Ghost Song Review | An Atmospheric Triumph

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  • Ghost Song is a new Metroidvania made by one person. It tells the story of a Deadsuit on an inhospitable world with an interesting cast of characters and it's an experience in atmosphere and beauty.
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    Memories in Green - Vangelis
    Night of Day - Drackfree
    Ghost Song OST - Grant Graham
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ความคิดเห็น • 39

  • @Sputnik34
    @Sputnik34  ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for watching! Have you played Ghost Song? :0

    • @ThePrimordialChronicles
      @ThePrimordialChronicles ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Love your face, love your-… oh umm… no I haven’t yet 🥲

    • @ridleyrage5283
      @ridleyrage5283 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I've not only played it, Iv'e replayed it multiple times, NG+ included. Its such a standalone title, and its more leaning to the Metroid side of mvs. What I really love about this game asides from the atmosphere, story, and overall feel, is the dialogue all the NPCs have, its so non-bs, and down to earth relatable, it kind of catches me off guard, and I love the characters, especially the ones you can tell are slowly losing it, Ive got early signs of senility, and I find it relatable. I know this map like the back of my hand, and I find this gave very replayable

    • @mabec
      @mabec 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      yyyyyyes

  • @VisComicaV
    @VisComicaV ปีที่แล้ว +6

    whoa, this game is so hauntingly beautiful. lots of games can be haunting or beautiful, but it's a rare experience for me that something embodies both elements consistently. i could just hang out in the atmosphere as you were describing it
    also, fantastic review and yet another game i hadn't played but is going on the wishlist!

    • @Sputnik34
      @Sputnik34  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thanks so much. :') it's always nice seeing your comments. i appreciate it more than i can convey

    • @VisComicaV
      @VisComicaV ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Sputnik34 you're the man. i don't have notifications set for anyone's vids but yours and that's just a testament to the quality of what you put out and that you're a genuinely cool dude. keep up the good work because one of these days my comments will get buried, but that will be a good day because you'll be getting the views you deserve :)

  • @105rogue
    @105rogue ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I found it very easy to fall in love with Ghostsong.

  • @jarplesthefrogge9118
    @jarplesthefrogge9118 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just finished ghost song, your review was beautifully well done and I hope to see more as well :)

    • @Sputnik34
      @Sputnik34  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks so much! :')

  • @RagnaRantz
    @RagnaRantz ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Truth?
    This was a fantastic, well articulated & straight fair synopsis/review.
    Seen enough “ragging” on the game &, sure…I felt the same frustration w/the game I’m quite sure most felt.
    It’s so mysterious, beautiful, dangerous, dark, isolated yet serene-I did catch myself thinking “man this “could” have been possibly one of the best side scrollers made yet…something is missing”
    You nailed it. Even w/out thoroughly explaining “what was wrong”; anyone that’s played it will immediately know what you’re talking about
    What really captured it as a game to stand on its very own even still, you explained very clear
    I too hope the dev understands how truly magnificent his game is (been plenty of criticism)-to where he’ll do another
    Absolutely one of the best passion projects I’ve seen

    • @Sputnik34
      @Sputnik34  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks so much!!

  • @mattwhitedev
    @mattwhitedev 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for the kind review, which I just saw. I am making another game set in universe. There are some differences as well as some similarities.

    • @Sputnik34
      @Sputnik34  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm very excited for it!

  • @MidnightMedium
    @MidnightMedium ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dude, we gotta extract that thought about "youness" when playing games int o a video one day. I've been thinking about perception a lot in how we enjoy games--some people will excuse any artistic flaw if something about them makes them feel a certain way. We do it all the time with confirmation bias in politics, for instance. This is a really interesting rabbit hole of human psychology I wanna unpack one day

    • @Sputnik34
      @Sputnik34  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Its definitely the biggest separation between video games and all other art forms. I also think its the main reason why "" gamers "" are so fucking passionate about the art form. I would like to ponder it further!

    • @MidnightMedium
      @MidnightMedium ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Sputnik34 what kind of blows me away with this topic and the one I've been slow cooking for years now about what constitutes an imsim and how little you can do to qualify as one, why labels matter at all, etc. is that they get so big and hard to stop spiraling into other topics

  • @ToGamesItMayConcern
    @ToGamesItMayConcern ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Damn, this is a phenomenal review.

    • @Sputnik34
      @Sputnik34  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thank you! :')

  • @rudyelvis9468
    @rudyelvis9468 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Enjoyed watching! Thank you very Much. I love Ghost Song!!

    • @Sputnik34
      @Sputnik34  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thank you for watching! Love your face love your show

    • @rudyelvis9468
      @rudyelvis9468 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Sputnik34 Thank you very Much ⚡️😎⚡️

  • @105rogue
    @105rogue ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The minute you begin this game, you want to know more and more about the enigmatic protagonist. Along with the world and people within it.

  • @kirbdini
    @kirbdini ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That door confused me but when I got my first blaster mod, I shot it while the eye was out and it opened. Helped a ton with getting to the camp super fast

    • @Sputnik34
      @Sputnik34  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nothing i did opened that door. Very unfortunate :'(

    • @marioschreiner2467
      @marioschreiner2467 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Sputnik34 you need to shoot that eye with "Hudson Goodshot", which you get as a gift from Gili. Beautiful review btw!

  • @MidnightMedium
    @MidnightMedium ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is a gnarly review and this game just looks sick!

    • @Sputnik34
      @Sputnik34  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hell yeah thanks dude! It's a pretty solid little game

  • @Deadforge
    @Deadforge ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gonna have to check this game out man. Looks pretty solid.

  • @NoeBustamante-gr2jx
    @NoeBustamante-gr2jx 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It was an absolutely beautiful game. Loved the atmosphere, game play, and story. Very well done game and highly recommended metroidvania game.

  • @reliefmango6
    @reliefmango6 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Greatly summarized.

  • @MelodiousGroan
    @MelodiousGroan ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a great review

    • @Sputnik34
      @Sputnik34  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks so much :')

  • @shelterfromcold8620
    @shelterfromcold8620 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Niggles of annoyance". Lol what?

    • @Sputnik34
      @Sputnik34  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      3rd person present: niggles
      cause slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort, or anxiety.
      "a suspicion niggled at the back of her mind"

  • @ryanford1890
    @ryanford1890 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is beautiful! The secret to ranking = 'Promosm'!!!

  • @SerinitySack
    @SerinitySack ปีที่แล้ว

    The big issue I have with Ghost Song is that it has contact damage on enemies. That does not work well with how the combat works in game, so it leads to a lot of enemy encounters being much harder than they have any right to be.

  • @jatats7743
    @jatats7743 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want to like Ghostsong, but it looks and plays so stiff. Visuals are a mixed bag- which is one of my gripes with hollowknight as well, backgrounds look decent (this game)to great (HK), but the main and npc characters and enemies look terrible imo... and the animations don't help much. I also don't care for the menu visuals as well... which is a shame because I was really looking forward to this game before it was released.

    • @Sputnik34
      @Sputnik34  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There should be a demo on steam. I would say at least play the demo. It's a meaty portion of the early game and really gets you a feel for the game and it's atmosphere