HIGHFLEET is the MOST IMMERSIVE Game I think I've ever played! 

So the effect messes with the video compression algorithm?

Hope you play this on the twitch stream!

@@peterknutsen3070 yes.

effects with lots of small particles (like confetti) destroy video compression algorithms, so that's probably why.

*10:35 You, the prince to the throne, were placed under the command of a Veteran (I think Admiral Daud - not easy to find character names outside the game) put under the lens that the Capital of your homeland just got vaporized you take control of the Imperial Fleet as the new assumed King. Your advisor states that taking the enemies one nuclear plant would put negotiations of surrender on the table.

And Homeworld

@@svetchannel2998 *cough, cough* everyone loves it *cough, cough*

@@hush6149 I think they meant that Homeworld was one of the other aspects that were mashed up into creating Highfleet's visual aesthetics.

Isn’t it WW1 and dieselpunk

it's the attack of the Russian Empire on Khiva (in Uzbekistan today)

Expanding on this, landing the flagship in the middle of nowhere and running sorties out of it is often a good idra

Adapt and overcome, I guess. Gonna try doing this some time :D

I knew this game was good and had it on my list, but I literally just bought it based on this comment.

This... is amazing

doing that in my next one.

I am buying the game solely because of this

good news is that it is a micro prose game. theyre going back to their old ways and its great imo.

I was just thinking that ! Reminds me of a lot of Amiga games I used to play Terrorpods - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5WyqlXlSV1k.html M1 Tank Platoon - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SJG487uW8wY.html B17 Flying Fortress - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6AXsMHBA4Cc.html Supremacy - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-WY23TSAvkQg.html Armour-Geddon - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KhqIfBIl3RI.html Lost Patrol - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7EDK1ldtGx4.html

Yes, and to those Submarine simulators as well, both from 90's and these days. Quite often I think about LHX and how plain and ugly it looks compared to current games and yet I spent so many hours playing it.

@@keenmate9719 Like Silent Hunter? (or UBOAT?)

@@briani7858 Just for context, it is a game that Microprose picked up, not developed. They are great, but they pick up games by various small developers and promote them, not develop them. This particular game was in development for at least 8 years, it's made by a Russian named Konstantin Koshutin (the lead of the eponimous design studio) and allegedly just one other person not counting composers and additional art.

It also was in development hell for SEVEN YEARS. I am kinda shocked that it is not just released, but released in this pristine state.

@@Sintarzus Where u got that info from?

@@Sintarzus MicroProse didn't even exist (again, I'm talking post Cybergun era) for that long though (the real revival was in 2019)... The other thing is, MicroPose is about to release like dozens of games the coming months (around 20 for the next couple of years). They really have not been working on just this one game. And no game is ever stuck in 'development hell' for seven years. That's just bs.

@@PHeMoX Highfleet was actually developped by a small indie team, and they only decided to partner with revived Microprose for publishing recently. Actually you can find gameplay footage from the dev that's 5 years old, where the bulk of the game was already done : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q_-RJbHe1lo.html

Usually you get 1-3 per year, mostly indiegames, 90% on steam. I always recommend "this war of mine" if someone asks for immersion.

Hey hey!

just saw the vid

Thank you!

You summed up my thoughts perfectly.

diesel punk and analogue are a wonderful combination arn't they

Also the lore that the reviewer touched on, is enriched greatly by the references to real life Russian Empire, Afghanistan, Great Game, and Near East and Central Asian history.

And this is why people don't like ultrawide

So it has 4k support now?

@@Shinzon23 Ultrawide is just so good when it works. I played through Half Life 2 for the first time last year. First tried on old 1080p 60hz and it felt shit. Really hard to get immersed. Got a 3440p 100hz monitor and tried it again. It was amazing experience. Would have never enjoyed it without getting ultrawide.

Also he related to anther games - Vangers, and the Perimeter

The metallic victory clang brought vivid memories of furious mouse swinging

Well guess what?

@@fieldy409 it seems OP is actually a scout for the Merchants' Guild, seeking new business opportunities for Sseth

Since when is Microprose an indie?

@@JohnVanderbeck Microprose is just the publisher, the developer is an indie

Honestly I think it's the same universe too, except a thousand years ahead. Seeing as the ships control similarly except they have modern weapons lol

@@joshflanary5412 The game is literally nothing like Hammerfight though.....

@@joshflanary5412 There is rumor that this is a prequel actually. in this case Hammerfight is a dark age of Highfleet.

@@drugon It's not a rumour, word of God says so.

Aye, somehow the battles and effects reminded me of Hammerfight as well. Really cool to see this unique kind of "handwriting" in his work.

I had the same reaction! Hadn't thought of that name in a long time. Shadow President and Darklands were my fkin JAM back in the day

yep me too

Think there is a mouse you can unlock scroll wheel to really speed up that dial turning when trying to find frequencies, etc.

i will wait until someone made better guide in the future

@@stevepirie8130 Not what I'm talking about, but yes, those kinds of mice are handy.

They just released a patch for exactly that mouse issue. Hope it really got fixed.

They were! On Monday!

It's a bit overwhelming at the start, but I'm now about 10 hours into playing it and am starting to feel like I've got a basic grip on all the systems.

Every button in the cockpit does something. What do they do? I have no idea yet

at least it isnt Hearts of Iron or Crusader Kings level of Complicated.

@@crushingit5128 The tutorial pretty much explains everything. If you *really* need some help though, the manual is a very helpful source and has that feel of late 90s manuals.

Every time you do a playthrough, see it through to the very end. It's when you are down on luck and hunted by multiple strike groups that you will learn the best lessons. Also, look stuff up in the manual if needed :)

What do you mean bro ?? Explain please 😊

@@Iraqi-muslim back in the day games used to come with "booklets" or manuals that had tips, artwork, lore and much more. Now its just buy my game fuck lore and gl

i miss games with manuals so fucking much. I jsut bought this game and is sof ucking awesome.

@@7scrub I appreciate your answer 🥰

@@v44n7 Thanks 😊

Too bad you can only send 1 ship at a time

Airship: Conquer the Skies

Thanks! That’s very kind - I’ve been thinking of doing a series called RePlay or something where I review older classics. I did it for Knights of Honor. The main issue is I’m a late comer to PC gaming. I was a console gamer until 2013, only playing Total War and Age of Empires before that. So I missed a lot, I’ve been catching up though with streams of old games like Starcraft, Homeworld, Empire at War, Stronghold etc.

@@RepublicOfPlay Nice! I'd be more than happy to see more of this RePlay idea. If you liked Age of Empires and such, maybe you'd end up liking Empire Earth 1/2. The 2nd is probably the peak, before the downfall with the third. Edit; And/or some old Command & Conquer games, like Generals etc.

Deserts of kharak has much better plot than in Highfleet. I think prologue is more interesting than main game. Brilliant mechanics and visuals, but game not finished.

I think it was just because combination of triple A corruption in gaming journalism (see also: IGN which is like a parody of itself) along with the era of RTS games being bygone for awhile now. Which is a shame really, because I found quite a number of really fantastic or even ambitious RTS titles which just came out at the wrong time, like Grey Goo. It's clear they were angling for being the next Starcraft but came out a decade too late, and a lot of other stuff like SupCom I found really lackluster. I also think people who were fans of the original just didn't generate as much hype because it was 2D now. I still think it's one of the best RTS games I've played and the amount of optimization was phenomenal. One of the best looking and best optimized games I've ever played anywhere. The thing runs on an actual mid-range 1gb GPU potato PC at ultra settings all while managing to look better than most games coming out in 2020, although then again phoneshit is already really dragging down the quality of games in general.