I've played it and damn I wish it were better, even after the patch. There are still some pretty glaring bugs that need to be stamped out. After it gets updated though I bet it'll be really good.
You played the game while it was still super crazy difficult, so I did the same thing and sat through the ads and sponsorship just for you. Worth it for new Indeimaus content.
I watch ads. Now I make 1500 extra dollars a month staying at home and you can too! Just follow this one weird trick, your parents hate it but they can't stop you.
I spent over 30 hours playing this nightmare of a game, defeated the dragon boss, and then took a break for lunch. When I returned a half hour later, the game had deleted my save data. I cannot even begin to describe the levels of rage I feel right now
By completing the game that got so many complaints for being too difficult, you get to play it at a much harder difficulty. Ridiculous but makes sense. Because if you put yourself through this hell willingly then you must like it harder.
@@4everis2morrow right? I never would have known how good hollow knight was, or most metroidvania's in general, had it not been for indeimaus. Now I'm hooked and every metroidvania month always has at least one cool game I really enjoy.
You’re a literal wizard for making that RAID: Shadow Legends sponsor section as entertaining as it is. Instantly subbed, cause if your ads are this good I can only imagine how great the content of the actual videos are.
My favourite pixel art that I've ever seen was in Blasphemous. It takes special kind of skill to adequately translate the insane intricacy of Spanish baroque into pixel art.
Damn this game looks GORGEOUS tho what the hell. As a game dev I can't imagine the amount of time it must have took to make all those beautiful back drops.
100% agreed. I feel bad for them, cause you can see the insane amount of effort, love and care they put into this game. But to a certain extent, it seems that they didn't know when to stop, and ended up making a game way too long for its own good. Cheers!
I abandoned this game after the Egyptian tomb. I played as the ranger which, beyond having a very long cool down for dodging, it also has limited ammo. Meaning that for a lot of the time, you cannot attack and cannot dodge. It's absolute misery
@@snailthelostcow63 limited ammo, and limited range. If you try to snipe enemies, it does 0 damage. You can be about half a screen away, but no more. Which means that you'll often be fighting in melee range anyway.
@@bobmcbob4399 From what I gather ranger and Mage were added only shortly before release and were not properly balanced. Of course this is no excuse but I think they just overreached with the two classes. As for the difficulty I also think they just misjudged the response or were not experienced enough to get it completely right .From having played the game myself I thiink you can see that a lot of effort went into it and with the adjustments mentioned made should be worth a second look. I mean the devs reacted to the criticism in a very short time after realease and have promised (and delivered) changes so thats at least something.
Man this game looks so good. Just the part where you talk to the NPC Sinka is amazing; it is so well animated and drawn, I can't believe someone went through so much effort to go above and beyond.
Yeah, the pixel art in this game is AMAZING and it might just be my favorite ever. I'm not sure how exactly to explain it I just love it so much. The setting is really nice too. It's nice to have a metroidvania where it isn't the God damn dark souls apocalypse or something. I'm planning to get it eventually since it's not brutally difficult anymore. I kinda don't like playing as a generic-looking character but I can live with it lol I just wish it was like that at the start so it wouldn't get undermined as much. It reminds me of crosscode a lot actually but without the copious amount of exhausting puzzles. Crosscode is amazing but the puzzles definitely bring it down.
It is absolutely gorgeous. I picked it up cuz the graphics harken to the BEST looking SNES/pixel based ps1 games. I’ll also say I’ve gotten my money’s worth, even though it’s a hard and at times needlessly unfair game. My one nitpick with the graphics? As nice as they are, once you’re on your hour three of a single dungeon the shine of all the new sprites wears off a bit. Yes it’s gorgeous, but also right now I wanna be looking at anything other than an Egyptian tomb plz.
-Saw the hype for this game -Seemed interesting -Bought it for the Switch day 1 -Endured long loading times as well as other gameplay hiccups -Save corrupts at Egyptian tomb level and I cannot continue without restarting everything -Deleted the game and convinced Nintendo to get me a refund I don't regret my decision in the slightest, This game was an utter letdown and I salute you for actually pulling through.
Leave it to Indei to come in clutch with another W of a video. Thank you for all your hard work mate, keep it up! P.S. The HP +1 on level was your warning...
I bought the game after seeing you play and the update really changed everything. So many save points, checkpoints, you are hitting like a truck and potions are basically useless. I am also playing as a ranger which is like the easiest class to play as. I died to use the valkyrie feather after beating the game because it was a steam achievement to use one. The developers really took the "balancing" too far
Really kinda shows that they have no clue how to balance it. Honestly all they needed to do was do what games like Aria of Sorrow and Symphony of the Night do and just make every gem that is a part of an HP max up instead just BE an HP max up OR do what the metroid series does and give you effectively layered health bars OR both... you know, maybe take a page out of the actual metroidvaina games, the ones that defined the genre. Looking back at it the only problems stemmed from having basically no HP so every attack does about 20% of your bar and to top it off there isn't really a heal system like estus so it took the difficulty of a 2d souls game and decided "fuck you you don't get heals." Compare that to Igavania titles and metroid games and hey look those game you have a lot of HP to make mistakes with. The balance wasn't actually bad, you just had no HP so small mistakes were a death sentence. Level ups also mean jack-shit so you probably could have used a +1 attack and defense on every level up instead of just +1 HP and stamina, which is basically useless.
Love to see when indeimaus really likes the game and puts passion in it. Also game looks gorgeous and very interesting with its mechanics, I guess you can say that it's... DARK SOULS OF THE METROIDVANIAS BABYYY
Gotta say, this game looks stunning. And some of the gameplay choices are really cool, for example having to hide under your friends shield and stuff. Thats great!
Egypt felt (to me, the viewer) like doing Crystal Peaks with no claw (but you actually find claw mid-way through there), no double jump (because lets be honest, a single jump in HK would bring you more height than the double jump in this game), every enemy is either a mold knight (the guys from white palace) or those soul warriors, AND you have no focus.
Agreed. Once you unlock the key thing that makes the dungeon easier it gets bearable, but til then it’s like a Souls dungeon where almost every enemy is a black knight.
The last few seconds feature the laughs of a broken man. As a hard-core masochist who, after years of denial, has finally accepted what I am, I need to play this game.
Yeaaaaah about that... the game got MEGA NERFED. Excerpt of a Steam review: Over night the game became a joke. You do effectively quadruple damage as compared to before. There are save points every 2 minutes (that heal you to full, so health management is out of the window since you can get hit half a dozen times every fight and just facetank) - yes they added extra savepoints in every concievable place. Enemies have half health, even the bosses, to the point where you don't get to see all phases because you accidentially skip them. Resources regenerate faster, secondary weapons cost less, yadda yadda. This is on HARD mode. Yes, it was not enough to make Easy easier. They broke every challenge in every difficulty setting.
1. Amazing video, your little narration bits were also really nice in explaining and contextualizing things :)) 2. I’m really glad that for your sake, this game doesn’t seem to have contact damage for enemies, which would’ve made this game just a TAD more difficult ya know?
@@Biobillybonez Only enemies that are actively on fire and intuitive stuff like that, which is one of the few well thought out mechanics this game has. Having completed it on a version before the difficulty nuke patch, the game itself isn't actually all that hard. There are just a frankly quite massive selection of either completely not thought through mechanics/interaction or just _fuckyou™_ design that has no logical place in the game. Oh, and random bullshit difficulty spikes. Like less than 5% of the game is actually *really* difficult, but to the point of ridiculousness, which isn't IMO indicative of good balance or game design. This game doesn't need some damage or health nerf for the enemies or the like, but one actually lucid look through the game to sieve the BS out of it.
really well done editing, music choice and placement especially the second half bosses. Thanks for making me feel like I went through this whole game and dont ever have to go through this hell :D I would probably never be able to finish it.
New video, good day. Indeimaus content is just so high quality man the wait is definitely justified and worth it. Not even that long of a wait honestly just not regular is all but totally fine when we get this caliber of video.
This is a commitment you see only from the few and rare creators. A battle against attrition. Kudos to you good sir. Liked and subscribed for your efforts.
That last checkpoint was probably added like last minute without much thought, the designers probably wanted to make that last fight easier but not too easier so they just made that checkpoint. If they gave it a shot or two after making it, they might have gotten "soft locked -ish" by it and realized it was a really stupid check point. Didn't made the game easier, just grindier.
So, a week ago I didn't know what an Indeimaus is, but then TH-cam recommended a video, I watched it and now I'm hooked! I really enjoy the content, commentary and the editing! Great work, loved every video so far!
The end boss of this game reminds me how I felt when trying to get the true ending of Ender Lilies. I just couldn't do it though lol. You are a true champion sir!
@@AniSepherd972 Yeah there are 3 different endings to the game. You can use the same saved game to get all 3 too so you don't have to play the game 3 times.
@@dialp4penguin Pre-patch souldiers seems harder, post patch easier. However, I haven't experienced _that much_ of EL and have only seen and heard of the incredible difficulty nerf Souldiers had post 1.0.10, so I'm no definite authority on that one. Pre-patch Souldiers(the one in the video) isn't even _that_ hard, but is inundated with bad mechanical design and really inconsistent level design both. Oh, and all the either game breaking or progress hindering bugs, but those are seemingly being fixed at a good pace and are thus easily excusable. Though, it's sad that we'll probably never see a version of Souldiers with both the proper pre-patch difficulty with more balanced spikes and without bugs. Then, it could truly be counted among the really stellar new indie metroidvanias, while now it's an iffy inclusion for either one reason or another.
That laugh at the end made me wonder who the playtesters were, and if they're superhuman or not. But I'm liking just because that point of no return mess and then having to restart. You earned it here, and maybe even a premature like on your next one.
I played the game - yeah, it's hard. Yeah, frustrating. Yeah, unfair. But what made me quit near the end of the game - was the game breaking bugs. Several times I finished some kind of a side quest and the game would freeze to hell.
Seeing you choose to play before the patch reminds me of that darkest dungeon quote "overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer". Good video though!
I'm a dad. I have to stay up till 3 AM so I can feed a newborn baby. When all seemed lost and nothing was going to keep me awake for that long, your video saved the day. It was fun, I got to laugh as quietly as possible. Thoroughly enjoyed your video. I'll finish it the next time I have to stay up, but for now, here's a sub. Thanks again.
loved the video, I always hated when a game just leaves you wishing it was over. Becomes just about beating it instead of enjoying the game. You are amazing, always looking forward to your next videos!
This happened to me recently with God of War 2 and psychonauts And kind of resident evil 4, I'm playing on ps2 though not the HD remake, and the laser sight aiming is soooo hard with the outdated graphics
i recently got back into games while in my college dorm. and your videos have been so entertaining to watch and see what games are out now. keep up the solid work man!
For anyone who can't remember where they heard the song at 15:40, it's the song you hear in FFXIV while playing Triple Triad at the Gold Saucer. It drove me nuts until my brain finally made the connection. That aside, this was a great video! I feel sorry for the 100 hours of suffering that you went through, even if there were many parts where I couldn't help but laugh at your reactions. It's a shame that this game was so difficult on release; the pixel art looks beautiful and I would've been tempted to play it if not for watching this first. At least I've got Hollow Knight! I hope you're able to get a lost of rest after this.
@@deryckbrown7834 Oh, thank you! I've only heard it in FFXIV, so I didn't realize that it was in another FF game previously. I appreciate the clarification
BRUH! New to the channel, you ROCK! LOOVE your musical taste, the pacing of the video, great humor, and amazing gaming skills! Dunno what's up with you Aussies, so many of you I just love to listen to. Shill Up ;), I Did A Thing, Modest Pelican, that dude who always explodes cheap earbuds, Alanah (in moderation), Sherpa Design, Hardware Unboxed, and some I forgot.. such a high-level output! I liKe!!
This game reminds me of a game I played years ago called Mercenary Kings. Was fun to start and had amazing art, but slowly became tedious and boring. Wasn't nearly as hard as this game however.
the problem with mercenary kings is that, they had a great idea with the weapon system, but they implemented it poorly, so you basically had no reason to really experiment because at the end the damage of the weapon would end up basically the same, no matter what you do. also the enemies were incredibly generic and boring, most of the challenges came from tricky jumps with enemy placement. and the least we talk about the bosses the better.
Have a "similar" issue with Blasphemous right now. Love the Art and everything. But the platforming feels just absolute shit after playing so much Dead Cells and Messenger before.
Man, Souldiers is a beautiful game but I can't see myself playing it in this state. I'm curious how much easier it is now in comparison but thanks for showing us the REAL hardcore mode Indei!
I bought this game for myself after watching your video. I just beat it for the first time and I absolutely loved it. It felt like the best parts of the games I grew up playing were rehashed and revived in this beauty of a game. Thank you for playing this and for introducing me to what has become one of my favorite games in years
Except DMC3 was reasonably well balanced and you have a lot of control over enemies once you get the hang of the combat system. And that is even with 'european normal is actually japanese hard' as some games did for some reason during that time period. This very much seems like you're at the mercy of whatever the enemies are doing and you get openings to attack when the games tells you to. The difference from all I've seen and read of the pre-patch versions was that - checkpoints are extremely few and far between - every enemy has bloated HP - two out of the three classes deal fuck-all damage and suffer from extremely cumbersome mechanics Being hard is one thing, but this game definitely seemed to have bordered on obnoxiously unfair in the least fun way.
Honestly i was amazed by your sheer dedication that you played this game when it was still crazy difficult to a point where it is a bit unfair I couldn't helpes but clap when you finshed the game
I bet that 0.3% who made it to the end were ppl just like you, who were literally getting paid to do so. Because I can't even fathom doing this willingly😭 Anyway, great video as always and I hope the next game you take on isn't such a nightmare😓
i finished it on warrior too before the update ..... i would like to say most annoying things in the are 2 things only and ONLY 2 THINGS flying enemies fuck that AI and curse oh ya here a debuff that double the damage on you ..... and lower your healing by HALF oooooh i forgot how the paralyses was broken.... you can use pots to heal from it like OTHER DEBUFFS other then that its my fault when i die .....come to think of it it was hell a nightmare but fun one but one thing was right the crit vital are op as fuck i skipped the final phase of the final boss with it
That review that mentions the minotaur is such a typical example of people and their shortsightedness when it comes to game design. "Oh, this doesn't seem that bad, so all those people must be lying or bad!" At least he had the guts to admit he was wrong.
I mean, people often are lying or bad in Steam reviews. This was an example of someone disagreeing with others' assessment until further evidence proved them correct. I see no issue there.
Yeah, I agree with Indeimaus. I'm a veteran Metroidvania player, and Souldiers just had too many unfun and unfair mechanics in it. I'm all for difficult games. In fact, I really enjoy them. But it's never fun to feel like you're losing to things totally out of your control over and over. Hoping for RNG to go in your favor in order to beat a boss is never a good feeling. They just pushed out a patch to help fix some of that, so hopefully it alleviates some of it, but I think it's probably just too flawed at a fundamental level.
"It's supposed to be easier when you kill one, instead it become harder. whyyy?" The survivor always get "enraged" that's why the usual strat with this archetype is to bring both to lowest life possible so you don't have to suffer much against the last one on steroids. xD
The steam reviews are all people either complaining that the game is unbalanced and other people yelling about "casuals" ruining a great hard game. Good lord I hate souls fans
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I am a defeated man, I don't even know whats next but feel free to tweet me suggestions - twitter.com/indeimaus
Dude let me be first
Control
It's a rogue-lite but: In Celebration of Violence.
I don’t have Twitter. Check out “Unsighted”. Top-down, sword and pistol, cyberpunk-ish. Beat it before the Game Over timer runs out
Would you rather 100% this game prepatch or play through the entirety of the second Devil May Cry?
Indiemaus: "Well, that enemy wasn't so bad."
Game: "Glad to hear it. Here's another one, as our free gift to you."
And another one.
@@RuneKatashima DJ Khalid must've been a dev lol
I'm so glad I watched you play this one instead of trying it myself 😂
i read reveiws and didnt find it very fun. reviews said nothing about the difficulty so i didnt buy it myself
I've played it and damn I wish it were better, even after the patch. There are still some pretty glaring bugs that need to be stamped out. After it gets updated though I bet it'll be really good.
You played the game while it was still super crazy difficult, so I did the same thing and sat through the ads and sponsorship just for you. Worth it for new Indeimaus content.
Same, for exactly that reason. One of my favorite TH-camrs.
yes always sit through ads. worth
Why do you guys talk like bots
The ads will lead us to salvation
I watch ads. Now I make 1500 extra dollars a month staying at home and you can too! Just follow this one weird trick, your parents hate it but they can't stop you.
I spent over 30 hours playing this nightmare of a game, defeated the dragon boss, and then took a break for lunch. When I returned a half hour later, the game had deleted my save data. I cannot even begin to describe the levels of rage I feel right now
Oooohh, that is why suicide was invented. Pog
Man... That is a lot if damages
LMFAO why? Was it intentional from the devs?
@@lilwill8800 I believe it was murder actually.
That laugh, my man. It is the laugh of someone who REALLY deserves that well earned rest. Absolute unit you are. Massive kudos. ;)
The laugh of a broken man
By completing the game that got so many complaints for being too difficult, you get to play it at a much harder difficulty. Ridiculous but makes sense. Because if you put yourself through this hell willingly then you must like it harder.
@@seffaflotus Reminds me of Demon mode in Wings of Vi...after beating mortal. No thanks lol.
Man the devs better respect you for meeting their game at face value after the public reaction. I certainly do, damn.
Indei breaking out in a laughing fit at the end was the icing on the cake for this masterpiece of a video
This game is so underated, its a crime.
So much passion on the pixel art, only for the game to have bad reviews because of the difficulty.
The end was pretty much: "Have you ever heard a man go insane?"
In case anyone was wondering, the part playing at 33:22 (the lava part) is Hot-Head Bop from DKC 2.
Too bad we aren't getting "Silksouls" this metroidvania month but I'm still hyped to see what's coming this year!! Keep up the good shit my dude!!
Silkfus or I'll riot.
Hm
So hyped for Metroid-vania month probably my favorite genre
@@4everis2morrow right? I never would have known how good hollow knight was, or most metroidvania's in general, had it not been for indeimaus. Now I'm hooked and every metroidvania month always has at least one cool game I really enjoy.
You’re a literal wizard for making that RAID: Shadow Legends sponsor section as entertaining as it is. Instantly subbed, cause if your ads are this good I can only imagine how great the content of the actual videos are.
My favourite pixel art that I've ever seen was in Blasphemous. It takes special kind of skill to adequately translate the insane intricacy of Spanish baroque into pixel art.
Definitely winner also Last Faith looks pretty good.
also moonscars
*Blasphemaus
@@AniSepherd972 The Last Faith vs Moonscars vs Blasphemous 2 for the prize of the best pixel art moody/gothic/horror Metroidvania....fight!!
@@ZamWeazle there are a lot of contenders upcoming not just those three, if u ask me i would go for last faith
Damn this game looks GORGEOUS tho what the hell. As a game dev I can't imagine the amount of time it must have took to make all those beautiful back drops.
100% agreed. I feel bad for them, cause you can see the insane amount of effort, love and care they put into this game. But to a certain extent, it seems that they didn't know when to stop, and ended up making a game way too long for its own good.
Cheers!
I abandoned this game after the Egyptian tomb. I played as the ranger which, beyond having a very long cool down for dodging, it also has limited ammo. Meaning that for a lot of the time, you cannot attack and cannot dodge. It's absolute misery
WHY THE HELL DID THEY ADD LIMITED AMMO FOR A RANGED CLASS?!
@@snailthelostcow63 limited ammo, and limited range. If you try to snipe enemies, it does 0 damage. You can be about half a screen away, but no more. Which means that you'll often be fighting in melee range anyway.
@@DrOmni WTF that is so bullshit
@@DrOmni So they through in multi classes to troll you, knowing full well that there is say only 1 given class that can beat the game.
@@bobmcbob4399 From what I gather ranger and Mage were added only shortly before release and were not properly balanced. Of course this is no excuse but I think they just overreached with the two classes. As for the difficulty I also think they just misjudged the response or were not experienced enough to get it completely right .From having played the game myself I thiink you can see that a lot of effort went into it and with the adjustments mentioned made should be worth a second look. I mean the devs reacted to the criticism in a very short time after realease and have promised (and delivered) changes so thats at least something.
Man this game looks so good. Just the part where you talk to the NPC Sinka is amazing; it is so well animated and drawn, I can't believe someone went through so much effort to go above and beyond.
Yeah, the pixel art in this game is AMAZING and it might just be my favorite ever. I'm not sure how exactly to explain it I just love it so much. The setting is really nice too. It's nice to have a metroidvania where it isn't the God damn dark souls apocalypse or something. I'm planning to get it eventually since it's not brutally difficult anymore. I kinda don't like playing as a generic-looking character but I can live with it lol
I just wish it was like that at the start so it wouldn't get undermined as much. It reminds me of crosscode a lot actually but without the copious amount of exhausting puzzles. Crosscode is amazing but the puzzles definitely bring it down.
This game actually looks beautiful holy shit. Gonna go put this on my wishlist just in case the rerelease is good. Also, super good video indei!
are they getting rid of the original difficulty or are they making easy default
It is absolutely gorgeous. I picked it up cuz the graphics harken to the BEST looking SNES/pixel based ps1 games. I’ll also say I’ve gotten my money’s worth, even though it’s a hard and at times needlessly unfair game.
My one nitpick with the graphics? As nice as they are, once you’re on your hour three of a single dungeon the shine of all the new sprites wears off a bit. Yes it’s gorgeous, but also right now I wanna be looking at anything other than an Egyptian tomb plz.
Damn I've never heard of this until now. Blows all the indie "pixel vomit" games out of the water. THIS is what these games should look like lol.
-Saw the hype for this game
-Seemed interesting
-Bought it for the Switch day 1
-Endured long loading times as well as other gameplay hiccups
-Save corrupts at Egyptian tomb level and I cannot continue without restarting everything
-Deleted the game and convinced Nintendo to get me a refund
I don't regret my decision in the slightest, This game was an utter letdown and I salute you for actually pulling through.
I'm surprised Nintendo gave you a refund.
Very good video, nice editing.
For everyone wondering, the song he uses at 42:30 is "My Only Chance - Toxic Avenger FURI OST"
Thank you.!Went to comment section for a comment like yours!
I was literally about to ask this!
Thank you
Thx bro. This song is a banger! luv ya
Furi has a 10/10 soundtrack and im 99% sure its what got me to originally check it out.
Hard game, didnt beat it - but it is really good
Thanks!
Leave it to Indei to come in clutch with another W of a video. Thank you for all your hard work mate, keep it up!
P.S. The HP +1 on level was your warning...
I bought the game after seeing you play and the update really changed everything. So many save points, checkpoints, you are hitting like a truck and potions are basically useless. I am also playing as a ranger which is like the easiest class to play as. I died to use the valkyrie feather after beating the game because it was a steam achievement to use one. The developers really took the "balancing" too far
Really kinda shows that they have no clue how to balance it. Honestly all they needed to do was do what games like Aria of Sorrow and Symphony of the Night do and just make every gem that is a part of an HP max up instead just BE an HP max up OR do what the metroid series does and give you effectively layered health bars OR both... you know, maybe take a page out of the actual metroidvaina games, the ones that defined the genre.
Looking back at it the only problems stemmed from having basically no HP so every attack does about 20% of your bar and to top it off there isn't really a heal system like estus so it took the difficulty of a 2d souls game and decided "fuck you you don't get heals." Compare that to Igavania titles and metroid games and hey look those game you have a lot of HP to make mistakes with.
The balance wasn't actually bad, you just had no HP so small mistakes were a death sentence. Level ups also mean jack-shit so you probably could have used a +1 attack and defense on every level up instead of just +1 HP and stamina, which is basically useless.
@@ShiningDarknes to me it feels like "If rougue like bullet hell game devs tried to make a metroidvania"
At some points i was all like "ah well that doesnt seem too bad" and then the next scene would look like hell
honestly, it doesn't really look crazier or harder than la mulana
@@darkarchonisme It doesn't look crazy at all. Seems like a normal metroidvania to me.
Love to see when indeimaus really likes the game and puts passion in it. Also game looks gorgeous and very interesting with its mechanics, I guess you can say that it's... DARK SOULS OF THE METROIDVANIAS BABYYY
"I finally beat him and then this happens..."
I've never seen such an appropriate ad break for Shudder.
Gotta say, this game looks stunning.
And some of the gameplay choices are really cool, for example having to hide under your friends shield and stuff. Thats great!
Egypt felt (to me, the viewer) like doing Crystal Peaks with no claw (but you actually find claw mid-way through there), no double jump (because lets be honest, a single jump in HK would bring you more height than the double jump in this game), every enemy is either a mold knight (the guys from white palace) or those soul warriors, AND you have no focus.
I did that, just to see how far I could get without getting certain things.
@@stevered9659 And how far did you get?
@@stevered9659 lmao
Agreed. Once you unlock the key thing that makes the dungeon easier it gets bearable, but til then it’s like a Souls dungeon where almost every enemy is a black knight.
This video reminds me why I love the sound design of Indeimaus videos so much
Congrats on literally slicing through hell!
This actually looks like a really fun game. Love the art style, I'll definitely be picking this up
God bless this Virgin soul and protect him from the darkness.
I shall embark in this masochistic experience too brother, may the Lord protect us all...
@@Mineias I mean it's easier now according to the vid
You know, after coming from Rabi-Ribi on BEX, this game seems like the perfect kind for me to play rn
You'll be picking this up, but you'll regret it once you realize it'll be putting you down.
This game might have been overtuned but the art and attention to detail in the world is actually next level.
The last few seconds feature the laughs of a broken man. As a hard-core masochist who, after years of denial, has finally accepted what I am, I need to play this game.
Yeaaaaah about that... the game got MEGA NERFED.
Excerpt of a Steam review:
Over night the game became a joke. You do effectively quadruple damage as compared to before. There are save points every 2 minutes (that heal you to full, so health management is out of the window since you can get hit half a dozen times every fight and just facetank) - yes they added extra savepoints in every concievable place. Enemies have half health, even the bosses, to the point where you don't get to see all phases because you accidentially skip them. Resources regenerate faster, secondary weapons cost less, yadda yadda. This is on HARD mode. Yes, it was not enough to make Easy easier. They broke every challenge in every difficulty setting.
@@TheSixthChildEva04 Honestly almost sounds like they did it out of spite, OH YOU WANT THE GAME TO BE EASIER, WELL WE'LL MAKE IT EASEIR
@@TheSixthChildEva04 Damn, is hard mode at least still hard?
@@S.A.F.T.I nope. 😢
@@APG93 *Screams in Souls veteran*
I sat thru the whole video, and my favorite moment is when the final battle with "My Only Chance". what an amazing video!!
1. Amazing video, your little narration bits were also really nice in explaining and contextualizing things :))
2. I’m really glad that for your sake, this game doesn’t seem to have contact damage for enemies, which would’ve made this game just a TAD more difficult ya know?
Some enemies do. Depends
@@Biobillybonez Only enemies that are actively on fire and intuitive stuff like that, which is one of the few well thought out mechanics this game has. Having completed it on a version before the difficulty nuke patch, the game itself isn't actually all that hard. There are just a frankly quite massive selection of either completely not thought through mechanics/interaction or just _fuckyou™_ design that has no logical place in the game. Oh, and random bullshit difficulty spikes. Like less than 5% of the game is actually *really* difficult, but to the point of ridiculousness, which isn't IMO indicative of good balance or game design.
This game doesn't need some damage or health nerf for the enemies or the like, but one actually lucid look through the game to sieve the BS out of it.
really well done editing, music choice and placement especially the second half bosses. Thanks for making me feel like I went through this whole game and dont ever have to go through this hell :D I would probably never be able to finish it.
Thank you, Indie, for that awesome video. And for consistently bringing the glory of Terry Scott Taylor music to the masses.
New video, good day. Indeimaus content is just so high quality man the wait is definitely justified and worth it. Not even that long of a wait honestly just not regular is all but totally fine when we get this caliber of video.
Anytime Indeimaus uploads a metroidvania video it instantly makes my day. Thank you!
Indei deserves more views. So much effort in each video.
I appreciate you persevering through that torture just to give us viewers some great content.
This is a commitment you see only from the few and rare creators. A battle against attrition. Kudos to you good sir. Liked and subscribed for your efforts.
Thanks for making these videos man. They're exactly what i need right now.
Hope all is well, Chris. Stay excellent brother.
@@ghoulish6125 thanks man. right back at you :)
I’m around 20 hours into this game and it’s great! The difficulty patch seems to have really helped things. Thanks for finding this!
Great video! The end fight was edited especially well, awesome stuff
That last checkpoint was probably added like last minute without much thought, the designers probably wanted to make that last fight easier but not too easier so they just made that checkpoint. If they gave it a shot or two after making it, they might have gotten "soft locked -ish" by it and realized it was a really stupid check point. Didn't made the game easier, just grindier.
All they had to do was make the checkpoint reset your hp and potions. The balancing department for this game utterly failed to do their jobs.
I know you struggled on this, proud of you and I'm happy to have a new indeimaus video watch over and over
So, a week ago I didn't know what an Indeimaus is, but then TH-cam recommended a video, I watched it and now I'm hooked! I really enjoy the content, commentary and the editing! Great work, loved every video so far!
God, those rising lava stages always stress me out. Even in old games, I hate it when I'm forced to not take my time
Hell yeah! This was one of the best journeys through a game I've watched in a while. You're suffering was great, thx.
The end boss of this game reminds me how I felt when trying to get the true ending of Ender Lilies. I just couldn't do it though lol. You are a true champion sir!
ther3s multiple ending in ender lilies? just started the game
@@AniSepherd972 Yeah there are 3 different endings to the game. You can use the same saved game to get all 3 too so you don't have to play the game 3 times.
Is Souldiers or Ender Lillies harder?
@@dialp4penguin Pre-patch souldiers seems harder, post patch easier. However, I haven't experienced _that much_ of EL and have only seen and heard of the incredible difficulty nerf Souldiers had post 1.0.10, so I'm no definite authority on that one. Pre-patch Souldiers(the one in the video) isn't even _that_ hard, but is inundated with bad mechanical design and really inconsistent level design both. Oh, and all the either game breaking or progress hindering bugs, but those are seemingly being fixed at a good pace and are thus easily excusable. Though, it's sad that we'll probably never see a version of Souldiers with both the proper pre-patch difficulty with more balanced spikes and without bugs. Then, it could truly be counted among the really stellar new indie metroidvanias, while now it's an iffy inclusion for either one reason or another.
That laugh at the end made me wonder who the playtesters were, and if they're superhuman or not. But I'm liking just because that point of no return mess and then having to restart. You earned it here, and maybe even a premature like on your next one.
I played the game - yeah, it's hard. Yeah, frustrating. Yeah, unfair. But what made me quit near the end of the game - was the game breaking bugs. Several times I finished some kind of a side quest and the game would freeze to hell.
Skill issue?
@@alastor8091 He literally said that he was pissed off at the bugs
@@FedorShtemenko yeah I was joking.
@@alastor8091 I guess it went over my head :(
@@FedorShtemenko i didnt understand it either, no worries
Your editing and music choice are insanely good, as usual.
+1 for the in game bestiary and encyclopedias. I always love going through that and seeing the different art and lore in an easy bite sized format.
Seeing you choose to play before the patch reminds me of that darkest dungeon quote "overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer". Good video though!
My guy, you're literally one of my favorite creators, I'm so hyped every time I see an upload!
I don't know what this said about me, but your 100 hours of misery gave me unlimited joy. Thank you for the content (and make that RAID money)
I'm a dad. I have to stay up till 3 AM so I can feed a newborn baby. When all seemed lost and nothing was going to keep me awake for that long, your video saved the day. It was fun, I got to laugh as quietly as possible. Thoroughly enjoyed your video. I'll finish it the next time I have to stay up, but for now, here's a sub. Thanks again.
loved the video, I always hated when a game just leaves you wishing it was over. Becomes just about beating it instead of enjoying the game. You are amazing, always looking forward to your next videos!
This happened to me recently with God of War 2 and psychonauts
And kind of resident evil 4, I'm playing on ps2 though not the HD remake, and the laser sight aiming is soooo hard with the outdated graphics
i recently got back into games while in my college dorm. and your videos have been so entertaining to watch and see what games are out now. keep up the solid work man!
For anyone who can't remember where they heard the song at 15:40, it's the song you hear in FFXIV while playing Triple Triad at the Gold Saucer. It drove me nuts until my brain finally made the connection.
That aside, this was a great video! I feel sorry for the 100 hours of suffering that you went through, even if there were many parts where I couldn't help but laugh at your reactions. It's a shame that this game was so difficult on release; the pixel art looks beautiful and I would've been tempted to play it if not for watching this first. At least I've got Hollow Knight!
I hope you're able to get a lost of rest after this.
The song is originally from FF8 and is called Shuffle and Boogie.
Absolute banger.
@@deryckbrown7834 Oh, thank you! I've only heard it in FFXIV, so I didn't realize that it was in another FF game previously. I appreciate the clarification
@@solynacea No worries. :)
You're a life saver.
Nice choice of music bro, the way the FURI music creeps up near the end was pretty slick ^^
all the artwork looks really good though, enemy and boss design to the backdrop,
Man, when your boss music kicks in at 42:00 its so good. Great editing!
You made it happen, game clear! That game+ was freakin salt in the wound though, good grief.
BRUH! New to the channel, you ROCK! LOOVE your musical taste, the pacing of the video, great humor, and amazing gaming skills!
Dunno what's up with you Aussies, so many of you I just love to listen to. Shill Up ;), I Did A Thing, Modest Pelican, that dude who always explodes cheap earbuds, Alanah (in moderation), Sherpa Design, Hardware Unboxed, and some I forgot.. such a high-level output! I liKe!!
This game reminds me of a game I played years ago called Mercenary Kings. Was fun to start and had amazing art, but slowly became tedious and boring. Wasn't nearly as hard as this game however.
the problem with mercenary kings is that, they had a great idea with the weapon system, but they implemented it poorly, so you basically had no reason to really experiment because at the end the damage of the weapon would end up basically the same, no matter what you do.
also the enemies were incredibly generic and boring, most of the challenges came from tricky jumps with enemy placement. and the least we talk about the bosses the better.
Oh god I remember
They let you tinker with guns but after the Final Boss that isnt the final boss, having heavy guns made some platforming impossible
It is the only game I've reviewed on Steam that is below 5/10. I gave it a 4/10. It just got so boring...
Have a "similar" issue with Blasphemous right now. Love the Art and everything. But the platforming feels just absolute shit after playing so much Dead Cells and Messenger before.
This game is soooo much better than mercenary kings lol
I swear the Furi OST just hits different whenever it comes up in your vids. Thanks for another banger, and get some rest after that one, lol.
My current emotion is so far removed from the sense of wonder I got when I first saw the pyramid.
damm dude, another great video, the effort is much appreciated
Man, Souldiers is a beautiful game but I can't see myself playing it in this state. I'm curious how much easier it is now in comparison but thanks for showing us the REAL hardcore mode Indei!
I bought this game for myself after watching your video. I just beat it for the first time and I absolutely loved it. It felt like the best parts of the games I grew up playing were rehashed and revived in this beauty of a game. Thank you for playing this and for introducing me to what has become one of my favorite games in years
Holy shit we got ANOTHER DMC3 "it's too hard" in our lifetime. Outstanding.
Except DMC3 was reasonably well balanced and you have a lot of control over enemies once you get the hang of the combat system. And that is even with 'european normal is actually japanese hard' as some games did for some reason during that time period. This very much seems like you're at the mercy of whatever the enemies are doing and you get openings to attack when the games tells you to. The difference from all I've seen and read of the pre-patch versions was that
- checkpoints are extremely few and far between
- every enemy has bloated HP
- two out of the three classes deal fuck-all damage and suffer from extremely cumbersome mechanics
Being hard is one thing, but this game definitely seemed to have bordered on obnoxiously unfair in the least fun way.
fuck me that was a banger of a video xD love you man, props for seeing this through till the end
Honestly i was amazed by your sheer dedication that you played this game when it was still crazy difficult to a point where it is a bit unfair
I couldn't helpes but clap when you finshed the game
Indeimaus, you are insane. LOL but damn, we are glad that you are. Amazing vid, and amazing job.
Seeing Indeimaus beating this game fills you with Determenation
Making an Undertale Joke in 2022 fills you with deep sadness
What an absolutely beautiful game. Also, I really need an Indimaus playlist in my life.
There sure seemed to be a lot of molten lava coming out of that one cauldron to be able to fill that whole level.
The moment you decided to redo the tower and boss fight to get an edge on the parasite is when I knew I had to sub. Great video!!
That looked pretty dang difficult at times not gonna lie. Killer choice in music there at the end. Maus killing it as always
I bet that 0.3% who made it to the end were ppl just like you, who were literally getting paid to do so. Because I can't even fathom doing this willingly😭
Anyway, great video as always and I hope the next game you take on isn't such a nightmare😓
i finished it on warrior too before the update ..... i would like to say most annoying things in the are 2 things only and ONLY 2 THINGS flying enemies fuck that AI and curse oh ya here a debuff that double the damage on you ..... and lower your healing by HALF oooooh i forgot how the paralyses was broken.... you can use pots to heal from it like OTHER DEBUFFS other then that its my fault when i die .....come to think of it it was hell a nightmare but fun one but one thing was right the crit vital are op as fuck i skipped the final phase of the final boss with it
Been with your channel for years really love your videos. Brightens my day watching them thank you for the content man keep it up.
That review that mentions the minotaur is such a typical example of people and their shortsightedness when it comes to game design. "Oh, this doesn't seem that bad, so all those people must be lying or bad!"
At least he had the guts to admit he was wrong.
I mean, people often are lying or bad in Steam reviews. This was an example of someone disagreeing with others' assessment until further evidence proved them correct.
I see no issue there.
Indie I just want to say that I appreciate that you regularly give Relapse the love it deserves
wish more devs would learn these is a big difference between difficulty and bullshit..
at now this game plays georgeous after much needed fixes. it's on of my favourite metroidvanias right now.
@@Moonlit_Melody The game has become just flat out boring, a scam, cause everyone who liked the old difficulty can't experience it that way anymore.
Great video as always Maus! Really loved the use of the Furi soundtrack for that final boss too!
Yeah, I agree with Indeimaus. I'm a veteran Metroidvania player, and Souldiers just had too many unfun and unfair mechanics in it. I'm all for difficult games. In fact, I really enjoy them. But it's never fun to feel like you're losing to things totally out of your control over and over. Hoping for RNG to go in your favor in order to beat a boss is never a good feeling. They just pushed out a patch to help fix some of that, so hopefully it alleviates some of it, but I think it's probably just too flawed at a fundamental level.
You should not play rain world lmao
That was glorious, Subscribed!
"It's supposed to be easier when you kill one, instead it become harder. whyyy?"
The survivor always get "enraged" that's why the usual strat with this archetype is to bring both to lowest life possible so you don't have to suffer much against the last one on steroids. xD
great video. amazing editing skills. i enjoyed it a lot!
The steam reviews are all people either complaining that the game is unbalanced and other people yelling about "casuals" ruining a great hard game. Good lord I hate souls fans
This is the first video of yours I've ever seen, the final fantasy 9 music just earned you a subscriber
Thank you for making this video Indeimoose
this looks way too good i'mma pause the vid and come back to watch the rest when i'm done with it myself - thank you maus ^^
Fantastic vid Maus. Solid achievment sir. And that laugh at the end 😂😂😂.
Many thanks for this 👍💪
New Indeimaus content is always good content!
Indeimaus, I know you did great playing this game!! So good job.
Thank you for this, I was thinking about buying this game, and now... now I am not think about it.
Much love for all you do.
honestly indeimaus the cut and beat to "lets do this" chefs kiss