I Played The NEW Soulslike Deathbound! | Is It Good? 

You know that feeling you get when you see a game, and you just know it's the last time you'll ever hear about it?

After Lies of P it’s gonna take a lot for a soulslike to impress me

I know this game is still in an raw state, but man i'm so proud that brazilian developers was manage to put this out, developing a game here like this is very damn HARD and RARE considering there's almost no incentive and developers are basically on their own own! Hope they could use the feedback properly, gain more notoriety and make this game actually fun on release!

So..Sci-fi Mortal Shell with Bayonetta's witch time at dodging. Sounds cool... hope they polish it and make it less clunky. XD

I want more Elden ring dlc delusions

Spellbound 🗿

Man ah love the art style its incredible

Nice video as always, cheers

I'm an indie gamer so this sounds right up my alley. I can enjoy janky games in spite of themselves. If it has good enough conceits/novelty it justifies itself. Hellpoint, for example, was a souls-like I adored but could never recommend.

The only times screen tearing has been an issue for me in the past is if you have Vsync and Gsync (VRR) disabled and the framerate is fluctuating, usually below the refresh rate of the monitor, or if you have Gsync enabled but the framerate is going above the refresh rate of your monitor. Depending on your settings, you may need to set a framerate limit to 1fps below your monitor’s refresh rate, for example my monitor is 120Hz so sometimes for games that run at high fps, I may have to set the fps limit to 119fps. Hope this helps

The clunk will never go away. It's built into that engine. Gone are the days when game engines were built for the games they were made for.

After lords of the fallen I’ve come to learn it’s better to wait. No way this won’t have issues at launch.

This game has potential. Here's hoping!

Reminds me a bit of strangers of paradise with the class switching, can be really fun if done right. I’m just a fan of souls likes so I’ll keep an eye on this one.

Reminds me of original dark souls with the movement.

why do i have a feeling the concept of Alchemy is in this too (duh lmao ive also been learning metaphysics so that gets me hyped like a kid in the 90s at gamestop)

For the screen tearing: Did you try changing settings for refresh rates both in game options and/or in windows display settings? I had this with Cyberpunk and had to change my refresh rates in game and in my windows display settings (Advanced Display Settings option).

Sounds like it's a really good idea. Since it's in pre-alpha, we can expect there to be a lot of placeholders, mechanics that aren't worked out well yet, etc. Important part is if they take the time and really listen to criticism, especially in the Alpha and Beta testing phases.

Looks cool. Has some pretty interesting mechanics.

Is there any way to put the character in the middle of the screen Put the camera directly behind the chara

The fact that the caster character has a pot on their head tells me this game will be an instant classic.

The Aimless Truth 😅 boss of the year 😂😂

Hmmm, this very interesting. But I’ll keep an eye out for it

Looks like thymesia interface. Looks awesome overall!

I read it as Spellbound lol and I thought Fromsoft gave early access to RU-vidrs haha

Honestly, with polishing, could be pretty good.

Metroid Prime, oh my childhood.

The HUD in this game is really nice except for the hero switch panel. Its way too big for what it is and its too distracting. Unless the icons emote throughout the game I don't see a need for it take up that much screen. Also each diamond has 3 outlines which I think is excessive and makes it look like a different style from the other HUD elements.

The hero swapping reminds me so much of Genshin (my first game using that style)

I kissed megatron

Idk I may try it. I like the idea of having several different builds to switch between on the fly. I like that devs are trying to think outside the box. Lords of the Fallen has set the bar high for reinventing the soulslikes so I’m interested in seeing where new devs take it. Miyazaki created the genre but I’m thinking he will soon be surpassed in it. Which is exactly what everyone should be hoping for.

Esse jogo é brasileiro que orgulho por aparecer aqui nesse canal

The character system Reminds me alot of Mortal shell

Needs work, not sure i like the hero switching. The scifi is a nice twist hope theres still some customizing and attribute point distribution

Looks like a solid start to a game so far, personally I dislike how the heavy hitter is hunched over like that, looks silly

Did you say "C P" studios? I rewound this and watched the first 9 second a lot... what did you say??

Yeah with remnant 2 and lies of p this past year...the bar is insane.

This looks like sci-fi demon's souls

Plays an alpha. “Yeah I don’t think the game is ready to ship” Devs: ya no shit

Ziostorm my dyde, let me desing your cover image please xd

Yah same as black faith they need to work more on their next projects and bring more devs

Does it have the sauce?

The character switch function could be a nice change (even though i prefer to make my own character). But, the art style/direction/environment is awful. I don't even see anything "sci-fi", but i'll just put that into the "it's pre-alpha" part More importantly, the combat feel and rythm seem like mortal shell, which was awful

Looks and feels very similar to demon's souls ps5

Looks kinda like Thymesia

Well since there are not many for me left to play.

Vision of Ds3

I had enough Soulslikes to play through, now it's time for Elden Ring DLC.

Lets face it, Lies of P set thr bar, the new gold standard in souls-likes.

Bro tryhards the deep voice

30 sec in and the screen tearing is already killing me

The bad combat makes it doa. Especially if it's slow

I haven’t slept, help me Zio

1. Overall speed of movement and combat is FAR too slow. Combat between two characters should be fun, not laborious. I suggest go checking out something like Project Exyl to see a decent combat system developed by a single guy. 2. Being able to just walk around a Boss's attacks without the need to even dodge is lacklustre and as noted in the video the boss A.I. needs work. 3. The Graphics seem very dark/muddy/hazy which does not lend itself to the 'cartoonish' style. 4. I'd guesstimate (ruler on screen) the boss has 3200 Health with your light attacks dealing 91 damage. 36 or so hits seems insane for a tutorial boss, made worse by the very slow combat speed which negates combo potential. As a rule of thumb I suggest have the boss health in around the projected 16-hits mark. If you had very fast gameplay I'd maybe say balance that to 16 (3-hit combos), but currently your combat is too slow for combos. 5. The Slo-mo on a perfect dodge is cool...reminds me of Darksiders 3. Shame the dodging is (literally) hit and miss. 6. Level design looks hampered by having no visible skybox, no weenies and a draw distance straight out of N64's Turok Dinosaur Hunter. 7. I noticed several tents with ropes that the character just phases through. I'd suggest getting rid of architecture you can just walk through. 8. Based on what was shown the lighting needs work. Not sure what engine its running on but visually the game doesn't even look last gen, let alone current gen. Torches on walls don't even cast light on the ground, they only light up about a 1 foot radius on the wall behind them. 9. Too early to do a proper analysis on your multi-character swopping mechanic. Certainly I see the potential behind a quartet of: Slow but Strong/Tough Knight + Fast but Weak Rogue + De-Buff/Ranged High Damage but Low Health Wizard + Buff/Zone Defense but weak ranged attacks Cleric. Especially if you have layers to the combat where certain enemy types are strong/weak against certain characters. 10. I would not suggest releasing it in ANYWHERE near its current form. Basically every area of the game needs work and some maybe need a complete rethink. But I wish the developers the best of luck.

Or, hear me out, I could replay one of the older souls games and be content that what I’m playing is actually good.

"the most important part of a soulslike - combat" uhm level design?

it has that awful bland blue orange pallette from Demons Souls remake, but gameplay seems ok although floaty. The ocasional off center camera is disgusting. If its on gamepass Ill try it. Also the healing punishment seems pointless and stupid.

For now its look awuf.

I dont want any game that is souls like. I want elden ring like. Its the only game i purchased to actually play for 15 years.

To be honest I do not like the way it looks and the gameplay does not appeal to me.

why does this look like a straight rip off of Thymesia ascetics, menus, color chooses in UI.. etc... I thought maybe same company but I was wrong. Heck even the world they are traversing looks a lot like it as well..

Yea doesn't look great. I'm glad studios are starting to make these kinds of games, but other than Lies of P, they have a long way to go in general to catch up to Fromsoft.

Ehhh.... I don't like punching down on indie studios, but this looks super derivative. Like, they play and love soulslike games, and are attempting to make one without truly understanding the fundamentals of why they love them so much.

Character switching is a big red flag for me. It's a very lame way to give the illusion of depth.

Simmary: it's trash

I don’t like the choosable hero type games. Code vein and a couple others kinda did it and it’s just not as rewarding as committing to builds.

Nah. Hellpoint sucked. Bleakfaith was amazing from the perspective it was two devs, but at the same time obviously not up to the needed standard for full enjoyment.

im gonna level with ya chief, this looks extremely mid

It looks very generic. I would rather pick up the other Soulslikes like Rise of the Ronin, Wukong or Khazan.

Remnant 2 is 'sci-fi souls-like' done right. This right here is dollar store garbage that fails at the sci-fi setting and souls combat.

Hellpoint was better sci fi souls.

this is like mortal shell 2.0, very mid

Looks pretty garbage, if this looks comparable to even ds1 to u, ur spitting in the face of a master piece

It’s going to be mediocre like ALL other soulslikes out there.

I’ll be honest this ain’t it. They need to get back in the kitchen and cook up something better. Sounds good on paper the game doesn’t look fun

This kind of looks like a turd unfortunately

I don't like it

Seems bad ngl

boring copy paste

Yawn

The game looks like trash zio. Stop being so nice just because the creator is smaller. Its absolutely bad lol, it looks bad, the system makes no sense for a classic souls-like style that theyre going for. It looks like a repeating checkerboard of copy pasted panels for walls, just bad man. Good attempt but bad is bad

Oh nice, we got demon’s souls at home 🔥🫏

game look sad too sad