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Found a sealed copy for 24€, gonna have a blast playing it. Can get used to the wonky mechanics, been playing old MHs for a while now so that isn't too big of a deal-breaker Solid video, quick and to the point!
I’m currently finishing my play through, and I’ve enjoyed it much more than Blasphemous 2. The exploration and boss fights were more fun, it has more secrets, and more weapons. Blasphemous 2 is great, but the mace far exceeded the other weapons usefulness in most cases, at least for me. My main gripes with the game is that both magic and weapon skills use focus, severely limiting magic’s use (especially with how much MP magic uses), and how underpowered guns and magic are, especially magic. I found guns to be more useful than magic, overall, since they don’t use the MP bar and have better range.
What I wish is they took this games character creator and stuck it into monsterhunter games instead . Then monster hunter would be super perfect ! Still monster hunter is better than this game by far but the character creation in this game is just something I wish I could see in a monster hunter game like REALLY bad !
Its the customizability that made Vintage story for me. and i am not talking about the one click install mods (altho i use knapster because my nerves are made of spaghettios for me to knap at a decent pace) but its literal, vanilla, customize button when picking playstyle. just the fact i could define mob nerve, food spoilage rate and hunger accumilation rates, ore density calculations, how hilly/ flat the world would be, how high the sea level is, turn seasons off or on, make the game spawn me in either wetlands, jungle, desert or tundra, modify block gravity to where not only sand and gravel falls, and so does soil, but also cracked rock, also give these blocks sideways instability so they can fall adjacent from there current position, and to modify whether i want realistic distribution of biomes or minecraft-style. can you do all that shit in minecraft? i mean yeah, for **sure**, it just probably takes a minimum of 3 mods, an outside tool to patch them in, and hitting the play button at the correct quantum state of the universe.
The game’s story is being revealed slowly as the game develops. Updates have a purpose and always improve game balance in some way, while adding new features. The game doesn’t lag just because you’re in a jungle. The mechanical side of the game is great fun and very very different from MC. Like exploring? The map is 1million x 1 million across with incredible variety of landscapes and climates, with much to discover. you can open two or five, or ten chests at once and drag items between them. You can eat a polar bear. You can customize your world to an incredible degree. Give it a try!
Thats a good point, it's easy to see what they havent done yet, because all in all I am very impressed with what they have done. Exploration was probably my favorite part, but more structures, dungeons, bosses, etc I think would be sweet, instead of different skins for animals, which are already varied. I'm not trying to bash the game at all, because overall its fantastic.
I think that might be a tad harsh. I give them credit for the art and theme at least. Whats one of your favorite metroidvania soulslikes? just so i know what your comparing it to.
when you were talking about using spells a couple of times till you reach to a checkpoint you know u can execute someone and gain back all your mana right
No, for real? I think they might have patched that out, i've executed so many enemies. I could be wrong, maybe I just had full mana before the execution so I didnt notice. If that is the case, I fully take back that complaint
Found the channel through vintage story but dang it feels right at home with my favorite games covered and more like them waiting to be discovered by me. I have a suggestion for a game too- crosscode- it's pretty underrated(it did sell well for a indie but it deserves top spot) as it was early access release at first but its awesome. Good content, keep it up
Hey good to see you over here too, thank you for checking out more of my channel! I'll give crosscode a look, underrated indies are one of my favorite topics to cover, I appreciate ya!
It would be a good idea to try out medium weight and use dodging. I also will say blocking is very powerful if done right and i totally stayed away from blocking in exchange for 2 handing, which probably was a mistake. So in short, try medium with rolling and medium with a good shield for blocking and see what you like more.
looks like it's minecraft + dont starve it came out 8 years ago and still doesn't have an end game. i thought the game would be mature by now. it's a bit disappointing. combat is another disappointment. lack of weapons and mob. i still cant find a game like terraria + minecraft
On one hand your right, on the other hand it's not a big triple a studio, the game price is still low nothing like other new games at 60-70, and there is a ton to do early - mid game. I still agree that it wont be where it needs to be without a solid endgame.
its definitly replayable...hardcore modes gives a completely different experience where you cant even see yourself in map or do fast travel...you can be knight ,thief,murderer,merchant and have a different expierence...
Thats fair, open world wise it's a different ball game, but the story remains the same aside from side quest choices. It's just more of a personal preference thing. After beating it again, I wait a while and come back for a new playthrough, discovering things I hadnt before.
Thankfully, I was used to low framerates back then, so the bad performance was never my big issue. Sadly the devs just...stopped updating the game that should be a live-service. Such a shame aswell, the core of the game was great!
I feel like that’s a pretty hot take for it to be live service, I always assume the worst for any game live service and see it as a downside. But I guess if they did it right, live service could’ve been good for this game. Seeing new monsters maybe every month or however they would do it, would be pretty sweet. But then again, monster hunter didn’t go that route and it’s like the gold standard. Maybe that just speaks to the Publisher/Devs, EA just too focused on pumping new games out. You’re right though, the core gameplay was awesome, and live service would be far better than no service!
@@samtheashen Yeah, i think people that would enjoy the Hunting-Genre are just used to the Live-Service like approach Capcom is doing with MH. At least thats how I see it, so the first updates they pushed out were great! Sadly they just stopped after 4 months
@@ImRoosevelt but monster hunter also did the live service aspect in a pretty good way. It had a lot of updates and dlc and extra quests, but you also have the option to play offline. That would’ve been great for wild hearts.
My game works perfectly fine with m&k and it has great support for it so it might be due to your peripherals being goofy or some software you have messing with it
Well this is another comment about it working good on m&k, so it must be something on my end. Which is great news, I’m glad it isn’t having issues for other people, I want this game to succeed. I appreciate you watching the video and letting me know!
Great review! This game has to be in my top 10 games ever, even if it's not a triple A game. 4:20 - You said the game is borderline unplayable without a controller... I'll have to hardly disagree. I'm playing all my games on M&K, including this one, and I've had absolutely 0 issues in this one! Even Sekiro and DS 1 (PTDE) were way less M&K friendly than this game. Perhaps indeed something was up with your game. I did bind my dash to Mouse Button 5 and the Talisman to MB4 while leaving the scout thingie on Q and never had them fail on me.
Well I guess you’re probably right then, maybe it is my game. I tried binding my dodge to mouse button 4&5 middle mouse button, back to shift, I tried so much and just couldn’t get it to work. So if you have the same problems, it’s borderline unplayable. If not then I really don’t have any big complaints about the game, it’s a beautiful game with amazing art, good sharp combat, just great all around.
About the main hub you talked about, as you progress through the game and find items to gift to shuanshuan, he slowly starts to ' decorate' / fill up the pavilion. I think this was a really nice touch it gave a lot of character to shuanshuan, as he would make Yi' s life more colourfull and bright, as opposed to the little boring and plain pavilion in the beginning. Shuanshuan changing Yi' sview on life is also a main story trend so I think this is portrayed perfectly here.
That’s a good point, I like that you can bring back items/hidden items to shaunshaun, and then after your next visit back to the hub, it looks a little different with the decorations. I just thought with all the beautiful art design in the game and with the setting and characters, that a big golden pavilion was a bit generic and they could’ve made something much more unique, especially with the black roots, the cyber punk aspects, just different things mixed in.
@@lasso8863 Other than that though, the art direction as a whole is beautiful, and the details of the main hub changing and growing that you mentioned are a great addition too, so overall I’m still really happy with the game.
I'm seriously hoping this game gets more exposure. If given some good post launch support, this game has potential to be an absolute masterpiece. Its one of those games that I'd replay 10 times just because how good the gameplay feels. Also, we need a boss rush mode ASAP
I absolutely agree, it needs more exposure, which will help them iron out any problems (like the keyboard controls) and add content like the boss rush you mentioned. Beautiful game, definitely deserves more attention.
Nice review! I don't understand the issue you had playing it on keyboard. Personally the game worked perfectly fine on keyboard and I changed my keybinds with no issues.
You’re not the only person so far that’s said that, so it probably is my game/keyboard. Honestly that’s good news then, because I want this game to succeed. Thank you for the comment, I’m glad it’s working great for you too!
Thanks for the review. I would like it if you commented on backtracking and difficulty. Metroid fans may be scared of difficulty. Sekiro fans may be dreading backtracking.
Hard disagree on the former. As a Metroid and Souls fan, your first playthrough of any Metroid game is going to be pretty darn difficult until you beat the game and find out where all of the good powerups are. At that point, it's time to replay on Hard Mode!
That’s a fair point. Regardless of whether some people want it or dread it, it should’ve been talked about in the video, that’s my bad. For what it’s worth, there’s barely any backtracking. As far as difficulty, the game is the good old “tough but fair” and I touched on it a little bit talking about enemies and their attacks, how they’re telegraphed, your own abilities, the amount of enemies in an encounter and whether or not you get mobbed, etc. it’s a tough game but pretty much accessible for anyone.
@@jacobw7332 it’s true that finding out all the tricks and details, and shortcuts, abilities and so on, is a core part of the experience and it’s what a lot of people like about other metroidvanias. I still probably should’ve at least mentioned it in the video though
If you haven't tried this game yet I highly recommend trying it you can have it set to many different ways of playing you can just enjoy building or you can enjoy the survival or something in between very very fun game I like it more than Minecraft and I've played Minecraft for many years
No not as far as I know, it has to be on an invite basis, I’m sure there are groups that bring players together but the world limit is like 6 people so it won’t be like Ark or rust or Conan
I don't see anything wrong with this game. I just looked this game up on Steam and my PS5 and it's still $69.99?? It didn't great reviews and it's been a year and a half since it came out but it is still costing like a new game? There is another game that is under rated like Wild Hearts is, both games didn't get the credit that they deserved, Rise of the Ronin, which is much newer, yet, that game is on sale for $49.69 through the PS5??
Yeah the pricing is really dumb for sure. I’ve seen that a lot, and I’m almost positive I’ve read that Sony/playstation gets the final say in setting the prices, not the developer or publisher unfortunately.. I got ea pass for 5-15$ to play wild hearts, dead space remake, seemed like a better value
You’re probably right, maybe ps1 wasn’t generous enough lol it’s like Asmongold’s analogy of the cupcakes. A good cupcake with not good sprinkles is way better than a terrible cupcake with good sprinkles. The core of this game is solid so to say
I was thinking about picking up this game but wasn’t too sure about the singleplayer. Prey was one of my more favorite singleplayer games so I might just have to pick this game up. Awesome vid
Thank you, glad you liked it! Prey is one of my favorites too, I will say that prey is probably better overall, or maybe that’s unfair to say and they’re just too different. Abiotic has much more of a focus on the sandbox building blueprint aspect, and prey had great crafting, good sandbox elements, just from the foam gun alone, and great action/survival horror. Overall I would say it’s worth trying!
Wow, that really puts it into perspective. I'ma get some friends to play with, try solo, and enjoy tf out of Abiotic. But now I have to play another playthrough a Prey again while I do it lol
@@CodysBlockParty There you go! It should be a blast with or without friends, just a different kind of fun for both lol prey definitely deserves another playthrough for you too, what a great game.
Should i buy ASA if im on the ps5? I've heard people saying the average fps goes from 20-30 with the default settings (so without changing anything) and if you change some stuff with commands and some other stuff you can get the 50-60 but you lose some of the visuals.
It really depends on your “line in the sand”. If some annoying bugs, crashes, loss of save data (generally less than an hour for me so I guess nothing too crazy, I also save often because of this) some clipping of terrain especially on mod maps, and just general disappointing stuff as far as knowing that the developer has the skills, the tools, and the resources to do right by what they put out yet they didn’t and still haven’t, if all that still sounds like something you could put up with, then yeah I would get it. Having mods on console is a massive bonus and was a big incentive for me. All those problems still happened to me and I still occasionally play and haven’t went back to vanilla ark so I guess in a way it was worth it or at least will be. If all that sounds like it’s not worth the hassle which is totally fair, then I wouldn’t buy it, not now at least. For reference I just played yesterday and all those problems are still present so none of that has been totally fixed.
@@samtheashen Thanks for replying! I've asked multiple ark youtubers the same similar question and they've all told me something along those lines. I'll probably buy ark anyways since i don't really care about the bugs that are in the game right now. The only bug that might annoy the living hell out of me will be the data loss but they'll probably fix it in the future. I'll consider on buying ASA tomorrow and see how it'll go. Even if the game will be unplayable then i will simply just wait till they fix the bugs and once again, thank you for responding and sharing your thoughts about the game.
@@h3x771 I think that’s a good idea! I’ve been playing again the last few days on The mod map Forglar and primal chaos. It’s been a blast honestly, only downside is that like 80-90% of the time I die and try to respawn the game crashes. Even on vanilla on the island, I don’t think it’s effecting everyone though. Anyways, I think you’ll have fun with it and like you said, worst case you can just wait it out for them to fix and optimize it!
I really love this game, and after hundreds of hours of playing it with many more planned in the future, I would say that in my opinion it is indeed better than Minecraft. I really love the immersion that the game's atmosphere creates, it really feels like the world is alive. Also chiselling. Chiselling my beloved. I don't think I could ever return to Minecraft after experiencing chiselling. There's also really unique lore and in-universe character customisation. Oh, and performance. This game has devs who actually care about optimisation. Playing Minecraft after playing Vintage Story feels so slow and clunky. This game is basically what I always wanted Minecraft to be like, and I am really glad that the devs are super passionate about it. :) While I understand opinions can differ and some people prefer Minecraft, for me Vintage Story is the best survival sandbox game out there!
That’s a love letter to Vintage Story for sure, very well written. The world definitely feels alive, it doesn’t feel like the world is made around the character, it feels like the character is just dropped in an already active and lived in world. Chiseling, I’m glad you mentioned it because obviously satisfaction is a good feeling in gaming, and chiseling is the definition of satisfaction. Optimization was great for me on VS even when trying different mods. I will say on Minecraft, I had to do a good amount of tweaks to get everything to run well, especially with obs. It’s all good though, still both great games!
@@samtheashen Thanks for your kind words! I just thought I'd make a comment about my thoughts on the game, since I am having a blast playing it. VS and MC are both great games. :)
No, it isn't worth it. Master mode adds nothing to the game except a couple of mounts and a ton of frustration. Basically you take triple damage and everything has triple health. If you think you can use your wits to get around that, you won't. If you find a strategy that works, the devs will change the game so that it fails. I've gotten all the way to Moon Lord, but I can't beat him because the 3X damage bullshit means that one phantasmal laser hit is enough to bring you down to 1/4 of your health and by the time you get him down to his core he will have so much stuff flying across the screen that you will die before you can use another potion. From what I understand the only consistent method to beat Moon Lord is to use asphalt and have a rod of discord which not only damages you, but also has a 1/1000 drop rate. Screw Master Mode, it sucks.
Hmm it’s been a while but you’re probably right. Best thing to do with Krigg is to kite around everyone charging your abilities hitting them, using abilities on Krigg and then charging and kiting the mobs again.
I always say that it's a game that does what it intended, but that what it intended isn't what your average gamer wants. This can be best seen with the combat system. Most video games are designed where as the character levels up you can expect to see big improvements in your combat ability. KCD wants you to feel like a weak and unprepared commoner and this will not change until you as the player get better. It's perfect for immersion but it's just not what the average person wants in a video game. Saving is another big one. Saves are common and forgiving these days in most games. I imagine that most old school gamers don't mind the weird save system here since it's still far more forgiving that what games of the past offered.
That’s a pretty solid point. Some people probably don’t want to invest the time or might not even have the time to actually improve their skill in a video game that’ll never translate to a real life skill. Just want the good old get xp and get better, which is a system I definitely like. Then with KCD, to level and to not be any better at all, to unlock a combo and never even come close to pulling it off, and then train with Bernard, then maybe come out on top against a bandit after kiting their buddies with an arrow from a horse, and actually improve your own skill/reaction/reflex, it’s a great satisfying feeling.
Personally, I find that VS's world engages me more than Minecraft's does. Maybe it's the more drawn out progression, maybe it's the heavier focus on the survival elements over the sandbox ones, the way that much of the crafting is actually done by the player's own hands rather than in the crafting grid. Minecraft is still a great game, but I find that once I've gotten Iron tools and a basic farm up and running I don't really have much else I want to do. Sure I could build some cool structures, but no one else is ever going to see them so what's the point? So I end up getting bored and leaving the game to collect dust. Personally, I think that Minecraft and VS both fill different niches. Minecraft is all about the sandbox part of 'survival sandbox', it's a canvas to let your imagination go and build cool stuff. Vintage story on the other hand, leans more into the survival elements. And this is the part of the game that actively engages me more than Mincraft's sandbox style gameplay
That’s definitely a good point, they do fill different niches, and there’s a lot of crossover between the two games, whether they played Minecraft and it got stale like it did for you and found VS or vice versa. Also a good point about Minecraft having more of an emphasis on the sandbox aspect, and while VS is still a sandbox, you absolutely can’t ignore the survival aspects if you want to get anywhere. Like you said, The crafting thing was huge for me as well, crafting with my own hands pixel by pixel or voxel (not totally sure) but yeah the super in depth crafting was one of if not my favorite part of VS. the building up a clay crockpot, putting in the ground and firing it to dry, then making food and literally using it as a crockpot, is just awesome.
Well I think that’s a bit harsh on Minecraft, from what I’ve read even from these comments, we wouldn’t have VS without Minecraft in the first place. And with the nether and the end, in Minecraft, it’s still an awesome game. VS just took it to the next level I think.
@@Ghorda9 well I think you could say that about any game with survival mode and creative mode. Survival you have to find the things in the world and craft it and creative you can have any item for free without any exploring or gathering or anything.
@@samtheashen I think the problem is that Minecraft doesn't have a good balance between the sandbox aspects and the survival/content progression aspect. I know that this comparison has been done to death but look at Terraria, that game has a stellar balance between the sandbox content (decorative stuff) and content made for progression (weapons, armor and etc) while having one less dimension compared to Minecraft. Minecraft has a lot of potential but if you're not playing with other people or with mods, the game is "wide as a ocean and deep as a puddle", at least that's my opinion.
@@marcelosoares7148 I think that’s a fair take, I agree too. Without mods or a good group of friends (which at that point anything would be fun) then it’s super shallow and gets old after a while. I had an amazing time in terraria and would still say that it’s a masterpiece for sure.
Surprised you don't have more subs.... Great video. I subscribed and will watch more in the future. You should take complex games like this and talk about why or why not to play them!
Thank you, I appreciate you saying that, and for checking out the video, and for subscribing! I would definitely like to do more complex games, they just take a little more time to get into. Another complex one I’ve tried is oxygen not included, still haven’t figured that one out quite yet..
love this game.. host a server 24/7 for 3 youtubers (one server for all 3 of their discords.. a fair amount of mods.. including the skills one. Playing it since it came out. There is sort of an "end game" the resonance archive. lots of great mods out there .. lots of stupid mods.. (stupid being ones that you can already fully do in the game.. but no have to have a mod to make mobs not aggressive.) very good game for the money.
Oh nice that’s awesome! So I’m sure by now you guys are endgame, do you restart your worlds at some point or just keep them going? Are the archives what you do for some endgame content?
@@samtheashen Yea that is the end game right now and actually it was added only recently, in december of last year i think. It is amazing tbh, i would like not spoil but damn that is how you make dungeon!!! It is nothing like anything minecraft has to offer. It is sooo very grand and epic.
@@dmsys6516 Wow thats good to know, it sounds super interesting. I might go back to see it or I might wait for the rust world to be added, either way I still have a lot to see, its just not very enticing to do all the grinding without a lot of endgame content.
I wish I could enjoy it. Sadly the performance is not where it should be. Even when I go from highest to lower settings no difference. Using a 4070ti and equivalent parts.
@@Saint-bz9hs It really depends on the framerate you are ok with. A lot of people are ok with 60-80fps. Im a bit of an FPS snob and want it buttery smooth like my monitors refresh rate.
I’m sure that helps a lot. But you probably have to grind out a good amount of materials or money to be able to upgrade right? Overall I think they just need to lower the time
Yeah after playing it for a good amount of time and playing some modded Minecraft I would have to say that base game, vintage story is better, with mods, I think Minecraft gets the upper hand.
@@FancyYT09 that’s a fair point. I think part of my perspective is that I’m just this year playing VS and modded MC for the first time too, so all of it is a whole new world. It’s always possible for my perspective to change down the road.
