Raidborn - Sandbox Procedural Medieval Fantasy RPG 

greetings to the extremely creative game developer of this game! I am sure, it will be successfull!

All that kicking gave me some serious Dark Messiah of Might and Magic flashbacks XD

@@mikloskoszegi Yes that has been an inspiration for the kicking an traps.

@@PhodexGames I was screaming at the screen "kick them into the spikes! KICK THEM!"

@@mikloskoszegi I feel that :)

thats splat for you ;)

[zefrank]And that is how the Splattercat do[/zefrank]

He used it repeatedly through the fight with zombie with a shield...

🥲And I spent so much time on it 😂

it's only there in case you want to fire that bad boy off

Developer here. Agreed, it does not look very exciting in this video, because lots of features start to unfold when you unlock new skills. Also splatter forgot to use stamina potions and he literally fought with the tutorial weapon, which makes the combat feel pretty slow and tedious.

Fair points, well made. I'll have to find other videos on it. Any you'd suggest that show a better take on the game?

@@KhaosElement I recommend watching the trailer on Steam. RU-vid wouldn't let me put links here.

Thank you. Much appreciated.

Hey I am the developer. Thanks for the feedback. It is intentional design, that you can't pick up dropped weapons, because I don't the player to have too many useless items in his inventory. I also find it stupid when you carry like 236 iron sword or something ^^. Loot, as everything else, is fully procedural. The higher the dungeon level the more loot, but I agree that there are a little to many items, which you would expect to pick up, but you can't. I am sure during Early Access I am going make changes on the looting system.

@@PhodexGames That's fair if that's the intent. I guess for me one of the parts of dungeon delving games that I enjoy is not only finding neat things I want to keep, or quest items, but also doing "dungeon salvage" by collecting various semi-valuable junk I can sell for cash back in town, including discarded weapons. Perhaps a compromise might be giving us at least the possibility of picking more things up, but making weight a concern. Then you could pick and choose what "junk" you want to carry, but at least there's a logical consistency of being able to. That said, if you're just wanting to skip all that and keep things simple, I can understand that. The game still looks great, and I absolutely wishlisted it to see where it goes. 😀 I wish you luck with it!

@@Bllurr1 I'm in agreement with you on this, and it's a pretty big minus for me.

@@PhodexGames You can make the enemies weapons be most of the time bad quality and worth not that much so maybe people won't really think about picking them up - like in many old RPGs picking weak weapons at start was common just to get a few pieces of gold but as the player become more wealthy carrying all the items that were worth 1 gold was pointless. I play Baldur's Gate EE now and at start I did pick all the daggers, helmets, spears etc. each worth 1 gold just to sell them but now when I have a good amount of gold it is pointless to loot everything and carry all the loot back to towns to sell them just to get that 20-30 gold. But still it is a possibility that some loot goblins can do just that and can loot anything and sell it - in Skyrim you are also able to pick many things up but that does not mean you should - there is no point in picking up brooms and pots and weak weapons even at start just to sell them for 1-5 gold because of carry weight. You could even add a spell in one of the starting classes that would let loot goblins transmute the enemies useless weapons into 1 gold coin or something like that. Also some enemies/bosses should have some great weapons/armors/trinkets etc. so killing them and looting them would feel rewarding and like an upgrade to your hero or at least a good amount of gold for selling it that will let you buy something you need. I think the metal/copper/silver/gold bars should be changed to be pickable as we saw in the video that some of them Spalt was able to pick up and some of them he was not able to but to tell the truth each one of them would be worth something for a blacksmith in a town. More loot is always a good thing ;)

@@zarddin9561 Together with the community we recently discussed the idea of being able to switch your currently equipped weapon with a dropped weapon on th ground. That way you can't hoard them, but still are able to pick them up, in sacrifice for your own weapon. Regarding boss enemies. I just recently gave them more cool stuff to drop (like skill books for example). Additionally there is an artifact mechanic that allows you to collect pieces of an artifact which then gives you a powerful equipment piece. Currently this just drops in chests. At least in dungeons all bars can actually be picked up. There are some static bronze bars left, because back in the day bars were static objects. I will remove them, I just didn't had the time to do so yet.

Hey I am the developer. The soundtrack is inspired by The Elderscrolls, so I would be confident that you like it.

@@PhodexGames I've noticed some similarities with TES (not a bad choice). The game is looking great!

Yeah I hate that, when I play RPGs I always buy as little as possible from merchants. Getting a new sword by killing its previous owner or finding it in a secret room is way cooler than buying it at a store.

It's a trap to get you addicted to a pointless loop. Runaway from this kind of game as far as possible.

The amount of loot increases the higher level a dungeon is. Ther are actually hundreds of different items to loot, but some of them are for quests only atm (I may change that). But agreed I could increase the spawn rate of actual visible loot objects.

@@PhodexGames Are all keys rebindable? I am considering getting the game.

@@TedTheAtheist I will add support for numpad keys with a patch on Wednesday, apart from that nearly every key is already supported. Also nearly every action is rebindable.

Seconded, wholeheartedly!

So many Skyrim modders get this wrong when they design houses

The itemization sucks. Not everything has to be interactive, but if you're going to decorate the environment allow us to interact with some of it.

This is exactly the reason why I shall not be trying the demo, wishlisting or buying this title. Shame because I actually found it to be a nice charming and lightweight game, but I can not stand this untouchable set decoration design. There is always too much of it in most games but in this one it is over the top excessive. Sad

This is a super nit picky hang up for an early access demo game.

@@StoneCorazon Things you can't ever interact with become ignored by the player, background noise if you will. If they are along the wall they become dead space in a room. If a dev is spending a lot of time on background noise that just is sort of wasted time. Making things physics items or possibly contain loot solves this, 1% of crates in stalker ever have any loot but they still get shot up in fights and broken by players.

Hey I am the developer. Thanks for the feedback. It is intentional design, that you can't pick up dropped weapons, because I don't want the player to have too many useless items in his inventory. I also find it stupid when you carry like 236 iron swords or something ^^. Loot, as everything else, is fully procedural. The higher the dungeon level the more loot, but I agree that there are a little to many items, which you would expect to pick up, but you can't. I am sure during Early Access I am going make changes on the looting system.

Hey I am the developer. There are artifact fragments that you can find, allowing you to "craft" the artifact. The amount of loot increases the higher level a dungeon is. Ther are actually hundreds of different items to loot, but some of them are for quests only atm (I may change that). But agreed I could increase the spawn rate of actual visible loot objects.

Developer here. Problem is if I add that, like hundred people will instantly hate mail me why the hell there is a penalty for moving backwards. You can't please anyone. Regarding options to turn on/off. As a matter of fact only like 5% of people actually change options other than graphics maybe.

@@PhodexGames I appreciate that. I just wish some game tried it (maybe one has, but I haven't heard of it). Your game has kicking in it, which could (in theory) make creatures stumble and fall backwards as opposed to just being pushed back. Same could be for the player, where they could be kicked or stumble and laid to the ground, where they are looking up at the enemy. It would change how players fight and use the combat space, and make it very different from other games. Anyway, like I said, it's a quibble, and I appreciate the response.

@@rfcesq5474 They do fall over, unfortunately it has rarely shown in the video. You just need to stun them first, or unlock a skill in the barbarian skill tree.

Developer here. The combat system starts to unfold more as you unlock new skills. It is pretty basic at the beginning to not overwhelm the player.

Developer here. I kind of agree. I didn't really want to tell a story, but offer cool gameplay instead, but you need to introduce the player to the game and offer some form of tutorial. Also the game needed some form of primary objective as a motivation for the player.

@@PhodexGames Well there are 2 bad things for me in this game right now. 1 - story and writing does not make sense. It needs to be reworked. I agree that "you need to introduce the player to the game and offer some form of tutorial. Also the game needed some form of primary objective as a motivation for the player." But here it is done badly and does not really makes sense. Since you include many different classes/skills like Barbarian, Defender, Knight, Rogue and probably some Mage or Cleric or Druid etc. in the future and maybe more to make the game have more interesting build and synergies and we live in a hut in the woods it would be much better storywise in my opinion for our hero to be hired by the council to investigate the king murder instead of being one of the guards that got fired but also blamed for king death. To tell the truth being a guard would in my head only fit Knight and Defender as I don't really see a rogue/mage or barbarian standing still in one place guarding the doors to the king bedroom or something like that. I don't know what is your idea and the whole storyline but being hired to investigate the king's death by finding and killing the guilty ones would fit any class and would also be ok with all the adventuring and getting better loot and earning gold and helping people with their quests while collecting some clues and generally helping people and leveling up. It would also make sense to hire a new face that lives outside the town that many people do not know to investigate and get the job done while also being able to cut all ties if she fails and by that keeping the council safe. 2 - stamina regenerates too slowly so you are stuck being hit by enemies and waiting for it to regen and it does not feel good to basically have no options but to just wait or chug potions in each combat. I think it should regenerate passively all the time and not only when you are not using it for anything or at least it should regen while blocking to make combat more interesting and like a dance and risk/reward scenario where you have to mix light hits and heavy hits and blocks to not deplete stamina to 0 and deplating it to 0 should be punished in some way. I think Bladequest has the exact same problem with stamina right?

​@@zarddin9561 Thank you for sharing your thoughts in detail. Regarding the story: The player is not accused of actually having killed the king, and it is more of a political thing. You get fired because you were at the wrong place at the wrong time. The council wouldn't keep you as a guard if you can't even manage to save the king right? Also, the classes make sense because, after you get fired, you become an adventurer and don't have any affiliation with the guards anymore. So it would make sense that you, for example, become a rogue. Still, this is no story game. Regarding the stamina: There is actually a relatively complex system behind it, that Splattercat couldn't explore in such a short amount of time. Each equipment has an handling value that affects stamina usage of different actions. You can also increase handling for different equipment types with skills. Additionally, there are stamina potions that are actually important to use, especially in the beginning. Stamina does regenerate while blocking, just not as fast (you can unlock a skill that makes it regenerate faster). Also, performing a parry gives you stamina. You see, there are a lot of ways to manage your stamina; Splattercat just hasn't explored them yet.

Developer here. I am glad to hear that.

You can show hotkey assignment at any time holding the number keys.

@@PhodexGames I didn't know that

Developer here. The UI is inspired by Sky UI and I love that.

Developer here. Thank you for the feedback. You can actually loot every bar but the copper bar. I didn't had time yet to remove all of them, because back in the day all bars where static objects and not lootable. I am interested in the idea of giving enemies Stamina. How could this be implemented? Do you know a game that does that?

Developer here. Combat AI (+combat system) will be overhauled in the first update after release. Level restrictions are nessecary to prevent players from saving for high level gear which would destroy the intended game pacing and balancing. Kicking is working as intended. You need to stun enemies first then kick them into traps. Otherwise it would be overpowered.

And the worst part is they are proud of it, on their Steam page it says : "Enough of wasting precious time by walking eternal distances and engaging in endless dialogue?" and then pride themselves on not having a "pointless open world" or "overly complex storyline". Ew. Pretentious much...?

Developer here. Well it is not a story game, but there are more fun/complex quests than just fetching. There are for example combat challenges as well (e.g. try killing enemy xy without armor). Additionally it is planned to have dungeon modificators (like you gold now serves as your health pool) later.

@@vee1766 If this doesn't get you excited for the game, it is not for you, but there are many players that don't have the time any more to spend 564 hours on Skyrim or other large AAA rpgs.

Developer here. Yes agreed, this is weird. I thought about giving shovels kind of a health bar, so you can use them more than once.

@@PhodexGames hi, i actually didnt think too much about it, i just found it funny, when splat said "one time shovels". i mean darkest dungeon has one time shovels and people seem to really like that game.

Developer here. I don't know "Isle of Adalar", but I am curious to learn why it failed.

Developer here. It needs time to get used to it. It seems Splattercat had some difficulties with it and hasn't figured out all the mechanics. Also the combat system starts to unfold as you level up. The combat is pretty basic at the start.

I was thinking the same thing!

Dude does voiceovers for a channel called Audit the Audit. 😆

Not everyone likes the way Skyrim is doing things and if you do why not just play that instead.

@@PhodexGames So you think that players don't like having quests that are interesting and meaningful? Or having a game world they can interact with instead of one that feels like a picture you're just looking at? Okay then, good luck with your game. BTW Skyrim was just one example, I could name plenty of other popular games that do things "that way".

@@MarkDeSade100 Exactly you could name plenty of others. Thats the reason I don't have to do the same. Quests in RAIDBORN are gameplay driven, not story driven. That means they are here to supplement gameplay and story is secondary. I can only recommend you trying the game before judging. This video shows like 5% of the game. Other than that you are probably just not the target audience and will not like it and that is fine. Just play one of the other games. P.S.: The game is aggressively advertised as not being a story or open world game, so people like you know its not the game for you.

Developer here. Yes but no. It is inspired by Skyrim, but also many other games. It also is similar to Dark Messiah of Might & Magic for example. It mainly is a dungeon crawler after all, not a AAA open world RPG. You can have that if you want. Just go play Skyrim. I am just a solo dev trying to brew a new mix of games I love. (c) dev of Raidborn.

Developer here. The amount of loot increases the higher level a dungeon is. There are actually hundreds of different items to loot, but some of them are for quests only atm (I may change that). But agreed I could increase the spawn rate of actual visible loot objects.

No the guy is called Andrew Baldwin.

Developer here. Stop insulting me.

Tbh this game seems superficially appealing but you're right. After a few hours youre gonna have faced all the mobs multiple times, used all the weapons multiple times, and see all the environments. It's gotta get bland quick, right?

@@mergenocide Right ? "Plunder a treasure-strewn world, upgrade your gear, level up your skills", okay but... why ? Is there point ? Am i doing something with these treasures ? Am i just upgrading my gear so i can go back again and... upgrade my gear more ? These games are just braindead addictions, trying to trap you in a pointless loop of doing the same thing over and over. Lazy ass devellopers who can't be bothered to create an interesting world and come up with stories.

Developer here. Sure if you are not into dungeon crawlers it is not the game for you. The game is designed to be relaxing and straighforward, for people who have maybe 1-3 hours of time to relax after a long day of work. "Bland" can be suitable, if it is intended. There are many tv series that are "bland" still people love to watch them, for exactly that reason. There are other games that deliver what you are craving for. Still I would love to add more complextiy as I go. Also to be fair I tried my best to make it very obvious on the store page what the game is about. This is not and never wants to be TES 6 or something.

@@PhodexGames Wow! Absolute respect for reaching out like this. I'd give it a shot if I could find out how to get early access, as the play button is not showing up on steam.

@@mergenocide The game is not released yet. Splattercat just presented the demo that will be available from February 6 during Steam Next Fest. The game fully releases on March 29.

Developer here. It is inspired by Gothic. You can unlock skills that reduce directions or even make them stay.

List inventories are mostly popular among PC players actually (see Morrowind).

Sure this was just the Early Access demo. Lots is planned. Stealh kills are possible, but only when skilled. Generally the combat system starts to unfold as you level up. It is pretty basic at the start.

​@@PhodexGames I see. Thank you for explanation. If that's the case, then I'm sure the game will end up beautifully.

Developer here. It is more a dungeon crawler than a large scaled RPG.

Hmm. Actually it is a real world. Great!