I do wish the text was broken up more to prevent eye strain over long play sessionsw. Ex: This is what I mean. you dont have to move your eyes... At least not as much as before.
Absolutely in love with this reimagined version. I love how instead of taking out the annoying monologue, you guys made it way more visually interesting. I'm gonna play this game 100%
Yeah! That was always the most interesting aspect of yiik, and I’m glad Andrew and his team are leaning more into that weirder side, like yiik’s alternate ending and the stuff with Vella and 2k’s mind dungeons.
God damn it, this game. It's hard to love, but it's so much harder to hate. I think this is the first game that has given me Stockholm Syndrome, and I do not know how to feel.
I love how you guys chose to improve yiik despite the hate. Thats inspiring for todays age not gonna life. A tiny feature i do want to see is a enemy codex. Not a must have feature but if its added then i would love flavour text for all the baddies. Still keep up the good work guys.
For having not seen the essayist videos, you guys seriously met all of the critiques I've seen with insane clarity and polish. The extra details to animation, cinematography, design, and pacing really bring this from a homage of classic SNES RPGs into something completely fresh. 1.25 was a step in the right direction, and this is really shaping up to be a legitimately amazing title. Cannot wait for the release!
I ABSOLUTELY ADORE WHAT THIS IS BECOMING, I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE EPIC FIGHT WITH CLAUDIO. Alex talking into a mic for his monologues is such great way to change and adapt for the better gahhhhhh I can't wait for this update to come out so I can actually play for the first time and get the best possible experience.
Honestly, my biggest gripe from all of this is the weird screenshake some of the cutscenes/monologues have, it's quite annoying even if so small. Aside from that this is looking quite good overall
If you weren't there for the livestream on twitch, Ackk mentioned in a comment that it's being worked on still, and battle camera is already planned on having different camera modes to reduce/eliminate shake.
This seems legitimately really good. Like, not just an improvement over the original, but it seems like it'll be a great game that has a lot of promise, and can potentially stand among some of the greats.
This is both a great way to replay the game with the new foreshadowing and presentation but also just a better product for people who never played it before.
i really love that they decided to go with a new battle system that is quite interesting, instead of revamping their minigame system they decide to go with a more base rpg battle system but added their own flare to it with the bleeding and karta system
I'm really loving this new logo! Gives me strong Jet Set Radio vibes. You mentioned it's not read "4", but "1.5"; maybe putting more space between the I and V would fix that? Give the period more presence. Then again, misreading YIIK's title is a running theme; and after all, YIIK 4 was such an improvement, they completely skipped 3.
This is sick, leaning into the monologues is really cool, I always thought they were endearing for Alex. Plus all the new dynamic cutscenes that let the game's artstyle really flex. Super fucking hyped.
I didn't bother watching the entire video so I'm going to believe you but If I 100% complete the entire game and he doesn't say it then I'll cry a single tear that contains all the moisture in my body and will immediately shrivel up into a wrinkly raisin and it will be all your fault.
Oneyplays introduced me to this game and just that was enough to make me wanna play it, but now…. My mind is blown! Y’all put so much love in talent into this game and it shows. This is one of my most looked forward to drops this year. I know y’all got a bunch of flack for this game, but please know how much of a cult following y’all have. For better or worse, I wanna see y’all succeed. Never stop creating as long as your heart is in it. The amount of creativity y’all have shown is more than I’ve seen in the game industry in years. You’ve managed to keep me invested where other hailed games like Undertale or Omori weren’t able to. There’s nothing else like this
Absolutely incredible, I understood that yiik was a flawed game but it’s raw charm still made me love it; to see it as it as everything it was always meant to be makes me adore it even more. Just shows you’ve grown at developers
I see what you did there, calling the update "I.V" and having the new battle system based on blood. Never played this but when the update comes out I definitely will.
19:56 Holy fuck is that the unused final boss model that looks like alex turned into a dark souls boss character? This truly makes me Yiik the fuck out
@@linguisticspaceship oh right, i remember reading about it, how it was always there but you need to become literally schizo to find it. I always thought it was unused because the actual scene was kinda barebones with no voice acting whatsoever.
@@darksoulsismycity OH are you talking about the 4th ending? The 4th ending wasn't in the game initially. That's why there's no voice acting. The 3rd ending is fully voice acted
A lot of this is using cut content being readded or retooled. A ton of stuff alone from this was shown in the games first trailer but ended up being taken out for one way or another. Wilfrid/The Crow and I'm sure a lot of the new content will likely be based on expanding Cape Juno's demo and the other "cut ending " that wasn't even in the files only found on RUclips which I'm all for because this game really needed a focused villain. The base game felt so directionless without one and it kinda made the middle just so pointless.
As someone who I will admit. Got a lot of entertainment from reviews dunking on you guys. I did like the game’s look, and story had potential. I just think it face-planted the end. To see you improve it more makes me excited to see you succeed. Hope it goes well and you learned well
As someone who was excited for this game, bought it day one, didn't like it, and was cynical about the new update... This is promising and honestly I feel like watching this vod has made my mind open a bit more. I genuinely do feel bad for being as cynical as I was before tho, but again I am happy about this new update
Look. As easy as it is to clown on this game and the devs. Big dick chad move to actually take feedback and improve your project. I hope they keep grinding, and I'm sure they'll find their niche. YIIK at launch had potential. And I hope they realize that here.
I'm interested to see where this goes. idk if the devs are actually reading this, but if you guys could take one suggestion, maybe cut down on the shaky-cam in some parts? It works sometimes but other times its distracting.
I was in the stream chat and they did say the shaky cam stuff is something that they know is an issue. I do hope it gets used a little more deliberately and I think it likely will be improved.
i love the new aesthetic of the game. It feels like it has a clearly defined style and rhythm to it. Definitely will buy the game when the update comes out!
I just wanna say that I'm liking what I'm seeing here. The battles look like a massive improvement. A lot more engaging from what it appears and the snappyness of everything is great. Like it went from needing two loading screens to just a cut right back to where you were, that's amazing. If there's one thing I kinda don't like, it's how quickly the camera whips around the area to get the specific perspectives for attacks and such, mainly the regular encounters though I think cause of the occasional sideview perspective needing to suddenly face the target/attackers. The boss I think has a better camera cause I think it's fixed to one direction more during attacks. I think that could be something to maybe adjust a bit. Still though, good job all around though!
I mean yeah I know they mentioned having a static camera option, I just feel like maybe the camera could be tweaked a little more so that it's a bit more comfortable to not quite need it if that makes sense.
man, this is gonna become my favorite game of all time. It learns a lot from others Rpg, that transtitions it feel very fluid it learns a lot from Persona 5 and THANK GOD the battle system its more simplified
Are the Karta cards based off Tarot cards? 34:27 This reminded me of The Hermit Tarot card because both cards share an old man with a walking stick and both have the number 9.
The battle system is so much better both visually and mechanically. I will most defiantly be returning to this game. Great job on not giving up on your vision guys.
really liked the look of the short vids ive seen so far, cant wait to see the work youve done in this one. i really love this level of developer support
Geez this flirting lady stuff feels like a bit much for so early on to me. Maybe it was cause Andrew was understandably playing a lot quicker than new players would
I don't know if I can say YIIK looks good now, but I do know I can say YIIK doesn't look boring now. Some suggestions: The character sprites at this point seem completely unnecessary to me. They don't fit the otherwise hyper-polygonal aesthetic of the game, and they always looked kinda lame to begin with (all static and shit.) I think the game's dialogue scenes look plenty expressive now without them.
Okay, that bit where Alex YIIKman was running back through the entire tutorial area speaking into a fucking microphone screen-after-screen is the funniest shit I seen all week. More importantly: it feels like you saw a scene, thought about it some more, and came up with a creative solution to make it interesting. Good job, I hope the final product can be at least as funny as that was.
This looks a great improvement over the original especially combat wise, but my biggest problem with the game was always the writing/ story and it looks like that’s largely unchanged
yeah we can only hope they fix up the actual story, though at the very least its suggested by the trailer some scenes will help emphasise the role of the main villain, at least.
50:02 aside from my tangent that u think they should just let the transition flow without the sound effect, but otherwise I am in love with his monologues, especially when it includes other party members, instantly make me think of running shine's version of Alex 😂
I hope they get some more speaking portraits, especially for Michael. Just to... match expressions and voicelines better. AAAAAH THEY'RE ADDING CONTENT FOR MICHAEL AND THE SIBLINGS! THANK GOD!
Interesting changes, not a fan of card based turn rpgs, but you guys do you. Had some notes Remove that microphone transition for Alex's monologues. With the amount it's going to play its going to become increasingly annoying Unclear how to see enemies 'karta' outside of the actual battle animation, consider a ui element next to their health bars. Yellow bg isn't great for battles. Understand that you want it to follow your vision but you should put your best foot forward and not leave it to the player to configure a setup that's more visually appealing. Good idea having a palette per area to visually keep things fresh. Good touch having Sammy go into Alex's mind monologue zone, was hoping it would happen. Thought it would be a funny touch to have her even sitting in a fictional audience of one heckling alex. Consider having Alex put down the mic when he talks directly to Sammy so it differentiates between his monologue speech and his outer speech. Obviously the bleed for me line is annoying, even with variety it'll become grating, especially with the amount of time that animation will play in a full party vs many enemies fight. Consider having the enemy shadows become 'jacorta' shaped as a faster alternative but the allied party can have the full animation. The bare minimum if you haven't already made the option would be an accessibility feature muting that voice. Health bar ui is a bit of a struggle to tell how much health is actually remaining. Unclear how to stop or mitigate bleed once it's begun but hopefully it's clarified later on. I'm writing this at the Wilhelm point of the video, apologies if any of these get addressed
@@littlemoth4956 first get some reading comprehension. The mic transitions don't fix anything it's just an added sound effect that is going to play every time for all of alex's many monologues. second get some more reading comprehension I SAID that i know the player can change the background. That's not an excuse to have the default be an ugly color. if the ff7 default menu color was vomit green yea people can change it but why was it that color to start with? have some critical thinking
This game is genuinely an oddity of this Era. A mash up of ideas and styles from older more successful titles, but somehow has its own little voice in between. It really felt like somewhere in production it made a drastic rushed turn and would have been a smash hit if it stuck with its guns and original vision more aligning with the beta footage. They just should have focused on making a fun rpg like Earthbound instead of trying to become the next Earthbound. It had my intrest when I saw it on Kickstarter and it still does now. I'm glad to see ACKK sticking with it and improving thier game.
Omg, Alex can finally run, it's already a big + :) Edit: The battle system is so different (in a good way). I feel bad to have this as a free update ahah. Edit 2: do you have a "release date plan" ? End 2022- 2023 ?
As someone who's seen a really long video essay of the game and finds it pretty interesting (in many ways that are surely unintented), this update may get me to actually play it myself if it heavily reduces certain gameplay and dialogue tedium. Also, the body pillow idea scares me, but you should do it.
I was led to believe that Ackk Studios were incapable of improving, and that they would forever be hindered by their own hubris. Thank God I was proven wrong; this showcase (and the fact that the game itself was 50% off in the PS Store) made me buy YIIK. Now I'm patiently waiting for the 1.5 (sorry, I.V) update. That said, I prefer the old minigame-based combat system of the earlier versions, mostly because of how simple it is compared to the Dark Game.
@@michaelmckeown5396 Now that I think about it, the only thing "complicated" about the Dark Game is deciding whether or not to use the Karta as either shields or abilities (usually the former). Meanwhile, with the minigames, you could pull off a 70-hit combo with Alex's Beat Down and only deal 12 damage to an enemy, not to mention the nightmare that is LP Toss. Apparently, it's supposed to be overpowered as sh*t later in the game, but all the Smiles move so friggin' fast that I'd consider myself lucky to land even a single hit. I see now why the Dark Game is the main battle system of I.V; it does right what the original battle system didn't.
God damn. You really have to be impressed with these guys. After so much shit and backlash they actually end up making a good game in the end. Rock on seriously
I love the weirdness of all the new stuff, I can definitely see where the MOTHER 3 N64DD inspiration is coming from. Now that I know a physical release is coming, I'm gonna hold off during this sale and get that sweet sweet plastic to please my monkey brain.
The camera in the combat looks very disorienting, and I don't think it's just the speed that makes it hard to follow, it's also the angles and the zoom-ins
Maybe a reduction of camera whipping for nonessential stuff in combat? It's giving me a headache. I think its cool and all but I would want it reduced rather than turned off completely I sure fucking hope combat will be even more streamlined, the vampire doesn't need to be there. You people have come a long way and I am glad to see that you are putting actual effort and soul into this project. I am looking forward to the new update.
OH THANK GOD, you kept the "Vibrating with motion" line in. Good to see the soul of the game hasn't changed
This actually looks so good my god. Like every complaint seems to have been addressed. This could be a No Man’s Sky situation
i really REALLY hope so. YIIK has so much potential and i rlly want it to succeed because i knew what it was going for.
I do wish the text was broken up more to prevent eye strain over long play sessionsw.
Ex: This is what I mean.
you dont have to move your eyes...
At least not as much as before.
Yea I can see the potential in this game so am hoping they can keep on fixing something’s up to make YIIK into a good game
Absolutely in love with this reimagined version. I love how instead of taking out the annoying monologue, you guys made it way more visually interesting. I'm gonna play this game 100%
Yeah! That was always the most interesting aspect of yiik, and I’m glad Andrew and his team are leaning more into that weirder side, like yiik’s alternate ending and the stuff with Vella and 2k’s mind dungeons.
God damn it, this game. It's hard to love, but it's so much harder to hate. I think this is the first game that has given me Stockholm Syndrome, and I do not know how to feel.
Dude. This. I keep finding myself wanting to play it and idk why
It's a good game and you should play it. ;)
Alex Yiik make you siik
THATS EXACTLY HOW IVE FELT ABOUT IT
Alex is actually doing open mic nights about his weird experiences on his wacky adventures. That's actually kinda cool.
Wonder if they seen the Running Shine reviews
I love the way you portrayed his tangents, it's so stylish and shows off alex's ego. Also please link that tutorial battle theme, it slaps.
ruclips.net/video/zwMGqLPq1NI/видео.html This is the tutorial battle track
It's on the Bandcamp!
I was SO HAPPY when I saw that transition. This game might be the biggest comeback since No Mans Sky
It's on RUclips, it's called How to Vex Your Enemies.
It's on spotify. "How to Vex Your Enemies"
any AlexChads in chat?
All of us are Alex 😉
anyone YIIKpilled in here?
W-wait... Alex YIIK is REAL!? 🤯🤯🤯
I love how you guys chose to improve yiik despite the hate. Thats inspiring for todays age not gonna life. A tiny feature i do want to see is a enemy codex. Not a must have feature but if its added then i would love flavour text for all the baddies. Still keep up the good work guys.
Adversity builds character.
I'm a part of YIIK history dudes, i was the dude at the end saying ''Welcome to YIIK: A Post-Modern RPG" in VC at 3:23:48
Same! My username even got read out loud. Very fun stream
For having not seen the essayist videos, you guys seriously met all of the critiques I've seen with insane clarity and polish.
The extra details to animation, cinematography, design, and pacing really bring this from a homage of classic SNES RPGs into something completely fresh.
1.25 was a step in the right direction, and this is really shaping up to be a legitimately amazing title.
Cannot wait for the release!
I ABSOLUTELY ADORE WHAT THIS IS BECOMING, I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE EPIC FIGHT WITH CLAUDIO. Alex talking into a mic for his monologues is such great way to change and adapt for the better gahhhhhh I can't wait for this update to come out so I can actually play for the first time and get the best possible experience.
THIS GAME IS THE BOMB!!!
THERE'S A BOMB!!!!! RUUN!!!
This Game Blows!
@@cosmicfab7874 game seems pretty baller to me
@@phaidreo THERES A BOMB !!! FIRE!!! FIRE!!! EVERYBODY RUN FIRE!!
@@phaidreo FIREEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! EVERYONE RUN!!!!!!!!!
Honestly, my biggest gripe from all of this is the weird screenshake some of the cutscenes/monologues have, it's quite annoying even if so small. Aside from that this is looking quite good overall
If you weren't there for the livestream on twitch, Ackk mentioned in a comment that it's being worked on still, and battle camera is already planned on having different camera modes to reduce/eliminate shake.
As long as YuriOfWind is still in the cast. I'll buy this bad boy.
I love him very much.
It’s a free update if you already own the game :)
Rory, right? I knew that voice sounded familiar!
All the voice actors are returning so yes our boy indeed is here to stay
@@notafbiagent473 Good. I want Yuri to get a pay day. He hasn't been doing too great these last few years :(
@@yayababatoto Yuri is a childhood classic! He deserves ALL the good!
This seems legitimately really good. Like, not just an improvement over the original, but it seems like it'll be a great game that has a lot of promise, and can potentially stand among some of the greats.
This is both a great way to replay the game with the new foreshadowing and presentation but also just a better product for people who never played it before.
i really love that they decided to go with a new battle system that is quite interesting, instead of revamping their minigame system they decide to go with a more base rpg battle system but added their own flare to it with the bleeding and karta system
I'm a bit unsure at the moment but I do like how more dynamic and fast paced it is and how visually appealing it look at least in the tutorial.
I'm really loving this new logo! Gives me strong Jet Set Radio vibes. You mentioned it's not read "4", but "1.5"; maybe putting more space between the I and V would fix that? Give the period more presence. Then again, misreading YIIK's title is a running theme; and after all, YIIK 4 was such an improvement, they completely skipped 3.
2:54:44 I'm super glad to hear that they are making new games. I hope they make some good stuff!
This is sick, leaning into the monologues is really cool, I always thought they were endearing for Alex. Plus all the new dynamic cutscenes that let the game's artstyle really flex. Super fucking hyped.
When Alex finally says "it's yiikin time", I knew I had to buy physical copies to share with my friends
I didn't bother watching the entire video so I'm going to believe you but If I 100% complete the entire game and he doesn't say it then I'll cry a single tear that contains all the moisture in my body and will immediately shrivel up into a wrinkly raisin and it will be all your fault.
Yiiking out of orbit. This looks so good. I loved the style of this game before, but now, I want this injected into my veins. Can’t wait. 👏😤
Oneyplays introduced me to this game and just that was enough to make me wanna play it, but now…. My mind is blown! Y’all put so much love in talent into this game and it shows. This is one of my most looked forward to drops this year.
I know y’all got a bunch of flack for this game, but please know how much of a cult following y’all have. For better or worse, I wanna see y’all succeed. Never stop creating as long as your heart is in it. The amount of creativity y’all have shown is more than I’ve seen in the game industry in years. You’ve managed to keep me invested where other hailed games like Undertale or Omori weren’t able to. There’s nothing else like this
Absolutely incredible, I understood that yiik was a flawed game but it’s raw charm still made me love it; to see it as it as everything it was always meant to be makes me adore it even more. Just shows you’ve grown at developers
I hope the update does a great job for you guys :)
Woah! Verified moment
Not a fan of the game, but just the way you guys took what the internet dished out deserves respect. I hope this version does well. Great stream.
I see what you did there, calling the update "I.V" and having the new battle system based on blood. Never played this but when the update comes out I definitely will.
19:56 Holy fuck is that the unused final boss model that looks like alex turned into a dark souls boss character? This truly makes me Yiik the fuck out
well thats not unused, thats apart of the 3rd ending which hasnt been found yet. there are no "cut endings"
@@linguisticspaceship oh right, i remember reading about it, how it was always there but you need to become literally schizo to find it. I always thought it was unused because the actual scene was kinda barebones with no voice acting whatsoever.
@@darksoulsismycity OH are you talking about the 4th ending? The 4th ending wasn't in the game initially. That's why there's no voice acting. The 3rd ending is fully voice acted
A lot of this is using cut content being readded or retooled. A ton of stuff alone from this was shown in the games first trailer but ended up being taken out for one way or another. Wilfrid/The Crow and I'm sure a lot of the new content will likely be based on expanding Cape Juno's demo and the other "cut ending " that wasn't even in the files only found on RUclips which I'm all for because this game really needed a focused villain. The base game felt so directionless without one and it kinda made the middle just so pointless.
@@Theboobiehatch that ending IS in the game files. its fully playable and not cut
As someone who beat the original, I appreciate that you guys are taking the time to still work on and improve the game.
As someone who I will admit. Got a lot of entertainment from reviews dunking on you guys. I did like the game’s look, and story had potential. I just think it face-planted the end. To see you improve it more makes me excited to see you succeed. Hope it goes well and you learned well
The redone scenes are really nice, especially the ones with Sammy. The models really are plenty strong on their own.
they got updated? i didn't notice huh
Y’all are doing a fantastic job. Always had faith in y’all, and I know it wasn’t misplaced. Keep it up!
As someone who was excited for this game, bought it day one, didn't like it, and was cynical about the new update... This is promising and honestly I feel like watching this vod has made my mind open a bit more. I genuinely do feel bad for being as cynical as I was before tho, but again I am happy about this new update
decent changes, the highlight is 1:32:03 with the jerma teacher noise
Look. As easy as it is to clown on this game and the devs. Big dick chad move to actually take feedback and improve your project. I hope they keep grinding, and I'm sure they'll find their niche. YIIK at launch had potential. And I hope they realize that here.
this unironically looks great, cant wait to yiik again
40:33 HE SAID IT! HE SAID THE THING!!
Finally, Persona 6
A redemption arc not seen since FF14 V1
I'm interested to see where this goes. idk if the devs are actually reading this, but if you guys could take one suggestion, maybe cut down on the shaky-cam in some parts? It works sometimes but other times its distracting.
They said there will be accessibility options in the menu to reduce motion!
@@yayababatoto oh I don't mean in combat, I meant in some of the cutscenes
I was in the stream chat and they did say the shaky cam stuff is something that they know is an issue. I do hope it gets used a little more deliberately and I think it likely will be improved.
i love the new aesthetic of the game. It feels like it has a clearly defined style and rhythm to it. Definitely will buy the game when the update comes out!
I just bought the game for PS4 because it was 50% off.
Now I'm waiting for the update.
RORY BODYPILLOW! RORY BODYPILLOW! RORY BODYPILLOW! RORY BODYPILLOW!
I'm so excited to play this!!!!! I'm so glad you didn't stop making games!!!
All the menus this game had throughout it's run have been pretty good looking, would be cool to have an option to change between them
thanks for keeping the vibrating with motion line lol.
alex running like that looks so goofy it's oddly in character
19:40 start of gameplay
y'all ain't ready for Yiik to be a GOOD game...
I just wanna say that I'm liking what I'm seeing here. The battles look like a massive improvement. A lot more engaging from what it appears and the snappyness of everything is great. Like it went from needing two loading screens to just a cut right back to where you were, that's amazing.
If there's one thing I kinda don't like, it's how quickly the camera whips around the area to get the specific perspectives for attacks and such, mainly the regular encounters though I think cause of the occasional sideview perspective needing to suddenly face the target/attackers. The boss I think has a better camera cause I think it's fixed to one direction more during attacks. I think that could be something to maybe adjust a bit.
Still though, good job all around though!
I think they mentioned that you can tweak with the camera settings for battle
Yea, what Alex Yiik Irl said. And it's still a work in progress, I believe they'll probably tweak it a bit before release
I mean yeah I know they mentioned having a static camera option, I just feel like maybe the camera could be tweaked a little more so that it's a bit more comfortable to not quite need it if that makes sense.
@@PhoxphorusKitKat Makes sense, having an inbetween of totally static camera and camera that's moving more than is comfortable.
man, this is gonna become my favorite game of all time. It learns a lot from others Rpg, that transtitions it feel very fluid it learns a lot from Persona 5 and THANK GOD the battle system its more simplified
Are the Karta cards based off Tarot cards? 34:27 This reminded me of The Hermit Tarot card because both cards share an old man with a walking stick and both have the number 9.
The battle system is so much better both visually and mechanically. I will most defiantly be returning to this game. Great job on not giving up on your vision guys.
really liked the look of the short vids ive seen so far, cant wait to see the work youve done in this one. i really love this level of developer support
Geez this flirting lady stuff feels like a bit much for so early on to me. Maybe it was cause Andrew was understandably playing a lot quicker than new players would
Oh my god it's amazing how they managed to make the inner monologues way more interesting holy shit.
I don't know if I can say YIIK looks good now, but I do know I can say YIIK doesn't look boring now. Some suggestions:
The character sprites at this point seem completely unnecessary to me. They don't fit the otherwise hyper-polygonal aesthetic of the game, and they always looked kinda lame to begin with (all static and shit.) I think the game's dialogue scenes look plenty expressive now without them.
Okay, that bit where Alex YIIKman was running back through the entire tutorial area speaking into a fucking microphone screen-after-screen is the funniest shit I seen all week. More importantly: it feels like you saw a scene, thought about it some more, and came up with a creative solution to make it interesting. Good job, I hope the final product can be at least as funny as that was.
This looks a great improvement over the original especially combat wise, but my biggest problem with the game was always the writing/ story and it looks like that’s largely unchanged
yeah we can only hope they fix up the actual story, though at the very least its suggested by the trailer some scenes will help emphasise the role of the main villain, at least.
So hyped. This will be the greatest turnaround of our time.
im gonna be so annoying about this game for YEARS bro. ppl arent gonna be able to escape me talking about it. so hype this shit looks amazing
real
50:02 aside from my tangent that u think they should just let the transition flow without the sound effect, but otherwise I am in love with his monologues, especially when it includes other party members, instantly make me think of running shine's version of Alex 😂
I'm all YIIKed out.
I hope they get some more speaking portraits, especially for Michael. Just to... match expressions and voicelines better.
AAAAAH THEY'RE ADDING CONTENT FOR MICHAEL AND THE SIBLINGS! THANK GOD!
Interesting changes, not a fan of card based turn rpgs, but you guys do you. Had some notes
Remove that microphone transition for Alex's monologues. With the amount it's going to play its going to become increasingly annoying
Unclear how to see enemies 'karta' outside of the actual battle animation, consider a ui element next to their health bars.
Yellow bg isn't great for battles. Understand that you want it to follow your vision but you should put your best foot forward and not leave it to the player to configure a setup that's more visually appealing. Good idea having a palette per area to visually keep things fresh.
Good touch having Sammy go into Alex's mind monologue zone, was hoping it would happen. Thought it would be a funny touch to have her even sitting in a fictional audience of one heckling alex. Consider having Alex put down the mic when he talks directly to Sammy so it differentiates between his monologue speech and his outer speech.
Obviously the bleed for me line is annoying, even with variety it'll become grating, especially with the amount of time that animation will play in a full party vs many enemies fight. Consider having the enemy shadows become 'jacorta' shaped as a faster alternative but the allied party can have the full animation. The bare minimum if you haven't already made the option would be an accessibility feature muting that voice.
Health bar ui is a bit of a struggle to tell how much health is actually remaining. Unclear how to stop or mitigate bleed once it's begun but hopefully it's clarified later on.
I'm writing this at the Wilhelm point of the video, apologies if any of these get addressed
First, absolutely not. Those mic transitions fix so much of them.
Second, they said you can change the bg…
@@littlemoth4956 first get some reading comprehension. The mic transitions don't fix anything it's just an added sound effect that is going to play every time for all of alex's many monologues.
second get some more reading comprehension I SAID that i know the player can change the background. That's not an excuse to have the default be an ugly color. if the ff7 default menu color was vomit green yea people can change it but why was it that color to start with? have some critical thinking
Kinda disagree on the "Bleed for me." Maybe I'll hate it as the game goes on but I think it's a very pleasing sound effect.
I still wonder what the name of the overworld song that sounds jazzy I think it was outside the mall. I can't find it.
Here some answers (Conversation Material, Reflection). PS: I'm not sure. 😁
@@Terranigma23 I want to walk to that song since I saw Running Shine's review of Yiik.
This looks incredible.
I'm very glad the creators don't absolutely despise the OneyBoys like Chris thought they would
I yiiked all over the place while watching this
This game is genuinely an oddity of this Era. A mash up of ideas and styles from older more successful titles, but somehow has its own little voice in between. It really felt like somewhere in production it made a drastic rushed turn and would have been a smash hit if it stuck with its guns and original vision more aligning with the beta footage. They just should have focused on making a fun rpg like Earthbound instead of trying to become the next Earthbound. It had my intrest when I saw it on Kickstarter and it still does now. I'm glad to see ACKK sticking with it and improving thier game.
Great work!
Omg, Alex can finally run, it's already a big + :) Edit: The battle system is so different (in a good way). I feel bad to have this as a free update ahah. Edit 2: do you have a "release date plan" ? End 2022- 2023 ?
Running Shine is entertaining, yes, but he definitely gave some really good pointers. Especially with menu design!
i might actually get this game now.
As someone who's seen a really long video essay of the game and finds it pretty interesting (in many ways that are surely unintented), this update may get me to actually play it myself if it heavily reduces certain gameplay and dialogue tedium. Also, the body pillow idea scares me, but you should do it.
im yiiking out so hard this looks genuinely really good
IM STRAIGHT YIIKING OUT RIGHT NOW
I’m excited
This is so visually striking compared to the original would absolutely shell out more money if this wasn't free
THIS IS INSANE.... IM SO FUCKING EXCITED.
cant wait for the update!
I gotta know the name of the song at 41:51 it is way too good to ignore
It's a new song! They said it'd coming soon.
Amazing job
Can’t wait for yickiv
I was led to believe that Ackk Studios were incapable of improving, and that they would forever be hindered by their own hubris.
Thank God I was proven wrong; this showcase (and the fact that the game itself was 50% off in the PS Store) made me buy YIIK. Now I'm patiently waiting for the 1.5 (sorry, I.V) update.
That said, I prefer the old minigame-based combat system of the earlier versions, mostly because of how simple it is compared to the Dark Game.
The dark game is pretty simple, it's just standard tbc with a card system.
@@michaelmckeown5396 Now that I think about it, the only thing "complicated" about the Dark Game is deciding whether or not to use the Karta as either shields or abilities (usually the former).
Meanwhile, with the minigames, you could pull off a 70-hit combo with Alex's Beat Down and only deal 12 damage to an enemy, not to mention the nightmare that is LP Toss. Apparently, it's supposed to be overpowered as sh*t later in the game, but all the Smiles move so friggin' fast that I'd consider myself lucky to land even a single hit.
I see now why the Dark Game is the main battle system of I.V; it does right what the original battle system didn't.
I love the world of Yiik
God damn. You really have to be impressed with these guys. After so much shit and backlash they actually end up making a good game in the end. Rock on seriously
So this update(definitive edition) is available on Xbox too??
YIIKTASTIC
Michael Gang Michael Gang
I love the weirdness of all the new stuff, I can definitely see where the MOTHER 3 N64DD inspiration is coming from.
Now that I know a physical release is coming, I'm gonna hold off during this sale and get that sweet sweet plastic to please my monkey brain.
Has Alex's record attack been removed?
THIS LOOKS GREAT!
Genuinely excited fer this
Bought the game recently in preparation for the release of this
The camera in the combat looks very disorienting, and I don't think it's just the speed that makes it hard to follow, it's also the angles and the zoom-ins
We have a fix camera mode and also an option to mute the colors for players who find it overstimulating.
Thanks for the feedback!
Please make an alex yiik plush
I would buy one
36:16 oh fuck oh fuck he's getting morbed!
This could be interesting, I'll have to take a more in-depth look
I may actually do a new playthrough of the OG, just out of excitement for I.V
could I possibly choose between the new main menu and the previous one? I just kinda love the old one more but I still dig the new one
The abandoned hotel music with the organ is sexy as hell, not gonna lie
YIIIIIIIIK YEEEEES YIIIK
Holy shit the visual improvement. Only critique visually would be the running particles, they look kinda out of place
Maybe a reduction of camera whipping for nonessential stuff in combat? It's giving me a headache. I think its cool and all but I would want it reduced rather than turned off completely
I sure fucking hope combat will be even more streamlined, the vampire doesn't need to be there.
You people have come a long way and I am glad to see that you are putting actual effort and soul into this project.
I am looking forward to the new update.
Bleed for me
@@linguisticspaceship I am yiiking out of my mind