We really appreciated your feedback and hope you'll check out future iterations of Kristala! We were stoked to see you had so much fun with the Earthquake spell. Def a personal favorite of ours as well 😆 We're working on AI improvements including perception, patrols, and ways to deal with the player climbing on roof-tops. We also have a ton of unique stuff in store like our feline skill tree where you can acquire abilities like enhanced night-vision as well as additional stealth and traversal skills. On top of that, we are adding a full cat customizer so you can decide to play as any cat your heart desires, collectible familiars that will assist you on your journey, giant canine steeds you'll be able to ride around on during exploration, and six diff clans to choose from that determine your magic abilities with the ability to make hybrid builds in NG+. Was really awesome watching you play and we're honored to be amongst such good company in this video. Really digging Crowsworn's art style!

@caetanofavretto

8 ай бұрын

I'm really looking forward to this game ❤

@AstralClocktowerStudios

8 ай бұрын

@@caetanofavretto thanks! we're so stoked to hear that :D

@devilsadvocate2643

8 ай бұрын

@@AstralClocktowerStudios Looking forward to the game too ! just beware of cheesy tactics (Like spamming earthquake to easily kill a boss)

@soulechelon2643

8 ай бұрын

Proud to have helped back Kristala, keep up the great work!

@KaneTylerAllsopp

8 ай бұрын

To combat the stealth issue, maybe implement a skill tree based on stealth giving you the option to unlock stealth attacks on different enemy types, and as standard having no backstab? Would make the game start off with a lot more movement and make you use the other skills in combat. Would also allow you playthroughs with no backstabs as a harder run etc! Looks good so far though!

Really disappointed in you for not reading the penguin lore at 5:33, it's surprisingly deep and has some serious implications

@r.lum.r

8 ай бұрын

I love how much Vaati trolls 😂😂

@Yaboibaldboi

8 ай бұрын

I for sure would watch a lore vid about the Penguins.

@WeakerWeakest

8 ай бұрын

Do a lies of penguin lore video

@aob3366

8 ай бұрын

​@@Yaboibaldboi heck yeah

@xHarpua

8 ай бұрын

The implications!

Lies of Penguin might be singlehandedly the most intense cinematic mess of a game I have ever seen

@eclipseeffigy

8 ай бұрын

The world isn't ready for Lies of Penguin. I don't even know if I hate it or love it based on what I just watched 😂

@LordMoku

8 ай бұрын

May I present to you: Tomato Way

@fortidogi8620

8 ай бұрын

easy mode one hit kills

@Zak66666

8 ай бұрын

in the best way possibe

@DemonLordSparda

8 ай бұрын

Lies of Penguin had extremely intense cinematography for a janky mess of a game. It's perfect.

“Would you like to see the plot of the first one?” That walk of text had to be self aware.

@UpcycleShoesKai

5 ай бұрын

man, the amount of chinese people that died

@vilek_7235

5 ай бұрын

imagine if there isnt even a first one and that's just a joke they made to fuck with people lol

Lies of penguin should get more money. this should be a 100 hour open world masterpiece. god damn it was amazing

@TayTayMakesBeats

7 ай бұрын

I'm with you but hear me out. I think Lies of Penguin's narrative would be better suited to a high budget, high impact setpiece driven linear experience like Uncharted.

@jays9869

5 ай бұрын

@@TayTayMakesBeats C'mon, we all know it needs to be a DMC style game, so we can see the Peng badassery in the most stylish way possible.

@TayTayMakesBeats

5 ай бұрын

@@jays9869 Now we're getting somewhere...

@hntr_official

4 ай бұрын

@@jays9869 Yeah, it would make for a great DMC type of game

Lies of Penguin is the most effort I've seen put into a shitpost. Props to the devs

@Karlach_

8 ай бұрын

I love it XD

@Teauma

8 ай бұрын

Some shitposters truly are built different

@SliceyMcHackHack

8 ай бұрын

Yo they really didnt have to go that hard for us tbh lmao

@MegaDragonfly3

8 ай бұрын

I loved when Pengi sliced through the giants hand like Genji in the Overwatch 2 cinematic trailer. It makes a lot of sense now that I typed both names lmao

@TROPHYEARNER

8 ай бұрын

Shitpost games secretly make up most of the greatest games ever produced. From Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, to Jabroni Brawl: Episode 3, to Lies of Penguin… they genuinely have a far higher hit rate than more serious games

I would never get to see things like Lies of Penguin without this series, and for that I thank you.

@Gamer3427

8 ай бұрын

Honestly, that was great. Seeing those kind of games makes me hope the devs get a good budget and a team at some point, because I'd love to see what they'd make if they made an actually polished game.

@LanceThumping

8 ай бұрын

@@Gamer3427 I had the same thought. Sometimes I wish we could take the people that make really weird or funny games and give them some real talented people to bring it to life.

@IdentifiantE.S

8 ай бұрын

@@Gamer3427True its so cool !

@abilawaandamari8366

8 ай бұрын

​@@LanceThumpingI'm curious if High on Life fits that description

Lies of Penguin needs game of the year honestly. simply a gaming masterpiece.

Wow, the animation on Crowsworn is CLEAN

@Dominik15013

8 ай бұрын

They hired somebody to do it because the Kickstarter was very successful and they could

@jerryb216

8 ай бұрын

​@Dominik15013 That's honestly pretty smart if they don't have anyone in house that could do it better.

@SnailHatan

7 ай бұрын

Too bad everything else is just a straight-up ripoff. They could have made a sick original design with unique mechanics. Instead they just copy-pasted HK aesthetics, enemies, and moves.

@dragonskinner7109

4 ай бұрын

And HK just copy pasted aesthetics, enemies and moves off of other metroidvanias. Ultimately it doesn't matter if the game is good and Crowsworn looks pretty different from HK already.@@SnailHatan

@jairdinh7563

Күн бұрын

@@SnailHatan 🤓

Somebody give Lies of Penguin a budget of more than a few herring and we'll have ourselves a goddamn masterpiece.

@leoultimaupgraded9914

8 ай бұрын

your honestly not wrong

@auliamate

8 ай бұрын

We need Lies of Penguin 3.

@kingtnaughty189

8 ай бұрын

I can spare 30k

The penguin game went from a joke to a cinematical masterpiece in the span of 10 minutes.

@Insane_Kane

8 ай бұрын

i was kinda mad when he said the it didnt take the dev long to make lol

@edfed3797

8 ай бұрын

@@Insane_Kane for an S tier shitpost it probably took the dev a while. Especially the fucking attack on Titan gear.

@sweptapostle2473

8 ай бұрын

@@edfed3797 that had me rolling

@SM-oc4rc

8 ай бұрын

Why was the music so good?!!!! It was actually bopping.

@thecryingsoul

8 ай бұрын

@@Insane_Kane Him staking it didn't take long is a relative statement, not long as in compared to many of the more serious games he featured, not as in they didn't put a lot of effort into making it fun

i cant get over the fact that falling in water kills you as a penguin

@robertharris6092

2 ай бұрын

Its almost like orcas swim faster than penguins and eat them.

@bondunkulus7648

2 ай бұрын

okay robert

@slippi2476

Сағат бұрын

Tell us your a penguin that's been eaten without telling us

Crowsworn looks so high effort and I love the aesthetic but I do wish they tried harder to stand apart from Hollow Knight

@joaofilipesilva5887

8 ай бұрын

I mean, the Nose boss felt almost like a direct copy of False Knight. Jumping attacks, sweep attacks, stones from the ceiling...

@PicaMula

8 ай бұрын

It really just looks like a modded slighted reskinned hollow knight, uncanny like he says haha

@trashley5972

8 ай бұрын

For me the most egrigious aspect of it is the ui in a lot of cases just being exactly like HK. Like a lot of other things are very gente staple (though the environment designs also look just like hks style) but a lot of ui things just feel like they just went with hollow knights ui and it kinda detracts from it imo

@Triattt

8 ай бұрын

@@joaofilipesilva5887 the rock throwing boss is literally dung beetle. This is straight up a copy of HK. And it doesn't even look like one of those cheap knock offs you see on mobile or anything. It looks like a perfect copy, a model changed modded Hollow Knight. I wonder if Team Cherry has commented on this game... edit: apparently the devs are quite close and Team Cherry has shown its support.

@M1N1L0C0

8 ай бұрын

​@@Triatttthe spikes are also the exact same

Lies of Penguin really is the sort of thing you start off going "alright..." and end going "OOOOHHHH" at the final scene with the Pengi assist.

@blakeog2034

8 ай бұрын

I got so hype when he came sprinting in

@banshreee

8 ай бұрын

@@blakeog2034 i dead ass got a tear in my eye, that was amazing

@abderrahim4138

8 ай бұрын

The ending is better than Gear 5

@_cooldad

8 ай бұрын

Just goes to show that anime samurai battles are sick no matter the context

@mediumchicago_pizza

8 ай бұрын

@@abderrahim4138naruto fan lol

At this point you might as well start a steam curator list for all the souls likes you actually enjoyed enough to recommend

@SithCode

8 ай бұрын

Oh damn, what an excellent idea!

@dantealivieri5390

8 ай бұрын

Yay

@chocobofangirl

8 ай бұрын

I'm here to fourth this that'd be awesome

@mundusmamon5834

8 ай бұрын

Yey!

@iMortao

8 ай бұрын

👍

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic is absolutely a top tier game. I've honestly been chasing the high of playing that game since I was 10 and I've yet to see a game that captures the feeling of it quite precisely.

@MultiAnikan

8 ай бұрын

Was looking for somebody to comment on they clearly stole even the staff animation

The Pengi assist had no reason to be that hype! . Wow, the animation on Crowsworn is CLEAN.

@user-dw1fr

5 ай бұрын

1:1 of genji from ow2 cinematic

For crow sworn in the AMA stream they said that the death mechanic of loosing money would only be for the demo, in the full game there would be a lore-related death mechanic that they didn’t want to reveal

@FFKonoko

8 ай бұрын

That sounds interesting, but also...super fundamental to the experience of the game and important to have fully play tested...real curious about that, now.

@_sadghost

8 ай бұрын

@@FFKonokoopen demo isn’t the only place a game gets play tested, they probably have several people with a few hundred hours collectively play testing the game before they launch.

@XenoMike

8 ай бұрын

I hope that means deaths won't have permnant, irreversible effects.... those are always cool on paper, but in practice they'll lose a lot of interest and sales

@victorbressler7156

8 ай бұрын

the symbol next to health bar is 100% taken directly for Darksiders

Lies of Penguin truly shows that shitposting is a legitimate artform.

@smokyprogg

8 ай бұрын

It does have a Bubsy Visits the James Turrell Retrospective sort of quality to it.

@ChickenJoe-tq6xd

8 ай бұрын

It reminds me of that Jimmy neutron pizza shitpost from years back, the way they just drag their feet when they walk like they are being pulled

@WillowEpp

8 ай бұрын

High-effort shitposting is the most authentic form of content.

The fact that some of the devs of the games you review actually comment and respond to the constructive criticism you provide is honestly hella sweet. Shows that some of them actually care about what they produce and that they actually listen to their communities and give them what they want unlike some of these AAA titles an shit

I put 85 hours into Dysmantle, it's a great game to listen to music and progress through. Also has a pretty great story that slowly reveals itself to you. I accidentally spoiled the main reveal of the story while looking up a hint to a secret I had already found. That really upset me but it was my own damn fault. once you get a high-level weapon destroying an entire town is a lot of fun. I enjoyed the 2 DLC, my only complaint is that throughout the entire game, you see these flowers and can't interact with them until you do one of the DLCs (I did that one last on accident). But I do agree that it isn't a high-stress game but I highly enjoyed the experience.

Lies of Penguin was actually so hype that was insane my jaw DROPPED when pengi cut the giant robot arm

@xerox9680

8 ай бұрын

it was like genji in the overwatch 2 trailer

@65MaX73

8 ай бұрын

Pengi is Levi there, right?

@justinjacobson5630

8 ай бұрын

@@xerox9680 Yeah lots of stuff in that game was references. It would be a lot less enjoyable if you're someone who doesn't get any of them. I missed the genji thing but now that you mention it, that's totally what it is.

Love how "God damn" is the first reaction he had. The exact same thing probably happened when people first played Nier Automata

Pseudoregalia got me hyped honestly, we need real soul's like with that parkour system.

@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149

8 ай бұрын

-and also: -_-god daaammmmn-_

@ekremslayer3389

8 ай бұрын

That is true, imagine wallrunning and jumping over a boss in order to evade an attack then land a massive attack. Also gawdayum

Lies of Penguin deserves multiple adaptations

@oldcowbb

8 ай бұрын

we need disney photorealistic animation

@ChickenJoe-tq6xd

8 ай бұрын

@@oldcowbbno the low quality shitpost quality is what makes it so good

Lies of Penguin actually looks insane, i am watching this with the biggest grin ever on my face as the samurai penguin comes running in in the final scene.

@PunkRockMohawk

8 ай бұрын

Scenes like that are my favorite, where a former enemy or an ally you thought was dead come screaming out of nowhere to help clutch a last second victory for the hero. I can always feel myself getting misty at that, even in a ridiculous game like Lies of Penguin

@marcoscastro3799

8 ай бұрын

That scene is so good, it literally is the Overwatch 2 trailer scene

Hey Phil of Premium Edition Games here. We are helping to bring the physical PS5 release of Kristala to console gamers and collectors. It was so awesome to see you play the game. That earthquake spell is definitely a fun time. Thank you for spotlighting the game for our partners. Keep up the great work showing off all these cool games.

I literally jumped up and shouted when Pengi came to assist at the end, holy moly that was epic! Thank you for introducing us to Life of Penguin 2 - a cinematic masterpiece

Man, this content never gets old and its been years now. Keep doing what you're doing bro

@chosenundead9668

8 ай бұрын

True

@noondaze

8 ай бұрын

Agreed, all this time and I'm still clicking these right as I realize they're uploaded

@samantha_t99

8 ай бұрын

Nah it's gone on too long and 90% of the games are shovelware.

@clmaoo

8 ай бұрын

@@samantha_t99me when I’m being a contrarian just for the sake of being a contrarian

@markd.2337

8 ай бұрын

@@clmaoohahaha

Lies of Penguin is hands down one of the best cinematic experiences I've ever had in a videogame. There's so much charm in this game.

@Bluecho4

8 ай бұрын

I seriously forgot this wasn't just a video about Lies of Penguin, it was so Extra.

@kevinjoshua9728

8 ай бұрын

It may not have the polish, but it has soul

@IdentifiantE.S

8 ай бұрын

@@Bluecho4You’re not the only one 😅

I love how pengi the blue flame comes in and chops off the castle golems arm is taken straight out of the overwatch 2 cinematics when genji saves tracer so she can plant the bomb inside the robots core 😂

I super want to give Pseudoregalia and Crowsworn a go. And yeah, I had similar feelings watching your playthrough of Stray Blade. It looks like a game with a lot of heart that just doesn't quite hit the mark. I hope the devs aren't disheartened by a lukewarm reception to this game, because they really do have the potential to produce something great. I'd certainly keep an eye on their future projects.

Thank you for playing Stray Blade! I was the level designer on it :) You seem to have played close to launch and since then we have actually put out some major patches for combat and balance and actually reworked the combat system to remove the forced parries and dodges which should help it feel less rigid.

@kaemonbonet4931

8 ай бұрын

Are you guys planning on making the dialogue happen while moving? I feel like that would be a huge help. Can't wait to see your next project

@LiquidVelocity9

8 ай бұрын

Unfortunately there is no work being done on the game anymore. :( The dialogue system wouldn't be something we would touch anyway due to the complexity but we definitely learned a lot and knew that it wasn't ideal, tight constraints made it the most viable way at the time to get the story across@@kaemonbonet4931

@punkrckr6889

8 ай бұрын

Oooohhh this is good to know, it's already on my wishlist thanks to this video, I'll have to download it and check it out!

@envoyofrot7046

8 ай бұрын

The game looks very charming, I will give it a try!

@lucashpauricius6237

2 ай бұрын

I love games with knights, so I will definitely try it!❤

I love how Iron Pineapple really has developed an acute sense of game critique. He can identify potential design issues and improvements at a very high level and distills the points into an easily digestible format. It would be very easy to just have reaction/highlights of all these games but the additional analysis is great and informative!

@DesignFrameCaseStudies

8 ай бұрын

He has definitely gotten better at it. It used to be a lot more surface level or nothing at all.

If Lies of Penguin get a big budget remake I would be down for that. It gives me the same vibes as stuff like Lollipop Chainsaw.

Lies of penguin actually had me invested towards the end can’t wait for 3

The Pengi assist had no reason to be that hype! 🔥

@zacharydeguzman7377

8 ай бұрын

Went hard

I learned about Psuedoregalia because the dev added an option to make the character wear pants because she could be too "distracting".

@ROYBGP

8 ай бұрын

No pants plz

@gtgtgtgtgt123456789

8 ай бұрын

too many furries smh

I hope Pseudoregalia gets expanded upon. It looks like with more time and some more polish, the game could be fantastic. What is already there has a high level of polish for a Game Jam title.

I wanna play Pseudoregalia!!!! I love 3D platformers where you can bounce around like that, and the MC has a lot of character in her movements (like the healing animation)

Lies of Penguin unironically had me at the edge of my seat.

@JChosen53

8 ай бұрын

yo real shit that ending was hype fr

@Shad0wCK

8 ай бұрын

That ending !!!!

I'm so glad a large creator looked at Pseudoregalia! A hidden gem that you can tell had a lot of heart put into it with some of the sickest movement I've seen

@LavaCreeperPeople

8 ай бұрын

Dang, i really should play Dark Souls one day

@zanemob1429

8 ай бұрын

@@LavaCreeperPeopleGood luck!

@elixir478

8 ай бұрын

Why did they have to make the character so THICC

@vikhr

8 ай бұрын

@@elixir478 because you'll buy the game just for that

@Boneheaded0

8 ай бұрын

the slickest movement and the thickest character 😫

By the way you are an AMAZING reviewer of video games. You point out actually good criticism that devs should be aware of with certain game mechanics and just basic level designing tips. So props to that

The first games's movement looked FILTHY good

This series taught me about En Garde, which finally dropped this week, and I'm so glad that it did

@XSAGA87

8 ай бұрын

Game is dope so glad I found it here too. Hope a 2nd one is made in the future

@myrical4147

8 ай бұрын

Wait it did?! Gotta pick that up after work!

@Luckyj714

8 ай бұрын

It’s so fun

Was not expecting Pseudoregalia to be on here, but I can vouch. That game kicks ass.

@deynandicaprio3154

8 ай бұрын

hehe, ass.

@shemsuhor8763

8 ай бұрын

That furry cake doe BADONKADONK

@TheJanitorIsIn

8 ай бұрын

Was that a pun?

@NeoEvanA.R.T

8 ай бұрын

But why did they make the character so THICCK?

@thepjup4507

8 ай бұрын

@@NeoEvanA.R.T all main characters should be thicker than a snicker. finally devs are coming to the light. female, male, reindeer thing, idc, lemme see dat booty drop. Elden Ring? Give me Elden Donut.

Damn the developer of that first game definitely knows how to get the player interested with that character model Crowsworn definitely looks cool, extremely hollow knight inspired in visuals as well

@thegoldenraysoftheglorious1180

8 ай бұрын

Apparently team cherry likes crowsworn so much that Leth (one of the devs of HK) joined the crowsworn development team

@MrPanGonzo

5 ай бұрын

i hope it gets canceled. All it is is just a ripoff of hollow knight

Lies of Penguin looks like a damn masterpiece. Meanwhile Crowsworn looks like a Bloodborne dlc for hollow knight. Inspired is an.... understatement.

Dude I was outright GIDDY when I saw this pop up on my feed this morning. This is my favorite series on KZread. Thank you, Pine. I appreciate your hard work.

@sanxxxx

8 ай бұрын

Me too, the quality of this series is incredible. I'm always so happy when I see a new episode.

@MLGProMaster-tu9tz

8 ай бұрын

Bro was outright GRIDDY

@Hansbricks14

8 ай бұрын

@@MLGProMaster-tu9tzYessir!!!

@Hansbricks14

8 ай бұрын

@@sanxxxxI’ll rewatch the whole series every couple of months. I’ll put it on when I go to bed sometimes. I like his voice and the way he mixes the audio. The volume of the games never gets too high that it wakes me up. My wife doesn’t seem to mind it either, and she complains about A LOT of KZread shit I put on at night. 😂

@SliceyMcHackHack

8 ай бұрын

These are honestly some of my favorite vids on YT

Started watching this video. Watched you play Pseudoregalia. Paused the video. Went and bought Pseudoregalia. Played through all of Pseudoregalia. Came back now and finished the video. Man what an awesome little gem Pseudoregalia is. I'm so happy you featured it. The movement is so addicting!

@cupriferouscatalyst3708

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I actually skipped most of that segment because I was like "wait this looks great, I'd rather play this before watching any more of it"

@Jordand24

8 ай бұрын

Same lol

@nevergreenminus1629

8 ай бұрын

Cake

@KingIvanGil

8 ай бұрын

Now do the same with lies of penguin

@felicityc

8 ай бұрын

wasn't there another similar game way back when that was also a furry movement combat game? edit: lugaru. you are welcome it released as Overgrowth in 2017, apparently not anywhere near what they had promised. I'm not sure how similar they are but furries tend to make good things when they can put ass in it

When it comes to Crowsworn, one particular quote comes to mind. "Imitation is the Sincerest form of Flattery". It may feel like it's imitating Hollow Knight quite closely at times, but when the game clearly plays well, handles well, and just generally shows that its being built with care and concern, I think its safe to say that the Imitation is more of a refinement of existing excellence than any attempt to simply "copy" the original. Definitely looking forward to this one releasing in the future.

I love how Pine can show me a review where he concludes the game isn't for him, but still manage to sell me personally on the game, without letting ego or the need for his audience to agree with him on everything get in the way. I was a professional games critic for years, and Iron Pineapple is the kind of gaming content creator we need more of then and now.

I love how much _character_ Stray Blade had. Like even if the game itself is a bit jank with the combat and some of the bugs and AI, the characters and animations and voice acting are super fun.

@Dorraj

8 ай бұрын

That's immediately what I thought too. I thought the animations and voice acting were superb, props to the people working on those. It's a shame the gameplay part isn't as good

@ajeje1996

8 ай бұрын

The image of Boji dragging the MC's dead body is so fun, and I really like his design. I really hope the devs stick with it a bit longer to refine the rest of the package, it has a lot of heart imo.

@TheCallOfTheValkyrie

8 ай бұрын

Boji being voiced by Beast from Divinity: Original Sin 2 certainly helps as well!

@leithaziz2716

8 ай бұрын

I always have a soft spot for games with underwhelming/jank combat, but a compelling story or endearing cast that makes the experience feel worth it despite the shortcomings. Like the game might not feel good to play, but it can still leave an impression.

@zoro4661WasTaken

8 ай бұрын

@@ajeje1996 Agreed! Gives me some huge Jack and Daxter vibes, too

This is truly the Dark Souls of KZread series

@IIOver9000

8 ай бұрын

Demon's Souls even

@trevest

8 ай бұрын

You’re telling me KZread is a souls-like?

@sithdude2436

8 ай бұрын

Iron Pineapple is the Dark Souls of KZread channels

@elbottio

8 ай бұрын

⁠@@IIOver9000more like king’s field

@Badmediatrack

8 ай бұрын

Dark souls on dark souls is the souls like of dark souls

Penguin with a metal baseball bat extruds pure POWER And Crowsworn looks like even more fast pase and frantic Hollow Knight which is RAD

Just want to say, I really love how every video in this series has a different opening animation in the background for the intro. It’s a small touch but when it would’ve been so much easier to just keep the same one it really adds just that little bit extra to why I love your videos so much!

Absolutely wild that you've never chosen to number these episodes. A true commitment to chaos.

@Jesse__H

8 ай бұрын

Eh yeah, they're numbered in the intros though.

The boss fights in that penguin game are something else dude. I genuinely lost it when the Pengi: The Blue Flame started doing psycho crushers.

@webbowser8834

8 ай бұрын

One of my core Dark Souls 1 memories are the stupid skeletons that try to psycho crusher you and then fall apart upon landing.

11:03 "What you got?" "Oh he has a gun" 🤣🤣

Stray Blade has some great voice acting, wow. I was expecting high cheese, but it sounded really good. I like how you can play as SCP-049 in Crowsworn, that's pretty neat. (But in all seriousness, it looks fantastic, that art style is unbelievably good.) Lies of Penguin... That's peak. I love it when they meme so hard it wraps around and becomes serious again. Amazing. Psuedoregalia looks super fun. Dang, I think all of these games actually have something going for them? That's insane. How well-fed are we this time?

The Lies of Penguin climax had no right to go that hard

I dont care what anyone says, that Penguin game looked lit af, that ending was dope

@Shad0wCK

8 ай бұрын

It looks amazing 😂

@jaykelley103

7 ай бұрын

Blue Pengi came in clutch af

17:22 The Blue Flame Pengi cutting the arm of The Castle is reference of Genji cutting the arm of the robot attacking city with his Dragon Blade in Overwatch 2 trailer.

Crowsworn is TOO cool, those animations are just.... *chef kiss*

@MrPanGonzo

5 ай бұрын

you've made a mistake in your sentence... Crowsworn is TOO ripoff

@trulyinfamous

3 ай бұрын

​@@MrPanGonzo Childish

Penguin game looks incredible. That climax was straight out of KH2

@FawziduYsdiscord

8 ай бұрын

Your damn right

@TayTayMakesBeats

7 ай бұрын

The game that basically makes you buy pay to win DLC to beat the it on easy but you're not even mad because it's 1$ and you knew what you were getting yourself into from the Steam page. 🐧🐧🐧

@Saber_234

7 ай бұрын

the way I popped off when Pengi the blue flame penguin came back

@mokshitsati7248

7 ай бұрын

@@Saber_234 I think it was from owerwatch no genji cutting the big bot

Okay, Psuedoregalia looks like a game that would have amazing to watch speed runs. All that movement tech in the hands of a top tier speedrunner. I really hope the game garners more attention because that movement looks sick af.

@spartanswill

8 ай бұрын

I think you just want to see more PseudoRecoil™️

@NathanTruby

8 ай бұрын

​@@spartanswillnah, he wants to see them legs again

@GoldGalaxianFin

8 ай бұрын

​@@NathanTrubythe legs have purpose thoe, they be jumping 24/7

@lechking941

7 ай бұрын

@@GoldGalaxianFinreports from the horny side of the internet is staggering, the game has VARY little in terms of horny art so far found like i have seen were i tend to look more safe class then not. i say the worlds sleeping on a nice title

@kadenwood5292

7 ай бұрын

@@lechking941it’s a tiny ass little indie game there’s no way ur already on rule 34 for it and expect content you need to be locked up

Crowsworn had a lot of Blasphemous DNA too, the boss kill animation and some of the enemies/locations

@MrPanGonzo

5 ай бұрын

a ripoff

@markbertrand6052

4 ай бұрын

​@@MrPanGonzo team cherry (hollow knight devs) are close to the devs and shows support towards it

Your Dysmantle review was totally fair. I played with my wife in local co-op and that helped my enjoyment a lot. The grind is halved when two people can smash up a house, and the small bits where you farm are made easier that way too. One thing that I really liked was that you could upgrade the towers so that enemies wouldn't respawn in that area. Oh, and that eating food provided permanent buffs. I wouldn't have played the game on my own, but co-op really softened its rough edges.

When Pengi come to help the Hero of Antarctic i legitimately lost my breath, omg, why is this game so epic and why am i so invested

@Shad0wCK

8 ай бұрын

💯

Yeah, Pseudoregalia is more of a metroidvania than souls-like. Lots of plataforms and movement skills. But it’s super charming. And Ayooo, that bunny 🐰

@derbart1191

8 ай бұрын

you are cheating on Futanahri ayo

@ruasta7363

8 ай бұрын

my horny ass could NOT play that game

@PenguinWithInternetAccess

8 ай бұрын

Username 💀

@LavaCreeperPeople

8 ай бұрын

You should change your profile picture and banner...

@TheAkrillion

8 ай бұрын

You should keep your pfp and banner. Great name too

Loved the fact that the penguin trainer was a penguin version of Garen (Pegren)

Please tell me Team Cherry isn't going to takedown crowsworn. It's the birth of hollow knight esque clones that we need right now. It'd be the perfect appetizer for silksong.

@MrPanGonzo

5 ай бұрын

I hope they do, they should. This game is just a shameless disgusting ripoff

This series has introduced me to so many diverse and unique games, even some of the parody games look fun if you're looking for a short experience. Thank you Pineapple for spotlighting these games.

@RineMeerstead

8 ай бұрын

Legit. I bought Lunacid after watching Pine’s episode featuring it and had the BEST time. Regularly checking my Steam library for updates on it now 😂

I can't wait for the "I played 10 Core-likes you've never heard of" video

@KuroeNezumi

8 ай бұрын

Probably someone else's video to make. But if Armored Core gets enough of a reaction out of people, we might start getting a bunch of cool mech fight games again, instead of strategy or more methodical mech games. God Custom Robo or Little Battlers Experience, even Medabots here in the west (and with polished action combat), getting a new lease on life with a decent budget would be great.

@SolaireIntensifies

8 ай бұрын

I mean, there are probably enough games for 2 videos then he'd be completely out

Little Witch Nobeta, something you covered like 2 years ago also got a full release, it has a unqiue spell based combat you should revisit as well :)

I've been watching your content for such a long time and I so genuinely look forward to these Souls like videos, every time I see that they're over an hour I'm so overjoyed to know I have an hour of quality entertainment and genuine critique ahead, thank you for the many hours of hard work that I know goes into each of these videos, you're fantastic!

Lies of penguin seems actually amazing. I really want to see them make a real higher budget full game. Also you should try the penguin game 1

I worked on a game in the same jam as Pseudoregalia, that game completely blew every one out of water

I usually like to comend all devs in videos like this, but Lies of Penguin just left me in speechless awe

Crowsworn looks dope af. I LOVE the cartoon cutscenes and art style

Crowsworn looks like its going to be fantastic, i just cant get over how uncanny it is to HK

@j11mz16

8 ай бұрын

ye was just about to comment that, from enemy art/animation & the environment, even the player attacks look identical.. it's missing its own identity( gameplay-wise)

@Grizzly7155

8 ай бұрын

Yeah that whole game is s copy of HK That beyblade boss is even the same, that the bouncing beetle it even has the same move set except for the spin

@shalvei_

8 ай бұрын

@@j11mz16 gameplay-wise there are differences though. The combat in the demo is different from HK due to how enemies behave and in the demo you don't even get access to other skills besides basic down thrust, and from trailers there were plenty of cool ones, and more importantly no guns, which seem integral to gameplay

@shalvei_

8 ай бұрын

@@Grizzly7155 False Knight? Brooding Mawlek? I don't know what bouncing beetle you're talking about but it's different from both of them. The rocks falling from ceiling is the same between False Knight and the Crowsworn boss, but other than that the attacks are different. False Knight doesn't spawn flying adds, and his tantrum attack works differently + it's part of the falling rocks attack, not separate

@ashen_halo6219

8 ай бұрын

@@shalvei_ i think its a bit like dung deffender also you have to agree that it looks nearly the same as hk with the background the spikes the floating tiles and the boss rooms looks the same :EDIT it also seems more difficult than hk it still looks super fun just if the world design looked different it would be nice and if the people behind hk support it then obvi its ok to them so its ok to me

Always so excited when somebody mentions Dark Messiah. It's is a shame there aren't more games like it

@renaudvillanueva-luciani8836

8 ай бұрын

So good, I discovered it on a stream... Even now it's a great game to discover

@TheKaoticSanity

8 ай бұрын

Dark Messiah ruined first-person action games for me. Any time after, when I was playing Skyrim or similar games, I just couldn't deal with the fact that they didn't just straight-up copy Dark Messiah, thereby improving the combat a thousandfold

@Silverlight07

8 ай бұрын

I'm ancient so I played Dark Messiah when it came out, and replayed it, and replayed it, and replayed it... it was so unique at the time and it's crazy how it wasn't just copied more

@benji9093

8 ай бұрын

Game of my childhood

@droljanz

8 ай бұрын

That game is amazing , and i cant understand how noone ever tried to use combat mechanics in other melee gamese , apart from dishonored, but dishonored have focus on stealth

I have trouble with finding games I think I'll enjoy, im so thankful for this series because with the way you play and breakdown so many games, I have a huge list of them that Im really looking forward to getting. Thanks so much!

Something I want to add in regards to Strayblade's battle mechanics; having the enemies flash a colour when their about to attack but STILL having the actual parry/dodge timing tied to the animation instead made it strictly worse. Actually just having no flash of colour at all and having us memorise which attacks can be dodge/parry would have been better. The way it was done in the game is very unintuitive, to the point that the flash kind of works against the player by essentially goading us to pay attention sooner than we actually need to. I think committing either way to a more straightforward system of "dodge/parry when it flashes" or a a more challenging "learn the enemies' moveset" could have saved it from most of the criticisms in terms of the moment-to-moment combat

That penguin game is so fucking epic dude. I kinda wanna buy the god bat just to support the dev. It looks a little janky for me personally but it is just dumb fun and is goofy as fuck. That's the kinda shit I like.

I never thought I'd be rooting so hard for a penguin equipped with a baseball bat and 3d maneuver gear today, but here we are XD

So stoked you played Kristala, dude. I've been following Astral's development for years and it's incredible to see some of my favorite content creators finally get their hands on it!

Had to immediately pick up pseudoregalia.. MAN the movement in the game feels SO damn good OOOO MAMI thats up there with like some of the best 3d platformers for movement all time there. No joke.

Lies of penguin legitimately looks like one of the most fun games to play for the hell of it. Not good, not horrible, but just what you need when you want to have some dumb fun with friends.

I honestly think Stray Blade has a lot of potential. Good luck to the devs. I’d definitely play with some updates

@Corrodias

8 ай бұрын

Same. I'd probably even put up with the combat. I like reacting, though it will get stale if you can't do anything else. Those boss bugs were pretty problematic, though. Seeing them refusing to attack the player was discouraging. But if they've kept working on the game, there's hope.

Was playing Baldur's Gate 3 with my friend He bet me 10 dollars he would not be able to do the second attack of extra attack after starting a combat and waiting for initiative to roll back around to his turn. I've been telling him for days it works. Woke up this morning to Pseudoregalia in my library, just finished it. 14/10. Fantastic game and my friend still owes me 4 dollars.

Honestly the best part of this series is seeing the actual hidden gems and how much attention they’ve gotten since you’ve covered them. My steam wishlist has nearly doubled since watching this series. I know it’s a little more well known, but I’d consider giving “Tunic” a look. It was marketed like a Zelda clone but after playing it, it feels a lot more inspired by Souls. That being said, there’s a lot more to the game than just being “soulslike” and even if it’s not covered, I encourage everyone to check it out

I think Crowsworn looks like something I will enjoy playing, yet I can't help but feel that it seriously blurs the line between taking inspiration and just straight up cloning.

@skaivii1103

8 ай бұрын

It really looks like an HK mod

@cherno8336

8 ай бұрын

​@@skaivii1103it's literally an hollow knight fan game, if I remember correctly they even asked team cherry for permission

@namename8004

8 ай бұрын

Does it even matter? Hollow Knight is a fantastic game. The Crowsworn devs are clearly putting in loads of effort and care towards creating a beautiful and quality game. Compare it to something like Gleamlight. Clearly inspired by Hollow Knight to the same degree. Completely garbage game. Close to zero side paths. Straight up linear. Mediocre combat. Just not a fun game. Crowsworn looks great.

@SerdeCosmo

8 ай бұрын

Imagine you spent years making your dream game. The tragedy of it being you can never play it for the first time because you know it too well. If I was a member of Team Cherry I'd be absolutely exstatic to have the opportunity to play Crowsworn.

@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves

8 ай бұрын

It literally looks like a trace. It's a shame, because Crowsworn could easily have stood on its own without tracing the enemy attacks and painting over the areas. The art itself is so gorgeous and then the game starts moving, bam literally just Hollow Knight.

This has become such an impressive & important series. I imagine it's the sort of thing that unintentionally blew up on you. One of those magical ideas that wound up working out beyond your wildest dreams. Just want to say that it wouldn't be the same without you. If anyone else were doing it, a lot would be missing. Thank you.

@Sieghiro

8 ай бұрын

These videos are something I look forward to constantly.

@XenoMike

8 ай бұрын

I agree, the exposure and feedback for indie devs is sick but I love getting reviews for hidden gems... I've never heard of Crownsworn or Pseudoregalia before but now they're on my radar

I really like Dysmantle. It's good that you gave it a fair shot even if the game mechanics weren't for you.

Always with the indies bangers for your background music. That Going Under soundtrack at 4:05 slaps

The dev of Lies of Penguin is a true visionary

I want to quickly come in here and say that I took the risk and bought Stray Blade and I believe it is very much worth it now, they fixed almost every bug, it runs very smooth on PS5, they overhauled the old color coded combat and now it feels like proper souls combat, it had a lot of charm and love put into it, and I personally feel like it deserves more attention, if anyone here is a fan of those similar games such as Kingdoms of Amalur or Asterigos plus Souls it’s a must buy in my eyes.

Crowsworn seems fucking amazing and reminds me very strongly of Dead Cells which is a huge plus for me. Definitely gonna keep an eye out for it.

@thegoldenraysoftheglorious1180

8 ай бұрын

Hell yeah. It's dead cells hk and bloodborne

You should play Absolver. It’s made by the same people who did Sifu. It’s kind of a souls like but with in depth hand to hand combat. It’s the most fun game I’ve played in forever, looks really cool, but sadly is really short. You also get to have unique fighting styles and have to fight bosses. Trust me it’s awesome.