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@BoolyK

Ай бұрын

Luke you have a few Nazis in your comment section....

@neildrukman2114

Ай бұрын

I love your content, Luke, but Sweet Baby Inc hates gamers. I get it that this is a financial decision to promote this game, but a little disrespectful to your fans (gamers). I am still looking forward to the next review you do!

@Alex-yo1yg

Ай бұрын

@@BoolyK More than a few jfc

@BoolyK

Ай бұрын

@@Alex-yo1yg yeah you've got one right above you

@bigirish4542

Ай бұрын

​@@BoolyKyou're absolutely kidding right lol nazis? Really? 😂

I played it through PS+ and I liked it enough to Platinum it (took ~13 hours). I hope the best for the team. For a new studio, they delivered a solid game with a contemplative story.

@amisaac1994

6 күн бұрын

Me to

Abubakar Salim is so clearly an honest and quality person, I'm happy he could create this game to help process his grief. As I understand, it's a fairly straightforward metroidvania, but just his involvement earns a play at some point. It seems there's a lot to like despite the simplicity.

@halsaufschneider1446

Ай бұрын

Which makes it even sadder that Sweet Baby Stink and Denuvo is part of this game!

@learntoswimify

Ай бұрын

​​​@@halsaufschneider1446Denuvo is unfortunate, but I frankly don't care about the SBI conspiracy bullshit. You can keep that one.

@saumayagoel234

Ай бұрын

It also has bayek and adewale voices from AC games

@munkqiking7207

Ай бұрын

@@learntoswimify Whats the conspiracy? Please indulge. If you dont know what the conspiracy is, how do you even know its actually a conspiracy? You dont even know about the SBI employees sexist and racist comments so how would you even begin to have an opinion on it?

@Dandoskyballer

Ай бұрын

He is so honest he created the company Bebe Sucre (sweet baby in french) alongside Kim Bellaire, then distanced himself from Bebe Sucre once Sweet Baby Inc. came under the microscope.

"But we got Prince of Persia the Lost Crown at home."

@joshuaknox2724

Ай бұрын

i got mine off wish

@isntchrisl

Ай бұрын

I beat both. I like each one for different reasons. Prince of Persia is the better, more polished game, although Zau is not a bad game. Zau wins in the story and visuals department.

soon as i hear paid video for a game im out

@octolockg5059

Ай бұрын

There are very few sponsored videos out there where they give criticism. Luke is not an example of those videos.

Weird to see Luke being sponsored by EA. Not sure how I feel about it.

@lionzcrown1702

Ай бұрын

Tf? Let him make his money while staying true to himself

@joshuaknox2724

Ай бұрын

@@lionzcrown1702 Tf? let people write how they feel without telling them what to do, who the hell are you anyway, lukes agent?

@lum1notryc828

Ай бұрын

​@@joshuaknox2724I love when people try fighting each other's logic like this but it applies to u letting them say what they want to lol

@lionzcrown1702

Ай бұрын

@@joshuaknox2724 it’s an ignorant take with no basis other than “I hate EA so how dare you make a living with their help”. So yeah. TF?

@lionzcrown1702

Ай бұрын

@@lum1notryc828 LMAO

This looks like Prince of Persia Lost Crown + Ori combined

Crazy how there hasn't been one good afrofuturist video game yet. The lane for that is wide open.

@Veefive5

Ай бұрын

If you want that with a big budget you have to convince a company it will make them a profit because besides that a lot of triple AAA creatives seem to have no interest in Africa as a setting and I don't count egypt because that's the safe option

@HighKnighter

Ай бұрын

There are hardly any African anything. American and European companies refuse to touch the setting, partly because of cancellation worries, and mostly because they don't think it will make money with their majority white and Asian audiences.

@damndatscrazyyy940

Ай бұрын

@@Veefive5and we shouldn’t forget that it simply doesn’t gain attraction like other country based games Greek has its Mythos everybody seem to fall in love with Japan and so on with Africa a lot of people don’t know its history or anything else so it doesn’t gain that much attraction and yeah it would be to risky for a big budget project

@praisetheoak

Ай бұрын

You can't really do anything with Africa as a setting even though it would be very interesting. The few times it's been tried people jump in and start calling developers racist or some shit. Japanese devs have often tried to use the setting and create interesting stories, alas, it's been called out racist too for some stupid reason. If you are going to limit the setting to only be tackled by African devs, not only is that truly racist, but you are simply stifling creativity and potential too. Simple as that.

@Veefive5

Ай бұрын

@damndatscrazyyy940 true, me personally that's why I want it even more. Personally I'm burnt out on feudal japan,norse,and greek settings. But familiarity sells

Have been looking forward to this. Will try it out on PS Plus. Also I loved Bayek as a character and the voice was cool too.

and of course, it has millions worth of engagement, but less players than there are ants in an ant hill.

@davidnonya7359

Ай бұрын

the mainstream industry has faked everything with bots and engagement from games to movies and elections. but in the end there is no support for this crap. only stupid college shit.

OMG I thought I had to dodge under the spikes in the first platforming challenge. Doing so generally causes your character to hit the spikes, unless you are pixel perfect. To be clear, I didn't think it was supposed to be really hard, I just thought it was buggy or poorly made haha. I made it through only once after like 30 attempts. I just learned you can just float under them without pressing anything :(

@npcimknot958

Ай бұрын

Matpat jump up the water fall lol.

@AlPacino2502

Ай бұрын

Same happened to me😂

I’ve been watching Egyptologist Dr. Falk playing AC:O, so it’s wild hearing Bayek in another game lol but I’m happy he’s pursuing his goals🎉

Take the bag Luke!!!

There is another game coming out later this year called Phantom Blade Zero. That looks promising

@Tropax1

Ай бұрын

I can assure you that it ain't coming out this year and besides the game looks too good to be true, like the graphics, the gamplay, it all looks too perfect especially from developers not very well known. I'm too excited for that game hence the scepticism.

@dogybiology1411

Ай бұрын

​@Tropax1 yeah watch it have some prescripted combat moves that look flashy but is done by just tapping certain buttons. Also everything we saw could be like finishers or short cutscenes. It really does look too good to be true

Just got the platinum. I really enjoyed this game, its a well told story and engaging and very fun to play

Honestly, I immediately dig the art style and music. This will have to go on the list of feel-good games.

All-time player peak was a -poultry- paltry 287. SBI was indeed detected. 😂🤣

@hydrophobiaa

Ай бұрын

Paltry?

@mikerochburns4104

Ай бұрын

@@hydrophobiaa Haha, it was late 😅

He played Father in Raised by Wolves, also show cut short.

@tedddenzel6769

Ай бұрын

Holy Shit!!!! I am only now realising this wtf

@shoopypit4884

Ай бұрын

I missed out on season 2 because they took it off HBO! Fkn wild to me how shit streaming is nowdays

This looks fun. Like a less expensive prince of persia

@charles281

Ай бұрын

But if you had respectable morals and standards you wouldn't support it. No matter how sad the story behind it.

@Solo_Sessums

Ай бұрын

@@charles281 what do you mean? What's wrong with that?

@layback76

Ай бұрын

​​@@charles281Man keep your silly comments to yourself. This is a great game and let the people who want to play it enjoy it!

@layback76

Ай бұрын

​@@Solo_SessumsDont listen to these trolls. it's a great game!

@charles281

Ай бұрын

@@layback76 yeah less than 300 concurrent players on steam, with the EA marketing giant behind them. If the numbers aren't enough to convince you that you're on the wrong side of the argument then I hope you're happy living in your cult.

Why did you skip on the deeper character conversations?

Hi, I'm Abubakar Salim. *Who?* You might know me from such roles as Secret Service Agent in 24: Live Another Day, Guard in Black Mirror, Other in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Bayek of Siwa in Assassin's Creed Origins... *Literally either never played or role so insignificant, it's forgettable.* ...and Thomas-Alexandre Dumas in Napoleon! *THE ONE THING I KNOW AND I WAS ASLEEP THE ENTIRE MOVIE.*

i am glad i don't have epilepsy because i would definitely had a seizure for al those effects

I’m going to get it when it goes on sale

@michaelwill5972

Ай бұрын

It's free on ps plus extra

@W1ll88

Ай бұрын

@@michaelwill5972 I don’t have PlayStation.

@Macheako

Ай бұрын

@@michaelwill5972that’s not free

@SPREET5454

Ай бұрын

Literally $17

nah them walking animation is funky as hell

Noting for me at all, but thank you for showing it tho ^^

TBH this game doesn’t look bad graphic and gameplay wise, if it has a truly good writing regardless of the character’s identity (race, gender, sex, etc) AND, they strongly denied SBI involvement or declare they cut ties with SBI, I believe sales will catch up presuming the hype still high. The only thing dooming this game is SBI’s involvement and alleged DEI inclusion.

@mxjame546

Ай бұрын

The irony here is there zero DEI in the game eventhough SBI is in it

@samakechijowo

Ай бұрын

@@mxjame546 maybe they don't bother including DEI on smaller budget games? Anyway, the problem is they being connected to SBI and the main person of the developer team allegedly connected to organization/s that enforces DEI. It's enough to spark backlash. I'm for judging product by the product itself but even I'll second guess on buying games connected to them right away, lest I bought it and disappointed from political and DEI infusion into the said game.

@Chris-sm2uj

21 күн бұрын

bro thinks most people give a shit about SBI terminally online NPC behaviour 🤡🤡🤡

If sweet baby inc breathed on it I don’t want it

@mahiru20ten

Ай бұрын

Honestly I wanted to buy an SBI game so I can see what the fuss is about.

@BetterChoicesNeeded

Ай бұрын

@@mahiru20ten its just racism with extra steps lol, they say theyre mad about SBI but really its any black/brown ppl plus gay/trans ppl they wanna avoid seeing in their games

@Ewiril

9 күн бұрын

@@BetterChoicesNeeded yeah... uh huh... Very original take.

@bladerun1235

7 күн бұрын

@@BetterChoicesNeededthat a stupid take. GTA sa black main character sold millions and ac origins black character. Last of us gay women sold millions and life is strange gay women sold millions. Cyber punk and bg3 are other examples. Sbi game is just not good and the one are good are sequel

This is a Sweet Baby Inc. title. Vote with your wallets / cards folks and send the message.

Honestly the beginning seems ike it would be a good spin off for black panther…. If it was about tchallas son trying to bring back t’challa cause he can’t handle being black panther

@Nick-ww2hq

Ай бұрын

How intense are the Black Panther / Wakanda influence, to me it's ridiculously apparent, which I think is epic.

Legend of Vox Machina? First time I've heard about it. The cover art looks interesting. The game in the video looks good, but they might have gone too heavy on all the flash effects.

It looks a lot like prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. I love that one and I enjoyed the demo of Tales of Kenzera: Zau. So I am quite happy with it right now :D

Seriously...try AURION: LEGACY OF THE KORI-ODAN. It's more like what was advertised with Zau. It also has a lot of RPG elements and a 2D fighting engine style of play like Jade Empire.

I am curious how many people know that the voice actor of Bayek of Siwa (AC Origins) is the main producer😅. So happy for him... knowing the story behind this game

@npcimknot958

Ай бұрын

Honestly watching game play and you can see this was a passion project and helping him move on. I also haven’t seen any ‘ white people are bad’ in the game.. It’s with sbi.. sure.. but it’s not woke

@TommyWoolley

Ай бұрын

@@npcimknot958 Too soon to tell because this is a very small portion of the game. But SBI is racist at their core, so there's gotta be something just by nature. No idea what it is. But I'm not going to assume SBI has turned over a new leaf :)

@kremesauce

Ай бұрын

@@TommyWoolleyyeah I’m taking a hard pass with this one and just waiting for stellar blade

@KalicoKal

Ай бұрын

@@TommyWoolley no they arent you guys are being gaslit by people that just want to farm a culture war for money

@tedddenzel6769

Ай бұрын

@@npcimknot958 What have SBI( I'm assuming its a company ) done?...everyone in the comment section mentions them

Its a very simple and straight forward story. So much that I find it boring. I appicate the effort tho. Theres one game I always compare when it comes to themes of grief and loss and that s a game called Rime. Its absolutely stunning.

this lookls lilke lost cerown

@justintalarchek153

Ай бұрын

Amazing game, I bought it on a whim and was very surprised by how good it was

@sarugard9115

Ай бұрын

@@justintalarchek153 which one Lost crown?

Wont even lie, waiting for the fallout 4 next gen update video after its gone live, i genuinly dont know if this will be a mess or exciting. But i ready for it either way!

I love Bayek, but these SBI infested titles i will definitely not support, sorry.

@davidnonya7359

Ай бұрын

an kenyan man needed to diversify his games with the help of woke liberal woman from montreal. sounds like imperialism and colonialism

I played it its meh, but only 17 dollars. Honestly, you can’t go wrong with that price point, but the game is definitely not a must play either.

@joshuaknox2724

Ай бұрын

sponsors eh

@octolockg5059

Ай бұрын

I like the graphics but the gameplay looks like it could be improved upon.

@fatguy4137

Ай бұрын

Finally someone who actually did play it.

SBI taking a pass with this one. Spending my money on Stellar Blade instead

@tomassprenger7868

Ай бұрын

What a nerd

@cowel8734

Ай бұрын

Smart choice

@TheTenshi777

Ай бұрын

W choice

@UltraAge

Ай бұрын

Wondering if I’ve seen a bigger W 🤔

@symphomaniac

29 күн бұрын

You guys are such cookie cutter NPCs lmao

I am actually enjoying this game so far

That’s game was pain in the ass

Not for me.

@tahkaimartin8050

Ай бұрын

I thought the same but since they put it on PlayStation Plus I decided to try it and it's s pretty chill so far

"So what are we, some kind of New-Generation Mainstream Access Media for Games?" - Luke

11:40 Very fresh.

Looks like it plays well but seems really easy.

It looks fun and the story seems pretty good at first glance. But I'll probably wait until it's the next free game on EPIC. As far as the SBI involvement, it looks like that in a game with a setting and direction like this - on the surface - whatever "consulting" they might have done for it isn't really affecting things. It's an original story. It's got creators from a different background. As long as it's not driving some different flavor of the content that has become typical of the stuff that SBI is known for pushing, then eh, whatever.

@npcimknot958

Ай бұрын

Ya i thin this one sbi was only there to get funding and connections.. but this one has nothing woke about it.. it’s too focused to have anything related to the west.

@Ewiril

9 күн бұрын

Its about the princip. The game could be exactly the same if SBI wasnt involved at all, but as long as it has its stomp on it, I wont touch it... But by all means, if you like it, enjoy the game with the other 280 players

This game has Sweet Baby involvement just so people are aware

@Blessed_Souls

Ай бұрын

and has less people playing it than there are ants in an ant hill.

@TimShady5

Ай бұрын

@@Blessed_Souls lol that's probably pretty close. I can't say it looks very interesting to me

@kingj9664

Ай бұрын

Really because it doesn't feel like they had any control given how they messed up on games like suicide squad maybe just maybe not every game they touch is bad

@kingj9664

Ай бұрын

​@@Blessed_Souls Which I hope chains because the game is actually really good

@Blessed_Souls

Ай бұрын

@@kingj9664 if the game is good, then thats great. I think a HUGE problem right now is that everyone on twitter saying omg im buying 5 copies, and 3.2 million being exposed to it on one post, and there only being less than 100 in game, is asinine. Either the curator page worked its ass off here, or people in general and those that said they would support the game, actually aren't doing that good at doing so.

My origional thought as a gamer when i saw this was It looks pretty decent enough but associating with sweet baby was a guaranteed DOA for it

@johnstewart2981

Ай бұрын

Okay

@tychodragon

Ай бұрын

@@johnstewart2981 it is, the dev was stupid to go with therm

@johnstewart2981

Ай бұрын

@@tychodragon okay tell me how sweet baby worked on this game with a credits link if you have one or else this is nun but faux gamergate grandstanding

@kyokasuigetsu3029

25 күн бұрын

​@@johnstewart2981 33 players on Steam currently. Your virtue signaling for this game won't work

Its a Sweet Baby Inc game

Sweet Babys involved? Hard pass

@sterlingkart9562

Ай бұрын

Ok bot, your comments are on every damn video about this game

@kalithoulouse2231

Ай бұрын

@@yes21g a consulting company that has and never had any final say in whats in the final product, npc. they can as much force DEI on a product as the average consumer, lmao.

@k--music

Ай бұрын

@@yes21g you don’t either if you think they forced a black man to make a character inspired by his own loss black. You could just say you don’t want to play a game with black people in it in this case.

@Clipahoy

Ай бұрын

@@sterlingkart9562he is not a bot. He is my boyfriend.

@RafaelCabreraAzrael

Ай бұрын

@@sterlingkart9562 yes and?

Its a good game, played on PS+

I am throughly enjoying this metroidvania. We have been somewhat spoiled with good vania’s’ this year so far

IMO, Luke should either address the elephant in the room directly, or just keep away from these controversial titles.

@9106148720

Ай бұрын

nah let him eat some dislikes on his stupid clip

@Chris-sm2uj

21 күн бұрын

you mean the fact that some people can't handle black characters under the pretense of hating sweet baby?

@Ewiril

9 күн бұрын

@@Chris-sm2uj no, but nice try...

It has a 4.5 out of 5 on Xbox series, though...

omg idec how good or bad this game is. It's so satisfying to hear Bayek's voice again

Sweet baby inc game ……hard pass …..and when we gonna get some you tube personalities who represent gamers

A SWEET BAY INC GAME! no thanks!

@samuelmachado8330

Ай бұрын

how about decide to play game if is good than the who make the game ?

@davidnonya7359

Ай бұрын

a kenyan man making a kenyan game base din kenyean culture needed woke liberal women to diversify his game

@CalmMaximus55

Ай бұрын

@@samuelmachado8330 it's a matter of principle, Don't want anything to do with a racist Company that hates it's own audience.

Very Nice... Now play Pinhead Adventures, Luke.

People keep telling black people to make their own stories and to stop race-swapping characters. Now that they do make their own story, it's woke. People can't win lmao.

@MeldinX2

Ай бұрын

The reason for people calling it woke is only because they used Sweet baby inc.

@F34RDSoldier805

Ай бұрын

"SBI Detected" has nothing to do with black characters... If you think that you've been brainwashed... It has to do with the company. If the company is involved, no matter how the character looks, it's going to be informed, and it's up to the individual to make their decision. People saying that it's because of black people are intentionally missing the point, strawmanning and gaslighting people to believe it. It isn't. If it's involved with DEI companies or SBI specifically, it's going to be called out, even if the game is great. Make your own decision. Nobody is stopping you from buying it. It's crazy how people are so against others simply trying to inform people so that they can choose where to spend their money...

@BennyLlama

Ай бұрын

​@@F34RDSoldier805well said

@RafaelCabreraAzrael

Ай бұрын

Sweet Babys involved? Hard pass

@bplusstudios9031

Ай бұрын

​@@F34RDSoldier805please go outside.

The game takes inspiration from games like Hollow Knight and Ori. Seems perfectly fine to me, pretty good even, if you like metroidvania, and I don't like woke stuff either. I like this character more than the one from Price of Persia because he doesn't have the stupid haircut, I'm not a huge fan of neither tribal nor wild west themes, but that's personal preference. I think the problem of this game is that I didn't know it was even coming out, I bet sales will slowly grow, it's cheap too. I'm not a fan of personal drama/grief right at the beginning, because I don't know the characters yet, and it's not Ori level introduction. Seems good though.

luke walking on thin ice, dude looks nervous to say anything LMAO earn that money bro good job

Just play Lost crown Look kinda similar

@uchenna8885

Ай бұрын

HOW????????????

@Pettywyze

Ай бұрын

No. I want to play this game.

@victory7763

Ай бұрын

Nah I'll play this game. I thought you guys hated Ubisoft? Bs I see. Also this game is way cheaper. We love to complain about price all the time right?

@k--music

Ай бұрын

I’m not about to spend money on a Ubisoft game come on now

@RipaStar00

Ай бұрын

cmooon dude, nobody wants to play good game if its from ubisoft

It's almost identical to the new Prince of Persia game.... which is where assassins creed came from... this is weird

sweet baby Inc detected

I don't understand what a game made by a Kenyan wirh Kenyan characters need a diversity consultant group like SBI?

I’m digging it so far. A bit more shallow than Lost Crown, but I like the designs so far, vocal performances are good too.

Yea 16 seconds in sponsored by EA and the main guy doing this was in that trash Napoleon movie. Immmmm good ill look up another review.

I think you worked as you could for the money they paid you. But not convincing enough to buy it. PASS.

SBI Detected.

Yo, it's free, so I'm totally gonna try it out. No harm in that, right? Plus, I've never played anything like it before.

@joshhudson7413

Ай бұрын

And its short, great for busy people. About 9 hours long

This comment section is terrible. The game looks fine. Very good visuals, and actually good representation from people from actual African cultures. Plus it’s inexpensive and doesn’t have dlc or any live service issues. I’ll definitely consider giving it a shot.

detected no thanks

Sweet Baby Inc detected, Stupid game rejected

Sweet baby stink

One of the first story telling and unique game to be made in a world where IPs are being run dry and destroyed and its a sweet baby inc game

Excellent video but you need to treat that zit!

Never thought id see luke so obviously shilling for a game this painfully mediocre. Dissapointed

@ZayeRose

19 күн бұрын

Hopefully it widens the market

Sadly the Developer was part of "Bebe Sucre", a company founded together with the people from Sweet Baby Inc.. That means me and a lot of other Gamers won't touch it with a ten foot pole. We don't need forced DEI/ESG in Games. And we don't want it. So we don't buy it.

Had no desire to play this until I found out the voice of Bayek had huge part in it. Keen to play it now

Ahh another sponsored vid

Sweet baby game

SBI, won't touch this garbage.

You know the consultant company that helped work on this game is racist, right? Yikes

SweetBabyInc Detected...

Hard pass, it’s not diverse enough. No pride parade, no LGBTQ love story. What a joke, it’s 2024 people, cmon

@diggao77

5 күн бұрын

Dont worry. Sweet Baby Inc will make a new game with gays soon and guess one who will cry anyway?

SBI🎉

Sweet baby inc detected.

@codzab084

29 күн бұрын

You gonna cry about it?

@animon9819

29 күн бұрын

@@codzab084 the sweet babies sure are.

@symphomaniac

29 күн бұрын

Who cares. Just get the game if it looks good or skip it if it doesn't.

Bruh in the first moments I'm already cringed out. Hard paas

the actors are voice acting their asses off 👏🏼

287 players at peak, great success 🤭

@halsaufschneider1446

Ай бұрын

Well deserved i would say. Any involvement with ESG/DEI or woke consulting companies as SweetBabyStink needs to fail! Some companies already filed bankruptcy as a result and they all deserve it!

The STEAMCARTS numbers are laughable.

Looks good , i'm going to play this.

EA AND Sweet Baby Inc, 2 of gamings most poisonous companies in one melting pot of anti gamer trash lol anyone that spends money on this really wants to see the video game industry run into the dirt 😞

This game is right next to stellar blade so nobody really cares about it 😂

@squallthegriever

27 күн бұрын

Definitely not true

Wait the character has the ability to do Kamehameha? Sold

SBI supporter. Now I get why he was against playing stellar blade.

Not gonna play. SBI will keep this game dead.

Sweet baby inc alert 🚨

14:30 - "You get what i mean" You mean bad/poor/weak etc. rather than the "interesting" you actually said. This is the problem with paid reviews. They shill every time, no matter how much they claim they won't.

SBI DETECTED