Enshrouded Review - Is It Worth Buying? Review, Thoughts & Impressions! 

very sad a lot of items stats dont work or are working wrong like 30% mana gives 30 mana instead , as a fan of games with rpg elements i was sad to find items i used the whole game did nothing , aside from these obvious flaws the game has a loads of good content and the devs obviously put a lot of work into the game engine itself , the engine is literally "groundbreaking " .

Enjoyed it a decent bit, the base building is fantastic. But I'd be lying if the server progression and lack of ingame-text-chat didn't take me aback lol. Excited to see how it shapes up. Really hoping for more engaging boss fights for sure. MMO-like boss encounters where the mechanics actually matter for a group and solo people alike would be ace.

Already bought it and will be playing today later with a friend. For what I've seen, I am ready to explore and play to give feedback to the devs so they can build the awesome game it seems to be under the rough exterior for now.

i finished it today ( 5 days took it ) and i must say for an EA game its actualy Pretty good. it has for sure here and there some tiny issues, but by far nothing worse. its for an EA game pretty well done and i´m sure we can expect much more.

@MrRafagigapr This is an interesting one. I haven't looked into this! I'll have to take a closer look.

Fingers crossed they make some positive changes quickly! First impressions make such a huge difference.

This feels different somehow. It feels more feature complete and fleshed out even for early access. That's not to say it's without fault or couldn't use improvement because it definitely could, however by the transparency of the devs and their advocacy of wanting to hear what the players would like to see added, even going so far as to set up a page to do that very thing with voting support to see what the players really want, I feel like this game will be truly amazing in the next year or so. The immediate things I'd like to see added are the ability to have raids at night if you don't sleep. So the creatures from the shroud come up at night and try attacking your base unless you sleep. And it would be really nice to have little check marks on the map of locations that you've been to and cleared. Some locations do that, but not all and because there are so many points of interest, it gets really confusing trying to remember which ones you've been to.

Early access doesn’t mean much, many EA games have been abandoned or had a few worthless updates

@@HansFriedrich532 I already spent 30 hours in game and for sure i havent reached the 50% of content in early access so even if this game gets abandoned, i got my money's worth already. so much content in the game already

As with any early access game, there's a 99% chance it will never see a full finish after 10 years of development and paid dlc and expansions

Glad to hear you're enjoying it!

I am enjoying Horizon ,I don't understand how can you enjoy this lego looking like crap....

@@sanlex5982 Better than that woke crap

@@sanlex5982good for you buddy you have your own opinions go you!

@@sanlex5982 They're two, very different games. Can't even compare..

Thanks! Yeah, good to see they are thinking of solutions to problems in the genre. If you decide to try it, let us know what you think :)

@@MrAtomicDuck Will do. I'm definitely going to try it solo. Are you going to be doing more game reviews on your channel? I always thought of you as the Project Zomboid guy. But you have a very thorough review style for mods so I think game reviews could be a good niche for you. Just a thought. Cheers Mate!

I've done some in the past and whilst I'd love to do more, it really just depends on whether the videos do well, basically :) At the end of the day this is now my primary source of income, so I gotta be smart. I do have a 2nd channel though, where I've started posting guides/reviews on a wider range of titles. We've posted 1 video so far, and I'll be working with 2 others to cover all sorts of games going forward :) It's called "Ducking Good Guides" if you want to check it out!

Totally agree. I think a lot of the pushback from folks is down to it being different and they expect to play more solo-but-with-friends. My friends and I have found that it's great to play together we just organise ourselves a bit more than we would with say Valheim. Most of the stuff can be done solo if you want but there are map progression things we make sure to leave until were all on and play together.

@@cmdr_thrudd Definitely a co-op experience that you play through as a party more like DnD. I played with my friends in a 4 man group and while the combat is easy we really enjoyed exploring the world and learning the lore.

there alot of those too thou, it is generic still, it been bridged long ago, that just co-op in general tbf, and it just valheim but easier it seems lol.

@@cmdr_thrudd but no one like forced co-op, what about servers then?, it be so bad, it could of been a party/group/guild feature, it just easier valheim, i mean you should wait for people to co-op in these games, but ofc not everyone can make it sometimes, so it is bad.

@@alexandertaylor1458 it not a survival game then, it is a co-op rpg, it just a bad forced choice, and i mean exploring a new game is normally fun.

No problem!

Glad it was helpful!

You got it! Glad you got something from it :)

I'm on the other side, I love the old school style where you can try to go somewhere that is too dangerous but if your intuitive enough you can overcome the higher level enemies. Level scaling just makes you feel like god-mode.

Let us know how you find it after you've spent some time with it! Interested to hear your thoughts and it may help others decide :)

Just curious, what were you on the fence about? I didn't start playing yet myself.

​@browsergameshub the game isn't great at all tbh has potential but definitely not worth it rn I'd wait

@@browsergameshub The games I seem to enjoy the most have a procedural generated map option, so I was pretty on the fence about the curated map, so I was glad this review tackled that head on, and made it still seem pretty interesting. How about you, what are you on the fence about?

What do you think so far? me and my friends are also on the fence, im more into it than they seem to be though and im thinking about trying it solo then relay if its a win or not to my friends

it just easier valheim thou lol.

@@rjc523No it is not. Valheim has no real RPG influences and not much in the way of background lore. That's different in Enshrouded. If you prefer Valheim - that's fine. I prefer Enshrouded.

Thanks for your thoughts sir :) Been a lot of fun playing Enshrouded with the bois.

I don't find it any easier or harder than any survival game. Seems pretty standard to me.

@@methatguy5996 Unlike other games that make it harder depending on the number of players. This game's difficulty doesnt change even with the number of players present in the server, thats why some guys find it easy.

@@ninobesin2929 oh okay, i wasnt aware of that.

@@ninobesin2929In all honesty - a lot of people call every game "super easy" these days unless every mob in the game is Malenia. People expect FromSoft levels of difficulty boss fights in a game that is not a Soulslike to begin with which is kind of ridiculous in my opinion. We also shouldn't forget that the game just entered Early Access so a lot of things will change over time. Implementing some form of difficulty increase might be one of them.

Ah man, gamebreaking bugs can beat the best of us. Sorry it didn't grab you, but glad you've got another game you're loving!

Do you keep the same character in the coop as the solo?

@@nordicxazabik662 yep you can

Good stuff! Thanks man :)

Glad you're enjoying it!

Thanks Nuno!

Glad it was helpful!

That's one thing I really love about the game so far, it's got PLENTY of play-time for the price point.

Yes you can

Aw man, I LOVE when games have an additional hard mode after completion. Terraria did this so well.

For sure, which is what makes the co-op experience in Enshrouded a little bit upsetting at times. Such a good game, just a couple of big co-op issues.

Good advice!

Thanks! Glad you found it useful :D

Thanks for commenting 😄 Yeah, the further we get the more things we're unlocking for furniture. We've built a cozy little tavern!

Really not something I'm interested in unfortunately 😅 Appreciate the comment all the same!

Dude you have no idea!@@MrAtomicDuck

That's fair! Thank you for the feedback :) I'll try to factor it into my intro in future. I suppose the reason for me is that "Early Access" doesn't mean much to consumers these days. When it hits Steam, it hits Steam. Regardless of whether it's EA or a finished product, that's the first impression everyone will get. Does that make sense? I'm just reviewing the product as it is right now, and I hope they continue to develop it into an even better experience so that I can come back later to update! :D

@@MrAtomicDuck Yeah i do get that. Was an enjoyable and well done review nevertheless! ^^

Thank you so much!

I am PUMPED for Helldivers 2.

@@MrAtomicDuck Pumped for pay to win games, yeah ok. Not credibility

For now, good for solo, not so good for playing co-op. There are imbalances when co-op.

What they said! Worth it for a solo purchase, might be worth waiting for co-op to offer scaling difficulty or difficulty customization options.

Alright, thank you guys! That will definitely help me consider.

They put your corpse at the edge where you stepped into it. It should allow you to retrieve it safely (although you might have to inch your way into range).

@@SonnyDK Ye I've been able to get some of them back but some are impossible to get to without loosing another life.

Hello! 👋

Sometimes a game just doesn't vibe with us, and that's okay! Hopefully something comes along that grabs you 😄

There is no reason for you to build a "pretty" base. But you do need to place your crafting stations/NPCs somewhere and they do require a roof. Also, you get a buff (Rested) which has a longer duration if you put stuff like furniture in your base. You can however just cram it all in one corner and it will still give you the buff. The base will not be raided and is in no danger of being destroyed ever.

@@SonnyDK sad, I wanna defend my base

Fingers crossed! I can't speak for optimization as I'm running a fairly high end rig, but remember the refund option is always there if it doesn't work out :)

Glad you're enjoying it so much!

I doubt it. I'm running a 3070 myself. There's some speculation it's a DLSS thing. Not sure! But if me and a couple of friends are all having it, it's going to be a common thing that I figured people would want to know about :)

@@MrAtomicDuck 3070 only has 8GB of VRAM, this game uses more than 8GB even at 1080p with DLSS (check yourself, your VRAM will be maxed). You wouldn't get texture pop in if you had 12GB of VRAM. Every single blade of grass is individually animated, there's a lot going on for the GPU to process in this game. Sorry to say but 8GB is not enough in 2024, my old 1070 had 8GB 8 years ago.

I'll get back to you on that when I get there!

There is no end game. At some point the progression and content just stops and it's just a sandbox that you can build your bases in. There is no storyline which wraps things up. You will have little incentive to venture into the world. Unless you really enjoy the base building part and will require materials. In that case the sky is the limit.

Oh, the creatures and loot etc do respawn. It's not like a finite pool. But yes, the enemies in each area would be the same each time.

I'm honestly not sure that's accurate. If it is, the scaling is way off. We took down bosses as a three person group in no-time at all versus solo gameplay.

Heck yeah dude :D