The Wayward Realms- Life of An Adventurer - A Gameplay Trailer 

"Crazy." Nah, I'd think it's marketing 101 to have something new to show off when you launch crowd funding

You thought they'd do nothing to get excitement going for their kickstarter? 🙃

Not a surprise, they announced it before the kickstarter started. But, I guess it's a surprise to those who know nothing... jon snow.

Calm yourself, this is a good community don't ruin it, be welcoming. ​@tyller77189

@@srsilverhand Wow calm down, it was just a game of thrones reference and a correction about misinformation. Thanks for being so "Welcoming"

It just works.

Funny that you can easily do it in Oblivion and Morrowind with the Acrobatic skill. But in Skyrim, it's a struggle.

​@@JWalters388And you can STRAIGHT UP CLIMB that bitch (pun intended) in Daggerfall.

Dude, that takes me back.... that mountain quote was the very first piece of information I ever read about the Elder Scrolls series.

​@@JWalters388In Morrowind, you could just fly there.

Dude I was thinking the exact same thing. It screams Daggerfall, I love it!

@@williamspringer6437 Well yeah, it's made by the same devs.

Yes but Daggerfall was in 1996, you also have to move with the times. A lot of gamers will be turned off by purely 1st person gameplay

@@thomasrosendahl2783 We are planning a 3rd person mode, though likely not for Early Access.

​@@thomasrosendahl2783Is it a must to have both first and third person? Plenty of games only have one and they're doing just fine. Don't know how that's about "moving with the times"...

One of my personal favorite parts of the video too lol

Outa my way, I got this intruder, its my turn, you got the last one.

Yes, and how the jaw bone of the first skeleton moves too, it looks so good !

@@Celadonis-the-Lore-Seeker yeah I seen that too in one of their earlier videos. Looked like it got smacked off. Also like how the fire magic dod nothing since he had no skin but give him a good boot and he goes flying in pieces

I love friendly fire between enemies, it reminds me of the days playing Hexen, when Ettins and Chaos Serpents fought between them.

Yeah I was shocked theres no main quest! Not that its a bad thing, just that its cool because we get to set our own pace how our characters go through the game!

Also need 3rd person camera angle.

@@thomasrosendahl2783 Probably won't make the Early Access but we are planning 3rd person.

dont forget a virtual game master, and towns that change, fall apart and build up as world events happen. im so excited to see how they implement this, ive been dreaming of things like this in rpgs

Wayward Realms has the potential to surpass Baldurs Gate 3, but it is still early days. Avowed does not seem to get close with their watered down rpg mechanics, Dragon Age Dreadwolf perhaps​@@TheRantMaster53

You mean it's developed by competent, talented folks that aren't afraid to make a deep, rewarding, systems-rich game for people wanting a truly deep game experience? We went away from this in the mid 00s, FINALLY first person RPGs get their deep CRPG...

Come back and tell me this when it releases

@@legitplayin6977 exactly...I won't lie...I'm excited about this...but the current events in game release history causes us to approach new games with tempered optimism for fear of repeatedly getting burned by poor/unfinished releases. I hope this one is great!

Yeah I mean... not riddled with microtransactions, live service, subscription model. Base level for entry for me.

You probably said the same thing about the Starfield gameplay reveal as well.

Maris is going to kill me! I have been running from skeletons for the last three days! She HATES skeletons. Their diet makes her feel threatened.

Kingdom Come really did the heavy lifting Bethesda have refused to do since around Oblivion and Fallout 3.

​@@priestfan81 ☝️

@@priestfan81 Bethesda RPGs peaked at Morrowind and it's been downhill ever since. Sure, they design interesting and large games, but the RPG-mechanics are severely lacking.

@husky3g they did a great job streamlining and making the elder scrolls accessible. I think they will have a problem with ES VI because there isn't much more that can be streamlined and they are highly unlikely to introduce anything complex or interesting.

@@priestfan81 I agree. The difference from Oblivion to Skyrim is insane in a sense that with Skyrim, you could tell that they were trying really hard to streamline too much in an effort to sell the most copies and please everyone. Sure, it worked and they made a shit ton of money, their game is so heavily praised as "the best RPG ever" ect. but I disagree with this sentiment as do many others. You can't make everyone happy and still have a fantastic game. People look past a lot of Skyrim's faults but it falls just short of mediocre, in my opinion, due to the heavily streamlined mechanics and that so heavily sought after broad appeal they were going for. TES VI is probably going to have the same issues due to it's predecessor's wild success. It will be Skyrim with a different map and better graphics. Maybe some more polished mechanics as well but aside from that I doubt it will be what everyone is dying so hard to play right now for just that reason.

Very cool to see thieves getting more options that they do not get in other crpg's.

Hope you'll be able to look through the keyhole in order to see if it's clear.

That quote sends shiver down my spine, taking the real world into account.

@@user-pc5qj2ix2c the last great rpg before ww3 starts? 😨 That's what I am guessing you were implying.

​@@bigguy130 Well, if it comes to that, let's appreciate what we are given even more.

I was checking the comments to see if I was the only one. Massive framedrops and vomit inducing camera pans, but I guess they can fix that later. Also the ship looked like it was made of paper.

@@MrMaltavius Yes you're not the only one to notice that. I suppose people are feeling too positive about the project to mind yet ― with reason, I'd say. Experienced devs making the kind of game they've already made decades ago but with modern technology. From what I've seen, optimization and graphics tend to come pretty late in development, so I'm not too worried about that. Just glad the devs didn't make a pre-rendered scene that plays super smoothly and instead showed us mechanics we're already familiar with from the old TES games, plus some new.

This is a pre alpha much more like a gameplay concept than the real gameplay so things will change a lot to graphics to mechanics. If you ask me for a pre alpha it even looks way too polished

@@MrMaltavius They could fix that later but developers never do. Indies nor AAAs. It(optimizations) has to be fixed parallel to game development because too late in to it you might have some bad coding or have to redo all your models or change a scene/zone. But again that rarely if never happens anymore.

Indeed. I remember what it was like on the old Bethsoft boards when they were working on Daggerfall. The energy gathering here is very much like that. And with current technology, they won't be hitting up against those limits (Causeway......aaaaagh! I forget how many patches specifically targeted that module).

Ohhh can't wait to get lost in a dungeon for days that's a real dungeon crawler.

I'm still wary but I am gonna back as well. It seems to me worth the risk this time. This will be a first for me as well

@@CannonVulcan im only gonna back these guys cos they are seasoned veterans with a proven track record (daggerfall). I'm very weary of such things too, but i can see these guys really wanna make the best rpg ever, and they got a resume to boot

Backing a kickstarter is only risky if you are expecting a reward. If you simply look at it as donating to do your little bit to show game developers what direction *you* wish game development should be heading, there is no risk. Think of it like voting instead of buying. That you might get a game out of it, is just a bonus :D

@@Ralzar Very well said!

​@@Ralzarvery silly mindset

It's a great feature for a thief

cant wait to roleplay as ezio

Indeed. I truly am excited to be able to make "custom" magic again. I have missed that since Daggerdall

Strange. This game is literally opposite of Skyrim. Betshesda hate and remove from their games everything that is making W-Realms so good. And Skyrim is pinacle of their philisophy in this sense

@@johngreek8239 Hey I didn't say I wasn't disappointed af by it lol

​We have so many RPG'S on the way too from Wayward realms, Outer worlds t 2 and some more I can't recall the name​@@passionatelobster1226 Truly a good time for RPG/Open World game fans. Now to continue in the main quest of WAITING 😂

Dollars not words

@@DTHPR542 dolla dolla bills

2030 sounds pretty accurate, actually

​@@ShiroiNihonjinno way they'll keep the hype train rolling this long

They're saying that if the Kickstarter is successful they'll have an early access for backers in 2025. As for the full game I guess it depends how much they're funded because that will affect dev time.

Ayeeeeee hey Gopher! You should make a video on these guys, give them more exposure!

Should have expected to see you here! I agree it would be nice to see a speculative video on Wayward Realms perhaps? ;)

bro pls make a video on this game

IKR!? That was really impressive. I'm low key worried I'm so used to things not being interactable in games that I might miss a lot.

Not to take away from the game, it has promise but too early to tell yet, but that said, shooting out lights has been a thing for over 30 years in video games as have climbing and bashing in doors. I'm all for people getting excited about new games but I find it silly when people go so overhype mode that they languish praise onto super basic things that have existed since the eighties in some cases and at least the nineties.

@@Jhakaro yeah but most open world rpgs dont have this mechanic. it just makes the world feel more alive and reactive. of course stealth focused linear games like thief are gonna have light-snuffing mechanics

@@Jhakaro yea it's less about whether or not it's a "new thing" and more about those things being included. As much of a skyrim fanboy as i am, it lacks environmental interaction immensely. Things like dousing light sources or setting fields of grass aflame would have made the game feel more interactive yet we don't have that. This stands for most other open world games that only include minor set pieces like a couple hinges you can shoot with a bow to lower a draw bridge or some such. Wayward realms definitely seems to lack. Polish to me personally, animations and combat don't seem particularly thrilling but i have no reason to hate on the game. Looking forward to the "Elder Scrolls killer" comments from people though.

It'd be cool to take out those lights with like a sling or something, just to fight the stealth archer urge 🤣

It Just Works

I took that as a smart aleck nod to Skyrim's new fishing mechanic.

Fishing in games always triples my hours played. HYPE

What he said!

It is really a plague of modern rpgs that the devs try to make the game be equally easy no matter build. You just end up with the build choices being almost pointless or the game just being so easy that doing a good build completely trivializes the game. In a game like Daggerfall, nothing is as satisfying as making a very sub-optimal character and then STILL managing to progress through the game by just knowing the game well enough and managing to push through despite everything.

look at it now

That's because people want a DEEP first person CRPG experience. Outside of "tabletop" style games, they are hard to find. And this trailer delivers a LOT of that already.

Yup, they're now at 136k at the 5 hour mark!

Took some arrows, huh?

In daggerfall happens sometimes when enemies fight among themselves. Surely is a nice touch

Voiced dialogue is overrated. It trades immersion for choice. Sure it's nice to have but it immediately brings the problem of limiting potential dialogue choices and massive extra cost during development. The moment voice acting became something people "expected" in the 00s (god I hate and love that decade of gaming in equal measure) it also meant a LOT of deeper gameplay systems had to be compromised.

I like that they didn't try and shoehorn in some AI dialogue to overcome that. Whether you include voice acting is a stylistic choice, but replacing voice actors with AI for a paid project is just clunky and disrespectful imo.

@@blakecasimirtrue but I would also like some voice acting. Preferably the voices for the quest giver and some voice line. It really help distinguish the important NPC and help immerse you mores. Playing old rpg without any voices really take me out of the game because it feel so dead.

@@heavenseeker2320 VA is both limiting and extremely expensive. I'm very happy they're allocating any resources elsewhere...content, story and choices, for example.

@@heavenseeker2320Well said

Sure. Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077 and Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk... so many western rpgs of great quality recently

​@@johngreek8239 Kingdom Come? Baldur's Gate 3? Pillars of Eternity 2? Divinity OS 2? Plenty of more indie CRPGs, from Disco Elysium to Colony Ship and beyond, with more to come, inspired by these previous models and successes? It's all there

@@thosebloodybadgers8499 Exactly, I've played most of those save for divinity 2. I just recently finished the true ending for Dragons Dogma 2, & I'm looking forward to KCD2, Avowed, Fable, Elders Scrolls 6. I don't know what that guy is smoking but these last 5 years have been a great time for RPG fans, guess only CDProjektRed makes RPG according to him lmao

Not only that, but they've talked about bringing back the language skills from Daggerfall... Which might have you translate texts to solve those puzzles too!

This might be one of my favorite comments lol

Tbh idek we were gonna be using boats, now that I do this game just got a lot better. xD

perhaps...

@@OnceLostGames my only request is that you do not rush the development of this no matter what to ensure the highest quality even if it takes 2 or even 5 years to finally release otherwise it might not get far

With the Daggerfall Unity project now being complete it's the best time to give it a try if you're interested.

@@CrazyxEnigma Yeah I've seen that I was considering it.

We hear ya. We actually have been designing quests in a 5 act structure, with fifth acts being a potential first act for another quest.

@@OnceLostGames Thanks for the reply! It's been on my mind a long while as a tes fan, and I'm happy I somehow had my voice heard! This project is in insanely good hands, can't wait to try it out.

ur a legend

It's not a purchase, it's a donation

@@SlamDancinMoogle idk it gets me the game when it drops early access I consider it a purchase 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@Clarkieyt It doesn't get you the game. The game may never release for any number of reasons, ergo it is not a purchase. They have promised you a reward if the game does finish, but they are not required to fulfil any rewards should the game never reach fruition. Now i'm not saying backing is a bad idea. I back a LOT of projects. But you should know what is and isnt a purchase, and backing anything on kickstarter is decidedly NOT a purchase

@@SlamDancinMoogle You’re definitely correct but also it doesn’t really matter haha I’m just happy to purchase or “donate to” the wayward realms 😈

and not just from the eyes! Hiyooooooooo!

In theory but AI will have to be advanced enough to support such a massive game for years to come.

Yes they have. Funny enough that the last immersive one (oblivion) was the last one this guy worked on.

Borethesda*

Agreed

Or just lower the background music / sounds

Should also be a longer release time on that side chain limiter/compressor/unmasker, so that the music doesn’t fade in and out very quickly during short pauses when you’re speaking

It also means that if they succeed, this is going to be a better stealth game than most modern stealth games. And also that they'll pull off what Todd's Bethesda tried but failed, which is to make a TES with engaging combat.

Easy to learn, hard to master. DAS BOOT!