I hope they don't Starfield the world. I would prefer having fewer but significant landmarks to visit than being able to "enter" any random area on the map and find nothing.

@SIRCRAZY

3 ай бұрын

Same

@Jenjak

3 ай бұрын

100% ! I’d trade any nicely detailed corridor game against an empty open world.

@harrasika

3 ай бұрын

​@@Jenjak but those corridors have to feel significantly different from eachother then. Not like Mass Effect 3 where every corridor shooting section feels the same.

@Jenjak

3 ай бұрын

@@harrasika yeah it has to be well made. The first that came to my mind was The Last Of Us. Corridors but gorgeous settings, good story and action.

@light819

3 ай бұрын

honestly it looks like it could be an old fallout style of world where you have an overworld with big pois but basically as you travel you can randomly get sucked into randomly generated mini maps. at least that is my guess

This game looks imaginative as hell. Hope the dev team pull it off.

@dedman1096

Ай бұрын

Honestly they have my attention. When and if it comes out, I’ll give her a try.

If it ever gets released, this game needs a making of documentary.

@MN-jw7mm

2 ай бұрын

It won't, it's a scam and they're too busy making changes for the sake of angry twitterites than actually finishing the game.

@Cheeseman709

2 ай бұрын

@@MN-jw7mmbe patient and you’ll get a good game

we got gta 6 before Little Devil Inside

@bartsbartsen8126

3 ай бұрын

Half Life 3. ^^

The concept of being essentially the practitioner of the theorist in an semi open world (huge open region) is what i liked. I remember what i saw on that show off during, i think, state of play or the game awards, and it was nothing like we were expecting. That killed my interest tbh. I hope the game is back for good this time

@AsadAnjum

3 ай бұрын

The games focus seems to have shifted a lot over the years but parts of the old ideas seem to be living on a little in different characters (like the scientist) or the 2-layered map design. It feels like they're still hiding quite a bit about the game so I guess we'll see if/when it finally releases

@JayFFAFAlesanaES

3 ай бұрын

Funny, that's one of the things which I saw as a staple premise. In the old footage you actually seem to not have the theorist accompany them at all and it looks like they upgraded it in the SoP trailer to show the scientist being looked after by the PC. It seems that he may or may not come with. What is it you mean that has changed about it? As far as open-world goes, it definitely looks more old school JRPG (FFVII or so), with a big world map and many locations to visit. I like this style, especially when it kind of reminds me of a model train track/diorama.

I actually backed the Kickstarter all those years ago. Can't wait for it to release in 2034!

3:56 oh that’s absurd. It’s the second one. The world is absolutely not seamless in that regard.

@DroolRockworm

3 ай бұрын

Yeah when he said that I was like, are you high? It's pretty obvious it's the second one, what the hell is this guy even talking about? It's just clear from the literal visual itself. lol

@JayFFAFAlesanaES

3 ай бұрын

@@DroolRockworm Yeah, that would be insane. It would be like a big FFXV map but you can turn into a giant person for fast travel. I think having different locations to visit (Bigger areas for combat/gathering, houses for NPC interaction, hidden areas for easter eggs/bonus weapons, optional places for fun/more exploration) is awesome. That's the old JRPG formula and always worked very IMO.

@zach7

2 ай бұрын

Honestly it feels way too hopeful and extravagant, and also- needless. you *could* do this but it'd be like random battle encounters from zelda 2 or something and wouldn't really be worth it imo. @@DroolRockworm

@Meshugaman

Ай бұрын

I mean for a game that’s been cooking for 9 years I would be expecting some game breaking features.

@googiegress7459

26 күн бұрын

I don't think it would actually be any good with the fully detailed world. We don't need another Skyrim, we need something done differently from a smaller team. That doesn't mean you can't have a TON of these locales. You could have temporary locales that appear when an event occurs, such as finding a secret hut in the woods or the deer ramming unethically into your car. Interestingly, this would feel a bit like a Fallout 1/2 world map with its hidden locations and random encounters that vanish after use.

this has been my most anticipated game since it's first trailer. Gives me extreme Adventure Time vibes

I also noticed that the game seems to have pared-down survival mechanics compared to previous showcases. Specifically, changes were made to the HUD to only represent health and stamina (I assume) now instead of the older elements that included hunger as well.

I'm so glad this resurfaced. I was so excited when it was announced

As not much of a 3rd person action RPG player myself, I can’t say that have any concerns about the combat based on the trailers, but it’s definitely interesting hearing the insights of a more practiced player of this genre

I’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting for this. I hope it comes out before my hands arthritis sinks in.

I knew you would make a video after I saw the latest trailer but I didn't expect it this soon ! impressive stuff man

Im starting to see biomutant-ish red flags. Recently, I played Kentucky Route Zero and realized how amazing an adventure can be without combat, survival and grind. I hope LDI won't fall into a trap of game mechanics demanded by publishers and being unable to focus on what they do best.

@InkyMuste

3 ай бұрын

Biomutant is exactly what I'm reminded of too. The game seems overly ambitious and unfocused, like I still don't have any idea what it's even about and I'm not sure the devs do either.

@DisgruntledPeasant

2 ай бұрын

Oh man biomutant was such a letdown. If they just focused on making a quarter of the ideas they had it would have been a blast, but instead we got like 400 great ideas, all of which were broken and badly implemented.

I remember seeing a trailer for this game several years ago. Occasionally I would remember it and want to look it up, but I had forgotten the name and had no idea how to search for it. So, thanks for making this video.

It looks like the overworld map mimics the classic FF game world travel mechanic.

I love the over world map. It's just like the old final fantasy games, before every game seemed to get obsessed with going open world...

I had high hopes for this, and I always hope this kind of thing can get made and put out. Wildly ambitious visually, and I like the idea of the style and narrative for a monster hunter style game.

I just went down a huge rabbit hole last week trying to figure out wtf just happened with this game.

This reminds me of Biomutant. The type of game that, if done correctly, would amass a cult following and be known as one of the hidden gems of our time, heck, maybe not even a hidden one. But if done poorly...

Been needing this since it was first showed off before the PS5 dropped. It’s still showing up on my wishlist in the PSN store

It is very clearly smaller POI environmental stages traversed between via the overworld map. I wouldn't expect that entire map the be playable at all. These playable stages shown in the video also seem to be substantially smaller than what had been shown in previous development videos years ago and that worries me quite a bit. We were suppose to have really cool and interesting vehicles and mounts to traverse large open spaces. As well as combat while doing so. Now we have some table top pieces.

@JG-nk7ld

2 ай бұрын

Agreed that's my main concern as well. It literally takes you out of the action which is not what was shown in pre 2020 footage. Also the complete absence of the boat and ocean scenes is a big concern for me as well and hope thats not completely gone.

This and Judas And silksong is my most awaited games and.i hope they will be good as we expect

I LOVE the trailer music especially the 2016 one

I have been looking for this game forever! I couldnt remember anything about it aside from that footage of the goblins on the beach and the car in the desert!

the map looks like Old JRPGs or Wartales (more because of the caravan and food mechanics) , you have a macro map to walk and things can happen while you walk, but you have to go to a micro location to expand the possibilities of that place

I'm still waiting for Silksong.

@sushantheshreztha8777

3 ай бұрын

well it seems you weren't waiting long enough! just look at this game!

@RunicTree

3 ай бұрын

and im still waiting for half life 3

I remember seeing this game back when Yooka Laylee launched their Kickstarter, completely regret backing that game btw, but LDI looked really impressive at its conception.

I'm still hyped for this game. The gameplay still seems so full of interesting ideas, and that style is still incredibly captivating. I agree that the combat seemed a bit flatter in this trailer though, but not terrible. Having backed a few Kickstarter campaigns which have been in development for very, very long times (though not this one, sadly), I've trained myself to a more zen attitude about them. When new material surfaces, I check it out. If a release date or window is announced, I don't get my hopes up. If it gets delayed, I assume it's because it isn't done yet and keep waiting. Projects like this occupy next to nothing of my brain on a day to day basis, but I'm always interested to check out any new developments. I hope it eventually comes out, and is at least close to as cool as it looks.

Thank you for introducing me to this game, it looks super interesting!

I'm glad I caught this video. Definitely interested in this game. Great job on the vid 👍

Def an UEVR title i wanna try. Reminds me of one of those shows you used to watch as a kid

This game looks really creative and grant. Great atmosphere and art style, pretty unique and remarkable. Thanks for the video and cheers from Germany

Great video! I forgot about this game, but you rekindled my excitement.

I'm intrigued still, though with the scaling down of the dev team & what seems to have been Sony's exiting from the project (why else would LDI reemerge via Kickstarter & not a Sony State of Play while also sounding currently aimless with publishing...something Sony could assist with?), I'm rebooting my expectations from anticipating an ascending project that caught Sony's mighty eye - to - when or if it releases, a boutique Indie experience with cool quirky visuals yet gameplay that apparently wasn't as special enough to sustain Sony's involvement. I remember there being some sort of mentioning on LDI's early Playstation Store page of there being an Online/Co-Op feature. I hope that's true, though via the scale-down, such infrastructure is probably off the table now. Unless, it's peer-to-peer.

just watched your vid, and i lov it.

I will keep on waiting and pray the gods of Cthulhu to bring this to us sooner rather than later

This looks soo good! I can't wait to play it!

From all the footage I’ve seen of this game, this is one of the most ambitious and most promising projects I can think of.

I actually like the idea of melee combat becoming stickier the more enemies you engage. It's a good mechanic from TTRPGs that was represented early in 1st edition AD&D with a parting attack against fleeing enemies and bonuses to hit when attacking the flank or rear, and formalized in a very chess-like way in 3e as Attacks of Opportunity and flanking when attacking from opposite sides. DDO features a mobbing mechanic where aggroing too many monsters in the dungeon at once will reduce your movement speed, making you vulnerable. Anything that moves a player away from being a mass-murdering superhero will be met by most players with negativity, but honestly most players don't know jack shit about game design and their opinions can be regarded in a very particular light. Someone who eats a lot may know what food they like, but that does not mean they know how to make it. Cue people responding with a complaint or argument about one of the many things I just typed, acting like that says anything about the whole ;P

In terms of indie development and what little I know about this project I am extremely nervous for this game's prospects. But its presentation makes me so hopeful that I'm wrong

good video, you made me look forward to the game... whenever that releases lmao You got yourself a sub~

Looks 🔥...giving Fable 1 feels. Make it epic

I just hope it comes out this year. The game industry needs Korea to take over. Favorite game of 2023 was made by Korean team, Dave the diver, they just nailed everything.

0:39 "SCHMEAT" 😂

Had no idea this game existed. I'll be on the lookout. Thank you for showing this.

I'm playing and loving FF7 Rebirth, the playable areas are sizable, bigger than what I expected. I would have been content sticking to roads and moving between set piece to set piece for that the game was. But the paradoxical thing about MODERN rpgs is that the seamless open maps they present make the world overall feel very small, being told that an entire province is as short a walk as getting across my city. And I got to thinking, that no one seems to be making worlds like FF5-9 anymore, with a detailed and diverse overworld map where you just stumble onto things. Even in the realm of adventure games, no ones making maps the likes of the original Monkey island. So seeing this game, I really hope it delivers on that spontaneity, because even with a pulled back scope what they're attempting to accomplish is a rarity these days.

radio the universe says hello

Seems it will definitely feel like an adventure.

I was looking forward to this game a couple of years ago and funny enough a few weeks ago I randomly thought what happened to this game but I had forgotten what it was called until I just happened to see this video in my feed.

first time hearing about it, and now i'm very excited to play it

You completly put my thoughts togehter. I also thought of the little nightmares 2 school

Game looks awesome. Been waiting since 2015.....bring to switch!

It is absolutely handcrafted locations with specific entrances in the overworld. There is no way a team is going to build out a world of that size. That’s impossible levels of scope.

First time. Looks cool. Hope I get it when it comes out

i had completely forgotten about this game

Looks awesome, really excited to give it a go.

This and Silksong look like an awesome time.

Damn I forgot about this game! I thought it released at some point and I somehow missed it but to find out it’s still not out, sad. I hope they pull this off.

Still looks more like clips of concepts than a coherent game. I hope I am wrong because it looks awesome.

This game gives me nostalgic vibes of what it felt like to see and play FF7 on PS1 for the first time. The combination of a unique art style with a well crafted semi-open world is what i feel in love with in both games.

"It will come when it comes." IF it comes.

It looks beautiful. It will probably still come out before Silksong lol

this was my most anticipated game of all time. I've been gaming since the mid 90s. imagine my disappointment when it never came to fruition. I'll always keep an eye and ear out for any news on it seeing the light of day, but I've largely moved on. I'm at peace with never getting to play this.

I haven’t heard about this before but it looks amazing. Can’t wait

Thank you for reminding of this game bruh

I think this game looks great im just happy to see that the game is still comeing out everyone tought this game was dead

Congratulations on the very small dev team actually being close to finishing

9:39 im hoping that the kind of mad max dessert style....dessert is still in the game and that you can/have to travel with Professor and buttler

I remember first seeing this on steam greenlight. I'm gonna be miffed if it is no longer being released for PC

This game seems to be getting more pressure then some of the largest triple A games.

Never knew about this game but it looks fun definitely up in my alley

Been waiting on thus game forever

I CAN'T WAIT! 😁

I'm hearing about it for the first time!

First timer. Sounds fun!

Holy shit this game looks amazing I really really really wanna play this

the overworld map looks great. bring me back to the ps1 final fantasy days.

4:44 You say that like totoro isn't already evil

i see it says it will have co op multiplayer, have they ever specified how many people youll be able to co op with? hoping its at least 3 player co op

I was waiting a long time for this game so much so that i completely forgot about it.

yo Asad, fr tho when is LDI coming out?

I think most likely we have an overworld with points of interest and battles/encounters in submaps, like a PSX era RPG. This game had a very polished, and crafted vibe to it. We know it's not made by a huge AAA team. I don't think it's reasonable to expect a huge seamless -to scale- overworld, because something has to give. IF the game actually releases, and does well, we might get a sequel with such a feature, much like the scope and ambitions of the Witcher series expanded with each installment. My guess would be they were caught off guard by the enthusiasm for the kickstarter and the amount of attention they were getting, panicked, decided they needed to greatly scale up the project to avoid disappointing people, and then at some point managed to settle down and hone the scope of the game back down to something that made sense.

The first time I heard about the game was the recent trailer and I’m interested in the game. It’s similar enough to Monster Hunter to have my full attention.

I think we wait, we let them develop the game, and by the end of it, it might be amazing. I'm happy to sit and wait

I mean probably one of the reason why it got it delayed is the big world wide cough

What's the music playing? Does anybody know?

Heard about this for the first time. Looks interesting, but it's def something I'm not going to hype about. If it releases it releases and I will wait for reviews and decide then if it's worth full price, wait for sale or not interested at all for me.

heared abt it the first time

maybe ten years from now we will get to see.

It's a funny one because all the marketing materials suggest it could be EITHER one of the best games ever made or pure meh, and ultimately that depends on two things: whether we're seeing genuinely large environments or very small playable and highly scripted areas of an otherwise non-interactable world, and story. A great story with a truly unique world would certainly offset the game world being small, though (see Jusant). I wish nothing but good things for the devs.

I have to agree on the combat, it looks a lot more beige now, rather than fruity like before.

Been waiting for this game...... FOR YEARS

This is the only game that competes with my Silksong anticipation.

Let it cook. Looks good I rather have a finished game then a early access

I'm glad this game (seemingly) isn't going the way of Seasons of Heaven. A promising independent project unveiled before a console's release only to never see the light of day.

It looks like a modern/updated final fantasy from PlayStation 1 days. 👍

Just look at this game!, LOOK AT IT!.👍👍

First time im hearing bout this game but it sound cool. Ide get it for my significant other.

Hopefully this isn't Chronicles of Elyria all over again 👀