I Played The Upcoming Soulslike Codex Lost | It’s AWESOME! 

Glad you've enjoyed this amazing title! Nice to hear that we entertained you! - VA for Hortigan the (grumpy) Crow and Bishop Crevlon

I absolutely LOVE the spellbook & staff aesthetic, finally someone portrayed a TRUE high fantasy mage

As a mage main for most souls playthroughs, I have to say that I'm very excited for this game to come out

Title is pretty misleading ngl but this is definitely a game I'll be keeping my eye on

Damn, Adventure Quest takes me waaaay back... I was playing that before AQ Worlds even existed.

It seems very interesting. It does look like most of the assets used are mostly unedited and from various sources just mixed up together, which is to be expected as one person can only do so much. A lot of the assets remind me from other games and with the recent trend of games coming out with stolen assets getting deleted from steam after launch I hope this guy is legit and paid all the licenses he needed as the game looks like it has some promises

I don't know if the developer is reading these comments but I have 1 major suggestion: I totally get the vibes you're going for. Classic, old-school 80s and 90s "wizardcore" or whatever you wanna call it. Absolutely love the direction. I think it could go even further. The color-grading and the overall tone still feels a tad bit reserved. I would lean much more heavily into the tone that you're going for. Look at Terry Pratchett's Discworld series covers illustrated by Josh Kirby and Paul Kidby for inspiration. I also belwieve the UI and HUD could be way more interesting looking. I'd totally sacrifice a modern aesthetic for something more complex and illustrative.

I played and yes it's cool, but the menu and UI need a complete overhaul

Thanks for getting me psyched up for a game that isn’t out yet…🤪

BROO I CAN'T BELIVE AQW GOT MENTIONED. MY CHILDHOOD!!! I still boot it up from time to time, just for nostalgia. Thousands of hours into that game...

i find it funny, while you were talking about how you kind felt bored at first the footage I was watching looked really fun - definitely keeping my eye on this one thanks

This is great. Thanks for the heads up Zio! Good on ya for branching out. I'd love to hear your takes on other franchises. I think its really good for your fans and for the channel overall. Keep up the great work!

Woah this looks cool, if spellbound exists or something similar, I hope it’s like this

this game looks right up my alley. for me, the exploration aspect is probably the single most important aspect. if the combat's not your typical dark souls formula but is fun in a different way, that's totally fine by me

this game genuinely looks incredible, glad you, well, didn't review it bc i'm totally gonna be keeping my eye on this now

This looks extremely impressive for something so early on in development. Will definitely be keeping an eye on this one.

What is the flexibility within the "mage" umbrella of builds, and what sort of advancement is there beyond spells? Do you get a melee attack? What sort of spell resources are there, or is it mainly a mana bar and recovery items?

The very first thing that made me want to give Codex Lost a try was the story premise. Watching the demo felt all the more reassuring.

looks awesome, please keep up with this one.

Yeah I tried it during steam next fest. Is a bit clunky, but very cool. I wishlisted it and am very curious in what a state it will release.

The concept of this and the idea of fun meaningful exploration looks so cool. I can easily look past the bad graphics if there is a real sense of adventure under it all. Thanks for the tip towards this one

Solo dev?! I'm stunned 😲

Spellbound at home: Jokes outside I might try it out one of these days, seems fun and complex

Knew nothing about this game! This looks very cool & unique! I'll be keeping an eye out for it!

This game looks creative, nice video as always, cheers from Germany

I think I’ll give it a try. I love mage play style & I need something new to play. Seems fun and full of exploration.

Omg I played so much Adventure Quest back when I was in high school. That was definitely a nostalgia trip.

I'm stoked for this one. I do hope though that there will be more outfit variety.

I don't like how the arms stay still while you walk. Or how they snap to the run position. Looks like they just have 2 arm poses they're blending between.

“Filthy wizard!” -Chasethebro Seems like it is the real Spellbound.

I’m hoping the graphics get dramatically updated for release. I assume we’re about a year out? But definitely seems like it has potential

I really like how this looks

Looks like an absolute blast!!

I finally 100% Elden Ring. I beat the game last year but millennia was all that was just left and man it felt great beating her. I can’t wait for DLC !

I trust your opinion on "souls-likes". I'll def be playing this one!

Looks awesome and honestly I think it's very similar to what fromsoft will release with their next ip

It's definitely jank right now, but the thing about jank early builds is that they often represent final game feel better than people expect (like Bayonetta's early animation tests, or the No More Heroes 3 prototype at the end of Travis Strikes Back), and the core here actually looks solid. I'll try to keep tabs on this.

Looks interesting. But they should add an idle anmimation where he outs the book away amd the you can explore whithout the book out all the time.

Damn this looks incredible

Bleak Faith: Forsaken has a semi-open world while Elden Ring has a massive, wide open world.

You got me there for a sec

Damn that's crazy

Recently my build on Elden Ring has been very similar to this. Playing the reforged mod gives access to many of the DnD classes in the form of fortunes. While it's not a mage perse, playing as an artificer/ranger involves a lot of the things you've described. Honestly not a huge fan of Elden Rings magic combat on its own either so I usually end up doing something similar with a build. However dual cross bows + items and buff management makes for really interesting gameplay beyond just trying to get a stun on the enemy.

This has potential to flesh out soul-like magic systems. I'm very optimistic!!

I'll probably check it out. It looks interesting.

it is the new Mike Zaky game Spellbound?

I've never heard of this game, but I'm not joking when I say that just earlier today I was fantasizing about what it would be like if someone made a soulslike where you play as a mage and cannot use traditional melee weapons & combat. I'm a mage fanatic in pretty much every role playing game that I touch, so thanks for bringing this one to my attention.

This is how I feel about bleak faith, the game has such a concrete vision that I get immersed in it despite the iffy visuals and the bugs it used to have.

As someone who primary cannonballs into the magic side of things in souls games, and Elden Ring, I'm very interested in this. I think the art style is beautiful, it's not quite the same as Dark Souls 2, but it's close.

I’m a mage main in pretty much any rpg I play so this is right up my alley.

one thing is the UI looks a bit off, as a game dev myself i think this is the biggest mistake i try to avoid making, the UI always needs to match the overall saturation of the game also props to the developer for making such amazing environments while being solo! it gives me hope

Will this have coop ?

You’d probably love Nox. It’s old af and feels really classic

Looks like Elder Scrolls online with better graphics. I like it. Will definitely be checking it out. Please keep us updated.

On your last video I asked you to check out a game and I'm asking for a different one now but everything you talked about liking sounded like Lunacid to me its a game heavily inspired by KingsField its a chill atmospheric dungeon crawler

Does Ziostorm have an opinion on the Bandai Namco vs Fromsoft situation? I believe Maximilian Dood briefly mentioned it in the first minute of his "Xbox.....Isn't Dead" video.

If you like this game (even if its not technically the final product yet) might I advise playing "Kena: Bridge of Spirits"? It's not really a Souls-like but its a game where you play a magic-focused character and I actually really enjoyed it.

This looks pretty cool, while showing simplistic scenery (that may change as game develops). As a counter to this genre, I'd love to see a souls-like game that focused on ALL physical violence/damage, with absolutely no spells or magic and ONLY environmental remedies or shamanic herbal healing. Like if Assassin's Creed and Dark Souls had a baby that was hard and not cut and dried.

running up stairs looked off

As an exclusive Mage/Range player, this looks incredibly intriguing to me. I'll definitely keep a close eye on it for when it releases on PS5.

How's the lore/story? In depth world building?

Does it allow character customization or are you a set character?

the premise looks really cool. What feels kinda weird for me is the inconsistent art direction (from what I can see). They went for a somewhat realistic assets mixed with cartoony objects. the staff feels like it doesn't belong on the setting. plus, the hud is very colorful and saturated whereas the rest of the game looks kinda muted in tone (even though some areas seems very vibrant at times. Overall, I think they should focus more on the atmosphere. everything looks super bright and bland. the game looks cool though. I like playing mage / battle mage a lot

Some of these environment assets look very familiar 🤔 lol

I hope you can turn motion blur off...

“Alright what’s going on guys”

Chances these devs were the ones feeding you spell bound leaks?

It reminds me of Mortal Shell tbh. Smaller indie take on the souls formula, but very rough around the edges but making up for that with buckets of charm. I also get the feeling the end product will kind of feel the same. Unable to keep up with its promise. Starting off great and puttering out to meh as the end game evolves and either your abilitys become overpowered or inadequate. But will be keeping an eye on this one cause ive been speculating on a pure magic souls game for a while. This isnt really what I envisioned but it stands as a pretty good stab at it. OTWT.

They had a demo available and I played it for about an hour, then they literally took it down the next day 😢

I think the graphics look great!

The most unique soulslike? Have you played the Surge? But this definitely does look awesome af and this is the 2nd or 3rd time I’m hearing of it so the hype is realllll lol

This might be the first souls game I’m not crazy about. I bought every single one before this. Not sure what they were thinking 🤦‍♂️

So it’s not the supposed spell bound because that game was supposedly to be made by fromsoft

Coming to ps5?

This looks dope as fuck

I've been wanting pure magic souls like style game like this. It looks very promising. Imagine if Unreal Engine 5 made it for the Sony and Xbox 😮 :) so cool! Love your content man, keep going! Salute, -JRoot

For some reason, I couldn't download the demo!

Honestly, it looks pretty cool.

At first I was like, this looks cheap. I was happy to find out it’s a super early build.

I've already enjoyed Forspoken and I'd say Codex Lost is its Souls-like equivalent.

YOU PLAYED AQWORLDS, NO SHOT

Looks fun, but the art style looks inconsistent, sometimes realistic, sometimes cartoonish. I assume this is because it's still in its early stages and mixes assets from various sources. Has the developer indicated which direction they want to take eventually?

I really got tired of Soulslikes. While waiting for the DLC (you know which one), I just started playing games from entirely other genres and I'm having a blast. Like, check out Prince of Persia The Lost Crown. It has such good bosses.

No pvp?

Oh my god it's happening i have been hearing About rumour About spell bound is ps 5 exclusive

does look like a 360 game era.. but interesting

yo i grew up on adventurequest worlds lol

Hmm interesting I got hate for wizardry in Elden ring and dark souls…

seriously question how is this better than bleak faith like huh

Bloody Potter Codex Lost

Not a fan of clickbaity titles, your content is good enough man! You don't need to do all that! lol

creativity is cool, nostalgia is not. saying that I won't sacrifice performance over visuals

As a Caster main that's continually being disappointed by DS3 and Elden Ring, this looks promising. (I personally think Elden Ring was lazy in improving Caster gameplay outside of just the spells.)

So u can only be a mage basically?? No swords or melee weapons at all?? Looks a lot like ds2 to me which isn’t a put down necessarily

Zio, i as an German, i dont need someone to explain me to love a game to propaganda. Please make vids you like and share with us without moneyinterest!

Zio needs ER dlc he’s desperate… cool game tho

This probably won’t come out on consoles, which I hate. Steam has all the cool shit.

Oh, I thought it was called spellbound 😂

Something about the art style just does not agree with mah brain just like thymesias art style did Edit oh ah know it kind of looks like a mobile game

Elden Ring mages are getting another life