Stoneshard Trollslayer - Ultra Hard Turn Based RPG 

Got jumped by 5 bandits 3 minutes into the game, while still being level 1. 9/10 would try again

I love how lethal everything is. Most games let you kill wolves and bears like nothing but realistically most people would be lucky to just survive a wolf attack let alone kill it. Great game so far !

This game is so damn promissing. Its so hard to find a satisfying and immersive rpg nowadays and this one is definitely both. I hope they pick up the pace of adding content and expanding the world.

Loved the part with the deer just standing there..while behind it a massive pile of arrows😂if it could laugh, it was laughing

I saw this on steam yesterday and my immediate thought was, “can’t wait for splattercat to play this!”

you sure have a knack for finding good games, thanks for this!

This game is awesome, glad we're seeing more!

i always love coming to Splatters channel to find games to play, he has amazing taste

I used to love this channel, it just popped up again so it’s good to see you still gaming.

Feels like every game I look up on RU-vid you have videos for it.

In this game, free movement can mean the difference between life and death. Also Splatty don't know that Diablo Tetris, tsk tsk.

the graphics and artwork really look like some fairy tale happy place, butterflies and stuff, really nice. . . . wasn´t expecting a hard core rogue game, 10/10

i love when you sing in the middle of your videos for no reason, makes me just happy a smile behind my screen ^^

Really cool game! love the difficulty. How you got bopped by the wolf and not straying to far from the road as a lonely archer

aim the bow dude! =D just clicking to attack with it is like a hip shot, gotta use the skill that ups accuracy as long as you have some distance.

Holy shit. I returned to the Nerd Castle. XD I was first here when you started playing Zomboid. With they are billians I left but its nice to be back.

Wow there's a voice over? Nice .. I really like Stoneshard, I'm glad that these game gets update

Yeah, I only watched the first 7 min and already love it.This game is cool.Nice videos btw.

Oooh! I didn't know they were making an expansion. Cool beans :D

I could definitely watch a few more episodes.

Man I can't wait for the game to be released, I'm sadly one of those people that waits for at least a version 1 release lol. Though I have been tempted many times on purchasing because of these videos.

I played as Arna/Maiden Knight in my first play through. Early game was nightmarish, i couldn't 1v1 properly. Late game i destroyed everything. It was so rewarding, from a scrub who couldn't win 1v2 fights to own over 10 enemies at once without even sweating. Greatsword(Claymore), Combat mastery, Strength based. Archer is also good, combined with athletics. I haven't played the other two.

Here's a tip. When you are in the woods, move from tree to tree which will occlude part of your vision. Move slowly to the next tree, one tile at a time. When you see an animal that normally runs when it sees you wait, if it is alarmed, which you'll know by question marks over the head, back up towards the tree you came from. If it is not alarmed, rt click on yourself and select shout. Did this until it becomes alarmed. Back up to the tree breaking line of sight with the animal till it is right on the tree, then run around the tree, several times, with each motion breaking line of sight on the mob. I don't know how many times you need to do it because the stealth system isn't fully in yet but about six should do it. Stop moving and wait a turn, the mob should now move to a tile just adjacent tip your character. You can perform a surprise attack on it and it will go into hostile mode without moving allowing for a second attack. If not, let it run away and wait a bit it might come back if you keep shouting from outside its line of sight. You can pull multiple things from line of sight this way, be careful because it can get packs of wolves, bears, or bandits.

The moment they implement creating characters, I'll immediately get into the game!

Great video, made me buy the game, eager to try it out

Crazy. This game almost looks like Yoda stories on the art style

23:48 any girl dropping hints that she likes me

You should play some more. It's especially helpful for a game like this that has so many small systems working together.

Hey Splatter Im new to your channel, and StoneShard is the first game I watched you play. Really enjoying it, please keep up the great work 👈🏼👈🏼👀

I can understand and agree why they made exp not be obtainable by hunting down helpless animals and cooking their meat. If you want to level up, you have to do specific tasks for people or face actual dangers, which bring the element of risk into it and is more interesting choice than trying to get exp from everything around you, so you can get better at combat. Keep in mind that the game has to be design around that, too.

Take the penny buns and cook 'em! Free food and there's loads of 'em!

Taking on wolves early game is actually pretty good for experience but you can only take one of them at the same time you need an active skill that will deal damage

You can dual wield any weapon. Some skills require you to use a dagger tho. The prime build I had last patch was the best parrying dagger and the best sword. You also can use the skills as soon as they're off cooldosn, meaning you can use the first skill right after you shoot

I have almost 30 hours in this game and this is the first time I have seen a viper.

Love this game since its first public release. Feels like Tarkov of RPGs

Reminds me of unreal world. Im def getting this on my next paycheck assuming i dont get corona'd before that

Splatter, you can move the camera by pressing the middle mouse button which is extremly usefull when playing a ranged character...

The road map for the game is on the steam page. Looks really promising.

i'll probly hop back on to see how the update looks. I got this on release because it looks AMAZING but i'm kinda waiting for them to add caravans/camping like they mentioned in blog posts and the roadmap. I highly recommend looking at the roadmap if you have interest in this game. also, i totally agree with you splatty, i love when games give you little rewards for doing things besides just fighting. This game seems to be taking a lot of cues from the Might and Magic aesthetic/RPG school of thought, and I kinda wish they would add trainers like in M&M6+ where there's barriers in skill tree progression unless you go to a tutor and have them teach you how to be a journeyman or expert or master or something. that was a super underrated and never again replicated feature that i loved from those games.

Splat, you can also save at the campsites.

Feck you are quick. Saw this before I had a chance to login

Hey Splat! Use middle mouse button to move the camera independent of your character, that way you can look around for Goons and Thugs just outside of your screen

Dude this game is the best

Dude you could dual wield since a long time ago and dualvielding your basic dirk with a looted weapon like that crude falcion is a really decent play as the ranger character.

You want to constantly be replenishing your arrows in hand. Don't want to get caught without one when you need it the most. Bows have a natural -50%ish to hit and the aiming ability is very important to actually landing shots since it gives you like +50% to hit.

Def want to see more.

22:50 I think instead of xp, you should improve in whatever skill you used. That's how it used to be in Elder Scrolls.

Snakes are so dman lethal!

If you luck out some of the quests aren't super hard so you can make it through one right off the bat.

Seems the game is on sale at the moment! Now's a good time to grab it if you want to pitch in and support the game, as it has a lot of potential even if what's available at the moment seems a bit limited.

I got totally hooked on this game, was super gutted when i realized how unfinished it was! Cant wait for em to finish it!

Please make a series out of this already

Just noticed there is a free Prologue on Steam. - The game is Early Access though .... so.

not using take aim is a waste of arrows in this game until you become a killing machine

This game looks very much to Argentum Online, but this one is 1000% better in graphics and also in content. But for those who dont know what argentum is let me tell is far the greatest mmorpg that i played, and i played a lot. In terms of pvp and difficulty it is unique. Also in atmosphere and mysticism. It would be amazing to fuse both the graphincs, story and content of Stoneshard with the pvp and open world and leveling system of Argentum

Let's see the first mission!

I've been trying to figure out how alternate loadouts work in this game. How do you make them? As it stands, I've been needing to manually swap out weapons, which is NOT optimal

Looks good to me

More please!

if you use the search more snakes and traps are not a issue

23:47 Jukemaster deer

I thought it was a roguelike but then you loaded your save after you died. This game is easymode.

Maybe it's the poor interface that most of these old school turn based roguelikes in your vids have but i just can't seem to get into the genre. This game however just feels different and i really want to try it(when it's out of early access). Can see it as a roguelike gateway for people. In the mean time, are there any games similar to this? pretty pixel art, polished interface, turn based, grid based roguelike rpg?

When you beat it twice 😎

FIX THE HOPING AND IT WILL BE A MASTERPIECE SHEESH ITS SO DAMN EASY TO FIX

If i may propose an argument against both general xp gain or crafting, it would be that the dev's clearly wanted a hard game. Its not that you cant design a hard game with thees mechanics. Its just that meany of thees games have op loopholes, just too meany systems intersecting. (Think Skyrim, it can only be hard if you choose to play proper.)

duel sword is the best!!!

I find the mage to be the best for beginners. Hit and Run all the way. The melee chars takes so much dmg and psyhe dmg on getting hit

I'm sorry but that one apple you had in the beginning could easily have been moved so you could fit a lot more in your inventory.

Does this game worth at current stage? I heard that the game have generated contract/quest systems, it's good, but I also wonder about the game content.

im dual wielding daggers that i have enchanted

It is the same art as Graveyard Keeper, yet I can't find any explicit link between the two games.

Will there be more of this?

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Taken a while for any major updates. Maybe check it out again.

I wish splat would’ve showed us a bit more than wandering around first area hunting...

Yeah, I was all down for it until I found out there is no temporary save system, I despise games that lock me into a play session for god knows how long until the next opportunity to save. It was an issue in the prologue and I guess it still hasn't been addressed

This begs for continuation :) It hardly touched on the content :D

I loved this game...until I was told after every major update, I have to restart all over again. ..why cant they just retain our saved game for those ppl who wanna use back their old character. and those who wanna start new game can do so too. win win.

is this going to be a series?

ooh shit i saw the game on steam couple a days ago and bought it since then ive not managed to get past the tutorial...

Hey Devs? If you read this Gooood idea here?? Why don't you make Bounty collections for bandits and other monsters? Like bring in an ear for some extra gold or wolves, bear teeth.

I agree on easy mode being added. It's way too difficult (for me at least)

23:51 Bruh...

Gotta disagree about the EXP thing Splatty. EXP stands for Experience and when used in the context of a system that employs combat, it typically means Combat Experience. Cooking isn't experiencing combat. You can cook 100 rabbits, it's not gonna make you any better at fighting people. It makes sense if you're gaining cooking experience, or if there is a system of "Overall" life experience at play, but in this context I think it doesn't make a lot of sense, since the only thing levelling up provides is combat related.

Damn @splattercatgaming ... you usually play wonderfully, but you dont have a storage spot, you inventory space allotment is bad... You are my game muse...step up sir lol

be nice, if you could go for thief style and steal peoples things at night.

pick some mushrooms in the forest and cook them ya derp, trollslayer update is so good, can't wait for the rest

"I want my arrow back" @24:18 shoots almost a full stack of arrows, steps over them in the grass and goes away. brilliant. @23:55 has 33 arrows and 3 are on the ground. @24:41 "that's one less arrow than we used to have." @25:20 has 18 arrows in total, ignores the fact that he used to have 2 stacks of arrows. (18 were lost; around 14-15 of them simply left on the ground. sigh.)

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Honestly, the limited inventory space kinda ruins this game for me, being a hoarder. Probably won't touch it until inventory expanding mods, or at least item stacking are available. But the rest looks quite promising, just needs lots more content and features.

No! Must. Resist. Playing. Early. Access. Don't wanna spoil myself...

Man, I just don't understand the theme of this game. It's HARD it's REAL but you're ALONE. If the world if hard and brutal people will team up, not try to run everything solo. They need to add ally characters.

More Bannerlord?

I just wish the devs put the 'build your own character' at a higher priority. It's going to take like a year before they add it to the game.

Why do you say a metric ton of cash, and not just a ton of cash (100000 gold)?

Man, watching you I just realized that bow dude is like easy mode at level 1. Almost 50% of arrows hit instead of 10% and you can kill enemies before they get to you. As a melee champ you can not even hunt anymore ...

STILL can't create your own character?

You know what else is ultra hard?

Add crafting? No thanks. Every game and their grandmother has crafting these days.