This Gladiator RPG Roguelike is better than it has any right to be
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- Опубликовано: 18 авг 2023
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Who We Are About To Die: Fight and strategize your way through spectacles and arenas -- rise from lowly slave to Grand Champion and earn your freedom. Or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelike features in-depth career management and a unique physics simulated combat system. To those who are about to die, I salute you!
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This Gladiator RPG Roguelike is better than it has any right to be
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So many of Kevin's videos show me games that I immediately add to my wishlist.
So many games I’ve skipped over on Steam, and then go buy them after watching Kevin play them lol
Hey, I'm the dev! Thank you so much for the wishlist & potentially buying the game. It really makes all the difference to a small indie game/studio. I'm trying to grow into a team now so we can keep making awesome updates and other interesting games in the future.
Also massive thanks to Call Me Kevin for highlighting the game. Glad you had a good time!
The upcoming Combat Controls Update (first major update) adds a more traditional 3rd person mode (mount&blade style, more immersive and easier to learn the combat), controller support, as well as new features & content. (and a billion fixes) its gonna be good one, even if I say so myself!
Only one or two that he played were not immediately added to my wishlist.
I bought graveyard keeper, dinkum, and recently vampire survivors all because of his videos! and have many more in my wish list because of him as well haha (including this one) :)
woah awesome, im super excited for future updates and games@@LakierosJordy
that was the most tragic ending i’ve ever seen. he almost had it all
he had so far to go. probably another 15 fights before he would have enough to buy freedom.
@@MrKingglenn just meant he almost won the one vs many lol
The winner takes it all
The loser's standing small
Beside the victory
That's her destiny
I was in your arms
Thinking I belonged there
I figured it made sense
Building me a fence
Building me a home
Thinking I'd be strong there
But I was a fool
Playing by the rules
The gods may throw a dice
Their minds as cold as ice
And someone way down here
Loses someone dear
If any developers sponsor you, Kevin, they should give you a bonus. I've bought 4 or 5 games purely from your channel recommendations and game play.
And like spiffing brit, he often exploits the game. He's a hillarious beta tester.
agreed
This game is great, I bought it for $20 about a year ago and put about 50 hours in it.
It needs pvp and I'll be back.
@@morganseppy5180 And unlike Spiff, he isn't annoying and in love with himself.
The game was developed by a single guy over 7 years. Doubt he's sponsoring anything.
A gladiator RPG i’m sure nothing could go wrong.
Still mad about that man, it was such a cool game
Domina dev flashbacks...
I hope there isn't a pattern to gladiator RPG devs. 😂
@@TetraDax If you end up liking this game, you should check out Exanima! It also has a gladiator mode but its controls are more refined and I personally prefer the combat because it feels like you aren't able to tank multiple sword wounds, same thing for the enemies. You have to be really careful about your movement in that game because if you panic and swing your mouse willnilly you'll just end up turning yourself around. I love it and bought this gladiator game thinking it would be a bit more of the same, and they weren't dissimilar .
I'm the dev - haha, no worries. It was sad to see that unfold while I was developing the game. Nothing of the sort will unfold on this particular gladiator game.
@@LakierosJordy Oh snap, you actually are as well! Good job on the game man, binged it for 10 hours when I bought it. For a single dev, it's absolutely fantastic.
Fun fact: the game gets its title from the saying that gladiators would say whenever they entered a ring before a match that would mean life or death for them. “Ave Caesar! Morituri te salutant” (Hail Caesar! We who are about to die salute you.)
Gladiator matches were actually a lot more similar to wwe, the gladiators would practice non killing blows as they are performers and commodities. The matches where deaths would happen would be done by political prisoners, and convicts and 9/10 times it would be an essential death sentence where they start fighting each other then have to fight wild animals, after of which beast master gladiators (who were paid well armored celebrities) would then either kill the beasts or in the ultra rare occasion kill them afterwards
@@oogskskfnok that makes sense because I was wondering do they straight up just kill each other?? Because it seemed so counter productive
@@izzytoast743lol, you severely overestimate humanity's kindness
They don’t just kill eachother also because its alot of time and expense to train one of these gladiators
@@s93775 I’m not denying the fact there were definitely lethal fights in the arena, but I’m saying it’s a little hard to have famous gladiators if it’s life or death every game. If one person died from each WWE game, they wouldn’t get very far as champions. I’m not talking about morals, but I am talking about efficiency and convience
Noooo I was so mad for you when there was only one guy left!!! 😭 Loved watching you play
Game: "Death is not the end."
Kevin: "Okay guys, this is the end..."
Okay this was so much fun I have to try this game!! Russel the Crow lives on in our hearts. We will always remember his one stylish shoe and lion cloak
Rip
The only person who bet against Russel the Crow winning was an older bearded man with glasses sitting in the corner. The man smiled to himself and thought that the mole people will be very happy with this much money, then he took the money and walked outside into the darkness.
Keep up the great work kevin dont forget to feed us in your basement while we enjoy seeing this in the dark
Praise the dear leader
Don’t ask for more he has given us plenty with this. Praise this gift!
@@mr.japoole5954 Praise be
Wait how many of you are in his basement?
@@isaacgould5974as many as the dear leader wishes
Already know I’m gonna love this lol, thanks Kevin for the new vid! Hope everyone who reads this has a good weekend :)
+I hope you have a blessed weekend to 🙂
1:43 the way he lands the spear almost completely sideways on the target is so funny to me 😂
Kevin, I love your recent habit of finding cool little games several months after they've blown up online, even if its by accident. I'm not being facetious, I think its genuinely nice to see them re-appear again, and gives indie games a little added boost after they've been a "passing fad" too. Its made me go back to replay some of the ones I own that I had forgotten about
Agreed actually, I had heard about this but forgot, now it is on my wishlist.
I love that he plays indie games bc they are so much cheaper and an endless source of entertainment, good and hilarious.
Its crazy how many people put time in big games and they suck, but ONE person made this and its beautiful
It’s usually because of producer interference and not lack of talent that causes games to be bad a majority of the time, and budget restrictions because you have to pay your developers and often times those budgets get cut or directors try to take short cuts to save money. When you have one developer or a smaller team it becomes a lot easier to produce a game because you don’t have to worry about those same issues. Or trying to rush and crunch to meet a deadline, and you can just basically release the game whenever you want regardless of how long it (or how long it didn’t) took.
3:12 "the audience loved that." yes, we did!!
I was so invested in Russel the Crow
WHO LET THIS MENACE BECOME A GLADIATOR
The only gripe I have about Kevin’s content is that he almost never does continuations of videos like this and I always want to see more
Watching the rest of this video while the game continues downloading. This being made by a single developer is just ridiculously impressive. Thanks for bringing the game to my attention!
Hi Kevin hope you are having a good weekend :) I've been rewatching lots of your old videos and it's so nice to see how far you've come. We're all so proud of you and I'm so glad I found your channel. I will stay for however long you continue to make videos, you're the best!
Hello Kevin! Not sure you're gonna be able to read this comment, but I wanted to say I really enjoyed the Baldur's Gate video editing idea of storytelling with the book and all. The narrator did a fantastic job, and the fact that it *tries* to present the event of your wacky playthrough as if it were a real fairy tale was hilarious to me! I hope we'll see that kind of serious/funny juxtaposition again, and congratz on the idea and editing, that was real fun (now onto THIS video :) )
It's so funny that Kevin's constantly saying how he's winging it amd he's in over his head, meanwhile he's just cruising through the game
Please do a few more episodes of this! I know the combat is a little rough at the beginning but the game gets so fun once you have a decent grasp over it.
This is one I'd like to see more of. I think it'd be great to see Kevin develop various fighting styles, or get invested in the stories of the characters.
at this point kevin isn't even hiding it that he loves murdering NPC's lol
why would he hide that and isn't that every video game player?
...ERM... He hasn't been hiding it for the past few years 😅
@@lullsbaby9321...You mean he ever try to hide it in the first place?
We Who Are About To Die is a great game, glad to see you shine a light on it Kevin!
That was so epic, I got incredibly invested in your character's story also.
I would love to see a part 2 actually, the game looks so fun!
Russell Crowe, who famously survived his time as a gladiator.
It was amazing watching this guy develop his game over all the years. I think 4 or 5 years he was posting about the development. I really need to buy this.
I bought this game the day it came out because I saw another RUclipsr streaming it. It looked like so much fun I had to pick it up. It's legit one of the best games I have in my library and was completely worth the money. I'm sad that I had to reinstall Windows so I lost my save. I was trying to get the final rank with 10 million points. I think I was just a couple million away
I think it's safe to say Kevin is my favourite RUclipsr. Every video that comes out, I instantly want to watch.
"I got way too invested in my character's story." Knowing Kevin, it's probably a twisted, more violent, and hilarious version of the story presented that Kevin made up in his head. Can't wait!
I actually cried when Russel the Crow died.
He was such a gamer. 😢
I looove this game, glad you checked it out! The fact just 1 dude made it so complex is so amazing!
This is such an amazing gem I’ve been addicted to for months and months I’m so so so glad it’s getting recognized. Also, I’d love to see another video on it.
The guy in the video didn't even say what the game was called.
@@AmariKhumalo we who are about to die is the game
@@elijahungerman2066 Thank you very much!
Must have more of this!! It was a grand ol time watching
Was it really made by only one person?? Impossible, that's so impressive, the arts and all..
Also Kevin I'd love to see mooooore of this game on your channel, at the end I got really invested in the story too and I was so upset Russell's death ended the video 😢😢😢 Lots of laughs ofc😂
Kevin, PLEASE make Baldurs gate 3 a series, I’m begging you !!
8:01 is about the most Kevin clip one could ask for.
part 2?!? watching Kevin panic playing video games brings me so much joy! 7 out of kevin
I really really really want to see more episodes of this.
I remember trying this game a few months ago. Looking forward to watching Kevin play! I'll probably end up wanting to play again from this video, thanks Kevin!
Glad you've found this, its actually really fun and challenging. I was hoping more people would try it out.
Please do more of this game!!! Your videos are hilarious, and would love to see the struggles of Jimus Pickinus from slave to the evil emperor in this game! Thanks so much for making content like this, truly brightens my day
Love your videos and sense of humor. Always brightens up my day 🙏
We need more of you playing this game!
More of this, this is really fun to watch!
Oh wow, I might just give this game a shot, seems hella fun
Thank you! Hope you enjoy it.
Damn! you did way better in that last fight than I thought possible! Would love to see more!! A longer one too.
You should make a series on this game it looks very interesting!
ONE person made all this? I wish I was smart enough to make games🤣
It took 7 years before launch! (8 now almost haha)
I usually just play your videos while doing something, but I actually had to pause this one, finish what I was doing, and full focus on that last fight because it was so dramatic.
"imagine being in the crowd for this" we basically ARE the crowd
This looks like so much fun, I hope we get to see more of it in the future.
That was a crazy ending. I knew the Video was about to end but I thought you were going to win and suddenly all was lost
When you learn the controls, the game becomes great fun
kevin please make this a series it would be so entertaining
More please. This looks great!
I absolutely love this game, I'm glad you bumped into it. PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THESE!
What is the game called?
@@AmariKhumalo We Who Are About To Die - Early Access on Steam
The suspense at the end and the investment I had is insane. Kevin is a master of storytelling.
I love this game! Would be hyped to see you play more
Let's go I'm so happy he found this game
What is it called?
Please do another episode of this. Very fun to watch :).
Would be super funny to see a series. Where are you going to freedom on this game?
This is the prequel to a farm sim
Well Russell the Crow didn't have a long fighting career but it sure was full of fun and panic 😄
I followed this game in its development! Such a good game! So cool to see you play it
Do a part 2! We need to see more!
We need a part 2 where Russel the Crow's son avenges his father!
Rip Russell the crow you were one guy away from retirement, may you rest in peace😔
I would love to see this again
Please keep doing videos on this game!!
How's everyones weekend going?
Pretty well 👍🏻
Pretty good
I'm sleeping a lot so yea it's going well
It’s going; you?
Terrible, school starts in 2 days
This was brilliant, would like to see more videos on this game
Russel the Crow is a hero, I shall mourn his passing.
100% wishlisting this game, looks class!
We need another episode of this. It was hilarious.
Please more! This game was amazing!!
Hi Kevin hope you will make more of these videos! ❤
ok i would love to see more of this game from Kevin
I WAS ABOUT TO RECOMMEND THIS TO YOU! OH MY GOD THE GLADIKEVIN IS BORN!
This can definitely be a more longstanding game for Kevin. Just seeing him get so invested was worth it xD I can't wait for Turg to enter the Arena
Please do more of this game!!!
you've got to do more of this game
"My performance is based on my performance, oh no!"
I can see the problem there
I love when Kevin introduce us to these interesting little games
Please please,more of this!!
I would love to see you do an other run of this game ! I too was super invested in Russell The Crow story !
This looks like such a cool concept for a game!
I got way too invested in this honestly. I'd love to see more of it!
Kevin- *clicks on match that shows 1 vs 8 people in the match details*
Also Kevin- "What!?! How many are there?? I thought there would only be like 4!"
Me- "But... those icons show you exactly how many people are in a match!"
never been this early, keevin your a comedic genius and i love your work.
Ok I wanna see your loads you promised at the end. I’m subscribing
Kevin we need a series on Baldurs Gate 3! I was sooo good we're all craving a proper game series like you used to do.
Every time I watch Kevin's videos my wallet quivers in fear 👍
1. "You keep the weapons you pick up" type of a fight means you go into it with no weapons at all and pick up the most expensive stuff you can find, then sell it.
2. Keep an eye on the stats of the weapons, like reach and stamina costs.
3. Don't ever do a "1 vs many" unless you want your current character to die (some classes just suck.)
4. (Specifically for Kevin) Do the training again. You ARE swinging wildly and you didn't target a specific enemy ONCE.
Please play more of this!
Oh damn, I was so invested in Russel The Crow! Please play more of this!
That‘s funny. I just found this game on steam 5 minutes ago. I started the download and opened YT to kill some time. And there it is.
Loved this Kevin, more please! :D
At least Russel the crow went out gloriously
you should play this one again, i got really invested