Stoneshard (2022) - Dark Open World Medieval Mercenary RPG

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  • Опубликовано: 12 авг 2022
  • Stoneshard gameplay with Splat! Let's Play Stoneshard and check out the Forgotten Lore update where we'll talk about new additions, dive down into dungeons, and avoid getting annihilated.
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  • @benunruh7509
    @benunruh7509 Год назад +160

    “Yup…that’ll do it”

  • @HartlyLion
    @HartlyLion Год назад +402

    Advices for anyone who wants to play this game:
    Getting a ranged weapon, if you're able to halve the enemy's health before they can reach you is very useful, especially early game.
    Get a knife and unlock skinning, you can get a lot of money out of selling pelts to the Tailor in the starter town.
    Sell the stuff that you find in dungeons or enemies to the appropriate vendor, you'll get a lot more money from selling metal weapons and gear to a Smith than a Carpenter, who'll pay more for wooden weapons and gear. (You can also ask the vendors what they'll pay you more, what do they want most, and what they don't want from you)
    Please save before you go and accept a contract. go to the Inn, pay 15 coins for a bed, and save because the contract you accept might be way out of your league and you'd just be stuck with it.
    Don't disarm traps unless they're directly blocking your path, you'd just get yourself either stabbed and have a bleeding effect as a result, gassed...which is fine I guess, or worst of all, be set on fire and waste your waterskin extinguishing yourelf and be left dying from thirst later.
    AVOID BEARS!
    I might be wrong at some of those and left out some other advices and maybe you want to have a different play style, from my experience EVERYTHING can go south real quick the most you can do is minimize the upcoming collateral damage headed your way, and also get the most payment out of your contracts because a splint kit or a bandage, spike balls and better quality armor and weapons can mean life and death.
    Edit: another thing to note, the game isn't particularly hard, sure you'll die a lot but once you learn how the game is supposed to be played you'll actually start kicking some ass.

    • @Doomroar
      @Doomroar Год назад +9

      Oh they buffed bears? i remember by playing the prologue that by the moment you leave the starting tutorial dungeon after 2 lvl ups, you could deal with bears with moderate ease, nice! also scary XD

    • @HartlyLion
      @HartlyLion Год назад +9

      @@Doomroar Idk man I hadn't fought bears since 0.7.0, and they wrecked my ass to the point that I'm left traumatized.
      Maybe other people can cheese it with magic, I never go with magic because it isn't my play style so perhaps I'm just making it harder for myself.

    • @mystic_spider
      @mystic_spider Год назад +11

      Getting gassed is NOT fine, the intoxication destroys your ability to fight long term.

    • @mystic_spider
      @mystic_spider Год назад +14

      @@Doomroar The game gives an achievement for killing a bear at level 1. I'm guessing a bow build + a trap or two can do it.

    • @delco2035
      @delco2035 Год назад +22

      aight here's some more advice :D
      -get the healer staff from Ostbrook carpenter, and switch to it for heal time and breaking pots, saving durability on main weapon. That staff is peanuts to buy and repair and trust me, it is a gamechanger.
      -AVOID GULONS lmao. Unless you can crowd control, even then just fight one. I'm lvl 18 and they are HARD. ok.
      -Try getting the Brewery Quest done, it lets you buy cheap beer barrels and food, which is helping in the beginning even with the paying travels (basically pays the travel + lil bonus)
      -in dungeons if you have knockback, use the walls to get staggers and stuns ! Like doors... u know.
      -The lvl1 boulder spell from geomancy is a great addition to pretty much any build (ok, my opinion here lol).

  • @BittahDemon
    @BittahDemon Год назад +84

    There is a skill line that allows you to craft a bed and sleep on the open world. So, it's more of a thing of build planning. If saving often is something you want, you need to invest a bit into survival.

    • @robertban871
      @robertban871 Год назад +2

      does that mean you'd build a house and bed outside every dungeon? i recall the missions would have a time limit on them

    • @IrrelephantRamblings
      @IrrelephantRamblings Год назад +24

      @@robertban871 Its a sleeping bag essentially. But it gets used up like a consumable. Thankfully the ingredients to make it are rather easy to come by.

  • @grabeck666
    @grabeck666 Год назад +91

    I started to play this game when Splat dropped 1st video about it. I have 450+ hours in it. RPG with roguelike elements with plenty of build options and high difficulity. Development is slow, but every patch changes game a lot and adds lots of new stuff. This game beautiful and full of detail. Definitely recommend.

    • @mikeemmons1079
      @mikeemmons1079 Год назад +3

      Yeah, I spent a good 5 minutes just looking at the elven shop that opened with FL.

    • @actondon6573
      @actondon6573 Год назад +1

      what's your lvl after 450hr

    • @grabeck666
      @grabeck666 Год назад +1

      @@actondon6573 Currently its around 600 :P The max lvl is 30. Current content is for about 15-20 lvls. I finished the game like 25-30 times over the years.

  • @Zillvr
    @Zillvr Год назад +4

    I've been playing this game on and off after every new update and it's always fun seeing how much it has progressed. Thank you for covering it Splat!

  • @Baraz_Red
    @Baraz_Red Год назад +2

    They did add Bedrolls that you can use to save once, even inside a dungeon.
    They are probably not cheap. Also, in addition to saving progress, "Bedrolls provide halved Restoration benefits, don't replenish Morale and Sanity, and can cause Body Aches. Using a bedroll in a dangerous location may result in an ambush."

    • @Baraz_Red
      @Baraz_Red Год назад

      Have not played it yet. It is in my Steam library, while I ploy through Pool of Radiance (Amiga emulator), DAO, Wasteland, etc.

    • @sirkana
      @sirkana Год назад +1

      They did, and people are still bitching cos they are so big inventory wise XD

    • @francescogreggio6712
      @francescogreggio6712 Год назад +1

      Yes, bedrolls do exist and they're relatively affordable. But they're only sold 1 at a time (I've seen two for sale at the same time only once in a fifteen hours playthrough), so it's still impractical to carry more than one to a dungeon. It's leagues better than the awful inn-only save system, but it's still not enough in my opinion.

    • @Baraz_Red
      @Baraz_Red Год назад

      @@sirkana I guessed as much, since I imagine they expect players to use them near the first parts of a dungeon (i.e I think they are one-shot and gone once used).

  • @ancestyr2757
    @ancestyr2757 Год назад +52

    Stoneshard is such a Diamond in the Rough. I've played a number of hours, and I love the gritty feeling that it has. From combat, to dungeons; Stoneshard has a plethora of things for you to do. My only complaint would be that as it is right now, it doesn't have any sort of Co-Op feature. The reason I wish that it will is that this game would be so much fun with 1-3 friends. I can't wait for Ink Stains to finish this remarkable game.

    • @mikeemmons1079
      @mikeemmons1079 Год назад +2

      This game could easily put Risk to shame as a multiplayer game. Much like a good table top RPG would.

    • @mertarican5456
      @mertarican5456 Год назад

      my only complaint would be that it has an awfull save feature. I dont recall how many minutes i walked...

  • @MrDelightfulRPG
    @MrDelightfulRPG Год назад +19

    Awesome review and primer on the current state of Stoneshard in 2022 Splat!
    Thank you for showing off some later game content, as it gives people an idea of the gear and power curve coming.
    Though, watching you walk back and forth from dungeon to town has reminded me of one of the main suggestions / critiques I have had for Stoneshard: the need for a more approachable and user friendly travel system.
    I’ve suggested a system where you could auto travel through areas you already uncovered, with a series of encounter rolls on your way back, depending on the difficulty of each tile you travel through, taking you back through the path you took through each zone.
    The key is that it does NOT teleport you to town; it merely retraces the steps you took back to town.
    This would be fair, as it serves to save the player time, but is of no advantage to the character, as they are just going back the way they came.
    It could be a button on the map screen that says: “Retrace Steps back to Last Visited Town”.
    When clicked, it shows the character quickly traveling on the map screen, rolling for encounters per tile danger lvl, and putting the player into battle if an enemy is encountered.
    This could even have a toggle for stopping the travel if a non hostile hunt-able game is encountered, in case the player wants to hunt on the way back.
    This change would remove so much dead time, dead time that really builds up in Stoneshard, removing the slow, repeated, usually uneventful walks back to town through mostly cleared zones, and this is a double issue if someone is trying to stream the game!
    Let me know if anyone thinks I’m off base with this, but this seems a good, visible place to test the waters on this. Thanks for reading.

    • @Doomroar
      @Doomroar Год назад +2

      I think that's an excellent idea, because after a dungeon you are mostly focused on trying to getting back to base quickly so you wont be detouring to forage and loot, plus you are already low on inventory space, and healing items.
      However i think the idea of danger tiles could be changed to danger areas, sets of tiles based on an area around an aggro range, so there's an aggro range, and surrounding that it is a danger area, in which as you advance there's a chance you will approach a territory with enemies, that way your character will be stopped in front of enemies, but before alerting them and triggering or entering into combat
      This has the advantage that if your character focuses on sneak attacks or surprise attacks it, or needs preparation to load range attacks, it can still use their build, and it also gives you the option of either taking the combat, or venturing into an unknown route that may not have any enemies and take still take you to base, so you get options between sacrificing time but avoid engaging in battle, or you engage in battle and save on time by keeping yourself on the fast travel path
      The game could roll dice with each map transition to determine how many and where it would spawn the danger areas in order ti populate them on the map, rather than with each step traveled, and whether you get an encounter or not would depend of your character intercepting that area or not

    • @delco2035
      @delco2035 Год назад +2

      nah i disagree... i'm just back from a 2 skull dungeon at lvl 18, i have died 2 times and when i managed to get out, stumbled on gulons, almost died to them with full inv... and then a single ambusher also almost managed to murder my rich ass. This is why the game is good to me. Always on edge, or you die. Like , vipers. Gulons. Bears. Ambushes with 7 guys +. U know the drill.

    • @soluslupus8138
      @soluslupus8138 Год назад

      Like kingdom come deliverance?

    • @dxb338
      @dxb338 Год назад +1

      i think in one of the devlogs there was talk of fast travel to visited dungeons in addition to the existing town to town system

    • @MrDelightfulRPG
      @MrDelightfulRPG Год назад

      @@delco2035 Thank you for responding and offering me your take.
      I will say that you’re riveting and exciting experience could easily still happen under this system, as under the “Retrace Steps back to Last Visited Town” you easily could have rolled 2 dangerous encounters traveling through high lvl zones.
      Additionally, perhaps you might wish to live dangerously, and explore or gather goodies on the trek back to town, if you’re feeling daring! So, using the proposed option in that case wouldn’t help.
      And thirdly, the “Retrace Steps back to Last Visited Town” is completely optional.
      All this offers is removing the Player Experience of the tedious dead trek time back to town, your character still has to do it!
      In this way, the dangerous and absolutely ruthless nature of the game is entirely preserved.
      Nothing is being taken away from the player; only an entirely optional, time saving travel feature for the player is added.
      This option WILL bring in players, at the cost of nothing to the hardcore.
      Thanks for reading.

  • @mankala8
    @mankala8 Год назад +1

    "I think we'll run away to town to lick our wounds. It's always better to err on the side of caution." - A Dwarven berserker, apparently

  • @MRDRK1
    @MRDRK1 Год назад +14

    Once they get the magic skills and feat trees fully implemented, I am definitely getting this. Just the right amount of detail and semi-fantasy realism. Very nice.

    • @GameTimeWhy
      @GameTimeWhy Год назад +1

      Yeah I've been holding off on buying because I want more content but I also want to help support the indie team so might get it soon and then wait.

  • @alexebz
    @alexebz Год назад +61

    Man, I love this game. Already sunked about 170 hours in it.

    • @spacequack5470
      @spacequack5470 Год назад

      Sunk..

    • @Adam_Lynn
      @Adam_Lynn Год назад +5

      @@spacequack5470 Sank :P

    • @NewYears1978
      @NewYears1978 Год назад +1

      I can honestly say I have heard many improperly used words in my life but have never heard anyone say sunked - lol.

    • @baguskrishna9218
      @baguskrishna9218 Год назад

      and each new patch coming, do you need to start over?
      how the state of the game like story and etc?

    • @Viennas_Sausages
      @Viennas_Sausages Год назад

      sunk like the titanic

  • @yotuel9064
    @yotuel9064 Год назад +1

    A couple of tips I learned:
    Passing time or resting adyacent to a bonfire reduce the wet debuff relatively quickly, you just need 4 sticks to make one. If you use metal armor is helpfull.
    And right clicking enemies to gather some info is very valuable.

  • @danielpedersen2771
    @danielpedersen2771 Год назад +9

    Nice of you to play this game again!❤️

  • @The7ofDiamonds
    @The7ofDiamonds Год назад

    I'm liking with some of the videos you've been doing that you don't showcase the very beginning, while you're getting a handle for things. Some games take a bit to get rolling and understand what's going on, so I think certain games for sure lend themselves to you actually playing it for a bit and getting your feet wet with it and then picking up with the actual video there after you've had some time with it. Really solid videos man, you're filling up my wishlist hard. haha

  • @johnathangieger8032
    @johnathangieger8032 Год назад +51

    I just started playing this again. Such a great, brutal game. Love it.

  • @kinkytoaster
    @kinkytoaster Год назад +8

    I really dig you showcasing games a few hours in, as well as taking time cuts on games with long intros. Just wanted to let you know.

  • @marceloantunes998
    @marceloantunes998 Год назад +6

    That feel when you're running from a bear, cursing yourself for playing on permadeath, then you hear the howling of a pack of wolves

  • @charlesatanasio4363
    @charlesatanasio4363 Год назад

    Found this because of you early last year. Thanks, it's been fascinating to watch it develop and a solid game.

  • @lov3masterns
    @lov3masterns Год назад +1

    It looks and feels very interesting, after playing a bit of it and watching a video or two of yours about it, game definitely has to offer a lot of fun and enjoyment. Personally I don't like hard games but this one has something special about it like very few other similar games that ended up being in top 10-15 my favorite games of all time... More simple said, Stoneshard is like Battle Brothers meets Rogue's Tale meets Neo Scavenger and I'm loving it! :) Thank you so much Splatt for another gem you introduced us to, this title could have been easily missed in the sea of Indie games but I'm glad it didn't. Huge kudos to the tough work you are doing for us! :)

  • @santibinelli
    @santibinelli Год назад +1

    love the content you make splat, i bought this game back when you made the first coverage, totally worth it

  • @Jmadigan934
    @Jmadigan934 Год назад +62

    Glad to see you're covering this again. A hidden gem amongst indie games. Has so much potential!

    • @galorchs8867
      @galorchs8867 Год назад +5

      I wouldn't say it's a hidden gem, a lot of people have heard of this, but it's just too hardcore for casual players like me

    • @anubisfox5765
      @anubisfox5765 Год назад

      @@galorchs8867 its fantastic to watch tho. So much potential is truu tho this game could become something truly special with the right additions

    • @galorchs8867
      @galorchs8867 Год назад

      @@anubisfox5765 yeah it truly is fun to watch, tried playing it myself, but it was too hard for me

    • @VoloMalVor
      @VoloMalVor Год назад +5

      Had* Had so much potential

    • @iagomello6317
      @iagomello6317 Год назад

      @@galorchs8867 my first run with pyro was absurdly easy, the real problem of this game is the slow development, isnt that hard at all, wanna get some real challenge go play something like pathfinder

  • @ItsMrAssholeToYou
    @ItsMrAssholeToYou Год назад +3

    'Back 9' is golf, Splat. 'Back 40' is farming.

  • @CazadorSlayer
    @CazadorSlayer Год назад +7

    I feel like them adding a campsite feature that lets you save while you are out and about would be a good idea.
    You'd have to find a safe(ish) place and you'd run the risk of getting attacked in the night by bandits/monsters.
    Upside being you don't have to run 20 mins back to town because you want to set the game down for awhile...
    (Or get absolutely savaged by a peasant with a pitchfork because it just so happened to get a lucky crit...)

    • @HenriqueGdeC
      @HenriqueGdeC Год назад +5

      had to quit the game because of that, I just don't have the time/patience to be coming back to save every single little thing that I accomplish because some simple bad luck in a row and you are dead. You can easily lose 1h+ of gameplay if you were in a dungeon far away

    • @Bill_Garthright
      @Bill_Garthright Год назад +3

      @@HenriqueGdeC
      Absolutely! I was really interested in this game until he mentioned the save system. But there's no way I'm getting it now. Life is too short to put up with annoyances like that, and I don't like _anyone_ telling me how I have to play a game (not even the developer).

    • @IrrelephantRamblings
      @IrrelephantRamblings Год назад

      They do have an out and about save feature. In the survival skill tree there is a skill that lets you make a bed to sleep and save with. You just have to use a perk point to grab it. So you can save in the wilderness

    • @CazadorSlayer
      @CazadorSlayer Год назад +3

      @@IrrelephantRamblings Well fuck that, it should just be a feature not locked behind a skill tree you may or may not even be able to fit into your build.

    • @IrrelephantRamblings
      @IrrelephantRamblings Год назад

      @@CazadorSlayer then the game may not be for you my dude. It thrives off of being hard and unfair. That’s it’s whole point.

  • @Mrclark1977
    @Mrclark1977 Год назад +2

    man, watching you play this rocks! Thanks amigo!

  • @Hikurac
    @Hikurac Год назад +4

    People say "difficult save system" I hear "lenient roguelike" lol. I like the system a lot. I'm glad the devs are exploring alternatives between reloading quicksaves and full on permadeath. Anything that makes me fear death without completely nuking my save is a plus.

  • @Cuthawolf
    @Cuthawolf Год назад +12

    I knew from the moment it hit EA that it wasn't my kind of game, but it is SUPER fun to watch.

  • @Strifen100
    @Strifen100 Год назад +6

    My favourite RPG currently challenging with huge replay ability.

  • @robertstephens3831
    @robertstephens3831 Год назад +2

    I just bought this game from your last gameplay of it, im glad to hear it got a big update!

  • @Nabu314
    @Nabu314 Год назад

    i love this game so much and im so glad to see you covering it from time to time.
    Im now more than 300 hours into the game and Im not gonna stop anytime soon.

  • @finitesound
    @finitesound Год назад +4

    Was just thinking of getting this. Great timing!

  • @adamaveyard9234
    @adamaveyard9234 Год назад +8

    Looks awesome this pal. Thanks for another cracking review and making me buy another game!🤣👍. Don’t ever stop doing what you do.

  • @jjolarte98
    @jjolarte98 Год назад +2

    Playing this again i was just about to comment on your latest vod with this big update glad you already did do aplay through

  • @coyote169
    @coyote169 Год назад +3

    Very nice one Splattercat. Personally I love the punishment because I love the sweet flavour of success. Maddening at times, but elating at other times.

  • @nathanrowe245
    @nathanrowe245 Год назад +1

    So glad you're covering this again! I love it. I think 0.8 is gonna be the last time I play until release (although I say that every patch :P)

  • @Endlave
    @Endlave Год назад +1

    Don't sleep on the electromancy tree, Splat. It's damage values may appear low but the skills have low cd and push back enemies as well as stun them which allows for guaranteed hits with a crossbow. I have kited entire dungeons with just the first electromancy skill and the seal of power from the magic mastery tree, shooting my crossbow at any stunned enemy I could find. It's a honest blast. Many enemies hardly ever reached me before they died, which is a great boon in a game where even some random bandit could kill you on your way back to town. This game is hellishly ruthless, so you have to be as well.

  • @nowherefool5869
    @nowherefool5869 Год назад +6

    thanks. i've always wanted to see videos containing early/mid/late game content for games.
    coz a lot of games are content heavy in the start and then practically barren and rushed in the late game.
    there's also a lot of games that introduces gamechanging stuff mid game that sometimes turns an otherwise boring game into something awesome, and vice versa..
    which is why i prefer your videos that are well researched, coz i learn a lot more from that compared to videos done as blind playthrus.

  • @MrCocktapuss
    @MrCocktapuss Год назад +5

    one of my fav games of all time

  • @benjaminandersen1097
    @benjaminandersen1097 Год назад +1

    love your channel, and the way you review, cheers mate :)

  • @ridleyrage5283
    @ridleyrage5283 Год назад +2

    Hey Splattercat and thanks for (re)playing this one. Ive played the early patches, and fell off in favor of more content being added, and I knew this game would take a long time, I'm gonna guess as of right now, this game'll take at least 2 more years till we see a v1.0+. I also agree with all you said, describing the game. Its not a game I personally got overly frustrated with, as the only real "problem" I found with it, is the sometimes bs-seeming r&g, as you mentioned. But this game has SO much going on, I was and still am blown away by the sheer amount of item variety and semi-realism, so much so, it grotesquely outweighs any gripe I might otherwise have found with it. This game'll be something really special, once it comes out of EA. Tmv~

  • @SusCalvin
    @SusCalvin Год назад +1

    In old dungeon crawler tabletop RPGs you didn't get a lot of reward for non-magical weapons either. It was not a game about walking around emptying the cleaning cupboard of detergent and trying to sell it on the black market. You could sell a bunch of knives and chairs and tin mugs for a little cash but it was not worth the
    You could improvise dungeon solutions with the junk. Build a barricade of the chairs. Stack them on eachother to climb a place. Finding resources like rope or oil was sometimes almost better than coin.
    At higher level, AD&D gets more survivable. But injuries and resource expenditure lingers. You can get into a fight with some fools and take them, but you might sorely miss the hp you lost and the spells you used when you run into something nastier. Each meeting with random gnolls or a small trap or getting lost and using more food becomes a "resource tax" that slowly ticks down. And here they do it with persistent injuries, food, water, healing items.
    In AD&D you had to return to camp or town more often as well, you didn't rest or heal in the dungeon. You could use a healing spell, but that was also a dwindling resource. Which also had to be recovered by leaving the dungeon and going to camp.

  • @gabefry4974
    @gabefry4974 Год назад +1

    Thanks for reviewing this. I'm definitely going to get it at some point. Probably sooner than later.

  • @Nekoyashiki-san
    @Nekoyashiki-san Год назад

    Thanks for showcasing! ^^

  • @saoirse5308
    @saoirse5308 Год назад +6

    Although I watch just about every new video you put out since finding you 8-9 months ago.
    This one really helped me a ton!
    I really like/hate Stoneshard I was feeling the missing bits and taking some bad losses and thinking I didn't understand the game "I've got to be playing this wrong".
    This Video really helped explain the missing bits as well as that the losses aren't so much that I wasn't catching on as it was simply a damn hard game combined with the possibility of bad dice rolls crushing your best laid plans. I'll likely still like/hate this game, but now that I know the backstory of why, I think I can enjoy the carnage more. . . .even when it is my own.

    • @Dragonjv2
      @Dragonjv2 Год назад

      If you feel like youre struggling a lot, the people on the discord server for stoneshard love to help with lots of advice!

  • @richiebee33
    @richiebee33 Год назад

    Thanks for your thoughtful commentary, Splatty!

  • @EzekielHateable
    @EzekielHateable Год назад +1

    Great video as always.

  • @tomemaster1744
    @tomemaster1744 Год назад +1

    I like to think of Stoneshard as Battle Brothers: Adventure Mode.

  • @nickpetrossi2008
    @nickpetrossi2008 Год назад +35

    This game is amazing. It is my most anticipated game. I chomping at the bit for updates.

    • @ItIsYouAreNotYour
      @ItIsYouAreNotYour Год назад +3

      Don't chomp hard then, because they produce at snail pace. Using the "war" excuse when pre war it was literally the same rate.

    • @n1w910
      @n1w910 Год назад

      @@ItIsYouAreNotYour lol imagine holding distain for people trying to make a game whilst in a literal warzone.

    • @ItIsYouAreNotYour
      @ItIsYouAreNotYour Год назад +4

      @@n1w910 I'm not holding distain. I'm saying it's a convenient excuse when they don't produce updates when there was no war. And btw the war isn't in every area. There are MANY people living their normal lives.

    • @lava942
      @lava942 Год назад

      @@ItIsYouAreNotYour I imagine it would be quite time consuming working on a game, especially one with a lot of moving parts (like Stoneshard). Games like these take awhile. You may think it would be easy to crank out updates since it’s pixel art, until you realize how detailed the art actually is. FYI the game was nearly complete when it was being funded but since they got so much money they decided to revamp and polish the entire game, which was 100% the correct decision.

    • @ItIsYouAreNotYour
      @ItIsYouAreNotYour Год назад +1

      @@lava942 It is of course time consuming, but there are solo developers who contribute more to their games updates than this company. It's not a BAD game in its state at all. I call it a success. Whatever their priorities are, they don't show on this game in terms of updates. I just have been disappointed in this company's "early access ploy." We still can't even create a character, which was talked about the first week it came out and that's all I wanted and it would take no time at all to implement it.

  • @matheusataide3368
    @matheusataide3368 Год назад +55

    I really like this game, a New Boss has been added since he last played It. I would recommend it for anyone who wants a more difficult open world game with survival elements.

    • @TwistedFire85
      @TwistedFire85 Год назад +3

      Want something old school and brutal, look up Ultima Online Ruins and Riches. A single guy spent 10 years modifying Ultima Online into a single player type game. It's fun and rough. I'm like 100+ hours in and barely even got any where so gar

    • @panamahank7108
      @panamahank7108 Год назад

      I bought this last year and have barely played it. Really cool and love the art. I made it through the tutorial and when I got to character creation, I saw there was no custom option, and their pre-made builds didn't seem to make much sense. Any of this changed?

    • @matheusataide3368
      @matheusataide3368 Год назад +2

      @@panamahank7108 custom character creation is a high priority content on their roadmap. Unfortunely It has not been added yet. I would still recommend you try It out. A whole ass city is now in the game and its quite beautiful

    • @panamahank7108
      @panamahank7108 Год назад

      @@matheusataide3368 got it. Have they changed any of the pre made characters? They were really scattered when I first bought the game. Like no dual weilding on a rogue (I can't remember if that was specifically one of the things that bothered me but nonsensical builds in that realm)

    • @matheusataide3368
      @matheusataide3368 Год назад +2

      @@panamahank7108 pretty sure there is someone that starts with dual wielding. Skills are much easier to get since you can buy treaties now.

  • @ARescueToaster
    @ARescueToaster Год назад +4

    3 month old video so I doubt anyone will read this, but I still feel passionate enough to write this still.
    It's perfectly fine for people to not like a game. Too many people seem to believe that every game should be fun for them, even if they have wildly differing tastes than the next person. I think that sort of thinking is a huge detriment to the creativity of game development and it's widespread right now, especially among devs who appear to care more about sales rather than making a great game..
    We'll instead get soulless garbage made with decisions made with the results of focus group tests and polls rather than it being a passion project of the developer. We'd never get another Dwarf Fortress or Dark Souls - games that in some other world, with just some minor differences, they would be unknown games. And that would be a travesty.

  • @disconsolatemoose6637
    @disconsolatemoose6637 Год назад +1

    Very amusing to watch you run away after bandits at the start. This game in a nutshell.

  • @trashman1358
    @trashman1358 Год назад +1

    Love the look and sound of this game - looking forward to the full release.

  • @blackcephie1800
    @blackcephie1800 Год назад +3

    dude i feel that. this game is really immersive and i love the tone. i actually went elec and it pretty powerful once you get the cycle. i started off with geomancer in previous versions and it seemed op after getting to tier three spells. feels like they nerfed it hard, and elec seems stronger than that now at tier 2. ill tell ya what though. i got a boss now that summons tentacles and im lost on how to deal with it. great vid. brutal game. love it though.

  • @LetsPlaymaker
    @LetsPlaymaker Год назад

    you had me with the "battle brothers" comparison.

  • @sylphienne
    @sylphienne Год назад +2

    I can see the kenshi inspiration from it and I’m lovin it.

  • @luvmaika
    @luvmaika Год назад +1

    I'm going to watch this video in 2024 just to get that mysterious time capsule vibe sent by SplatterCat.

  • @grey_wulf
    @grey_wulf Год назад +1

    0:45 Let gaming bring us all together!

  • @ippothedestroyer
    @ippothedestroyer Год назад +2

    Thank you for covering this great game.

  • @CoolSs
    @CoolSs Год назад

    This one of those games i don't play until it complete. Because you know it will be fantastic experience.

  • @randyjones8477
    @randyjones8477 Год назад

    This is a great game, I started playing after you put out that first look video of this game.

  • @maxmight9533
    @maxmight9533 Год назад +4

    I love playing as the pyromancer. can't wait till they bring out the make your own character feature. It's a punishing game on permadeath mode. Lots of fun and lots of potential.

    • @Silentpoppy
      @Silentpoppy Год назад

      im waiting for the make your own character feature to try this XD

  • @StarCaptn
    @StarCaptn Год назад +3

    such an amazing game that keeps getting so much better!

  • @slickrounder6045
    @slickrounder6045 Год назад +1

    @22:15 "This is like the roguelike single party character version of Battle Brothers" now that you mention it, it does seem alot like BB. If only the development speed was faster, this has potential.

  • @Notsoshady4891
    @Notsoshady4891 Год назад

    I found Stoneshard to be a game about preparation and risk assessment. The tool you bring to the many violent encounters. It encourages you to be less than frugal. For example if you decide to get that bear pelt the tailor asked for. You could wait for the Hunter Npc to have it and pay for it and get a small profit and reputation. Or you could pay for some supplies like a bear trap, get some ether, invest in talents like skinning and a piercing or crushing weapon. Also get your medical supplies which you should already have. Spirits to throw to intoxicate it. Extra food and water skin since you can't expect the bear to be convenient about your hunting it. It may take you a few days to hunt down a bear and it's dangerous.

  • @codyholmes9965
    @codyholmes9965 Год назад +2

    You’re doing video game god’s work. You are much appreciated.

  • @Adler87
    @Adler87 Год назад +1

    I may like it, as I played many many hours in the first version of ADOM as a young teenager. Man, save scamming was necessary coz that was a true rogue-like permadeath game.
    Stoneshard is beautiful and challenging and has some vibes that ADOM had. I'll add it to my wishlist.

  • @godlyobject6509
    @godlyobject6509 Год назад

    After seeing this video, I picked it up and have put several dozen hours into the game in the last month. It's fantastic. The potential is huge; they said they're several years out from a "full" release but, the updates will keep coming, which is great, because this game is awesome.

  • @TheLivirus
    @TheLivirus Год назад +5

    This game is pushing all my buttons.
    (in the best way)

  • @mrgreensuit7379
    @mrgreensuit7379 Год назад

    For electromancy you need to use the knockback to push things into walls objects or other enemies to get bonus damage and stun.

  • @espasmemuscular
    @espasmemuscular Год назад +4

    One change I'd love is for smoother/faster movement when out of combat. I find travelling very tedious

  • @angry_ike7628
    @angry_ike7628 Год назад

    As rogue-like fan who missed the originals and was first introduced to them through LucasArt's Desktop Adventures and Yoda Stories, I've fallen more in love with them through the hardcore games you'v efeatured on here, like Qud, Stone Soup, TOME, and Cataclysm:DDA (though that one still kicks my ass every time within like 10-15 minutes). Stoneshard looks increasingly like a game I would be absolutely willing to sink hours and hours into, and the fact that it's on GoG as well is really awesome, I think. This one definitely seems like a keeper.

  • @DanyF02
    @DanyF02 Год назад +1

    I love how the game gave you a spike-tile at the entrance of the dungeon so that you drag everything back there to cheese them, but then if you run away from the necromancer boss, he'll end up going to the entrance where you left a million bodies for him to bring back! lol

  • @Dragonjv2
    @Dragonjv2 Год назад

    Hold shift and left click on an item from a container to immediately take it, you dont need to drag and drop everything.
    Conversely, in the inventory, holding ctrl and left clicking on an item tosses it out quickly. Dont keep you cursor on the world map when you pres s ctrl or your character will go into attack mode, and attack anything you click on. If this happens, simply press ctrl again to disable.

  • @XShrike0
    @XShrike0 Год назад +1

    They could go the route of Dead Cells where they add accessibility features. They could include the requests as options.

  • @montarakid1943
    @montarakid1943 Год назад

    I normally like RPGs, but the quirks that you point out that not everyone would like applies to me. And that's why I watch your channel!
    On to WarTales!

  • @RannonSi
    @RannonSi Год назад +1

    I remember that the prologue didn't catch my fancy, so, here's hoping that their sweeping changes are enough for me! ;)
    5:29 I think I'd prefer (might not work due to game mechanics etc.) if the new zones were loaded with you in the middle. As in, let's say that Splat is leaving the map (let's say that the world map is a 100×100 grid, each containing a 100×100 grid (the arrows) 345, 1:10 (aka upper left corner of the map)).
    Then the thing that loads at 5:32 should be pretty much map 244 (columns 60-100) and 245 (columns 1-60) - If that makes any sense - Pretty much so that you don't start in corners.
    6:27 Unless I'm misremembering, there's on treaty who describes a way to do it - And yes, it's running away and randomly swinging at the person closest to you (especially their legs) while you continue to utilize your points in stamina - Like Brave Sir Robin!
    21:20 Nice!
    25:49 Any reason for throwing away a blue, unidentified item?

  • @mrpiggrawgry
    @mrpiggrawgry Год назад

    I think there is an easy way to mitigate the saving issue. At the start of the game you should be able to pick the Ironam setting which would be unchangeable for the whole playthrough for that character.

  • @Targuil
    @Targuil Год назад

    I finally cracked the code on how to survive on perma death buildwise after dying countless times: staff + low tier geomancy battle mage stacking block, reduced damage taken, resistances, heaviest armor possible, multiple mobility skills, staggers, dazes, stuns and knockbacks for days. The new boss was hitting for 1 damage whenever it occasionally got past blocks. Enemies are allowed to do just about as much damage as to how lazy you are about setting things up at the start of an encounter.

  • @catriona_drummond
    @catriona_drummond Год назад

    I did put that one on my wishlist in 2019. Am taking it off now, thanks for the advice. Don't think I will reacquire the frustration tolerance needed to enjoy this in the years that i have left.

  • @Theoreticallyyou1234
    @Theoreticallyyou1234 Год назад

    This is my favourite game of all time. I must have played it for 10 hours a day over the past week, cannot wait for more updates even though they just released a new patch 😂!

  • @user-iu6sd8su3e
    @user-iu6sd8su3e Год назад +1

    Yes this is the one I was waiting for

  • @Unthinkable92
    @Unthinkable92 Год назад

    maybe having a "campfire" just randomly around the map which allows you to save will allow for a more fair way in terms of death

  • @aliakeel
    @aliakeel Год назад

    my favorite letsplay

  • @danburke6568
    @danburke6568 Год назад +3

    I play it for a few Hours...it was hard. Will wait for the game to be finished. Did like it. Would be awesome with the crafting and many elements they are working on.

  • @robfus
    @robfus Год назад

    There are bog battles contracts like on battlebrothers? It wpuld be sweet to have your character in a big battle slashing around and retreating if the battle goes bad.

  • @Masochist4Melons
    @Masochist4Melons Год назад +2

    If you are thinking about buying it. Buy it. Bought this last time splat made a video on it. Was great.

  • @alexanderlanglands3598
    @alexanderlanglands3598 Год назад +2

    Game looks awesome, I love the RNG and I love that theirs no respec

  • @5minutemovies977
    @5minutemovies977 Год назад +5

    I think it would benefit the devs greatly to keep sticking to their guns, but to add some gameplay options that the player can toggle.

    • @lava942
      @lava942 Год назад

      Difficulty sliders may come at the end of EA, probably will since quite a substantial amount of people ask for it on the forums.

  • @cb8323
    @cb8323 Год назад

    Watch your channel a lot - but happened to find Stoneshard before watching. I found your take dead on - grew up on 2ed AD&D as well and I love this game. Is it frustrating? Hell yes. But that needs to exist for the joy of victory to be as high as it is in Stoneshard. I have not followed the Dev so was very glad to hear Devs are sticking to their guns. This game is a ton of fun for their intended audience. Haters should just move on rather than pound away on something not intended for them.

  • @MrSanctuarys
    @MrSanctuarys Год назад

    tiger balm lmfao i love ya splatty

  • @darthnocturnis3941
    @darthnocturnis3941 Год назад

    This really is like Battle Brothers RPG.
    Edit: Now Splat is making the same comparison.

  • @CILinkzSpre3
    @CILinkzSpre3 Год назад +1

    looks interesting. if it comes out of early access i might give it a try

  • @luisphelipecarvalho5990
    @luisphelipecarvalho5990 Год назад +1

    Dang this game looks promissing, this is the kind of niche that i love
    Jesus how i love this channel

  • @urdnotwrex6969
    @urdnotwrex6969 Год назад

    also music is nearly identical to slavic or witcher kind of music which is AWESOME.

  • @DarrylCross
    @DarrylCross Год назад +1

    Just casually tossing away an item called "Oaken Shield"? And you call yourself a Dwarf!

  • @artofwar420
    @artofwar420 Год назад

    40 minutes! You know it’s a good one ☝️

  • @davidfletcher6703
    @davidfletcher6703 Год назад

    If you were referring to gladiators, the one with the net is the Retiarius, not Mermillo

  • @Gyuma0u
    @Gyuma0u Год назад

    Splat you should check out MartyParty - Ice Cream Truck (from the Sub ON release) for that sweet ice cream truck remix. Circa 2011 so been a while.

  • @iain-duncan
    @iain-duncan Год назад

    Holy shit... dwarves??? I'm in. I can tell from how you talk about it that you seem to really enjoy this one. It looks incredible to me, this is exactly what I'm looking for

  • @ThroatShredder1087
    @ThroatShredder1087 Год назад

    I bought this when you first showcased it

  • @whatwayzup
    @whatwayzup Год назад +2

    I've been looking forward to Stoneshard for a long while now. I don't buy into early access anymore so I'm holding tight for 1.0