Minecraft + Dark Souls = Outward? (What Makes Outward So Good?)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- What do you mean you haven't heard of this game?! Outward is one of the best Action, Adventure, Survival, Games Ive ever played...Am I biased towards this game or am I being fair?
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I feel so strongly about this game I love seeing positive reviews about it. It really changed how I think about RPGs....I had about 200 hours by the time I moved on to another game but I think of it fondly. That OST is fire too lol
OST is outstandingly amazing and I shouldve mentioned that!
Oh man when you first step foot into the world and you see that purple grass and the music hits, not many games that have ever felt that good
@@SoGoodContent The CEO confirmed the composer is back to work on Outward 2 with them. Good news for fans of Outward 1's fans
I raise a Gep's Drink in honor of this video! 🍻
Aye, Ill cheers to that!
This video and comment section are the things finally convincing me to not only dust this game off again, but invite my partner to co-op with me. Thank you.
The most refreshing gaming experience in almost a decade, one of those games that reignites your passion for video games
I played almost 10 hours and will continue, biggest problem is the world feels so empty
Similar hours, and definitely agree. World feels kind of dead. But god damn am I hooked right now.
Yeah 10 hours is barely enough to get off the doorstep given how you'll be instantly bodied by anything that moves lol.
Okay, I'm 9 months late, but I really don't understand this sentiment.
The world has plenty in it, so honestly, my best guess is stuff is kinda empty between major locations, frankly I think that's the smartest design choice the game made.
The empty space between locations makes it so the locations themselves easily stand out amongst the environment. Due to long view distance given to the player, locations are interesting are easy to spot and head towards. On top of that, you know there will always be something in those locations.
If the game was more dense, then people would end up ignoring locations, instead of heading to the next place on the horizon.
@@jaydonthewarrior636 I agree. It doesn't feel empty in a negative way to me.
I can't imagine how stuffing the roads with more caves and people would enhance the experience. It would just feel too cluttered.
But we all get to have our games. If you want a busy and cluttered world, thankfully tons of games have that.
For those of us who enjoy more breathing space, and locations being more rare and special, we get games like Outward.
I'd honestly be upset if it became less empty. It just seems hard to find games that fit this niche.
The developers themselves said this game is aimed toward the niche market who wants harder decisions and less forgiving atmosphere.
My 10yo son and I play this game daily. Last night we finally started going through the end game bosses. From Brand Squire to Calixa, every fight felt absolutely incredible. Nine Dots nailed the feeling of accomplishment and triumph in way no other game has.
Totally agree. What a great experience to share with your family :)
Yeah I had a blast even just playing alone. It was a really gem.
im still trying to clear all locations in the game i aint stopping till i do LOL
And now there is Definitive Edition that just gathered everything together and blended all the content together, added some polish and a little sprinkle of new content here and there. Delightful game.
You can pay runes teacher to streight-up tell you some of the combinations, idk if he talks only about basic ones or mentions lantern lightning bolt too. Cool thing I'd like they mentioned more "outspokenly", so to say, is that runes you use have meanings and combinations are based on that. Once you know that you can roughly deduce what those meanings are by messing with combinations and observing their effects. With that knowledge rune combinations make a lot of sense and become rather intuitive.
Great to see this game gettin' some love, 'cause it deserves it!
Great video btw!!
thanks! and I agree this game should be a household name
This game is quite magical, indeed. I have almost 500 hours on it. Still haven't beaten it, not even close.
This is a game that I have played with both my sons(14 and 7). My brother in law, and my wife.
Game just so good, that not even doing the main quests at all, just traveling and collecting gear, dungeon delving, getting silver for skills. All great times.
The survival mechanics and punishment from a simple mistake are miles high rewarding.
What an amazing experience, so glad you were able to share it with family and loved ones. Sound like a good dad and Im sure your family appreciates your quality time. Thanks for sharing
Outward will always have a special place in my heart...cuz it was the fist game in along time made me rage quite...and yet it was amazing.
LOL I feel that!
So glad I came across this video! Your review of the game was as accurate as it was touching (re: playing with your brother). I've played this game several times since it came out in 2019. I love it, and RPGs are my jam
Thanks! really appreciate your comment!
Epic video and I agree! A true diamond in the dirt. I've been cooking up our gameplay into a new series due to drop soon!
you very nicely captured a lot of what makes this game great, good job! :)
Got it on its release when I was still stationed overseas. I put so many hours into this game, I convinced my friend to get it and he did (while it was on sale) w my army buddy!
Great video! I am always happy with I see such a positive take on Outward. This is one of my favorite games of all time. I love everything about it. I would say that it has its quirks and "issues" like the combat and skill mechanics could feel janky at times and there are some hitbox shenanigans going on. Some of the AI /for the bandits/ for example is not the best. But regardless of these "issues" the game is amazing and offers a ton of replayability with an open-ended story lots of lore to explore and speculate about. Great video once again! Keep it up
Thanks! I agree theres room for improvement but the game is solid enough to stand on its own two feet!
Yah they need to make the AI more intelligent but still the game that I am admire to 😂👍🏻❤️
I just bought it with all the dlcs for ps4. It's a good game, yes, and with a lot of potential, but I was sad to hear that the new 2022 update won't come out for the old generation of consoles
Didn't know that, that's disappointing. Can't even get a ps5
damn thats a shame :(
the soundtrack was so legit tho
I love outward to death, however the replay ability isn't the best, and the gameplay loop makes you spend about 8 hours farming silver to build your character before you can actually play the game. Wish I could go back and play it for the first time again
I really enjoyed this game, played it with my dad on xbox before we spitted up. Now im getting for my cousin and i on pc to play it together.
I tried! But after a few hours got board and kept getting killed on 3 shots while in first cave lol
i hope the going out on a limb thing was a joke
how is this like minecraft...
I bought this a year ago and never ended up playing it. I guess I will have to give it another try. Hopefully it will still be fun without friends
Feel free to join the discord. There is an amazing community over there and a channel for co-op trading etc. If you are looking for someone to play with you can always message in the aforementioned channel and go on an adventure with someone.
yea man join the cord there are so many awesome people to play with. the community around this game is fantastic!
I was on the fence about the new version… thank you
Anyone ever tell you you sound like the Courier from Skyrim? Also just got this game so that's how I came across this vid. Great video.
I hope your brother get back with no harm + I love the game so much it’s really special I hope you keep going with outward videos👍🏻🔥 my greeting form KSA🇸🇦👑💚
Glad you liked the video!
Im glad i came across your video. I didnt think i'll like this game until i saw this. I went to buy it and now i love it! if you can could you do a vid on State of decay 2 or Medevil Dynasty?
I can’t wait for the definitive edition on ps5.
love this game
Me too! its a special game in my heart
Looks similar to Fable 2!
Awesome review! Just discovered this game and I’m loving every part of it - the good and the bad :) I especially liked that bit about “skillful” runic magic use because it took me a while to get those magic combos up and running! TBF, once I’ve had them mastered, they helped me win major fights with two incredibly strong magic users in a certain marsh ☺️
How os this game comparable to Minecraft?
I thank your brother for his service
I raise my glass Salute
Respect to your brother and I hope you guys get to play some more games in the future
Give this game a mount,, and this will be perfect,, but now its just so tedious,,
OLD GED
Wow. Literally going thru the exact same thing.
The soundtrack should not be this good
Amen, the sound track is one of the best EVER imo
to me its kinda like valheim + dark souls
the only bad thing about the game is the bloated price 💀💀
🏴☠️
On sale for $10 on steam right now
Jesus. This review was filled with enough love and poetry that I’m considering buying the last DLC to get the benefits of the X/S upgrade and give another try to playing this game.
Great review, my dude. Thank your brother for his service for me? Thank you.
[Edit: I liked this enough to subscribe to your channel. I’m VERY picky over who I sub to so that’s a pretty high compliment from this dude.]
thanks man that really means alot :)
Personally, I think it’s an awful game, but I respect your opinions.
thanks for the input:) sucks you didnt like it, have you played elden ring yet?
Its very a you love it, or you fucking hate it, kinds like death stranding.
What if I don't like dark souls?
small rick
im your new subscriber 😁
i mean outward is soo good but how can it be compared to minecraft lol
I've just started the game, about 5hrs in, but for me it doesn't feel right. Something about the simplistic graphics, animation and how survival seems to irritate esp when you're just wandering around - lost in most cases.
Wow i forgot this train wreck existed. Ut funny to see a game that son desperately wanted to be like older rpg, but just copied modern rpg design with out the quality of life that made those design work. Making a game that takes all the worst parts of current design and offers nothing but a balck hole of time in return.
Not even remotely close to Dark Souls, and it's not an rpg. This janky mess is being sold on lies.
I saw some gameplay of this game and it seemed like a shitty low budget survival rpg. now I know that was just a really bad video!
nu male ramblings, no real content, move along.
Glad to see you back,Always liked your way to narrate and talk generally
Thats awesome to hear! hope you liked this video!
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Wow.
Based.
I started this with my 7 year old daughter
..and its hilarious to watch her get so mad. Shes learning it though! But i agree, anyone can get into this game if you give it a chance!
if you can play outward at 7, you can eat a bowl of nails for breakfast...without any milk (In a good way)
@@SoGoodContent Horrifying sentence.
This gem is easily on my personal top 10 of all time. Between oldward and DE, well over 500 hours, a plethora of characters and builds, and I'm *still* finding new things, and exploring areas I've yet to reach.
It's not for everyone, and comes with all the jank a small studio release is expected to have... But once it clicks, it's amazing.
Really glad that your video showed up by youtube algorith, as I was looking for a coop game to play with my best friend, and we've tried a ton of them.
Seems like Outward may be a new horizon for us!
Wish you the best luck!
I just found this game and I'm glad that I have I cant wait to get to teach my bf how the game works Ik he'll love it
TH-cam did something scummy…they removed the dislike tally…I always liked that you guys were able to see which of my videos bombed and which didnt so Im adding the Dislikes in a pinned comment that Ill edit so you guys can see when I bombed and when I didnt!
Likes: 240
Dislikes: 17
1k likes to 93 dislikes. Pretty good!
I play outward with my 8 year old daughter. I do all the crafting and cooking, she's the wrecking ball. We have a double sigil mage build going that just absolutely kicks ass. You may have heard of sigil stacking, like casting spark on a stacked wind and fire sigil casts a lightning explosion and a fireball. Well, in co-op both players can cast spell in each other's sigils. It's pretty broken, often a confusing mess, and totally fun.
dude, this is AWESOME thanks for sharing. super adorable lol, so glad you guys are enjoying and bonding!
So that explains why I really want to like it but can't help but hate it. I fucking love Dark Souls. I fucking hate Minecraft and any game like it.
Weird....i just started playing it based on your recommendation but i cant dig down into the ground, no blocks for me to mine and build my house with....but its supposedly "minecraft + dark soul's"?????? What?
My shitty friends refuse to play/buy :( but what an excellent experience. The soundtrack is flawless, so much shit to learn, more places to explore than free time, difficult and rewarding combat/mechanics, gorgeous landscapes. The list goes on. Get some good company n easily pour 500 hrs into this game.
Started playing solo and I'm digging it so far but I'm REALLY looking forward to sharing the experience with a friend.
I’ll be that guy! Looking to get back into this!
@@michaelbrodnicki5149 I'm playing on Steam.
Ahhh damn, I’m on the PS5. Was worth the try!
Im a new player ( and streamer ) and i come to ur page a lot haha
I deeply hope they make a sequel. My wife and I are about 25 hours in. We are actually exploring actually coordinating and having so much fun. We’ve been looking for games to play together but I got tired of it takes two and unraveled. Finally a true gaming experience that we can couples couch co op.
Outward was my super late night game. Like one hour before bed. Very chilling, the house quiet. Just me my backpack and whatever shit the game send me o do to me. I did not have the same vibre with a game since playing Morrowind.
ive no idea where you see the minecraft correlation but yeah , game has alot of potential but sadly the devs are questionable and the world is tediously empty for what a walking simulator it is.
I would say it's the combonation of the freedom with the trial and error crafting where you can make anything you want just through experimenting. But perhaps mine craft isn't exactly the best comparison, even though I can see where he's coming from. I'm not exactly sure what I would compare it to either besides maybe a daggerfall-lite with souls-esque combat?
Played in the past, used your video to get a buddy playing with me. Great stuff, subbed for sure
Thanks for the sub! Glad you liked the video :)
This the only game I have played where I flee south for the winter
Get your fur boots ready for the trek!
Outward has almost no mechanics that resemble minecraft, I'm not sure about that one. It's a hardcore rpg with some survival touches, nothing more.
Really it’s just the trial and error crafting along with the intensive focus on crafting, the later of which is pretty broad
@@SoGoodContent for me what sets it apart from the minecraft genre is the fact that you cannot build anything. crafting is common in RPG games, but no minecraft game can be lacking in "basic resource gathering" and "base building". And Outward lacks both core mechanics. Games like Valheim or Grounded fit the bill better, Outward is just the classic RPG formula with some light survival mechanics added on top.
nice timeing
Omg! The music you played in the background at the beginning when you asked us to like and subscribe was from Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon Gales of Darkness!
It really is one of the most underrated games
It's a bit clunky, but definitely a wonderful game. The dev is still around, so hopefully we'll see more in the future.
heck yea! wouldnt mind more DLC or a new game in the same universe/style. Imagine a Sci-fi type game with these combat/mechanics
@@SoGoodContent they definitely need to make a new game with the same music
Outward 2 is being worked on I hope you get to play it with your brother ❤
I would like you videos but as numbers don't lie neither will I 👎👎👎
Great video my guy!
Edit: Amazing video my guy!!
Awe shucks Im blushing!
There's a part two in the way
I just started playing this game the other day, and it reminds me of the3 games of old I started PC gaming back in the Commodore 64 times and most game after that time where you know nothing and have to figure it all out, the one thing is that now days you have the internet which you can cheat and look online or just watch other play top get an idea of what o do or not to do . I am spoiled now 30+ years later gaming because now I can look online for answers which in some ways is cheating but even doing that in this game it still is hard to play hehe.
I mean I started for times and gave up restarting again and just accept that I lost everything and have to just keep going see what going on then maybe after a while restart .
Sounds like a choir to play, I like survival games but pocket weight distribution is just stupid. Pointless mechanics like that is what turned me off to Scum. I don't want to spend a third of my time in my inventory.
I liked the video because you said you helped make some comics which I'll definitely give a read tonight before bed
Thanks fr the video dude, one of the best money i spent fr a gaming hobby is bought an outward copy, hahaha.
The inventory system in this game just killed it for me.
I know what you mean, def an acquired taste
Once you know how to get the biggest backpack in the game (Mefino's Trade Backpack) it becomes much much easier, give it a try!
bruh how did you just inspire me to play this game . like not convince I mean inspire
In this game friendships are built
"Contingent"
Oh how I kiss playing this
Great review. I keep coming back to this game despite many rage quits. There are just so many different ways to play it. Plus, now that I know about a ton of end level bosses I've not killed I have to keep going. Apparently not many people know about these hidden bosses. I can see more rage quits in my future. I'll need a new bottle of ashwagandha.
Dude I had NO CLUE about hidden bosses until I sat down to make this video! Safe to say I have a lot to do now lol
i love outward. your review has got to be the best one ive ever heard or had the pleasure of listening to. you touched on everything that makes it great.
Glad you enjoyed it!
ha, removed my comment because he can't take criticism.
nope your comment is still there, it was a reply under leoscars comment, but thanks for the second comment, really helps with the algorithm!
Did you actually play the game or did you improvise this shit ? Guess I'll have to fix this joke of a review :
1:19 Outward frustrating ? What ? The game isn't difficult in the slightest. Combat is exploitable, and survival aspects are just there for the atmosphere without ever becoming a problem.
1:44 The game does have a tutorial in the menu. How you managed to miss it is beyond me.
2:21 "A ridiculously unforgiving attitude toward mistakes" ? Really ? You loose nothing but time when passing out, and you usually have plenty of it. Outside of quests death has 0 consequences.
2:26 "Serious debuffs that are going to require crafting, rest and a lot of careful attention". Or just sleep, that's it, it's not a big deal. There is one debuff that's permanent, and it's locked behind the three brother DLC map, which is designed for mid to late game characters. Everything else lasts a few minutes at worse.
2:54 Except it doesn't. Souls game are PVPVE games focused on well designed (in PVE only) combat with somewhat challenging difficulty. Outward is about exploration and making builds to nuke end game bosses.
2:59 Did you just fucking compare Outward with ARK and Minecraft ? They are nothing alike, not even close in both combat or survival elements.
4:24 No you won't die in "one or two hit". This is a lie, plain and simple, unless you're sabotaging your character by wearing rags or by having too much mana.
5:22 Ark is challenging, but Dark Souls difficulty is mostly just marketing.
6:09 Ah yes, the intense difficulty when I stunlock a mob or a boss with sweep kick, which is a 50 silver skill any character can use. Or when I spam fireball, which any character can get for free, to nuke bosses.
6:59 Melee combat is horribly clunky and unreliable even when played the "intended" way, instead rewarding cheese and brain dead tactics. If that's what you call a solid foundations... I don't even know what to tell you, this should be common sense.
Not going to bother watching more, this review makes 0 sense.
Nah, you didn’t play the same outward I played. I died countless times to cold and infection, even when next to a fire or after sleeping. In the beginning of the game you are most definitely able to die from 2 hits, or anytime if you get debuffed. No consequence for death?! I lost cierzo, a whole town, because I died. There was times when I died and went to prison, where I then challenged the guards. They beat my ass and put me back in the cage. You can also play hardcore if you want permanent consequence. You probably abused wiki or always look for the cheesiest way to play the game.
@@JAYxVOID You don't "loose Cierzo" because you die, that's a consequence of failing to complete a quest before progressing the main story.
The guard in Vendravel beat your ass ? Okay cool story bro, and ? You can die as much as you want if anything you'll get lucky and throw outside of the prison.
Once more a keyboard warrior who talks without actually playing the game.
@@leoscar9816 People have different experiences at the start of the game. Not everyone enjoys dying over and over until they get lucky or eventually find a way to win. It’s cool if you didn’t have the same experience and I respect your opinion. Hopefully the devs see opinions like this and it helps make the game more enjoyable. My comment was describing how I felt at the beginning of the game and it lacked clarification. Outward is terribly easy for me now but I find ways to make it fun. I learned that you can block and attack at the same time instead of trading hits like an idiot. It may not be a likely scenario, but I hope you come to enjoy this game as much as I do one day.🙌
@@JAYxVOID Holy shit you wrote all of that and managed to not answer any of my points.
What do you want me to answer ? I was just stating my opinion 😁