Well, they only LOOK like games big companies make. Game engines make it easy to drag and drop lighting, physics, and basic conventional gameplay. But most of these indie games lack content, polish, balancing, cinematics, etc. You still need a lot of man-hours for a full big 3d game. And it's very hard for a small dev to create UNIQUE 3d models, animations, and unusual gameplay mechanics. So it's a tradeoff between AAA fidelity and real depth/creativity. Most will still use retro 2d graphics. It's true that indies have more tools available, but I think many people are mislead by the flashy surface-level stuff.
@@SubjectiveObserver I can agree that big companies has more cash and resources to polish up games, therefore you can check out newest "AAAA" games and I'm sure that many dev teams having at least chunk of these 4A games budget, would make still better games. I understand limitations of indie developers, but my orginal comment was about, that each year better and better games comes from smaller studios
@@SubjectiveObserver A lot of so called AAA Titles lack content, polish, balancing and charme too. The only thing they do have is cinematics (mostly). Starfield, Cyberpunk, Star Wars Jedi Survivor or Concorde. Buggy, horrible stuttering or just plain uninteresting. Even the "game of the year" BG 3 had problems that made it almost unplayable in multiplayer. Compared to these fine examples there are plenty of small studios who do/did much better.
Yeah now that you mention it, it does feel like that. HGL was one of my fav games (minus the bugs) back in the day. WItchfire Ive watched but not tried yet. This may be yet another combination title that just gets it right.
Someday maybe Splat will be a publisher, then with his thousands of hours of video game review experience he can push the development of a true Game To End All Games. It'll be even better than flappy bird.
Playing games doesn't automatically make you a great dev, publisher or game designer. And it' easy to say "I want this and that and that, now make that happen" but actually doing this you realize that some of these ideas are conflicting, that details matter a lot but take huge amount of times, that those details influence other aspects of the game, and, of course, that all of this needs to be funded, deadlines need to me met etc. pp. Finally his chaotic approach to games might be charming to watch in reviews but does it help to understand and create new games? This is a guy playing a wizard and only using his side weapon (pistol) because he prefers guns ... just imagine a guy like this being in charge for balancing games :)
I tried out 'none shall intrude' a rpg where you play as a Dragon looking to conquer a kingdom, get revenge on a knight that tried to kill him. It looks great and has cool attack combos.
Is it just me or anyone else has the feeling that the game looks very similar to Grim Dawn? The environment, the resources, the enemies and even the names a bit. Not saying it in a negative way, just can't unsee it
I felt that the dungeon was a bit on the bland side. Like it was a cave with no personality. And destructible things around would help. Also maybe a little louder on the gun sounds.
Game looks fun hope they continue cooking, improve sound design make the guns weightier and unique sounds, there’s more but what they have right now looks promising.
Okay, this looks like it's got fun potential, and I think I can tell you enjoy using the pistol more than the magic staff Those gun effects looks and sounds great Here's hoping for a good looter shooter with some soul
When I said I wanted to play shooty, steampunk, high fantasy like Elex, I actually meant this. Same as when I said I'd enjoy a 40K style game. (It is very washed out though.)
I'll never understand why devs put shitty filters on their games. Film grain is the worst, but the washed out milky look this game has going on is pretty horrible too.
Honestly quite mixed feelings with looter shooter. With games like destiny and borderlands on the market it's quite a high bar but I guess we'll see how they design the builds and enemies moving forward.
If citrine is just quartz then all geology is just rocks. Try giving your wife a Granite ring instead of a diamond and watch how quickly you are educated on how other people feel about the tiny difference between rocks.
@@e.matthews Citrine is not pure silica, fractional impurities of Iron give it a rich orange/yellow colour. The point is, if rock is rock, then splat's whole geological education is a wrought.
The level design in the Tangled Vault area makes no sense to me, it is like they placed random stuff everywhere and did not think of the architectural design of such a place. Not hating on this game in particular, a lot of games do this, but here it is very obvious.
This seems to have a bit of E.Y.E and Hellgate London feels to it. Combat looks a bit basic and the zones were really empty. I hope they can improve on that. I'm interested to see where this goes.
I could not STAND the level scaling in Witchfire. Its like having a blast and then you slam into a wall and its way too frustrating to try to climb. Leveling makes the game jump so drastically in difficulty that the game out does your pace making you move at It's pace rather than your own. Hopefully this is like Witchfire but without the killer Level Scaling. And no Gnosis Levels don't help. Level scaling happens regardless of Gnosis Lv in WItchfire.
huh? gnosis level is the only way difficulty increases. it was different before though. as of right now, the only thing character level changes is the warden appearing at level 4. otherwise, its only gnosis level that makes the world harder.
You are a few months out of date. Character level no longer affects enemy scaling in Witchfire. That's handled by the gnosis system, which allows for optional increases in enemy difficulty, along with greater rewards.
@@MrDedomino Wrong. They said Gnosis would replace level scaling. It did not. The difference between lv 10 and lv 12/13 are about 300% higher difficulty. And this is without leveling Gnosis at all. I never played in Beta either. Suddenly you start seeing the Drowned Captain and all his minions. The number of mobs to kill before you can get one Arcana jumps from about 6-8 to around 20-30 You go from facing a few husks to facing 3 Musket Snipers, guys throwing Ice Grenades and way more swordsmen. Then if you get up to lv 17/18. Then your facing all that plus Grenadeer Knights, Floating Demon Things, and constantly respawning portals hunting you. Oh and then the Witches Eyes ticking up to Cataclysm faster and faster.
@@Wolfsheim23so as someone who has played it recently you either ignoring the truth or are just wrong, gnosis DOES up the difficulty, levels shuffle enemies, the devs said this. Personally between the levels you mentioned I saw no increase in difficulty, enemy spawns, or enemy types. Now going to different maps has seen new enemies spawn and gnosis might have add new ones or just made them appear more, but on the isle of the damned I haven’t seen any of the grenadiers, floating demon things, or drowned captains, I have seen more elites spawn there, but again gnosis and map are likely what’s upping the difficulty, NOT leveling.
restores 1 health every 8 seconds....so, 10 health in 80 secs?....while having 600 health?..full heal would take way over 1 hour?....lol.....seems like a waiste atm
@@owensthilaire8189 not resent.....he and patt mills did a couple of dredd commics.....got one that is a hard-cover abc warrior spin-off from the story's from the mega-city's ( free translate from dutch)
Shouldn't be the UI one of the "easiest" things to do in the development of a game? Why do all these "good looking" indie games have the same soulless UI lmao.
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I love that more and more smaller studios can develop games that back few years ago only big companies were able to
Well the so called "AAA Studios" have become a joke.
@@NILBOG13 100% true!
Well, they only LOOK like games big companies make. Game engines make it easy to drag and drop lighting, physics, and basic conventional gameplay. But most of these indie games lack content, polish, balancing, cinematics, etc. You still need a lot of man-hours for a full big 3d game. And it's very hard for a small dev to create UNIQUE 3d models, animations, and unusual gameplay mechanics. So it's a tradeoff between AAA fidelity and real depth/creativity. Most will still use retro 2d graphics.
It's true that indies have more tools available, but I think many people are mislead by the flashy surface-level stuff.
@@SubjectiveObserver I can agree that big companies has more cash and resources to polish up games, therefore you can check out newest "AAAA" games and I'm sure that many dev teams having at least chunk of these 4A games budget, would make still better games. I understand limitations of indie developers, but my orginal comment was about, that each year better and better games comes from smaller studios
@@SubjectiveObserver A lot of so called AAA Titles lack content, polish, balancing and charme too. The only thing they do have is cinematics (mostly). Starfield, Cyberpunk, Star Wars Jedi Survivor or Concorde. Buggy, horrible stuttering or just plain uninteresting. Even the "game of the year" BG 3 had problems that made it almost unplayable in multiplayer. Compared to these fine examples there are plenty of small studios who do/did much better.
"I have a staff and a pistol, as a mage I will completely ignore my main weapon and use only my pistol
..."
Why cast fireball when you can cast bullet?
@@lewisphillips7223I cast non magic missile.
@@lewisphillips7223 You can learn how to cast fist from Denken if you have no mana or bullets too!
Like the anime Rune Soldier Louie, where the mage punches everything.
Hahaha:)
Typical Splat: picked a mage - uses only secondary pistols
He's conserving his energy for a worthy opponent 😎
yeah.. kinda annoying.. like why pick a mage class and then spend the whole time using the pistol
@@trg121GUN Wizards been real.
Yeah lol:)
@@trg121 he does this often.. He hates his RUclips audience
12:57 what do you mean a nicer gun? You're a wizard! Use the spells!
Picks a mage, "I cast gun"
Somehow this gives me the impression that Hellgate London mated with Witchfire.
I was definitely getting a Hellgate vibe from this!
God do we need a follow up to Hellgate or a competent rerelease with multiplayer (yes I know London 2038 exists)
Yeah now that you mention it, it does feel like that. HGL was one of my fav games (minus the bugs) back in the day. WItchfire Ive watched but not tried yet. This may be yet another combination title that just gets it right.
@@BuenoDrake we definitely do, that IP is insanely good for the style of game it is.
@@Spiffybaldguy Witchfire felt lifeless to me, I know it's early access just feel like it could have been better.
Someday maybe Splat will be a publisher, then with his thousands of hours of video game review experience he can push the development of a true Game To End All Games. It'll be even better than flappy bird.
Playing games doesn't automatically make you a great dev, publisher or game designer. And it' easy to say "I want this and that and that, now make that happen" but actually doing this you realize that some of these ideas are conflicting, that details matter a lot but take huge amount of times, that those details influence other aspects of the game, and, of course, that all of this needs to be funded, deadlines need to me met etc. pp.
Finally his chaotic approach to games might be charming to watch in reviews but does it help to understand and create new games? This is a guy playing a wizard and only using his side weapon (pistol) because he prefers guns ... just imagine a guy like this being in charge for balancing games :)
I tried out 'none shall intrude' a rpg where you play as a Dragon looking to conquer a kingdom, get revenge on a knight that tried to kill him. It looks great and has cool attack combos.
I tried that one out last night. Really interesting take on the genre!
sounds interesting, gonna check it out now
Dude sitting on a table doing absolutely nothing: I'm too busy to talk right now.
...yeah sure bud
Man Splatt a Video a day! How do you do it! Props to your grind my friend, stay healthy stay positive! Love your videos 🤘🏾
It just struck me that Splat is like an agent for game makers, like how literary agents are for authors.
I'm obsessed with the UI on the right when you pick things up - looks SO good
Is it just me or anyone else has the feeling that the game looks very similar to Grim Dawn? The environment, the resources, the enemies and even the names a bit. Not saying it in a negative way, just can't unsee it
it's like a first person grim dawn
Looks unfinished but promising. Thanks, Splatt!
What a video title!
This is one of those "weird places" games. Let's hope it brews up well.
Next Fest is like mini Christmas to me, thanks for sifting through the pile.
I felt that the dungeon was a bit on the bland side. Like it was a cave with no personality. And destructible things around would help. Also maybe a little louder on the gun sounds.
Game looks fun hope they continue cooking, improve sound design make the guns weightier and unique sounds, there’s more but what they have right now looks promising.
The aesthetic makes me feel like you are the bad guys
The aesthetic? Sure. But tThe quest to kill an ARCHANGEL didn't give it away? That nails it.
"for the emperor"
splat's years of conditioning kicked in and he had no choice but to click
Okay, this looks like it's got fun potential, and I think I can tell you enjoy using the pistol more than the magic staff
Those gun effects looks and sounds great
Here's hoping for a good looter shooter with some soul
"They gave me this weird lil' grimdark Baretta." 🤣
Reminds me of Hellgate London.
Yup, and not in a good way, at least for me...
Hopefully they do some re-modelling.
Like a mix of games. The dungeon reminds me of Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
What immediately calls a game into question is when spiders drop bullets as loot
Yeah this is hellgate london, which I am fine with
This actually looks good.
That is a highly playable love child of the boomer shooter genre.
Looks cool!
This reminds me of what I thought Fallout 3 could have been, something like Skyrim meets WW2. It is an interesting concept, one I intend to follow.
This feels like a Fey / Fantasy Version of like Hellgate London a little bit.
When I said I wanted to play shooty, steampunk, high fantasy like Elex, I actually meant this.
Same as when I said I'd enjoy a 40K style game. (It is very washed out though.)
Striking on the proper receptors there was hilarious
We have a Hexen spawn here.
Gotta say. I like what I'm seeing so far. Definitely going on the wish list and keeping an eye on it.
First person diablo style games - Hellgate London was fire. Damn I miss it.
Plays as mage; uses pistol exclusvely.
I'll keep an eye on this one
All hail the glorious sunballs!
Witchfire's little brother
Love the art style but hope for bit more polish to the controls. Everything feels bit quick n floaty like CS:GO which takes me out of the world.
i wonder if the washed out fog effect looks better on OLED vs LCD
Thanks for showcasing! ^^
The first guy that walked by when you mentioned his eyes being red. Looked like Darth Vader and one of the Killzone enemies had a baby. lol.
Holy moly, Bible accurate angels! Didn't expect that.
When in the video?
that gun recoil effect is triggering epilepsy that I dont have
Diablo in less dark setting with guns.
Definitely looks interesting.
man this looks rad
I'll never understand why devs put shitty filters on their games. Film grain is the worst, but the washed out milky look this game has going on is pretty horrible too.
Diabloom.
Serious Sam vibes
Do not discount that revolver. High DPS on slow shooting weapons makes those weapons hit HARD, so, so hard.
Honestly quite mixed feelings with looter shooter. With games like destiny and borderlands on the market it's quite a high bar but I guess we'll see how they design the builds and enemies moving forward.
Chooses mage. Plays with gun.
13:00 looks like your a kid with a gun running through a crypt
Feels like some kind of perspective issue
Good, bad - I am a g... mage with a gun! xD
Well, this is better than Hellgate: London
excellent!
Love you man
If citrine is just quartz then all geology is just rocks.
Try giving your wife a Granite ring instead of a diamond and watch how quickly you are educated on how other people feel about the tiny difference between rocks.
Diamonds are pure carbon, granite isn't. Graphite?
@@e.matthews Citrine is not pure silica, fractional impurities of Iron give it a rich orange/yellow colour.
The point is, if rock is rock, then splat's whole geological education is a wrought.
@@skipmage True enough!
Frankly I wouldn't take much of what Splat says on stream as more than jokes
game looks fun,sure needs some polish but i would definetly play this
Did you try the TMNT Splintered Fate? Solid Hades clone for 4 people.
The demo was on point
is that Jared Harris doing narration?
The level design in the Tangled Vault area makes no sense to me, it is like they placed random stuff everywhere and did not think of the architectural design of such a place.
Not hating on this game in particular, a lot of games do this, but here it is very obvious.
kinda reminds me of elex
doesnt look to bad but that head shake is way to aggressive
This seems to have a bit of E.Y.E and Hellgate London feels to it. Combat looks a bit basic and the zones were really empty. I hope they can improve on that. I'm interested to see where this goes.
Laser stick:):)
Game is WAY WAY WAY too easy. I don't think Splat ever lost a single point of health
fab looks like another witchfire.
YOU GAIN BROUZOUF
Diablo and Doom?? Hellgate London.... great game, btw
reminds me of Unreal 2 (the single player one)
So like a Hellgate London clone?
It pains me watching this guy not using his abilities despite unlocking them repeatedly
Picked magic class. Used magic .5 percent of the time.
2:25 Someone using premade grass-physics for tree .. sigh ...
Waiminute. This is Skyrim with guns.
If only...
Too bad that Witchfire is the only game I need currently 😅
Defintely has a Bill Roper London feel to it, gun sounds more like a pinball bounce back n forth
IS there a story? Gamepad supporT?
it´s a teaser demo,what do you expect?? 😄
You must of play a different version of Diablo then I did.
Bait title
Maybe youre young and dont know about diablo 1
@@richardPhilips2 for me its not "very vague", but if thats your impression, fine by me.
@@knuterthal5131 nm I double checked and I changed my mind it is kind of of like diablo , apologies
Comment for the comment god!
Splat always responds to his favorite comments.
Does anyone else find it hard to see, or is my screen just dying?
I could not STAND the level scaling in Witchfire. Its like having a blast and then you slam into a wall and its way too frustrating to try to climb. Leveling makes the game jump so drastically in difficulty that the game out does your pace making you move at It's pace rather than your own. Hopefully this is like Witchfire but without the killer Level Scaling. And no Gnosis Levels don't help. Level scaling happens regardless of Gnosis Lv in WItchfire.
huh? gnosis level is the only way difficulty increases. it was different before though. as of right now, the only thing character level changes is the warden appearing at level 4. otherwise, its only gnosis level that makes the world harder.
You are a few months out of date. Character level no longer affects enemy scaling in Witchfire. That's handled by the gnosis system, which allows for optional increases in enemy difficulty, along with greater rewards.
@@MrDedomino Wrong. They said Gnosis would replace level scaling. It did not. The difference between lv 10 and lv 12/13 are about 300% higher difficulty. And this is without leveling Gnosis at all. I never played in Beta either. Suddenly you start seeing the Drowned Captain and all his minions. The number of mobs to kill before you can get one Arcana jumps from about 6-8 to around 20-30 You go from facing a few husks to facing 3 Musket Snipers, guys throwing Ice Grenades and way more swordsmen. Then if you get up to lv 17/18. Then your facing all that plus Grenadeer Knights, Floating Demon Things, and constantly respawning portals hunting you. Oh and then the Witches Eyes ticking up to Cataclysm faster and faster.
@@Wolfsheim23so as someone who has played it recently you either ignoring the truth or are just wrong, gnosis DOES up the difficulty, levels shuffle enemies, the devs said this. Personally between the levels you mentioned I saw no increase in difficulty, enemy spawns, or enemy types. Now going to different maps has seen new enemies spawn and gnosis might have add new ones or just made them appear more, but on the isle of the damned I haven’t seen any of the grenadiers, floating demon things, or drowned captains, I have seen more elites spawn there, but again gnosis and map are likely what’s upping the difficulty, NOT leveling.
restores 1 health every 8 seconds....so, 10 health in 80 secs?....while having 600 health?..full heal would take way over 1 hour?....lol.....seems like a waiste atm
Witchfire clone?
the environment feels like an asset flip.
Omg nooooo. Dont shoot the little rat!
Is it just me or is the FOV like 12 or something? Headache inducing
pouch
Loved the stallone "i am the law".....someone been loving the commics!....abc warriors are my fav ( by simon bisley)
Bisley did ABC Warriors?
Or redid I guess.
This recent?
@@owensthilaire8189 not resent.....he and patt mills did a couple of dredd commics.....got one that is a hard-cover abc warrior spin-off from the story's from the mega-city's ( free translate from dutch)
Iridium, close enough to the Borderlands universe lolz
this.
Is it possible to disable screen shake or is the game made to be unplayable?
Aw man... AI voice for the games title sequence. :-/
Shouldn't be the UI one of the "easiest" things to do in the development of a game? Why do all these "good looking" indie games have the same soulless UI lmao.