Why is The Isle so Special

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  • Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024

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  • @bazamere
    @bazamere Год назад +64

    Great positive take this week XZaguer. Not that I think your critical look is ever negative but I agree it tends to bring out more negativity. Im still not ready to jump back into the isle, but do look forward to the day when it will be complete enough for me to play again :)

    • @hegemon3883
      @hegemon3883 Год назад +3

      It’s sad to say that I genuinely believe the immature developers will quit before they finish this game.

    • @bazamere
      @bazamere Год назад +2

      @@hegemon3883 that is a possibility, but completely out of any of our control so no need worrying about it 😁

    • @ThisIsAUsername69
      @ThisIsAUsername69 Год назад +1

      @@bazamere Yup. Wait for a better dino game or learn to game dev and make one yourself. xD

  • @galkepic9229
    @galkepic9229 Год назад +50

    It's a nice video that shows how and why the isle had become so successful with many subtle nuances that create and garner so much attention despite its flaws.
    And despite how much crap goes on, it's one of those games where I have met and played with people who I view who are going to be life long friends. It also helps some some garner experiences that they may have not had or just seeming like weird circumstance of fate. As ot brings even some of the most distant people together.
    It is still going on to this day. So despite its many fuck ups I wish for the game itself to thrive and continue to evolve and survive. As I hope for more experiences and some new ones where I can experience friends new and old.

  • @vixivix4336
    @vixivix4336 Год назад +5

    One of the main reasons i play The Isle is for the experiences I have with other players. The good laughs, and the good people really make the game. Love your vids man!

  • @YumieWhatever
    @YumieWhatever Год назад +12

    As someone that played the isle in the "early" stages and with over 3500 hours i can tell ya...
    • the development is way too slow
    • they work on the not so important stuff first like adding custom skins instead of working on the performance or adding a new dinosaur (even tho they have models and animations for a lot of dinos done)
    • rude and toxic developers that can't take criticism well
    But still: it's one of the best dinosaur survival out there (currently) and I'm completely in love with this game, still. But the frame drops make this game unplayable alot of times, especially when you fight in certain areas.
    I just want a good, flowy game that plays smoothly without these MASSIVE frame drops.
    And more playable dinosaurs.
    Amen.

  • @ExcellentEmperor
    @ExcellentEmperor Год назад +19

    I have faith that the game's future. Now if only it wasn't so slow to update.

    • @marweha7002
      @marweha7002 Год назад

      I mean the updates are generelly big. I just wish they wouldnt hold finsihed stuff, because other stuff of the updates still take a bit. Especially more balance batches would be good

    • @phalspar
      @phalspar Год назад

      dont like 10 people make this game? I feel like they update frequent enough for 10 peopleXD

  • @stefanmoorejr
    @stefanmoorejr Год назад +17

    The Isle WILL be a good, even great game the problem
    We won't be around to see it because we'll grow tired of waiting and leave

    • @kenshinhimura9387
      @kenshinhimura9387 Год назад +1

      Everyone already left. This is a dead game

    • @spaceduck2130
      @spaceduck2130 Год назад +1

      @@kenshinhimura9387 I agree the game is full of problems and unfulfilled promises, but it's far from dead. There are a lot of people silently following it's development ready to hop back in and a lot of servers are full everyday with roughly 4k consistent players daily, which is pretty good for an EA indie title.

    • @adriannn1180
      @adriannn1180 Год назад

      @@kenshinhimura9387 nah farrr from it. Servers are full every single day…

  • @pamperedmaster8690
    @pamperedmaster8690 Год назад +2

    This reminds me of the video SovietWomble made on the topic, great job as always man, you always do a grest job with your content.

  • @otter8399
    @otter8399 Год назад +23

    i could definitely see the isle being a great experience next year.

    • @Jurassic_Gaming
      @Jurassic_Gaming Год назад +13

      Nice joke man 😂😂😂😆😆

    • @SuperGalfrieg12
      @SuperGalfrieg12 Год назад +8

      I could too tbh if the devs put in the effort lol although you never know with them

    • @CT-H
      @CT-H Год назад +7

      IMO if the game had competent DEVS the Isle would be a perfect dino game already, its jut the devs that kind of suck...

    • @gajspalt
      @gajspalt Год назад +5

      @@CT-H Another case of a great concept, poor execution.

    • @CT-H
      @CT-H Год назад

      @@gajspalt exactly!

  • @Evrimomono
    @Evrimomono Год назад +3

    Fish: flying*
    Immersion: skyrocketed*

  • @nikolasdemoulin8093
    @nikolasdemoulin8093 Год назад +16

    It’s an amazing game. Not even debatable. The ONLY major issues the game has besides poor optimization/performance, is that it takes way too long for them to release new stuff. People get bored of the tiny pool of playables and things to do and eventually leave or sone just troll. And it’s not even the devs fault, necessarily. They are a tiny team and they’re producing high quality animations, high quality models and environments etc… it takes a lot of work. Obviously they can’t drop a new update every 2 weeks and maintain high quality… but… it is also Obvious that they could probably have a better method of directing the team so they more efficiently use their time to knock things out faster rather than their current apparent approach of working on 20 different things at once so nothing gets done quickly.if the whole team would make sure they knock out one dinosaur or one mechanic and don’t stop until it’s done, then move onto the next thing as a team etc.. I think they’d get things done much more quickly.
    But I have no idea what’s actually going on behind the scenes,am not part of the team and this could be totally wrong. I also love the game and am glad the teams still working on the game and dropping updates “regularly”. It has heaps of potential. I just hope they manage to speed up updates so it can be completed

    • @monkydance2880
      @monkydance2880 Год назад

      That’s not the only problem, there’s not enough to do and the balance isnt great

  • @johncarlodimaano7235
    @johncarlodimaano7235 Год назад +4

    It is good that you gave the isle a positive criticism it is good that this game is still improving, although sadly some of the people get bored and left to play other dinosaur games or new games.

  • @alexs29
    @alexs29 Год назад +14

    The Isle WAS special. It had immense potential going for it... but it all came to an obvious halt, post-Evrima release.
    Sure, we had update 3 to delude us with a temporary interlude of false hope and copium via the deino & ptera update. It almost looked like the game was finally back on track through a steady development cycle, but it didn't take long for the game to devolve into a disappointment again with update 4 and onward.
    IMO, it's now clear as day that the game will never see a finalized release in the hands of the current dev team. Sorry, but 1-2 updates PLUS a SINGLE dino addition in a year is just pathetic on all levels. It's now blatantly clear they no longer care about the game themselves and are just stretching out development time with minimal effort for EZ money at this point.

    • @marweha7002
      @marweha7002 Год назад

      U6 could be big
      -Gore
      -Good reworked dietsystem
      -Migrationsystem
      Potentially troodon, mercs, a new map with way better performance.
      This update could change much. Only downside for now seems body debuffs
      Also they have some amazing devs like Visualtech. That guy is just a machine lmao

    • @alexs29
      @alexs29 Год назад +2

      @@marweha7002 Given their horiffic track record, I'll believe it when I see it.
      I'm looking forward to the new map and improved optimization more than anything else. Good map design is essential for multiplayer survival games and the new map was created by an experienced map designer who actually knows what he's doing... But don't have any hope in their new migration or diet systems, given how bad their nesting system and initial diet system was.
      And given embarassingly-slow development pace, I don't expect to see humans at all before the end of the year. Maybe troodon, but that's it.
      Either way, I've been following this game's "progress" since 2016 and I'm no longer impressed by concept art pictures, models of human structures and all of the other empty, false-hype gigs they throw at us on a monthly basis anymore. Game's been around for 7 years with barely anything to show for it.

    • @marweha7002
      @marweha7002 Год назад

      @@alexs29 the only thing im really scared of are body debuffs. That can so easily go so wrong and with keeping in mind that they are so bad at balancing, thats extremly scary. I totally see body debuffs being abusable and being abused against nesting groups, herbis or just to make hunting easier

    • @IndominusRex-wc1ey
      @IndominusRex-wc1ey Год назад

      The Isle has sold like 1.5 million copies or something aroundntyat and legacy has an unhacked playerbase of like 2,300 ish, only being saved by mods. And I dont think EVRIMA is doing any better

    • @CHILLSHARK2003
      @CHILLSHARK2003 Год назад

      I think they are back on track for improvement this year, update 6.5 is actually pretty good in terms of new features, updates, and playables. The new map is highly likely for update 7 as well as some other cool features. I just hope that the developers improve their schedule and attitude this year because 6 and a half updates in 3 and a half years... yikes. Still though, there's no reason to be overly negative about it. Have at least a little optimism!

  • @patrikresz2706
    @patrikresz2706 Год назад +1

    2:23 Don't Starve Together makes an appearance lets goooooo! And I agree with you about everything.

  • @SuperGalfrieg12
    @SuperGalfrieg12 Год назад +3

    Just so you know, I think of you as one of the best RUclipsrs out there, I think there might be some others who do as well (I hope they do!) so please keep up the insane work!!! This video is great as well, I am someone who tries not to always be negative but you can’t be perfect haha. Lots of great info! See you later ;)

  • @tregrenos8615
    @tregrenos8615 Год назад +1

    One event I enjoyed was where all participants spawned into the server as Ptera, met with the group, then proceeded to see who could be the first to kill a single Dryo running around the area. So many collisions! 🤣

  • @splur1239
    @splur1239 Год назад

    I play The Isle with my friend all the time. He isn't very fond of dinosaurs, but still loves the game either way.

  • @lc2131
    @lc2131 Год назад +2

    The purity of just surviving in a game in a genre oversaturated with survival games that dift further and further away from survival. That's what makes the isle great but the problem is the devs seriously don't understand that gold vein that they have stumbled upon and keep mining for the wrong elements.

  • @oilyalarm0614
    @oilyalarm0614 Год назад

    From time to time i tell about a bug from evrima early days, back when there just teno and utah, the bug was the meat eating teno bug, wich made tenos the biggest threat to other tenos

  • @EnderTIcerato
    @EnderTIcerato Год назад +2

    I really hope with gateway performance is better and you can bring gameplay videos and in 2 years when they release diablo I want to see you playing it

  • @Crakinator
    @Crakinator Год назад +2

    Videos like this are the only things that keep me holding out hope for this game. It’s taking SO LONG to finish man, and I’m bored of playing playing the same gameplay loop with the same 9 creatures. The devs are total liars bro, there’s no way humans are dropping by the end of the year.

  • @reported5135
    @reported5135 Год назад +1

    In 2018-2020 probably a little later when Servers like isla nublar, isla nublear, isla nycta, and a ton of others all had 100+ people in their chats on discord made the game extremely special. There was literally soo many people to talk to, however, not too many so that you ddidn't feel a sense of community. Literally almost no other game had such collabortion of dozens of players in a herd and the absolute chaos. There is so much more to the games eat, drink, manage health because of the social aspect.

    • @reported5135
      @reported5135 Год назад +1

      Also games like the isle, beast of bermuda, and path of titans always have the best best best underlying drama if you dig hard enough for it. Please it'll be like 6 year drama from two people who have been in 20 different clans in the isle, path of titans, bob, AND ARK. After spending so many years in the community you'll seen so much interconnected drama its sooo entertaining

  • @yarekwojcik4061
    @yarekwojcik4061 Год назад +1

    Ahh nice monster Hunter music. Loved to hear it ;)

  • @kuitaranheatmorus9932
    @kuitaranheatmorus9932 Год назад

    it was the first of it's time regardless if it's actually good now but what I do know is this video definitely was very good and hope you had a good day

  • @Zitoune1954
    @Zitoune1954 Год назад

    Gregrory S. Paul 's art at the beginning of the video.

  • @tunaozturk2639
    @tunaozturk2639 Год назад +3

    lovely video mate but I dont agree with isle having realistic animations at last on evrime personally I think evrima animations are highly unrealistic and models are cool yes but they are nowere being realistic either
    cool ? yes realistic ? no
    other then that awesome video hope u give some more positives in other dinosaur games like BoB and PoT I used to hate BoB but they almost fixed all of their issues with their last map and mechanic update
    and about PoT I allways love and respect it cuz even tho its much younger then other 2 its developing in crayz speed compared to them with a different and uniqe way to play with quests and MMO rpg style character abilitys and some actually realistic models

    • @sergioibarra3461
      @sergioibarra3461 Год назад +2

      Realistic is a delicate term because for what we know of paleontology and comparative anatomy some of the isle’s animations are very possible and close to the real animals and then others are not that close to anatomically possible. But if the animals in the isle did exists as they’re in game, every animation makes them feel actually real or at least to me it seems so, the throat movement when roaring, the idle animations, they all look quite good. At least there better than in any other dinosaur game other than maybe primal carnage novaraptor and pterosaurs which in my opinion just look incredibly fluid.

    • @tunaozturk2639
      @tunaozturk2639 Год назад

      @@sergioibarra3461 the problem is fluidness is not allways the realism when it comes to sevral ton creatures and the tail animations on all playables are anatomichly imposebble animations feel nice yes but they dont feel like I m actually playing an animal thats heavyer then todays rhinos and hippos

    • @sergioibarra3461
      @sergioibarra3461 Год назад

      @@tunaozturk2639 in the isle evrima there’s only deino which has crocodile-like animations so it’s assumed it’s realistic, carno with some dubious ones and stego which has some running animation issues. The rest are not heavier than a rhino, and most of the times the problem isn’t of the animation itself but the what the dinosaur moves lineary gliding and not at the same pace of the animation, the way the turning radius is tweaked, the sound design and environment sense of scale…

    • @antoniocanis6883
      @antoniocanis6883 Год назад

      You Just saying the isle is not realistic and mention Bob and pot my brother you have eyes Bob dinos and animation look like cráp and pot is Just so much worse they so stiffy compared the isle is the closest to realisctic dinosaur we have

    • @tunaozturk2639
      @tunaozturk2639 Год назад

      @@antoniocanis6883 ma man if u bleave that animals that are as heavy and even more geavyer then todays bull african elephants can move like agile cats I m sorry to say but u must think again isle doesnt gives u the feeling that u actually playing a aninals thats bigger then today rhinoceros by many times i did not say anything about BoB having better animations i said PoT has more realistic models that alli said but yes be sure some BoB models more realistic then ur dragonofied the isle sorry to say isle fanboy but dinosaurs werent dragons or they werent agile irl ur beloved utah raptor couldnt even jump properly cuz that AGILE hunter was heavyer then todays biggest horses :) do u feel like u are controlling a 700 kilo animal while playing utah raptor ? Say yes and i will stop trying to convince u cuz u will just prove u are a pure isle fan that never gonna understand the concept of realism and accuracy have a good day sir.

  • @willSolos
    @willSolos Год назад +3

    Cause it takes them 12 months to release a single dinosaur

  • @pilot_bruh576
    @pilot_bruh576 Год назад

    The isle is one of the first of its kind, if they devs put a tiny bit more effort just a tiny bit maybe just maybe we can see the isle's full potential

  • @eeelorde9962
    @eeelorde9962 Год назад

    Hey dude i have seen a coment of yours no a day of dragons video drama i would really love to see ur prespective on it

  • @jfht318
    @jfht318 Год назад +2

    The isle has actually sold more than 1.5 million copies so critique is highly justified . And since dondi landed on a low maintenance golden goose of a game idea , he has consistently underperformed and underdelivered in most aspects of the game.

    • @IndominusRex-wc1ey
      @IndominusRex-wc1ey Год назад +1

      Bro fr? 1.5 million copies? Thats like over 20 million dollars off sales alone. There is no reason in hell the isle should be having THIS much difficulty developing their game. What makes it all worse is that I counted TI legacy player count not counting the Chinese hacked servers, ots like 2,300 ish players at any given time. There's a problem and its not "oh, the isle is only in early development!!11"

    • @jfht318
      @jfht318 Год назад +1

      @@IndominusRex-wc1ey If the devs were competant, but they arnt.

  • @TheTinyTyranid
    @TheTinyTyranid Год назад +1

    the immersion in pot is like nothing compared to the isle and don't come at me saying "BuT Pot HAs aCCuraTe DINosaUrs!" because that dose not make a game more immersive. the mechanics make the game more immersive and people forget that the isle has like 23 developers. while pot has even more than the isle (I dont know how many they have exactly so you can tell me)

  • @bastiancollin7203
    @bastiancollin7203 Год назад

    Great work love hearing about such a Positive topic.

  • @iceage3604
    @iceage3604 Год назад +2

    oh its special alright

  • @peque7426
    @peque7426 Год назад +1

    Qué pasó con el vídeo sobre el problema del sistema de dietas que ibas a hacer?

    • @XZaguer
      @XZaguer  Год назад +1

      I was planning on making the diet video but the developers announced that they were going to rework the system completely so I'm waiting for them to change it so I can analyze it

  • @davidaceves7283
    @davidaceves7283 Год назад

    Nice video man it's always important to have a balance with criticism

  • @littlejon2683
    @littlejon2683 Год назад

    Anyone know the name of the game he showed on 2:30

  • @R3ar3ntry
    @R3ar3ntry Год назад

    great vid!

  • @robertourbani9019
    @robertourbani9019 Год назад

    I think you should be the creative director of this game

  • @creakingskull7008
    @creakingskull7008 Год назад

    Creaking Skull

  • @corylance364
    @corylance364 Год назад

    The isle is special because its the only game out there that you can go into and it actually feels like dino lifestyle. There are other games you can play as a dinosaur but Evrima is the only game that offers a true carnivore's hunting tactics, pouncing like a raptor, lunging out of water like a crocodile to drag your prey to a watery grave. In short The isle just concentrates on making this game as realistic as possible without being a horrible game.

  • @bencamp8153
    @bencamp8153 Год назад +1

    It needs a ps5 release

  • @reported5135
    @reported5135 Год назад

    God this game has soo much drama and that makes it so entertaing. From mistreatment from devs, to servers going down, to discord server drama and those going down, to clans. to pedophiles, to racist, and it this literally spreads out to games like beast of bermuda and path of titans. Under all the cringy discord kittens trying to be wholesome there is sooo much drama

  • @Cre8or604
    @Cre8or604 Год назад

    I really hope that they add voip for humans

  • @Patrick3183
    @Patrick3183 Год назад

    You ought to do like hour long videos

  • @cipsahoy9639
    @cipsahoy9639 Год назад

    Also met my gf through this game as lame as that is. Three years later, we’re moving to a different state to start a homestead farm together. This game had unique social aspects. Too bad it’s devs are toxic and the game is too buggy to continue. Shame. Such a needed niche in games lost to dev toxicity and stupidity

  • @scottl9660
    @scottl9660 Год назад

    I have love the legacy more than every other survival game since Wolf and Lion back in the 90’s.

  • @fived9424
    @fived9424 Год назад

    this is basically SovietWomble the isle's video essay.

  • @tonystony259
    @tonystony259 Год назад

    It's so special because it never gets updates

  • @PapaRabii
    @PapaRabii Год назад

    Wait so the isle has make $10mil in sales but only has 40 devs?

    • @XZaguer
      @XZaguer  Год назад +2

      As far as we know they made over 22 million dollars and at the moment they are a 18 member Dev team

    • @bazamere
      @bazamere Год назад

      Over how many years of full time development? And steam takes a portion... plus any other overhead. So its really not that much tbh

    • @ok0_0
      @ok0_0 Год назад

      @@bazamere full time...?

  • @lygoozman125
    @lygoozman125 Год назад

    Just like i miss the old isle, i miss your old, muffled, fucked up mic

  • @kenshinhimura9387
    @kenshinhimura9387 Год назад +1

    This game is dead and buried. I don't know a single person who still plays this game or even talks about it anymore. When you only release 1 dino a year and spend 6-8 months on a tiny content update, your game tends to die really, really fast. RIP Evrima.

    • @chadvader974
      @chadvader974 Год назад

      Drama lol.. log in I see 100/100 official servers... what are you talking about?

    • @kenshinhimura9387
      @kenshinhimura9387 Год назад

      @@chadvader974 You see 4 or 5 servers bro that's hardly anything compared to 99% of games on the market

  • @raptor5034
    @raptor5034 Год назад +1

    ​the only way id play the isle more then once a month is if they fix growing taking hours

    • @drewpy.
      @drewpy. Год назад +8

      the growth is probably the least of everyone’s worries

    • @Hueburt12
      @Hueburt12 Год назад

      Yea but i dont wanna spend 5 hours growing something only for it to die 30 minutes later

    • @shadowtaco5052
      @shadowtaco5052 Год назад +4

      I think admins should be able to adjust growth times. That way you can pick how you want to play the game. I feel like it would be fun trying to grow a utah for 20 hours lol

    • @raptor5034
      @raptor5034 Год назад

      @@shadowtaco5052 YES

    • @nikolasdemoulin8093
      @nikolasdemoulin8093 Год назад +6

      If you’re dying within 30 minutes of being an apex, you’re doing something wrong, mate. Just being honest. Unless it’s hacks or mixpacking etc... The only animals that take a ton of time to grow are those that are massively powerful as adults. It makes the game fair. That 5 hour growth is there for a reason. A limit so bad players and trolls can’t just easily abuse them.
      So people can’t just spam grow Trex or deino then be a dik and attack everyone knowing if they die it’ll only be an hour to be adult again. Now that troll who tries blindly ruining everyone’s experience by mixpacking or whatever, can be killed and when they are they start out as a brand new baby and won’t be able to troll again for 5 hours.and that’s if he survives long enough. No revenge killing etc.. it works well.
      If you want faster growth, pick some other animal. Dryo grows to adult in 30 min. Hypsi starts as adult, Utah grows fast, so does ptera etc.. only stego and deino (massively powerful and strong animals that can kill everything else easily) take 5 hours.
      Each animal is different for a reason. Just trying to pick an Alex then complaining because you can’t just be adult in 30 minutes is silly. Lol. Play something else if you want fast growth. They exist.

  • @imjennasidel6703
    @imjennasidel6703 Год назад

    10 years in early access still can’t play trex or trike but you can play other Dino’s no o e cares about.