It seems like there’s some issues with development, but at least there’s a consistent newsletter to show the developers are actually working on the game
They have had to dealy the game from 2023 to 2024, I think the switch and coop are taking longer than they thought, but like you said it is nice to have a newsletter :D
I saw this a while ago on kickstarter and completely forgot about it before this video. Looks like a very ambitious game which can kill a lot of indie projects, especially with open world titles, not to mention how each creature needs its own unique gameplay style. I’m no programmer but seems like a ton of work and I hope the team manage to pull through.
Personally I think there are a lot of concepts with the game where I think the devs bit off more than they can chew: - The way they develop new mons, it doesn’t really seem like different moves could be learned by all mons. Not having that extensibility will be an issue as they develop more and more monsters (trust me I know exactly how much work it is) - The type system strategic “countering” isn’t going to be reflected in the gameplay in the end and definitely isn’t now imo - I can’t remember how many monsters were promised but I remember it was quite a lot for a third person action game. I think it was a number near 200 - The personality/specialized dialogue stuff sounds kinda nutty. Seems like an ambiguous and ambitious feature. - Open world and dedicated PvP game are both massive amounts of work I don’t think they will make it to full release on the delayed year (2024). I don’t suspect they have too many kinfolk saved up in the back. Maybe a dozen or two dozen. That’d be my guess. But I think that’s all fine because they have so much planned. The game will get made and it’ll be awesome, it’s just going to take a long time. And when it does get made, I think it will be well received automatically based on all of these massively desired things. The game is definitely not a scam and taking a long time won’t ever make it a scam. It’s just one of the most ambitious monster taming titles ever and it’s going to take even longer than what is currently predicted I think. But people will love it for that once it’s done.
This is a very well articulated comment. That raises a lot of valid concerns. I believe they ended up with 159 planned creatures after the Kickstarter was done. Can you elaborate a bit more with what you mean by ‘with the way they develop new mons’? Also, you’re the dev behind Grimmlins Tale right? I recall seeing you comment frequently
@@dangernoodle5831 I recognize you as well! Yes, I am the developer of Grimmlins Tale. On the way they develop new mons, I generally mean that from what I can tell, they might not be developing their monsters/their moves in a way that is as extensible as I feel they would need for the scope/scale of it all. I might be wrong about what's under the hood though, but I can elaborate on what I mean. From what I can tell, when they make a new kinfolk they essentially have to make the assets (vfx, animations, and code) for their moves newly every time for every kinfolk. Pokemon for example, doesn't do this at all. They animate pokemon in idle, taking damage, walking, doing a ranged attack or two, and doing a physical attack or two. This is why tail whip in Pokemon Sword and Shield rotates the pokemon in place. Not an immersive choice, but a choice in the name of extensibility. If they didn't do this, and instead wanted an actual tail whip animation then essentially for each physical move with a different motion 900-1000 more animations would need to be made and accounted for in the game code. Extensibility is important when developing with limited resources for a game in a genre like monster tamers since everything is just multiplied by hundreds with so many characters. I am not an avid player of the alpha myself, but I have seen people play it. I believe that for a lot of moves, only one specific kinfolk is really able to use it. What I mean is that Slyphur for example has a dash/pouncing move with an animation to match this action, but I don't believe all or any other kinfolk has an animation to work for this move as well. Or I don't think there is a digging animation for any kinfolk besides shovel butt. Also I'm speaking on the alpha where they only learn like 5-6 moves (I would assume there may be more learnable by the mons in the future, so even more need to be made one by one). If each move for each mon needs custom animations, vfx, and code, then I don't know if they'll actually be able to accomplish that even in a very long time. They may either need to figure out a way to apply moves to all monsters like what I'm trying to do, or maybe scope back something (either number of monsters or moves or something). In Grimmlins Tale, any move can be slapped onto any mon theoretically. I always make at least these 12 animations so that all monster could theoretically use all attacks: basic attack, ranged attack, physical cooldown, take damage, die, jump up, float up, float down, electrocuted, idle, and walk. This dictates/limits what kinds of cooldowns/animations I can plan my moves for, but it also means, if I want say 100 attacks, I will only have to implement 100 attacks, and I can spread the functionality/assets of those attacks around onto multiple Grimmlins. I sacrifice some design freedom to multiply my work by each monster (80x) as long as I can still design cool moves and animations around my animation constraints. In Pokemon, any pokemon can use mega punch theoretically, because the visuals are animated entirely through vfx and nothing moves from its spot. Tons of variables are controlled. In Kindred Fates, everything has to be done more precisely to feel good in terms of placement, animations (especially), programmed functionality, and vfx. I think it is cool and fun that there is a lot of uniqueness to mons and their moves in how kindred fates seems to be doing it, but it does worry me as a developer just thinking about all of the work ahead. Do let me know if I'm wrong and any kinfolk can use any move. Or if there are at least some moves that can transfer over. And like I said, I'm very pro Kindred Fates. I'm rooting for them to awaken a whole sub genre of real-time monster taming that'll help me out one day with grimmlins AND be fun to play personally.
I invested in the kickstarter back in 2019 and feel a tad bit concerned. Palworld spent half the dev time and is getting a confirmed release date in 2024. But Im keeping my hopes up! They send out updates consistently and I even got a cute plushie.
Holy Shit, this is what I am talking about. 3D controllable pokemon fights in an open world no turn based nonsense. I have been thinking about this forever and wished GameFreak would do it in a new game or at least go to the Pokemon Colosseum style combat.
They really need to do what Palworld has done and get the game polished enough and release it on Steam in EA giving keys to backers (like me). I’m sure they’re probably kicking themselves right now that Palworld has succeeded so high. I’m not sure this would’ve done as much but I think it would’ve probably sold a good million or more if they had released with some good marketing. The thing that got me to back it despite not liking to back anything (because what has happened with it), is the idea of the kinfolk “flame” fading out. If done right, it could really push a deep connection between the player and the monsters. At this point I’m a bit jaded and don’t even think it’ll come out. But we shall see. That there’s not a newer video from you on it I’m not really given any new hope
Nice video Ed, I agree overall with the points you made but as one of the really only 4 regularily active players in the alpha right now, I'd like to add a few things: First of, you correctly identified that the devs have two very different mindsets when it comes to communicating details about the gameplay and details about the story and Kinfolk (the creatures). Gameplay is discussed very openly, with a few developers even partaking in regular open conversation on the discord with people giving feedback on the combat in the alpha. I have talked to multiple devs personally, and by their interactions with the community I would be surprised if the passion of at least those devs I talked to is faked. To anyone thinking in that direction: I find it highly unlikely that KF is a scam. Rob (the creator and lead of Kindred fates) has expressed a strong opinion of revealing as little as possible about the single player content, which is what poeple in the Kindred Fates community are generally most exited about, and leads to most of the criticism. Reveals of new Kinfolk designs are infrequent, as part of the same philisophy, they want to keep most of the designs a secret until launch. The alpha has been updated regularily, and me and a few others are trying to give quality feedback, but I feel like the effectiveness of the community feedback for the combat is not that great overall since there are very few active people in the alpha right now (which isn't really that unusual for a premium alpha with a community of this size). A personal concern of mine are also the visuals and sound of the game at this point, although it is fair to assume that work on that is reserved for a later stage of developement and it might be a bit early to critique that quite yet.
Yeah the visuals are a bit of a concern as well. I think it might partially be, for me, because a lot of other kickstarted mon games usually have a set artstyle early on. While KF still seems a bit undecided and inconsistent. At the same time I don’t know enough about game development as to whether this is common 😅
As one of the other 4 normal players I can 2nd that the devs are very active, have a normal newsletter and updates that take our feedback in mind. I also agree that there is almost no chance that KF is a scam.
Yea sound design is kinda hard to do unless all the vfs is done and ready, but yea, sound design can totally make or break a game, especially for one with fog as a main mechanic in the open world
I hope they get this game out soon, it’s been too long: I backed it and might just have to get my money back! I did receive the plush character from the game that I ordered but while I know they are working on the game still, they never seem to give any indications of when they hope to actually release the game, I bought a digital copy for Switch with my pledge
I suddenly remembered about this game today while watching a coromon stream, but couldn't remember the name. So after a quick search about "monster tamer games" the name of gym leader ed popped up a few times... And look at that! Your latest video is exactly about this game! Sucks to see that we're still more than 2 years away from release, let's just hope it makes a bit of noise so i can remember about it again
Gonna love keeping up with this video series Ed. Glad you’re deciding to do it. Personally I’m glad if a developer can atleast offer occasional or consistent updates on a games development. I can understand that it’s very difficult to do so because of how unpredictable game development is but for these types of crowdfunded projects it’s super important.
My biggest advice to anybody making a kickstater/game/project is this: Don't over promise. The game looks promising but I get the feeling that the devs have alittle too much work on their hands trying to work on all the stretch goals that were made. Lastly, I really hope this game gets all the dev time it needs and is released only when it's 100% complete.
Thank you for making this video! I remember discovering the Kickstarter back when it dropped, but lost it and could never find it or remember its name! I'm so glad to see that it's still in development and am excited to see where it goes!
And imagine the extra kickstarter goals. They'll need a lot of time, the game will be made but it will be cooking in the oven for maybe a bit longer than 2024
After seeing some kickstarters give false promises or just not go as we all hoped, I do want this game to be the monster tamer game we've always wanted and then some, revolutionising the genre, being a competing game that causes other franchises to improve as well. I hope they know what they are doing while also listening to their fans and audience. I know it's not a AAA company making this game, but there have been small groups or individuals that have blown us away with writing or some creative designs, so fingers crossed.
@@BrutalFelix82 Debatable, I am not a fan of the MMO aspect of Temtem, so for me it's MH Stories 2. Nice turn-based combat with speed settings and (nearly-) auto-skip for battles when overleveled. Little to no random encounters (only in extremely limited areas), most encounters are in the overworld. Great animations, great sound, great designs of monsters, weapons, armors, cities and the world in general. Exploration feels nice, though I wish the areas were slightly bigger, but maybe I'm just being greedy. Nice story, not really complex or too deep, but consistent and gets things moving. Monster customization with genes is great, though the egg hunting can get a little grindy for some specific genes.
I hope you continue to do more videos like this. I think it is very important to hold the devs accountable. Hopefully, it will make them think twice about being sure that they are going to be able to deliver on what they promise to do. Ambition is great, but it needs to be tempered with a heavy dose of what can be realistically accomplished. I have been seeing more and more games on kickstarter and I have to be a lot more decisive about what I choose to back,
Unless all the stretch goals are post launch updates, I don't see this game coming out in 2024, been following the newsletters and the game came a looong way since 2020. It IS coming out but will definitely need to be cooking in the oven for a bit longer
I love this video idea!! I hope you make more of these for other games. As for kindred fates then it’s still one of my most anticipated games. Rewatching the Kickstarter trailer has given me the same chills I had when I watched it for the first time so I really hope they don’t suffer another development heck ups and release a good game
This is the one we NEED to pop off. What Pokémon should be by now. At the very least in side games if you think main series should stay traditional jrpg
The title of this video gave me a heart attack! I was worried for a moment that the game was cancelled or something without me realizing. "What happened [insert game here]" has kind of an ominous tone to it. Maybe just calling the series "Where are they now" - the second part of the this video's title - matches the vibes better?
I was having trouble fitting 'where are they now' into the thumbnail template, so was looking for a shorter phrase lol. That was my original idea, but what happened can just barely fit lol and still makes sense since its a pretty neutral statement IMO. 'what happened?'-its still in development just not as prominent on the channel as it used to be since updates have been behind the scenes
I have a weird relationship with KF. On one side, I still want to believe that the game will be faithful to Skymill's initial vision when they launched the Kickstarter campaign. On the other end, even though they post info about the single player campaign in the newsletters frequently, I'm still left feeling that I backed a PVP-focused arena game more than a full-fledge monster taming RPG with PVP aspects. And I know the team is particularly protective of the story and kinfolk, but I feel like showing a little more of the world they are building, how your relation with your kinfolk affects dialogues, etc would go a long way into keeping the community interested and hyped about the single player campaign. They have been improving on that over the last few newsletters, but we'll see if this keeps up.
Im a huge pokemon fan. and of course, monster tamer genre. I played Nexomon but feels retro... Temtem is cool, but have things that I hated in pokemon. forced double battles and net connectivity are things I feel shoud be optional. Kindred Fates, when introduced, was the thing closest to a good game, compared to pokemon. when Legends Arceus came out, the dieing thing (trainer) and Ursaluna made me think about Kindred Fates. Hope it turns great.
Good to hear it's still in development. I would really like to see this one fulfill the ambitious goals it set out. If it pulls it off, I think it could be a gamechanger for monster taming RPG. Personally, I'm a bit skeptical.
In a way Kindred fates it's what atteacted me to Your channel ando My first reason to sub. Hope it gets finished. The arena on it's own it's pretty fun.
I have been a player since alpha day one, I'm in love with the game with over 150 hours in the alpha alone, I have even taken on myself to make a kindredfates video everyday until the game comes out :) So I would have to say yes I see great thing for this game moving forward, the devs are very active in the discord and the newsletters/alpha patchs are all wonderful :D
The game idea looks sick it needs to come out it has some cool concept art the idea that it could come is very exciting hope they begin working I will be waiting
they should SLOW the animation of the skills and their travel speed. And Add some animation for the movement, that are too jerky. In addition, the moves should be more closely linked to the physiology of the kindred. The bear could breathe fire from its mouth instead of "conjuring a burst of fire from a distance". Or ignite the claws and use the fiery claws to inflict fire damage. In short, less MAGIC and more REALISTIC.
How do we know the project wasn’t a scam? Two guys came out of the blue and claimed to be able to make a game that will change The Monster taming franchise forever…that is a bold claim!!! not to mention they change the release date with is a common sign of a scam. I am NOT saying every this is a scam but but why didn’t we get any notification about the updates or something?
I don't know what I was thinking when I backed the game. It was my first backing ever as well. The devs have shown they're not competent enough in development to come close to all that they promised in the next 2 years. They've barely put a dent in the total number of creatures they promised, let alone co-op, dungeons, etc. Unfortunately this is going to either be released and used to keep the devs from being homeless via Steam Early Access sales and then abandoned or they'll release a fraction of the content, call it released, and disband.
No what happened was just short enough to fit into the thumbnail and still conveys the same sort of 'Where are they now' approach. Maybe for the next one I'll keep what happened in the thumbnail but title it where are they now first? I'm open to suggestions 😍
please check this verse is very informative in the 2 characteristc of a saint Revelation 14:12 (King James Version) 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
I remember this Kickstarter. I thought it was cool and felt bad I couldn't donate at the time. Now I'm glad that I didn't. Seems like this will be another crowdfunded videogame scandal going to court.
No it won’t the devs are releasing bi weekly newsletters and are available to chat with in the discord whenever you feel like chatting to them. Rob (main developer) made it clear for day 1 that he’ll show as little single player content as possible so we haven’t been lied to
Should have been obvious with how ridiculously over-ambitious their claims were lol. Even if it does come out, it'll probably be a rushed mess like No Man's Sky.
@@FakeGuthix01 tbf. No man’s sky got really screwed over initially due to a series of unfortunate events and circumstances. Although it did eventually update and patch itself into a very fun game. I do agree that KF is probably overly ambitious as well, and I wouldn’t be surprised if some features aren’t there at launch. Hopefully it works out for everyone though.
They have weekly newsletters on their discord with in depth details on what they’re doing, and I like what I’m seeing. Edit: I will keep my mind open tho because you can never be 100 % sure
It seems like there’s some issues with development, but at least there’s a consistent newsletter to show the developers are actually working on the game
They have had to dealy the game from 2023 to 2024, I think the switch and coop are taking longer than they thought, but like you said it is nice to have a newsletter :D
I do really love the concept behind Kindred Fates and I hope it all goes well with it, as I look forward to playing when it fully launches.
I can't wait for it myeself!
I saw this a while ago on kickstarter and completely forgot about it before this video. Looks like a very ambitious game which can kill a lot of indie projects, especially with open world titles, not to mention how each creature needs its own unique gameplay style. I’m no programmer but seems like a ton of work and I hope the team manage to pull through.
The Alpha is going well so far :D
Exactly my thoughts, the monsters seem to have quite a variety of skeletons even if they're 159 ish
Personally I think there are a lot of concepts with the game where I think the devs bit off more than they can chew:
- The way they develop new mons, it doesn’t really seem like different moves could be learned by all mons. Not having that extensibility will be an issue as they develop more and more monsters (trust me I know exactly how much work it is)
- The type system strategic “countering” isn’t going to be reflected in the gameplay in the end and definitely isn’t now imo
- I can’t remember how many monsters were promised but I remember it was quite a lot for a third person action game. I think it was a number near 200
- The personality/specialized dialogue stuff sounds kinda nutty. Seems like an ambiguous and ambitious feature.
- Open world and dedicated PvP game are both massive amounts of work
I don’t think they will make it to full release on the delayed year (2024). I don’t suspect they have too many kinfolk saved up in the back. Maybe a dozen or two dozen. That’d be my guess.
But I think that’s all fine because they have so much planned. The game will get made and it’ll be awesome, it’s just going to take a long time. And when it does get made, I think it will be well received automatically based on all of these massively desired things. The game is definitely not a scam and taking a long time won’t ever make it a scam. It’s just one of the most ambitious monster taming titles ever and it’s going to take even longer than what is currently predicted I think. But people will love it for that once it’s done.
This is a very well articulated comment. That raises a lot of valid concerns. I believe they ended up with 159 planned creatures after the Kickstarter was done. Can you elaborate a bit more with what you mean by ‘with the way they develop new mons’?
Also, you’re the dev behind Grimmlins Tale right? I recall seeing you comment frequently
@@dangernoodle5831 I recognize you as well! Yes, I am the developer of Grimmlins Tale.
On the way they develop new mons, I generally mean that from what I can tell, they might not be developing their monsters/their moves in a way that is as extensible as I feel they would need for the scope/scale of it all.
I might be wrong about what's under the hood though, but I can elaborate on what I mean. From what I can tell, when they make a new kinfolk they essentially have to make the assets (vfx, animations, and code) for their moves newly every time for every kinfolk. Pokemon for example, doesn't do this at all. They animate pokemon in idle, taking damage, walking, doing a ranged attack or two, and doing a physical attack or two. This is why tail whip in Pokemon Sword and Shield rotates the pokemon in place. Not an immersive choice, but a choice in the name of extensibility. If they didn't do this, and instead wanted an actual tail whip animation then essentially for each physical move with a different motion 900-1000 more animations would need to be made and accounted for in the game code. Extensibility is important when developing with limited resources for a game in a genre like monster tamers since everything is just multiplied by hundreds with so many characters.
I am not an avid player of the alpha myself, but I have seen people play it. I believe that for a lot of moves, only one specific kinfolk is really able to use it. What I mean is that Slyphur for example has a dash/pouncing move with an animation to match this action, but I don't believe all or any other kinfolk has an animation to work for this move as well. Or I don't think there is a digging animation for any kinfolk besides shovel butt. Also I'm speaking on the alpha where they only learn like 5-6 moves (I would assume there may be more learnable by the mons in the future, so even more need to be made one by one). If each move for each mon needs custom animations, vfx, and code, then I don't know if they'll actually be able to accomplish that even in a very long time. They may either need to figure out a way to apply moves to all monsters like what I'm trying to do, or maybe scope back something (either number of monsters or moves or something).
In Grimmlins Tale, any move can be slapped onto any mon theoretically. I always make at least these 12 animations so that all monster could theoretically use all attacks: basic attack, ranged attack, physical cooldown, take damage, die, jump up, float up, float down, electrocuted, idle, and walk. This dictates/limits what kinds of cooldowns/animations I can plan my moves for, but it also means, if I want say 100 attacks, I will only have to implement 100 attacks, and I can spread the functionality/assets of those attacks around onto multiple Grimmlins. I sacrifice some design freedom to multiply my work by each monster (80x) as long as I can still design cool moves and animations around my animation constraints.
In Pokemon, any pokemon can use mega punch theoretically, because the visuals are animated entirely through vfx and nothing moves from its spot. Tons of variables are controlled. In Kindred Fates, everything has to be done more precisely to feel good in terms of placement, animations (especially), programmed functionality, and vfx. I think it is cool and fun that there is a lot of uniqueness to mons and their moves in how kindred fates seems to be doing it, but it does worry me as a developer just thinking about all of the work ahead.
Do let me know if I'm wrong and any kinfolk can use any move. Or if there are at least some moves that can transfer over. And like I said, I'm very pro Kindred Fates. I'm rooting for them to awaken a whole sub genre of real-time monster taming that'll help me out one day with grimmlins AND be fun to play personally.
I invested in the kickstarter back in 2019 and feel a tad bit concerned. Palworld spent half the dev time and is getting a confirmed release date in 2024.
But Im keeping my hopes up! They send out updates consistently and I even got a cute plushie.
Holy Shit, this is what I am talking about. 3D controllable pokemon fights in an open world no turn based nonsense. I have been thinking about this forever and wished GameFreak would do it in a new game or at least go to the Pokemon Colosseum style combat.
They really need to do what Palworld has done and get the game polished enough and release it on Steam in EA giving keys to backers (like me).
I’m sure they’re probably kicking themselves right now that Palworld has succeeded so high. I’m not sure this would’ve done as much but I think it would’ve probably sold a good million or more if they had released with some good marketing.
The thing that got me to back it despite not liking to back anything (because what has happened with it), is the idea of the kinfolk “flame” fading out. If done right, it could really push a deep connection between the player and the monsters.
At this point I’m a bit jaded and don’t even think it’ll come out. But we shall see. That there’s not a newer video from you on it I’m not really given any new hope
Nice video Ed, I agree overall with the points you made but as one of the really only 4 regularily active players in the alpha right now, I'd like to add a few things:
First of, you correctly identified that the devs have two very different mindsets when it comes to communicating details about the gameplay and details about the story and Kinfolk (the creatures).
Gameplay is discussed very openly, with a few developers even partaking in regular open conversation on the discord with people giving feedback on the combat in the alpha. I have talked to multiple devs personally, and by their interactions with the community I would be surprised if the passion of at least those devs I talked to is faked. To anyone thinking in that direction: I find it highly unlikely that KF is a scam.
Rob (the creator and lead of Kindred fates) has expressed a strong opinion of revealing as little as possible about the single player content, which is what poeple in the Kindred Fates community are generally most exited about, and leads to most of the criticism.
Reveals of new Kinfolk designs are infrequent, as part of the same philisophy, they want to keep most of the designs a secret until launch. The alpha has been updated regularily, and me and a few others are trying to give quality feedback, but I feel like the effectiveness of the community feedback for the combat is not that great overall since there are very few active people in the alpha right now (which isn't really that unusual for a premium alpha with a community of this size).
A personal concern of mine are also the visuals and sound of the game at this point, although it is fair to assume that work on that is reserved for a later stage of developement and it might be a bit early to critique that quite yet.
Yeah the visuals are a bit of a concern as well. I think it might partially be, for me, because a lot of other kickstarted mon games usually have a set artstyle early on. While KF still seems a bit undecided and inconsistent. At the same time I don’t know enough about game development as to whether this is common 😅
As one of the other 4 normal players I can 2nd that the devs are very active, have a normal newsletter and updates that take our feedback in mind. I also agree that there is almost no chance that KF is a scam.
@@MonsterTamerBloba wooooahhh I never implied it was a scam lmao I'm excited for full release 😂
@@GymLeaderEd I know! I was just talking about what I have heard some people think! Sorry to offend you if I did I really enjoyed this video!
Yea sound design is kinda hard to do unless all the vfs is done and ready, but yea, sound design can totally make or break a game, especially for one with fog as a main mechanic in the open world
I hope they get this game out soon, it’s been too long: I backed it and might just have to get my money back! I did receive the plush character from the game that I ordered but while I know they are working on the game still, they never seem to give any indications of when they hope to actually release the game, I bought a digital copy for Switch with my pledge
I suddenly remembered about this game today while watching a coromon stream, but couldn't remember the name. So after a quick search about "monster tamer games" the name of gym leader ed popped up a few times... And look at that! Your latest video is exactly about this game!
Sucks to see that we're still more than 2 years away from release, let's just hope it makes a bit of noise so i can remember about it again
Gonna love keeping up with this video series Ed. Glad you’re deciding to do it.
Personally I’m glad if a developer can atleast offer occasional or consistent updates on a games development. I can understand that it’s very difficult to do so because of how unpredictable game development is but for these types of crowdfunded projects it’s super important.
Skymill has been awesome with the newsletters and discord talks for sure.
My biggest advice to anybody making a kickstater/game/project is this: Don't over promise. The game looks promising but I get the feeling that the devs have alittle too much work on their hands trying to work on all the stretch goals that were made. Lastly, I really hope this game gets all the dev time it needs and is released only when it's 100% complete.
Great idea for a series! Looking forward to the Siralim series episode.
Thank you for making this video! I remember discovering the Kickstarter back when it dropped, but lost it and could never find it or remember its name! I'm so glad to see that it's still in development and am excited to see where it goes!
Just listening to you talk about all the features they were offering and I can't help but think they might of bit out more than they could chew.
And imagine the extra kickstarter goals. They'll need a lot of time, the game will be made but it will be cooking in the oven for maybe a bit longer than 2024
After seeing some kickstarters give false promises or just not go as we all hoped, I do want this game to be the monster tamer game we've always wanted and then some, revolutionising the genre, being a competing game that causes other franchises to improve as well. I hope they know what they are doing while also listening to their fans and audience. I know it's not a AAA company making this game, but there have been small groups or individuals that have blown us away with writing or some creative designs, so fingers crossed.
I have high hope for KF!
"the monster tamer game we've always wanted and then some" we already have this, its called Temtem
@@BrutalFelix82 Debatable, I am not a fan of the MMO aspect of Temtem, so for me it's MH Stories 2. Nice turn-based combat with speed settings and (nearly-) auto-skip for battles when overleveled. Little to no random encounters (only in extremely limited areas), most encounters are in the overworld. Great animations, great sound, great designs of monsters, weapons, armors, cities and the world in general. Exploration feels nice, though I wish the areas were slightly bigger, but maybe I'm just being greedy. Nice story, not really complex or too deep, but consistent and gets things moving. Monster customization with genes is great, though the egg hunting can get a little grindy for some specific genes.
@@BrutalFelix82 nah, this is looking better. way better.
I hope you continue to do more videos like this. I think it is very important to hold the devs accountable. Hopefully, it will make them think twice about being sure that they are going to be able to deliver on what they promise to do. Ambition is great, but it needs to be tempered with a heavy dose of what can be realistically accomplished. I have been seeing more and more games on kickstarter and I have to be a lot more decisive about what I choose to back,
I'm definitely getting this game 😍. Thank you for this information 🥰.
Unless all the stretch goals are post launch updates, I don't see this game coming out in 2024, been following the newsletters and the game came a looong way since 2020. It IS coming out but will definitely need to be cooking in the oven for a bit longer
I hope they can finish it by then, because it’s starting to feel like I paid for nothing
Great series idea!
I love this video idea!! I hope you make more of these for other games. As for kindred fates then it’s still one of my most anticipated games. Rewatching the Kickstarter trailer has given me the same chills I had when I watched it for the first time so I really hope they don’t suffer another development heck ups and release a good game
Yea I'm looking forward to doing more 😁
This is the one we NEED to pop off. What Pokémon should be by now. At the very least in side games if you think main series should stay traditional jrpg
Can't wait for this
I’m looking forward to Kindred Fates, and more Palworld in the future. Might give TemTem a try too.
This game will be really cool when it’s finished will be a great side game for me to play during breaks from my mmo
The title of this video gave me a heart attack! I was worried for a moment that the game was cancelled or something without me realizing. "What happened [insert game here]" has kind of an ominous tone to it. Maybe just calling the series "Where are they now" - the second part of the this video's title - matches the vibes better?
I was having trouble fitting 'where are they now' into the thumbnail template, so was looking for a shorter phrase lol. That was my original idea, but what happened can just barely fit lol and still makes sense since its a pretty neutral statement IMO. 'what happened?'-its still in development just not as prominent on the channel as it used to be since updates have been behind the scenes
I have a weird relationship with KF. On one side, I still want to believe that the game will be faithful to Skymill's initial vision when they launched the Kickstarter campaign. On the other end, even though they post info about the single player campaign in the newsletters frequently, I'm still left feeling that I backed a PVP-focused arena game more than a full-fledge monster taming RPG with PVP aspects. And I know the team is particularly protective of the story and kinfolk, but I feel like showing a little more of the world they are building, how your relation with your kinfolk affects dialogues, etc would go a long way into keeping the community interested and hyped about the single player campaign. They have been improving on that over the last few newsletters, but we'll see if this keeps up.
Love this idea of video
A nice twist on a news video for sure!
yeah, I like this series too. it's interesting to know what happen, yk.
Im a huge pokemon fan. and of course, monster tamer genre. I played Nexomon but feels retro... Temtem is cool, but have things that I hated in pokemon. forced double battles and net connectivity are things I feel shoud be optional. Kindred Fates, when introduced, was the thing closest to a good game, compared to pokemon. when Legends Arceus came out, the dieing thing (trainer) and Ursaluna made me think about Kindred Fates. Hope it turns great.
Hope this game hasn't been abandoned. Been some years.
technically yo kai watch 4 was the first monster taming rpg with real time combat, but it's only in Japanese so I can't read it
Good to hear it's still in development. I would really like to see this one fulfill the ambitious goals it set out. If it pulls it off, I think it could be a gamechanger for monster taming RPG. Personally, I'm a bit skeptical.
Still a bit worried but as long as the game releases eventually and isn’t bad, I’ll feel like my pledge was worth it
I was wondering what happened to this game. I saw the announcement, then the beta, and not much else. Hopefully the game does release eventually!
In a way Kindred fates it's what atteacted me to Your channel ando My first reason to sub. Hope it gets finished. The arena on it's own it's pretty fun.
I have been a player since alpha day one, I'm in love with the game with over 150 hours in the alpha alone, I have even taken on myself to make a kindredfates video everyday until the game comes out :) So I would have to say yes I see great thing for this game moving forward, the devs are very active in the discord and the newsletters/alpha patchs are all wonderful :D
Is this still in production? I couldn't find mcu about a release date.
The game idea looks sick it needs to come out it has some cool concept art the idea that it could come is very exciting hope they begin working I will be waiting
For sure!
ds1 music adds a nice touch
they should SLOW the animation of the skills and their travel speed.
And Add some animation for the movement, that are too jerky.
In addition, the moves should be more closely linked to the physiology of the kindred.
The bear could breathe fire from its mouth instead of "conjuring a burst of fire from a distance".
Or ignite the claws and use the fiery claws to inflict fire damage.
In short, less MAGIC and more REALISTIC.
This really is the Dark Souls of Nexomon 😔
How do we know the project wasn’t a scam? Two guys came out of the blue and claimed to be able to make a game that will change The Monster taming franchise forever…that is a bold claim!!! not to mention they change the release date with is a common sign of a scam. I am NOT saying every this is a scam but but why didn’t we get any notification about the updates or something?
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I don't know what I was thinking when I backed the game. It was my first backing ever as well. The devs have shown they're not competent enough in development to come close to all that they promised in the next 2 years. They've barely put a dent in the total number of creatures they promised, let alone co-op, dungeons, etc. Unfortunately this is going to either be released and used to keep the devs from being homeless via Steam Early Access sales and then abandoned or they'll release a fraction of the content, call it released, and disband.
Oh wow, with a title like that I expected the worse. Like a shutdown.
No what happened was just short enough to fit into the thumbnail and still conveys the same sort of 'Where are they now' approach. Maybe for the next one I'll keep what happened in the thumbnail but title it where are they now first? I'm open to suggestions 😍
@@GymLeaderEd maybe "how is it going?"
@@marcoasturias8520 hmm that might not work for games that are done now like siralim. Tbh kinda sounds like a good name for a podcast haha
hi
When ep 2 of doodle world
I recorded it last night
@@GymLeaderEd so when are you going to upload it
This game is never coming out lol
please check this verse is very informative in the 2 characteristc of a saint
Revelation 14:12
(King James Version)
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
if you keep spamming bible versus on all my videos im gonna ban you lol
I remember this Kickstarter. I thought it was cool and felt bad I couldn't donate at the time. Now I'm glad that I didn't. Seems like this will be another crowdfunded videogame scandal going to court.
No it won’t the devs are releasing bi weekly newsletters and are available to chat with in the discord whenever you feel like chatting to them. Rob (main developer) made it clear for day 1 that he’ll show as little single player content as possible so we haven’t been lied to
Should have been obvious with how ridiculously over-ambitious their claims were lol. Even if it does come out, it'll probably be a rushed mess like No Man's Sky.
@@FakeGuthix01 tbf. No man’s sky got really screwed over initially due to a series of unfortunate events and circumstances. Although it did eventually update and patch itself into a very fun game.
I do agree that KF is probably overly ambitious as well, and I wouldn’t be surprised if some features aren’t there at launch. Hopefully it works out for everyone though.
They have weekly newsletters on their discord with in depth details on what they’re doing, and I like what I’m seeing.
Edit: I will keep my mind open tho because you can never be 100 % sure
i still really dislike the name they give to the creatures in this game