No Rest for the Wicked - Early Access Impressions & Needed Improvements
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From Moon Studios, the award-winning developers of Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps comes No Rest for the Wicked, a visceral, precision Action RPG set to reinvent the genre.
The year is 841 - King Harol is dead. As word of his death echoes throughout the kingdom, the crown passes to his arrogant, yet untested son Magnus.
Even worse, the Pestilence, an unholy plague not seen for a thousand years, has returned. It sweeps across the land, corrupting everything and everyone it touches. Madrigal Seline, a ruthlessly ambitious figure in the church, sees the Pestilence as a chance to prove herself in the eyes of her god.
These forces converge on the backwater Isola Sacra, where rebel groups and the provincial government fight for control amid the isle’s crumbling ruins.
You are a Cerim - a member of a group of mystical holy warriors imbued with remarkable powers and sworn to defeat the Pestilence at any cost. But the task will prove increasingly challenging as you become entangled in the people’s plight and the vast political struggle of this downtrodden land. Chaos will pull you in every direction as you seek to cleanse the land of wickedness and shape the kingdom’s fate.
Brutal, Precision-Based Combat: Hone combat skills with a system that challenges you to be deliberate and strategic. Battle against gruesome creatures, enemy soldiers, and punishing bosses in tense, visceral combat. Feel the weight and speed of each weapon through their own move sets. Enchant armaments with runes, craft rare armor, and create bespoke character builds that fit your playstyle.
An Epic, Human Saga: Discover a mature, dark narrative on the harsh shores of Isola Sacra. Cunning rulers and ferocious rebels vie for the throne - all while an ancient plague sweeps across the land, turning its inhabitants into monstrous versions of themselves.
A Hand-Crafted World: Explore a painting come to life - take in the striking painterly world, meticulously built with an incredible attention to detail in a unique, ageless art style. Beauty radiates in every frame, from the dappled sunlight of the Lowland Meadows to the viscera-smeared, twisted shadows of the Nameless Pass. Each new location is home to its own people, problems, hidden treasures, and secrets to unearth.
A Moment’s Respite: Take respite in the town of Sacrament - purchase property and decorate it to make it your own. Fish on the shores, till and harvest the land for ingredients to create meals that replenish health and boost stats. Acquaint yourself with the diverse array of vendors and townsfolk and restore Sacrament to its former glory.
Online Multiplayer: Share your world and progress with up to three friends by your side in the campaign’s online co-op mode. Every quest, boss, and square foot of Isola Sacra is theirs to share with you…or they can simply venture off and do as they please.
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Quite a few folks seem confused on why I'm being so critical. I very much enjoyed the game, but the entire point of early access is to improve. If all you're going to do is glaze it in its current state that doesn't help the devs evolve the product into a better and more polished form. The entire point of early access impressions is to point out issues the game currently has in hopes that it becomes better.
After playing for 25 hours i'd say you could have gone even harder, cause there are some glaring issues with this game. While i agree that there is a good game to be found underneath it all they have a long way to go before this becomes a big hit.
Lame RNG crafting and resource gathering is going to kill this game before it even gets off the ground. WHo asked for this stuff? Keep crafting super simple a la Diablo 2.
@@hashimrahman51 Diablo 2? Or Diablo 3?
@@runswithtrees6173never played D3. All I know is I am not paying someone $35+ for the privilege of chopping wood, mining rocks and RNG crafting. Why gamers ever accepted this (I know why the game devs created it-to increase user engagement in the cheapest way possible) is beyond me.
@@hashimrahman51 oh my b. Yeah I totally agree. I just don’t remember the crafting in Diablo 2. Do you mean the rune word gear? That was DOOOPE.
I think it says a lot about the game that Cowboy's biggest issues are with the economy. In terms of moment to moment gameplay, level design, etc. the game is SUPER solid in my experience. The hotfixes to improve performance have been really effective and it is much smoother now. Tweaking economy values, drop rates and upgrade tables being the glaring problem must feel like a good problem to have as a developer.
Resource gathering as a separate mechanic is just lame. Unfortunately, crafting and survival elements have infected the whole RPG genre. For the life of me I don’t know who likes paying $35+ for the privilege of chopping wood and mining and then using RNG crafting. Sounds like torture.
@@hashimrahman51 ah yes visibly improving a town, improving your merchants is a totally bad mechanic that has never been done before and is only a bad idea.
I was thinking the whole time throughout this video “damn if this is his biggest issues with the game then this is shaping up to be a good fucking game on release”
Why can elden ring and cyberpunk run fine on the steam deck but this one just crashes and fails miserably? And not only did it happen on the deck it happened at launch on pc too. Pretty sad state of gaming right now
@@hashimrahman51rng is torture in general but I agree man
There are actually some very good Runes in the game - enough that I would actually recommend Common / White rarity weapons just so that you can customize all 4 Rune slots.
Blink is the no. 1 skill because it’s a cheap 25 cost teleport that also completely breaks enemy tracking if cast during an attack. This opens up easy damage windows and backstabs, especially for enemies with long attacks. It is sold in the Tier 3 mage shop.
You’ll also want Ice Throw or any other variant of Throw (Ice just has the best debuff) - 50 cost boomerang that does way too much stagger, damage, and debuff app for its range and cost.
Everyone already knows about the heal Runes, but also don’t sleep on Damage Surge - 30% damage multiplier that lasts quite a while.
You can of course swap weapons for heals and buffs, but IMO having constant access to both Throw and Blink justifies skipping Enchants on your main weapon.
For anyone struggling with heals - use the health aura rune - remember to charge it and you will rarely need food again
How could anyone be struggling with heals... I've literally got 40 mushroom soups at all times.
I don't know if it's intended but it heals even with as low as 2 aura, and it heals faster the less you have. So I often use up my aura on dps and then end with a quicker heal.
Or just actually pick things up and cook
@@heronwhisky the food has a cool down, if you start doing the crucible at a lower level you're going to want more heals.
@@dakotabarrett5585 If you need to more than every 15 seconds, and can't dodge around whilst waiting, you might need to alter your approach. Healing resources are basically only limited by your inventory, that's why there's a cooldown.
Idk if you noticed but the parry gives like 100 aura (or more if you spec for it) which is like 5 basic abilities or 1 strong one. If I use my lvl 21 mage as an example, if I parry the crucible boss the rune attack that follows does about 10% of his hp and my gear is speced to heal me about 40% on a parry too.
To be fair regarding the resource requirements for the bed mentioned at 11:40, you can actually buy them. Whittacker and the Smith sell the materials you need once they are both upgraded at least once. Overall fair points though and still enjoying the hell out of this game. I'm actually level 18 right now and still haven't beat the game because I've just been exploring, doing bounties, challenges and leveling up the town as well as crafting my gear. Haven't enjoy a game like this in a while and excited for its future. This and then we have Stellar Blade in a few days. Good times.
I have a problem... I cant imagine returning to the standard ARPGs after playing this game... I didnt know I would love this game as much as I did
Says the owner of Moon Studios…. 😂
This game has a major identity crisis
@@caleob9725 Id say it has a huge lack of content atm and the amount of fun and potential is just great... I like all Souls games, but I never thought Id like the isometric combat even more, it just feel better to have the top down view in combat.. the mix with town upgrading and crafting stations is a nice addition too, at least there is something to aim for and to grind for as a goal... I dont mind it
@@Amatsuichi it has potential but right now I’m staying away from it. It doesn’t even run well either atm
I had the same exact thoughts on stat requirements for loot especially since leveling isn’t very quick.
Yeah the large jumps in reqs are very weird.
That's because the majority of the content of the game hasn't been released yet if the full campaign was out you're going to be much higher level
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Good summary of areas that need improvement or changes. I hope the devs get a chance to review this and incorporate them.
I found a greatsword that required 46 faith. Lmao what
1000% agree with what Cowboy is saying here really hope the developers see this video and take note and do make the improvements to the game, I think there something really special here hopefully we can see the game at it full potential.
items with high stat requirements is fine imo. Happens a lot in all souls games too. At least in this there is player housing/containers so just put the item in a container and work towards gaining the stats and its rewarding to be able to finally use it.
The thing is these shouldn't be dropping. If I was 25-30 sure, but these reqs are outrageous for a lv 17
@@FightinCowboy I definitely see your point and I do agree but i also don't mind it, because I'm loving the grind in this game. Cant wait for more content. I want it now!
Thanks for the update!
I’m having a lot of fun with my dex/parry build. Really like the combat.
Hope they fix the obvious problems with inventory soon though…
Totally agree with what you are saying cowboy. I would like to have more options for enchanting. You don’t have anyway of reversing if the enchanting busted your main weapon. Always has to have two of them so that if one get busted you at least have another to use.
Feel like they could do so many different things with this unique of a game. Hope they end up nailing it. Would love to see more thought put behind making deeper combat mechanics. Think the devs are super cool and will impress everyone.
Great review Cowboy 🤠 Its definitely a game to keep a eye on, and completely agree with your review the over all loot, materials just alot little things here and there, but for a early access release pretty darn good game looking forward to the full release and updates to come. Hope for a bigger map more bosses and enemy types. And story
This weapon has more damage in a non-pumped form than yours in a pumped form, so they correctly made a high requirement for strength, besides it is souls-like, and in soluses you constantly get some kind of powerful weapon for which you will swing half the game and this is the right balance.
Someone who hasn’t played seems obvious your first criticism is extremely valid.
I am all for slogging on loot but even the time spent chopping a tree or mining takes so long for so little.
I've got about 7 hours in.. Absolutely love the combat, art design, gameplay. The lack of inventory space is driving me nuts
In my playthroughs, I get a lot of money and resources pre and post patches, once yu finish the story, these goons drop all kinds of stuff, getting about 20 silver a run through Mariners Keep. Resources are kinda annoying, but they didn’t bother me all that much, I got almost all my vendors to level 3 and it didn’t seem like an insane chore. But everyone plays games differently tho, hopefully when yu come back this game is poppin off 🎉
how long did it take you to finish the story? I want to get my money's worth
at the 13:45 mark you stand next to the storaqe room. Theres a key to open the door and get the loot in there.
so i just did that but the room's completely empty? no enemies no chest, no shiny. Nothing.
@@RedFloyd maybe when the realm resets it will change. I found two chests and a couple of barrels.
This one doesn’t look like my cup of tea but I’m definitely looking forward to Stellar Blade and your impression of that. The demo is awesome.
Agreed with Cowboys comments. If I could use one word to describe the current state (as of this post, 3 patches in) it would be: unbalanced. I LOVE this game and have done two play-throughs, and think that with some tweaks to systems and various minor game interactions this will be a gem.
This is a well thought out, in depth, honest, informative video and I appreciate it. I really hope the devs somehow hear this and take heed and make adjustments.
Yop, the economy is weird AF. I beat the first boss... he dropped a cool sword, that required 26 str... I was level 6. It feels so darn bad.
Hmmm should have only been 11.
Great review of the major pain points. After playing Lies of P a lot, I had an expectation that a souls-like game understood how to borrow ideas from FromSoft and following in the right footsteps. The gameplay is great, but all those little mechanics are a major miss by comparison.
Very strange! I have multiple purple loot and I only killed one boss and finished two side quests, and I'm trying to reach the church woman still
parry fills up your focus every time so you get a free special attack which is the highest damage output possible.
the equipment levels are currently tied to story which is a bit unfortunate for people that are playing faster. so after killing the twins everything is level 21.
i actually think that the economy is perfect. at no point in the game did money ever lose value. i am always grinding. and this is actually good. finding items to sell instead of just finding 1000 of gold in a dead body doesn't seem to be a problem imo. the end result is the same. a tight but not unfair economy.
my biggest criticism rn is the super low drop rate which took me about 40 hours and almost complete the story until i actually found a polearm to play the way i wanted to play.
I feel strength boys are getting short changed. Because of how slow you level up and the stat requirements of the weapons, you can't afford to put any points into equipment load. So you're always fat rolling, the shoulder check uses a TON of stamina, no real benefit to weapon parries, you're essentially screwed. Also, shield enemies are broken. A huge sword should be able to break their defense faster but it's like they have infinite stamina. They're such a pain to deal with, specially if there are more enemies around. I am enjoying the game and I don't regret buying the early access, it definitely has a lot of potential, but they have a lot of work ahead of them to properly balance the game.
I struggle to see why you should be able to wield tier 3 gear if you reached end game underlevelled. You made it that far at lvl 17, then you don't need that gear, and if you want it you can farm the lvls, knowing in advance what stats to focus on.
The point is that gear shouldn't even be dropping yet. Gear should be based on level, it's discouraging to receiving mostly gear that I can't even use.
23:47 You can bypass the hours of wait time by logging out and changing you computer clock forward however many hrs it is, corny but beats waiting.
Reminds me of Fable back in the day where you'd set a price for rent on your home and then fast forward the Xbox clock 50 yrs and collect a bunch of gold
Good review. I hope they listen. I see lots of potential. Will wait to purchase until I see more improvements.
The huntsman daily is in a "secret" area of the glades. You access it by climbing vines in the western part of the map, closer to where you fight the 2nd boss. I don't like this either.
“… but…but… it’s not an ARPG!”
I, for one, can’t wait for people’s heads to start exploding when this game releases and starts winning “Best ARPG” awards. 😆
Dark Souls is an ARPG afaik. I like the core combat mechanics of this game and the art direction, but the crafting and survival elements are totally lame and unfun. Who like this stuff? Do you not have real jobs?
Great review, the game at this point is okay. But it's is abit lackluster and the grind is abit slow. But for what its worth. It's a very unique game overall
According to the devs there are roughly 25 hours of playtime in this game. Do you happen to know whether 25 hours is an estimate for the playtime of the early access version or the full game? You said you did everything in Early Access in 15 hours yourself.
Every single person I've watched play the game has also used the two-handed greatsword type weapons. Is there an imbalance that makes that weapon type just much better than all the others or why am I not seeing anybody use anything else?
I’m like 17 hours in and I use a 1 handed sword. I like the skill that lets you throw your weapon, it’s pretty busted.
He’s a professional gamer focused on getting through the game so he can make content.
Omfg this is like Fable with ARPG Elements 😮
Okay we get it loot and equipment systems are not good. But topics should be more varied if the video is titled early access impressions
lol what do you want him to say? of course he experience it first hand thats the impression he got
The whole point of this video is providing feedback in hopes that the devs iterate on it. If I wasn't enjoying myself I wouldn't have 15 hours of stream content that people could watch. The game obviously does lots of things good but the point of early access is to improve upon the weaker areas.
The game is borderline unfun due to the lame resource gathering, crafting and survival elements. It reeks of padding and a cheap way to increase “engagement” (basically a huge time sink that modern gamers seem to get off on.)
@@FightinCowboy you hit the spot boss.
@@hashimrahman51 dude shut up lol
I am having fun in this game. I love how the combat is made and the game atmosphere overall.
what we saying chat? do we buy it?
No. It only looks good in gameplay footage. Once you start playing it the game will push you away most likely.
If you like RNG crafting and gathering resources, go for it. Otherwise wait IMO.
Depends on if they fix it and when it comes out on console. For now I have stellar blade coming then I have Shadow of the Erdtree after. By the time I’m done with Shadow of the Erdtree Black Myth: Wukong will be out. So it’s pretty stacked for me already. I’d consider it if it’s fixed tho.
9:30: I don't understand your point? Do you get more wood from a tree by using a chainsaw or do you just cut it down faster? Do you also mow more grass with a lawn mower or just faster?
The point is the resource economy sucks and it would make sense that you're getting more resource with a better tool.
Have at it then dude. Resource gathering and RNG crafting are about the lamest things ever devised in gaming IMO. Get a real job if you actually like this kind of stuff and make actual money instead of paying someone for the privilege of chopping wood and mining. 🤦♂️
@@FightinCowboy Agreed! especially clay man. i need like 40 clay and I'm getting none
I love the game but it does need A LOT of work. I sure hope the devs see your video!
Spot on, I think the game has a huge potential still. But they need more time to think (or rethink) features of the game. Curious you didn’t touch on boss fight and mechanics which to me are not really well executed if they want to approach a real souls game.
In regards to loot economy and exp the crucible gives you massive amounts of all 3. My 3rd character is lvl 21 and I'm only 5 hours in on him.
With resources I'm fairly certain the contribution system is accounting for your buddies to be chipping in. That being said, I really don't see an issue with it. Now that they fixed clay drops, I upgrade a structure every time I go out. I'd be more concerned with the timer continuing to go up. If we have to wait 48 hours for a smith to go to tier 4 or 5 that could suck.
How are you 21 5 hrs in? I feel like XP drags ass in this game.
@@FightinCowboy Characters and realms are saved separately. What I've been doing is start a new character on a new realm just so they can get a couple levels and a couple icors, then I switch back to my main realm where I have my crafting stations and loot. Dec out the new guy and go into the crucible. The enemies there are worth hundreds of exp. They also drop a ton of loot, sell that, buy food and potions, run it again and make it further.
Since the comment I played again this evening, put in another 5 hours, beat the crucible boss twice and hit level 30 which apparently is max.
@@FightinCowboy Just did a quick run on a fresh character and with the route I'm taking if I don't fuck up the parries I can get them to level 10 within an hour. That's with an existing realm though. With a new realm it would be wayyyy slower.
The Devs are on it, I think the game will be way better with opinions like yours. Just hope it doesn't get to watered down.
I cant see the economy problems. Im not farming and im loaded with resources. I find the problem with the economy is that my character trivialized the game by level 10
I really hope the devs can take the feedback without losing sight of their goals. I really, really enjoy how the game plays right now. It needs a lot of performance and quality of life changes, but the thousands of steam reviews demanding this play more like a Diablo game is certainly not what I want. I think they've already made some aspects extremely forgiving. On day 1 if I died a few times my gear would be on the verge of breaking and the cost to repair would be about as much as I've made. Now I can die 10+ times and I make 10x what I'm spending on repairs. It's losing the hardcore souls-like feeling I think they were going for.
I'm fine with repair costs but do think harvesting tools burn through durability way too fast. Regular gear is like 10% on death which is more than fine imo.
@@FightinCowboy I thought the same thing too until I threw on the repair rune. You can have up to 24 runes so dedicating one to repair all gear and tools to full isn't bad imo.
Lets go.. i am absolutely loving wicked.. has exceeded all expectations
yeah, that cutting threes is fking amazing, cannot wait lol....
@@zbigniewiksinski yea the stupid survival aspects really killed it for me unfortunately 🤦😑
Honestly to me it's not that big of a deal bc moon is already made some qol changes and I expect the logs the money earned will all get boosted and they will fix everything before full launch@@zbigniewiksinski
@@jamiehalfkin5813thats too bad
@@zbigniewiksinskii cant wait!
I absolutely loved this, and cant wait until it baked more, and sucks away all my time
Weird thing about weapons to me is that Tier 1 weapons that only require 11 strength can be upgraded all the way to Tier 3 but will still require 11 strength as opposed to..42. That requires resources, sure, but you can buy Copper Ingots and the weapon shards are extremely common.
The devs: “if we give the player a full focus charge when they parry, they’ll know enough to use it to do a focus attack while the enemy is stunned.”
The players: “Why isn’t there a finishing move after I parry?” 😆
Not all the focus moves are huge damage dealers tho. Some weapons come with innate buffs, some with utility, would be useful to have something concrete imo besides charged attacks.
You sand off rough edges to make something better you need abrasives to polish something both literally and figuratively
I like the game but yeah the gear requirements are just so silly. Some weapons I’m getting require 42 intelligence. Why? Also weapons that require 42 str AND 42 dex. So silly.
Yeah the only way you possibly have those stats is if you ignored your core stuff so you would have no health no stamina etc
@@FightinCowboy yeah I don’t understand how they ever thought that requiring such stats would be a good idea? Like it LITERALLY makes no sense.
I didn’t know it was that high. That is insane! Are these just basic weapons?
I could understand a very unique highly specialized weapon you gear around. But 42 minimum is insane.
The loot has influence from D2 which has been a great choice. One of reasons d2 has been so successful is due to the itemization. White items should be the most customizable. Man I just don’t feel like it takes that long to go farm wood 🤷♂️. Agree to disagree I suppose.
Fair but would you rather spend 30 mins farming wood or 30 minutes exploring and fighting?
@@FightinCowboy I sometimes prefer the slight downtime honestly either crafting or building (temporarily), it’s a nice contrast to the combat at times. Valheim may be a good example, sometimes it feels nice to go chill and farm some mats and build for a small change of pace. Farming wood doesn’t seem that different than grinding for a particular item in souls, you will inherently be killing stuff on the way here as well while farming. I’m not against it changing to be fair, just doesn’t cross my threshold of an annoyance.
I mean cowboy you’re only lvl 17 the max rn is 30 so you’re basically missing 39 skill points.
I completely disagree with the loot commentary. It's finally something different than what we typically get. It isn't white>Blue>Purple>Gold. They all have their own uses. White gear is the most customizable and honestly more times than not it's better to have a white piece of gear you customized for your build than to go with a blue or purple. It's a fantastic system for me as I like to play around and make builds and it works so well for that.
For the most part I feel the white > gold pipeline is still accurate. There's no use case I see where 4 gems outclasses the more unique affixes like health on hit which makes you nearly immortal
@@FightinCowboy But a white weapon has 4 runes where a blue or purple has 2. That's half the kit for some stats. Which is why I tend to carry both, a colored one that's good at a particular thing, and a white that has flexibility for different situations.
Yeah but I mean a white one is ultimately going to be utility for half of it, there are very few cases in this game where I feel having four different combat abilities would be useful. If I have a secondary that's white it's likely cuz I'm carrying repairs and heas and warp.
@@FightinCowboy 100%, that's literally what's on my white weapons lol
@@FightinCowboy Messed around with things more and I'm pretty sure white gloves are near impossible to beat if you're going for parries. On the ones I just made I get 20% health, 20% focus, and 100% stamina on a parry. Plus 7% armor (I got a low roll, I think it goes up to 20% more armor)
One of my biggest disappointments was seeing the daily and weekly event stuff. It seemed like stuff suited to battle pass progression or some other live service game thing. I'm not sure how necessary it is to engage with that mechanic though, as I've only watched videos and streams.
Rewards are decent but it's also odd you can't preview the tier of the item, I did a few and ended up with more high-level loot I can't even use.
@@FightinCowboy That's the kind of stuff I don't like. If we're talking about random drops from enemies, unusable loot is typically par for the course, but the have it be a particular task in a checklist of "daily quests" or whatever, that could just end up feeling like a waste of time. I'm not sure if there's trading (or expected to be trading) in NRFTW, but maybe that would partially resolve that negative feeling.
Exactly. They want this to be a “games as a service” and they have laden it with tons of dumb crafting, resource gathering and survivial elements to maximize user engagement. 🤮 I rue the day this ever became a “feature” of gaming. Get a real job IMO if you like chopping wood and mining.
Also one of my daily challenges was to find 5 of a type of fish that wasn't even available yet. I'm assuming its in a later area of the game. It was Bass i think.
Watching bro
Some of your mentions are quite good some are not. Every "reviewer" wants to turn allll games into the same path, loot have this universal approach, resource gathering have this approach because I got use to it so you should do it too. Why? Let games have a bit of flavor so dont make all the same.
I feel like the game suffers from bloat. The bare bones of the game is great, but too many items without good storage leads to walking back and forth to multiple chests. Cut the food mechanic to start and just make limited estus to upgrade. (Clean up the potions and other bloat as well.)
Without the dumb crafting and survival mechanics, the game feels completely hollow. Could you imagine if the original Dark Souls had this game play loop
Also everyone keeps saying "endgame".. they only released like have the game.. ao this is middle games stuff
Half the game isnt even really accurate this is only chapter 1 lol
I hate crafting and survival elements. I know I’m probably in the minority, but who enjoys this stuff? I mean, I already have a real job that requires plenty of mundane tasks. I dont need a second job for fun. To me this is a great ARPG ruined by banal crafting and survival mechanics that are just unfun. This is one of the biggest reasons I quit PoE, which is pretty much all about RNG crafting. Blah.
I prefer loot. You beat enemies to farm. Even that gets exhausting but at least it is ACTION.
The game has a major identity crisis and makes me wonder why devs even release half ass broken games that can’t even run on a pc at launch let alone the steam deck. There needs to be so many fixes with this game in the future
in short the game is still not polished not in terms of performance but the game mechanics itself. i feel like its too grindy
The core gameplay is very good, but the overall balance of this game causes too much time loss for me, that's why I stopped playing and will wait for the developers to come to their senses.