Should YOU Play Enclave? (Full Review) 

I played this game when it first came out and started thinking about it again this week for some reason. It took me FOREVER to remember what it was called and I had to literally scan a list of all action RPGs ever made to track it down. I have to say that, after hunting it down, I am thrilled to see such a modern high quality in-depth video to take me back and help me fully recall what I liked about this game. I feel lucky that you chose to make it.

Snotling is a class of Goblin, not a species.

Thanks for not having an outrageously bad microphone

The Druid also activates a third staff. Mine.

Was kind of hoping he'd fall into the water of the assassin dock level to see the unique animation of sharks coming to eat the character LOL it surprised me the first time I saw it.

Thank you for taking me on your journey through Enclave. Some of these environments are indeed remarkably beautiful. I would find it interesting if you would cover a game that you particularly like. I look forward to more videos! And I'm always thrilled when someone supports their local Templars!

Hey man, thanks for a good review of this game, its goods and bads. For me, personally, it is one of the most favorite games of all times. I have a bunch of physical editions of this (some are even brand new & sealed after 20 years!), and I've been playing it since 2008, I think. I absolutely love it and can forgive all of its flaws, although I'm not blind & I can see them just fine. Still, I adore this game. :) Would love to see more content from you!

I absolutely agree on your remaster point. Final Fantasy 7 Remake is...well...a remake. Dead Space, Tony Hawk 1+2, or Shadow of the Colossus are kick-ass remasters, not a remakes (in the case of Dead Space predominantly. The rest are largely "re-ports".

It really felt like a videogame tour of all the good and the ugly parts of the game. Keep it up.

I've always have a soft spot for this game despite it's rough edges, I played it on Xbox when I was a kid (the game belonged to my dad) and it sparked my love for the fantasy genre.

Nice review of Enclave! I really liked that game for it's gameplay. I would be curious about how you could combine the great parts of this game with the great parts of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. That would be my dream game to be honest.

Stumbled upon this game on GOG a few months back, holds up surprisingly well in my opinion

17:48 Blade of Darkness released one year before Enclave has fully model accurate, dynamic hitboxes that change with the animations, even more accurate than most modern games if not all. If you record footage of the game, and slow it down, you will notice it. So when you make a slash with your sword, at the exact moment it connects with someone's head, it will deal damage and also decapitate that head at the exact moment of impact if it's a killing blow. You can even see your hitbox arc as it leaves a trail whenever you attack like in Enclave but more readable.

HD on the way!

One of my favourite games of all times. Looking very much forward to the hd version releasing in a week. And yes, all the goblins in the game speak swedish.

Since orcs are an invention of Tolkien and orc is synonymous with goblins in the Tolkien universe, I'd give games and stories like these a pass when it comes to short orcs. And historically speaking, medieval countries had been using gunpowder weapons for hundreds of years when swords and bows were still dominant weapons. So the cannons and bombs are a nice element to a genre that over uses magic. 😅

THIS game on my ol chonky first gen xbox was my childhood! I need to get it again asap. It is a very badass, atmospheric, hard, sometimes frightening and story rich game with a dash of dark humour. And actually quite replayable. Dark and Likght campaigns and you can run one playthrought wit purely 1 character to experience it all. Extremely disappointed Enclave 2 have yet to appear, hopefully someone buy the i.p and pick up the torch. Nightdive maybe, those who brought the old Turok games from N64 back to high life on new consoles an Steam. Enjoy the game!!😁

While it isn't an RPG, I have the feeling you'd like the fantasy spaces in Arcane Dimensions, a Quake mod. Combat and setting have this beat, I'm sure.

Really loving your vids, high quality and relatable takes, keep it up gamer

The urukai actually were supposed to be about that size.

"Should you..." Not even a question, the game is so short that everyone should give it a try And I would love if some studio would steal this game's idea - mostly because they're just letting it catch dust. Just like how bullfrog doesnt make anything with Dungeon Keeper anymore, some other studio copied it, got into some legal trouble, but now they're thriving. Yes they stole the idea, but at least they're giving people a chance at old games which had unique ideas but with modern graphics. Modern gaming studios need to dig deeper into the past and steal more ideas from old games

I remember playin this as a kid on my toaster of a pc. It was stupidly easy to playthrough at 8fps. For some reason, you're nigh untouchable under those conditions, and your weapon seems to hit multiple times. I started with the Dark campaign because i tend to favor the evil sides. You see good guys in 90% of games so its usually a breath of fresh air to be bad for a while

- 2:08 On my current PC pirated version, i was forced to play Light side first - didnt let me to choose Dark side at all. I think having to use arrow keys is kinda fun, takes you back when people were so limited with these options. - 3:53 Bows and crossbows useless? I only played huntress on the light side lol as with melee, you need to be more precises with your attacks considering the bad hitboxes. Huntress also shoots faster somehow if i remember correctly. On Dark side, i only used mages - so OP - 9:20 Lmao didnt know crouching helps with goblins - 10:10 Strange the skeletons didnt attack you in the crypt - they attacked me once I stole the treasure. - 14:20 I personally found the villages and towns very comfy - 19:14 Didnt know you lose gold once you get rekt lol - 20:40 Music: I played the demo a lot as a kid since there wasnt anything else we could have at the time (which means we replayed the Divided City and Ark Moor over and over again). Also the composer was said to be a woman in another video, but now Im not sure who to believe. Thanks for the bonus track i never got to hear ♥ -Random opinion but I love the main menu with the random raven - especially when you enter the map I mean whats a raven doing with a sextant nailed on their head? Weird but uniquely good! - 23:35 As a mage, I had issues dealing with archers, because of multiple arrows. They didnt get me, but it was a fun challenge. - 24:00 Romans are a weird addition to this game, but who doesnt love their aesthetics. - 24:30 Manual? What manual? lmfao. But y, this made me want to mention Gothic (1,2, Night of the Raven) as in that game you DO NOT get any instructions at all in game, no tutorial, nothing. Kinda makes it that more immersive I suppose. Maybe theres a helpful game manual i never bothered to check - 25:06 I never used daggers as i preferred to quickly changed between staffs or bows/crossbows - 25:35 People comparing any game to dark souls these days, it just became a meem. Idk if its hard like dark souls as ive only played DS once or twice for a very short while, but this game isnt hard at all. Super fun but waaay too short. (At this point, I wonder if you realize you can do another attack with mages: Hold RMB and whilst holding it press LMB for high aoe damage but also drains like 70% mana) - 27:05 yea he has the dum lmao. Many dum games like that tbh. "You must prove yourself first and then we might consider" Then all hell breaks loose and they become almost a useless ally lmao. BRB

A really good review, and funny af xD Hope to see more in the future. Thank you :)

Learned about the remaster from your video, and checked out the trailer... tbh I haven't noticed any differences from the PC version. It seems like the exact same game lmao. I wonder how did they manage to do this though, considering that the source code was supposedly lost. Also you can blame TopWare for the "adware" thingy. Not sure how did they got the IP on their hands (they're definitely NOT the original devs, I can tell you that), but I certainly don't remember having something like that on my physical copy.

this game brings back memorys, fun review mate =)

Good video! Isn't the dark campaign locked in the beginning, so you can't start with it? And I think it's ok to compare this to Dark Souls, especially when trying to give someone a vague idea about the game - you kill enemy after enemy in a kinda linear darkish-grey fantasy setting. The game "Blade of Darkness" is often considered as a kind of proto-Dark-Souls and it feels a lot like Enclave as well. Of course from a modern perspective we have a whole genre of Soulslike games and Enclave doesn't fit in there.

This game is what I consider" acceptable jank".

WHERE IS YOU POWER ARMOR!!!

Its not amazing but its not terrible, I remember playing this on pc in between better releases. Gameplay is smooth and decent unreal engine is nice ( i think its unreal engine) and it has some variety. Severance and Rune were released around the same time and much better. Shame we didn't get more 3d person fantasy games, the tech was still in its infancy in many ways.

When enemy too close and your using range weapon you change to FPP because in tpp the hit box is below their knee

Blade of Darkness could have really benefitted from this game's control scheme.

Pretty entertaining review, keep it up if you can. Also post a new discord link if you want to, your twitch one is invalid and I'm always down to hang with new people.

bro i love your commentary

There’s not enough remasters coming out soon enough in my opinion. I wish there was more. Killzone Liberation recently got a remaster.

This looks at least a generation ahead of Oblivion. Or 2. Are you sure it was the same year?

Ah, an indepth 45 min review of a game I can currently get for equivalent of 30 cents. Perfect for investment evaluation!

YES you should play Enclave because it's super awesome!

archers are the most awesome in this game you just need to learn to play a lot of it has high skill floor while the game can be steamrolled on easy and beaten on normal mostly alright but going 146% on hard you have to learn everything

It's good, keep it up, see what you like to do and what works.

I don't know what the fuck is your problem with a grounded looking medieval towns? I think that level design is the greatest aspect of this game, not every game should be a carnival ride.

Hey! I enjoyed the video and thought I would give some feedback. For a first video it's pretty good: on a purely technical side I think your voice recording could be a bit better and it would really improve things. Also this might just be me but I noticed a lot of slight slurring. Nothing major at all, but I think it would help to crack down a bit on that. I've heard that "Speaking from the chest" can help with that. I really liked how you talked about the game's more technical sides when it mattered but didn't get bogged down too much. Like with talking about the box around the character being briefly active. However, Im not sure how else to put this, but this video has very little "Hookablitity" to it. I'm not being drawn in despite the game being novel. Which isn't the best criticism I could give I know, but I'm not sure how else to put it. Also, another criticism, which is one I also have of Ross's newer videos, is that I don't think it's necessary to go through the entire game chapter by chapter. I think a bit of editing and structure beyond the linear sequence of events would help everything flow better.

I could never beat the 2nd mission bc it keeps crashing on my ol xbox

I just saw this on ps store and I couldn’t put my finger on it But damn this is the game I used to play on my old ass tyme pc but it was so shitty I couldn’t run it Never completed it after the second stage I am defiantly going to complete this game to fulfill my childhood nostalgia

excellent video. id LOVE to see more like it. particularly a Silent Hill or Majora's Mask one (although thay have been done a LOT) maybe culty-er games like D2 on the Dreamcast or Deadly Premonition. anyways it was an enjoyable video. i think you convinced me NOT to order the LRG physical Switch version though.

Very game dungeon. Good work :)

"Laziest puzzle design" bruh have you seen skyrim, ever?

Enclave and Rune two real classics! Some people mention Severance - Blade of Darkness but I think this title is bad, because the combat is slow and truncated, in addition to having few enemies and very large areas that are useless, and the controls are also complete rubbish.

that's not a name that's rank

11:18 what game is that?

God bless the enclave Only real ones will get this reference

Thanks for the review, I enjoyed it :)

Hey really liked this video! I played this game on the original Xbox. Do you plan on playing the Remastered and sharing your experiences on YT? I subbed. Keep up the good work!

Video has an immaculate vibe. Gg

How many hours did you have in the game when you did the video? There was a couple of things you didn’t pick up on/notice that I think would’ve changed your opinion. Overall though, good video!

Game looks fun ill try it

What is the driving game in your intro?

Dude more videos please

Good video, your video was amazing

You've really got video making down pat. I'm 12% sure this isn't your first channel. If it is then holy hell. Please make anything. Copy Ross' game dungeon, the librarian, heck you could be the next AVGN if you can be creative with insults. Your inspirations are on your sleave and it's a very pretty sleave.

enjoyed this video, liked and subscribed (:

Good video!

Keep up. Cheers from Brazil.

Awesome video, thank you

Nice stuff, i saw your post on r/AccursedFarms! By the way if you ever plan on making a mind series of sort, i have a original idea you could use.

Wow that's a lot of whining

Great video, stumbled across it and am impressed. Subbed up!

I remember playing it alongside Marrowind