love your games and books, hope you're having a good day!
One can clearly see that this video is also a project of passion just like Enderal.
You know .. it did came half a decade after Skyrim but still the story .. it was the most beautiful game I ever played and the details were so good .. if only Skyrim had this much detail .. ...
And best part are sound track and realism in this game..
I like the learning books, it gives a reason to spend money. Since that was a problem in Elder Scrolls that you end up with a ton of money with nothing to spend it on.
I disagree with your point on the learning points personally, I always liked their uncommonness and the fact that it was easiest to buy them from merchants. In regular Skyrim, I always have a surplus of gold because I never have the need to spend it on anything. However, in this mod, that finally gave me something to use the currency on, and even though that did take a lot of money from me, I still had an additional 25,000+ pennies by the end of the main questline.
Of course, you have a valid point. It is pretty easy to get around the issue I mentioned, and it seems that quite a few people agreed with you on that point. Though I figured I should include the issue anyways. No XP system is perfect (and this one is better than the OG Skyrim one in my opinion,) though it is important to air out issues! Thank you for watching!
@@Wereyoi Your welcome, I really enjoyed it and it was a great video. I look forward to the second part :)
Also you can always treat merchants who sell skill books as "trainers" if you like it this way. And amount of gold you need per level is just a joke really (once you will start making money in some way and/or invest in rhetorics). 4 crafting points per level is like 80 gold at the begining of the game. 5 learing is like around 500. Price will rise later dramatically but so will your gains.
really well done :)
Marvin Kopp - Official I’m glad I can deliver my take on the product as best that I can! You’re talent with music is incredible, and it’s always a pleasure to hear Enderal’s music as I start it up.
If this is your first video, and it has such a great level of quality, then I really look forward to a new ones. Subscription earned.
Станислав Дегтярев thank you! Video editing has always been a small time passion, so it’s nice to practice whenever I can. I’ve already made a list/improvements to what I’ll try to do better in the next video. Glad your sticking around!
For me this mod fixes the biggest problem of a late elder scrolls (after morrowind) : the level scaling. In oblivion/skyrim, ennemies never get harder or easier. Leveling up does noting towards you getting stronger, just the world scaling on you, so you never feel like you are improving, just going through the motion. Here, in enderal, you FEEL every minor upgrade and comming back to a cave or dungeon that kicked your ass and clearing it is probably the best feeling a rpg can give you on a gameplay perspective! Also the hard coded loot gives so much replay value since now I know where that powerfull 2h sword is and how to get it early, just good old rpgs stuff really 👌
Wow, my man, this is a very good video!
I am truly glad Enderal gets some attention, the game really deserves it for how fantastic it is.
Also, with content regarding this game, done in english, not german, you manage to fill a certain void present on TH-cam. An empty place for someone talented to present, judge and recommend the work of other also very talented people. I am grateful for that!
Keep up the good work, I'll be sure to stop by the next video.
Cheers!
Thank you!
That was my intent! I saw people who offered very general reviews of Enderal, but nothing so specific. Fevir obviously being the most well-known, posting really short pieces. So I took the opportunity I saw. It puts a smile on my face to see that people are enjoying this video!
Glad to have you, cheers!
I think the gameplay part of Enderal is genius. Much of the shallowness in Skyrim has been re-worked and improved, often by re-introducing old concepts like Morrowind's artificial scale and the use of limited transportation, the importance of magic on both the setting and the player character, meaning that you have to think more about how you play. The learning books for example are a stroke of pure genius, since it gives meaning to the basic gameplay loop of explore-fight-loot, which often falls flat in actual ES games, since money quickly becomes worthless to a competent PC. This is built upon by some of the early quests and how the economy works; you don't get easy money very quickly and the cost of travel is all given new light by some of the early quests, which a payment of 50 pennies helps out a farm immensely, while for you it's pretty much pocket change halfway into the game.
Things like where and who you can buy the books from also impact and reflect the world, as for example the changes of magic make a lot of sense. How magic works is used superbly in several quests and many of the new schools are much better than in Skyrim, though some of them are still confusing. Like why are the Detect spells in Mentalism, when Mentalism is about telekinesis in various forms? Why not Light or Entropy, the schools that deal with life and death, or Psionics for example? And an additional complaint about the range of the spells; they're useless for finding ranged enemies, who prefer to stick beyond its maximum range, which is extremely annoying given the extremely dense foliage and bush that dots the landscape. Oftentimes finding an archer requires you to dance in place to try and figure out where the arrows are coming from, which is annoying.
Though as a mage it was still extremely satisfying to play, since I had to think tactically. Not just in the sense of what spells to use and who to attack first, but where to engage enemies from, when to pull back, when to take cover and when to charge in. In the early game before I acquired the sheed magical muscle to just tank through everything, I would commonly pull back and summon a weak little wolf familiar and send it to sniff out and harass some ranged enemy I couldn't see or reach, giving myself just a moments reprieve to reformulate a new plan. The addition of spell levels also does wonders to the magic combat system, as concentration spells from Destruction no longer completely fall off in damage, maintaining their "OH SHIT HE'S COMING RIGHT FOR ME" place in fights, while the different projectile spells all have their own place as well. Lightning bolts for sniping and anti-mage, Ice Storms for when I need AoE and crowd control and Fireballs when I wanted to pelt a group(though the explosion radius seemed nerfed compared to Skyrim, since it would miss way too often for my liking despite landing right next to the enemy. Maybe it's just the terrain and the way the explosions work in the engine.)
That said, the game had way too many essential characters. Jesus fuck, I lost it quite a few times and went on console-and-game-mod enable massacre sprees on more than one occassion due to sheer frustration with that shit.
It's a new year and once again I travel back to this channel to rekindle my love for this game and your voice. I hope your doing well in life.
I am doing as best as I can hope. Currently coming over COVID, and trying to find my feet again. Rekindling my own love for the things I love once more.
How has this beautiful gem of a video been hidden from me for so long?
I made it very secret, just in case
For me one huge problem with Enderal was that it was too enemy dense. Anywhere you went in the wild you spent 90% of the time clobbering monsters and bandits on every other step and that got tiring quickly. Especially since Skyrim's combat system was always inherently broken and not very much fun at all and enemies respawn in cleared areas quite fast...
Also friendly outposts are all to rare on the map. Where Nehrim had multiple small villages, farms etc. Enderal has really little. I know it makes sense story wise but it still makes me feel less comfortable going through the world.
All in all I liked Nehrim MUCH MUCH better.
I've never played Nehrim, but I'll have to give it a go! Funnily enough, something like that was originally on my script except it was about enemy placement in level design being unfair at times. Although after playing through the game some more, it wasn't as prevalent a problem as I originally thought, so I scrapped the line.
Though I can understand where you're coming from, while, yes it does make sense in the story, a better balance could've probably been achieved!
In my opinion Enderal the best things are the amazing story and the incredible music.
In my opinion you are right.
This retrospective is on the same levels as other similar from ign or nick930 with million views. TH-cam algorithm is bizarre, this needs more attention
Was interesting to read peoples' preferences of the leveling system in the comments. I thoroughly disagree with them. Leveling skills merely by books turned the game into a bit of a gold grind. It completely took away focus from the story for me for a very long time. It also feels a lot less natural and unrelated to the skills themselves. Once I figured out how it works, a few hours in, I realized 'okay, so the next step is to get gold' - so that became the 'main mission' for me for the next period of time. The story, development or actually USING the skills became secondary. At one point, towards the latter half of the game, I bought 15-100 heavy armor in one go, simply because I had nothing more to dump the points into. It just felt unnatural and using abilities didn't feel rewarding in any way. I had nothing against the skyrim system. It was good for main abilities and silly for crafting (crafting iron daggers over and over got boring).
There's other issues too, such as the fact that you can only find the master abilities for the individual schools by accident. I went destruction and, 75 hours in, I was nowhere near finding ANY of the master skills, let alone all of them. Had to google, and I would have never found them otherwise.
Wereyoi was the ultimate chad
Make a great series of videos on Enderal
Disappear immediately after making them
Absolute unit
Never let them know your next move.
Drop a video out of no where.
Leave.
This if first video i have seen on this chanell and you ve earned subscriber already.
Quality of production, calm voice, quoting your sources, length... it feels better than many chanells with a lot more subcsribers
Thank you for the kind words! I try to make these videos as professional as I can and it takes a lot of time and effort. Now with time free from my previous jobs #3 is back in the works!
Thank you again!
I don't remember everybody looking that hot in my game (I personally prefer vanilla looks, not everybody's hot in the real world :P)
Very good video. I always feel nostalgic watching anything related to Enderal. The story, the atmosphere, music and overall design are just incredible.
The e-mail part cracked me up 😄
I know, personally, I'm not subscribed to any look changing mod (just a wait mod and a fast travel mod for ease of getting shots.) Though I think I may have downloaded a look changing mod in the past and the files are still in my folder. So I'll do a fresh install of the game to see what I can do.
@@Wereyoi Oh, don't get me wrong, I don't mind people using mods that enhance NPCs' appearance (to each their own as they say ;)) it's just funny how all of them are made to look hot, even the inn patrons and bandits :D
@@Wereyoi I recognize the overhaul you used, it's Enderal NPC Overhaul. I always use it myself, since I prefer it over the vanilla Enderal character appearances overall, so it was easy to identify.
www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/85455
Awesome job man! Cant wait for the next part. This game is one of my favourite games. Jespar is my waifu.
About fast travel, Theres also the Mark and Recall spells.
@@CaptainPerfect My mistake! Thank you for rectifying that, I'll include it into the correction sections of the next video!
@@Wereyoi no worries man, one error doesn't invalidate this video. This is a great job for your first video!
Captain Perfect Though it’s important to strive for accuracy, regardless if it’s your first or 100th video
Jespar is my waifu and Calia is my bff
One of the best Enderal reviews I've watched so far.
Great job...between the structure, detail, presentation and particularly the way you make it entertaining to actually watch the review (eg music, video editing, etc). My only caveat would be that I believe the "skill books" portion was lackluster. It ignored some of the substantial pros which skill books present (makes characters want to do side quests in addition to the main storyline, to explore (to get more storage space), and it dramatically fixes the economy where you can actually buy things.) There are certainly enough books, it just means you need to explore and interact with merchants more.
I would certainly be curious as to how many hours you played since I do feel like certain things (like broken AIs) is more of a rarity regarding mod coding (though broken NPC paths due to vanilla Skyrim are much more common). But you seemed to address alot of the points that I think make Enderal different and special. Great job!
Hello! I'm glad you enjoyed the review!
I wouldn't hesitate to say that this part of the review is riddled with flaws and it's difficult for me to bring myself to watch it at times. My stance on the skill-books was a bit one-sided due to the nature of the review (with it only focusing on my run-through of the main quest) and if (or really when I suppose) I do come back to redo these reviews in a better way.
In regards to playtime, I currently have 137 hours and growing in Enderal, however this does not count the approx. 30-40 hours I probably spent back in 2016. The enemy combat AI is certainly not common, but when it does happen, especially in 'boss' fights - it's certainly a bit shaky.
Thank you for your feedback and I'll keep it in mind while I work on part 3 - I'd recommend checking out the next part if you're interested in the story. I believe that video trumps this one in quite a lot of ways.
God tier man. Amazing video. One of the best games i have ever played. One of the best stories i have experienced. Don't have the words to express how grateful i am that this exists.
Part 2 delves more into the story, but thank you very much! Uni finals are killing me - but part 3 should be around soon (tm)
After having released my own very first TH-cam video, I remembered that my old pal had some time ago already released their own entire series about a game I’ve never heard of. I decided to give your video series a watch and after sitting through the whole thing, I’m blown away. Especially from the perspective of someone who just went through all of the video production process, it’s easy to see that this video is incredibly well made. To be honest, I’ve never liked Skyrim or most open world games. They’re just not my thing. I’m highly doubtful that I will ever play Skyrim or Enderal, but even so I found this video very entertaining and informative. I may not enjoy those games, but that doesn’t change the fact that you’ve provided me with an informed appreciation for the game. What little I played of Skyrim long ago made me familiar with the NPC’s that have been memed for acting and sounding robotic and strange. It’s really interesting to see such a massive improvement, especially from fans. Even just watching the voice acting examples provided I feel more engaged in the performance than basically anything in Skyrim. And the more traditional RPG experience system seems like it’d appeal to me a lot more than Skyrim’s Final Fantasy 2-esque style. I may not play or enjoy a game like Enderal, but this video has given me many reasons to respect the hell out of it. I will make sure to recommend Enderal to my friends because basically all of them love Skyrim. Tremendously well done game and video series. If there are any future videos, I will be sure to continue to watch.
Really cool video :)
Looking forward to the next one
Thank you! It'll be a challenge, but I'll get it out asap!
@@Wereyoi good thinks take time.
dont rush it ;)
Dude,I listen to Winter Sky hours unend.Wild mages is nice to.
You are meant to spend a ton of money on learning books. instead of exploring for books you explore armor and weapons. I found a ton of armor to sell and trade throughout my entire playthrough. most of my armor upgrades came directly from finding/ battling for it. To me it made the gameplay loop so good. Going on a large adventure, coming back with armor and gold to trade and once you've spent it all, you've become a much stronger character. I think ive spent like 10 hours just running around Ark
Waiting for more ;____;
I just finished this game's main story. I love this game overall, love the story, love it's soundtrack, voice acting is amazing, but mechanics...
I hate those annoying books! I ended main storyline with 70+ combat skill points. I've played two handed warrior and I only found one skill book for two handed at the end of the game and it was master level...
Those damn books. Apparently we were supposed to buy them - alas, I still balled out on those brigands.
great video
I guess im playing this mod in my summer vaccation.
I so want second part .. when will it come.. I need it .. ;_;
I'll try to get it out asap, but these videos take time. Hopefully, it'll be out around Christmas or sooner!
@@Wereyoi that means you are going to be our santa this year .. well I am happy ;_;
@wereyoi just reminding you .. I am a fan and waiting for part two ..and it's okay take as much time as you want ;__;
@@bonbonbot8444 It's great to know you're still around! Unforunately, I greatly underestimated how much university could beat me over the head with work! So now with the beginning of a new semester, I've taken advantage of it and am hopefully going to get Part 2 out by the end of January!
@@Wereyoi it's okay .. just don't forget .. take as much time as you want :)
And how come faces look better than in starfield? :D
love the video but one thing; why do your npcs look like that?? like lishari and calia is that an older version or a mod?
They are leftover files from a mod I installed wayyyy back. I guess I forgot to totally clean up my Enderal folder before reinstalling.
In Part 2 I did a fresh install of Enderal and the NPCs are back to normal.
Apologies!
Good vid
Nice :D
I quite like the exp system, yeah you have to buy the books, yeah you’re essentially going to be a homeless bum for a long time ( wel you can sleep at the temple and use random workstations) because money is sparse but this means that when you go to a place where the lvl is higher than you you can find some amazing things. A few times I did this by accident finding great gear and summons that surpassed me by a whopping 10 levels. It really made me dislike the vanilla Skyrim system where everything is always on your level.
Nice :)
WHERE IS FORGOT STORIES !
I forgot /badumptiss/
Beautiful. This is honestly the best game I've ever played, and your video made me nostalgic all over again. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
It's expanded, I don't know when you played it last, but I would definitely recommend going back through it!
are you kidding? the story sucks
@@Zero11s Well I guess thats personal preference. Speaking for myself, I've played almost every RPG out there since the late 90's and I would rate Enderal number one or two storywise. Maybe once you've past puperty you'll be able to appreciate it a bit more. Why not give it another go in a few years, I'm sure you'll like it.
@@Holydecipher my buddy is RPG nerd and he told me his favorite is Torment Planescape and Enderal. They're off the beaten path and have their own unique stories and world. He also loves Baldurs Gate etc.
Hello all,
I hope you guys enjoyed my first video foray into TH-cam! Thank you so much to Nicholas Samuel for agreeing to interview with me, as well as the entire Enderal team for creating this master class of a mod!
I hope the video doesn't look too horrible, and everything is up to par. I have a ways to go to live up to my inspiration, Raycevick! But thank you so much for watching!
I must say .. you made an amazing video .. I was searching all over something like this about Enderal .. and you are the only one who have video for what I wanted to know .. you have my big thanks ;____;
Enderal is one of the best RPGs of all times :D Still waiting for english voice version of Nehrim on steam :)
good luck with that.
Over 1K views...wowza, I was hardly expecting to reach half this amount XD Thank you to everyone whose taken time out of their day to watch this!
Apologies for my voice, I was coming over a sickness when I recorded my VO!
SureAi did a great job creating this GAME.. And you also did a great job reviewing it..Please do more !!!
It's up at the top with Witcher 3 etc for me. The Skyrim combat isn't that great anymore, but I LOVE the experience and learn points system like in the old Gothic games. I also love how there is story and details in almost every corner 😍
the Witcher fight system is unbearable
@@Zero11s I really liked it in the first Witcher 3 playthrough, but I know what you mean now after my second one
If you talk about Witcher 1, then yes you are 100% right, I didn't play that one because the combat is so bad
@@Zero11s Agreed. It is 3/10 imo.
41h into it so far; 30% of the map explored. And I LOVE it. The characters are great and believable, the cities (specially Ark) are amazing (compared to the crap that Solitude was), the writing is SO much better than Skirim’s.... Is as if Skyrim was the demo and Enderal the real game.
Pfahahahaha, different games for sure, even though they were built in the same engine. But you have to appreciate Skyrim a bit, because without that I don't think we would have Enderal ;)
But yeh, it's a magical game for sure.
Thanks for putting the time into making this. I really enjoyed it! Are you planning to make anything in the future?
On the issue with levelling up, I personally liked how you needed to buy skill books to raise your stats. More often than not in an RPG I find myself with thousands of spare coins that I have no use for by late-midgame to endgame. In Enderal however, the player actually needs to make a choice and balance their funds between healing, levelling up and gear.
Funnily enough, my need for coin was actually what lead me to the Rhalata DLC, since I heard about the fight club in the Pits and thought that it would be a good way to try and earn some money to level up. So even though it was purely an accident, this particular game mechanic was what naturally lead me to discover an entire questline.
the only things i have actual complaints about in enderal are: enemy placement is beyond poor, and the problem with replayability since a lot of the story relies on plot twists
best rpg ever made. what a pity it's not popular at all even its fro free.
best review of enderal
Thank you! I'm working hard to get part 2 out, but speaking as to why the story is good in a concise and understandable way without rambling or speaking on pointless subjects has seen me rewrite the script 9 times!
I'm hoping to get it out ASAP!
@@Wereyoi Great, we are all looking forward to the second part.
If you need future ideas, you also could make a video about similar games/mods like enderal
This was a great video! I love Enderal. It's one of my favorite games and this video makes me want to do a replay.
Thank you! It means a lot, hopefully, the second part will come soon!
@@Wereyoi I look forward to that video.
The fact that this is your first video is incredible. You really captured how magical this game is. It felt more like a video essay than a review, and the developer interview helped that! Also thank you for gushing about the music, somehow other reviewers almost skipped over it, but I felt it was one of the best aspects of the game.
anyone watching this now. is there anyyyyy way i can like donate money to this dev team or the people behind it. i cant believe im saying this but after 500 hours ive seen all the areas and been in allll the dungeons... and still havent done half the paths
As far as donations go I have no idea what happened to their donation link. However they do have a shop: sureai.net/shop/
The division of profits etc. I can't speak on, but that seems to be the most direct way to support Sure A.I. other than buying their newer games (not like Enderal but I believe their next project is an RPG, don't quote me though.)
The old dev team has moved on to bigger and better things, as they should they certainly deserve it. However, Nicholas Lietzau wrote a book in the spirit of Enderal (due to legal reasons it's called the Twelfth World) if you want to support the writer. Book is titled "Dreams of the Dying". I believe it follows Jespar's adventures
Nice thank you! Yours was the first video I saw that walked through the various books and what they meant for leveling. I just started the game and very happy so far.
I'm glad I could help ^^ I'd recommend holding off on parts 2 or 3 if you plan to watch them, as they contain massive spoilers, until you finish the game!
@@Wereyoi Too late story was just so engrossing I watched or read most spoilers for the main game lol I'm 55 hours in and just made it to Ark so exploring the crypt. Wish me luck!
What a great job you've done with this video review! I'm definitely looking forward to more (though I'd probably have to hold off on the Story video for awhile, since I've barely started the story of this game).
Not that I don't want more Enderal content, but what kinds of content do you see yourself doing after the Enderal videos, and what games would you want to cover? Have fun and keep up the good work!
You’ll probably have finished the story by the time the next video comes out. Since part 2 is shaping up to be longer than part 1 xP and these videos take easily 100+ hours to make.
In terms of what’s next, I honestly have no idea. I might cover other large scale mods Forgotten City and the like. Things that have a large focus on story. I also am entertaining the idea of branching out to Mass Effect, The Witcher, or other popular story-driven RPGs. Though we’ll see when we get there
Hmmm, maybe... maybe not. I'm playing it as a Let's Play on my channel, so I only get to play 2 - 3 hours a week. Still, I look forward to checking the next vid out sometime.
I love games with good stories! I would love to see you do some Mass Effect vids. :)
@@TheRPGChick Of course, though Mass Effect is sorta owned by Raycevick. Though I have my own points on the matter :p But thank you for sticking around!
No problem, but hey, I like Racevik's vids, and I think there's room enough for everyone. I'll always watch a good Mass Effect review/retrospective. :)
Alrighty, so people are leaving some comments that for some reason I'm unable to see :L I don't know what is going on, but I can answer their questions through comments & hopefully they'll see!
Yes! Part 2 is in the works (unfortunately I was unable to really work on it in Nov. and Dec. due to university work) I've just recorded a couple of my first takes on the script yesterday and I hope to do a final take sometime before the end of the week to open the weekend for myself to begin to video edit.
Scripting takes ~30-40 hours (because I constantly rewrite and edit my script because I worry a lot about my script)
Usually, audio editing and mixing takes ~14 hours - Video editing takes ~24 hours
If I can get the time I want, I'll be able to get the video out within the next couple of weeks!
Very well done and so is the game i loved every second i spend on it :)
This was great! Would be interested in documentaries about other big mods :)
You got my sub, just what I wanted :)
Please consider doing more like this with different games. New Vegas a.e. or maybe Witcher 3
First time playing this game and that kid on the silvergrove really really breaks my heart. Damn, I think I dropped 1 or 2 drop of my tears
Subbed
Just recently finished the game and been looking for content to dive into. Thank you for this! Looking forward to watching the rest of the vids
this was one of the first voice acting projects i ever did. i still have yet to complete the game. its amazing.
playing this game right now well done game
This was good, but I will put watching the next parts on hold, as I haven't played Enderal itself (beyond the part of meeting Jasper). Don't want to spoil myself of abything that happends in the game, you know?
Sieben absolutely! The next two part have/will have major narrative spoilers so I don’t blame you ^~^ enjoy your first play through! It’s a hell of an experience
@@Wereyoi It cerainly is! I cannot believe what SureAI managed to do, I can barerly (how does that word spell?) call it a mod, it's a proper game. My favourite thing (so far) is writing the dialogues in a way more resembling, say, Fallout games, where the parts that actually move the quest are marked.
Also: Looking forward fo your future videos, not even the Enderal-related ones!
@@Sieben77 A simple addition to dialougue which makes it so much easier to understand what stuff to ask. Surprised more games don't do that.
And thanks you so much! I have no idea what the future holds in store, so we shall see where it takes us ^^
(Barely)
It is crazy how good Enderal is. I've played it for 250 hours now (I'm a completionist how examines everything). Music, story, art style, voice acting: all top notch!
Ok, the graphics are a little outdated but this is compensated for by the incredibly good art style!
Is Forgotten stories a sequel or just cut content? I already beat Enderal
Forgotten Stories is cut content, if you got Enderal off of steam then you've already been playing it. The base game of Enderal was Shards of Order
Is there ever coming a part 3 ?
Did some filming for it earlier xD I swear people know when I'm working on it. Yes, uni finals are wrapping up and I'll have a bunch of time soon
I cant believe this game exists. Its so damn good and its free.
It is astonishing every time you think about it. And now that I am getting into Skyrim modding, the fact they used the damn CK to do it is insane.