A Dark and Sinister Medieval Dungeon Crawling RPG - Dungeonborne 

Left us hanging on the fun facts about ghosts.

0:03 That voice crack is definitely an ulti of some kind, powerful!

Those are most certainly Rodents of Unusual Size. If you had ask me but a moment ago, I would have said they don't exist. Watch out for jets of fire.

Based from the demo, things that grab my attention was: the obvious visual, being atmospheric, and the feedback when enemies are hit. oh highlitened target for healers and TDM mode is a welcome one, felt like DnD's Tarkov Arena.

Yeah, combat seems pretty solid, I love that you can hit multiple enemies with one strike for sure, stabbing through the zombie into skeleton? Sweet. But you and the enemies all move like the air is thicker than molasses. It just seems weird. Normal speed is the 'Overencumbered' speed of other games like this.

Man, Splat, you probably won't read this, but I'd like you to know that you've given me and my friends many gems to play. Have a good one bud and keep doing your thing!

Visually this looks so nice. I rarely expect this kind of polish from indie games, but the ghost and tentacle just looked so good. The giant rats were also pretty rad. I actually wasn't even sure I was truly seeing that ghost until you struck it. I was like "Am I just tired, or is something moving there?" THAT is the aesthetic a ghost should have.

Man, I just want a procedural PVE version of this with my friends. Love the aesthetic and am really craving this kind of rogue lite dungeon crawler. Barony is pretty all right, but just doesn't scratch the itch.

This is just basically Dark and Darker

I just finished Goblin Slayer, and I gotta say Beard Cutter would absolutely be salvating at the goblin killing available in this title. Honestly why hasn't anyone made a Goblin Slayer game, basically re-skin Doom and amp the enemy Ai and I would guarantee an instant top seller

The commentary on this one was *especially* hilarious. Always love your vids Splatt

Personally I like the slow movement, it makes hitboxes feel more clear and fair and letting stuff like cheesing can happen

The bodies do stay on the ground long enough, especially if you do not clean them of loot, so yes you can track players that way; which is fine.

If they add a kick and sprint this would be the closest game we'll get to Dark Messiah

Hey Splatter! Thank you for covering the game! Im currently a discord mod for it and ive followed your channel for a bit so feels pretty awesome seeing this haha. Movement gets brought up a lot and things are changing a good bit still so we may see tweaks. Also dex raises movement speed in the mean time =D

Actually looks really good, but the mobs are indeed a bit too spongy.

This game looks amazing. The detail of the enemies is so cool. I'd love to see something like this as anything other than an extraction game.

8:20 Requires a 2h sword, we’ll never see that… opens up inventory a minute later, already has a 2h sword equipped…aaaamd ignored XD

That two-handed sword looks like a real historically accurate longsword

I honestly think having a trail of dead corpses that other players can track you down from sounds really good, in an immersion sense. If they could add some body hiding mechanic like Hitman for example, it would add a whole other layer to the gameplay and increase the tension if you have a lot of good loot

Imagine that guy Splat met near the end followed him to the portal and just extract after Splat did. Not sure what the dev want but maybe impromptu alliances for extraction is the way to go?

Not my kind of game. I hate PvP because I suck at it but I get too invested in it that I get stressed when I fail at it (which is often) and my heart can't handle the stress. I wouldn't mind if it had a PvE kind of play, maybe like an infinite dungeon delve where you just keep going deeper and deeper. Like if Barony and this combined.

As an FYI the demo installs an anti-cheat developed by Tencent and the trademark for the game name is also owned by Tencent.

Well, it looks far far better than Dark And Darker. The animations are a little slow in places, the shield bash hangs awkwardly and the sword swing is a tad too slow - but actually they've got the pacing down a lot better than most games that try to do this. A lot of animators don't bother with having the movement going through 'windup' / 'swing' / 'recovery' phrases, they just slow the entire animation down. Which has the exact opposite effect to conveying weight and impact. Dark and Darker just looked like you were having a sword fight in a dream. I pointed this out, and various people were like 'noooooo, it's realistic', to which I can only suggest that they have never swung a metal bar, let alone a sword, around. Enemies are a bit spongy. This is promising.

That’s probably the closest I have seen to a photorealistic 1st person dungeon crawler, but that enemy AI needs work. Those enemies didn’t look like they could point in your direction and attack most of the time.

Zombie drops a torch... It's a throwable. There's a giant tree monster in the prevoius area. "I don't care about that right now." AAARGH!

Makes me me wish I had a capable PC to play it. Awesome Splat!

6:10 Splat gets flanked by a zombie he saw seconds earlier.

16:40 That Rat stands on two legs, it's a naked Skaven!

I like the appearance and increased variety of classes, but I have to say it looks a bit... clunky's not quite the right word. Slow. Not just in terms of your movement, but the enemies, too. For instance - the goblins 'running' was something I just hated - they looked so weird. Attacking was a bit weird in terms of the enemies, because it also felt slow. I personally think you should have had to block more often than just back peddling, but that's just me. I am glad that some enemies have multiple attacks, so they could possibly surprise you, but still... Watching tentatively, but I think there's a lot they need to work on.

You had the Whirdwind and you had a two-handed sword. You always do as a fighter, even when you lose all gear. [I see you noticed later. :P] And you also had a Bandage to heal up on you.

I think the giant rats look awesome.

R.O.U.S. had some Tekken combos.

9:13 hey now! we call them Asylum Seekers out here!

Yeah that sound design is great, really heavy sounding thwacks.

That portal activation time is butt puckering.

dexterity increases your speed. also you're playing the slowest baseline class. play the rogue if you want to move around faster, or get better shoes

This looks like dark and darker with far more forgiving combat. Knew it was an Asian game when the tentacle monster made an appearance. This looks better than dark and darker more rpg elements already in this game. I don't think they have even added the skill tree yet that's been shown to be coming since the games beta.

So far, after a few dozen hours in DD I prefer this a lot more. Only complaint so far would be the footsteps of enemy players is way too low. You don't know when you're getting walked up on. That being said, it's REALLY easy to hear when someone is in combat.

I enjoy this one so far, I've been playing it, but there are some massive balance issues. I've noticed the cryomancer and deathknight seem really, really strong but that's probably cuz I've only seen them in arena. You'd think it'd be easy to just... not step into the DK's big ol' AoE but my teammates don't seem to get that might not work out. Aside balance stuff, the game's pretty stiff too. I'd say it's worth a shot right now while it's a demo and free so you know whether or not you'll be interested, then just wait for it to bake in early access a little bit. We need more fantasy extraction games!

Huh. This actually looks... kinda good! Still flawed in a few places, but already a significant upgrade over Dark and Darker in many respects. I think I'll keep an eye on this one...

There is VOIP, but it may be only within a party.

2 minutes in and those mobs are way too tanky for being the first thing you meet.

I love this classic style. Looks like a game for me.

No lie, I listened to the first 5 seconds of the video over and over bc it is hilarious...

Going to give this one a try, I really like the aesthetic and never played a dungeon crawler like this one.

Now I see how good dark and darker is.

Characters are traveling actually FASTER than move speed in dark & darker.

Those are some seriously monstrous ROUS's.

Man this game looks good.

Yooo you got some really good luck on you to get all that loot

It's like barony but with graphics! Combat still needs some polish especially the mobs.

this game reminds me a little bit dark and darker as you said splatty :D

30:45 Lol, that was a team invite, not friend request.

this is like playing dark and darker ps2 versio

Man I wish I cared at all about extraction games. They need to make games like this but single player/co-op and bots, no PvP. I don't have the time to spend to get good enough at these games.

Totally have to disagree with player attack and movement speed. I like the more "real" feel to swinging heavy mass and the more deliberate timing and planning it takes for moving around and battling. Just my take though.

I've played Dark and Darker extensively, and quite a bit of this Dungeonborne playtest. I promise if you actually play both of these games that you will realize they are very different. They each have different strengths and weaknesses, and both need some improvement despite having great bones.

game forces you to install ACE DRM, was not disclosed on the store page

The combat somehow manages to feel clumsier than Exanima.

13:55 His HP started at 450 and on level up it increased by 3 points? That's less than 1%, it's completely insignificant. They need to bump that up.

Sold. Thx Splat

Hey look they made a sequel to crypt of the serpent king!

oof activating the portal made me so nervous. Looks like a decent game

Jesus Christ, That's DungeonBourne!

Tentacle at 5:39 is exactly like the ones in Doom Eternal.

the Torch lights don't flicker like fire would... shit like this drives me insane 😡🤣🤣🤣

I tried it last night. I hope they increase the movement speed, to make the action more fluid: the slow walking is a big turn-off for me (more fluid combat is what would win over Dark and Darker). On the other hand, I suck at this game because I am not aggressive enough towards other players. I am good at hiding and looting, so it ends badly often. BUT the visuals are great, the classes are nice, the group play looks fun, the UI in lobby is easy to learn (Alchemist is where you 'craft'), etc.

I swear the longer i watch the video the more this game looks like an update and rebranding of Dark And Darker

Is Dark and Darker the actual name of a game or is it code for Darkest Dungeon? I must say, I don't see a problem with the speed. Zombies ARE slow. Humans wearing armor are kinda slow and they don't do much jumping. Long swords are kinda heavy and just might impact one's ability to move quickly. The Dragon fruit on legs and those weird roach things look annoying, I wonder if they can swarm you. My 1st thought upon seeing it was Dragon Fruit on legs. Thanks

11:26 "Here is a fun fact about Ghost's" ... thay do not matter

we need something like this but coop only

I doubt you get to read these that often, but I am hoping you will look into "Matchless Kung Fu" game. It reminds me a lot of Kenshi.

This looks very interesting - will give it a try. Thank you !

Hope you are checking out Incursion Red River. It's a PvE Tarkov

for some reason games like these interest me.

Definitely need to make combat more interesting than just the same repeated two swings plus a shield bash

Yeah... they need to speed up character movements and combat hits. It looked like you were trying to swing a sword through molasses at first

This feels like a fun little game SC. Thanks.

This is one of the most blatant clones I have ever seen 😂 were they banking on that Dark and Darker lawsuit to go through?

ThankYou SirSpla77

I wish one of these would come out that I could actually play.

A big rat that has moves!!!

It looks a lot nicer than Dark and Darker. I agree that I would prefer a game like this with Mount & Blade combat.

One thing I am noticing right away is one of my pet peeves about first-person melee games: your sword reach is trash. You're missing shots on a goblin that is right in front of you. You shouldn't need to be literally stepping on an enemy to get it within your 'reach'.

I kinda like the slow combat it helps balance out the playfield with the sweatys, the movement it's too slow tho

Thanks for showcasing. ^^

what was that lawsuit you mentioned at the beginning?

This is literally a dark and darker clone

I hated that 1 handed sword windup animation on the first attack in a combo.

The lil bit I played when it comes to 1v1 it seems to come down to who lays the first hit/got the jump who lost less life up till your meeting

Looks like it has a lot of potential

This is exactly like Dark and Darker.

This looks like a cool game. It looks like it only needs a little translation work done.

So dark and darker back on steam?

This should be called Hard and Harder

What platforms can this game be played on because it looks fun🎉

I would be happy if you stream this

Finally a proper rpg with goblins, I belive if a game doesnt have giant spiders and goblins its not an rpg

The Rogue feels much better movement speed wise. Fighter is slow for sure.