Thank you for covering this August update! Looks like they added the Disable Death Clock option as the fifth (last) option when configuring your new campaign settings. At first I couldn't find it. But much appreciated for all your great Aliens Dark Descent videos!
I think you may have missed a pretty significant one: redeployment in the ARC no longer allowed once a massive onslaught is triggered. This was my go-to resource and damage saving move especially on the larger levels. Sit by the ARC for the countdown, then once the aliens get close, redeploy to the opposite side of the map and take a nice safe ride while the ARC destroys everyone coming after you. I can understand why they got rid of that, it did feel almost like cheating. I haven’t actually checked how it blocks you now, maybe someone else has experienced it. Great channel by the way, I have been enjoying your videos especially when I can’t play the game! This is the most fun game I have played in years, and scratches that AvP Extinction itch that I have had for so long!
Oh, my bad man. I've linked the entire list in the description, hope you didn't have any trouble locating it. The game IS good, just a bit too buggy, still. I am pretty sure they will fix most of the problematic stuff.
I just finished my first play-through yesterday on Medium difficulty. Loved every minute of it, too! I hope the devs continue polishing this game & adding more content. The only major bug I encountered (PS5) was not being able to save while resting during the mission on the Montero. There are a couple of reddit posts about it. Anyone else encountered this bug?
Great breakdown. As a fellow Aliens fan, appreciate the straightforward commentary and solid stuff you're putting out. Enjoyed Dark Descent and liked the devs' attention to detail, but you make good points. Hoping we get a legitimately "great" Aliens game without the downside of bugs, limited content, etc. sometime in the near future. Isolation did "Alien" justice I think in terms of themes and overall "feel", but we haven't had a bullseye yet with Aliens (for whatever reason).
I grew up with NES/SNES/PS1 games... this game is for me the epitome of THE Aliens game (especially after the insane amount of bug patches and the option to remove the "Death Clock").
This game is really good, but I think we need the possibility of dissociate a soldier of the group, or just get the possibility of soldiers placement for a strategic embush or things like that... The possibility of protect a VIP/wounded soldier and things like that too would be nice. they need to take things a step further to give us a perfect game 😃
in case anyone who isn't aware you have to start a new campaign in order to disable the death clock, if you had a previous save before the patch. :'/ but happy that it is an option ha
Thanks so much for the update explanation I won’t lie I’ve been put off playing this game mine got updated this morning but I’m scared of loading it this will be my 3rd attempt to play this game from scratch I agree they have been lazy patching this game I love alien franchise but to me this has hurt ADD and I agree there should be a new game + I really don’t know if I’m gonna play this game for a while I’m on ps4 pro and my experience on it twice already was truly know one can hear you scream literally I love this game but I’ve been traumatised just when I thought fire team elite was bad this laughed over it any way love your videos and your opinions keep it up peace bro
I have this game, I watched your videos, needless to say I was very hyped about it. But the possibility of a gamebreaking bug stopping my progress mid-campaign completely killed any appetite I had for it. I may play it in a few months after it has been properly patched, but it's gonna sit in my queue until I hear more positive things about it.
I finished a 100% campaign without a single bug except for when I had survivors with me and one of them got stuck in the elevator but e plethora of movement orders (slow and quick options) "fixed" it and made him walk out of it.
On PS5, I find that the L1 button often does not respond when trying to select a skill (eg. the selection is on 'grenade' but I want to select 'shotgun'. Pressing the button just doesn't work). They could do with fixing that one. Controller is fine on all other games. Other than that, it's a great game. Good video too, thanks!
I haven't finished the game yet (just defended the Otago), but it seems to me that an easy DLC variant would be to have players clean up the moon. Different maps, mines, or communities. Yes, it'd be more of the same but it would be easy enough to implement while they work on proper DLC. Assuming this isn't already an end-game option that is!
Anyone played Dawn of War: Dark Crusade? A campaign map like that, where you have to take and hold key regions (each giving you specific bonuses) would be a cool way to do it my opinion. Could have a few big hives to clear out on there too.
I have an issue in the Refinery mission, I have to destroy a barricade to keep progresing (after that the bad guys set an ambush where you dont have light and radar) but for any reason game doesnt allow me to click the option to destroy barricade, is this a game bug or do I need an specific skill from the marines that I forgot to do?
@@MistaFiOth thanks, I will try to start the mission from the beginning and hope the bug is not there anymore, if not I wil be forced to stop the game for a while until is fully patched
To be fair - they appear to have attempted to fix a lot of problems, which is probably why it has taken so long to release. Lets just hope that a) it does actually fix the stuff they list and b) it doesn't introduce NEW issues.
@@MistaFiOth My prediction is that Dark Descent will be one of those games that you keep going back to over time. Mark my words, we'll all be back for more within 6 months, if not earlier.
That happened to me its on mission 4 pioneer station the command deck a crusher charged my team and all of them fell of the map it counted as game over.
Might have missed it but I didn't hear anything about the bug where Cooper's Data pad isn't showing up... Guess I'll wait another six weeks. Whatever. I've moved onto Remnant 2.
@@MistaFiOth probably not. They're probably scrambling to get as muoh done as possible so buyers don't refund the game. Dark Descent also went on sale today on xbox. It doesn't look good.
@@MistaFiOth they'll get it back if two things happen. 1. Smash *all* the bugs in the next patch. 2. Release a substantial content patch / dlc after fourish months. Then they'll be squared away.
Im only in the 2nd area but series x still has some serious problems. Including... audio bugs, A button not working in command, and a a broken side quest.
That's understandable, though, particularly since you can't even adjust difficulty mid-game. At least you can skip the tutorial on your new play through.
After completing it twice, I went in after the patch today and some gamebugs are still there for me on the PS5 😲. I like the game but until a new gamemode or something im giving it a pause sadly😢.
Hope the next update allows you to issue move orders to individual marines. And does something about the clunky and unresponsive menu controls on xbox.
I wish they would let me save whenever i want. Especially when playing on medium difficulty and below. Sometimes i need to stop playing but I can't because i need to to find a room or move forward to the mission to save.
The mechanics of this game would work to let us actually play s the Aliens to infest a colony as infestation goes up the human marine support from marines increases making it more dangerous for the hive.
I am loving the game but it does still have issues, just died to sentinels shooting me through a solid wall. Glad to see things are getting better though. I really hope we get full dlc in time, but i think the idea of mutators for the campaign would add a ton of replayability, and be relatively simple to implement.
They left it unattended for too long... it took 'em a MONTH to release the 2nd patch. People kinda lost faith in the product. Hope they create some mention-worthy DLC to attract new players.
@@MistaFiOth I have seen games succeed with far worse development times than that, I'm sure if they keep improving the game people will come back to it.
Hit a bug at end of first level where i couldnt die after meeting the queen and was forced into killing waves of aliens with my pistol. My team all dead.. Hard game as it is without nonsense bugs wasting your time.. So stopped playing it.. Good video and will go back to game eventually. On xss btw✌️
@@MistaFiOth oh okay thanks..i ve only played predator junting grounds and aliens fireteam elite. Unfortunately times goes by im an adult now and don't have much time for gaming life lately
I would very much like to ROAM witch mission can be chosen at one time' like in Aliens fire team' and not be locked into a one Go campaign. also I hate death clocks in my story!
The marine does not just stuck into the wall, but will get dragged away to a "space" about three times the distance of the entire map. If they fixed that, good. What might make it interesting would be the ability to take a guns blazing approach. Give the player a timer to kill a xeno WHEN discovered to kill without awaking a Hunt. I don't mind a stealth approach but I can image that for some players this is a turn off. At the moment - the team may as well be three Recons and two Sgts all the time. Just give one Hacker attribute and ninja the whole game. So far, no further DLC. There should a synth on the Ortago - who is taking to Mother? Ah sorry Artificial Person. Anyway Fioth thanks for covering this.
That's all about optimizing strats, my friend. Did it during the last stream with only secondaries, so if you organize your Suppressive Fire, you should be fine.
Nah, I'm a bit pissed at how slow they've been going with the patches. Just don't want to bring unneeded negativity to the discussion. Ppl know the game is bugged.
This is what I said on a few yourube videos so got the game completed it now nothing to do i can load the final missing or start all over again 🤔 who does that so good game but now boring can't do nothing after just start again ot needs a new game plus that's never gonna happen so thats it just start all over again 😂😂
@@MistaFiOth no dont just wait we all should email the company how do they know if we want a ng pluss if we don't ask them 🤔 makes sense I do that sometimes with games I email the company's i did one 2 weeks ago on a new saw game for ps4 ps5 I email konami we need to email them the more the better or they might just leave it we have to push
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Thank you for covering this August update! Looks like they added the Disable Death Clock option as the fifth (last) option when configuring your new campaign settings. At first I couldn't find it. But much appreciated for all your great Aliens Dark Descent videos!
My pleasure, Bacciagalupe. The Option is available when you start a fresh run, not mid-Campaign.
Game + would be an awesome feature... DLC could be great for this game.
I believe we'll be getting some... it's a matter of time and whether the game will be able to retain any amount of active players.
I believe if we got a new game plus mode and you can adjust your difficulty every new game would make it so much more replayable.
Indeed! We can only hope!
@@MistaFiOth What is the new game plus you're referring to?
It's restarting the game but retaining the characters from a previous one.
Thank you administrator 🙏🏻
You are welcome, Deputy Administrator.
I think you may have missed a pretty significant one: redeployment in the ARC no longer allowed once a massive onslaught is triggered. This was my go-to resource and damage saving move especially on the larger levels. Sit by the ARC for the countdown, then once the aliens get close, redeploy to the opposite side of the map and take a nice safe ride while the ARC destroys everyone coming after you. I can understand why they got rid of that, it did feel almost like cheating. I haven’t actually checked how it blocks you now, maybe someone else has experienced it. Great channel by the way, I have been enjoying your videos especially when I can’t play the game! This is the most fun game I have played in years, and scratches that AvP Extinction itch that I have had for so long!
Oh, my bad man. I've linked the entire list in the description, hope you didn't have any trouble locating it. The game IS good, just a bit too buggy, still. I am pretty sure they will fix most of the problematic stuff.
It’s all good! Just figured it was worth a mention 😊
Dude AvP extinction was awesome. I'd love to see dark descent get a campaign for the aliens one day!
@@whiteknight3929 that'd actually be very interesting!
@@whiteknight3929 I would love to see them continue this style of game with more AvP stuff, it would be epic if they did it right!
I just finished my first play-through yesterday on Medium difficulty. Loved every minute of it, too! I hope the devs continue polishing this game & adding more content. The only major bug I encountered (PS5) was not being able to save while resting during the mission on the Montero. There are a couple of reddit posts about it. Anyone else encountered this bug?
Yup... was happening to me during my "No One Can Hear You Scream" Run... not a fun situation.
Thank you brother! 🙏
My pleasure! 🫡
Great breakdown. As a fellow Aliens fan, appreciate the straightforward commentary and solid stuff you're putting out. Enjoyed Dark Descent and liked the devs' attention to detail, but you make good points. Hoping we get a legitimately "great" Aliens game without the downside of bugs, limited content, etc. sometime in the near future. Isolation did "Alien" justice I think in terms of themes and overall "feel", but we haven't had a bullseye yet with Aliens (for whatever reason).
Agree with you, my friend. Drop by the next Isolation stream. You'll like the show!
I grew up with NES/SNES/PS1 games... this game is for me the epitome of THE Aliens game (especially after the insane amount of bug patches and the option to remove the "Death Clock").
@DutchGuyMike glad you are having a good time, my friend. Video is not here to throw shade to the game. It's a critique of its persisting flaws.
This game is really good, but I think we need the possibility of dissociate a soldier of the group, or just get the possibility of soldiers placement for a strategic embush or things like that...
The possibility of protect a VIP/wounded soldier and things like that too would be nice. they need to take things a step further to give us a perfect game 😃
I can't imagine they don't know people are asking for individual control. We'll have to wait and see...
I waited to pick this up, holy crap what an amazing game.
It's very lovingly crafted. They still need to fix stuff though.
in case anyone who isn't aware you have to start a new campaign in order to disable the death clock, if you had a previous save before the patch. :'/ but happy that it is an option ha
Yup, exactly!
Wish this game had some sort of coop mode. Would be cool to see how others squads stack up to yours.
That's actually an interesting concept. Halo Wars did it and it was excellent.
Thanks so much for the update explanation I won’t lie I’ve been put off playing this game mine got updated this morning but I’m scared of loading it this will be my 3rd attempt to play this game from scratch I agree they have been lazy patching this game I love alien franchise but to me this has hurt ADD and I agree there should be a new game + I really don’t know if I’m gonna play this game for a while I’m on ps4 pro and my experience on it twice already was truly know one can hear you scream literally I love this game but I’ve been traumatised just when I thought fire team elite was bad this laughed over it any way love your videos and your opinions keep it up peace bro
I hope this Patch fixed as many of the issues you've faced as possible.
Finally!
Indeed... FYI, there are still bugs! xD
Good job 👏
Wow! Are those fries?!
I have this game, I watched your videos, needless to say I was very hyped about it. But the possibility of a gamebreaking bug stopping my progress mid-campaign completely killed any appetite I had for it. I may play it in a few months after it has been properly patched, but it's gonna sit in my queue until I hear more positive things about it.
That's a wise approach, Cisco. Can't blame you for wanting a functional product.
I finished a 100% campaign without a single bug except for when I had survivors with me and one of them got stuck in the elevator but e plethora of movement orders (slow and quick options) "fixed" it and made him walk out of it.
@DutchGuyMike you were very lucky then.
The Cooper’s log bug where you couldn’t pick up his datapad was fixed in my game. Can others confirm this?
Well, that's good news! Sadly, I know of people whose games weren't fixed. :(
On PS5, I find that the L1 button often does not respond when trying to select a skill (eg. the selection is on 'grenade' but I want to select 'shotgun'. Pressing the button just doesn't work). They could do with fixing that one. Controller is fine on all other games.
Other than that, it's a great game. Good video too, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! I've covered the game on great detail.
I haven't finished the game yet (just defended the Otago), but it seems to me that an easy DLC variant would be to have players clean up the moon. Different maps, mines, or communities. Yes, it'd be more of the same but it would be easy enough to implement while they work on proper DLC. Assuming this isn't already an end-game option that is!
Let's hope they are Oscar Mike!
I agree more content for this game would be awesome, but I truly believe devs right now they know which way follow and what to do
Anyone played Dawn of War: Dark Crusade? A campaign map like that, where you have to take and hold key regions (each giving you specific bonuses) would be a cool way to do it my opinion. Could have a few big hives to clear out on there too.
I have an issue in the Refinery mission, I have to destroy a barricade to keep progresing (after that the bad guys set an ambush where you dont have light and radar) but for any reason game doesnt allow me to click the option to destroy barricade, is this a game bug or do I need an specific skill from the marines that I forgot to do?
I'd love to tell you it wouldn't be a bug, but...
@@MistaFiOth thanks, I will try to start the mission from the beginning and hope the bug is not there anymore, if not I wil be forced to stop the game for a while until is fully patched
Hope it gets resolved with the restart, my friend.
To be fair - they appear to have attempted to fix a lot of problems, which is probably why it has taken so long to release. Lets just hope that a) it does actually fix the stuff they list and b) it doesn't introduce NEW issues.
True... I just wish they'd tweak SOMETHING to make going back to the game worthwhile. As it stands now, there's little reason to.
@@MistaFiOth My prediction is that Dark Descent will be one of those games that you keep going back to over time. Mark my words, we'll all be back for more within 6 months, if not earlier.
I wish for that to be true mate. It's good for business as well as pleasah'!
That’s still NOT ACCEPTABLE. That attitude is why these companies release bug filled games.
is NOva sniper name from Starcarft?
Yup!
That happened to me its on mission 4 pioneer station the command deck a crusher charged my team and all of them fell of the map it counted as game over.
FFS, you should have recorded it! xD
Might have missed it but I didn't hear anything about the bug where Cooper's Data pad isn't showing up...
Guess I'll wait another six weeks. Whatever. I've moved onto Remnant 2.
R2 is excellent, isn't it?
What bogs the mind with these patches, is how things keep slipping through... aren't they testing them?
@@MistaFiOth probably not. They're probably scrambling to get as muoh done as possible so buyers don't refund the game.
Dark Descent also went on sale today on xbox. It doesn't look good.
@@MistaFiOth dam shame too. It's a good game if it wasn't for all the progress blocking bugs.
Yeah man... they've literally killed the game's momentum.
@@MistaFiOth they'll get it back if two things happen. 1. Smash *all* the bugs in the next patch. 2. Release a substantial content patch / dlc after fourish months.
Then they'll be squared away.
Is that data pad from a dead guy that it's actually a secondary objective bug fixed? I couldn't pick it up on ps5
Got a report it's STILL bugged. :'(
it's on the next floor from where you find him
Im only in the 2nd area but series x still has some serious problems. Including... audio bugs, A button not working in command, and a a broken side quest.
I feel for you... I made a vid discussing the state of the game. You might want to watch that as well. Let's hope they patch soon.
@@MistaFiOth cheers ill check it out. I've literally put the game to one side in the hope a fix will come, shame because its actually a good game!
It seems the deathclock can only be disabled in a new game. Im half way through and cant see any option to disable it on my current playthrough.
Yup, that's what I thought...
That's understandable, though, particularly since you can't even adjust difficulty mid-game. At least you can skip the tutorial on your new play through.
True. Will make restarting a little less frustrating.
After completing it twice, I went in after the patch today and some gamebugs are still there for me on the PS5 😲. I like the game but until a new gamemode or something im giving it a pause sadly😢.
Yeah, man... it's like banging your head on a brick wall...
It’s a late patch but at least doomclock and tutorial are optional now!
Yup. Wish it happened a few days ago!
The change to the drone sound impact is a major difficulty increase and wasn't well thought out
Will have to test and see, my friend.
Hope the next update allows you to issue move orders to individual marines. And does something about the clunky and unresponsive menu controls on xbox.
That'd be a HUGE overhaul... I'm not very optimistic.
I wish they would let me save whenever i want. Especially when playing on medium difficulty and below. Sometimes i need to stop playing but I can't because i need to to find a room or move forward to the mission to save.
Makes sense. It'd be tied to the difficulty, after all.
The mechanics of this game would work to let us actually play s the Aliens to infest a colony as infestation goes up the human marine support from marines increases making it more dangerous for the hive.
Sounds like an RTS version of Natural Selection
That'd be a VERY interesting approach to a Campaign, if done right.
I am loving the game but it does still have issues, just died to sentinels shooting me through a solid wall. Glad to see things are getting better though. I really hope we get full dlc in time, but i think the idea of mutators for the campaign would add a ton of replayability, and be relatively simple to implement.
They left it unattended for too long... it took 'em a MONTH to release the 2nd patch. People kinda lost faith in the product. Hope they create some mention-worthy DLC to attract new players.
@@MistaFiOth I have seen games succeed with far worse development times than that, I'm sure if they keep improving the game people will come back to it.
@@whiteknight3929sure hope so, my man. Love the positivity! Stick around for more!
It’s on sale for ps5 atm. May pick it up
On sale? Really?
level 10 fix not working still!
Seriously...?
@Mista_FiOth yep I loaded in my game and cannot progress so I think I have to do level 10 for the 5th time to get it to work.
Are you missing one objective whilst you've already done it?
Hit a bug at end of first level where i couldnt die after meeting the queen and was forced into killing waves of aliens with my pistol. My team all dead.. Hard game as it is without nonsense bugs wasting your time.. So stopped playing it.. Good video and will go back to game eventually. On xss btw✌️
Hope you'll have a much better experience now, Marine! o7
@@MistaFiOth was enjoying it till then.. Looks like patch is up for xbox as well.. Im 1.4 now so gonna start over minus tutorial. ✌️
Is this an update for Aliens Fireteam Elite ?
Aliens: Dark Descent mate. It's in the title. 😋
@@MistaFiOth oh okay thanks..i ve only played predator junting grounds and aliens fireteam elite. Unfortunately times goes by im an adult now and don't have much time for gaming life lately
I would very much like to ROAM witch mission can be chosen at one time' like in Aliens fire team' and not be locked into a one Go campaign. also I hate death clocks in my story!
Death Clocks work well in this genre, they add agency. Look at X-COM! As for the addition of extra Modes, I have to agree.
Experienced a few crashes after downloading the update. No problems prior to the update on PS5.
Damn man... the gift that keeps on givin'! :P
The marine does not just stuck into the wall, but will get dragged away to a "space" about three times the distance of the entire map. If they fixed that, good.
What might make it interesting would be the ability to take a guns blazing approach. Give the player a timer to kill a xeno WHEN discovered to kill without awaking a Hunt.
I don't mind a stealth approach but I can image that for some players this is a turn off. At the moment - the team may as well be three Recons and two Sgts all the time. Just give one Hacker attribute and ninja the whole game.
So far, no further DLC. There should a synth on the Ortago - who is taking to Mother? Ah sorry Artificial Person.
Anyway Fioth thanks for covering this.
Solid ideas Esky, as always. My pleasure! 🫡
Cannot finish the first sentinel gun fight.
Always overrun by xenomorphs damaging the gun first, and killing at least one soldier later.
That's all about optimizing strats, my friend. Did it during the last stream with only secondaries, so if you organize your Suppressive Fire, you should be fine.
Predator playable dlc
Different IP my friend...
Love the game but yea game plus whot be greate one good thing i got game 50% off its grate :)
NG+ is a must, indeed.
Cant progress because i cant get coopers datapad, this games so full of bugs.
Well... they just patched some. :/
@@MistaFiOth glass half full man eh.
And here's me still cryin cos mines not on the list😂
Nah, I'm a bit pissed at how slow they've been going with the patches. Just don't want to bring unneeded negativity to the discussion. Ppl know the game is bugged.
I agree 100% no game plus realky! Comeone. No DLC or something new. There is nothing to go back to. Hopefully, they will add a new game plus soon.
I'm hoping for the same, my man!
In fairness, a month is basically nothing dev/test/release wise.
Not if you have a game-breaking bug in your game.
I wish a do not fire option was implemented also i still advocate for individual marine control would be nice
Technically, you can press F to cancel all commands... doesn't always work as intended, though. :/
I would try next time I play! Thanks for answering my comment
@@IDFJericho thank you for the feedback! Stick around for more!
This is what I said on a few yourube videos so got the game completed it now nothing to do i can load the final missing or start all over again 🤔 who does that so good game but now boring can't do nothing after just start again ot needs a new game plus that's never gonna happen so thats it just start all over again 😂😂
I think NG+ is gonna come, eventually. We just have to wait and see.
@@MistaFiOth no dont just wait we all should email the company how do they know if we want a ng pluss if we don't ask them 🤔 makes sense I do that sometimes with games I email the company's i did one 2 weeks ago on a new saw game for ps4 ps5 I email konami we need to email them the more the better or they might just leave it we have to push
They need to add the characters from Aliens.
You can name your Marines however you like...
@@MistaFiOth You can, but it would be more convenient to just have the list available as an option.
I don't think that skins would matter much in a game where your characters are five pixels large.
Uh no lol just name them the characters then 🤦
@@blakefenslerjr4858 Who has that kind of time?
Alien --> Dead by Daylight
They are about to announce a collab!
@@MistaFiOth Announced today.
Yup, saw it!
NOPE; Easy gameplay still has a Death counter for ps4 games' What a waste of my money!
I'm not sure I understand what you are getting at, mate.