Thank you to the publishing team for sponsoring this video. You can get the game here: - streaml.ink/null-yt-switchupg Will you be picking thi sine up? Let us know in the comments section! Looking for eshop credit? Get OFFICIAL Nintendo Eshop Cards and other bits and bobs, at our new website and online store here - switchup.gg/ - use the code SWITCHUP to save 5% for a limited time If you are a physical collector looking to import, you can use code "SWITCHUP23" to save 5% at PlayAsia www.play-asia.com Happy gaming! Glen and Mark
The quick movement, weapons, perks and penalties plus the continuous narrative makes this a perfect side scroller and rogue lite mix. It’s like side scrolling Hades. Everything is smooth and the use of muted colors is spot on. Hope the re-playability value is long does it have something like multiple endings or new game plus? Hope so. Maybe some dlc planned. Either way excellent reviews lads!
60fps with the that monochrome look, on the OLED screen?! This game looks amazing. Going to wait for a sale unfortunately. Appreciate the review, fellas.
I've been playing since yesterday morning. Excellent game. Very like Dead Cells (in its fluidity and some gameplay systems) and it's not impossibly hard either. Worth a pickup! (FYI that elevator music is my current phone ringtone too...) 🙂
I’ve been a late adopter of Dead Cells, I’m loving that and really enjoying the rogue lite game format atm. Then I saw this one (thanks gents 😊) and it also looks awesome!
This game has interested me since I first saw the trailer. It reminds me of Hades, in a way. Really interested in this one, might wait for a nice sale though.
This looks a lot better than I thought it was going to. I don't know why I've seen trailers but this is the first time I've ever really didn't kind of interested in it
This game looks amazing! Reminds me of a hood mix of Hades, Hollow Knight, and even Ori while still maintaining its own identity with the contracts and the weapon building. I’m for sure looking to get this game! ☺️
Oh wow! This game looks great! Thanks for the review, definitely worth checking out. The art reminds me of the classics (Dead cells for example) but cartoonish! Which makes it quite interesting. Have a great day and week everyone! Pura vida 🤘🏼
Thank you for this! My personal feel, as someone who mainly plays Switch in docked mode, is that the game runs better in handheld in my opinion. Those framerate jitters are more noticeable when landing on a floor for first few seconds whilst the level loads in the background (I think). Then it's mostly smooth sailing!
Great looking game, which feels like hollow knight and dead cells had a baby. Thanks for the awesome review once again, hoping to see more games like this on switch.
Literally found out about this game yesterday and immediately fell in love with the art style. Been looking for something to hold me over since Silksong seems like an out of touch dream right now. So happy you guys did a video on it, keep up the good work you two!
Thoughts on the game? Big hollow knight fan and this piqued my interest. I just finished Monster Boy, which was an great metroidvania. Related to roguelikes , I loved Hades but didn’t really enjoy Dead Cells
Finally! I’ve been waiting on this game since I saw the first trailer. Big fan of roguelikes. The gameplay looks super fun, especially the multiple weapons and combinations of attacks. But the biggest sell for me is the art style, it looks absolutely beautiful!
I'm definitely burnt out on this genre but this one looks like a breath of fresh air. I'm definitely interested in this game, and where the heck is Silk Song? It just vanished.
This game has been on my radar since I saw it announced. As I wrote before I've never played a rogue-like, but this one seems fun and seems to have at least some kind of story to help getting a feeling of progression, so I'm putting it on my wishlist. Thanks for the video, it definitely helped me make a decision.
On point, I was just sitting down to watch some videos and burn some time for myself before keep moving with my day, and switchup notification comes out. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
This channel has become my main go to place when I want to know more about a game for the switch! Saw this game on steam and got interested if it was on the switch and here I am. Thanks for the hard work guys! Now those switch controllers looked interesting 🤔
This looks so sleek and beautiful but I immediately fell in love with the story set up as well. I honestly love a dash of good story mixed my HK / StS style Metroidvanias to keep me hooked along the way. Makes the grind all the more bearable 😂 Thanks for the review fella’s!!!
Solid review. I've been putting in some time since the game dropped on Switch, and overall am really enjoying myself. That said, the game really could do a better job explaining all of the mechanics. The roguelite genre is a personal favorite, but even so I found myself having to look up at least half a dozen things in order to get a feel for how all of the systems work. Also, the contract system you mentioned is definitely *not* optional or something you can completely ignore, as you are forced to choose at least one contract before heading out on each run. You are, however, given an option in terms of which contract you want to sign, which often relates to how much risk you want to take. It's an interesting way of adding smaller missions to the game, but I don't really care for it that much, as (at least so far) the gains feel relatively small in relation to the rest of the run. Overall, I really do like this game, and can see myself putting in quite a few hours. Getting over some of the initial confusion was a tad annoying, but in the end the gameplay feels well worth the time I spent figuring things out. Hopefully the devs will revisit the tutorial in the future so new players won't have to go online to learn the basics, but even as is, it's still a solid game. It won't be replacing Dead Cells for me anytime soon, but then again, that would be awfully difficult to do, haha.
From watching the game in early access the dev team seems very open to ideas and listening to the players. There’s been several patches and updates. So I’m sure they’ll add some more to it before it’s over. One of the Dead Cells designers I believe is coaching or helping them in some way. So hopefully he’ll push them in the patch and dlc area
@@geoffpolk That's awesome. If one of the Dead Cells devs is indeed helping out, that gives me even more hope for this game becoming a long term gem. Appreciate the extra info!
Bought deaths door (and 100%), dead cells and Celeste becouse of you, Guys. really like the reviews, hopefully this game will satisfy My needs! It must have taking such a long time to Make this game, seems good and long! Oh and I also bought hades! I have 500 runs in that game/390 hours
@Seven Syns haha yeah I feel you, dead cells really burnt me out on the genre at least hades has new spoken dialogue every time you return to base and you can mod the furnishings
I've been looking forward to this game, and I'm so glad to hear it's a good port. I absolutely LOVE the art style. Will definitely be picking this up soon. One question I did have was did you encounter any major bugs?
I've been playing all day, and its soooo good. The combat is so responsive and satisfying, it has a lot of build potential and depth. So hyped to keep playing and see how the game evolves.
@@nicojan im liking it more than dead cells, the combat feels more responsive and accurate. Obviously dead cells has much more content when it comes to weapons and places (it has years of dlc and free updates) buuut here each main weapon version is super unique, and each spell and secondary weapon has its own fury attack. Also something i didn't particularly like about deadcells its the character build system, here its way better in my opinion. You can invest in 3 categories ( just like desd cells) but here they call them curses, and each level comed with a random perk from that category ( in dead cells you improve your color specific pasive and more hp) , in have a nice death you build a skill tree for each run and its much more viable mix the 3 categories for build purposes, in dead cells you just went full on one category color making it less fun in my opinion. The leveld are muuch smaller too, you have like 6 small floors for each world and they are really fast to complete, and at the end of the small flor,you can choose what you think its gonna fit best with your build like Hades but more options. In dead cells levels are huge sometimes. I would like to see curse chests like in dead cells too, maybe there are, i have played 9 hours already and it seems i have a ton more ahead. Hope iit helps!
@@mr.davisreviews9372 they are one of the best parts in my opinion! The mini bosses and the bosses are beautifly animated, also they are hard 😂 like maybe im not that good but they hit like a truck! When i build a damage run, and i have low maxhealth, if they hit me 2 o or 3 times im done. They also have diferent versions, i dont know if all of them but i saw a couple. But yeah bosses rule. I hope theres a boss rush mode.
@@MoiBlackInk awesome, thanks for the write-up! I'm sorry if I'm comparing it to one of the big ones, it's just that all I've played in that style is Dead Cells and Hades. Ok terms of style and progression it looks maybe closer to Hades (really excited for Hades II btw!!!), at least in terms of theme and style. Either way it's kind of taking me by surprise, I really didn't expect something that polished. Looks amazing.
Been looking forward to this for a while now! Was a bit deflated after seeing some negative reviews but wanted to wait on this review before purchasing
@@coreycarnegie5990 I’ve only been playing for a short time. But from the little I’ve seen and from some videos I’ve watched there’s a good amount of stuff and story here
@@coreycarnegie5990 no problem. Glad to help. If you’re wondering. Retromation, Beelz, and Playframe have great let’s plays that show off a lot of gameplay. Yeah I wouldn’t listen to them. It’s a lot of fun so far. The combat is enough to buy it lol. It’s very fast paced. Definitely in the Dead Cells vein big time
I want it but have to hold off for the time being. I have 3 games to buy in April and it just isn’t in the budget right now. You could help ya boi out tho 😁
Got it on their recent sale. So far, pretty good. Controls seems responsive and fluid for the most parts. There seems to be a bit of input lag here and there though. Not a fan of the obtuse penalty system. "Remove minimap", "Hide HUD", etc. are such shitty penalties that kills the fun of the game. Penalty should be removed altogether or it should be temporary. Like maybe "Take 20% more damage. Removed after 20 kills." Overall, a decent 3/5. Needs more work but almost worth it at sale price (16.99). $15 would be the perfect spot for this game.
Omg I love the gameplay style and the backgrounds are gorgeous looks like so much fun😎🥰🤩 I have to have this game now and I've never played rougelike games so this one has me excited looks so much like deaths door I adore that game💗
At first glance, I thought this was a really cool Metroidvania similar to Hollow Knight. Too bad its just a roguelike. I hate roguelikes. Such a dumb and un-enjoyable genre.
I think the genre is tired and this game doesn’t do much to revitalize it other than it’s visually amazing. Issues I found after 15 hours. - lack of a basic double jump. I see what they went for but it just doesn’t feel as nice as some others in the genre. - unreliable dash animation. There are times where boss attacks are longer than your dash animation which basically makes it impossible to . (I’ve timed them). - combat has this weird linearity to it where you feel like you get locked in straight lines (left, right, up, down). Like you sometimes just cannot hit an enemy when they’re one pixel away. - enemies are basically aggro immediately so you often get shot offscreen by ranged attacks. - bosses and some enemies have incredibly short telegraphing animations to the point it feels impossible to react. This makes bossing feel pretty bad at times as you literally have to die to something to know it’s coming. Then go spend another 10 mins getting back to the boss just to learn of another move that existed lower in their health pool. So you basically have to die a bunch of times just to know how the boss will behave before you can even practice fighting them. Either that or you just get an OP weapon combo and kill them in 10 seconds by ignoring mechanics lol.. - fps drops are pretty severe every time you exit the elevator and when lots of stuff is happening on screen. All in all, dead cells is superior in basically every way.
Hi Mark and Glen, sorry for bringing this here but I need to know if I am being scammed. I got an email from you saying that I won the giveaway from this video. I have been talking to “someone” on WhatsApp saying that I need to donate some money in order to you to send me that giveaway. Is this normal procedure from you? Or it’s just someone scamming me? Cheers
Love the idea of rogue-likes but, boy, do I suck at them. And I always feel like I'm destroying my controller when playing. Will have to think about whether I get this one or not.
i'm still going through Hollow Knight ...so those that arent going to play Hollow Knight, support this developer - the game looks solid and tight controls. We just dont want the developers to bankrupt for being creative, but for the price we can afford too. 😊
Too NOT buy this game on switch this has terrible performance for whatever reason on it. I constantly get lag spikes in the middle of playing that make it pretty much unplayable especially given how unforgiving the game is.
Am i the only one having trouble with performance? The game is amazing but some regions/departments are very laggy. Especially the poison and overdose areas are awful. Makes me want to put this aside till we have some patches tbh :( makes me sad
this game is ok, but it's very hard to beat it consistently on switch, because of performance especially some attacks of end-game bosses. feels like FPS drops to 15 hope they do some heave heavy optimization at some point
Absolute garbage that you can’t use the d pad to move the character on switch 😐 the game requires a high level of precision during the boss battles that the joy stick does not provide! 😠 What a stupid choice to not give the player the option… you should be able to choose joy stick or d pad for movement.
I'm still stuck on buying this game or not . I love rouglikes so much but I love it more when you have a better option of gameplay like in dead cells or hades etc. And this seems to hit those points, mmmmmhhmmmmm to buy or not to buy ??....
Playing Dead Cells at minute so addictive will be getting latest DLC shortly, Have A Nice Death looks great think by the time I get to it this though it should be on sale so a bigger bargain ,great video as always guys.
I wish they’d make some things permanent like in hades you can Atleast choose which weapon you’d start with. And there’s no way to permanently upgrade any shops so after every run it’s literally a fresh start from 0
My biggest issue is that it runs like crap on switch. That lag can be really atrocious, I have died because of it at points. And the loading screens are pretty long for how many you see.
I've had my eyes on this game for over a year now. It always looked nice for me. The artstyle is unique, the gameplay looks fun and seems like it also has a fun story. It also looks like it runs amazingly in the switch. The devs did a great job optimizing it.
I'd love to win a copy but honestly I'd be fine with someone else winning I appreciate your content lads you've helped me save a lot of money and find some amazing games, keep it up and be safe
Don't get this game on switch.. it's unplayable, the amount of times the frate rate drops is honestly reason enough to not get it. Everytime I load into new room the frames drop to around 10 and the same thing happens whenever there are more than 5 enemies on the screen
5:47 i thoughti had to kill certain amout of enemies to get the dropchance of the weapon in a run but i now realised its just the cost 😄 i thought i ruined a save file with that haha
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The link redirects to steam right? Does that mean I can buy switch games from steam?
@@Ewek idk but just look it up on the eshop
@@Ewek 100% you can't, must be some sort of mistake
@@ilypo so the link above is for pc?
@@Ewek yup, there's no option to buy switch games on steam. Steam is a different platform. You'll only be able to buy the game on the Nintendo eShop
I've so been waiting for this game. The art style looks fantastic and the gameplay looks super fluid
so... you hunger?! 😅
The quick movement, weapons, perks and penalties plus the continuous narrative makes this a perfect side scroller and rogue lite mix. It’s like side scrolling Hades. Everything is smooth and the use of muted colors is spot on. Hope the re-playability value is long does it have something like multiple endings or new game plus? Hope so. Maybe some dlc planned. Either way excellent reviews lads!
For sure! Mark
You should play dead cells then. Better than this and hades combined easily
60fps with the that monochrome look, on the OLED screen?! This game looks amazing. Going to wait for a sale unfortunately.
Appreciate the review, fellas.
Im curious with the latest switch patch how much better does it preform now and how the gamplay is overall?
I've been playing since yesterday morning. Excellent game. Very like Dead Cells (in its fluidity and some gameplay systems) and it's not impossibly hard either. Worth a pickup! (FYI that elevator music is my current phone ringtone too...) 🙂
This game stuck out in your last video, I'm glad you did an indepth look
This is why I love this channel. I don’t follow games as much as I used to and I knew nothing about this game now I might have to actually get it 😅
Got my new switch oled couples of days ago this game is definitely on my radar. Love the video guys
Thanks for the overview! Really want to play this game. Eventually, once I get past everything else in my growing backlog.
Great review! I've had it on my radar for quite some time, didn't remember it came out today for Switch! Maybe I'll get to it sometime soon!
I’ve been a late adopter of Dead Cells, I’m loving that and really enjoying the rogue lite game format atm. Then I saw this one (thanks gents 😊) and it also looks awesome!
A roguelike game fans all the time, and the art style hits so hard on me...
This game has interested me since I first saw the trailer. It reminds me of Hades, in a way.
Really interested in this one, might wait for a nice sale though.
I forgot this released today. Very excited to play this
I’ve known about this game for so long, and I thought it looked awesome! So when I heard it was coming to switch, I was so excited!
Great in depth look at the game, thanks guys. Sounding like another one to add to my growing rogue Switch folder!
Great video as always guys ! I would jump all over it except I'm rogue and souls like to death. Gorgeous artwork
Man that game looks great! Would make a good next one on the completion list with some challenging combat 💪🏼
This looks a lot better than I thought it was going to. I don't know why I've seen trailers but this is the first time I've ever really didn't kind of interested in it
This game looks amazing! Reminds me of a hood mix of Hades, Hollow Knight, and even Ori while still maintaining its own identity with the contracts and the weapon building. I’m for sure looking to get this game! ☺️
I love rogue likes and I’m loving this one
I really want this game.. I love this Channel.
Oh wow! This game looks great! Thanks for the review, definitely worth checking out. The art reminds me of the classics (Dead cells for example) but cartoonish! Which makes it quite interesting.
Have a great day and week everyone! Pura vida 🤘🏼
It took me forever to figure out how to heal properly 🤦🏽♂️
I can’t believe it’s not butter!
Hoping to pick this up on sale. Can you guys review Sonic Frontiers after the recent patch?
This looks like my office !
Been on my radar for a while...would love to win this!
Thank you for this!
My personal feel, as someone who mainly plays Switch in docked mode, is that the game runs better in handheld in my opinion. Those framerate jitters are more noticeable when landing on a floor for first few seconds whilst the level loads in the background (I think). Then it's mostly smooth sailing!
This game looks interesting. Loves me some rogue likes.
Will the game be going to other console beside switch
It sounds like the game is similar to cult of the lamb.
Should I double dip and get this on switch?
I was pretty interested in this one. 😮
Great looking game, which feels like hollow knight and dead cells had a baby. Thanks for the awesome review once again, hoping to see more games like this on switch.
Looks good, but I will let it rest (in paperwork) for now. Maybe one for a nice future sale 😎
Love that you guys add the handheld performance and visuals. I play 95 % handheld so this is really helpful. Top notch
Literally found out about this game yesterday and immediately fell in love with the art style. Been looking for something to hold me over since Silksong seems like an out of touch dream right now. So happy you guys did a video on it, keep up the good work you two!
Thoughts on the game? Big hollow knight fan and this piqued my interest.
I just finished Monster Boy, which was an great metroidvania. Related to roguelikes , I loved Hades but didn’t really enjoy Dead Cells
@@JFabreedead cells is the best of everything you just listed
Based on these impressions I’m getting Hollow Knight x Cuphead - and that’s pretty damn good
That game looks incredibly cool, lots of depth and at the same time not taking itself too seriously. Definitely on my wishlist!
Finally! I’ve been waiting on this game since I saw the first trailer. Big fan of roguelikes. The gameplay looks super fun, especially the multiple weapons and combinations of attacks. But the biggest sell for me is the art style, it looks absolutely beautiful!
I'm definitely burnt out on this genre but this one looks like a breath of fresh air. I'm definitely interested in this game, and where the heck is Silk Song? It just vanished.
Okay. I was literally just going to buy it! I'll now watch first (although I think it'll be a buy regardless)
edit: bought :)
Another roguelike for me you say? Please and thank you! 😋
This game has been on my radar since I saw it announced. As I wrote before I've never played a rogue-like, but this one seems fun and seems to have at least some kind of story to help getting a feeling of progression, so I'm putting it on my wishlist. Thanks for the video, it definitely helped me make a decision.
Man, I was hoping for a review of this game from y'all. I know you only accept sponsored videos for things you approve of, so I'll take that at least
Yeah, it's a good game for sure. Glen
Great in-depth review. Wonderful explanation of the game mechanics and story.
Thanks!
Noo, not sponsored.
Was hoping for the usual review. :(
On point, I was just sitting down to watch some videos and burn some time for myself before keep moving with my day, and switchup notification comes out. 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Interesting game btw, ❤
This channel has become my main go to place when I want to know more about a game for the switch! Saw this game on steam and got interested if it was on the switch and here I am. Thanks for the hard work guys! Now those switch controllers looked interesting 🤔
We all know that in this world, nothing is certain except Death and Taxes and also a good SwitchUp video.
Sounds super fun!
I was refreshing at 7;59 not disappointed 😊
This looks so sleek and beautiful
but I immediately fell in love with the story set up as well. I honestly love a dash of good story mixed my HK / StS style Metroidvanias to keep me hooked along the way. Makes the grind all the more bearable 😂 Thanks for the review fella’s!!!
I hope it's not a silly turn based game I hate them...plz be an action game 🙏🏽 ... woooohooooo it's an action style game YES IM INNNNNN
I don't usually play rogue-likes but i prolly should give this one a go.
I hate rogue lites! I would buy this game if it wasn't one.
Solid review. I've been putting in some time since the game dropped on Switch, and overall am really enjoying myself. That said, the game really could do a better job explaining all of the mechanics. The roguelite genre is a personal favorite, but even so I found myself having to look up at least half a dozen things in order to get a feel for how all of the systems work. Also, the contract system you mentioned is definitely *not* optional or something you can completely ignore, as you are forced to choose at least one contract before heading out on each run. You are, however, given an option in terms of which contract you want to sign, which often relates to how much risk you want to take. It's an interesting way of adding smaller missions to the game, but I don't really care for it that much, as (at least so far) the gains feel relatively small in relation to the rest of the run.
Overall, I really do like this game, and can see myself putting in quite a few hours. Getting over some of the initial confusion was a tad annoying, but in the end the gameplay feels well worth the time I spent figuring things out. Hopefully the devs will revisit the tutorial in the future so new players won't have to go online to learn the basics, but even as is, it's still a solid game. It won't be replacing Dead Cells for me anytime soon, but then again, that would be awfully difficult to do, haha.
From watching the game in early access the dev team seems very open to ideas and listening to the players. There’s been several patches and updates. So I’m sure they’ll add some more to it before it’s over. One of the Dead Cells designers I believe is coaching or helping them in some way. So hopefully he’ll push them in the patch and dlc area
I have the same feelings as you... I love this genre but even I was confused at all the systems... There was basically no explanation of them
@@geoffpolk That's awesome. If one of the Dead Cells devs is indeed helping out, that gives me even more hope for this game becoming a long term gem. Appreciate the extra info!
@@rizzle29 Yeah, it really was confusing at first. I'm glad I stuck it out, but man... that first hour or so gave me a headache, lol.
Hallow night 2, in my opinion. The game looks sharp
Ouuuu this looks like a nice game to add to the collection 🤭💀
Bought deaths door (and 100%), dead cells and Celeste becouse of you, Guys. really like the reviews, hopefully this game will satisfy My needs! It must have taking such a long time to Make this game, seems good and long! Oh and I also bought hades! I have 500 runs in that game/390 hours
I am a bit jaded with roguelikes but this does look really good, combat looks snappy like Hades
I almost threw in the towel on roguelites after Dead Cells but this may be just what I need to bring me back to the genre.
@Seven Syns haha yeah I feel you, dead cells really burnt me out on the genre at least hades has new spoken dialogue every time you return to base and you can mod the furnishings
I've been looking forward to this game, and I'm so glad to hear it's a good port. I absolutely LOVE the art style. Will definitely be picking this up soon. One question I did have was did you encounter any major bugs?
It does look beautiful, if not a little complex, and it’s a rogue-like, so .....
Hehe I know you’re allergic to em mate! Mark
I've been playing all day, and its soooo good. The combat is so responsive and satisfying, it has a lot of build potential and depth. So hyped to keep playing and see how the game evolves.
How does it compare to a Dead Cells?
Hi, Moi. How has your experience with bosses been?
@@nicojan im liking it more than dead cells, the combat feels more responsive and accurate. Obviously dead cells has much more content when it comes to weapons and places (it has years of dlc and free updates) buuut here each main weapon version is super unique, and each spell and secondary weapon has its own fury attack.
Also something i didn't particularly like about deadcells its the character build system, here its way better in my opinion. You can invest in 3 categories ( just like desd cells) but here they call them curses, and each level comed with a random perk from that category ( in dead cells you improve your color specific pasive and more hp) , in have a nice death you build a skill tree for each run and its much more viable mix the 3 categories for build purposes, in dead cells you just went full on one category color making it less fun in my opinion.
The leveld are muuch smaller too, you have like 6 small floors for each world and they are really fast to complete, and at the end of the small flor,you can choose what you think its gonna fit best with your build like Hades but more options. In dead cells levels are huge sometimes.
I would like to see curse chests like in dead cells too, maybe there are, i have played 9 hours already and it seems i have a ton more ahead.
Hope iit helps!
@@mr.davisreviews9372 they are one of the best parts in my opinion! The mini bosses and the bosses are beautifly animated, also they are hard 😂 like maybe im not that good but they hit like a truck! When i build a damage run, and i have low maxhealth, if they hit me 2 o or 3 times im done. They also have diferent versions, i dont know if all of them but i saw a couple.
But yeah bosses rule.
I hope theres a boss rush mode.
@@MoiBlackInk awesome, thanks for the write-up! I'm sorry if I'm comparing it to one of the big ones, it's just that all I've played in that style is Dead Cells and Hades. Ok terms of style and progression it looks maybe closer to Hades (really excited for Hades II btw!!!), at least in terms of theme and style.
Either way it's kind of taking me by surprise, I really didn't expect something that polished. Looks amazing.
Been looking forward to this for a while now! Was a bit deflated after seeing some negative reviews but wanted to wait on this review before purchasing
There's a lot of depth to it. The more you put in, the more you'll get out.
@@SwitchUpYt glad to hear it! Some of those steam reviews really made it sound pretty hollow but gonna get it on Friday now😁
@@coreycarnegie5990 I’ve only been playing for a short time. But from the little I’ve seen and from some videos I’ve watched there’s a good amount of stuff and story here
@Geoff Polk Perfect! thanks for confirming😁 As I said was a bit disappointed when I read some steam reviews but looking forward to finally playing it
@@coreycarnegie5990 no problem. Glad to help. If you’re wondering. Retromation, Beelz, and Playframe have great let’s plays that show off a lot of gameplay. Yeah I wouldn’t listen to them. It’s a lot of fun so far. The combat is enough to buy it lol. It’s very fast paced. Definitely in the Dead Cells vein big time
I love the art style. I really want to play this one. Thanks for the awesome review. You guys are the best.
Great review. Looks like a great game. Nice artwork and looks really interesting but I put it on my back-burner wish list for now.
I Love these kind of games. The replay value is just insane. The cherry on top is when the art style just pops🎉
I want it but have to hold off for the time being. I have 3 games to buy in April and it just isn’t in the budget right now. You could help ya boi out tho 😁
Any chance of a physical release?
Got it on their recent sale. So far, pretty good. Controls seems responsive and fluid for the most parts. There seems to be a bit of input lag here and there though.
Not a fan of the obtuse penalty system. "Remove minimap", "Hide HUD", etc. are such shitty penalties that kills the fun of the game. Penalty should be removed altogether or it should be temporary. Like maybe "Take 20% more damage. Removed after 20 kills."
Overall, a decent 3/5. Needs more work but almost worth it at sale price (16.99). $15 would be the perfect spot for this game.
Omg I love the gameplay style and the backgrounds are gorgeous looks like so much fun😎🥰🤩 I have to have this game now and I've never played rougelike games so this one has me excited looks so much like deaths door I adore that game💗
Remember seeing this during some pc testing glad it made it to switch. The devs are amazing and very vocal
At first glance, I thought this was a really cool Metroidvania similar to Hollow Knight.
Too bad its just a roguelike.
I hate roguelikes. Such a dumb and un-enjoyable genre.
I think the genre is tired and this game doesn’t do much to revitalize it other than it’s visually amazing.
Issues I found after 15 hours.
- lack of a basic double jump. I see what they went for but it just doesn’t feel as nice as some others in the genre.
- unreliable dash animation. There are times where boss attacks are longer than your dash animation which basically makes it impossible to . (I’ve timed them).
- combat has this weird linearity to it where you feel like you get locked in straight lines (left, right, up, down). Like you sometimes just cannot hit an enemy when they’re one pixel away.
- enemies are basically aggro immediately so you often get shot offscreen by ranged attacks.
- bosses and some enemies have incredibly short telegraphing animations to the point it feels impossible to react. This makes bossing feel pretty bad at times as you literally have to die to something to know it’s coming. Then go spend another 10 mins getting back to the boss just to learn of another move that existed lower in their health pool. So you basically have to die a bunch of times just to know how the boss will behave before you can even practice fighting them. Either that or you just get an OP weapon combo and kill them in 10 seconds by ignoring mechanics lol..
- fps drops are pretty severe every time you exit the elevator and when lots of stuff is happening on screen.
All in all, dead cells is superior in basically every way.
Hi Mark and Glen, sorry for bringing this here but I need to know if I am being scammed. I got an email from you saying that I won the giveaway from this video. I have been talking to “someone” on WhatsApp saying that I need to donate some money in order to you to send me that giveaway. Is this normal procedure from you? Or it’s just someone scamming me? Cheers
Love the idea of rogue-likes but, boy, do I suck at them.
And I always feel like I'm destroying my controller when playing.
Will have to think about whether I get this one or not.
i'm still going through Hollow Knight ...so those that arent going to play Hollow Knight, support this developer - the game looks solid and tight controls. We just dont want the developers to bankrupt for being creative, but for the price we can afford too. 😊
Too NOT buy this game on switch this has terrible performance for whatever reason on it. I constantly get lag spikes in the middle of playing that make it pretty much unplayable especially given how unforgiving the game is.
Am i the only one having trouble with performance? The game is amazing but some regions/departments are very laggy. Especially the poison and overdose areas are awful. Makes me want to put this aside till we have some patches tbh :( makes me sad
this game is ok, but
it's very hard to beat it consistently on switch, because of performance
especially some attacks of end-game bosses. feels like FPS drops to 15
hope they do some heave heavy optimization at some point
Absolute garbage that you can’t use the d pad to move the character on switch 😐 the game requires a high level of precision during the boss battles that the joy stick does not provide! 😠 What a stupid choice to not give the player the option… you should be able to choose joy stick or d pad for movement.
I'm still stuck on buying this game or not . I love rouglikes so much but I love it more when you have a better option of gameplay like in dead cells or hades etc. And this seems to hit those points, mmmmmhhmmmmm to buy or not to buy ??....
Waiting since pc launch for the switch version, finally I can lay dead cells to rest (something something Castlevania Dracula joke 💀)
Playing Dead Cells at minute so addictive will be getting latest DLC shortly, Have A Nice Death looks great think by the time I get to it this though it should be on sale so a bigger bargain ,great video as always guys.
I wish they’d make some things permanent like in hades you can Atleast choose which weapon you’d start with. And there’s no way to permanently upgrade any shops so after every run it’s literally a fresh start from 0
My biggest issue is that it runs like crap on switch. That lag can be really atrocious, I have died because of it at points. And the loading screens are pretty long for how many you see.
Looks good but doesn't seem to bring anything new to the genre. I know is a sponsored video(Glad for you), but aren't really any negatives?
Had to force myself to watch the whole review without just rushing to the store as the art style is screaming TAKE MY MONEY 😂
I've had my eyes on this game for over a year now. It always looked nice for me. The artstyle is unique, the gameplay looks fun and seems like it also has a fun story. It also looks like it runs amazingly in the switch. The devs did a great job optimizing it.
Same for me...for some reason though I thought it was a Metroidvania but it looks too good to pass up
I'd love to win a copy but honestly I'd be fine with someone else winning I appreciate your content lads you've helped me save a lot of money and find some amazing games, keep it up and be safe
Roguelites are not my genre of choice, however, the story is interesting enough for me that I'm willing to make a deal with Death. Where do I sign???
Don't get this game on switch.. it's unplayable, the amount of times the frate rate drops is honestly reason enough to not get it. Everytime I load into new room the frames drop to around 10 and the same thing happens whenever there are more than 5 enemies on the screen
Oh hello! Stone finishing Ori I've been looking at a similar game to get next and I was thinking about Dead Cells but this looks even better!
Controllers will be sacrificed for this game, and that's a sacrifice Im willing to make.
All Hail the Backlog.
5:47 i thoughti had to kill certain amout of enemies to get the dropchance of the weapon in a run but i now realised its just the cost 😄 i thought i ruined a save file with that haha
Maaaan my backlog is so ridiculously huge at this point. I really need to stop buying games... but how can I not buy this?
Been anticipating this game. Just bought it and just knew this was the type of game you’d cover so had to come check and see if you did a review