People keep thinking I'm gonna run out of souls-likes, but I can guarantee you that I'll run out of energy for these long before I run out of games to play
@@jacobnorris8256Makes sense to me, the Vikings are impressive melee fighters and storm troopers can't shoot to literally save their lives so the distance is closed easily.
I'm actually kind of jealous at how good Soul Spear looks as a student project, our game production class in college went about as badly as it possibly could have and I wish we had made anything even close to looking that good.
I know a decent bit about game design, but not enough to get in-depth about it; so maybe you have more insight about this. In the demo, there's the shot of the massive castle wall. What tricks do you think were used to get it rendered at such high quality without tanking the frame rate? To me, it looks like a massive 3-d asset that would absolutely destroy the frames yet it ran really smooth. I thought that was one of the most impressive parts of the demo. Edit: 1:19 for reference
@@daniloka42 I got Dying Light a couple days ago and it has one of the most satisfying dropkicks in a game I've ever seen. Freerunning from roof to roof and dropkicking a guy off a balcony then watching him hit the floor and his head explode is a great experience lmao.
I can imagine him going to Dandelion like 'hey, I want to write my daughter a bedtime story & since you're my best friend & a bard & poet, you are legally obligated to help me', & Dandelion absolutely goes along with it & gets so damn invested in this little story about a mouse king he helped his best friend write for his daughter
Foregone is another good one. One weird demo that id recommend to anyone is called hidden deep. Just check it out its such a great concept and execution for a indie game.
From the Blood Spear dev team: "We want to address a subject that comes up often “Will there be a full game/sequel?”. As some of you may know, Blood Spear was our graduation project, as newcomers in the industry we are currently looking for more experience in different companies, the team will split up for the moment. However, in the future the team wishes to work together again, whether on Blood Spear or new projects." Sadge
@@rinnest That is indeed what Anime PFP's oughta do! I was thinking about this the other day but how much better would it be if we lived in an alternative reality where people couldn't shut the fuck up about awesome American cartoons that we grew up loving? Ed Edd n Eddy, Catdog, hey arnold, Johnny bravo, Invader zim, dexters lab and all the other good shit. Where's all the fools who won't shut up about telling the world their love for those types of shows?
@@isaacschwartz1257 Admittedly, Hugh Jackman really *is* too tall to play the comic-book version of Wolverine. He was just badass enough to get the part anyway.
I always think of it as Geralt reading a story book to Ciri when she was really young. I absolutely love this game, was so excited when he started playing it!
@@izzy4bitney Really felt bad when he just completely turned on it basically because of video game things, only mentioning its good points in pass when he clearly enjoyed it quite a bit. His phrasing felt overtly nitpicky and bitchy.
The student project game at the start of the video is really impressive. The graphics were beautiful, the mechanics look super comfortable and satisfying, and the boss reminded me of the well boss Bongo Bongo from Ocarina of Time if he existed in the dark souls universe. Really cool game, very talented developers. It's easy to see why it won first.
Yeah it's the level of polish on the gameplay and movement for me. A lot of indie developers and even AAA developers don't really understand how to make moment-to-moment gameplay _feel_ good (I mean, me either, I suspect it's about 50% witchcraft) and when you see someone who clearly knows what they're doing in that department it's a huge green flag.
That gladiator game was freakin hilarious from start to finish-when that one legged guy hopped over, picked up the shield, and aggressively started bouncing toward you I almost spit out my coffee
"Have I totally lost my mind on what a souls like even is?" Absolutely. But let's be real, souls-likes or not some of the games you find in these dumpster dives are utterly fascinating.
Hey, for a game recommendation, there's this game coming out in Februray called Elden Ring. It hasn't seemed to gain much hype, but it looks like a faithful souls-like. Definitely check it out when it releases.
I just played the whole tails of iron game and I honestly loved it myself, it did felt tedious some times and I do agree that the amount of time you spend just walking is too much but I never really got bored of the combat and the game was fun overall, while the points you gave are fair and most people may think it's not worth playing just bc of them, I still recommend it.
I also really enjoyed Tails of Iron, his criticisms are certainly valid, but my guess is most people would still enjoy it. If you're on the fence, I would give it a try. It's free on PS Plus right now too.
I love when you find mostly legit good games(or at least honest attempts at good games) in this series. It’s fun to laugh at bad or meme filled “souls-likes” but, seeing smaller games with real inspiration behind them is nice.
Based off of something Eric Williams (Director of GOW: Ragnarok) said in an interview for the Friends Per Second Podcast, it looks like they may have gotten the spear throw/slam explosion mechanic from Blood Spear. I like to think they reached out to the team behind Blood Spear, especially since it was a student project.
The end parts of Song of Iron had me busting a gut. When you said "Why is this Star Wars" I was thinking the exact same thing at that moment. Fantastic.
I read the comment and I thought the ending music would be Star Wars, but nope, actual game became Star Wars lol. Is this commented on in the game itself? Is Thor just a Sufficiently Advanced Alien (TM)?
The fact that Iron Pineapple didn't like tails of Iron just shows that some games don't resonate with everyone, and I respect that. A lot of times I come to this series to seek something new within the genre. Buuut I still encourage everyone to try it, but with a less critic mindset. I'm a fool for rats, so to me was like watching a storybook unfold, and it was kinda magical.
Yeah I hope people understand that I’m ultimately just one person with one opinion, and I appreciate a lot in Tails of Iron. I could see the right person enjoying the game a lot despite my issues with it.
To be fair, a lot of what he said was true. I agree with him despite enjoying the game myself. However, what he didnt notice is its potential. I really hope they make a sequel
@@Ok-but I think tbh, as long as the game can hold the hook of the like, first hour or so throughout the game, I think it'll do well in like, a standard PC too tbh...
I like to think of myself as someone who can stand jank more than most people, but Iron Pineapple really surprises me with half the stuff you're able to play though, love these videos, one of my favorite video series on youtube
It's not as much that I'm surprised you're not running out of souls-likes, so much as I'm surprised you're not running out of *good* souls-likes. Also, surprised you hadn't played Grime sooner. There was a ton of well deserved hype for it on release. I mean, I still haven't played it, but that's only because I don't have a PC and it hasn't released elsewhere(hopefully there's a "yet" there). I got a recommendation for you: Dandara. It's a metroidvania that's unlike any you've ever played. You can't move left or right and instead can jump from surface to surface. Not soulsy at all, but has great boss fights. The unique movement allows for some really cool puzzles as well. Nothing super complicated, though. This is still my favorite series on TH-cam.
Stadia is a pile of bullshit that I'm glad failed. It's the pinnacle of the "games as a service" nonsense that greedy AAA devs would love to implement to kill off the second hand market. It's just another half-assed project that Google execs threw money at then forgot about.
I don't know what's the best part of this series, when he finds one that's hilariously wonky or bad, or when he actually finds a hidden gem and gives it the exposure it deserves
I'm in the middle of a gruelling finals week in my last year and I can't tell you how refreshing it is to be able to take a break and watch a new upload of one of my favorite series. Thank you
gladio and glory had my litterally crying, i mean the tears are streaming down my face at 2 am from laughing so hard... seriously your videos are the best when i cant sleep dude
I quite like this series and I'm not fussed about focusing on souls-like games. Would you ever do dumpster diving for a wider bredth of genres finding other hidden gems/trash that aren't neccesarily 3rd person fantasy action games?
@@IronPineapple I would love to see other types of games too. Just keep this series going as well. If you have time of course. Don't stretch yourself too thin as these are amazing.
I just finished the Kin ending here and I loved every minute of the game, and I'm absolutely doing multiple playthroughs of it. And the _music,_ just fantastic. I kinda wanna place Grime around the same level as Hollow Knight, it's a crime that this game is so little known. It also had the most consistently fun bosses I've seen in any Souls-like, every single one felt completely fair and was just _fun_ to fight, with the final boss feeling fittingly climactic.
When a game gives you as strong of a foundation as Grime does, it's easy enough to find a few firm puns. You've just got to make sure to sift through the easy stuff and get to the real gems beneath.
Do you know what the other game he was showing while talking about metroidvanias and grime was? Looked cool but I don’t recognize it, must’ve missed it in another video
This series is slowly becoming the highlight of your channel, just genuinely entertaining to see all the unique creations fresh in your mind. keep them coming!
I've gotta say, you've really nailed the pacing of these videos, especially the balance between live commentary and post commentary. It didn't feel like you ought to have spent more time talking about any of these or like you spent too long talking about something that didn't warrant it, and that's not an easy thing to achieve
Yeah I’m trying to figure out if the developers for Blood Spear had anything to do with Santa Monica bc the animation itself it’s damn near perfectly identical
That last game, while absolutely jank, I actually kinda love it's POV and perspective/presentation Feels like of there were a few more devs to edit/write the story, punch up the combat, it could really be something special
Iron Pineapple: Alright let's dive deep in steam's souls-like dumpster once more. Also Iron Pineaple: *proceeds to play a bunch of well finished fantastic games with actual great quality*
Geralt's voice actor has been doing a some stuff with small indie devs apparently, he's working on a game called Sacred Fire too and it's pretty cool of him
Tails of Iron: This is what happens when Dandelion says to Geralt "Well if you don't like my stories, you try writing one!" And he says, "Bet," and comes up with this.
I'd still recommend Zeno Clash, old as it is. The art is astounding and just kind of surprising, the combat is weighty, and they built the damn thing in source engine which is incredible. The pacing is real tight, the whole experience takes 4 hours. Plus the story is solid, something I didn't expect in a game with duel fish guns, men that are part tea kettle and women that are part hookah. There's a new game in the series lined up. Can't wait. The colors in the Zeno games and how everyone looks partially melted is so good. A beautiful world of weirdos.
Okay, I'm a new subscriber and I'm just catching up on some of your videos, but I had to laugh during all the puns during the Grime review. I was listening to it in the background while I was doing something else and I did an actual double take after hit with all the rock puns. Knowing you weaved them in on purpose... Kudos, Iron Pineapple. Subtle in the audio and hanging a lampshade on them in the video. Genius.
I recently finished Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight. It took me about 4 hours but is a short, souls-y metroidvania, and I really enjoyed the art, music, and gameplay. Great video as always!
He's already either played and reviewed that one, iirc, or it was too "known" to call obscure (considering a big TH-camr at the time played it when it was new).
Those first two games looked really cool. That student project was especially impressive; would love to see them start a Patreon for it to become a full game.
On the game's steam page they said that they aren't planning to keep working on the game for now, or even stay in the same group for that matter. So sadly, it doesn't look like that is going to happen.
Unfortunately with student games that were part of their education, those games are sometimes owned by the school itself. I knew someone years ago that was doing some game dev classes at college and he told me that nobody was doing anything overly impressive since the school would effectively own it.
The school I went to made an effort to say that we owned what we made. The other factor is that working with classmates is different than choosing who you'd want to work with long term. What works well for a semester or a school year isn't great in the long term. And if the students own it, it's hard to split off with a dedicated team if someone else wants to work on it differently.
@@3st3st77Yeah I ended up looking into it and I can understand that something like a student project would be hard to really turn into a full game considering that everybody will be going in their own direction afterwards. Still a shame though, that game looks damn good.
Loot River looked amazing, definitely wishlisting it. Also Gladio & Glory is absurdly fun for how glitchy and wonky it is, I've played like 4 hours of it now
Gladio and Glory is definitely a fun game to mess around with. I did a gameplay video for my channel, but I was laughing so much off camera all the time from all the janky mess happening.
Recommendations: The Last Spell Is a defend the guy - rouge-like with base building, hero management and the tactical combat. Quite difficult, but very fun and rewarding Fell Seal: Arbiters mark Is also a tactics game, but with more of a story focus and more classes (almost like the job system form ff:tactics). Can be a bit grind heavy if you want "the perfect set up" so that might be minus if you are like me and spend a few more hours getting the right skills, passives, weapons, armors, ring... for the perfect one tap master, but that said the combat is fun and the story is good enough for me Solasta: Crow of the Magister Is a tactical fantasy game that has the closest thing to the 5e rule set I have played. Story is a bit linear, but the amount of things you can do in combat makes up for those shortages for me. Very fun! I play it form start to end about once every three months or when they add more classes and/or other dlcs (currently missing Paladin, Bard, Warlock, Artificer and Monk, but they seem to be aiming at adding most of them over time hopefully) Anyways hope at least one of them are to peoples liking. Have a nice day!
@@amaurysutre2494 True. I just recommend games that might have flown under some peoples radar that I have played a fair bit within the last few months and found fun challenge in. Ideally games that I have 100% , all achievement or 100+ hours But out of curiosity do you have a good game recommendation? Hope you have a nice day :)
I LOVE that you go through these games! It gives me a lot of information I can make my own decisions on. 1) Blood Spear looks SUPER SATISFYING to play! 2) Loot River looks WILD. Also yeah, the ripples in the water when you move platforms is HYPNOTIC. It's REALLY promising that you went into it with "I think this looks neat" to "NOOOOO THE DEMO CANNOT BE OVER" 3) Gladio and Glory - Thank you for playing this so I know not to. Like, you're laughing your ass off while playing it but it's clear the devs intended it to be taken seriously, and that does not bode well. 4) Grime - That opening animation immediately got my attention. Everything looks GORGEOUS, too. 5) Plushy from the Sky - That, uh... that looks very asset-flip-y 6) Tails of Iron - This would be wishlist material, but when you say the combat becomes a chore after an hour means I'm likely to find it so much, much sooner. 7) Song of Iron - I don't want to be mean. I do NOT want to be mean. I don't want to be mean. Solo dev. Don't want to be mean. But. But. Holy shit how broken can one game be? Like, you'd think it would take an entire dev team to make a game THIS broken. *Star Wars segment starts* OOHHHHHHH, it's an ASSET FLIP. I get it now. Hard pass.
There’s a small indie souls like series you should check out called kingdom hearts, it’s got all the souls-like key attributes: -Dodge roll based action combat -a world filled with darkness/monsters -heavily littered with themes of humanity and light/dark -Large scale boss fights which are the highlights of the combat system -Orchestral music
Loot River seems super interesting. It's nice that they didn't just add the moving platform thing as a mechanic just to stand out from the rest and leave it there, but actually made it a main focus, like with certain enemies being able to affect them, be it through burning them or locking them in place. I'm hoping there'll be more different enemy interactions with the platforms in the future, and hopefully more unique platforms too instead of just platforms with different shapes and/or elevations.
5:15 The fire panic was real. Always so hard to tell if a game is going to honor the 'fire burns wood' rule or not. Then it's panic when it does and I didn't expect it.
Blood Spear, Loot River, GRIME. This episode had some solid games. Let's not forget Gladio and Glory. It genuinely looks super fun. Also, Souls of Iron is fun and engaging, beautiful and simple, well animated. Ending is funny, tho
Video Game Recommendations: 1. The Way of the Samurai franchise (I believe there are four games in total ranging from the PS2-PS3). 2. Heart Machine's latest game: "Solar Ash" . 3. "Eastward" by studio Chucklefish. 4. And finally, Final Scene Dev's "Biomass."
@@prateeksharmakharel7678 - I was VERY pleased with how hard the script worked for the player to become emotionally attached to the main characters. It reminded me of TLOU part 1 Joel and Ellie.
@@KenchiofTaichiI know what you mean after Phoenotopia: Awakening I thought I was not going to find a game I love for some time but Eastward also blew through those expectations.
The moment you realize that Blood Spear had God of War Ragnarok's Draupnir, before Draupnir was a thing in the game. I mean mechanic-wise the Blood Spear is pretty similar. Throw infinite spears at targets and smack into the ground to explode them. It does not have as much particle effects compared to Draupnir itself, but it's a cool observation when looking back to old videos like this one.
would you ever consider doing a recap vid or like a mid series summary? at this point, what do you consider to be the main qualifiers for a souls-like kind of video? or, which one of these are hardest to get right or what is the best variation on a soulslike? would love to see what you’ve learned from this series!
I share the same gripes voiced by IP about this game, but I had a blast playing it (and finishing it twice, now that the free DLC is out). The consensus is that it's a great little gem of an indie, so I'd strongly encourage to try it out yourself, especially if you find the visuals charming.
I'm just dropping in to heavy recommend tails of Iron, brilliant game if you like punishing combat and "cute" story. I loved it through and through, little frustrating at times, but defo try if it appeals to you, make up your own mind :)
Based on what he said I wouldn't try it. But, that is just me. Just wanted to play devil's advocate and say that some of the negatives are things that kill experiences for me.
Tails of Iron is one of my favorite games ever and I'm beyond disappointed he didn't like it but I thought it was amazing. Maybe they added in fast travel by when I got to it because I don't remember being annoyed with backtracking.
I have to recommend a game that’s lengthy but is almost always on sale on Steam. The game is called Outward and it has a following and a decent community. It’s a survival, open world fantasy rpg that has a dodge roll and combat similar to the Souls games. I wouldn’t outright call it a Souls like, personally though. You can craft weapons and armor early on and cooking food is just as helpful and important as potions. I don’t want to spoil the whole experience if you do want to check it out. It’s extremely fun and there are plenty of builds to make and have fun with. Edit: Wasn’t sure to add this at first, but the game is unforgiving in the fact that you need to be stocked up on water and food. Temperatures can be the bane of your existence but with the right armor and food, it’ll make things more bearable. There’s a lot of replayability to this game and you’ll sink lots of hours into it. It has a hefty price tag but again, it’s frequently on sale on Steam if you’re okay with waiting for it.
@@dooperdooper6679 That’s awesome. I haven’t played with anyone in co-op. My main build is a gunner priestess build that I did some tweaking to. I need to find more people into it. It’s such a hidden gem.
I was so hyped by the concept and screenshots of that game and bought it week one, but I just couldn't get into it and I gave it a solid 15+ hours. The game is janky in a Gothic 2 kinda way which would be fine if the story or even the UI had any kind of polish to it at all. As it was I found the survival mechanics way too over-tuned and intrusive, the combat janky and unforgiving - making it stressful and a chore, the story and setting were sparse and full of tropes (from what I saw of it), and lastly there was some heavy discrepancy in the usefulness of various abilities. You should really make it clear in your recommendation just how important and present the survival mechanics are in the game. It's not Ark but it's beyond hardcore by any other RPG standards, and anyone who doesn't care for stuff like keeping fed/hydrated/warm is gonna have a bad time most likely. Just to add a final, even more subjective comment...... the game might frequently be on sale but I personally find the RRP to be quite cheeky given the game's production values (though I'm really not out here to stop game devs trying to make a buck). Fifty bucks for a game that frequently has text that extends beyond the window frame and has sentences that don't start with capital letters..... some rough animations and minimalist sound too...... you would most likely want to get it on sale, even if you like it.
@@graysaltine6035 That’s totally fair. I was lucky to get it on sale. It does have its flaws and it is very unforgiving if you don’t keep up with your burnt health, stamina and of course hunger, thirst and sleep. I always try to personally keep stocked up with supplies when I play. But I’d like to think that comes with the territory. I’ll definitely add to that. I wasn’t sure how much would spoil the experience and what wouldn’t. With the text issues and UI, I didn’t notice it. The game has underwent lots of changes since release. It might have changed and I know that lots of bugs have been fixed. That’s one thing the developers are quick to address.
If you like the 2D metrovania with challenge and fight telegraphing of dark souls, You should check out Dust: An Elysian Tale. The combat is surprisingly deep and the gameplay is stellar for only 2 bucks. Just don't let the furry stuff scare you away. This is definitely better than that Neopets game.
I would say Grime and Tails of Iron aren't dumpster-diving but this series of yours is still absolutely amazing 🙌 They were also the two games you said "How did I not hear about this?" and my response both times was "I don't know Pineapple, how!?" 🤔😜
People keep thinking I'm gonna run out of souls-likes, but I can guarantee you that I'll run out of energy for these long before I run out of games to play
Early squad! ❤️❤️❤️
You will only run out when elden ring comes out and not leave the house for years.
Doubt
don't run out of energy then lol
No one thinks you will run out of garbage souls likes, we however think you will run out of will to live and go hollow
I feel like once Elden Ring comes out Iron Pineapple gonna be like "I've played too many Souls Like games, I'm skipping this one."
He probably already pre-ordered the game on every platfrom where it's available.
Well this atleast if he didn't get a free review copy.
That would be a tragedy.
I don’t think an apocalypse would be enough to stop me from getting Elden Ring once it comes out.
@@MindinViolet not even a Soviet weapons grade apocalypse tank.
@@mwperk02 that's...oddly specific
The storm troopers has to be one of the craziest plot twists ever on a souls-like
And worst part they lose to fucking vikings. So much for vastly superior tech.
The other tribes are never gonna believe what happened!
@@jacobnorris8256 To be fair, they also lost to some teddy bears, clearly the technological advantage doesn't count for much in their case.
@@MoonPatch they just have too much Reverse plot armor
@@jacobnorris8256Makes sense to me, the Vikings are impressive melee fighters and storm troopers can't shoot to literally save their lives so the distance is closed easily.
I'm actually kind of jealous at how good Soul Spear looks as a student project, our game production class in college went about as badly as it possibly could have and I wish we had made anything even close to looking that good.
If anything, I hope the students are successful for the environments and concept design. Very impressive project.
@@ExemplarKyle Oh for sure, with something like this on their portfolio they have a shoe-in for any game industry job they apply for
I know a decent bit about game design, but not enough to get in-depth about it; so maybe you have more insight about this. In the demo, there's the shot of the massive castle wall. What tricks do you think were used to get it rendered at such high quality without tanking the frame rate? To me, it looks like a massive 3-d asset that would absolutely destroy the frames yet it ran really smooth. I thought that was one of the most impressive parts of the demo.
Edit: 1:19 for reference
@@dougdynamo9398 Read up on texture & light baking, theres a lot of good articles on the internet that break it down simply.
@@hobgob321
Thanks, man. I appreciate it.
More non-FIFA games should definitely have slide-tackle functions
or jump kicking sideways with body completely into it with both feet.
FEAR and trepang2 do this and its hilarious because enemies just go sailing across the room
Yes. Add it to any golf and ice hockey sims you make in the future, EA.
@@monx84 You mean a Dropkick?
@@daniloka42 I got Dying Light a couple days ago and it has one of the most satisfying dropkicks in a game I've ever seen. Freerunning from roof to roof and dropkicking a guy off a balcony then watching him hit the floor and his head explode is a great experience lmao.
"this is a story Geralt wrote" this is def a bedtime story Geralt would tell to Ciri
yeeees! even in the books, Geralt is in dad-mode a lot while searching for her.
I can imagine him going to Dandelion like 'hey, I want to write my daughter a bedtime story & since you're my best friend & a bard & poet, you are legally obligated to help me', & Dandelion absolutely goes along with it & gets so damn invested in this little story about a mouse king he helped his best friend write for his daughter
Impressed with the amount of W's in this episode. Already bought Grime. And I can't wait for the full release of Loot River XD
Tails of iron slaps.....well in the beginning lol
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Oyeah grime was free on stadia, which stadia was free for a couple of months if u had Google storage. So it was a Def win!
played grime for the sick combat stayed for sexy rock lore
Foregone is another good one. One weird demo that id recommend to anyone is called hidden deep. Just check it out its such a great concept and execution for a indie game.
From the Blood Spear dev team:
"We want to address a subject that comes up often “Will there be a full game/sequel?”. As some of you may know, Blood Spear was our graduation project, as newcomers in the industry we are currently looking for more experience in different companies, the team will split up for the moment. However, in the future the team wishes to work together again, whether on Blood Spear or new projects."
Sadge
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Sounds like a time skip on an anime. "Then they will gather again after 5 years of training, to form the most powerful indie development team"
@@inpy only timeskips in anime k
@@saints9379 wat?
Go back to the abyss with nanachi
That "STOP" attack that ends the game by killing you was brilliant.
silence anime pfp using peddle file remove that anime pfp
@@animeiscancerfurriesarefet217 touch grass
@@rinnest That is indeed what Anime PFP's oughta do! I was thinking about this the other day but how much better would it be if we lived in an alternative reality where people couldn't shut the fuck up about awesome American cartoons that we grew up loving? Ed Edd n Eddy, Catdog, hey arnold, Johnny bravo, Invader zim, dexters lab and all the other good shit. Where's all the fools who won't shut up about telling the world their love for those types of shows?
@@NYC_Goody touch grass
@@rinnest please do touch grass that'd be good for you!
This was actually one of the best group of games in this series.
True
Seriously the first 5 were all great.
Is this still your favorite?
@@MutantCookieMan I haven't watched this in two years, so I don't remember, but I'm sure it still stands.
Iron Pineapple having a gamertag "metallic fruit" is like Bryan Cranston cosplaying Walter White at Comicon
which have happened
I was gonna say, didn't Hugh Jackman once go as Wolverine. People kept giving him shit because he was too tall.
Reminds me how Charlie Chaplin joined a look alike contest of himself and lost
@@isaacschwartz1257 Admittedly, Hugh Jackman really *is* too tall to play the comic-book version of Wolverine. He was just badass enough to get the part anyway.
19:45 - From Souls, to Skyrim, to I Wanna Be The Guy, to Getting Over It, to Star Wars. Damn, what a ride.
Don't forget Limbo.
And God Of War
This is one of my favorite series. Never fails to make me laugh or inspire me to try a new game
Fr tho. I always get excited as hell when I see Metal Fruit has posted one of these vids.
Tails of Iron being someone in the Witcher universe writing a children's book and then Geralt reading it to someone is such a good headcanon bro
it hit me like a truck when i heard geralt talking
I always think of it as Geralt reading a story book to Ciri when she was really young. I absolutely love this game, was so excited when he started playing it!
@@pavkata9568 bro same, I was sitting here like "wait a god damn minute"
@@izzy4bitney Really felt bad when he just completely turned on it basically because of video game things, only mentioning its good points in pass when he clearly enjoyed it quite a bit. His phrasing felt overtly nitpicky and bitchy.
@@2BsWraith I mean, if he didn't like it, he didn't like it. He was just honest.
I imagine the hard work that a single dude had to make an entire game. The "now what" ending was like, "I'm tired, enough of that".
The student project game at the start of the video is really impressive. The graphics were beautiful, the mechanics look super comfortable and satisfying, and the boss reminded me of the well boss Bongo Bongo from Ocarina of Time if he existed in the dark souls universe.
Really cool game, very talented developers. It's easy to see why it won first.
Yeah, I'm gonna play that as soon as I get home tonight. Students involved in that should be very proud.
Yeah it's the level of polish on the gameplay and movement for me. A lot of indie developers and even AAA developers don't really understand how to make moment-to-moment gameplay _feel_ good (I mean, me either, I suspect it's about 50% witchcraft) and when you see someone who clearly knows what they're doing in that department it's a huge green flag.
That gladiator game was freakin hilarious from start to finish-when that one legged guy hopped over, picked up the shield, and aggressively started bouncing toward you I almost spit out my coffee
It's like a Monty Python skit.
It’s free too
@@Jokoko2828 "Right! I'll do you for that!"
All that it's missing is the ability to grab said missing limbs and using them to beat people
Time stamp?
Wait GOW Ragnarok has the same spear combat mechanics as Blood Spear…? That’s crazy
I was about to say man this video is a year old its the same mechanic lol
What do you think the chances are some of the students who worked on blood spear got jobs at sony Santa monica
draupnir
i was about to comment the same thing
More accurately, I think the first concept of an exploding spear came from Kalista in League
"Have I totally lost my mind on what a souls like even is?"
Absolutely. But let's be real, souls-likes or not some of the games you find in these dumpster dives are utterly fascinating.
its not a soulslike if it doesn't have sun-praising and beautiful chests ahead
The true mark of a souls-like, enjoyably breakable barrels.
With nothing in it xD
@@LordGrizzlyTheAnnoyed Who needs stuff in the barrels? Breaking them is reward enough.
You know what? Even though that one gladiator lost his leg, he got right back up and kept fighting like a boss. Respectable.
He was booking it for a man who only had one leg.
@@tianamaycry My mans was faster on one leg than he was with two 😭
tis but a scratch
@@KawaiiStarsTwas a flesh wound
This is LITERALLY my favorite YT series. Please keep making them i click within -1 seconds
"This actually looks like..."
Me: "Demons Souls? Boletaria?"
"Crazy good"
*Oh, yeah, that*
Exactly what I was thinking. That vista had Boletaria written all over it.
I was thinking Boletaria!
Loot River seems REALLY cool. It looks polished, and the mechanics have a lot of potential and are legitimately interesting
Personally I think having vikings break into cloning labs and fight stormtroopers with axes is metal as fuck.
every day we get closer to Robot-Pirate Island
Everyone in Gladio And Glory : "Just a flesh wound!" (hops around without arms or legs)
Tis but a scratch
Throw the Spear and break it by pounding the ground.
*_God of War Ragnarok: Write that down...._*
Bro i was just about to comment this, I IMMEDIATELY knew the similarities.
Glad I’m not the only one who noticed
When I was playing ragnarok this student project was the only thing going through my brain
Reminds me of Kalista from League
Hey, for a game recommendation, there's this game coming out in Februray called Elden Ring. It hasn't seemed to gain much hype, but it looks like a faithful souls-like. Definitely check it out when it releases.
yeah, i heard that Elden ring is going to be one of the games ever made
@@hitfran4644 i heard elden ring is going to be a game? idk about that tho.
Yeah, seems like a pretty cool Indie title.
@@hitfran4644 definitely one of the games ever made
They made a Kickstarter for this and after I dropped few hundreds I knew it was worth it
It is so hilarious to see someone playing games no one else on TH-cam plays. You brought my into the "Souls Games". Thanks for that! :D
You should actually play the Souls games too. I mean, why not? They are not impossible nor inaccessible.
Weich aber Vollnass
Indiemause played through grime and that rat one I believe, he also started as a souls youtuber
Mythymoo has actually played all the games shown here. So yeah, Pineapple's not the only one, he's just late lol.
MythyMoo wants to know your location.
I just played the whole tails of iron game and I honestly loved it myself, it did felt tedious some times and I do agree that the amount of time you spend just walking is too much but I never really got bored of the combat and the game was fun overall, while the points you gave are fair and most people may think it's not worth playing just bc of them, I still recommend it.
Thank you for your comment! I might give the game a go... if anything it looks beautifull.
@@miniclip1162 Tails of iron is a lot of fun. The combat is really unique. It can be frustrating, but it's definitely worth it.
I also really enjoyed Tails of Iron, his criticisms are certainly valid, but my guess is most people would still enjoy it. If you're on the fence, I would give it a try. It's free on PS Plus right now too.
also a insanely easy platinum for achievement hunters
Song of Iron is what you get when the 3d modeler/asset artist has to also design the combat, level structure, enemies, and the story.
Reminds me of an old-fashioned kusoge, just a bunch of people with no business making a whole-ass game and filling it with capital-D Decisions
That's accurate lol. It was actually on my wishlist for a while before it came out. Kinda sad to see it's not too great.
I gotta be honest...the sci fi thing at the end threw me out for a loop. Look good enough for a solo dev tbh
I got the impression it was just made by a Dark Messiah enjoyer.
That bear fight was just like the revenant.
I love when you find mostly legit good games(or at least honest attempts at good games) in this series. It’s fun to laugh at bad or meme filled “souls-likes” but, seeing smaller games with real inspiration behind them is nice.
Especially the first game! A lot of potential there.
Based off of something Eric Williams (Director of GOW: Ragnarok) said in an interview for the Friends Per Second Podcast, it looks like they may have gotten the spear throw/slam explosion mechanic from Blood Spear.
I like to think they reached out to the team behind Blood Spear, especially since it was a student project.
do you have the time stamp of the precise moment in the interview by any chance ? Really curious about this
@@nathank78280 no, sorry.
Could be from league of legends theres a character called kalista that has abilities like that
@@nathank78280its fake
The end parts of Song of Iron had me busting a gut. When you said "Why is this Star Wars" I was thinking the exact same thing at that moment. Fantastic.
that was the first time I've legitimately cried of laughter in as long as I can remember. feels amazing
My theory is that they ran out of medieval-esque assets and just used the sci-fi assets they had laying around lmao
I read the comment and I thought the ending music would be Star Wars, but nope, actual game became Star Wars lol. Is this commented on in the game itself? Is Thor just a Sufficiently Advanced Alien (TM)?
What broke me was jumping into that first swinging hammer, that had such a great I Want To Be The Guy "asshole platformer" energy
The fact that Iron Pineapple didn't like tails of Iron just shows that some games don't resonate with everyone, and I respect that. A lot of times I come to this series to seek something new within the genre. Buuut I still encourage everyone to try it, but with a less critic mindset. I'm a fool for rats, so to me was like watching a storybook unfold, and it was kinda magical.
Yeah I hope people understand that I’m ultimately just one person with one opinion, and I appreciate a lot in Tails of Iron. I could see the right person enjoying the game a lot despite my issues with it.
To be fair, a lot of what he said was true. I agree with him despite enjoying the game myself. However, what he didnt notice is its potential. I really hope they make a sequel
@@kuoliibk They made or inprogreess a free expension patch
@@kuoliibk He noticed the potential just said the padding was bad and that it got repetitive
@@IronPineapple *Iron* Pineapple not liking Tales of *Iron*
Loot River looks and plays incredibly well I'm gonna buy it 100% when it's out
if loot river comes out mobile the popularity would sky rocket
Same!
It’s like top down noita, which means a lot of pain and a lot of fun
@@Ok-but I think tbh, as long as the game can hold the hook of the like, first hour or so throughout the game, I think it'll do well in like, a standard PC too tbh...
It looks similar to dead cells especially the pink enemy that throws balls at 6:06
I like to think of myself as someone who can stand jank more than most people, but Iron Pineapple really surprises me with half the stuff you're able to play though, love these videos, one of my favorite video series on youtube
It's not as much that I'm surprised you're not running out of souls-likes, so much as I'm surprised you're not running out of *good* souls-likes. Also, surprised you hadn't played Grime sooner. There was a ton of well deserved hype for it on release. I mean, I still haven't played it, but that's only because I don't have a PC and it hasn't released elsewhere(hopefully there's a "yet" there). I got a recommendation for you: Dandara. It's a metroidvania that's unlike any you've ever played. You can't move left or right and instead can jump from surface to surface. Not soulsy at all, but has great boss fights. The unique movement allows for some really cool puzzles as well. Nothing super complicated, though.
This is still my favorite series on TH-cam.
Dandara rules! I need to finish it
Grime is on Stadia
Stadia is a pile of bullshit that I'm glad failed. It's the pinnacle of the "games as a service" nonsense that greedy AAA devs would love to implement to kill off the second hand market. It's just another half-assed project that Google execs threw money at then forgot about.
@@namename8004 it's not Games as a service though? You can just buy and play it on there without the need for any subscription.
“What if rocks were people and what if they also wanted to kill you?”
Ahh, yes. A question as old as time.
*Lithophobia intensifies!*
I don't know what's the best part of this series, when he finds one that's hilariously wonky or bad, or when he actually finds a hidden gem and gives it the exposure it deserves
Yes
I prefer the majority to be of the latter category, with the occasional crap mixed in.
I'm in the middle of a gruelling finals week in my last year and I can't tell you how refreshing it is to be able to take a break and watch a new upload of one of my favorite series. Thank you
gladio and glory had my litterally crying, i mean the tears are streaming down my face at 2 am from laughing so hard... seriously your videos are the best when i cant sleep dude
It's so true. It's 3 am , and I'm sitting here crying, trying not to wake up the whole block. Just look how the dude stands up at 8:52.
I quite like this series and I'm not fussed about focusing on souls-like games. Would you ever do dumpster diving for a wider bredth of genres finding other hidden gems/trash that aren't neccesarily 3rd person fantasy action games?
It’s something I’ve thought about, especially since I play lots of niche games in my free time, but I just don’t record them.
That could be cool
@@IronPineapple I would love to see other types of games too. Just keep this series going as well. If you have time of course. Don't stretch yourself too thin as these are amazing.
@@IronPineapple I dont know if u stream, but u could do that with those unrecorded games and than edit those vods if u feel like it
@@IronPineapple Have you played Moonstone: a hard day's Knight? It's VERY souls-like, but for the AMIGA500 terminal. You can probably emulate it.
When the hammer trap hit you when you jumped over, I almost died myself.
Grime is such a underrated game, played it right after release and had great fun playing it
I'm stuck on the hand boss
I just finished the Kin ending here and I loved every minute of the game, and I'm absolutely doing multiple playthroughs of it. And the _music,_ just fantastic. I kinda wanna place Grime around the same level as Hollow Knight, it's a crime that this game is so little known. It also had the most consistently fun bosses I've seen in any Souls-like, every single one felt completely fair and was just _fun_ to fight, with the final boss feeling fittingly climactic.
@@lolman6759have you tried……throwing rock?
@@Daomus I'm not stuck on the boss anymore
The puns for the Grime review were buried deep, definitely had me rolling.
i really dig multilayered comedy like that
It was good for the first two, then it started rolling downhill.
They were funny I just started taking them for granite.
When a game gives you as strong of a foundation as Grime does, it's easy enough to find a few firm puns.
You've just got to make sure to sift through the easy stuff and get to the real gems beneath.
Grime is so good! So glad you were able to play it
What about Elon Musk now?
Do you know what the other game he was showing while talking about metroidvanias and grime was? Looked cool but I don’t recognize it, must’ve missed it in another video
@@avataraarow It was Ender Lilies, and is a quite amazing game well worth picking up
It looked pretty ROCK SOLID
Although to play it I'd have to be pretty STONED
As someone who has installed but never played Dark Souls, I greatly appreciate this series. Keep it up, these videos are always wildly entertaining!
go play it right now
You must be getting really fken wild ideas about what exactly is going to greet you when you finally boot it up.
This series is slowly becoming the highlight of your channel, just genuinely entertaining to see all the unique creations fresh in your mind. keep them coming!
I've gotta say, you've really nailed the pacing of these videos, especially the balance between live commentary and post commentary. It didn't feel like you ought to have spent more time talking about any of these or like you spent too long talking about something that didn't warrant it, and that's not an easy thing to achieve
HOLY SHIT that spear in that student project game, Blood Spear, GoW Ragnarok use the exact same mechanic
Yeah I’m trying to figure out if the developers for Blood Spear had anything to do with Santa Monica bc the animation itself it’s damn near perfectly identical
@@angeljones8911do you realize that God of war wasnt made in 1 year
That last game, while absolutely jank, I actually kinda love it's POV and perspective/presentation
Feels like of there were a few more devs to edit/write the story, punch up the combat, it could really be something special
Iron Pineapple: Alright let's dive deep in steam's souls-like dumpster once more.
Also Iron Pineaple: *proceeds to play a bunch of well finished fantastic games with actual great quality*
Honestly, most of these were amazing
U think these were great try a actual good indie game like Witcher 3
@@litrogue6328 lol
@@litrogue6328 "indie"
@@litrogue6328 The new game Elden Ring seems pretty indie in this case...
Love seeing your take on all of these. I played through a couple. Need to go back and check out the rest of your series
Holy shit Song of Iron looks so goddamn funny. That horizontal hammer had my crying. The boss in Plushie doing pushups was also brilliant.
Not to mention the little anime girl just frog-hopping around the map at the speed of light lol
Geralt's voice actor has been doing a some stuff with small indie devs apparently, he's working on a game called Sacred Fire too and it's pretty cool of him
could you do like a “Best of” list of your souls-like finds?
Tails of Iron: This is what happens when Dandelion says to Geralt "Well if you don't like my stories, you try writing one!" And he says, "Bet," and comes up with this.
"What if rocks were people, and also wanted to kill you?"
I've laned against Malphite before, thank you very much.
My reaction: Steven Universe video game lel
Pretty wild how similar those spear mechanics are to God of War Ragnarok.
But it was before GOW
@@D4RKROS3 that’s my point.
And the final ingredient for the spear was blood
@@AkraNyah WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME
I'd still recommend Zeno Clash, old as it is. The art is astounding and just kind of surprising, the combat is weighty, and they built the damn thing in source engine which is incredible. The pacing is real tight, the whole experience takes 4 hours. Plus the story is solid, something I didn't expect in a game with duel fish guns, men that are part tea kettle and women that are part hookah. There's a new game in the series lined up. Can't wait. The colors in the Zeno games and how everyone looks partially melted is so good. A beautiful world of weirdos.
Zeno Clash is a wild ride, very unique game. would recommend it too for sure
I may replay both of em, thanks.
The creators, ACE Team, said that they got inspiration from Bloodborne for the level design in Clash: Artifact of Chaos.
As much as I loved Zeno Clash 1 & 2, they're not soulslikes. Let's not butcher the meaning of the word anymore than it has been already.
"Yo is that Geralt?!"
Yes.
"They got the voice actor for _Geralt???"_
Exactly.
20:18 For some reason the way this bear just rolls up really made me laugh.
The description: "this is actually difficult!"
Me: "OMG it's the dark souls of video games"
Honestly, Gladio & Glory looks like it would be SO much fun to play with friends
Okay, I'm a new subscriber and I'm just catching up on some of your videos, but I had to laugh during all the puns during the Grime review.
I was listening to it in the background while I was doing something else and I did an actual double take after hit with all the rock puns. Knowing you weaved them in on purpose... Kudos, Iron Pineapple. Subtle in the audio and hanging a lampshade on them in the video. Genius.
I recently finished Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight. It took me about 4 hours but is a short, souls-y metroidvania, and I really enjoyed the art, music, and gameplay. Great video as always!
He's already either played and reviewed that one, iirc, or it was too "known" to call obscure (considering a big TH-camr at the time played it when it was new).
Those first two games looked really cool. That student project was especially impressive; would love to see them start a Patreon for it to become a full game.
On the game's steam page they said that they aren't planning to keep working on the game for now, or even stay in the same group for that matter. So sadly, it doesn't look like that is going to happen.
Unfortunately with student games that were part of their education, those games are sometimes owned by the school itself. I knew someone years ago that was doing some game dev classes at college and he told me that nobody was doing anything overly impressive since the school would effectively own it.
The school I went to made an effort to say that we owned what we made. The other factor is that working with classmates is different than choosing who you'd want to work with long term. What works well for a semester or a school year isn't great in the long term. And if the students own it, it's hard to split off with a dedicated team if someone else wants to work on it differently.
@@3st3st77Yeah I ended up looking into it and I can understand that something like a student project would be hard to really turn into a full game considering that everybody will be going in their own direction afterwards. Still a shame though, that game looks damn good.
Tails of Iron brought me back to childhood of how similar it is to the 'Redwall' series I read when I was younger
21:33 lmao seeing him slowly put on shoes as he is being brutally cleaved was so funny
started loving this series. not only because of the games but like you make it fun to watch
you made a big step forward :O
This series has kept me entertained during my latest hospital visit. 10/10 would get surgery again. This was fun :)
Loot River looked amazing, definitely wishlisting it. Also Gladio & Glory is absurdly fun for how glitchy and wonky it is, I've played like 4 hours of it now
Gladio and Glory is definitely a fun game to mess around with. I did a gameplay video for my channel, but I was laughing so much off camera all the time from all the janky mess happening.
Loot River really looks good indeed
Gladio and Glory reminds me of something like QWOP or the old stick figure fighting games where you could pull off limbs and such
Good! That means more Iron Pineapple for us. Keep it up man!
Been going through some stuff for a while and these videos really bring me some peace and nostalgic comfort. Thanks man
Recommendations:
The Last Spell
Is a defend the guy - rouge-like with base building, hero management and the tactical combat. Quite difficult, but very fun and rewarding
Fell Seal: Arbiters mark
Is also a tactics game, but with more of a story focus and more classes (almost like the job system form ff:tactics). Can be a bit grind heavy if you want "the perfect set up" so that might be minus if you are like me and spend a few more hours getting the right skills, passives, weapons, armors, ring... for the perfect one tap master, but that said the combat is fun and the story is good enough for me
Solasta: Crow of the Magister
Is a tactical fantasy game that has the closest thing to the 5e rule set I have played. Story is a bit linear, but the amount of things you can do in combat makes up for those shortages for me. Very fun! I play it form start to end about once every three months or when they add more classes and/or other dlcs (currently missing Paladin, Bard, Warlock, Artificer and Monk, but they seem to be aiming at adding most of them over time hopefully)
Anyways hope at least one of them are to peoples liking.
Have a nice day!
Good recommendations but solasta isn't really a souls like but rather a D&D inspired CRPG (just like Baldur's Gates 3 is)
@@amaurysutre2494 True. I just recommend games that might have flown under some peoples radar that I have played a fair bit within the last few months and found fun challenge in.
Ideally games that I have 100% , all achievement or 100+ hours
But out of curiosity do you have a good game recommendation?
Hope you have a nice day :)
There was a great deal of this that would not be considered dumpster diving lmao
I LOVE that you go through these games! It gives me a lot of information I can make my own decisions on.
1) Blood Spear looks SUPER SATISFYING to play!
2) Loot River looks WILD. Also yeah, the ripples in the water when you move platforms is HYPNOTIC. It's REALLY promising that you went into it with "I think this looks neat" to "NOOOOO THE DEMO CANNOT BE OVER"
3) Gladio and Glory - Thank you for playing this so I know not to. Like, you're laughing your ass off while playing it but it's clear the devs intended it to be taken seriously, and that does not bode well.
4) Grime - That opening animation immediately got my attention. Everything looks GORGEOUS, too.
5) Plushy from the Sky - That, uh... that looks very asset-flip-y
6) Tails of Iron - This would be wishlist material, but when you say the combat becomes a chore after an hour means I'm likely to find it so much, much sooner.
7) Song of Iron - I don't want to be mean. I do NOT want to be mean. I don't want to be mean. Solo dev. Don't want to be mean. But. But. Holy shit how broken can one game be? Like, you'd think it would take an entire dev team to make a game THIS broken. *Star Wars segment starts* OOHHHHHHH, it's an ASSET FLIP. I get it now. Hard pass.
"What if rocks were people, and they also wanted to kill you?"
Me: *stares in JoJo's Part 8*
I was thinking the same fucking thing!!
*menacing*
@@affegpus4195 *SO IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF STAND AS STAR PLATINUM*
There’s a small indie souls like series you should check out called kingdom hearts, it’s got all the souls-like key attributes:
-Dodge roll based action combat
-a world filled with darkness/monsters
-heavily littered with themes of humanity and light/dark
-Large scale boss fights which are the highlights of the combat system
-Orchestral music
key attributes, heh
Bruh
LMAO
Sounds lame
not enough stamina management for my taste
Loot River seems super interesting. It's nice that they didn't just add the moving platform thing as a mechanic just to stand out from the rest and leave it there, but actually made it a main focus, like with certain enemies being able to affect them, be it through burning them or locking them in place. I'm hoping there'll be more different enemy interactions with the platforms in the future, and hopefully more unique platforms too instead of just platforms with different shapes and/or elevations.
5:15 The fire panic was real. Always so hard to tell if a game is going to honor the 'fire burns wood' rule or not. Then it's panic when it does and I didn't expect it.
I’m officially at the “I’m happy when Iron’s happy” stage of simping
Blood Spear, Loot River, GRIME. This episode had some solid games. Let's not forget Gladio and Glory. It genuinely looks super fun. Also, Souls of Iron is fun and engaging, beautiful and simple, well animated. Ending is funny, tho
Video Game Recommendations:
1. The Way of the Samurai franchise (I believe there are four games in total ranging from the PS2-PS3).
2. Heart Machine's latest game: "Solar Ash" .
3. "Eastward" by studio Chucklefish.
4. And finally, Final Scene Dev's "Biomass."
Cant recommend Eastward enough hellya
@@prateeksharmakharel7678 - I was VERY pleased with how hard the script worked for the player to become emotionally attached to the main characters. It reminded me of TLOU part 1 Joel and Ellie.
@@KenchiofTaichiI know what you mean after Phoenotopia: Awakening I thought I was not going to find a game I love for some time but Eastward also blew through those expectations.
Annapurna didn't make Solar Ash or Hyper Light Drifter. Heart Machine did. Annapurna _published_ Solar Ash, and had no involvement with HLD.
@@MelMelodyWerner - Ah, thank you so much for the correction! I appreciate it, sir!
Tails of Iron is probably inspired by "Batracomiomachia", one of Homer's poem, which narrate the war between Frogs and Mice
Also Redwall
@@teaz3139 oh, i imaginated that there were a middle term between them. I'll search It, thx
Its also based on my backyard
The moment you realize that Blood Spear had God of War Ragnarok's Draupnir, before Draupnir was a thing in the game.
I mean mechanic-wise the Blood Spear is pretty similar. Throw infinite spears at targets and smack into the ground to explode them. It does not have as much particle effects compared to Draupnir itself, but it's a cool observation when looking back to old videos like this one.
@@Eternal_Games1 Trueeee. I forgot about that.
would you ever consider doing a recap vid or like a mid series summary? at this point, what do you consider to be the main qualifiers for a souls-like kind of video? or, which one of these are hardest to get right or what is the best variation on a soulslike? would love to see what you’ve learned from this series!
I thought Grime was actually a more standard Metroidvania. So happy to see that it's actually a Soulslike.
Given the sheer amount of Soulvanias there are, it's not really an uncommon thing.
played it (after salt & Sanctuary and hollow knight as my first two soulslikes) and it´s really solid
Wait.. is this 1:25 spear mechanic the EXACT same from GOW: Ragnarök? xD
12:26
I don’t know why, but bloodthirsty rock golems pile-driving cute anime kid in a hell scape made me LOL 😂
I'm so sad Tails of Iron turned out to be bad, It's one of the coolest looking games I've seen in a while
I share the same gripes voiced by IP about this game, but I had a blast playing it (and finishing it twice, now that the free DLC is out). The consensus is that it's a great little gem of an indie, so I'd strongly encourage to try it out yourself, especially if you find the visuals charming.
@@nematode8293 yeah, definitely.
Unfortunate that iron pineapple didn't like it enough to recommend it, cause i really enjoyed it as well.
I'm just dropping in to heavy recommend tails of Iron, brilliant game if you like punishing combat and "cute" story. I loved it through and through, little frustrating at times, but defo try if it appeals to you, make up your own mind :)
Based on what he said I wouldn't try it. But, that is just me. Just wanted to play devil's advocate and say that some of the negatives are things that kill experiences for me.
Tails of Iron is one of my favorite games ever and I'm beyond disappointed he didn't like it but I thought it was amazing. Maybe they added in fast travel by when I got to it because I don't remember being annoyed with backtracking.
so the student who worked on "Blood Spear" got hired at Santa Monica right?
I was just thinking the same thing
I have to recommend a game that’s lengthy but is almost always on sale on Steam. The game is called Outward and it has a following and a decent community. It’s a survival, open world fantasy rpg that has a dodge roll and combat similar to the Souls games. I wouldn’t outright call it a Souls like, personally though.
You can craft weapons and armor early on and cooking food is just as helpful and important as potions. I don’t want to spoil the whole experience if you do want to check it out. It’s extremely fun and there are plenty of builds to make and have fun with.
Edit: Wasn’t sure to add this at first, but the game is unforgiving in the fact that you need to be stocked up on water and food. Temperatures can be the bane of your existence but with the right armor and food, it’ll make things more bearable. There’s a lot of replayability to this game and you’ll sink lots of hours into it. It has a hefty price tag but again, it’s frequently on sale on Steam if you’re okay with waiting for it.
I loved playing that game with my friend. He was the tanky warrior while I played a spellsword type of character.
@@dooperdooper6679 That’s awesome. I haven’t played with anyone in co-op. My main build is a gunner priestess build that I did some tweaking to. I need to find more people into it. It’s such a hidden gem.
I was so hyped by the concept and screenshots of that game and bought it week one, but I just couldn't get into it and I gave it a solid 15+ hours. The game is janky in a Gothic 2 kinda way which would be fine if the story or even the UI had any kind of polish to it at all. As it was I found the survival mechanics way too over-tuned and intrusive, the combat janky and unforgiving - making it stressful and a chore, the story and setting were sparse and full of tropes (from what I saw of it), and lastly there was some heavy discrepancy in the usefulness of various abilities.
You should really make it clear in your recommendation just how important and present the survival mechanics are in the game. It's not Ark but it's beyond hardcore by any other RPG standards, and anyone who doesn't care for stuff like keeping fed/hydrated/warm is gonna have a bad time most likely.
Just to add a final, even more subjective comment...... the game might frequently be on sale but I personally find the RRP to be quite cheeky given the game's production values (though I'm really not out here to stop game devs trying to make a buck). Fifty bucks for a game that frequently has text that extends beyond the window frame and has sentences that don't start with capital letters..... some rough animations and minimalist sound too...... you would most likely want to get it on sale, even if you like it.
@@graysaltine6035 That’s totally fair. I was lucky to get it on sale. It does have its flaws and it is very unforgiving if you don’t keep up with your burnt health, stamina and of course hunger, thirst and sleep. I always try to personally keep stocked up with supplies when I play. But I’d like to think that comes with the territory. I’ll definitely add to that. I wasn’t sure how much would spoil the experience and what wouldn’t.
With the text issues and UI, I didn’t notice it. The game has underwent lots of changes since release. It might have changed and I know that lots of bugs have been fixed. That’s one thing the developers are quick to address.
Darksouls, the series that created a genere of game, and has sub-generes like Anime, Metroidvania and Techno.
And it's still going.
Have anime???
@@zweihander00 And techno ?
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The inspiration for the draupnir spear has been revealed.
If you like the 2D metrovania with challenge and fight telegraphing of dark souls, You should check out Dust: An Elysian Tale. The combat is surprisingly deep and the gameplay is stellar for only 2 bucks. Just don't let the furry stuff scare you away. This is definitely better than that Neopets game.
Good game, definitely not niche enough for this series.
This man seems pretty skilled, he should play Dark Souls sometime...
I enjoy that Iron Pineapple is so chill that this just feels like trying out new games with a homie
I would say Grime and Tails of Iron aren't dumpster-diving but this series of yours is still absolutely amazing 🙌 They were also the two games you said "How did I not hear about this?" and my response both times was "I don't know Pineapple, how!?" 🤔😜