I love the subtitle. "Prepare to why edition." Quite fitting for Dark Sasi. I was like, "Ooooh, swastikas because the nazis plagiarized it... But why though??"
Hahaha that was my first thought when seeing this in my feed. I thought it was a Dark Soul *2* specific souls like airon Pineapple video, not Austin's souls clones sequel
I dunno man, God Eater 3 was pretty fun and the combat mechanics are unique enough that it did not really feel like a flat out clone to me. It does its own thing well enough to get a pass from me. Code Vein on the other hand, while decent, everything they were trying to do kinda missed the mark aside from maybe the character creator. The 'souls like' inspiration is also very obvious. I would agree that Code Vein feels like budget anime Dark Souls that you buy on a sale for like $15.
@@TeruteruBozusama I will admit with zero shame that I spent three hours at the beginning to make my female edgelord, and that I go back and edit my female edgelord for a good hour every now and then.
@@kah0922 it's strangely relaxing creating things in games, character creators, decorating houses, figuring out recipes, just being creative and not thinking about the future or the stress of everyday..!
I liked Code Vein, sure there were parts that seemed like they were more 'inspired' than others by the souls games, but it did enough to make it different.
i will say some of those are more like the Sanskrit symbol but others?....yeah its a bit odd that they didnt realize (or care) that that would be a problematic
And what’s the problem? They’re all Hinduism symbols, it’s showing it’s different ways that they’re portrayed in different sects of Hinduism, unless all you think when you see them is, OMG NAZEEEZ!!, like damn bruh.
@@joescannoli7660 1. Dude it’s a friggin joke 2. The words underneath are revealing that it’s actually showing how different cultures across the planet have depicted it. Including Northern Europe AKA the same one the nazis used. I’m fully aware the symbol has different meanings across the world. But I highly friggin doubt I’m gonna piss anyone off by making a joke about it in the comments section of an English speaking video on RUclips. There is your self righteousness fulfilled mister “culturally sensitive”. Was it worth getting angry on the behalf of numerous cultures you don’t belong to and that will never see my comment? Did you educate the dumb dumbs with your wealth of knowledge mister galaxy brain?
@@aaronkitzmann9419 who said anything about cultural sensitivity? Looking at your other replies they look quite worried about the things on the book, and what makes you think I don’t belong to that culture? Oh because if I practice Hinduism I can’t speak English? It’s the second major language of most Indian cities and colonies. I couldn’t give less of a shit about cultural sensitivity, I ain’t even American if that’s what you feared, I ain’t even white if that’s what worries you too, virtue signaling is stupid and a facade to hide one’s own prejudices, and educating dumb dumbs? If that’s how you wanna see yourself be my guest, doesn’t look like it’s that far from the truth either, you’re not the first I’ve seen overreact to something that they think is bad think, and your “joke” comes across more like a statement than anything resembling a joke, so yeah, might wanna work on that.
I absolutely loved Code Vein, it may be overall mediocre as Austin says, but I had so much fun with it. I'm gonna get hate for this but I got into it a lot more than actual dark souls (about the same i got into bloodborne). Dlc isn't good tho
@@residentvektor8050 Yeah I really love the class system and just how quickly you can go to a raw damage build, to ranged mage, to support, and even a trap based zoner
NG+ in Code Vein feels very biased towards a minmax dps build because the enemies get huge HP bumps right from the beginning, in Dark Souls you can bring up pretty much anything and succeed. On a fresh run it's mostly fun with any build though, and the freedom to swap builds whenever you want in Code Vein is really nice. The combat is a bit stiff and jank, and I've heard the dlc is a waste of time, but it's quality enough to at least enjoy a single playthrough. You can feel like you're playing a real game, unlike some of these whack unity bootleg steam games, so it has that going for it.
My only gripe is that the core difficulty is kinda tuned for co-op.. Unlike DS the pace in Code Vein is faster so I kinda understand that (it's ridiculously easy to backstab and parry in this game) but overall the mob ganking are just insane, especially the enemy invasion that guard certain treasure are just ridiculous and the HP padding are absurd to the point I had to abandon my solo 1 soul level run since it's downright impossible. also That titty knight and fatso flamethrower guy,, fuck those two in particular.
I also think that while it can be faster-paced than the original, a souls-like can't be too fast or frantic, otehrwise you just get a harder than usual spectacle fighter.
I think for Code Vein the biggest appeal is the whole Blood Code system. It allows for such an insane creativity and variety of builds. In my one one playthrough of Code Vein I've tried out more gameplay styles than in my 3-4 runs of Dark Souls 3, and all those builds were insanely fun and viable.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I miss Steam Greenlight." Bitch, me too. It was a flawed system in the end, when people were giving away free keys in exchange for positive votes, and it horribly bottlenecked an endlessly growing deluge of games, but I'm still so nostalgic for it. Voting for games made me feel _important._
@John Smith Replaced with Steam Direct, where you pay a fee and the folks at Steam themselves grade your game for release. Except their standards for quality are basically "does it work" and "is it not a virus", so we've ended up with a lot of Granny horror game clones, anime girl sniper games, and Ugandan Knuckles Trump Coronavirus meme games. So kinda like what happened to Steam Greenlight already, except there's not even the illusion of choice on our end.
Austin please do a video of 13 sentinels since no one is talking about it and it's a shame since it's one of the best sci-fi focus game I've seen in years. That , with the added spice of Vanilla Ware art design, you can't go wrong.
Code Vein is a really awesome game which is like Dark Souls, but isn't. It's easy to jump in for beginners and for those who are familiar with other JRPGs. It has a default ending the first time around, but then there's 2 other endings you can take on. I made myself a cute boy when I played the game and I got attached to him! I really love Code Vein!
@@legendredux1291 unfortunately, why is every anime game that Bandai does that tries to copy another franchise always so melodramatic and nonsensical? Like bruh, monster hunter story is basic and to the point, as it should be, the gameplay and hunts are where it’s at.
Yeah, Code Vein gameplay if off, but I just adore the art direction. The enemies and character design is just so awesome (not only big boobs) I still enjoy the game despite its shortcomings.
For me, Code Vein is one of my favourite games, and certainly one of my top three souls like games. Now, i won’t deny that i’m biased towards it due to my love of anime, but i also just love the setting, focus on story and characters, amazing character customization, fun combat and skills, mini map (love that so much), and that it’s set in the same world as God Eater
John Smith Yup! So, if there’s a sequel, a tie in game, or an adaptation, they might start to mix the series a bit more. It’d be cool to fight some God Eater monsters in Code Vein. I don’t think it’d work too well the other way around though
John Smith I love them. I think i’d pick them over Monster Hunter, but simply because the gameplay is faster, it’s got a good story, and i am biased towards the anime look. As you said, the concept is very interesting to me as well
My issue with Code Vein isn't the speed, Bloodbourne is fast and fantastic. The issue with it and a lot of soulsclones is that the weapons feel like they're slicing through butter and the enemies stagger and react basically the same to any attack. Feels more like WOW than Souls. You're kind of just out stating enemies a lot of the time as opposed to dynamically battling them. In short, it's missing the *feel.* And for all the crap Deck 13 get their souls clones actually have that feel
I'm surprise you didn't talk about the other indie dark souls game that came out around the same time as Mortal Shell. Hellpoint ( a game I find a lot morre fun than mortal Shell)
Nioh is one of the more popular examples these days. You take the stamina bar of Dark Souls and the same essential punishment for dying, and you put it on a European samurai while referring to stamina as Ki. Pretty neat idea, pretty neat execution. Team Ninja, the company responsible for Dead or Alive, seemed to wanna do their own thing with the Dark Souls formula, but they actually made some nifty improvements. With each type of melee weapon Willy wields, (say that 3 times fast) he can use them in different ways, emphasizing either attack, defense or a balance of both. It's not quite as diverse as Bloodborne, but it makes up for its limits by taking some influence from The Elder Scrolls; gaining experience with different weapon types by using that weapon type more. You can't make a custom character, but you can still develop different builds throughout the game, very much like Soulsbornes. It's no surprise it got a not quite as intriguing but still pretty damn good sequel this year. Some claim that it isn't a Dark Souls clone, but by definition, it has the same checkpoint based progression where monsters get the same health restoration that you do. And don't worry, just because it takes a lot of influences from Dark Souls doesn't mean it didn't put any effort into its own things. Such as pitting you against a Gashadokuro or Oda Nobunaga. Well played, Team Ninja. Salt and Sanctuary is something I like to refer to as a Soulsvania. As in, it is both a stamina-based Soulsborne type game and a sidescrolling Metroidvania. You parry, you build your character throughout the game, you rest from checkpoint to checkpoint. There isn't much to it other than being an experimental hybrid of game genres, but it is a very well-made experimental hybrid of game genres. The presentation is as gorgeous and gothic as you could ask for, it's as gratifying as ever to kill a giant boss, and the developers put in a lot of effort paying homage to Dark Souls. It paved the way for other Soulsvanias like Blasphemous, though Salt and Sanctuary will probably remain the most faithful to its inspiration as you can get. Remnant From The Ashes is weird. I like to refer to it as Gun Souls because you get to switch between Dark Souls-esque close range content and Uncharted-like third person shooting. Games like Bloodborne have used guns before, but Remnant uses them more efficiently against eldritch monsters in a sci-fi world. If you like versatile shooting elements in your RPGs, you'll definitely wanna give Remnant a shot. No pun intended.
My man preaching! 🙌 Game is CRIMINALLY underrated, a bit slow to start but the gameplay is so clean. Shooting feels good, perk system is super fun, and fairly priced DLC that is actually worth it? I'm in for a sequel.
@@SimonSater Most definitely! I played through the game primarily in single player and enjoyed it, the coop is great too but does make the game a bit easier.
When the studio split, I think it's incredibly odd that Airship decided to do a spinoff centered around War and Death instead of doing a game centered around Strife. Since the other three Horsemen had their parts of the story told...why didn't they just wrap up the whole gang before doing something a spin-off?
I want to like Code Vein more, but the combat feels nowhere near as satisfying as Dark Souls 3. It feels like you're swinging a foam sword around like a maniac, the weapons have no impact at all when hitting things. The one thing Code Vein has up on Dark Souls is build freedom, but I don't find myself wanting to go back to experiment while I have beaten Dark Souls 3 at least a dozen or so times, even attempting an occasional challenge run. It's a fine game, but it lacks a lot of what makes a 3rd person action/adventure game feel satisfying to play imo. It's a shame the DLC put a blemish on an already flawed game, the complete opposite of Fromsoft games where the DLC is often considered the best piece of content lol
Nobeta has been on my steam wishlist for a while now, but I usually don't like to buy early access games. But after this it will definitely be my next purchase.
I feel like I'm literally the only person who doesn't like Mortal Shell. Like, I get the appeal but on one hand it feels too shameless and on the other hand the mechanics and world dont really grip me.
I hope you check out Hellpoint, it came out around just before Mortal Shell but doesn’t seem to have gained as much traction. I’ve seen lots of people comparing the two
You have missed the Dark Souls clone game was Piccled Ricc (Dark Souls meets Pickle Rick from Rick and Morty). However, it was removed in Steam for copyright infringement from Cartoon Network.
i think theres a bit of confusion around dark souls and darksiders 3. its very clearly not a souls like in any way unless you could an connected world as souls like. its much more a metroidvania styled game compared to souls
Code Vein is really weird because if you play it solo it's way too hard. Enemies are much spongier than the average Souls enemy, they gank you constantly, and their attacks do way too much damage without enough telegraphing. It's clearly balanced with the assumption that you'll have an AI buddy to pick up some of the slack, but then if you do that, the game becomes way too easy. It also has this problem where most of the cool/weird/fun weapons and Blood Codes are stuck in late game with no easy ways to access them early, so a lot of builds just take FOREVER to get off the ground. You could try using it in a NG+ run, but the NG+ in Code Vein is just not fun at all. I swear they just triple every enemy's stats and call it a day Still a pretty good attempt though. It's probably my favorite Souls clone.
Code Vein is God Eater 3 meets Bloodborne except it has the occasional graphical hiccups. It's still a great game with AWESOME character customization, but it's not without it's flaws. If you want a game like Bloodborne that's anime as FUCK, Code Vein is that game!!!😍😘😁
I know I'm late to the party but I went through both videos expecting you to talk about Jedi Fallen Order to no avail. Not that I'm a huge Star Wars fan to begin with, but it is a fun Soulslike game and I think it deserves a mention or two in a possible sequel.
"Capture Power or Forgive"? So it took the Save/Sacrifice mechanic from the excellent Soul Sacrifice, which is legitimately the Dark Souls of Arena Hunting games, at least in terms of aesthetics and lore (since they both borrowed heavily from Berserk).
Why not a do a video of monster hunter clones, games like gods eater, soul sacrifice delta or freedom wars (you may need a pstv if you don't have a vita)
I'm not sure if this counts, but SLAIN: Back From Hell needs to be included next time. Sure, it's 2D, but it features check points, memorization of enemy patterns, and brutal sword-based combat.
I never judged difficulty on Dark Souls. I used to Judge on OG Devil May Cry 3 on the ps2's difficulty. But now, I judge based on Crash Bandicoot 4 level difficulty
As a pretty big Darksiders fan, I really wasn't into 3. I did finish it, but I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as the other two. Probably because I'm not a fan of souls-like games and MUCH preferred the way the first two games worked. It felt like they were just chasing the souls-like craze that so many other devs are which sucks because not only am I not a fan of them, but we already have plenty of souls-likes these days. Meanwhile we really don't get many traditional zelda-like open world adventure games these days. Which was one of the reasons I loved the first two, especially the first. It's like Zelda + God of War. They did eventually release a classic mode where it's less souls-like, but by that time I had beaten the game and I wasn't going to play it again just for that. They should have had that mode at launch.
I'd definitely like to try out Code Vein, I played the demo it was good but the environments are samey, easy to get lost even with the minimap. I hope the deluxe drops to $20, because I don't think it's worth it getting above that when Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne are selling lower during PSN sales.
It's funny, I think some of the characters in Codevain are buster, Gwynevere is just a larger being, making her sizes seem larger to us smaller people.
kind of surprised you didn't bring up gunfire's other well known souls-like (Some might even say the more well known of the 2), Remnant: From the ashes, it's the closest I think we will ever get to Dark souls with guns,
I played Darksiders II and got a bunch of mindless hack and slashy fun (until Earth) so the harder and more precise combat of Darksiders III was the reason I didn't like it as much. The technical issues were fine for me because I ran into all the same issues when I played II. I like everything else about the game though and I'm excited for the next entry. Also I caught that Legend of Legaia music
The old Paragon assets are available for people to use. That same character model is the first boss in Bullets Per Minute. Except that game is much less jank lol
Salt and Sanctuary is a really cool Dark Souls clone. I really like how its a metroidvania with alot of the dark souls mechanic. It also does things different enough to be a different game too which is nice. But my absolute favorite Dark Souls clone is Dark Sasi that game is awesome.
I just really wish Famine and Pestilence were in the Darksiders universe. I don't think Fury and Strife(the concepts, not the characters) are unique enough, as they both lead to death by violence like War.
I say you should do an episode on weird visual novels/dating sims so you have an excuse to cover Angels with Scaly Wings, which is actually really good, and Lovers of Aether, which was literally an April Fools game.
Code Vein is genuinely one of my favorite games from 2010 onward. In all honesty, the combat was so much fun in CV but the DLC is awful! Also, big props to Cold Symmetry on the work in Mortal Shell. Was the first Souls like I truly fell in love with and got me to fully love DS1 and the whole series again!
7:04 - The Playstation version has abysmal load times? I'm shocked.....this is my shocked face : < 12:17 - *THE SPIDER BALL FROM METROID;* Allow me to introduce myself.
Honestly I didn't realize it had been that long between part 1 and 2 of this! I think I'll pick up dark souls 3 and that witch game I didn't know much about em and they seem fun
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YEEE HAWWW.
It only took me like a year and 3 months to make a sequel this time. See? Are you proud of me yet? :(
Lol, iron pineapple collab when?
Epic games released all the models for Paragon and basically that all the characters are royalty free. I could make a Narbash dating sim if i wanted.
Now do yakuza lol
Hey nioh 2 is way more fun that 1 AND a prequal so you should at least cover one of them lol
Good for you. By the way there is still Salt and Sanctuary, a 2D dark souls game.
“God Hand 3”, the quintessential Austin Freudian Slip
DID I REALLY
Austin Eruption YOU DID!!
Lol yeah, I caught that and scrolled down here to see if anyone had pointed it out yet.
We all know your true desires Austin.
@@austineruption Still better than God Hand
Read the title as Dark Souls 2 Clones and I spent the whole thing going "Why specifically 2 though"
I love the subtitle. "Prepare to why edition." Quite fitting for Dark Sasi. I was like, "Ooooh, swastikas because the nazis plagiarized it... But why though??"
Neat! Another Iron Pineapple video.... wait a minute....
Ooga booga
My exact thought process
Is he the iron pineapple?
Hahaha that was my first thought when seeing this in my feed. I thought it was a Dark Soul *2* specific souls like airon Pineapple video, not Austin's souls clones sequel
@@arthurdurham i though the same, i read at first dark souls 2 clones.
Code Vein is to Dark Souls as God Eater is to Monster Hunter.
Change my mind.
Well, that's pretty on point.
I dunno man, God Eater 3 was pretty fun and the combat mechanics are unique enough that it did not really feel like a flat out clone to me. It does its own thing well enough to get a pass from me. Code Vein on the other hand, while decent, everything they were trying to do kinda missed the mark aside from maybe the character creator. The 'souls like' inspiration is also very obvious. I would agree that Code Vein feels like budget anime Dark Souls that you buy on a sale for like $15.
Yeah but code vein and dark souls are published by the same company
@@UncleJungl do you recc Toukiden? They on PS now and look cool
Facts.
They should’ve marketed Code Vein as an anime girl creation kit and the souls gameplay is just a bonus. I spent 90 minutes making my character.
Bigbro spent 3 hours...
Maybe 30 minutes. Reddish skin, ponytail, the least covering outfit, a pink ribbon and we're good to go.
@@TeruteruBozusama I will admit with zero shame that I spent three hours at the beginning to make my female edgelord, and that I go back and edit my female edgelord for a good hour every now and then.
@@kah0922 it's strangely relaxing creating things in games, character creators, decorating houses, figuring out recipes, just being creative and not thinking about the future or the stress of everyday..!
Can you make traps?
Why does my dumb brain get excited whenever it hears Gex 3 music
Because Gex 3 is sick though
@@austineruption Preach
Who wouldn't be excited by Gex 3's music?
One of my favorite Gex 3 music was from Anime Channel because the music is sounds like from Sailor Moon song.
4:43 bro wtf since when did they make 2 more god hands???
"Any time you try to dodge-roll it will, without fail, go forward…"
I like that. Never go backwards and always focus on the future.
I liked Code Vein, sure there were parts that seemed like they were more 'inspired' than others by the souls games, but it did enough to make it different.
8:29 Are we all just gonna ignore that the book is jamming literally every variant of the swastika it has room for onto the right page?
W a star of david in the middle, jo less
YEECH
i will say some of those are more like the Sanskrit symbol
but others?....yeah its a bit odd that they didnt realize (or care) that that would be a problematic
And what’s the problem? They’re all Hinduism symbols, it’s showing it’s different ways that they’re portrayed in different sects of Hinduism, unless all you think when you see them is, OMG NAZEEEZ!!, like damn bruh.
@@joescannoli7660
1. Dude it’s a friggin joke
2. The words underneath are revealing that it’s actually showing how different cultures across the planet have depicted it. Including Northern Europe AKA the same one the nazis used.
I’m fully aware the symbol has different meanings across the world. But I highly friggin doubt I’m gonna piss anyone off by making a joke about it in the comments section of an English speaking video on RUclips.
There is your self righteousness fulfilled mister “culturally sensitive”. Was it worth getting angry on the behalf of numerous cultures you don’t belong to and that will never see my comment? Did you educate the dumb dumbs with your wealth of knowledge mister galaxy brain?
@@aaronkitzmann9419 who said anything about cultural sensitivity? Looking at your other replies they look quite worried about the things on the book, and what makes you think I don’t belong to that culture? Oh because if I practice Hinduism I can’t speak English? It’s the second major language of most Indian cities and colonies. I couldn’t give less of a shit about cultural sensitivity, I ain’t even American if that’s what you feared, I ain’t even white if that’s what worries you too, virtue signaling is stupid and a facade to hide one’s own prejudices, and educating dumb dumbs? If that’s how you wanna see yourself be my guest, doesn’t look like it’s that far from the truth either, you’re not the first I’ve seen overreact to something that they think is bad think, and your “joke” comes across more like a statement than anything resembling a joke, so yeah, might wanna work on that.
Little Witch Nobetta is actually great and I love that one of the best 3D Souls-like games is this magical girl game.
Little Witch Nobetta or also known as:
My Dark Souls-esque Loli Can't *POSSIBLY* Be This Cute!!!
I absolutely loved Code Vein, it may be overall mediocre as Austin says, but I had so much fun with it. I'm gonna get hate for this but I got into it a lot more than actual dark souls (about the same i got into bloodborne).
Dlc isn't good tho
Code Vein was my first Souls game and I absolutely love it! It singlehandedly got me into the genre
@@katecanwait8694
Glad you liked it!
@@residentvektor8050
Yeah I really love the class system and just how quickly you can go to a raw damage build, to ranged mage, to support, and even a trap based zoner
NG+ in Code Vein feels very biased towards a minmax dps build because the enemies get huge HP bumps right from the beginning, in Dark Souls you can bring up pretty much anything and succeed. On a fresh run it's mostly fun with any build though, and the freedom to swap builds whenever you want in Code Vein is really nice. The combat is a bit stiff and jank, and I've heard the dlc is a waste of time, but it's quality enough to at least enjoy a single playthrough. You can feel like you're playing a real game, unlike some of these whack unity bootleg steam games, so it has that going for it.
My only gripe is that the core difficulty is kinda tuned for co-op..
Unlike DS the pace in Code Vein is faster so I kinda understand that (it's ridiculously easy to backstab and parry in this game) but overall the mob ganking are just insane, especially the enemy invasion that guard certain treasure are just ridiculous and the HP padding are absurd to the point I had to abandon my solo 1 soul level run since it's downright impossible.
also That titty knight and fatso flamethrower guy,, fuck those two in particular.
Also definitely going to check that little witch game when it's out in full, looked great.
It really does. Gimme that on Switch tomorrow
I played the demo, that boss is hard af. Game has some cool magic mechanics going on though.
Any news if that game is gonna hit any console? It looks fun af but I don’t have a pc to game.
Before Dark Souls, there was Nightmare Creatures.
Fun game for sure.
Before nightmare creatures, there was king’s field.
Sereverence: blade of darkness
I also think that while it can be faster-paced than the original, a souls-like can't be too fast or frantic, otehrwise you just get a harder than usual spectacle fighter.
Austin:"DARK SIDERS WILL NEVER COME BACK "
Darksiders 3 :"ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT "
If Austin makes another one of these without naming a single game Iron Pinapple has covered, I'll be impressed.
I think for Code Vein the biggest appeal is the whole Blood Code system. It allows for such an insane creativity and variety of builds. In my one one playthrough of Code Vein I've tried out more gameplay styles than in my 3-4 runs of Dark Souls 3, and all those builds were insanely fun and viable.
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but I miss Steam Greenlight."
Bitch, me too. It was a flawed system in the end, when people were giving away free keys in exchange for positive votes, and it horribly bottlenecked an endlessly growing deluge of games, but I'm still so nostalgic for it. Voting for games made me feel _important._
Nice pfp.
@John Smith Replaced with Steam Direct, where you pay a fee and the folks at Steam themselves grade your game for release. Except their standards for quality are basically "does it work" and "is it not a virus", so we've ended up with a lot of Granny horror game clones, anime girl sniper games, and Ugandan Knuckles Trump Coronavirus meme games.
So kinda like what happened to Steam Greenlight already, except there's not even the illusion of choice on our end.
Austin please do a video of 13 sentinels since no one is talking about it and it's a shame since it's one of the best sci-fi focus game I've seen in years. That , with the added spice of Vanilla Ware art design, you can't go wrong.
@John Smith how so? Because they change something to the cross dresser?
Code Vein is a really awesome game which is like Dark Souls, but isn't.
It's easy to jump in for beginners and for those who are familiar with other JRPGs.
It has a default ending the first time around, but then there's 2 other endings you can take on.
I made myself a cute boy when I played the game and I got attached to him!
I really love Code Vein!
Code vein is great game but it has lots of flaws that can be fixed if there is a sequel someday
@john sernholt hello god eater exist
@@legendredux1291 unfortunately, why is every anime game that Bandai does that tries to copy another franchise always so melodramatic and nonsensical? Like bruh, monster hunter story is basic and to the point, as it should be, the gameplay and hunts are where it’s at.
Still unsure where Yakuza: Dead Souls fits in all this
gambling agreement = perhaps BET or WAGER
pure speculation on my part, but maybe they were going for something like that
LMFAO. I'm now going to use "gambling agreement" in place of bets and wagers from now on
Keep making these, I can’t stop playing Souls-like games so these will come in handy.
Yeah, Code Vein gameplay if off, but I just adore the art direction. The enemies and character design is just so awesome (not only big boobs) I still enjoy the game despite its shortcomings.
For me, Code Vein is one of my favourite games, and certainly one of my top three souls like games. Now, i won’t deny that i’m biased towards it due to my love of anime, but i also just love the setting, focus on story and characters, amazing character customization, fun combat and skills, mini map (love that so much), and that it’s set in the same world as God Eater
John Smith Yup! So, if there’s a sequel, a tie in game, or an adaptation, they might start to mix the series a bit more. It’d be cool to fight some God Eater monsters in Code Vein. I don’t think it’d work too well the other way around though
John Smith I love them. I think i’d pick them over Monster Hunter, but simply because the gameplay is faster, it’s got a good story, and i am biased towards the anime look. As you said, the concept is very interesting to me as well
@john sernholt I hope so as well. It’d be cool if Ufotable did it as well, like with the God Eater anime
8:36 After Paragon got cancelled all the assets were released for free, so I think it is.
Love how you start the video mirroring the character on your t shirt Nice upload as always man
My issue with Code Vein isn't the speed, Bloodbourne is fast and fantastic. The issue with it and a lot of soulsclones is that the weapons feel like they're slicing through butter and the enemies stagger and react basically the same to any attack.
Feels more like WOW than Souls. You're kind of just out stating enemies a lot of the time as opposed to dynamically battling them. In short, it's missing the *feel.* And for all the crap Deck 13 get their souls clones actually have that feel
In dakr souls/bloodvorne your weapons also affect your enemies like staggering them if you hit them with a certain weapon.
code vein was probably my 2nd favorite game of last year.
Nobeta actually looks very promising, I'll have to keep it in mind and give it a go once it's complete.
I'm surprise you didn't talk about the other indie dark souls game that came out around the same time as Mortal Shell. Hellpoint ( a game I find a lot morre fun than mortal Shell)
The couch Co-op alone should be enough to deserve a mention.
Here ya go fam..
SOULSLIKES: (souls, bonfires, estus, etc)
Soulsbornes, Sekiro, Nioh, Nioh 2, The Surge, The Surge 2, Lords Of The Fallen, Salt & Sanctuary, Immortal Unchained, Deaths Gambit, Sinner, Absolver, Hellpoint, Necropolis, Darksiders 3, Ashen, Code Vein, Pharoanic, Unworthy, Immortal Planet, Usurper, Shrouded In Sanity, Dark Maus, Gloom, Mortal Shell, Fall Of Light, Inferno Climber, Let It Die, Davyria, Blade & Bones, Bloody Spell, Blasphemous, Remnant: FTA, Shattered: TOTFK, Dark Sasi, Jedi Fallen Order, Dark Devotion, Azuran Trials, 3000th Duel, Lucah: BOAD, Dark Light, Void Memory, Neverinth, Omni Footman, Dolmen, Malebolgia, Animus, Decay of Logos, Brume, Featherfall, Sword Spirit (Chinese), Elden: POTF, Hentai No Hero, Gujian3?, Mirador?, Nose, Gangsta Woman, Frenzy Retribution?, Revenant Knight (mobile), Elden Ring (tba), No Place For Bravery (tba), Eitr (tba), LOTF 2 (tba), Vigil: TLN (tba), Bleak Faith: Forsaken (tba), Sand is the Soul (tba), Dungeonhaven (tba), Back to Ashes (tba), Morbid: TSA (tba)
SOULSLITES??: (a few mechanics..)
Hollow Knight, Hyper Light Drifter, Momodora: RUTM, Dead Cells, Dandara, Rift Keeper, UnEpic, Fuedal Alloy, Phantom Trigger, Sundered, Abyss Odyssey, Minoria?, Demon Peak?
JUST COMBAT: (duh)
Vampyr, Conan Exiles, Eternity: TLU, Spear of Destiny, Fade to Silence?, Outward, Mana Spark?, Swipe Souls (mobile), Warlander (tba), Arboria (ea)?
ALSO.. not Soukslike.. but you better be planning a Genshin Impact vid 🤞
Code Vein has such fun build flexibility. It entertained me for ages. It’s very snacky with its level design.
Nobeta actually looks really cool. Thanks for showing it to me.
I liked Code Vein, the DLC was definitely bad though. I also was very pleased when they tied it into God Eater for a pretty decent twist.
4:43 God Hand 3 ay?
Where's the second one plz need to know
Nioh is one of the more popular examples these days. You take the stamina bar of Dark Souls and the same essential punishment for dying, and you put it on a European samurai while referring to stamina as Ki. Pretty neat idea, pretty neat execution. Team Ninja, the company responsible for Dead or Alive, seemed to wanna do their own thing with the Dark Souls formula, but they actually made some nifty improvements. With each type of melee weapon Willy wields, (say that 3 times fast) he can use them in different ways, emphasizing either attack, defense or a balance of both. It's not quite as diverse as Bloodborne, but it makes up for its limits by taking some influence from The Elder Scrolls; gaining experience with different weapon types by using that weapon type more. You can't make a custom character, but you can still develop different builds throughout the game, very much like Soulsbornes. It's no surprise it got a not quite as intriguing but still pretty damn good sequel this year. Some claim that it isn't a Dark Souls clone, but by definition, it has the same checkpoint based progression where monsters get the same health restoration that you do. And don't worry, just because it takes a lot of influences from Dark Souls doesn't mean it didn't put any effort into its own things. Such as pitting you against a Gashadokuro or Oda Nobunaga. Well played, Team Ninja.
Salt and Sanctuary is something I like to refer to as a Soulsvania. As in, it is both a stamina-based Soulsborne type game and a sidescrolling Metroidvania. You parry, you build your character throughout the game, you rest from checkpoint to checkpoint. There isn't much to it other than being an experimental hybrid of game genres, but it is a very well-made experimental hybrid of game genres. The presentation is as gorgeous and gothic as you could ask for, it's as gratifying as ever to kill a giant boss, and the developers put in a lot of effort paying homage to Dark Souls. It paved the way for other Soulsvanias like Blasphemous, though Salt and Sanctuary will probably remain the most faithful to its inspiration as you can get.
Remnant From The Ashes is weird. I like to refer to it as Gun Souls because you get to switch between Dark Souls-esque close range content and Uncharted-like third person shooting. Games like Bloodborne have used guns before, but Remnant uses them more efficiently against eldritch monsters in a sci-fi world. If you like versatile shooting elements in your RPGs, you'll definitely wanna give Remnant a shot. No pun intended.
4:43 God hand 3? I never even knew we got 2.
16:07 lmao you used the OST of Legend of Legaia, precisely the world map theme
Remnant: From the Ashes. Play it, thank me later.
My man preaching! 🙌
Game is CRIMINALLY underrated, a bit slow to start but the gameplay is so clean. Shooting feels good, perk system is super fun, and fairly priced DLC that is actually worth it? I'm in for a sequel.
I'm interested af in this game! Do you know if it is still good even as a single player?
It is easily one of my favorite games. I highly recommend it.
@@SimonSater Most definitely! I played through the game primarily in single player and enjoyed it, the coop is great too but does make the game a bit easier.
@@XannnyTanner Dayum, was on sale till last week on ps4! I will wait next sales then, thank you!
When the studio split, I think it's incredibly odd that Airship decided to do a spinoff centered around War and Death instead of doing a game centered around Strife. Since the other three Horsemen had their parts of the story told...why didn't they just wrap up the whole gang before doing something a spin-off?
I just love your stuff. You have the only 20mins + video game videos I can stand, let alone get stoked about
I want to like Code Vein more, but the combat feels nowhere near as satisfying as Dark Souls 3. It feels like you're swinging a foam sword around like a maniac, the weapons have no impact at all when hitting things. The one thing Code Vein has up on Dark Souls is build freedom, but I don't find myself wanting to go back to experiment while I have beaten Dark Souls 3 at least a dozen or so times, even attempting an occasional challenge run. It's a fine game, but it lacks a lot of what makes a 3rd person action/adventure game feel satisfying to play imo. It's a shame the DLC put a blemish on an already flawed game, the complete opposite of Fromsoft games where the DLC is often considered the best piece of content lol
@John Smith No u
Nobeta has been on my steam wishlist for a while now, but I usually don't like to buy early access games. But after this it will definitely be my next purchase.
I feel like I'm literally the only person who doesn't like Mortal Shell. Like, I get the appeal but on one hand it feels too shameless and on the other hand the mechanics and world dont really grip me.
I'm in the same boat. Mortal Shell felt like everything I disliked about Dark Souls all in one package.
The full Little witch nobeta is finally releasing tomorrow.
Salt and Sanctuary, anybody?
I hope you check out Hellpoint, it came out around just before Mortal Shell but doesn’t seem to have gained as much traction. I’ve seen lots of people comparing the two
You have missed the Dark Souls clone game was Piccled Ricc (Dark Souls meets Pickle Rick from Rick and Morty). However, it was removed in Steam for copyright infringement from Cartoon Network.
i think theres a bit of confusion around dark souls and darksiders 3. its very clearly not a souls like in any way unless you could an connected world as souls like. its much more a metroidvania styled game compared to souls
1:30 what game is this? Asking for a friend.
I think Code Vein is good, not great, but good...like...a 7/10, i enjoyed it a lot (although the dlc was a total joke)
Code Vein is really weird because if you play it solo it's way too hard. Enemies are much spongier than the average Souls enemy, they gank you constantly, and their attacks do way too much damage without enough telegraphing. It's clearly balanced with the assumption that you'll have an AI buddy to pick up some of the slack, but then if you do that, the game becomes way too easy.
It also has this problem where most of the cool/weird/fun weapons and Blood Codes are stuck in late game with no easy ways to access them early, so a lot of builds just take FOREVER to get off the ground. You could try using it in a NG+ run, but the NG+ in Code Vein is just not fun at all. I swear they just triple every enemy's stats and call it a day
Still a pretty good attempt though. It's probably my favorite Souls clone.
Code Vein is God Eater 3 meets Bloodborne except it has the occasional graphical hiccups. It's still a great game with AWESOME character customization, but it's not without it's flaws. If you want a game like Bloodborne that's anime as FUCK, Code Vein is that game!!!😍😘😁
didn't he talk about it in the first one?
yo what song was that at the intro of code vein?
I know I'm late to the party but I went through both videos expecting you to talk about Jedi Fallen Order to no avail. Not that I'm a huge Star Wars fan to begin with, but it is a fun Soulslike game and I think it deserves a mention or two in a possible sequel.
Whats the song at 1:55?
Nvm its underground by vamps
You should play salt and sanctuary it's like dark souls but 2D with the twist.
that little witch game was awesome dude! Keep up the good work!
PS: i still miss the alfredo areyano shoutout :c
4:43
Wait when did they make God Hand 2 🤔
I have played the 3 darksiders (on pc) and although the third started weak it got better the more I played, someday I have to try genesis
discovered your channel through recommendations lately and been bingewatching since! great content here
"Capture Power or Forgive"?
So it took the Save/Sacrifice mechanic from the excellent Soul Sacrifice, which is legitimately the Dark Souls of Arena Hunting games, at least in terms of aesthetics and lore (since they both borrowed heavily from Berserk).
Why not a do a video of monster hunter clones, games like gods eater, soul sacrifice delta or freedom wars (you may need a pstv if you don't have a vita)
a very nice follow up to that first video I can't wait for the next one
your hair looks so good in this vid
I'm not sure if this counts, but SLAIN: Back From Hell needs to be included next time. Sure, it's 2D, but it features check points, memorization of enemy patterns, and brutal sword-based combat.
I never judged difficulty on Dark Souls.
I used to Judge on OG Devil May Cry 3 on the ps2's difficulty. But now, I judge based on Crash Bandicoot 4 level difficulty
Curious what you thought about Remnant.
sorry for a completely off-topic question, but was that a song from legend of legaia during your introduction to vicious gambling agreement?
As a pretty big Darksiders fan, I really wasn't into 3. I did finish it, but I didn't enjoy it nearly as much as the other two. Probably because I'm not a fan of souls-like games and MUCH preferred the way the first two games worked.
It felt like they were just chasing the souls-like craze that so many other devs are which sucks because not only am I not a fan of them, but we already have plenty of souls-likes these days. Meanwhile we really don't get many traditional zelda-like open world adventure games these days. Which was one of the reasons I loved the first two, especially the first. It's like Zelda + God of War.
They did eventually release a classic mode where it's less souls-like, but by that time I had beaten the game and I wasn't going to play it again just for that. They should have had that mode at launch.
the character creation code vein monster factory episode was incredible
I'd definitely like to try out Code Vein, I played the demo it was good but the environments are samey, easy to get lost even with the minimap. I hope the deluxe drops to $20, because I don't think it's worth it getting above that when Dark Souls 3 and Bloodborne are selling lower during PSN sales.
I got a tylenol headache medicine ad before dark sasi section lol
It's funny, I think some of the characters in Codevain are buster, Gwynevere is just a larger being, making her sizes seem larger to us smaller people.
kind of surprised you didn't bring up gunfire's other well known souls-like (Some might even say the more well known of the 2), Remnant: From the ashes, it's the closest I think we will ever get to Dark souls with guns,
I'd like to say that Code Vein was the hardest Souls-like I've played, but Nioh 2 kicked my ass so hard that I'm surprised I managed to beat it
I played Darksiders II and got a bunch of mindless hack and slashy fun (until Earth) so the harder and more precise combat of Darksiders III was the reason I didn't like it as much. The technical issues were fine for me because I ran into all the same issues when I played II. I like everything else about the game though and I'm excited for the next entry.
Also I caught that Legend of Legaia music
Honestly I loved Code Vein more then Dark souls I just had more fun with the game
What's the game at 1:30
I laughed out loud at the fart cloud viking. My coworkers think I'm crazy and now I'm laughing out of nowhere. Now they'll know I'm crazy!
The old Paragon assets are available for people to use. That same character model is the first boss in Bullets Per Minute. Except that game is much less jank lol
Damn... I was almost over the loss of paragon and now the pain is back 😞
Salt and Sanctuary is a really cool Dark Souls clone. I really like how its a metroidvania with alot of the dark souls mechanic. It also does things different enough to be a different game too which is nice. But my absolute favorite Dark Souls clone is Dark Sasi that game is awesome.
@John Smith All art is ass compared to the masterpiece that is Dark Sasi
Paragon was my favourite game ever! I still have the PS4 agora theme on. The clones pale in comparison.
That Nobeta looks very fun! Definitely on my bucket list next steam sales.
Does darksiders 3 still have like loot like in 2?
I just really wish Famine and Pestilence were in the Darksiders universe. I don't think Fury and Strife(the concepts, not the characters) are unique enough, as they both lead to death by violence like War.
I say you should do an episode on weird visual novels/dating sims so you have an excuse to cover Angels with Scaly Wings, which is actually really good, and Lovers of Aether, which was literally an April Fools game.
Code Vein is genuinely one of my favorite games from 2010 onward. In all honesty, the combat was so much fun in CV but the DLC is awful! Also, big props to Cold Symmetry on the work in Mortal Shell. Was the first Souls like I truly fell in love with and got me to fully love DS1 and the whole series again!
Thank you so much for all videos you made. You are one of my absolutely best youtubers ever. :)
Jsi borec. Mám moc rád tvoji tvorbu.
I'm always up for more dark souls clones videos.
I love myself a vicious gambling agreement... Especially when I gamble against farting vikings
7:04 - The Playstation version has abysmal load times? I'm shocked.....this is my shocked face : <
12:17 - *THE SPIDER BALL FROM METROID;* Allow me to introduce myself.
Definitely! I enjoyed these videos. Subbed 👍🏾
Honestly I didn't realize it had been that long between part 1 and 2 of this! I think I'll pick up dark souls 3 and that witch game I didn't know much about em and they seem fun