Void Bastards Review - Worthabuy? 

Hell let loose review will be delayed until after E3 as I will be doing full coverage of the "festival of lies" this weekend with live streams of the big presentations as well as summing up videos, it's going to be a very long weekend here in Worthabuytowers :)

My favourite random trait a character got was "overly familiar - calls everyone by their first name"; it turned all the enemy names into actual English names so instead of "tourist" being displayed over each tourist enemy, it was "Belinda", "Barbara", "Susan", etc

Ah, a comic bewk style you say? That's interesting in my bewk

The fact that the one gun is called a "clusterflack" makes me want to buy the game immediately

My arse: Definitely worth a scratch

Isn't about how it looks? I love how it looks! :D

before watching. ive been playing and its 100% worth a buy! the art direction is amazing!

I don’t game, Mack, but I watch all of your reviews. Much love from way down in Texas.

This art direction reminds me of XIII. So hyped for the new one coming

I received a 25% discount coupon from Steam for this game because I already own System Shock 2.

10/10 Art style, love rogue-likes and fps. This is just a perfect combination.

The last game that nailed the comic book artstyle for me was Cel Damage on the original Xbox P.S. And Viewtiful Joe

Try Kenshi. Really a hidden gem!

I love you Mac!!! Keep up the great work!

You’re one of two game reviewers whose opinion I trust. Not ign, Kotaku, or any of those games urinalists. Keep up the great work!

"I don't know what compelled me to fly into that thing" yep sounds exactly like what I would do

I saw this on Steam earlier this week and it piqued my interest. I also just so happen to be playing through FTL this week (and finally managed to beat it) so this is right up my alley. Thanks for the review Mac (thanks for all the reviews), I'll be pulling the trigger on this one.

Reminds me of an old game XIII, same kind of art style. I appreciate games that break out of the soul crushing, mind numbing, cookie cutter, generic rip offs. It's appreciated and refreshing.

I think the style is more like XIII than Borderlands tbh

Art looks right out of Futurama looks gorgeous

It's great fun for maybe a few days. But it doesn't have that replay value that is common to the indie "classics" like Darkest Dungeon and FTL. So I'm hoping the dev wants to add to it. Like not just a little more content, but expand the mechanics. Allow some in depth immersion, put in more things to do by way of hacking, salvaging, stealth. A larger selection of survival options, such as degrading equipment, mods to spec your gear, more injury statuses and their interactions with medical equipment. They can do a huge amount and I'd love to see it happen. Mac, the Sec bot dies to a Zapper and a few Stapler shots :D

Security bots and turrets are easy to take on with zapper and later with bouncer(just have to time it, as they fire in bursts of 3). Rifter is also one fucked up gun, lol. My personal favorites are germspiker and later glow spiker. First poisons living things(and can kill most mobs if given a bit of time, especially upgraded) and second does similar, but it uses radiation, so everything is affected(including inanimate objects), particularly good at those ducking Patients, since radiation spreads to nearby mobs. And it also can be used to create "barriers" as radiation cloud, if shot not at mobs, stays where it hits(good way to block spawn portals for a while, as cloud dissipates after it infects several mobs). As far as route goes, i always go for the helm first(seeing all fixed loot on the map is really useful). Combined with perks like Eagle Eye(can see loose items on the layout map) or Gourmand(food is shown on the map), makes life easier. Killing Screws is pointless. They are friggin tanks, that take quite a lot of resources to kill, yet rarely drop anything. And even if they drop, its mostly trash. However...once player gets to Scrambler, they become your best friends - hypnotize a couple and then just send them in to clear rooms. Deeper layers are friggin brutal. I can easily farm layer 3, with 4 being a bit of a challenge, but layer 5 is clusterfrack, every wreck requires extensive planning what to take with me. Because being overrun by a huge herd of mobs and lose stuff that i was hoarding for last 10-20 wrecks is not fun. This game is really good in short burst, few wrecks at the time. Otherwise it will get stale real fast, as there is not really that much variation to this game. Also, its not really FTL, as there is no time limit(aside of oxygen supply when inside wrecks) and nobody is chasing you. Player can fly around nebula indefinitely, as long as there is enough fuel(and unless stated otherwise in wreck description, all wrecks have at least one fuel on board).

Love the art style

Can't wait for the new cod!

Great game! I've played 59 hours and still not beaten it so it's well worth the money and it being inspired by System Shock 2 was a must buy for me. It does get repetitive eventually but even when it's repetitive, it's still addictive

Mack, just a reminder; Aug 27th - 'Worth a Gank' guild needs to be created. ;)

XIII + space bioshock but it's rogue like...

Best Indie game this year would be Risk of Rain 2 imo. Hell it's in early access and it's still damn good. I do like rogue lite/like stuff though so I'll check this one out!

This game is great and has a ton of potential too. I could see this title going Binding of Isaac route. Keep release new content, weapons, craftables, enemies, ship types and layouts, or bigger DLC. I really hope they do this as the game loop is just stellar.

"Festival of lies" reminds me of REM's It's The End Of The World and 'tournament of lies', which is pretty appropriate. I'm really liking VB, it's my first Rogue-like and I still don't really know what that means but VB is good fun. Some nice, fairly simple gameplay but challenging enough to keep you on your toes.

One of my favorite games of all time, have probably 600 hours combined between pc and xbox (great port btw) there was a pretty large update a few months after release with new challenge modes that add to the replay value as well as twice as many new ship varieties and enemy types. Incredibly addicting and hilarious I cannot say enough good things about this game!!!!

From the video I can tell Mack's set the Field-of-View slider to max ...

They came from the Void, bastards!: The game :-)

I saw it as a recommendation on X box and was not really sure about it, but after your review its in my shopping card now. Thanks Mack :-)

So basically a mix of FTL and Hand of Fate packed into an FPS? I need this game!

*It's free on Epic Games this week*

It's one of those games that makes you say "one more ship... ok just one more... ok I'll just do this one before stopping... maybe one more... and so on until... OH SHIT ITS 6AM!?!" All I can say is thank christ it was the weekend!

This looked awesome and you've just confirmed it - thanks man :D PS - I really miss playing Battle Isle 1-3 and need something up to date but very similar...

Free on Epic right now, pretty excited.

Currently free on Epic ladies!

whispers..."of the developer"

Been enjoying this one too. I was waiting for a great rogue-lite fps for a long time. Great review Mack-Man, E3 Awaits!!

Wow this game uses sprites pretty damn cool!

id love to see a deep sky derelicts review from this channel. the art style in this game is very cool, deep sky style is quite similar.

Nice Very nice to hear decent stuff can still be found out there!

Another great review!

This is the first game in probably half a year that truly looks compelling - this looks absolutely fantastic! And, it's actually a single player game that has a decently long game play and looks to be halfway worth a fuck!!! I can't believe that I'm about to say this... I'm actually interested in a video game in 2019!!!!!

Great game. I'm definitely enjoying it more with the music turned off; much more atmospheric and immersive.

that title was just meant for mac to read out wasn't it. Geordies say 'bastard' so well.

Bought on sale after having on gamepass. An enjoyable game, not over saturated, easy to pick up and chill

Worth a watch !😎

You enjoyed saying bastards and I enjoyed you saying bastards 😅

"I have an itchy ass atm" 😂 I'm ded

Graphics make me think of that game XIII. I really wish there was a sequel for that one!

Reminds me slightly of a vr PC game from other suns that is a great game .

My eyes can’t take it.

Gaddamit mack - another game I have to buy thanks to you

You had me at Stanley.

Really is one the best games of 2019 so far

Mack get some sleep mate! It’s 12:10

I love this game, the comic art style is awesome, good review bud 👍

Oh yeah, I bought this game before this review came out and I wholeheartedly agree. Oi Mack, I wonder what you think of PositronX.

I like the comic bewk style.

Any chance you will take a look at Between the Stars?

Installed it via Game Pass on Xbox but haven't played yet. Might give it a shot and pick it up on PC if I like it.

6:53 lmao gotta find the Kraut Kan. No, no, no, not a Jerrycan, a Kraut Kan.

Mack! Can you do Outer Wilds? It's $14.99 on epic right now and I would rather hear what you think of it before I buy it.

Without any spoilers, can anyone confirm whether or not you can "beat" the game? That remains unclear to me. Thanks!

I played it on Gamepass... It is great would love to see DLC or updates to it.

"I have an itchy arse atm" Damn, gonna have to give this game a miss, I think. :(

I support my video channels by watching the ads ! Hope that helps.

I've been considering this game since its release. The only thing stopping me from buying it, is that I can't figure out whether or not there is a point at which you actually beat the game. For instance, collect all the things needed to repair the ship and escape. If it's a procedurally generated "collection game" that goes on forever, I'd give it a miss. Does anyone know?

Can't wait to get this

It's free with Xbox Gamepass. So I've playing through it for the price of $1.00 special for 3 months of Gamepass.

That white hud border would piss me off,very immersive not.

Inspired by XIII more like.

i like wasted and strafe so i might like this one as well

High quality game for a low price. I’m having a blast with it.

comic bouk

This and ion fury. And borderlands 3. And later boundary

Reminds me of 13,and thats getting a remake

Free to play with XBox Gamepass as long as you pay the monthly subscription to play it for free.

No f'ing bell I feel short f'ing changed:)

i hope theres a exclusive Comic buke About that game! I love reading Comic bukes

You planning on setting up a Bitchute backup channel mate? A lot of people starting to migrate over there

Hey i was just wondering is you are able to make a list/vid of games to play over summer. me and my friends have been really struggling to find games to play and i think i would be a great help.

The graphics and such remind me of XIII but in space.

Thank you , Mak'

I'll be honest - just clicked on this to hear you say "bastards".

Finally someone who can say the name correctly instead of the posh way haha

1:19 k thanks have a good day.

knew you'd like this one!

Did this give anyone motion sickness. FPS always give me motion sickness but I’d love to try this.

LOL after that last fiasco with calling the enemies that chuck spears 'spear chuckers' you call the enemies that are spooky 'spooks' in this one! Mack you poor bastard you can't win

Would you review RAD, my kind sir?

GOOD ONE BARBARA!!

Came here to use your referral link to Greenmangaming :)

Wish the campaign was shorter so I could go through runs like in Slay The Spire, but otherwise this game is a blast

comic buuk, love the videos, keep up the great work

I'm not sure why we're comparing prices to AAA games still, when most AAA games suck anyways...