www.patreon.com/posts/meal-prep-salmon-113709365 Here is the full, FREE standalone video for today's cooking segment complete with calorie, macronutrient, and price per portion breakdown!
I bought this game after hearing everyone and their mother comparing it to Morrowind as I'm currently on a elderscrolls/TES-like bender while my actual Skyrim modlist is on the fritz, (getting the CK engine to work the way you want it to can be like trying to appease the machine spirit, sometimes.) I like it actually, I like it alot, but if anything this game seems closer to King's Field than Morrowind or anything pre-morrowind, (Which makes complete since, considering that it seems the game the devs published just before this one DIRECTLY states King's Field as inspiration.) There's no looting arms and armor, no third person camera, and you can't even name yourself, not to mention ALL of your attacks actually hit (regardless of whether or not they're blocked or otherwise effectively nullified.) If anything, the way I think about it, Morrowind/TES-type games are akin to CRPGs in a 3d environment and this is more like an ImSim.Still a great game though, and of course another great review, hoss!
Thanks for another great episode man. Love your channel, and very based for repping meal prep and being anti-content. This game definitely looks like a must-buy for me. Important note: I feel like the GoPro/bodycam for cooking is sorta foggy/blurred? Maybe it’s a lens smudge or humidity or something, hopefully not a new lens needed. Not a criticism or anything (some POV footage is always nice in cooking instruction), just a hopefully-useful fyi from viewer-side
@@venommillan1102I think the exploration, worldbuilding, and questing elements are why alot of ppl draw comparisons to TES games. If you havent played lunacid, I would highly reccomend that game, it feels very much like a spiritual successor to the kingsfield and shadow tower games and has more of a focus on dungeon crawling and hunting down secrets. Both are great games and Im so happy to see indie devs make incredible games inspired by classics we love
I love the anti sponsorships. It's so nice to not have crap hawked at me for a change. Totally understand why TH-camrs do it, they need to eat and stuff, but I do kinda miss the days where TH-cam actually paid their creators and SponsorBlock wasn't nigh mandatory to keep your own sanity.
If i ever see an ad for something i make It a point to never buy it, i'll live off gas station hotdogs and tap water if i have to, ads will not work on me 😂
Dread Delusion is somehow this large open world utterly absent of untrimmed fat. There are so many nooks and crannies to discover, each one with its own aspect of horror to uncover and a question to ask yourself. The dev cooked so hard with this one.
@@daltongarrett3393 Yup, Kira the dev for Lunacid ended up revamping Dread Delusion's combat towards the end of its development, so they play very similar in combat.
Personality increasing health regen reminds me how in Savage Worlds "spirit" -- basically charisma -- dictates how easy it is for your character to get back up after taking damage (failing that roll makes you waste a turn). Very useful.
I love your cooking segments, in a way they kind of sum up what makes your channel special. I have severe depression to the point where I can't even bring myself to play video games 99% of the time, despite wanting to. I have to enjoy them vicariously though channels like yours and have a backlog just sitting there on my computer. I know I'd love them but I just can't find it in me. The same applies to my food, mostly oatmeal and frozen dinners when i do decide to eat. Your channel gives me the mental stimulation I need but also teaches me life skills that I wouldn't have otherwise. Your positivity is infectious and inspires me to be better. Your "your (insert thing) is art, not content" mentality is one I share but seldom apply to myself, despite being a music producer and street artist, or at least trying to be. Your art motivates me to be a better version of myself, occasionally make a real meal and keep moving forward, no matter how slow. You're a force for good in a deeply cynical world. Doubt you'll ever see this but thanks Charl, you've helped me develop as a person while entertaining and informing me about vidya. Keep doing you.
Yes, Dread Delusion is like classic Elder Scrolls. But it’s also like Deus Ex. Or Legacy of Kain. Or Fallout. Or Thief. Or Planescape: Torment. Not because it plays like them, looks like them, or is written like them; but because at its heart, it is like them a labor of love that deploys all of its imagination to immerse you in another world… and it's something you see less and less in big video games releases.
@@ayeyuh6920 Not all the games I've listed would qualify as immersive sims and it's debatable if Dread Delusion fits the criteria (it has less emergent gameplay than expected), but exploring its world definitely made me feel the same I've felt playing Deus Ex or Dishonored.
@@HerculeDevantrien Nah I know lol I just didn't know if you knew that genre existed or not. I'd say Dread Delusion fits perfectly though. Immersive sims don't necessarily need a ton of depth to the gameplay, it's more about choice and freedom and, well, immersion lol
I remember many years back I watched a video about a game, which I only recently rediscovered is called Miasmata, which features a mapping system where you have to triangulate your location using landmarks, and can fill in the map around you from there. I always thought that was neat.
There's a survival game called The Long Dark that has good mapping system too. In order to map you have to have a piece of charcoal in your inventory and it has to be daytime with good visibility. Mapping passes a small amount of time that you're vulnerable during but fills in a radius around you on the map that would otherwise just be a black screen. Might be worth checking out if you like that type of exploration in a game.
To add something about the meal prep. If you have a branch of Kroger in your area (different names based on state) you can usually get a whole salmon slab wild caught frozen for $7 roughly. It keeps for a long time and comes pre-sectioned for easy meals. I love these cooking segments and value them greatly over ad-slop. Stay saucy.
Your channel is just so comfy and anti-corpo. I've been watching you for over six years now, just catching all your vids, and you're just unlike any other TH-camr I know of. Thank you for being lovely
When I first came across Dread Delusion I absolutely fell in love with the world, it's so incredibly refreshing to have a properly fantastical fantasy world.
Hearing about the Delusion system makes me want to play this even more. The only other game with something similar that I know of is Underrail's Oddity XP system, where finding random items with little lore descriptions around the world is the only way to gain XP. Sometimes they'll drop off of enemies but they'll mostly be found organically while searching containers. It's cool having a system that forces you to explore and learn about the world for character progression, and gives even more reason to engage in RPG dumpster diving.
God I love this game, evoked feelings in a jaded, washed out gamer and Im so glad you've shared this experience, gotten as lost as I had. Plus it deserves all the attention it gets.
Love Dread Delusion. Very atmospheric, great exploration, nice roleplay opportunities. It's not too difficult, even on hard mode, but the main thing is immersion and world building.
I played this game recently and fell in love. I got so incredibly inspired by the art direction and atmosphere that I've been spending the last 3 weeks learning/creating 3D assets for a game I can only wish to make. I'm not a dev, idk how to code, but i'm an artist and this game pushed me to learn something new. It makes me upset that there aren't many creative and odd worlds like this.
When I first heard you meantion food I rolled my eyes and expected to skip some Hello Fresh section or something. But no, I sat there and watched the entire time as you just prepared a lovely recipe in the middle of talking about this lovely game that is bound to take up all of my free time. Now I am both hungry, preparing to cook up some salmon, and goblin squatting in my gaming chair. How dare you do this to me you beautifully bearded man!
Hi Charl, Just wanted to thank you for all your hard work. Between Indieween and Halloween in July, I know you work your tail off, but you're an easy S-Tier channel for it in my book. Thanks for never backing down.
About to finally start this game tonight or tomorrow and I needed something to watch on TH-cam for about 20 minutes right now, so this is extremely timely!
The way you're describing the game is how i felt about this game and my first playthrough of morrowind. This game is a love letter to those style of games and it shows
I'm glad Dread Delusion is so good because when I first heard of it I saw the price tag and thought "no way this isn't going to pull the rug from under me". I'll definitely have to pick up the game on steam.
I want to say your videos have begun me on a journey to do more meal prep. Especially as I begin a new chapter in my life as my gf moves in. I truly appreciate it man 🙏😃
This is one of the first indie games I have seen that ACTUALLY has “ps1/2” style graphics AND gets the game feel right. With the ps1/2 aesthetic becoming more popular, you’d think more indie devs would take the time to get it right, but they almost never do. Great job by this dev!
Your channel deserves at least a million subscribers, your anti sponsorship cooking segments always the highlight of your videos for me. Hell, I even copied your recipe from the last video, and the meal turned out great!
I think this is the only time i cant try the meal prep part of the video. We don't get _salmon_ salmon in my neck of the woods, and indian salmon just isnt meaty enough to pull off the recipe. Definitely checking out Dread Delusion tho. Really scratches that early 2000s crpg itch.
I got so lucky with Dread delusion and Lunacid. I randomly found out about them the same time shortly after Dread delusion left early access. Played them both one after the other on a lone yet blissful week of paid vacation where I had prepared a bunch of snacks/food and drinks while I had to sit around and rest my foot in a special splint. Huh, I guess it's possible to form a core memory even at 32 years old. 😅
Okay, I'm not normally the type to comment but I feel like I've got something I want you to hear... or read I guess. Please read past the abrasive bit, I assure you I have no intent to insult you or offend you. I've been watchin' your work for a while now. I'm confident that if we were to meet, irrespective of the existence of this channel, at best we'd be polite and professional with eachother, maybe sustaining a begrudging and strained friendship if we had to. Different personality types or so. That is said because I think it showcases my sincerity when I say that I respect the hell out of you and what you're doing with this channel. When I first heard you say "Your art isn't content." I thought it was pretentious and self serving. (you might be able to see why I think we've got opposing personalities) I kept watching your work because you keep finding and showcasing interesting games. Then you kept it up. You continued to work harder to produce more and raise your quality wherever you could, further doing everything you can to minimise the cost of your art, for your audience. This is not how a self serving pretentious person acts. You are blatantly a man of principle and I cannot express clearly enough how much I think that matters. I try to be the same way with what I do. Your persistence and conviction has influenced me. I have grown to dislike the word content, directly as a result of you. Keep it up as best you can, just please don't burn out. Remember that humans need enrichment too. I humbly suggest a holiday, abroad if and when you can. I highly recommend Kruger National Park in South Africa, it's a beauty unlike any other I have seen on Earth, save for Lake Kariba, but that's in a very dangerous and expensive country. That last bit isn't the most important part of this, I'm just not sure how to express well wishes properly. I hope you and The Boy are happy and healthy both now and for many, many years to come.
Star Trucker is a great game and I’d consider it an immersive sim. Its also on gamepass and so it might get a decent amount of views. A BGs 3 video would be good and maybe a new Typhon video or a video going over Arkane’s best immersive sims along with hopes for the Blade game they’re working on. Just a few recommendations for videos but keep it up, I love seeing these indie titles I’ve never heard of. You’re the reason I bought Shadows of Doubt and many other games that have become some of my favorites. This genre needs more attention and funding!
It's a good game, I don't think it has much in common with any Elder Scrolls, specially Morrowind, except maybe the graphics and that it's 'weird', but the gameplay itself and what it offers in terms of immersion, it definitely shows that it's an indie game and not enough resources to make an expanded setting with more branching narrative paths and evolving world that truly changes with character's decision. On it's own , it's a fun with incredibly simplistic gameplay and sometimes even boring combat, and World that feels very linear if you're used to Morrowind. But, the narrative and the lore def carries the game, it's very interesting.
i`m south american, brazilian to be more specific, and our equivalent of rice is rice.... not quinoa LOL rice and beans (the type of beans may vary for each state, here in Rio we tend to use black beans) is the basis of brazilian everyday food
Shouldn't the total for the two games be $29.98 instead of $27.98, or am I missing something? (Now I am realizing, that the price of the Sonar shock @17:30 is different from the last video)
It's weird but I noticed certain kinds of people will review games like this on Steam very negatively purely because they aren't as expansive as older RPGs, like they were expecting a tiny team to be able to just whip up a full Morrowind. There's a lot of that about Lunacid as well. People need to appreciate how hard it is to just create a few really good areas that fit together well, never mind how difficult it is to consider how all the systems interact with each other.
Incredible exploration, visuals, story-telling, etc. Simple and repetitive combat, doesn't really offer any rpg builds or playstyles that are all that different, as I recall stealth isn't so much as an option as "stay away from your enemies to keep out of combat". I also would have loved more variety and detail in NPC designs, when most characters are descibed wonderfully in-dialogue but many models look essentially the same or are simple. And, although they may not have had the budget for it, voice acting would have made at least the main questline/characters all the more immersive. I think, more than most Indie games, this is one game that I could really feel the limitations of that Indie budget, rather than the limitations being something controllable and "for artistic purposes". That may be due to their scope and ambition, and I won't deny they hit it out of the park with the open world. It could use a little more love in some areas imo but its undeniably a lovingly crafted game. This game is really all about the creativity, exploration, and story, rather than... well, anything else. My biggest gripe is still probably the combat, but then, I suppose games of the past that it takes inspiration from may not have been all too stellar in that department either. Petty gripes aside, this is SUCH a fun and cool game. I got sucked in. I also appreciated not being able to save scum or reload a save if I don't like a story choice I made, it caused me to really dwell on choices. Not sure if you've covered it yet, speaking of similar titles, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on Lunacid, Charl. I started playing them both around the same time this summer, and they're both great.
Cultic is so damn good. My personal favorite of the indie boomer shooters. As much as I absolutely love Amid Evil and Dusk. I like that Cultic takes its premise and tone much more seriously in a way that’s become rare for this genre. Also the headshots and general gunplay just feel so damn good.
I see people comparing this game to Elder Scrolls which confuses me as someone who has played the demo years ago and finished the full release version this year because it's a lot more like Gothic than Morrowind besides the obvious mushroom tree aesthetic.
Oh I've been watching it since EA release, I've just been waiting for the right time to make a video about it. There's quite a few games I've been keeping my eye on but for one reason or another they're not ready for videos yet. I'd feel terrible if I showed something off that wasn't quite ready for what little exposure I could give it and end up hurting the game's overall publicity.
@@CharlatanWonder Well, thanks for doing this video, man. Dread needs way more eyes on it than it got. Can't wait to see what comes up next on the obscure game docket.
I generally quite liked it, the aesthetic is amazing, the worldbuilding is very cool, and I appreciated that the game was fundamentally uninterested in grinding and really did everything it could to incentivize exploration. I do have some criticisms, mainly that I found the game a bit frontloaded. everything laid out in the introductory missions is great, but it doesn't really develop all that much as you get further into the game. enemies will have more health and hit a bit harder (which is mostly fine, though stuff in the last couple areas did start to feel a bit spongy), but you don't really need to do anything different to fight them, and can usually just run right past without much difficulty. the airship you eventually unlock is neat too. but you get it _very_ late in the game, and there's only a few new places to go with it. further, while it's clear that the developers wanted players to explore as much as possible, the rewards for doing so unfortunately really fall off later on. throwing knives and a few coppers just don't really matter outside the early game. while, if you want to use bows as a major source of damage, you'll end up short on arrows very quickly. I'm being a bit critical, but I really did like what was there and have no regrets about purchasing and playing the game, I just wanted a little more than what I got. I will be keeping an eye on future projects from these devs, and really look forward to checking out whatever they come up with next.
Sir, I went and bought this game the second after watching your video! By God does it remind me of Morrowind ! Not just the graphic but the weird mushroom the size of trees. Is it me or the game plays the sword swing sound when blocking with F ? Lol 😂
Dread delusion is close to nier automata for me: on a surfice jyst a good game with some funservice (Dread Delusion is late 90 and early 2000 nostalgia, and nier is...nier) but both turned out to be deep philisophical creations with an actual meaning. I do love those types of games, I really do.
The new releases, AAA, on steam's front page are $93.49 Canadian. Before taxes. After its $107. Now add that to the fact that most of these games are broken, content-devoid, and plain unfun.
What you say at the minute 12-13 about getting lost in the world is both interesting and concerning. Oblivion is a horrendous example for that. Sure, it has a big world to get lost in, but the main quest doesn't want you to. You are the Hero, you have to Save The World. Now! Schnell! Sooner than that! You Were Already Late Ten Minutes Before Purchasing The Game! It All Hinges On You! Sure, there's no real damage if you postpone it for months in game or IRL, but if anything, that it's even more immersion breaking. Don't create urgency if you can't or don't want to enforce it otherwise the believability of your world falls apart. So, what is the plot of Dread Delusion? Does it accomodate or even encourage forgetting about it (like, to remain in Bethesda's world, how Morrowind does), or did you forget about it despite its best effort? That's a crucial point to me.
Without having played it myself yet, the way Charl summarizes it as "you're an unwilling agent of the inquisition" makes it sound like it would be in-character for the player to drag their feet; they don't have any personal stakes in the main plot and would rather get out of it if possible.
Was the get bamboozled supposed to reference it maybe being an ad? Cause you seemed to word it like it was going to be an ad for FACTOR or w.e that microwave meal thing is.
No, they made Elder Scrolls III, Part 2. If it was ES VI, there'd be pine trees, and boring general fantasy rather than the inventive world that we got with Dread.
@@BlackBulletRave Couldn't be any further from Morrowind if the only thing even remotely similar in terms of gameplay is the navigation system with no quest markers and the only similar aspect of the level design are the mushroom trees.
There's a spell that lets you run extremely fast (don't remember its name though), and given how easy it is to restore mana, I often spam that spell when backtracking. During exploration however I prefer the slower move speed.
www.patreon.com/posts/meal-prep-salmon-113709365
Here is the full, FREE standalone video for today's cooking segment complete with calorie, macronutrient, and price per portion breakdown!
I bought this game after hearing everyone and their mother comparing it to Morrowind as I'm currently on a elderscrolls/TES-like bender while my actual Skyrim modlist is on the fritz, (getting the CK engine to work the way you want it to can be like trying to appease the machine spirit, sometimes.) I like it actually, I like it alot, but if anything this game seems closer to King's Field than Morrowind or anything pre-morrowind, (Which makes complete since, considering that it seems the game the devs published just before this one DIRECTLY states King's Field as inspiration.) There's no looting arms and armor, no third person camera, and you can't even name yourself, not to mention ALL of your attacks actually hit (regardless of whether or not they're blocked or otherwise effectively nullified.) If anything, the way I think about it, Morrowind/TES-type games are akin to CRPGs in a 3d environment and this is more like an ImSim.Still a great game though, and of course another great review, hoss!
Thanks for another great episode man. Love your channel, and very based for repping meal prep and being anti-content. This game definitely looks like a must-buy for me.
Important note: I feel like the GoPro/bodycam for cooking is sorta foggy/blurred? Maybe it’s a lens smudge or humidity or something, hopefully not a new lens needed. Not a criticism or anything (some POV footage is always nice in cooking instruction), just a hopefully-useful fyi from viewer-side
@@venommillan1102I think the exploration, worldbuilding, and questing elements are why alot of ppl draw comparisons to TES games. If you havent played lunacid, I would highly reccomend that game, it feels very much like a spiritual successor to the kingsfield and shadow tower games and has more of a focus on dungeon crawling and hunting down secrets. Both are great games and Im so happy to see indie devs make incredible games inspired by classics we love
I love the anti sponsorships. It's so nice to not have crap hawked at me for a change. Totally understand why TH-camrs do it, they need to eat and stuff, but I do kinda miss the days where TH-cam actually paid their creators and SponsorBlock wasn't nigh mandatory to keep your own sanity.
...crap tuah
If i ever see an ad for something i make It a point to never buy it, i'll live off gas station hotdogs and tap water if i have to, ads will not work on me 😂
Hawk tuah
Hawked...? Like a tuah?
TH-cam paid people with money from the government. which is dried up. communism doesn't work
Dread Delusion is somehow this large open world utterly absent of untrimmed fat. There are so many nooks and crannies to discover, each one with its own aspect of horror to uncover and a question to ask yourself. The dev cooked so hard with this one.
Your work ethic putting out all these videos and making the cooking sections free is really moving. You are a real one if I've ever met one!
Dread Delusion and Lunacid pair perfectly together. Maybe it's the dev collaboration , but they play like an extension of each other.
Haven't heard of Lunacid thanks for the recommendation looks really good.
They collaborated? No way! My mind instantly went to lunacid as soon as I saw the gameplay
@@daltongarrett3393 Yup, Kira the dev for Lunacid ended up revamping Dread Delusion's combat towards the end of its development, so they play very similar in combat.
@@robcoguy6909 here’s hoping they snuck in the moonlight greatsword
@@daltongarrett3393 oh they did...lots of Shadow Tower/King's Field nods in that masterpiece..even ideas from ST Abyss.
Personality increasing health regen reminds me how in Savage Worlds "spirit" -- basically charisma -- dictates how easy it is for your character to get back up after taking damage (failing that roll makes you waste a turn). Very useful.
I love your cooking segments, in a way they kind of sum up what makes your channel special. I have severe depression to the point where I can't even bring myself to play video games 99% of the time, despite wanting to. I have to enjoy them vicariously though channels like yours and have a backlog just sitting there on my computer. I know I'd love them but I just can't find it in me. The same applies to my food, mostly oatmeal and frozen dinners when i do decide to eat. Your channel gives me the mental stimulation I need but also teaches me life skills that I wouldn't have otherwise. Your positivity is infectious and inspires me to be better. Your "your (insert thing) is art, not content" mentality is one I share but seldom apply to myself, despite being a music producer and street artist, or at least trying to be. Your art motivates me to be a better version of myself, occasionally make a real meal and keep moving forward, no matter how slow. You're a force for good in a deeply cynical world. Doubt you'll ever see this but thanks Charl, you've helped me develop as a person while entertaining and informing me about vidya. Keep doing you.
Yes, Dread Delusion is like classic Elder Scrolls. But it’s also like Deus Ex. Or Legacy of Kain. Or Fallout. Or Thief. Or Planescape: Torment. Not because it plays like them, looks like them, or is written like them; but because at its heart, it is like them a labor of love that deploys all of its imagination to immerse you in another world… and it's something you see less and less in big video games releases.
"Immersive Sim" is the genre name you're looking for.
@@ayeyuh6920 Not all the games I've listed would qualify as immersive sims and it's debatable if Dread Delusion fits the criteria (it has less emergent gameplay than expected), but exploring its world definitely made me feel the same I've felt playing Deus Ex or Dishonored.
@@HerculeDevantrien Nah I know lol I just didn't know if you knew that genre existed or not. I'd say Dread Delusion fits perfectly though. Immersive sims don't necessarily need a ton of depth to the gameplay, it's more about choice and freedom and, well, immersion lol
Wow, the mapping thing is something I was thinking about for some years now too. Nice that someone actually did it.
I remember many years back I watched a video about a game, which I only recently rediscovered is called Miasmata, which features a mapping system where you have to triangulate your location using landmarks, and can fill in the map around you from there. I always thought that was neat.
There's a survival game called The Long Dark that has good mapping system too. In order to map you have to have a piece of charcoal in your inventory and it has to be daytime with good visibility. Mapping passes a small amount of time that you're vulnerable during but fills in a radius around you on the map that would otherwise just be a black screen. Might be worth checking out if you like that type of exploration in a game.
To add something about the meal prep. If you have a branch of Kroger in your area (different names based on state) you can usually get a whole salmon slab wild caught frozen for $7 roughly. It keeps for a long time and comes pre-sectioned for easy meals. I love these cooking segments and value them greatly over ad-slop. Stay saucy.
2:31 _GASP_ Set death animations!? No realistic ragdolls, like 99% of other games!?
LET'S GOOOOOOO!!! Now you've got me hooked!!!
I adore this game, it NEEDS more exposure and more people giving it a fair shot
Your channel is just so comfy and anti-corpo. I've been watching you for over six years now, just catching all your vids, and you're just unlike any other TH-camr I know of. Thank you for being lovely
reddit cringe
Last time I came this early, Frisk was being a saucy boi.
When I first came across Dread Delusion I absolutely fell in love with the world, it's so incredibly refreshing to have a properly fantastical fantasy world.
I'd love to see an in-depth video on this one later, I plan on picking it up once I've finished up the current set of games I'm playing.
Hearing about the Delusion system makes me want to play this even more. The only other game with something similar that I know of is Underrail's Oddity XP system, where finding random items with little lore descriptions around the world is the only way to gain XP. Sometimes they'll drop off of enemies but they'll mostly be found organically while searching containers. It's cool having a system that forces you to explore and learn about the world for character progression, and gives even more reason to engage in RPG dumpster diving.
God I love this game, evoked feelings in a jaded, washed out gamer and Im so glad you've shared this experience, gotten as lost as I had. Plus it deserves all the attention it gets.
Love Dread Delusion. Very atmospheric, great exploration, nice roleplay opportunities. It's not too difficult, even on hard mode, but the main thing is immersion and world building.
I played this game recently and fell in love. I got so incredibly inspired by the art direction and atmosphere that I've been spending the last 3 weeks learning/creating 3D assets for a game I can only wish to make. I'm not a dev, idk how to code, but i'm an artist and this game pushed me to learn something new. It makes me upset that there aren't many creative and odd worlds like this.
When I first heard you meantion food I rolled my eyes and expected to skip some Hello Fresh section or something. But no, I sat there and watched the entire time as you just prepared a lovely recipe in the middle of talking about this lovely game that is bound to take up all of my free time.
Now I am both hungry, preparing to cook up some salmon, and goblin squatting in my gaming chair. How dare you do this to me you beautifully bearded man!
Wow I was just randomly recommended this video and now I absolutely have to play this game, this looks awesome!
Hi Charl,
Just wanted to thank you for all your hard work. Between Indieween and Halloween in July, I know you work your tail off, but you're an easy S-Tier channel for it in my book. Thanks for never backing down.
Love you man, this channel always gives me a good feeling. Thanks for the recipe!!
bought dread delution and lunacid on early access and both are great a rare occasion that Indy games don't over scope and deliver on what they promise
About to finally start this game tonight or tomorrow and I needed something to watch on TH-cam for about 20 minutes right now, so this is extremely timely!
Dread delusional is amazing
The way you're describing the game is how i felt about this game and my first playthrough of morrowind. This game is a love letter to those style of games and it shows
I'm glad Dread Delusion is so good because when I first heard of it I saw the price tag and thought "no way this isn't going to pull the rug from under me". I'll definitely have to pick up the game on steam.
Duude I love this game! I'm so glad you make a video on it, it deserves more attention!
I want to say your videos have begun me on a journey to do more meal prep. Especially as I begin a new chapter in my life as my gf moves in. I truly appreciate it man 🙏😃
Finished this game a few months back, it took some time, but when I got hooked, I played for around 8 hours a session, this game hooks you real good.
I do love how you have decided to teach us nerds how to cook. Really put in the work for the community 😂
This is one of the first indie games I have seen that ACTUALLY has “ps1/2” style graphics AND gets the game feel right. With the ps1/2 aesthetic becoming more popular, you’d think more indie devs would take the time to get it right, but they almost never do. Great job by this dev!
Your channel deserves at least a million subscribers, your anti sponsorship cooking segments always the highlight of your videos for me. Hell, I even copied your recipe from the last video, and the meal turned out great!
I came into Dread Delusion looking for an Elder Scrolls surrogate. Came out wanting to catch up on King's Field
I think this is the only time i cant try the meal prep part of the video. We don't get _salmon_ salmon in my neck of the woods, and indian salmon just isnt meaty enough to pull off the recipe.
Definitely checking out Dread Delusion tho. Really scratches that early 2000s crpg itch.
This also works with tilapia, mahi-mahi, or basically any other fillet-able fish.
I respect the hell out of the vibe Charl puts out. A very calm "fuck you" to the modern conventions on TH-cam.
Been meaning to check this one out for awhile and you’ve sold me on trying it soon.
Awesome game. The exploration and setting is what kept me interested through the entire thing.
LOVE the review & LOVE the cooking show⚡
I recently found your channel after looking more into indie games and I’ve even started playing deus ex. Very epic art.
I've been so excited for this game!!
Been lookin at this game for awhile, glad you covered it
Great, another banger I'll have to finish someday. As if my to-do list wasn't big enough.
Really want to play this game so I'm skipping the review but this is quickly becoming my favorite channel. Hope to join the patreon someday!
I got so lucky with Dread delusion and Lunacid. I randomly found out about them the same time shortly after Dread delusion left early access. Played them both one after the other on a lone yet blissful week of paid vacation where I had prepared a bunch of snacks/food and drinks while I had to sit around and rest my foot in a special splint.
Huh, I guess it's possible to form a core memory even at 32 years old. 😅
Okay, I'm not normally the type to comment but I feel like I've got something I want you to hear... or read I guess. Please read past the abrasive bit, I assure you I have no intent to insult you or offend you.
I've been watchin' your work for a while now. I'm confident that if we were to meet, irrespective of the existence of this channel, at best we'd be polite and professional with eachother, maybe sustaining a begrudging and strained friendship if we had to. Different personality types or so.
That is said because I think it showcases my sincerity when I say that I respect the hell out of you and what you're doing with this channel.
When I first heard you say "Your art isn't content." I thought it was pretentious and self serving. (you might be able to see why I think we've got opposing personalities)
I kept watching your work because you keep finding and showcasing interesting games.
Then you kept it up. You continued to work harder to produce more and raise your quality wherever you could, further doing everything you can to minimise the cost of your art, for your audience.
This is not how a self serving pretentious person acts. You are blatantly a man of principle and I cannot express clearly enough how much I think that matters.
I try to be the same way with what I do. Your persistence and conviction has influenced me. I have grown to dislike the word content, directly as a result of you.
Keep it up as best you can, just please don't burn out. Remember that humans need enrichment too. I humbly suggest a holiday, abroad if and when you can. I highly recommend Kruger National Park in South Africa, it's a beauty unlike any other I have seen on Earth, save for Lake Kariba, but that's in a very dangerous and expensive country.
That last bit isn't the most important part of this, I'm just not sure how to express well wishes properly. I hope you and The Boy are happy and healthy both now and for many, many years to come.
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I love your content man ❤️
excited for this cooking segment!!
Been considering buying this for a while now and finally did. It was pretty enjoyable. Like Outwards meets Morrowind with the art style of Lunacid
Dread delusion feels like kings field and that's what I want
!!!!! i love your videos!!!!
Star Trucker is a great game and I’d consider it an immersive sim. Its also on gamepass and so it might get a decent amount of views. A BGs 3 video would be good and maybe a new Typhon video or a video going over Arkane’s best immersive sims along with hopes for the Blade game they’re working on. Just a few recommendations for videos but keep it up, I love seeing these indie titles I’ve never heard of. You’re the reason I bought Shadows of Doubt and many other games that have become some of my favorites. This genre needs more attention and funding!
It's a good game, I don't think it has much in common with any Elder Scrolls, specially Morrowind, except maybe the graphics and that it's 'weird', but the gameplay itself and what it offers in terms of immersion, it definitely shows that it's an indie game and not enough resources to make an expanded setting with more branching narrative paths and evolving world that truly changes with character's decision. On it's own , it's a fun with incredibly simplistic gameplay and sometimes even boring combat, and World that feels very linear if you're used to Morrowind. But, the narrative and the lore def carries the game, it's very interesting.
8:28 "Quinoa is the equivalent of Rice in south America"
Me eating rice in south America while watching the video: 🤔
yeah, someone from the outside talking bullshit about South America, despite not knowing anything about it, nothing new here.
Dread Delusion is such a fun time
i`m south american, brazilian to be more specific, and our equivalent of rice is rice.... not quinoa LOL rice and beans (the type of beans may vary for each state, here in Rio we tend to use black beans) is the basis of brazilian everyday food
Dread Delusions! This game is great.
Shouldn't the total for the two games be $29.98 instead of $27.98, or am I missing something?
(Now I am realizing, that the price of the Sonar shock @17:30 is different from the last video)
yeah I typo'd. my bad.
I come for the game review and stay for the massive cooking.
It's weird but I noticed certain kinds of people will review games like this on Steam very negatively purely because they aren't as expansive as older RPGs, like they were expecting a tiny team to be able to just whip up a full Morrowind. There's a lot of that about Lunacid as well. People need to appreciate how hard it is to just create a few really good areas that fit together well, never mind how difficult it is to consider how all the systems interact with each other.
"How you aquire delusion?"
You become Kotaku writer.
I came for Immersive Sims but stayed for dinner recipes.
Incredible exploration, visuals, story-telling, etc.
Simple and repetitive combat, doesn't really offer any rpg builds or playstyles that are all that different, as I recall stealth isn't so much as an option as "stay away from your enemies to keep out of combat".
I also would have loved more variety and detail in NPC designs, when most characters are descibed wonderfully in-dialogue but many models look essentially the same or are simple. And, although they may not have had the budget for it, voice acting would have made at least the main questline/characters all the more immersive. I think, more than most Indie games, this is one game that I could really feel the limitations of that Indie budget, rather than the limitations being something controllable and "for artistic purposes". That may be due to their scope and ambition, and I won't deny they hit it out of the park with the open world. It could use a little more love in some areas imo but its undeniably a lovingly crafted game.
This game is really all about the creativity, exploration, and story, rather than... well, anything else. My biggest gripe is still probably the combat, but then, I suppose games of the past that it takes inspiration from may not have been all too stellar in that department either.
Petty gripes aside, this is SUCH a fun and cool game. I got sucked in. I also appreciated not being able to save scum or reload a save if I don't like a story choice I made, it caused me to really dwell on choices.
Not sure if you've covered it yet, speaking of similar titles, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on Lunacid, Charl. I started playing them both around the same time this summer, and they're both great.
Is the next game Cultic?? I love me some Cultic.
Cultic is so damn good. My personal favorite of the indie boomer shooters. As much as I absolutely love Amid Evil and Dusk. I like that Cultic takes its premise and tone much more seriously in a way that’s become rare for this genre.
Also the headshots and general gunplay just feel so damn good.
Alright, you sold me.
thank you for that sign off message.
I see people comparing this game to Elder Scrolls which confuses me as someone who has played the demo years ago and finished the full release version this year because it's a lot more like Gothic than Morrowind besides the obvious mushroom tree aesthetic.
Salmon is my favorite food! You shouldn’t have :D
Oh hey fun mom PFP.
I'm genuinely surprised it took ya' this long to find Dread. It's a fantastic game.
Oh I've been watching it since EA release, I've just been waiting for the right time to make a video about it. There's quite a few games I've been keeping my eye on but for one reason or another they're not ready for videos yet. I'd feel terrible if I showed something off that wasn't quite ready for what little exposure I could give it and end up hurting the game's overall publicity.
@@CharlatanWonder Well, thanks for doing this video, man. Dread needs way more eyes on it than it got. Can't wait to see what comes up next on the obscure game docket.
Frisk has been enriched!
Bought the game because of this video, spent 16 hours in a single weekend playing.
The only problem is that combat is very, VERY trivial.
Your the best❤❤❤❤❤
YES FINALLY!
Freedom Heat Units! 😂
Lovely hell place time!
I generally quite liked it, the aesthetic is amazing, the worldbuilding is very cool, and I appreciated that the game was fundamentally uninterested in grinding and really did everything it could to incentivize exploration. I do have some criticisms, mainly that I found the game a bit frontloaded. everything laid out in the introductory missions is great, but it doesn't really develop all that much as you get further into the game. enemies will have more health and hit a bit harder (which is mostly fine, though stuff in the last couple areas did start to feel a bit spongy), but you don't really need to do anything different to fight them, and can usually just run right past without much difficulty. the airship you eventually unlock is neat too. but you get it _very_ late in the game, and there's only a few new places to go with it. further, while it's clear that the developers wanted players to explore as much as possible, the rewards for doing so unfortunately really fall off later on. throwing knives and a few coppers just don't really matter outside the early game. while, if you want to use bows as a major source of damage, you'll end up short on arrows very quickly.
I'm being a bit critical, but I really did like what was there and have no regrets about purchasing and playing the game, I just wanted a little more than what I got. I will be keeping an eye on future projects from these devs, and really look forward to checking out whatever they come up with next.
I need to pick this up at some time
Sir, I went and bought this game the second after watching your video! By God does it remind me of Morrowind ! Not just the graphic but the weird mushroom the size of trees. Is it me or the game plays the sword swing sound when blocking with F ? Lol 😂
Dread delusion is close to nier automata for me: on a surfice jyst a good game with some funservice (Dread Delusion is late 90 and early 2000 nostalgia, and nier is...nier) but both turned out to be deep philisophical creations with an actual meaning. I do love those types of games, I really do.
dread delusion is one of my favorite rpgs ^_^
The new releases, AAA, on steam's front page are $93.49 Canadian. Before taxes. After its $107.
Now add that to the fact that most of these games are broken, content-devoid, and plain unfun.
Gonna buy this and make a spell thief
I love you this is great
sold
Let Him Cook Once More Again!
Cool, kool, and cool.
Lets gooooooo
Oh man, I cant do this quest, Im not delulu enough
What you say at the minute 12-13 about getting lost in the world is both interesting and concerning. Oblivion is a horrendous example for that. Sure, it has a big world to get lost in, but the main quest doesn't want you to. You are the Hero, you have to Save The World. Now! Schnell! Sooner than that! You Were Already Late Ten Minutes Before Purchasing The Game! It All Hinges On You!
Sure, there's no real damage if you postpone it for months in game or IRL, but if anything, that it's even more immersion breaking. Don't create urgency if you can't or don't want to enforce it otherwise the believability of your world falls apart.
So, what is the plot of Dread Delusion? Does it accomodate or even encourage forgetting about it (like, to remain in Bethesda's world, how Morrowind does), or did you forget about it despite its best effort? That's a crucial point to me.
Without having played it myself yet, the way Charl summarizes it as "you're an unwilling agent of the inquisition" makes it sound like it would be in-character for the player to drag their feet; they don't have any personal stakes in the main plot and would rather get out of it if possible.
Was the get bamboozled supposed to reference it maybe being an ad?
Cause you seemed to word it like it was going to be an ad for FACTOR or w.e that microwave meal thing is.
"Like Skyrim but it was made by hippies 10/10" -Machinima, Inc.
A tiny little indie studio made Elder Scrolls VI before Bethesda even got around to it.
No, they made Elder Scrolls III, Part 2. If it was ES VI, there'd be pine trees, and boring general fantasy rather than the inventive world that we got with Dread.
@@BlackBulletRave Couldn't be any further from Morrowind if the only thing even remotely similar in terms of gameplay is the navigation system with no quest markers and the only similar aspect of the level design are the mushroom trees.
No, no, you are BOTH wrong. It's oblivion 2!
If Morrowind and Kingsfield had a baby.
@@ChaosZero. easy, remove the only thing remotely similar.
Hi Charlatan Wonder greetings from France. What are your thoughts about Terminator Resistance? Great immersive sim imo.
Never played it. Nothing against it, I just never got around to it.
@@CharlatanWonder It's an absolute masterpiece despite some (very forgivable) flaws, you should put a hand on it :)
Walking in this game is like mushing through ankle-deep mud. A nope for me.
There's a spell that lets you run extremely fast (don't remember its name though), and given how easy it is to restore mana, I often spam that spell when backtracking. During exploration however I prefer the slower move speed.
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Im sorry but i cant abide by this non crispy/fried salmon, you didnt even fry the skin separately, its sooooo good like that!
Would tuna work in place of salmon? I hate the taste of salmon 😖
I don't see why it wouldn't.
bro eating good
I started as a mage, and after 2 hours of play i managed to get 0 spells, would reccommend