Is BELLWRIGHT just Medieval Dynasty on steroids?

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  • Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
  • Bellwright is a new medieval action survival game launching in Early Access on the 23rd of April 2024. I hear a lot of people compare it to Medieval Dynasty as it does have some similarities as a hybrid of strategy, town-building, action, survival, and RPG game.
    But is it really a Medieval Dynasty “on steroids” like some people suggest? I was lucky to be invited to a closed beta playtest of Bellwright a couple of weeks ago, and here’s my take on it.
    Big thanks to Donkey Crew Studios for allowing me to playtest ‪@PlayBellwright‬ and to ‪@GamingwithKristi‬ for letting me use her raid footage! Go check out her amazing tutorials on Bellwright, you’ll learn some great tips for starting the game.
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    Heavy Interlude - Kevin MacLeod
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    Tavern Loop One - Alexander Nakarada
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    Chapters:
    00:00 Intro
    00:27 What is Bellwright
    01:07 Differences between the two games
    01:39 Combat
    02:21 Commanding an Army
    03:16 Raids
    04:18 Villager autonomy
    05:48 Building
    06:25 Survival
    07:44Conclusion
    08:26 Bellwright Release Date and Price
    #bellwright #gaming #medievaldynasty
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Комментарии • 179

  • @Im_Not_From_Around_Here
    @Im_Not_From_Around_Here Месяц назад +48

    I would trust the Medieval Dynasty developers more than the Bellwright developers which have a history of incomplete games.

    • @DarkchGameplays
      @DarkchGameplays Месяц назад +5

      exactly, they ignored the history of the company that never delivered what they promised, it looks like a paid review

    • @thevannmann
      @thevannmann Месяц назад +1

      Medieval Dynasty is really derpy.

    • @TheWorldsprayer
      @TheWorldsprayer Месяц назад

      @@DarkchGameplays especially since one of the key problems people have is the npcs doing stupid stuff apparently, and this reviewer is like "WOW the npcs DO STUFF".
      That said, it still looks like it's alreay better than MD in many ways. The MD fans had to practically BEG the devs to allow more combat.

    • @Ethrianor
      @Ethrianor Месяц назад

      This is true, but at the moment I'm seeing up to half a dozen updates every day. Not that that's a long term sign, but it's a positive move

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад +7

      I can assure you I wasn't paid for this video 😂 I was invited to the playtest which is what this video was based off, and then I bought the game like everyone else to keep playing it. So far I'm not regretting it

  • @LiddleA
    @LiddleA Месяц назад +13

    Wow this was such a great video! The side by side comparisons are fantastic!

  • @jacobboeser
    @jacobboeser 18 дней назад +4

    one thing about medieval dynasty that sets itself apart from other types of these games is that MD is mainly just a farming/decoration game with some survival elements. I don't think it was ever supposed to be combat oriented.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  14 дней назад +2

      Totally! Although did you see the next big update on their roadmap is a combat update? I'm very excited and curious about that!

  • @CoryG1981
    @CoryG1981 24 дня назад +5

    it is about time Mount & Blade had a Baby with Medieval Dynasty and made Bellwright .

  • @Bearclaw27
    @Bearclaw27 Месяц назад +5

    This video is EXACTLY what I was looking for! I enjoyed Medieval Dynasty a ton, but definitely ran out of stuff eventually (before even needing the "dynasty" aspect...). Thank you!

  • @yllbardh
    @yllbardh Месяц назад +3

    Fantastic video; it was quite helpful. I would be interested in seeing gameplay content as well. Keep up the excellent work. Thanks!

  • @scotywesty
    @scotywesty Месяц назад +3

    Great video! Helped me get much more hyped for Bellwight while I wait 12 more minutes to play it for the first time!

  • @atlantic_love
    @atlantic_love 23 дня назад +4

    Medieval Dynasty: survival aspects as an individual
    Bellwright: survival aspects as a group of people

  • @rappodon
    @rappodon Месяц назад +1

    Great Video. It helped me a lot. And I would love to see gameplay content.
    Keep up the good work. Thank you!

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад +1

      Thanks so much Rappodon, and thank you for the donation! 🙏

  • @Erki36
    @Erki36 Месяц назад +6

    Love the new games in that genre that are coming out. Always wanted Bannerlord + Valheim

  • @baronburgamot243
    @baronburgamot243 Месяц назад +2

    Brilliant video, such a succinct overview and comparison. Really well presented and put a new game on my radar. Got a sub from me, hope to see more Bellwright content on your channel!

  • @CaptainCrumbs
    @CaptainCrumbs Месяц назад +1

    Good video! I'd be interested in a bit of gameplay footage for sure :)

  • @SirJayWalker
    @SirJayWalker Месяц назад

    Great side by side comparison! I love this genre/setting of these games, so the more the merrier for me 😆

  • @ATrainGames
    @ATrainGames Месяц назад

    Excellent analysis and review Gwen! Great job!

  • @splashopain
    @splashopain Месяц назад +1

    Bellwright looks really interesting, especially combat. Looking forward to that clip you might share 😉

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад +1

      It does have interesting elements that we don't often see in survival games. I hope it captivates me more than Enshrouded, as I'm not much of a builder anyway!

    • @splashopain
      @splashopain Месяц назад

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden Enshrouded has some fun gameplay, but yeah. It is the building elements that drags people in for sure 🙂
      Anyway, if you'll play Bellwright, I'll sure watch it.

  • @cuddlebuff
    @cuddlebuff Месяц назад

    Thank you, this was a wonderful comparison.

  • @edu5250
    @edu5250 Месяц назад

    exceptional video, went to 2 or 3 streams to figure it out about this question and only now i have an idea

  • @skull7650
    @skull7650 Месяц назад +1

    Looking forward to it on Tuesday!

  • @lounatic8369
    @lounatic8369 Месяц назад

    very well done video! Sub! And yes, would love to hear more about the game and roadmap.

  • @KingKongveal
    @KingKongveal Месяц назад

    This looks awesome and I can't wait! I wish I had the chance to play in the beta! Of course you are concerned about the food. lol

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад +1

      Yes I think you'd really enjoy it!! Happy to play it with you if schedules align :)

    • @KingKongveal
      @KingKongveal Месяц назад

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden That would be awesome!

  • @WhiteStoneIndustries
    @WhiteStoneIndustries Месяц назад

    Extremely professional, well done!

  • @temijinkahn511
    @temijinkahn511 18 дней назад

    Very well done. Earned a sub!

  • @thebenny95
    @thebenny95 Месяц назад

    I heard Alexander Nakarada's music in the background, love his work! Great video, I just subscribed to your channel, keep it up.

  • @starkindler1134
    @starkindler1134 18 дней назад +1

    Perfect video, exactly what I was looking for. I'm very surprised you only have 1k subs, this video was the quality that I'd expect of a 200k-1mil channel!
    I've been looking for a replacement for Medieval Engineers since that game's development was abandoned, and Bellwright looks closer to it than Medieval Dynasty due to the larger emphasis on combat. I was very disappointed to learn the buildings are pre-built in both though, and that Bellwright doesn't really have survival mechanics. In the month since you released this video, have you learnt anything about if they have any plans to add free-form building like ME, or more in-depth survival mechanics like ME or MD?

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  14 дней назад +1

      Thank you so much 🥹 this means a lot.
      Totally agree with you there, if only MD and Bellwright had freeform building...! I dream of being able to build like in Valheim or Enshrouded. I doubt that will be added after the fact as it completely changes the building mechanics, but I suspect/hope they'll add more decoration pieces, customisable build pieces like different walls, windows etc like in MD. Bellwright Devs will definitely add more survival elements down the line, so that will make it interesting too

  • @Aussiecakes
    @Aussiecakes Месяц назад

    Super detailed, great info

  • @GentlemenMonkey
    @GentlemenMonkey Месяц назад +2

    I was very excited until I saw Snail is behind it.
    All I'm going to suggest is, wait and see how this goes before buying.
    They have....a history.

  • @_Morri_
    @_Morri_ Месяц назад +5

    Keep in mind that the company behind Bellwright has a history of releasing games in EA and never finishing them. It's worth checking out the video Kira did on it before you consider buying the game.

    • @xXChemikerXx
      @xXChemikerXx Месяц назад +1

      so what i heard is that they left last oasis after the player basis died.. but they still made 2 more seassons before leaving it after the player basis died. is that what you mean?

    • @_Morri_
      @_Morri_ Месяц назад

      @@xXChemikerXx What I mean is look up the youtube channel Kira and look at his video on Bellwright from yesterday. He explains quite clearly their previous projects and why he doesn't have faith that this one will get finished.

  • @ryansta
    @ryansta 17 дней назад

    Great video, and comparison.

  • @GamingwithKristi
    @GamingwithKristi Месяц назад

    Excellent!

  • @shodan6401
    @shodan6401 14 дней назад +1

    Yes, this was a great compare and contrast. Thank you.
    If they add just a couple of survival mechanics to Bellwright, it sounds like a nearly perfect game. Or perhaps some mods could be created? But I LOVE the NPC system. Sounds amazing.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  14 дней назад

      Thank you for watching! 🌸
      And yes I believe there are already some mods for Bellwright, and the Devs are keen to do mod support as they were modders themselves before

  • @OpticfIare
    @OpticfIare Месяц назад +1

    what an amazing video new sub here thanks for sharing this!

  • @Chiselchip
    @Chiselchip Месяц назад +1

    Great video! It was fun testing the Beta together!

  • @TwoCombsHolmes
    @TwoCombsHolmes Месяц назад

    Great video ty, subbed.

  • @mazdysoraya6121
    @mazdysoraya6121 24 дня назад +1

    Very nice review. Have both games. Both games have their own merits.

  • @delcien9697
    @delcien9697 Месяц назад

    great video - subscribed :)

  • @PerryDavisIII
    @PerryDavisIII Месяц назад +1

    you get a debuff in the cold

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      Yeah I didn't notice that in the playtest, seems to be the case now!

  • @Yt81818
    @Yt81818 Месяц назад +1

    Weather system is a must needs some sort of survival element like drinking water and winter being cold and farms get affected

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      Yes! But this will come later, the devs are working on it :) There's already limitations on what you can forage in the winter so seasons have more of an impact now

    • @Yt81818
      @Yt81818 Месяц назад +1

      @GwentheShieldmaiden game has potential but all the reviews say they will just abandon the game so I'm just gonna wait and see how it progresses

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад +1

      ​@@Yt81818That's fair, I played on stream for 9h straight yesterday and barely scratched the surface of all the content, I'll probably get another 70h out of it so I don't regret buying it for that price :) Glad I gave it a shot

    • @Yt81818
      @Yt81818 Месяц назад

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden iv just been watching your video lol

    • @Yt81818
      @Yt81818 Месяц назад

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden can you raid villages whenever you want not just bandit camps also will the other villages raise army's to raid you back

  • @zine_eddinex24
    @zine_eddinex24 Месяц назад +1

    I like these type of games

  • @RM-cv4tl
    @RM-cv4tl Месяц назад

    Love the game’s concept! If it spent more time in development then it could potentially turn out really well.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      Agreed! Looking forward to seeing what the Devs have planned next, and if it makes it to full release it has a great potential

  • @RaisinBran-ir4iq
    @RaisinBran-ir4iq 26 дней назад

    Medieval Dynasty seemed a little too tedious because of the micro-managing of the villagers. Bellwright, as you mentioned, seems to have greatly improved the mechanics of village management and seems to be a lot more fun. Think I'll try it out....after I complete the Ashlands in Velheim

  • @VersionBest
    @VersionBest Месяц назад

    I've played both and logged over 100 hours in Medieval Dynasty. I'm currently around 30 hours in Bellwright. From my experience, Bellwright is so much more grindy, sometimes almost to a fault. For instance, going to Tier 2 by building the Village Hall was a pain in the arse. For one, it takes so much resources and two, it takes forever to build. Even with assigning the villagers to build it, it still takes a while to complete. Also, researching and crafting things takes longer than it needs to be. In Medieval Dynasty I don't remember being pissed off quite as often because things were taking way too long to build. In Bellwright it feels like everything takes twice as long to build. Both are extremely fun to play, but I will have to give the edge to Medieval Dynasty because it doesn't piss me off as much as Bellwright.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      I'm also at that stage of the game, although I'm playing co-op so that helps a bit speeding things up. From what I can tell hiring lots of villagers and prioritising their tasks based on their skills is the key to alleviating a lot of the grind - I'm still wrapping my head around the prioritisation system. It may be worth submitting your feedback to the Devs as they are doing daily tweaks, fixes and adjustments based on feedback and bug reports :)
      I absolutely love Medieval Dynasty but sometimes it feels like pure micro management and not enough action. We'll see if Bellwright will keep scratching that itch or if it ends up the same :)

  • @GothikaGeist
    @GothikaGeist Месяц назад

    Thanks for the video! I've played Medieval Dynasty in the past but it was just... too passive? I played the Bellwright beta last year and I've been pretty hyped for it. Thing is now I'm trying to look for more info on Manor Lords since it keeps being compared to Bellwright. Either way, I want to give the Bellwright Devs a chance solely because I found the game to be very fun.
    I will miss those Survival Elements though. I actually really loved that in MD.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад +1

      I totally get the passive thing with MD, I love that game but really do miss action! I wish it were more like Valheim in that regard. Maybe that's why I'm enjoying Bellwright, it feels like the stakes are higher as you could be killed at any time by bandits!

  • @keyboardwarrior2
    @keyboardwarrior2 Месяц назад +1

    8:45 over 100 hours you say, more like over 10 years IRL. Building is just painfully grindy and long

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      Having enough villagers helps a bit to speed things up, and I am playing co-op with 3 friends so even though it's grindy, I don't feel the pain as much. I'm also not yet at tier 2 (still building the village hall) so maybe things will get harder after building wise. But it may be worth submitting your feedback to the Devs as they're constantly tweaking and patching the game based on player feedback. They've been very proactive on the official Discord to address pain points

    • @keyboardwarrior2
      @keyboardwarrior2 Месяц назад

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden you will see in tier 2 how painful is

  • @FurryDragonborn
    @FurryDragonborn Месяц назад

    I can't wait to try this game thanks to this great review, now i just need to buy a whole new computer to run it lol.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you for the lovely comment! :) And I hope you manage to run it! My old 8gb ram Acer Nitro 5 couldn't :/

    • @FurryDragonborn
      @FurryDragonborn Месяц назад +1

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden i have a 2gb video card and 12 gb ram, so more than likely not lol. Ironically Medieval Dynasty runs smoothly.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      @@FurryDragonborn yeah MD just about plays on my laptop so you may be ok?

  • @Star_User_ru
    @Star_User_ru Месяц назад +2

    A great video, i hella like it

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад +1

      Thank you so much! Glad you liked it :)

    • @Star_User_ru
      @Star_User_ru Месяц назад

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden my pronoun is a male/pancake now. Yay

  • @micahsmith1617
    @micahsmith1617 Месяц назад +2

    Thx for the video. Does anyone know if there is controller support?

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      Thanks for watching! From the official Discord: "We'll have controller support soon, it should work partially out of the box but you'll definitely be missing some buttons you need"

  • @SirSkunkalot
    @SirSkunkalot Месяц назад +4

    looks good. Hopefully with MD and SD the game loop doesn't get boring. Good thing they implemented some brains into the NPCs tho :) Also yes, the playtest video is requested.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      I think for Bellwright the combat/raid aspect will keep players on their toes, so they won't get bored as easily

  • @Antonin1738
    @Antonin1738 Месяц назад

    I hope they optimize the game and a fix combat/raids a bit.

  • @brentcowell5776
    @brentcowell5776 Месяц назад

    a bit of medieval dynasty n stranded dawn in my opinion

  • @Infinity.Gaming2023
    @Infinity.Gaming2023 Месяц назад

    Was watching SirJayWalkers Bellwright Stream and he mentioned you and came to check it from another perspective... Very awesome video and comparison between the 2 games... I feel like medieval dynasty needs more late game content to break the autonomy... it kinda gets boring late game without any action, but from what i watched, bellwright might be more fun with weapons and combat.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад +1

      Yes you've hit the nail on the head! I'm towards the end of my co-op playthrough of Medieval Dynasty and we've almost unlocked every building and decorated our town, there's not much else to do other than hunting for sport and endless fetch quests. I really want my kid to be of age to experience the dynasty aspect, but that's going to take another 100h of gameplay 😩 way too long

  • @user-uc2qk8wg6z
    @user-uc2qk8wg6z Месяц назад

    Question: I played Medieval Dynasty, one thing who bugged me was the repetitive tasks, I mean I can't play hours and hours so I'm annoy to spend my gaming time to collect wood and painfully skill my farming skill... what is your thought on that for both games ?

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      With both games you're supposed to hire NPCs to do the grunt work for you, to the point you should be able to be completely hands off... hypothetically. It's always still some micro management to make sure the NPCs collect the things you need, but if set up properly you should be able to cut out grinding entirely

    • @user-uc2qk8wg6z
      @user-uc2qk8wg6z Месяц назад +1

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden IIRC In medieval dynasty you need to skill your character to unlock techs. It was too repetitive IMO, but I did not play that game for more a year, maybe even two...

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад +1

      ​@@user-uc2qk8wg6z yes that's right, and in Bellwright there's an element of that but it's not as prevalent. To upskill you can read books that you find through quests or buy

    • @user-uc2qk8wg6z
      @user-uc2qk8wg6z Месяц назад

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden ok thx! I'll keep an eye to it

  • @Admiral_tintin
    @Admiral_tintin 12 дней назад

    Can't rule out the factor that Bellwright is for PC only and Dynasty is for both console as well as PC.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  12 дней назад

      Yes true! Although Bellwright might eventually come out on console too after 1.0, typically EA games are first released on PC until stabilised and optimised enough, and then develop consoles, cross-play etc. I hope they do!

  • @vhaste
    @vhaste Месяц назад +1

    it looks nice

  • @thiesen90
    @thiesen90 Месяц назад +1

    Nice video :) sadly i never gonna buy another game donkey crew, that did leave 3 other games in early acess, i dont trust them anymore

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      Thanks! I understand. I just keep my expectations knowing that the game might not evolve more, but in its current state it's enough for me to have fun so I was ok spending the money :) Also I had heard of ORKAM and LO, what's the 3rd game they developed?

  • @tribsta1018
    @tribsta1018 Месяц назад

    For me I was hugely disappointed with the NPC in dynasty. I am thinking getting bellwright for the better NPC stuff

  • @dominic.h.3363
    @dominic.h.3363 Месяц назад +1

    Oxygen Not Included already exposed the glaring issue with priorities, and non-specific assignments: workers do one step of a task and go to the next task, wasting time on traveling back and forth between them, taking forever to finish anything. I've had a worker with research on priority 9 and construction on 5, and it still lugged a single log from the communal chest to a building site, then went back to research for one second, before going on his way to fell trees, so I've had to completely disable all activities except research for that worker to stick to researching.
    Sorry, but eventually having to resort to disregarding priorities and setting everything to disabled while keeping one task active, is just functionally the same thing Medieval Dynasty already has with its own specific assignments, so there is no way less micromanagement nightmare involved here...

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      Yeah I'm still trying to wrap my head around this priority system now that I've played the EA version a bit, the devs have been taking feedback on those points so there might be some tweaks in the future. We shall see.
      I'm just happy they actually do stuff even without a specific assignment, rather than being idle like in MD

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад +1

      OH also you might have gotten the priority ranking the wrong way around: Priority 1 will get tackled first, Priority 9 is bottom of the list. So if you want them to do research first, you need to put it in 1 :)

    • @dominic.h.3363
      @dominic.h.3363 Месяц назад +1

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden ​ Now that's totally counterintuitive. Thanks. The issue I described with workers doing just one step of a task to go do one step of another task still persists with equal priorities though, just like it does in ONI.
      Oh well... releasing half-finished games is the norm nowadays, what can you do.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      To be fair it's in Early Access :) so yeah it's not finished, and if those issues are reported to the devs they can fix them quicker (they've already done 4-5 patches since release so they're definitely listening)

    • @dominic.h.3363
      @dominic.h.3363 Месяц назад +2

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden I'm a child of an era where you bought disks that actually had the game files on them, you put them into your computer, and what you installed was the game everyone was playing for years. Then came internet. Patching is convenient now. Higher speed internet -> larger patches are excusable -> what the hell, let's just not finish games and release them. Oversimplified, but accurate.
      The only excuse for unfinished content in my book is episodic content.

  • @TheTolz0
    @TheTolz0 21 день назад

    Will this be abandoned like all the others...ummmmm yes!

  • @hrd4mud
    @hrd4mud Месяц назад

    The gaming community is a toxic place. This game is great and a good comparison video. One tip eat meat it has a health regen aspect. And seasons have a small debuf slightly less productive in winter followers are have a small mood change because it’s raining and you’re running across the landscape.
    It’s a great game as is fully playable and complete story included right to end game at day one of ea release that’s impressive.
    I played medieval dynasty at day one. I couldn’t play it it was horrible I picked it up like 6 months later and enjoyed it ended up many hours in but at day one to day one this is insanely better.

  • @RameyFamily
    @RameyFamily Месяц назад +1

    It’s 3rd person manor lords

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      If Manor Lords would let you play as a character, and with the survival, crafting and RPG elements... Sure 😜

    • @RameyFamily
      @RameyFamily Месяц назад +2

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden the entire tech tree is manor lords.
      80% of this game is basically manor lords.
      All they did was add hunger to your person, and your the worker not the one telling others to work. Oh wait that’s there TOO
      It’s literally third person manor lords lol.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      ​@@RameyFamily I'd say it's closer to Bannerlord than ML in that case. But I still think they're totally different games in a totally different category. I'm not interested in playing Manor Lords because it's an RTS, while Bellwright is an action survival/RPG that happens to have battles and city building, which is more my thing. Ultimately it's down to the balance of different elements that will attract different players :)

    • @RameyFamily
      @RameyFamily Месяц назад +1

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden I’m a fan of both. I played the demo thing manor lords released last year for about a week.
      The similarities are basically copy and paste
      I do enjoy this game though but it really does seem exactly like manor lords when you look at the tech tree. And the workers in the community you build. Some of it even looks copy and paste.
      I’m a huge fan of banner lords. But lately the only modding community has been its only saving grace.
      Same with Total War if you’re a historical type gamer like me.
      What else do you guys play?

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      ​@RameyFamily I'm more of a co-op survival player so things like Medieval Dynasty, Valheim and 7DTD. Dabbled a bit with Enshrouded but wasn't taken by it, and sometimes play some Mordhau for bash bash (but I'm absolutely TERRIBLE at it but it's fun for meme value). And back in the day I played a bit of AoE 2. I really love Medieval Dynasty but it's a lot of micro management which can be frustrating at times

  • @dipanjanjha6208
    @dipanjanjha6208 Месяц назад

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  • @adriantcullysover4640
    @adriantcullysover4640 Месяц назад

    Wish they had generations. You can have children and pass down to the next gen. Imagine if NPCs also could do that.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      Yeah Medieval Dynasty has that, but not Bellwright as it would be very hard to manage alongside the raiding system (would children fight too? what if both parents die before a child is old enough? etc etc)

    • @Damnnnbruh
      @Damnnnbruh Месяц назад

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden can easily be managed. Poor excuse.

  • @SeemzLegit454
    @SeemzLegit454 Месяц назад +28

    This dev has a really bad rep. They always abandon their games. It's Manor Lord for me.

    • @Damnnnbruh
      @Damnnnbruh Месяц назад +5

      Weird that she didn't mention that

    • @troy5370
      @troy5370 Месяц назад +4

      Manor Lord looks boring even dev said it's casual city builder

    • @ThinkPositiveDude
      @ThinkPositiveDude Месяц назад +1

      Manor Lords isn’t a survival game, it’s a city builder that’ll be forgotten by the vast majority of people in a couple of weeks because the game barely has any content yet, I’ve seen streamers beat the game in less than 5 hours on normal difficulty

    • @Zierk11001
      @Zierk11001 Месяц назад

      Both for me

    • @yourmomsleftcheek1471
      @yourmomsleftcheek1471 Месяц назад +1

      @@ThinkPositiveDude my guy if it’s an early access game yeah I’m pretty sure you can beat the game in 5 hours, it’s like you people don’t understand the words “early access” or your just choosing not to have common sense

  • @flyingsquirrell6953
    @flyingsquirrell6953 Месяц назад

    Ngl I feel like they picked the worst time possible to release this game, because it’s not going to compete with Manor Lords, that’s a fact. They should have given Manor Lords a few months for the hype to die down.
    I’m still getting the game, just definitely not now.

  • @ronmillanoquerimit7430
    @ronmillanoquerimit7430 Месяц назад

    bellwright does not have backpack HAHAHAHA

  • @6Mourning6Star6
    @6Mourning6Star6 Месяц назад

    Idk, I learned that the developer's are owned by Snail Games, and snail games have a history of not being able to publish and host good quality, finished games.
    I bought Dark and Light when it first came out, super excited about it because it was like, fantasy medieval/DND + ARK, and content creators were going BANANAS over it.
    Then it just dropped off the face of the earth. Abandoned by snail.
    I won't purchase another Early Access game from them or any sub-developers owned by them again.

  • @joaquinflores8009
    @joaquinflores8009 18 дней назад

    Bay-tuh not Bee-tuh

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  18 дней назад

      Depends which side of the Atlantic you are ;) In Great Britain we pronounce it like the Ancient Greeks

  • @moose...
    @moose... Месяц назад

    Bellwright looks cool but I'm very sceptical seeing the developers, donkey crew. Their last two games got lots of hype and buys and were later abandoned before being fully released when they were unable to improve the games significantly and the playerbases died. The devs can either be viewed as incompetent or fraudulent, neither of which gives you lots of hope when buying into an alpha.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      That's fair, and everyone should do their own research and weigh the pros and cons before buying any game. For me, having playtested it and seeing how much content there is, it was worth the purchase and I'll get my money's worth in game hours, even if development goes no further

    • @ShevaiAsan
      @ShevaiAsan Месяц назад

      @@GwentheShieldmaiden That's all well and good, but that's like sitting down at a restaurant, paying for your meal; waiting two hours and only getting half the course and saying "Well, for the money spent even though we didn't get everything promised, I still enjoyed what they offered and the time we spent waiting."
      That's the problem; too many people are comfortable paying for a third or half of a promised product; and that promotes developers to look at the numbers and say "Well, the player base has dipped down, it's not worth it for us to keep making the game, let's shelve it and just start work on a new one, and people will buy into it in a year or two when we put it up as 'early access' and we'll see how that goes."
      Nobody goes into a restaurant, orders a meal, and when only a fraction of the meal is delivered; are happy to pay for less than was promised. Nor does anyone goto a movie and when the movie is turned off on the last 15 minutes, do they get up and say "Well, I enjoyed what I got to watch."

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      ​@@ShevaiAsandid you try the game though?

    • @TheWorldsprayer
      @TheWorldsprayer Месяц назад

      at the same time, those games were both basically mmos. this is at most a coop game. the scale and needs for development are far simpler here.

  • @ericbetterman9220
    @ericbetterman9220 Месяц назад

    Hey! It's the exact same terrible melee mechanics as that terrible game Oasis! I think they ctrl+c, ctrl+v the animations and everything.

  • @_Morri_
    @_Morri_ Месяц назад

    The crafting and building seemed interesting but I really disliked the intro of Bellwright. So much that i took it off my wishlist as soon as I saw someone playing the demo and heard the intro. The story seemed just so badly written and unrealistic that i lost all interest. What's your thought on the story? Does it improve further down the line? Are you forced to follow a rather rigid story arc and does the game end when you finish the story or can you play endlessly like in Medieval Dynasty?

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      Yeah the intro is a bit long winded, the TL;DR is just: you are coming back to a land you had to flee as a child after being wrongly accused of murdering the future King, now his sister is in power and a tyrant and everything's turned to shite Brexit style, so you come back to liberate villages from the bad lords and Queen. That last bit is really the key takeaway and end goal, but you're pretty much left to do whatever you want like in MD. There don't seem to be a rigid story line beyond that at some point you should liberate other villages, but not even sure that's being enforced.
      Good news is you can skip that intro cinematic ;)

  • @darrenbrown8877
    @darrenbrown8877 Месяц назад +2

    This is a really sketchy video (just like the developer). Comparing a game overly favourably to another game thats designed to be completely different.

  • @eagleswoop535
    @eagleswoop535 Месяц назад

    Lol just before Manor lords .... i didnt think much of the demo and what ive seen. Hope im wrong and its great. Battle though looks generic, bland and repetitive....

  • @boon6848
    @boon6848 Месяц назад

    the developers tend to leave their game hanging like last oasis so be warned, might 🏴‍☠ this sht just to try it out but wouldnt buy the early access.

  • @xWrongButtonx
    @xWrongButtonx 24 дня назад

    Note to devs:
    1. Speed up the pace of the game itself by at least 10%, ideally 20%, all around (way to slow to move/run without any gear, let alone when you equip full set of plate armor)
    2. Improve storage capacity for all buildings, by 100%
    3. Speed up the building animations by 30-40% (clicking on a few dots at first, to build any starter building is nice, but starting tier 2 and don't let me start on tier 3 buildings, it is a nightmare, especially when you need something quickly and you are doing all the building yourself, at night, when your AI helpers are sleeping)
    4. Combat needs a lot of polishing, for an early access experience it is ok, but leaves a lot to be desired
    5. Being able to equip only 1 cloth quiver is really handicapping you in any kind of raid scenario, should also be improved upon
    6. While finding food is not the issue, getting all the ore types is another story...
    7. Minimap needs a complete rework (it is a complete mess at this point).
    8. Getting the Bellwright status at any neutral village shouldn't be the prerequisite to build "Village archery range" and "Village training grounds", cause you need those buildings to help you earn required "Trust points" (they can only be build once you have maxed trust points). Not being able to place "Travel sign" closer to a village is ridiculous.
    9. No water interaction in any way, so kind of makes it funny having to provide food for your subjects, but water is not the issue.
    10. Day goes by really quickly, needs to be addressed in a way that we should get somewhere in the ball park of 40-50% more daylight than it is at the moment.
    Overall, game has a lot of potential, but also needs a ton of work. Judging their track record, I am not keeping my hopes high. If they manage to get things sorted out, in a few years time (I would say at least 2 more years before the official release) this game could become one of the best in genre.

  • @Integroabysal
    @Integroabysal 24 дня назад

    Idk , to be honest i was following medieval dynasty since 0.8 version , and it improved quite a lot along the way , but at the same time is was not that laggy , idk the visual in both look the same but the level of detail in bellwright is just out of place , i mean do we really need 150k polygon trees ? the game feels more like alpha then early access , ppl forgot how early access started all along, it started with games being almost finished , like they had the base gameplay but some content was still in development , now EA basically throw at you a laggy mess with somehow finished mechanics and stuff like that

  • @GameCritics
    @GameCritics Месяц назад

    AI is terrible. Even if combat works AI will just move straight line to you.

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      Yes it needs improving, but I found the bandits pretty tough to fight as they block as much as they attack

  • @user-sx2bl6qh9q
    @user-sx2bl6qh9q Месяц назад

    I will never buy another game made by snail games. Look at how they killed ARK survival evolved after promising a free graphics update that they then changed and sold back to us. Instead get Manor Lords. A developer that killed the multiplayer servers once they started charging real money for the same game with a graphics update is as bad as developers adding lootboxes after the reviews are out.

  • @elsdewit8541
    @elsdewit8541 Месяц назад

    Well for me its Medieval Dynasty for sure ! I dont trust the devs from Bellwright , like more ppl said , its there 3 th game , the other 2 where never finished! And then the publisher ,Snail Games ! Can it even wors !? So no , for me is Bellwright 👎👎👎

  • @deanburke1312
    @deanburke1312 Месяц назад +3

    Bellwright won’t be complete. Developers aren’t known for finishing or caring about games

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад +2

      Been playing it since release yesterday, only minor bugs that the Devs jump on straight away, and as far as I can see there's A TON of content, we've only scratched the surface. Looks like I'll easily sink 70h into the game and for that price, for me it's totally worth the buy even if they don't develop it further. But that's just my humble opinion :)

  • @mammasut8280
    @mammasut8280 Месяц назад

    Both games are insanely boring and offer no real challenge. And they are fantasy games, so a bit bizarre to compare them to games like Manor Lords.

  • @MrToxx525
    @MrToxx525 Месяц назад +1

    I refunded the game after it crashed a few times and realized that its developed by donkey crew and snail games. It'll be abandoned it a couple of months.

    • @hrd4mud
      @hrd4mud Месяц назад +1

      60 hours in hasn’t crashed once for me maybe check out your pc. And it’s pretty much finished it’s 100% playable and a lot of fun as is some tweaks would be nice but again 60 hours in and I’m just entering stage 2 building out of 3 so 1/3 way complete. From what I’ve seen of people further in it’s still complete it doesn’t just end which most ea at day of release you hit a wall saying story will continue later. I really like how they did placeholders for the acting and finished the story and will update it as it goes but it’s complete and can be played through.

  • @johnnypemail
    @johnnypemail Месяц назад

    beeta... beta!!! ugh

    • @GwentheShieldmaiden
      @GwentheShieldmaiden  Месяц назад

      Check the Oxford dictionary ;) we pronounce it the greek way in the UK ("vita")