I played YET ANOTHER 7 Souls-Like games you've never heard of (AGAIN)
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- Опубликовано: 1 май 2024
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episode 21 of Steam Dumpster Diving with somehow, once again, even more "souls-likes" you (probably) haven't heard of
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:25 Pseudoregalia
5:05 Lies of Penguin
18:18 Elderborn
25:20 Kristala
30:30 Crowsworn
39:50 Dysmantle
48:33 Stray Blade
1:04:40 Outro
also big thanks for help from:
GoogleyGareth for animating the intro sequence: / @googleygareth
Onua for creating the SFM pose of the knight in the thumbnail: / odynom
games played (in order of appearance)
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We really appreciated your feedback and hope you'll check out future iterations of Kristala! We were stoked to see you had so much fun with the Earthquake spell. Def a personal favorite of ours as well 😆
We're working on AI improvements including perception, patrols, and ways to deal with the player climbing on roof-tops. We also have a ton of unique stuff in store like our feline skill tree where you can acquire abilities like enhanced night-vision as well as additional stealth and traversal skills. On top of that, we are adding a full cat customizer so you can decide to play as any cat your heart desires, collectible familiars that will assist you on your journey, giant canine steeds you'll be able to ride around on during exploration, and six diff clans to choose from that determine your magic abilities with the ability to make hybrid builds in NG+.
Was really awesome watching you play and we're honored to be amongst such good company in this video. Really digging Crowsworn's art style!
I'm really looking forward to this game ❤
@@caetanofavretto thanks! we're so stoked to hear that :D
@@AstralClocktowerStudios Looking forward to the game too ! just beware of cheesy tactics (Like spamming earthquake to easily kill a boss)
Proud to have helped back Kristala, keep up the great work!
To combat the stealth issue, maybe implement a skill tree based on stealth giving you the option to unlock stealth attacks on different enemy types, and as standard having no backstab? Would make the game start off with a lot more movement and make you use the other skills in combat. Would also allow you playthroughs with no backstabs as a harder run etc! Looks good so far though!
Really disappointed in you for not reading the penguin lore at 5:33, it's surprisingly deep and has some serious implications
I love how much Vaati trolls 😂😂
I for sure would watch a lore vid about the Penguins.
Do a lies of penguin lore video
@@Yaboibaldboi heck yeah
The implications!
Lies of Penguin might be singlehandedly the most intense cinematic mess of a game I have ever seen
The world isn't ready for Lies of Penguin. I don't even know if I hate it or love it based on what I just watched 😂
May I present to you: Tomato Way
easy mode
one hit kills
in the best way possibe
Lies of Penguin had extremely intense cinematography for a janky mess of a game. It's perfect.
“Would you like to see the plot of the first one?”
That walk of text had to be self aware.
man, the amount of chinese people that died
imagine if there isnt even a first one and that's just a joke they made to fuck with people lol
Lies of penguin should get more money. this should be a 100 hour open world masterpiece. god damn it was amazing
I'm with you but hear me out. I think Lies of Penguin's narrative would be better suited to a high budget, high impact setpiece driven linear experience like Uncharted.
@@TayTayMakesBeats C'mon, we all know it needs to be a DMC style game, so we can see the Peng badassery in the most stylish way possible.
@@jays9869 Now we're getting somewhere...
@@jays9869 Yeah, it would make for a great DMC type of game
Lies of Penguin is the most effort I've seen put into a shitpost. Props to the devs
I love it XD
Some shitposters truly are built different
Yo they really didnt have to go that hard for us tbh lmao
I loved when Pengi sliced through the giants hand like Genji in the Overwatch 2 cinematic trailer. It makes a lot of sense now that I typed both names lmao
Shitpost games secretly make up most of the greatest games ever produced. From Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, to Jabroni Brawl: Episode 3, to Lies of Penguin… they genuinely have a far higher hit rate than more serious games
At this point you might as well start a steam curator list for all the souls likes you actually enjoyed enough to recommend
Oh damn, what an excellent idea!
Yay
I'm here to fourth this that'd be awesome
Yey!
👍
Lies of Penguin needs game of the year honestly. simply a gaming masterpiece.
i cant get over the fact that falling in water kills you as a penguin
Its almost like orcas swim faster than penguins and eat them.
okay robert
For crow sworn in the AMA stream they said that the death mechanic of loosing money would only be for the demo, in the full game there would be a lore-related death mechanic that they didn’t want to reveal
That sounds interesting, but also...super fundamental to the experience of the game and important to have fully play tested...real curious about that, now.
@@FFKonokoopen demo isn’t the only place a game gets play tested, they probably have several people with a few hundred hours collectively play testing the game before they launch.
I hope that means deaths won't have permnant, irreversible effects.... those are always cool on paper, but in practice they'll lose a lot of interest and sales
the symbol next to health bar is 100% taken directly for Darksiders
I would never get to see things like Lies of Penguin without this series, and for that I thank you.
Honestly, that was great. Seeing those kind of games makes me hope the devs get a good budget and a team at some point, because I'd love to see what they'd make if they made an actually polished game.
@@Gamer3427 I had the same thought. Sometimes I wish we could take the people that make really weird or funny games and give them some real talented people to bring it to life.
@@Gamer3427True its so cool !
@@LanceThumpingI'm curious if High on Life fits that description
Wow, the animation on Crowsworn is CLEAN
They hired somebody to do it because the Kickstarter was very successful and they could
@Dominik15013 That's honestly pretty smart if they don't have anyone in house that could do it better.
Too bad everything else is just a straight-up ripoff. They could have made a sick original design with unique mechanics. Instead they just copy-pasted HK aesthetics, enemies, and moves.
And HK just copy pasted aesthetics, enemies and moves off of other metroidvanias. Ultimately it doesn't matter if the game is good and Crowsworn looks pretty different from HK already.@@SnailHatan
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is absolutely a top tier game. I've honestly been chasing the high of playing that game since I was 10 and I've yet to see a game that captures the feeling of it quite precisely.
Was looking for somebody to comment on they clearly stole even the staff animation
Lies of Penguin was actually so hype that was insane my jaw DROPPED when pengi cut the giant robot arm
it was like genji in the overwatch 2 trailer
Pengi is Levi there, right?
@@xerox9680 Yeah lots of stuff in that game was references. It would be a lot less enjoyable if you're someone who doesn't get any of them. I missed the genji thing but now that you mention it, that's totally what it is.
Lies of Penguin really is the sort of thing you start off going "alright..." and end going "OOOOHHHH" at the final scene with the Pengi assist.
I got so hype when he came sprinting in
@@blakeog2034 i dead ass got a tear in my eye, that was amazing
The ending is better than Gear 5
Just goes to show that anime samurai battles are sick no matter the context
@@abderrahim4138naruto fan lol
Pseudoregalia got me hyped honestly, we need real soul's like with that parkour system.
-and also: -_-god daaammmmn-_
That is true, imagine wallrunning and jumping over a boss in order to evade an attack then land a massive attack. Also gawdayum
Love how "God damn" is the first reaction he had. The exact same thing probably happened when people first played Nier Automata
Lies of Penguin actually looks insane, i am watching this with the biggest grin ever on my face as the samurai penguin comes running in in the final scene.
Scenes like that are my favorite, where a former enemy or an ally you thought was dead come screaming out of nowhere to help clutch a last second victory for the hero. I can always feel myself getting misty at that, even in a ridiculous game like Lies of Penguin
That scene is so good, it literally is the Overwatch 2 trailer scene
Somebody give Lies of Penguin a budget of more than a few herring and we'll have ourselves a goddamn masterpiece.
your honestly not wrong
We need Lies of Penguin 3.
I can spare 30k
The fact that some of the devs of the games you review actually comment and respond to the constructive criticism you provide is honestly hella sweet. Shows that some of them actually care about what they produce and that they actually listen to their communities and give them what they want unlike some of these AAA titles an shit
The Pengi assist had no reason to be that hype! . Wow, the animation on Crowsworn is CLEAN.
1:1 of genji from ow2 cinematic
Lies of Penguin is hands down one of the best cinematic experiences I've ever had in a videogame. There's so much charm in this game.
I seriously forgot this wasn't just a video about Lies of Penguin, it was so Extra.
It may not have the polish, but it has soul
@@Bluecho4You’re not the only one 😅
Thank you for playing Stray Blade! I was the level designer on it :) You seem to have played close to launch and since then we have actually put out some major patches for combat and balance and actually reworked the combat system to remove the forced parries and dodges which should help it feel less rigid.
Are you guys planning on making the dialogue happen while moving? I feel like that would be a huge help. Can't wait to see your next project
Unfortunately there is no work being done on the game anymore. :( The dialogue system wouldn't be something we would touch anyway due to the complexity but we definitely learned a lot and knew that it wasn't ideal, tight constraints made it the most viable way at the time to get the story across@@kaemonbonet4931
Oooohhh this is good to know, it's already on my wishlist thanks to this video, I'll have to download it and check it out!
The game looks very charming, I will give it a try!
I love games with knights, so I will definitely try it!❤
Crowsworn looks so high effort and I love the aesthetic but I do wish they tried harder to stand apart from Hollow Knight
I mean, the Nose boss felt almost like a direct copy of False Knight. Jumping attacks, sweep attacks, stones from the ceiling...
It really just looks like a modded slighted reskinned hollow knight, uncanny like he says haha
For me the most egrigious aspect of it is the ui in a lot of cases just being exactly like HK. Like a lot of other things are very gente staple (though the environment designs also look just like hks style) but a lot of ui things just feel like they just went with hollow knights ui and it kinda detracts from it imo
@@joaofilipesilva5887 the rock throwing boss is literally dung beetle. This is straight up a copy of HK. And it doesn't even look like one of those cheap knock offs you see on mobile or anything. It looks like a perfect copy, a model changed modded Hollow Knight. I wonder if Team Cherry has commented on this game...
edit: apparently the devs are quite close and Team Cherry has shown its support.
@@Triatttthe spikes are also the exact same
Hey Phil of Premium Edition Games here. We are helping to bring the physical PS5 release of Kristala to console gamers and collectors. It was so awesome to see you play the game. That earthquake spell is definitely a fun time. Thank you for spotlighting the game for our partners. Keep up the great work showing off all these cool games.
Man, this content never gets old and its been years now. Keep doing what you're doing bro
True
Agreed, all this time and I'm still clicking these right as I realize they're uploaded
Nah it's gone on too long and 90% of the games are shovelware.
@@samantha_t99me when I’m being a contrarian just for the sake of being a contrarian
@@clmaoohahaha
Lies of Penguin unironically had me at the edge of my seat.
yo real shit that ending was hype fr
That ending !!!!
I literally jumped up and shouted when Pengi came to assist at the end, holy moly that was epic! Thank you for introducing us to Life of Penguin 2 - a cinematic masterpiece
I put 85 hours into Dysmantle, it's a great game to listen to music and progress through. Also has a pretty great story that slowly reveals itself to you. I accidentally spoiled the main reveal of the story while looking up a hint to a secret I had already found. That really upset me but it was my own damn fault. once you get a high-level weapon destroying an entire town is a lot of fun. I enjoyed the 2 DLC, my only complaint is that throughout the entire game, you see these flowers and can't interact with them until you do one of the DLCs (I did that one last on accident). But I do agree that it isn't a high-stress game but I highly enjoyed the experience.
The penguin game went from a joke to a cinematical masterpiece in the span of 10 minutes.
i was kinda mad when he said the it didnt take the dev long to make lol
@@Insane_Kane for an S tier shitpost it probably took the dev a while. Especially the fucking attack on Titan gear.
@@edfed3797 that had me rolling
Why was the music so good?!!!! It was actually bopping.
@@Insane_Kane Him staking it didn't take long is a relative statement, not long as in compared to many of the more serious games he featured, not as in they didn't put a lot of effort into making it fun
Lies of Penguin deserves multiple adaptations
we need disney photorealistic animation
@@oldcowbbno the low quality shitpost quality is what makes it so good
I love how pengi the blue flame comes in and chops off the castle golems arm is taken straight out of the overwatch 2 cinematics when genji saves tracer so she can plant the bomb inside the robots core 😂
I super want to give Pseudoregalia and Crowsworn a go.
And yeah, I had similar feelings watching your playthrough of Stray Blade. It looks like a game with a lot of heart that just doesn't quite hit the mark. I hope the devs aren't disheartened by a lukewarm reception to this game, because they really do have the potential to produce something great. I'd certainly keep an eye on their future projects.
I'm so glad a large creator looked at Pseudoregalia! A hidden gem that you can tell had a lot of heart put into it with some of the sickest movement I've seen
Dang, i really should play Dark Souls one day
@@LavaCreeperPeopleGood luck!
Why did they have to make the character so THICC
@@elixir478 because you'll buy the game just for that
the slickest movement and the thickest character 😫
Lies of Penguin truly shows that shitposting is a legitimate artform.
It does have a Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective sort of quality to it.
It reminds me of that Jimmy neutron pizza shitpost from years back, the way they just drag their feet when they walk like they are being pulled
High-effort shitposting is the most authentic form of content.
Crowsworn is TOO cool, those animations are just.... *chef kiss*
you've made a mistake in your sentence...
Crowsworn is TOO ripoff
@@MrPanGonzo Childish
Lies of penguin actually had me invested towards the end can’t wait for 3
This series taught me about En Garde, which finally dropped this week, and I'm so glad that it did
Game is dope so glad I found it here too. Hope a 2nd one is made in the future
Wait it did?! Gotta pick that up after work!
It’s so fun
The Pengi assist had no reason to be that hype! 🔥
Went hard
I hope Pseudoregalia gets expanded upon. It looks like with more time and some more polish, the game could be fantastic. What is already there has a high level of polish for a Game Jam title.
If Lies of Penguin get a big budget remake I would be down for that. It gives me the same vibes as stuff like Lollipop Chainsaw.
I love how Iron Pineapple really has developed an acute sense of game critique. He can identify potential design issues and improvements at a very high level and distills the points into an easily digestible format. It would be very easy to just have reaction/highlights of all these games but the additional analysis is great and informative!
He has definitely gotten better at it. It used to be a lot more surface level or nothing at all.
I learned about Psuedoregalia because the dev added an option to make the character wear pants because she could be too "distracting".
No pants plz
too many furries smh
11:03 "What you got?"
"Oh he has a gun" 🤣🤣
By the way you are an AMAZING reviewer of video games. You point out actually good criticism that devs should be aware of with certain game mechanics and just basic level designing tips. So props to that
I love how much _character_ Stray Blade had. Like even if the game itself is a bit jank with the combat and some of the bugs and AI, the characters and animations and voice acting are super fun.
That's immediately what I thought too. I thought the animations and voice acting were superb, props to the people working on those. It's a shame the gameplay part isn't as good
The image of Boji dragging the MC's dead body is so fun, and I really like his design.
I really hope the devs stick with it a bit longer to refine the rest of the package, it has a lot of heart imo.
Boji being voiced by Beast from Divinity: Original Sin 2 certainly helps as well!
I always have a soft spot for games with underwhelming/jank combat, but a compelling story or endearing cast that makes the experience feel worth it despite the shortcomings. Like the game might not feel good to play, but it can still leave an impression.
@@ajeje1996 Agreed! Gives me some huge Jack and Daxter vibes, too
Was not expecting Pseudoregalia to be on here, but I can vouch. That game kicks ass.
hehe, ass.
That furry cake doe
BADONKADONK
Was that a pun?
But why did they make the character so THICCK?
@@NeoEvanA.R.T all main characters should be thicker than a snicker. finally devs are coming to the light. female, male, reindeer thing, idc, lemme see dat booty drop. Elden Ring? Give me Elden Donut.
Just want to say, I really love how every video in this series has a different opening animation in the background for the intro. It’s a small touch but when it would’ve been so much easier to just keep the same one it really adds just that little bit extra to why I love your videos so much!
The first games's movement looked FILTHY good
Absolutely wild that you've never chosen to number these episodes. A true commitment to chaos.
Eh yeah, they're numbered in the intros though.
Lies of Penguin looks like a damn masterpiece.
Meanwhile Crowsworn looks like a Bloodborne dlc for hollow knight. Inspired is an.... understatement.
Please tell me Team Cherry isn't going to takedown crowsworn. It's the birth of hollow knight esque clones that we need right now. It'd be the perfect appetizer for silksong.
I hope they do, they should. This game is just a shameless disgusting ripoff
The boss fights in that penguin game are something else dude. I genuinely lost it when the Pengi: The Blue Flame started doing psycho crushers.
One of my core Dark Souls 1 memories are the stupid skeletons that try to psycho crusher you and then fall apart upon landing.
Started watching this video. Watched you play Pseudoregalia. Paused the video. Went and bought Pseudoregalia. Played through all of Pseudoregalia. Came back now and finished the video.
Man what an awesome little gem Pseudoregalia is. I'm so happy you featured it. The movement is so addicting!
Yeah I actually skipped most of that segment because I was like "wait this looks great, I'd rather play this before watching any more of it"
Same lol
Cake
Now do the same with lies of penguin
wasn't there another similar game way back when that was also a furry movement combat game?
edit: lugaru. you are welcome
it released as Overgrowth in 2017, apparently not anywhere near what they had promised.
I'm not sure how similar they are but furries tend to make good things when they can put ass in it
I wanna play Pseudoregalia!!!! I love 3D platformers where you can bounce around like that, and the MC has a lot of character in her movements (like the healing animation)
Crowsworn had a lot of Blasphemous DNA too, the boss kill animation and some of the enemies/locations
a ripoff
@@MrPanGonzo team cherry (hollow knight devs) are close to the devs and shows support towards it
This is truly the Dark Souls of RUclips series
Demon's Souls even
You’re telling me RUclips is a souls-like?
Iron Pineapple is the Dark Souls of RUclips channels
@@IIOver9000more like king’s field
Dark souls on dark souls is the souls like of dark souls
When Pengi come to help the Hero of Antarctic i legitimately lost my breath, omg, why is this game so epic and why am i so invested
💯
17:22 The Blue Flame Pengi cutting the arm of The Castle is reference of Genji cutting the arm of the robot attacking city with his Dragon Blade in Overwatch 2 trailer.
I love how Pine can show me a review where he concludes the game isn't for him, but still manage to sell me personally on the game, without letting ego or the need for his audience to agree with him on everything get in the way. I was a professional games critic for years, and Iron Pineapple is the kind of gaming content creator we need more of then and now.
Dude I was outright GIDDY when I saw this pop up on my feed this morning. This is my favorite series on RUclips. Thank you, Pine. I appreciate your hard work.
Me too, the quality of this series is incredible. I'm always so happy when I see a new episode.
Bro was outright GRIDDY
@@MLGProMaster-tu9tzYessir!!!
@@sanxxxxI’ll rewatch the whole series every couple of months. I’ll put it on when I go to bed sometimes. I like his voice and the way he mixes the audio. The volume of the games never gets too high that it wakes me up. My wife doesn’t seem to mind it either, and she complains about A LOT of RUclips shit I put on at night. 😂
These are honestly some of my favorite vids on YT
The Lies of Penguin climax had no right to go that hard
Damn the developer of that first game definitely knows how to get the player interested with that character model
Crowsworn definitely looks cool, extremely hollow knight inspired in visuals as well
Apparently team cherry likes crowsworn so much that Leth (one of the devs of HK) joined the crowsworn development team
i hope it gets canceled. All it is is just a ripoff of hollow knight
Loved the fact that the penguin trainer was a penguin version of Garen (Pegren)
Always so excited when somebody mentions Dark Messiah. It's is a shame there aren't more games like it
So good, I discovered it on a stream... Even now it's a great game to discover
Dark Messiah ruined first-person action games for me. Any time after, when I was playing Skyrim or similar games, I just couldn't deal with the fact that they didn't just straight-up copy Dark Messiah, thereby improving the combat a thousandfold
I'm ancient so I played Dark Messiah when it came out, and replayed it, and replayed it, and replayed it... it was so unique at the time and it's crazy how it wasn't just copied more
Game of my childhood
That game is amazing , and i cant understand how noone ever tried to use combat mechanics in other melee gamese , apart from dishonored, but dishonored have focus on stealth
I dont care what anyone says, that Penguin game looked lit af, that ending was dope
It looks amazing 😂
Blue Pengi came in clutch af
I usually like to comend all devs in videos like this, but Lies of Penguin just left me in speechless awe
Penguin with a metal baseball bat extruds pure POWER
And Crowsworn looks like even more fast pase and frantic Hollow Knight which is RAD
This series has introduced me to so many diverse and unique games, even some of the parody games look fun if you're looking for a short experience. Thank you Pineapple for spotlighting these games.
Legit. I bought Lunacid after watching Pine’s episode featuring it and had the BEST time. Regularly checking my Steam library for updates on it now 😂
Yeah, Pseudoregalia is more of a metroidvania than souls-like. Lots of plataforms and movement skills. But it’s super charming. And Ayooo, that bunny 🐰
you are cheating on Futanahri ayo
my horny ass could NOT play that game
Username 💀
You should change your profile picture and banner...
You should keep your pfp and banner. Great name too
Something I want to add in regards to Strayblade's battle mechanics; having the enemies flash a colour when their about to attack but STILL having the actual parry/dodge timing tied to the animation instead made it strictly worse. Actually just having no flash of colour at all and having us memorise which attacks can be dodge/parry would have been better. The way it was done in the game is very unintuitive, to the point that the flash kind of works against the player by essentially goading us to pay attention sooner than we actually need to.
I think committing either way to a more straightforward system of "dodge/parry when it flashes" or a a more challenging "learn the enemies' moveset" could have saved it from most of the criticisms in terms of the moment-to-moment combat
I've been watching your content for such a long time and I so genuinely look forward to these Souls like videos, every time I see that they're over an hour I'm so overjoyed to know I have an hour of quality entertainment and genuine critique ahead, thank you for the many hours of hard work that I know goes into each of these videos, you're fantastic!
Crowsworn looks like its going to be fantastic, i just cant get over how uncanny it is to HK
ye was just about to comment that, from enemy art/animation & the environment, even the player attacks look identical.. it's missing its own identity( gameplay-wise)
Yeah that whole game is s copy of HK
That beyblade boss is even the same, that the bouncing beetle it even has the same move set except for the spin
@@j11mz16 gameplay-wise there are differences though. The combat in the demo is different from HK due to how enemies behave and in the demo you don't even get access to other skills besides basic down thrust, and from trailers there were plenty of cool ones, and more importantly no guns, which seem integral to gameplay
@@Grizzly7155 False Knight? Brooding Mawlek? I don't know what bouncing beetle you're talking about but it's different from both of them. The rocks falling from ceiling is the same between False Knight and the Crowsworn boss, but other than that the attacks are different. False Knight doesn't spawn flying adds, and his tantrum attack works differently + it's part of the falling rocks attack, not separate
@@shalvei_ i think its a bit like dung deffender also you have to agree that it looks nearly the same as hk with the background the spikes the floating tiles and the boss rooms looks the same
:EDIT it also seems more difficult than hk it still looks super fun just if the world design looked different it would be nice
and if the people behind hk support it then obvi its ok to them so its ok to me
Lies of penguin seems actually amazing. I really want to see them make a real higher budget full game. Also you should try the penguin game 1
So stoked you played Kristala, dude. I've been following Astral's development for years and it's incredible to see some of my favorite content creators finally get their hands on it!
Stray Blade has some great voice acting, wow. I was expecting high cheese, but it sounded really good.
I like how you can play as SCP-049 in Crowsworn, that's pretty neat. (But in all seriousness, it looks fantastic, that art style is unbelievably good.)
Lies of Penguin... That's peak. I love it when they meme so hard it wraps around and becomes serious again. Amazing.
Psuedoregalia looks super fun.
Dang, I think all of these games actually have something going for them? That's insane. How well-fed are we this time?
Okay, Psuedoregalia looks like a game that would have amazing to watch speed runs. All that movement tech in the hands of a top tier speedrunner. I really hope the game garners more attention because that movement looks sick af.
I think you just want to see more PseudoRecoil™️
@@spartanswillnah, he wants to see them legs again
@@NathanTrubythe legs have purpose thoe, they be jumping 24/7
@@GoldGalaxianFinreports from the horny side of the internet is staggering, the game has VARY little in terms of horny art so far found like i have seen were i tend to look more safe class then not. i say the worlds sleeping on a nice title
@@lechking941it’s a tiny ass little indie game there’s no way ur already on rule 34 for it and expect content you need to be locked up
I honestly think Stray Blade has a lot of potential. Good luck to the devs. I’d definitely play with some updates
Same. I'd probably even put up with the combat. I like reacting, though it will get stale if you can't do anything else. Those boss bugs were pretty problematic, though. Seeing them refusing to attack the player was discouraging. But if they've kept working on the game, there's hope.
Little Witch Nobeta, something you covered like 2 years ago also got a full release, it has a unqiue spell based combat you should revisit as well :)
the idle animation for the character in kristala was absurdly clean
I never thought I'd be rooting so hard for a penguin equipped with a baseball bat and 3d maneuver gear today, but here we are XD
I worked on a game in the same jam as Pseudoregalia, that game completely blew every one out of water
went from your first "7 souls likes" to this and wow, your content has really evolved. Love the editing, and love your videos :)
Dysmantle is so weird, I genuinely enjoy that game
This has become such an impressive & important series. I imagine it's the sort of thing that unintentionally blew up on you. One of those magical ideas that wound up working out beyond your wildest dreams. Just want to say that it wouldn't be the same without you. If anyone else were doing it, a lot would be missing. Thank you.
These videos are something I look forward to constantly.
I agree, the exposure and feedback for indie devs is sick but I love getting reviews for hidden gems... I've never heard of Crownsworn or Pseudoregalia before but now they're on my radar
Penguin game looks incredible. That climax was straight out of KH2
Your damn right
The game that basically makes you buy pay to win DLC to beat the it on easy but you're not even mad because it's 1$ and you knew what you were getting yourself into from the Steam page. 🐧🐧🐧
the way I popped off when Pengi the blue flame penguin came back
@@Saber_234 I think it was from owerwatch no genji cutting the big bot
Crowsworn looks dope af. I LOVE the cartoon cutscenes and art style
Honestly the best part of this series is seeing the actual hidden gems and how much attention they’ve gotten since you’ve covered them. My steam wishlist has nearly doubled since watching this series. I know it’s a little more well known, but I’d consider giving “Tunic” a look. It was marketed like a Zelda clone but after playing it, it feels a lot more inspired by Souls. That being said, there’s a lot more to the game than just being “soulslike” and even if it’s not covered, I encourage everyone to check it out
I can't wait for the "I played 10 Core-likes you've never heard of" video
Probably someone else's video to make. But if Armored Core gets enough of a reaction out of people, we might start getting a bunch of cool mech fight games again, instead of strategy or more methodical mech games.
God Custom Robo or Little Battlers Experience, even Medabots here in the west (and with polished action combat), getting a new lease on life with a decent budget would be great.
I mean, there are probably enough games for 2 videos then he'd be completely out
That penguin game is so fucking epic dude. I kinda wanna buy the god bat just to support the dev. It looks a little janky for me personally but it is just dumb fun and is goofy as fuck. That's the kinda shit I like.
I have put 50 hours into Dysmantle since this video came out. Thank you so much for bringing this game to my attention Pine!
Some really excellent games on this episode ! Wow, can't wait to play the full versions of Crowsworn and Kristala.
Lies of penguin legitimately looks like one of the most fun games to play for the hell of it. Not good, not horrible, but just what you need when you want to have some dumb fun with friends.
Lies of Penguin just goes to show how deep the rabbit hole can go; it feels like a project made by someone with massive vision with no engine experience who just did their best. Big ups
just creative genius. I wish i had a fun idea like that to make a game
Love these videos you make, while they are fun, there's somewhat an educational value to it as well, especially for small developers that are taking their first steps. For me, personally, I have never really made my own game, but as I take interest in various development and game content evaluation, your videos really hit the spot :D
This has to be one of your best videos yet Pineapple. Thank you for using the god bat.
I CANT WAIT FOR CROWSWORN!
You've highlighted a BUNCH of good stuff in this video.
I absolutely love how the confusing QTE Chest in Crowsworn is brought immediate clarity in one brief "Oh!" moment, right before guaranteed death.
still not a good mechanic imo. If the intention is to not let you bruteforce chests while ignoring enemies then there are better options than to force you to do a qte everytime, especially when there aren't even any enemies around.
Enable enemies to stun you to out of the animation, lock chests behind a "enemy kill counter". Make the player unable to interact with chests if there are enemies around. Now it's just going to be annoying you have to perform that QTE everytime, especially on subsequent playthroughs or speedruns.
@@brent8407 > Let enemies stun you out of the animation.
They can already attack you during the animation, if there are too many around then killing you effectively stops the animation.
>Lock chests behind an enemy kill counter
Unbelievably lame. One of the worst ways to implement a system to prevent players from cheesing early treasures by not interacting with the game's systems.
>Make the player unable to interact with chests if there are enemies around.
They can already attack you if they are around, if there are too many around then killing you effectively stops you from interacting with the chest.
I was going to say that a good solution would be to not have the timing check on chests when there are no enemies nearby, but that would leave players unprepared for the check when they DO encounter enemies. My modified solution would be a 'hack' method/combination that will instantly open the chest when the player inputs it as a knowledge unlock, but players aren't given this information until extremely late into the game. This way any replays or challenge runs can avoid the delay of the QTE, but new players won't be able to cheese the game unless they are looking up info online, in which case they are already committed to cheesing themselves.
I want to quickly come in here and say that I took the risk and bought Stray Blade and I believe it is very much worth it now, they fixed almost every bug, it runs very smooth on PS5, they overhauled the old color coded combat and now it feels like proper souls combat, it had a lot of charm and love put into it, and I personally feel like it deserves more attention, if anyone here is a fan of those similar games such as Kingdoms of Amalur or Asterigos plus Souls it’s a must buy in my eyes.
I really appreciate this series. A lot of these games, you can tell that the people behind it have passion and talent, even if it's not fully honed yet. For those games, I find myself thinking "Wow, imagine how good their games will be in like 5 years".
This is the first time I've watched one of your videos.
DUDE, your narration is fun as hell!
Totally hooked and watched the whole thing. I am definitely subscribing.
Thank you!