I've been following Project Zomboid for many years. I don't mind waiting for updates when the team is putting out quality. There is plenty of low quality game developers. I will support game devs putting out quality content over others every time. Thanks for the introduction.
I like when there is risk in the game. It encourages you to use all the tools available. I find a lot of games that have frequent saves I horde potions and such because I know I can push, and not loose much if I fail.
Exactly this. A lot of gamers seem to complain that consumables are usually useless in most games, but those same people tend to complain when they are actually useful. Ever since I started playing classic rogue-likes I've been using consumables a lot more in games in general. So yeah, I also welcome a save system like this. It would still be nice if they could implement a "casual mode" for people who are not into it, of course. But as Splat said, this seems to be difficult with this game.
@@crowhaveninc.2103 I tend to forget about consumables in a lot of games. Games can turn me off if there are a huge spread of consumables (like in Dragons Dogma) or types of currency. I don't want to have to manage my inventory with twenty different consumables in order to deal with the twenty status affect changes the game can curse me with. Not the most interesting part of any game. Also, in the case of Neverwinter, I eventually lost interest because there are, like, five or six different types of currency used for different stuff.... sweet... managing finances is my favorite part of DnD.
@@crowhaveninc.2103 i don't think its the same people complaining about both, just common problems with expectations, people either get used to the games that potions are a big deal or the ones you just stack them in your inventory (the difference between the person that lvls alchemy vs the person that lvls restoration in skyrim for example)
8:45 you can talk to the guard in the barracks and he'll give you a free weapon of choice, so you don't necessarily need to go buy your first blade in order to skin animals. Also, in regards to skinning, the damage type used for killing animals affects the loot you get from skinning them. For example using spears and bows for piercing damage will more likely drop pelts, meanwhile using pyromancy for fire damage will not drop pelts after skinning them, but will likely drop cooked meat instead of raw meat. 12:45 the tailor will pay more for the pelts than the carpenter. You can swim over the river :P
INFO : they have changed the SAVE system ; now, there are 2 type of saves : 1. a "hard save" when you sleep (which is persistent) 2. an "auto save", that occurs when you quit the game ; and gets detroyed whenever you load your game back.
Hmm, maybe I will try it again. Saving was biggest issue for me as I had problems with getting lot of continuous time to play and it sucked to loose progress if I had to quit. Thanks for information.
Very hard, but for once I pushed through the difficulty and I have to say, I love it. There are these little details to it, and in its fundamental mechanics, that are just fantastic. Wish it could be developed faster, but otherwise it's fantastic.
@@Scribbzz it is pretty frustrating though, when you are cutting through a forest on the way back and there are two bears behind a tree, then they follow you back to town and kill everyone and you get a bounty for disturbing the peace : |
@@Scribbzz yeah I know. I do agree with how difficulty is rewarding, it's one of the reasons why I like games like Stone shard. Just, some games that are run on rng encounters can break sometimes. I did of course find the bear thing funny, even though I lost about 2 hours of progress haha
@@originalusernameoftheyear6500 Same, bro. But emotions are feels so real, your heart rate getting faster when you finally manage to save your skin with half body broken and pockets full of goods.
@@blahblah7720 you can find dev's post on character creation on Twitter, it still up there. Look at the date and the date they said it's going to be ready.
With this update, you can request a starting weapon with the guard captain where osbrook's elder stays, so you dont have to buy a dagger, just ask for one
Splat! I knew you would cover this game after City of Gold drops. Just so you know, I bought this game after I saw your video about it, about two years ago (it was 1st video I watched on your channel, btw). Since then I got about 350 hours in the game. And since then I watch your videos almost daily. Thank you for the content.
I also purchased this one in EA two years ago, always great content. Some things are worth waiting for. I’m very happy about a big content release though
4 years after starting early access… and they add the first hub area. There is early access. Then there is access you are going to need carbon dating to place properly.
This game seem to be made for masochists, they are into the "imagine a boot stamping on a human face- forever." they don't like to be respected, they are not customers but worshiper.
This game is one of the best I've ever played, the difficulty involved in not just flat out dying from anything outside the town tile (even bunny's will attack you at level one) is frustrating yes, but adds to the overall sense of achievement when you don't. There are two locations where a backpack can be gotten with a slight increase in storage capacity. My day off just got great. Thanks Splatt for the heads up.
Starting character is kinda like dark souls. It makes a small difference early on, but by time you've gained seven or eight levels it's immaterial. Take the class for the starting gear more than the stats.
owned this since early access, cleared the original map, loved it so much i told myself when it finally releases ill play through it again..... glad to see this update and im excited to watch this video. thank you..
The thing that interested me the most about Stoneshard is the fact that it gained a huge amount of traction - way more than I was honestly expecting. There’s almost 18K reviews on Steam, and it’s still an Early Access product. With it having a lot of the spirit of a true roguelike, I wonder if this game might bring in more attention to that genre? I’ve seen several threads of people asking for similar games, and the answers are often other roguelikes.
1. The game gained traction because this is one of the very few games who follows the traditional Diablo visual aesthetics (in inventory, world layout, visuals in general). 2. Roguelikes have MORE THAN ENOUGH attention on Steam in the indie sphere. More than enough. I hope you are not talking about AAA games adopting roguelikes because AAA games evolving and adopting popular indie genres is just something that would never happen. The best thing that can happen with AAA sphere in general is sudden disappearance of any and all AAA IPs from the gaming market for good, so that indie companies can take their place.
I was referring explicitly to _traditional rougelikes_ - games like Caves of Qud, Tales of Maj’Eyal, ADOM, and so forth - not the more popular roguelites, and not AAA games either. What I was saying is that I wonder if the major attention that Stoneshard has received might bring a lot more people into playing other games in the genre like those I just listed. Because outside of maybe the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games (which has apparently spawned its own genre called “mystery dungeon”, and I’m not sure if there’s actually any difference between that and simply calling them roguelikes), traditional roguelikes aren’t really known outside the sphere of people who play them. Unless you have some in your own library, or watch a person who covers traditional roguelikes like SplatterCat, then chances are you’ll probably have no idea what they are. Most people couldn’t tell you what Rogue even was: how it looked, how it played, etc.
Because it would mean that more people get to experience them? A relatively niche genre would be able to grow and have more people talking about it? The developers of those games would make more money? I’m not really sure why you’re asking this question.
Go to the guard house mid right of starting zone and talk to the guard at the table. Can choose different type of weapon as a starter to help - also talk to the store npcs and get quests :)
Pro-tip for crossbow reload, you can right-click on your character and it gives you the option to reload, or in your inventory, you can right-click on the crossbow and reload it prior to combat
Thanks for the update on Stoneshard. I bought the game when it came out, and I also tried it, and I really like it. My only complaint so far is that with every major update, they delete your progress, so that you have to restart from the beginning. You're doing a great job. Greetings from Europe.
You should talk to EVERYONE, some people give you things for free, some teach you skills for money, some sell and buy stolen things. They added so much to npcs this update
Can we create our character now ? I didn't check the update, I just know they added the City of Gold. Also, I'll play it again when it'll be fully released, breaking saves with each big update is annoying.
One of the best games i have ever played. Very hard but very rewarding at the end. At first i was getting massacred by 2 or 3 enemies, but by the mid game to end game i was using a great sword taking on hordes of enemies. I remember when i took a contract to kill a mini boss in a castle. It took me about one hour to complete it. But on my way back i got ambushed by ghouls or something, and thanks to my overconfidence i took them head on and died. I had to redo the whole mission because you could only save in town. For some reason i loved this feature, while others didn't. I think the reason was how much more immersive the game felt. The danger and the consequences of your actions. Also, the preparation you had to do before every mission. Medicines, herbs and other various consumables. Great game but not for all. The slow development the only major con.
Hey. A warning Splatt. Brynn hasn’t been fully implemented yet and will be implemented with more services and things to do in the coming days but god DAMN it’s a beautiful city.
'Güten tag' means 'Good day' due to the bowing motion you make with your body, to gain further impact speed to the weapon. Ironically, the 'greeting' was also a 'goodbye' in most cases for the victim.
Man this game looks awesome. I'd love to see you do a full series on it, playing through the released content so far. I'm definitely gonna be keeping my eye on it. I want to get it now, but got other monetary obligations to take care of for the next year or so before I can invest in any games I want.
Given this video and the screenshot on the Steam store page - the pixel work is phenomenal. That will also mean this game takes longer, not just the dev(s) be perfectionists.
So IOW you were fanboying. That save system could be way better and the game would lose nothing wrt risk and pressure. And no, you dont have to be the opposite (risk averse) to want something else. of course you make it a simple a vs b - fanboy thinking.
I have a few dozen hours in this game, and I love so many elements of it, but I'm one of those people who are frustrated by the save system. If you're going to lose two hours of progress per death, then you might as well be playing a full-on roguelike. If they just added an "autosave on screen transition" or "manual save" mode, I would be so willing to dive back into it.
It's not officially supported but by adding the "save on exit" option, they basically created a "save anywhere" option through savescumming. In AppData\Local\StoneShard you can just "save on exit", copy paste the created save file and load in again. The original will be deleted but you can replace it with the copy if needed.
OMFG THE DAY HAS COME Splattercat coming back to Stoneshard I love both the channel and the game LET'S DO THIS!!! (Commented before watching, pure excitement, sorry lul)
you should take pelts to tailor, dont to forget to cook your meats, yep and dont forget to sleep/save, you can eat shrooms some, anything broken sell you'll get it again,wooden weapons go to the woodcrafter. edged weapons to the smithy, plenty of random places thruout town to store your stuff's. following the road just as bad as woods, at least more obstacles when being chased. 1-5; 1)bear 2)moose 3)boar 4)wolf 5)bandits. fumble also rated by weapon, use magnifier to see traps in a room(it's active), the banner to the right are the hot keys, items are rarely sold for their valued amounts. I've over 300hrs as a sorcorer.
I was going to write a similar comment (what you sell where affects how much you get) please upvote people :-) Range weapons/attacks give you a lot of dmg and survivability early game Avoid bears and moose like the plague until you understand how to trap them and attack them without taking much dmg (probably lvl 8 and higher ...) explore the game for yourself - it's beautiful ;-)
This doesn’t make any sense to me if you buy a sword can’t you just wear the damn thing? why should it take up an inventory slot? please explain this to me I don’t get it
The hard part reminds me the good old intense games back in the days when completing a story feels like a real accomplishment. In this regards, when there was no youtube walk through or any tips how to have best skill order AND games was really hard you even could brag before your friends about it and get some respect. I did finish first act and can say it is TRUE RPG I do miss in modern softy gamedev approach to the players.
Thanks for taking another look at Stoneshard Splat! I like Stoneshard, and it is slowly becoming a better game, though emphasis on the slowly. In my own recorded gameplay of the Stoneshard: City of Gold Update, I do a bit of compare/contrast with the old version of the game, and I go through many of the changes. I do think the recent map update is nice, though I do miss the possibility of getting lost, as the current, larger map always reveals your location, whereas the old maps did not. Also, I should warn people that the early Stoneshard gameplay can be very slow. The Stoneshard early game boils down to: 1. Slowly walking back to town to offload loot from your VERY LIMITED grid inventory, 2. Slowly walk back to the inn to save, 3. Slowly walk back to where you initially started so you can gather more herbs in the wood to stuff into your small bag while dodging wolf packs in order to repeat step 1. You do that, or dare to risk the wolf packs if you can afford a blade, as Splat did, as not all characters start with one ;(. Which by the way, it is Very Odd for a medieval person to not have a knife, especially a medieval merc, to travel without a blade, especially when they know how to hunt! 🤦 The oddness of Stoneshard increases when you look and see that Velmir, (the guy Splat picked) starts with 20 leaf shaped, bladed bolts, which are certainly thick and likely sharp enough to skin an animal with. He also has that leaf bladed spear as an awkward 2nd option. It just seems so very odd to me for such a seemingly detail focused game to flub these points. 🤷 Anyway, Stoneshard is a good game if you like pretty and gritty turn-based RPGs with an eventual path to a completed product. If you have a tolerance for frustration, big lulls in the action, and are patient, it could be a good choice for you. I like it.
@@ryanclemons1 it’s probably cause Brynn doesn’t have anything going for it currently other than a set piece. They have been very rapidly hotfixing/updating the last few days though so I’m just giving it time. Still a solid base though.
@@ryanclemons1 Yep, I was just glancing at those. Some people aren’t currently happy about the state of the latest update, as well as the general state of Stoneshard’s very slow update pace. Patience has clearly run out for some people. Now, Stoneshard is tough, and a bloody good looking game, and is pushed by the trailer as gritty and pretty, but the downright Brutal and often Unfair combat difficulty is what most seem to find the most off-putting. I also think that the unmentioned slowness and big lulls in the action, as you slowly walk around, back and forth to town, is clearly an unexpected and often unwelcome surprise to many people.☹ The post Oblivion / Skyrim gaming world does not care much for a design philosophy that removes the option of fast travel. So, Stoneshard combines ultra tough combat, with an ultra long time to slowly get back to where you were when the action suddenly and brutally ended.🤦 I think these devs could learn a bit from Dark Souls / Bloodborne: You can make a game hard, but you Must make it relatively quick to get back into the action. The campfires / lanterns of those games are nearby the action, so the combat / main draw is also nearby, as is the recovery and the return to the fight, quickly smoothing over any breaks to the gaming flow. And Stoneshard’s main problem is that it does NOTHING quickly! 1. A bedroll on your traveling merc would help, allowing a save at the cost of resource consumption. 2. A fast travel option, complete with random encounters as creatures move about the map, perhaps pulling you out of it if their hostile and intersect with your path, would help. 3. An option for much faster movement speed, which MANY other roguelikes have, would help. There are MANY things the devs could do, and they should. As I said, I like Stoneshard, but for MANY reasons, it is a game for the patient.
Can't all characters find a bunch of kinds of weapons in town? In the guardshack, I think. They either told me I could take them or they didn't seem to mind, I swear!
Bought the game cuz of Splat, glad to see you come back to it after the update, I'm personally holding off for now to allow the devs fix some of the bugs from the update.
look How Beautiful The Game is now, and who cares if it takes a long time, that means we're getting the best update they could give us, so much actual love for the project, is shown.
I hadn't seen this game before. It hits a lot of my fun game zones. You explained the game well and didn't give away to much so there's still room for me to learn while playing. I'm gonna grab it while it's a little off from the sale.
agreed! and i have not found an other game that scratched the same itch as stoneshard made me have... hopefully this game starts a whole subgenre like this.
@@ryanclemons1 idk I’ve played many many hours of it and I love it. Perhaps because it’s taking so long for updates and to finish the game. But either way this kind of game you know if it’s your thing or not, it’s not hiding what it is.
@@ryanclemons1 People get salty on Steam. And experiences like 2077 have left people [rightfully perhaps] polarized. But straight shooters like Splattercat who just lay it all out plainly make it pretty obvious this game definitely does not suck. Hell it's better in pre-release than many games are post-release with dozens of patches. Yes please.
From a dev last year: "Atm crossbows can be quickly reloaded by either ctr+clicking on the ground or RMB on the character and choosing "reload" option."
I forgot i bought this game ages ago when it was a very early build, got it reinstalling to give it another go, thanks for reminding me of this great game.
This one has been on my wish list for a while now. They really need to move the development forward. Don't want everyone tired of the game before it's even finished. (DayZ)
I love that the primary issue listed in negative reviews for this game is how brutal and difficult it is, and coming back to play City of Gold after being away from it for a year, it feels like it has become even harder. Looking forward to playing the next couple of weeks; I’ve still not gone past the early-game yet. I think I only completed one of the three contracts, last time I played. (I mostly wander the map and search random points-of-interest.)
@15:32 I absolutely love that somehow everyone has become aware that the typical, common use of the word "irony" is not technically actually "irony" (in a strict sense, perhaps) and now we're all just a _tiinnnyy_ bit afraid to use that word without a caveat of "idk if that actuall counts" anymore. The pendants have finally made headway in their quest for perpetually perfect diction, we must fight back. Irregardless!
Remember this, been following, like very much everything seeing, waiting for development to move forward. Luv the appearance, the depth is welcome. Definitely gotta keep watching this.
There was a WWII combat RTS where your troops would lose moral and just ignore your commands... run away.... lots of great things. Was 15 or so yrs ago.
fyI one of the little details in this game is that you get more coin for selling pelts and cloth at the tailor, wooden clubs at the carpenter, and so forth.
The part about the content not being in, i seem to remember them writing that the there's a bug that causes all the vendors from the big city to despawn after a couple of ingame days.
please support the developers of Stoneshard. Why? 1. The game is AMAZING and at an incredible price 2. They push frequent updates 3. They are very active with their community Support them in order to show the other indie devs how to do it right
I had this game on my wishlist since the prologue demo came out. I bought it yesterday because of this video. Still dont think Ill get too into it until character creation is implemented.
Really enjoyed this video. I bought this game over a year ago and returned it, seems like it might be worth revisiting. Hopefully they don't abandon this though.
This game looks good. The issue is always that so many of these games are largely unfinished and it often bugs me. So i see all these great games, but they're only done in a few years or some such. arg.
Actually they were pretty consistent before with 3 months for update. The City of Gold tho, this one took a lot of time (but also changed the game entirely).
Ultima IV had a great system for fleeing enemies, if you attacked a fleeing enemy you would lose honour, and could not become a paragon of Honour, and the goal of the game was to be the paragon of all 8 virtues of the game.
"All fungi is edible, some fungi is edible only once." - Discworld
@Wimpleton Duck If you eat these fungi, that will be the least of your worries.
I've been following Project Zomboid for many years. I don't mind waiting for updates when the team is putting out quality. There is plenty of low quality game developers. I will support game devs putting out quality content over others every time.
Thanks for the introduction.
amen brother
I like when there is risk in the game. It encourages you to use all the tools available. I find a lot of games that have frequent saves I horde potions and such because I know I can push, and not loose much if I fail.
Exactly this. A lot of gamers seem to complain that consumables are usually useless in most games, but those same people tend to complain when they are actually useful.
Ever since I started playing classic rogue-likes I've been using consumables a lot more in games in general. So yeah, I also welcome a save system like this. It would still be nice if they could implement a "casual mode" for people who are not into it, of course. But as Splat said, this seems to be difficult with this game.
@@crowhaveninc.2103 I tend to forget about consumables in a lot of games. Games can turn me off if there are a huge spread of consumables (like in Dragons Dogma) or types of currency. I don't want to have to manage my inventory with twenty different consumables in order to deal with the twenty status affect changes the game can curse me with. Not the most interesting part of any game. Also, in the case of Neverwinter, I eventually lost interest because there are, like, five or six different types of currency used for different stuff.... sweet... managing finances is my favorite part of DnD.
@@crowhaveninc.2103 i don't think its the same people complaining about both, just common problems with expectations, people either get used to the games that potions are a big deal or the ones you just stack them in your inventory (the difference between the person that lvls alchemy vs the person that lvls restoration in skyrim for example)
8:45 you can talk to the guard in the barracks and he'll give you a free weapon of choice, so you don't necessarily need to go buy your first blade in order to skin animals.
Also, in regards to skinning, the damage type used for killing animals affects the loot you get from skinning them. For example using spears and bows for piercing damage will more likely drop pelts, meanwhile using pyromancy for fire damage will not drop pelts after skinning them, but will likely drop cooked meat instead of raw meat.
12:45 the tailor will pay more for the pelts than the carpenter.
You can swim over the river :P
The one handed axe is actually a golden one XD 7000$
INFO :
they have changed the SAVE system ; now, there are 2 type of saves :
1. a "hard save" when you sleep (which is persistent)
2. an "auto save", that occurs when you quit the game ; and gets detroyed whenever you load your game back.
like fallout 4 survival mode
Hmm, maybe I will try it again. Saving was biggest issue for me as I had problems with getting lot of continuous time to play and it sucked to loose progress if I had to quit. Thanks for information.
Very hard, but for once I pushed through the difficulty and I have to say, I love it. There are these little details to it, and in its fundamental mechanics, that are just fantastic. Wish it could be developed faster, but otherwise it's fantastic.
Tbh, the difficulty makes it twice as rewarding. Every step in progress feels earned.
@@Scribbzz it is pretty frustrating though, when you are cutting through a forest on the way back and there are two bears behind a tree, then they follow you back to town and kill everyone and you get a bounty for disturbing the peace : |
@@originalusernameoftheyear6500 Nice. Fair enough I guess, although random spawns and bad rng is a curse of any rpg.
@@Scribbzz yeah I know. I do agree with how difficulty is rewarding, it's one of the reasons why I like games like Stone shard. Just, some games that are run on rng encounters can break sometimes. I did of course find the bear thing funny, even though I lost about 2 hours of progress haha
@@originalusernameoftheyear6500 Same, bro. But emotions are feels so real, your heart rate getting faster when you finally manage to save your skin with half body broken and pockets full of goods.
Im following progress of this game since 2017 or smth.
same, they're doing great things, but i think they need to fix viability of other classes.
Same!! Honestly the game I’m the most anxious about, every update keeps me happier
Almost 6 years and character creation still not available. Good luck waiting.
@@エHappy_Shrimpビ what six years, what!
@@blahblah7720 you can find dev's post on character creation on Twitter, it still up there. Look at the date and the date they said it's going to be ready.
This looks beautiful. Love all the small details and animations.
Agreed. :-)
While I like the graphic style, I think the animation could be better, like actual attack and walking animations ^^'
Dude I lost this game I was searching it for MONTHS and now you make a video about it thank youu!
With this update, you can request a starting weapon with the guard captain where osbrook's elder stays, so you dont have to buy a dagger, just ask for one
barracks have every starting weapon available... training lvl... but its something
Splat! I knew you would cover this game after City of Gold drops.
Just so you know, I bought this game after I saw your video about it, about two years ago (it was 1st video I watched on your channel, btw). Since then I got about 350 hours in the game. And since then I watch your videos almost daily. Thank you for the content.
Development is so sluggish I completely forgot about this game, actually thought it was dead, glad its still being worked on, has so much potential
I also purchased this one in EA two years ago, always great content. Some things are worth waiting for. I’m very happy about a big content release though
4 years after starting early access… and they add the first hub area.
There is early access.
Then there is access you are going to need carbon dating to place properly.
This game seem to be made for masochists, they are into the "imagine a boot stamping on a human face- forever." they don't like to be respected, they are not customers but worshiper.
This game is one of the best I've ever played, the difficulty involved in not just flat out dying from anything outside the town tile (even bunny's will attack you at level one) is frustrating yes, but adds to the overall sense of achievement when you don't. There are two locations where a backpack can be gotten with a slight increase in storage capacity. My day off just got great. Thanks Splatt for the heads up.
got the game just waiting to be able to make my own character before putting in alot of time
you are going to wait for a while..
Yeah, character creation is not a priority, so we are going to wait a lot
@@sebastians7587 yea remember right that wont be in till after beta
Starting character is kinda like dark souls. It makes a small difference early on, but by time you've gained seven or eight levels it's immaterial. Take the class for the starting gear more than the stats.
Same here, bought it a year ago and didnt realize it was in beta
YES! if you would do a series on this it would be epic
Absolutely agreed!
owned this since early access, cleared the original map, loved it so much i told myself when it finally releases ill play through it again..... glad to see this update and im excited to watch this video. thank you..
This game is absolutely amazing, content drops are a non-issue for me. I've derived 100+ hours from just replaying it and stuff. Worth the 15
The thing that interested me the most about Stoneshard is the fact that it gained a huge amount of traction - way more than I was honestly expecting. There’s almost 18K reviews on Steam, and it’s still an Early Access product.
With it having a lot of the spirit of a true roguelike, I wonder if this game might bring in more attention to that genre? I’ve seen several threads of people asking for similar games, and the answers are often other roguelikes.
1. The game gained traction because this is one of the very few games who follows the traditional Diablo visual aesthetics (in inventory, world layout, visuals in general).
2. Roguelikes have MORE THAN ENOUGH attention on Steam in the indie sphere. More than enough. I hope you are not talking about AAA games adopting roguelikes because AAA games evolving and adopting popular indie genres is just something that would never happen. The best thing that can happen with AAA sphere in general is sudden disappearance of any and all AAA IPs from the gaming market for good, so that indie companies can take their place.
I was referring explicitly to _traditional rougelikes_ - games like Caves of Qud, Tales of Maj’Eyal, ADOM, and so forth - not the more popular roguelites, and not AAA games either. What I was saying is that I wonder if the major attention that Stoneshard has received might bring a lot more people into playing other games in the genre like those I just listed. Because outside of maybe the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games (which has apparently spawned its own genre called “mystery dungeon”, and I’m not sure if there’s actually any difference between that and simply calling them roguelikes), traditional roguelikes aren’t really known outside the sphere of people who play them. Unless you have some in your own library, or watch a person who covers traditional roguelikes like SplatterCat, then chances are you’ll probably have no idea what they are. Most people couldn’t tell you what Rogue even was: how it looked, how it played, etc.
It's been in early access for years and covered multiple times by multiple content creators
@@Phirestar Say that happens, why is that good? Just curious.
Because it would mean that more people get to experience them? A relatively niche genre would be able to grow and have more people talking about it? The developers of those games would make more money?
I’m not really sure why you’re asking this question.
Go to the guard house mid right of starting zone and talk to the guard at the table. Can choose different type of weapon as a starter to help - also talk to the store npcs and get quests :)
Pro-tip for crossbow reload, you can right-click on your character and it gives you the option to reload, or in your inventory, you can right-click on the crossbow and reload it prior to combat
oof good to know, thanks buddy
Thanks for coming back to this one. It's been on my "Waiting for 1.0" list for a while and I'm excited to see where it's going.
22:47 This line of thinking is self-defeating. You become the person to whom you'd give no quarter.
Thanks for the update on Stoneshard. I bought the game when it came out, and I also tried it, and I really like it. My only complaint so far is that with every major update, they delete your progress, so that you have to restart from the beginning. You're doing a great job. Greetings from Europe.
This has the potential to be in tier with QuD,ADoM and CDDA.
Hope they complete it soon. QuD is getting completed next year.
You should talk to EVERYONE, some people give you things for free, some teach you skills for money, some sell and buy stolen things. They added so much to npcs this update
Can we create our character now ? I didn't check the update, I just know they added the City of Gold.
Also, I'll play it again when it'll be fully released, breaking saves with each big update is annoying.
I love how the sprite just bobs back and forth as he moves from tile to tile.
Chuckled when I first noticed it.
"Can I skin him? Let's skin a human."
One of the best games i have ever played. Very hard but very rewarding at the end. At first i was getting massacred by 2 or 3 enemies, but by the mid game to end game i was using a great sword taking on hordes of enemies. I remember when i took a contract to kill a mini boss in a castle. It took me about one hour to complete it. But on my way back i got ambushed by ghouls or something, and thanks to my overconfidence i took them head on and died. I had to redo the whole mission because you could only save in town. For some reason i loved this feature, while others didn't. I think the reason was how much more immersive the game felt. The danger and the consequences of your actions. Also, the preparation you had to do before every mission. Medicines, herbs and other various consumables. Great game but not for all. The slow development the only major con.
Hey. A warning Splatt. Brynn hasn’t been fully implemented yet and will be implemented with more services and things to do in the coming days but god DAMN it’s a beautiful city.
Glad this game is getting more hype again. An extended EA, but the quality is excellent. Well worth the wait.
What I loved about this game is the difficulty of it. Where if you f it up you're literally dead like in real life.
i actually love nearly everything about this game apart from the bloody movement he moves more like a kangaroo than a person
'Güten tag' means 'Good day' due to the bowing motion you make with your body, to gain further impact speed to the weapon.
Ironically, the 'greeting' was also a 'goodbye' in most cases for the victim.
Man this game looks awesome. I'd love to see you do a full series on it, playing through the released content so far. I'm definitely gonna be keeping my eye on it. I want to get it now, but got other monetary obligations to take care of for the next year or so before I can invest in any games I want.
Given this video and the screenshot on the Steam store page - the pixel work is phenomenal. That will also mean this game takes longer, not just the dev(s) be perfectionists.
So IOW you were fanboying. That save system could be way better and the game would lose nothing wrt risk and pressure. And no, you dont have to be the opposite (risk averse) to want something else.
of course you make it a simple a vs b - fanboy thinking.
"with the way the game is coded" is a Bs reason, and you pushing that nonsense is also bs fanboy nonsense.
I have a few dozen hours in this game, and I love so many elements of it, but I'm one of those people who are frustrated by the save system. If you're going to lose two hours of progress per death, then you might as well be playing a full-on roguelike. If they just added an "autosave on screen transition" or "manual save" mode, I would be so willing to dive back into it.
It's not officially supported but by adding the "save on exit" option, they basically created a "save anywhere" option through savescumming. In AppData\Local\StoneShard you can just "save on exit", copy paste the created save file and load in again. The original will be deleted but you can replace it with the copy if needed.
@@CountCocofang Damn, the exact same method I used for ADOM in the 90's.
"I'm not a vicious or cruel guy".
"I can't skin these humans".
I like, as a Dutch person, how you say "Goedendag" :)
OMFG THE DAY HAS COME
Splattercat coming back to Stoneshard I love both the channel and the game LET'S DO THIS!!!
(Commented before watching, pure excitement, sorry lul)
you should take pelts to tailor, dont to forget to cook your meats, yep and dont forget to sleep/save, you can eat shrooms some, anything broken sell you'll get it again,wooden weapons go to the woodcrafter. edged weapons to the smithy, plenty of random places thruout town to store your stuff's. following the road just as bad as woods, at least more obstacles when being chased. 1-5; 1)bear 2)moose 3)boar 4)wolf 5)bandits. fumble also rated by weapon, use magnifier to see traps in a room(it's active), the banner to the right are the hot keys, items are rarely sold for their valued amounts. I've over 300hrs as a sorcorer.
I was going to write a similar comment (what you sell where affects how much you get) please upvote people :-)
Range weapons/attacks give you a lot of dmg and survivability early game
Avoid bears and moose like the plague until you understand how to trap them and attack them without taking much dmg (probably lvl 8 and higher ...)
explore the game for yourself - it's beautiful ;-)
Awesome! I just started a new run for this update! very excited for the release down the line. Thanks for the video splat!
This doesn’t make any sense to me if you buy a sword can’t you just wear the damn thing? why should it take up an inventory slot? please explain this to me I don’t get it
i will w8 for 1 or 2 weeks :D they still release patches on daily basis now after this big update, so u dont get frustrated but yee great game
This man just spat some hard facts at 23:13
Absolutely gorgeous gem of a title here though.
> Splatty, "Can I skin a Human?!"
> Character,
> Splatty, "Awww, I can't skin him."
Later that day...
> Splatty, "I'm not a particularly nasty or vicious guy."
Significant hunger/thirst (let us say 25%+) could be simply shown at the top with the other statuses.
This game is as hard as nails, "let me just look in one last room.....DEAD" Love it...!
Schweet. Watched the older vids a few days ago and do happily jump into this one!
10:00 Darkest Dungeon also does that. And, well, its not a medival game but Project Zomboid does.
The hard part reminds me the good old intense games back in the days when completing a story feels like a real accomplishment. In this regards, when there was no youtube walk through or any tips how to have best skill order AND games was really hard you even could brag before your friends about it and get some respect. I did finish first act and can say it is TRUE RPG I do miss in modern softy gamedev approach to the players.
Thanks for taking another look at Stoneshard Splat!
I like Stoneshard, and it is slowly becoming a better game, though emphasis on the slowly.
In my own recorded gameplay of the Stoneshard: City of Gold Update, I do a bit of compare/contrast with the old version of the game, and I go through many of the changes.
I do think the recent map update is nice, though I do miss the possibility of getting lost, as the current, larger map always reveals your location, whereas the old maps did not.
Also, I should warn people that the early Stoneshard gameplay can be very slow.
The Stoneshard early game boils down to: 1. Slowly walking back to town to offload loot from your VERY LIMITED grid inventory, 2. Slowly walk back to the inn to save, 3. Slowly walk back to where you initially started so you can gather more herbs in the wood to stuff into your small bag while dodging wolf packs in order to repeat step 1.
You do that, or dare to risk the wolf packs if you can afford a blade, as Splat did, as not all characters start with one ;(. Which by the way, it is Very Odd for a medieval person to not have a knife, especially a medieval merc, to travel without a blade, especially when they know how to hunt! 🤦
The oddness of Stoneshard increases when you look and see that Velmir, (the guy Splat picked) starts with 20 leaf shaped, bladed bolts, which are certainly thick and likely sharp enough to skin an animal with. He also has that leaf bladed spear as an awkward 2nd option. It just seems so very odd to me for such a seemingly detail focused game to flub these points. 🤷
Anyway, Stoneshard is a good game if you like pretty and gritty turn-based RPGs with an eventual path to a completed product. If you have a tolerance for frustration, big lulls in the action, and are patient, it could be a good choice for you. I like it.
reviews say other wise started with good reviews now it has mixed....
@@ryanclemons1 Because people buy games that aren't finished and then complain.
@@ryanclemons1 it’s probably cause Brynn doesn’t have anything going for it currently other than a set piece. They have been very rapidly hotfixing/updating the last few days though so I’m just giving it time. Still a solid base though.
@@ryanclemons1 Yep, I was just glancing at those.
Some people aren’t currently happy about the state of the latest update, as well as the general state of Stoneshard’s very slow update pace. Patience has clearly run out for some people.
Now, Stoneshard is tough, and a bloody good looking game, and is pushed by the trailer as gritty and pretty, but the downright Brutal and often Unfair combat difficulty is what most seem to find the most off-putting.
I also think that the unmentioned slowness and big lulls in the action, as you slowly walk around, back and forth to town, is clearly an unexpected and often unwelcome surprise to many people.☹
The post Oblivion / Skyrim gaming world does not care much for a design philosophy that removes the option of fast travel.
So, Stoneshard combines ultra tough combat, with an ultra long time to slowly get back to where you were when the action suddenly and brutally ended.🤦
I think these devs could learn a bit from Dark Souls / Bloodborne:
You can make a game hard, but you Must make it relatively quick to get back into the action.
The campfires / lanterns of those games are nearby the action, so the combat / main draw is also nearby, as is the recovery and the return to the fight, quickly smoothing over any breaks to the gaming flow.
And Stoneshard’s main problem is that it does NOTHING quickly!
1. A bedroll on your traveling merc would help, allowing a save at the cost of resource consumption.
2. A fast travel option, complete with random encounters as creatures move about the map, perhaps pulling you out of it if their hostile and intersect with your path, would help.
3. An option for much faster movement speed, which MANY other roguelikes have, would help.
There are MANY things the devs could do, and they should.
As I said, I like Stoneshard, but for MANY reasons, it is a game for the patient.
Can't all characters find a bunch of kinds of weapons in town? In the guardshack, I think. They either told me I could take them or they didn't seem to mind, I swear!
Bought the game cuz of Splat, glad to see you come back to it after the update, I'm personally holding off for now to allow the devs fix some of the bugs from the update.
Glad to see a new map counting the squared trying to figure out where you were was a pain
look How Beautiful The Game is now, and who cares if it takes a long time, that means we're getting the best update they could give us, so much actual love for the project, is shown.
I always enjoy Splatty's commentary, even if the games aren't so great. This one though looks pretty interesting.
I hadn't seen this game before. It hits a lot of my fun game zones. You explained the game well and didn't give away to much so there's still room for me to learn while playing. I'm gonna grab it while it's a little off from the sale.
Got this game when it first came out, love it. Can’t wait for the full release! Even still it’s definitely playable as is!
agreed! and i have not found an other game that scratched the same itch as stoneshard made me have... hopefully this game starts a whole subgenre like this.
i don't know it's got low reviews on steam....
@@ryanclemons1 idk I’ve played many many hours of it and I love it. Perhaps because it’s taking so long for updates and to finish the game. But either way this kind of game you know if it’s your thing or not, it’s not hiding what it is.
@@ryanclemons1 People get salty on Steam. And experiences like 2077 have left people [rightfully perhaps] polarized. But straight shooters like Splattercat who just lay it all out plainly make it pretty obvious this game definitely does not suck. Hell it's better in pre-release than many games are post-release with dozens of patches. Yes please.
This looks like it's right up my strike zone. Looking forward to getting a copy. 😎👍
Thanks, Splat!
As soon as I can get me a Valve Steam Deck then I will be all over these great games.
I’ve gone on the wait list, I’m quite happy how it’s looking so far, for the release.
LOL, "I was gonna come back wearing a cowl of bald guy."
From a dev last year: "Atm crossbows can be quickly reloaded by either ctr+clicking on the
ground or RMB on the character and choosing "reload" option."
You can get a backpack eventually to carry more stuff, but you have to wear it in your cape slot.
11:11 agreed, good ui doesnt require much of effort form the users. pixelate game doesnt mean crappy ui.
I forgot i bought this game ages ago when it was a very early build, got it reinstalling to give it another go, thanks for reminding me of this great game.
I purchased this game back on the release date. It has amazing ideas but needs to be yet polished. I'm not touching it again until full release.
This one has been on my wish list for a while now. They really need to move the development forward. Don't want everyone tired of the game before it's even finished. (DayZ)
Please continue the game !! This is very nice game and the way you play the game is very nice
Oh great!!! I was just about to do some cleaning and you just HAD TO post a video 😶
Prefect timing! 😁👍
Also yes, this is a turn based game, for every move you make, the world around you makes one as well. That's why you have the heavy gait.
I love that the primary issue listed in negative reviews for this game is how brutal and difficult it is, and coming back to play City of Gold after being away from it for a year, it feels like it has become even harder.
Looking forward to playing the next couple of weeks; I’ve still not gone past the early-game yet. I think I only completed one of the three contracts, last time I played. (I mostly wander the map and search random points-of-interest.)
I can't leave city
@15:32 I absolutely love that somehow everyone has become aware that the typical, common use of the word "irony" is not technically actually "irony" (in a strict sense, perhaps) and now we're all just a _tiinnnyy_ bit afraid to use that word without a caveat of "idk if that actuall counts" anymore. The pendants have finally made headway in their quest for perpetually perfect diction, we must fight back. Irregardless!
Love the content, just wanted to say your channel is my inspiration. It's really not all that, but I am still thankful, you are a great guy splat
Happily backed this during crowdfunding a ways back, glad to see it getting some good coverage now!
Been playing since it early accessed, it's a grueling but enjoyable progression. And really hyped for CoG
Remember this, been following, like very much everything seeing, waiting for development to move forward. Luv the appearance, the depth is welcome. Definitely gotta keep watching this.
thank god they made it show you on the map
this game is hard, but its so cool. I don't think I've played anything else like it, the vibes and adventures are so good.
Splatty tryin to go full on Buffalo Bill in this episode.
Not my thing but I absolutely adore the pixel art, and it's a lot of fun to watch other people play.
In call of cthulhu dark corners of the ear, you also had sanity and a complex health system
Speak to the guard at elder’s house first floor. He’ll give you free weapon (you can choose from two)
Oooh, thx for sharing this one. Interesting looking game.
I can't wait for this to come out of early release. I too am not going to play it until then. I don't want to get burned out on the experience yet.
There was a WWII combat RTS where your troops would lose moral and just ignore your commands... run away.... lots of great things. Was 15 or so yrs ago.
Everyone: Stone Shard.
My dumb ass: Stones Hard.
Thanks fo showcasing! ^^
11:34 In game "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" you must make a potion to save game , it was pissing off the players :P
Darkest Dungeon was also built to emphasise the scars and consequences of combat affecting your heroes.
fyI one of the little details in this game is that you get more coin for selling pelts and cloth at the tailor, wooden clubs at the carpenter, and so forth.
it bothered me so much when he just casually sold the wolf pelts to the carpenter lol
The part about the content not being in, i seem to remember them writing that the there's a bug that causes all the vendors from the big city to despawn after a couple of ingame days.
Oh f*ck yeah! Just last week I finally managed to kill the troll. Now I got more things to do! Hope to see this masterpiece completed one day.
please support the developers of Stoneshard. Why?
1. The game is AMAZING and at an incredible price
2. They push frequent updates
3. They are very active with their community
Support them in order to show the other indie devs how to do it right
I had this game on my wishlist since the prologue demo came out. I bought it yesterday because of this video. Still dont think Ill get too into it until character creation is implemented.
Really enjoyed this video. I bought this game over a year ago and returned it, seems like it might be worth revisiting. Hopefully they don't abandon this though.
Good observation on the level of risk feature, for me it does add that something extra element.
This game looks good. The issue is always that so many of these games are largely unfinished and it often bugs me. So i see all these great games, but they're only done in a few years or some such. arg.
Since 2017..jeez finally its out..
Stone shard has the same update speed as graveyard keeper. Prove me wrong.
Actually they were pretty consistent before with 3 months for update. The City of Gold tho, this one took a lot of time (but also changed the game entirely).
Ultima IV had a great system for fleeing enemies, if you attacked a fleeing enemy you would lose honour, and could not become a paragon of Honour, and the goal of the game was to be the paragon of all 8 virtues of the game.
saving system - Welcome to the 90's....'ONE SEC MOM, I NEED TO FIND A SAVE POINT'