Stealthyshiroean Humble Reviews
Stealthyshiroean Humble Reviews
Hello, stealthyshiroean here and welcome to my channel where I produce devlogs of my game dev journey with Unity. These act as markers for me to see my progress, but I hope people can find enjoyment with them and maybe even bits of motivation and inspiration for their own projects.
Also, on this channel, I do monthly reviews of Humble Choice, which is a gaming subscription service where you receive a set number of games each month. I play each game for an hour and then give you my thoughts on them and whether or not I think they're worth your time.
Anyway, I hope that my content can help you in some small way. Thanks for stopping by and have a nice day!
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With how expensive the Marvel license is, if that game didn't sell truckloads of copies then it might never get a sequel. It looks quite interesting, but maybe the people into Xcom and Marvel are two different crowds altogether ?
Yeah, I think the game released at a time when Marvel's popularity was a bit in a slump. The recent phase of Marvel movies have been hit or miss from what I hear (mostly miss). Guessing people didn't see that coming when Midnight Suns was originally pitched for development. And yeah, you may be right. I think fans of XCOM might not have cared for MIdnight Suns though mainly because it does differ a lot from what people would have originally expected as a turn-based tactics game from Firaxis.
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews XCOM fans didn't particularly like the card system if I remember well, I saw a lot of negative press due to that, it probably didn't help the game to sell well. The game is also a tactical, which isn't often what kids/teenager nowadays prefer so it might have reduced the potential buyers as well. Those are in my opinions the two biggest targets for that game and it probably failed to please both. Which now leave them with a license that probably ask them to sell at minimum of 5 millions copies to make a profit due to how Marvel's licensing is awfully expensive (we saw that with the Insomniac leak). And I can see why that game failed, but honestly as a player I do not like logic like this because if we only thought this way we'd only get the same shit served every years and eating the same dish everyday get old really quickly. Let's appreciate Firaxis for "taking a risk" You might be right with the movies, a few other Marvel games did badly recently (I think of Marvel Avengers and that other one that Square Enix did that I do not remember the name of.) I'm curious to see if Xbox can make Blade a success but since it's the dishonored team working on it, it should be doing okay. I'm also wondering if Wolverine & Blade will have gore that could make those games PEGI 18 like dismemberment or blood ? or if they will stick to being kid friendly. It would be a mistake in my opinion to not make Wolverine/Blade sever limbs from their enemies.
I forgot about the Blade game. I also want to see more of that one Captain America game with Black Panther they showed an announcement trailer for some time back. But you're right. Firaxis experimenting should definitely be commended. There's really not enough of that in AAA space these days because publishers all want to play it safe for their financial numbers.
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews I've had no idea such a game was planned, I must have completely missed the trailer. It can be interesting indeed, I'll keep an eye on it if we get more info on its release!
Looked forward to this review for a long time!
Heh, well it definitely took a while. I started playing this basically when we got the game back in January. Had it done last month or so, but I had just been dragging my feet on writing the script, recording, and then finding the appropriate clips for the video edit. Glad I got it done. Really happy with how the video turned out.
Looks really interesting, Will play it sometime. I just need to rewatch the marvelmovies first, sometime
Haha, that's a whole endeavor on its own. Although, you definitely don't need to in order to play this game. There is no tie in with the movies at all so really it would only be refreshing you on the characters themselves. With some of them not even having a show/movie.
You got it done! One of my favorite games ever. Great review.
Thanks! Glad you liked it. I really wanted to try it with the DLC but never picked them up. Now I'm not sure if I'd be too keen to give it another go given that the game takes so long to finish. It was a great time though.
Yeah that game I think many skipped because of its origin, but I heard enough about it being pretty good in gameplay. I'm def going to play it at some point. Also, good news! I started a new goal to play one game of the humble choice every month, this month I managed to do the figment games! They were neat.
Great goal idea!
Yeah, it's weird how that played out. So many people gave the game solid reviews...yet it underperformed in sales. And I guess at the end of the day, that's what the shareholders want so...no sequel probably. And that's a great idea! I try to do the same, but not always successful. I think only 3 months out of this year so far where I played a game from the bundle outside of the review I made for it. How did you like the Figment games though?
Keep it up! I like the quality and lack of gimmick in your videos
Hey, thank you! I'm glad to hear you say that. I strive to just be authentic and tell you my thoughts without all the fluff because that's really not my personality. Never quite sure if it's the best approach for YT but it's what I got. Always happy to know others appreciate it as well.
People are being pretty harsh on this game and I can agree with them that the animations are clunky and some animations feel stiff. However, it’s their first game and when paying attention to the lighting, musics and level design it is pretty awesome overall.
And the delve into Italian lore piqued my interest as well. Unfortunately, I don't think too many people care if it's someone first game or not though. That being said, I get it. If a game isn't fun then it's just not fun. Doesn't really matter the price point or the experience of the devs. Luckily though, I think this game will be good from what I played.
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews True the Italian folklore is well displayed, especially other than Venezia and Rome (like Calabria, Napoli,…). And overall the game is pretty fun and the mask’s mechanics seems interesting + the talent pathways rarely present in souls and souls-like games
Feels like a pretty interesting game but much too niche to have a big marketing budget. I actually like it from what I'm seeing, it's pretty surprising that a company as big as Capcom does something so unique nowadays, but I'm afraid it might not sell very well as I didn't hear anything about it from anybody and games on console sell mostly on hype.
Yeah, it's really weird. It's almost like they expected it not to do well so they didn't bother putting in too much work for the marketing. But if that's the case...why greenlight the game in the first place?
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews Probably to test the water with something new without taking too much risk, I guess. Maybe they can find something worth investing into later on, but yes it is weird, since that game doesn't look especially cheap either.
@@SenMayerGaming That's a good theory. You may be right! Haven't played the full game obviously but from what I played, I hope it does well to maybe see more like it in the future.
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews Probably will end up as a hidden gem in a few years if you want my opinion.
Love me some Tower defense. Enjoying the heretic fork from the last bundle.
Haha, well this game is definitely a lot different than Heretic's Fork. A lot more hands on and there's no roguelite elements to speak of. The mission structure feels very much in line with other tower defense titles but just has that action combat added on top.
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviewsI bought Kingdom Rush from the steam sale. It's the latest one I played all the others. I wish Tower defense was more popular. Thanks
@@khill3524 Yeah, it's definitely been a genre that's fallen out of favor. I think another one that looked interesting and came out recently was Dwerve. I've heard good things so maybe give it a look if you don't already know about it.
Playing both heretic fork and the plague tale right now and enjoying both. The sticker game is woke so I'm not really interested in that. Ghost runner really isn't my thing but I like this month.
Nice! Good to hear. I definitely hope to get back to Plague Tale at some point in the near-ish future.
I'm interested in the headliners, starship troopers and for me some of the other games look interesting so it's an easy pick up for me.
Nice! Glad the month worked out for you then.
I really like your choice reviews, thank you for your efforts. I was skeptical about this bundle so I played Ghostrunner and Plague Tale Innocence from the previous bundles (I hadn't gotten to them). But tbh I'm still not sure what to do. I really liked Plague Tale, so I'd like to continue it. It might be worth the price just for the sequel alone...
Thank you for the kind words! Glad the reviews can help. And I'd say that yes, this bundle is worth it for Requiem alone if we're looking at it purely from a money standpoint. Even during the Steam summer sale, Humble Choice was still the cheaper option even if you only wanted Requiem from the bundle. So, naturally, if there were literally any other games from this bundle that you wanted/were interested in to play then definitely pick it up if you're able.
I brought this game awhile ago and I still haven’t gotten around to playing it I mean I think you guys are like Christmas? Sadly I suffer from crippling depression so that really eats into my motivation to play games by the time I’m done looking after my mum each day but I wouldn’t have it any other way, at least if I’m looking after her I know she is safe. So I’ve been a long time supporter of the SCP stuff and it bugs me that almost every game about SCPs is a free to play FPS so when I saw this I was really interested also there was another game that showed up as a demo during one of the steamfests but it’s vanished from my steam wish list I can only assume that it’s been picked up by a studio and they made the dev cut all the SCP stuff because of the open licence that SCP stuff has. basically when you make an SCP you agree to an open license that lets you use any of the other SCP stuff but it also allows for anyone else to come along and use the stuff you made, it’s a cool system they built but it’s not something a money grubbing studio would allow. I haven’t been able to find it again it was the one with the Hand coming out of a bucket of “”blood”” most likely the water from the red lake that keeps spawning monster. The game started with you driving up to a house anomalous stuff happens then you find out the house is fake and is on some kind of sound stage and basically lots of different SCPs have all been brought into this one house ends demo. Just in case anyone can remember it or knows what happened to it?
Hey, first off, I'm sorry to hear about your depression. Hope that you've found the right help to take care of yourself. But it's commendable you looking after your mom! Anyway, as far as SCP goes, I tried looking around for that game on Steam but was really surprised - there's a lot of SCP games! And I think maybe you might find some interesting. Not all of them were FPS games. I'm not really familiar with SCP. Came across it in the past...probably the one that sticks in memory was when that simple game came out about the endless staircase. But definitely open to seeing more SCP-related games in the future.
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews so I found the name of the demo I was talking about, it’s “go home Annie” As for others it’s been a while since I looked so maybe I’m just not seeing them but if you think about it there are so meny SCP adjacent games stuff that you could really call SCPs I mean I remember back when I first played the myths games (I played riven firsts) they were amazing to me back them as they just felt so creepy and wondrous at the same time (I think the creepy part was how empty the settings were) and more recently stuff like the room games (I mean the puzzle in the second game were the model ship is also the ship your sailing on) I’m rambling now 😅.
Interesting, I might give that game a try in the future since it is short and I already own it. It is not my usual kind of games but knowing it is short, make it a pretty safe choice and in case I am not into it the pain won't last long haha. Thanks for the video as always!
No problem! And haha, yeah, short games are always nice because of that. If the game gets too boring then you know you can still finish it because it's only a few hours.
Thanks for the review. I do see these SCP stories narrated on KZread occasionally. So there is an audience but it's probably niche.
I imagine so. I was pretty surprised with how many SCP games are on Steam though. Quite a few and of various genres.
What happened to the studio?
That's a good question. I made this video ages ago...way back in February. So I don't remember. I know I found some posts about the game...but when I look up Game Zoo Studio now it seems that they're a successful mobile game developer? Perhaps I was wrong and maybe they just concentrated on mobile offerings which seem to be their strength. Or maybe these are two separate studios with the same name?? I don't know. Either way, I don't think we're seeing anything more for this game.
HyperV, I expected a hyper boomer shooter, a bit unsure what it wants to be, going to try it eh. Heretic's Fork seemed real nice, wishlist. Figment 2 seemed fun enough and owning the first so it was wishlist. Zoeti, well, you know me by now, wishlist. Sticky business, it's business but it's not sticky for me. Ignored already. Starship I had briefly heard about, seems decent enough to try and I love rts games. Ghostrunners 2, same as figment 2, wishlist. And plague 2... same yeah, wishlist. Honestly it's a fantastic month for me, and even if you consider the 3! sequels to be cheating for the wishlist, that's still 2 more wishlist games I got. Meanwhile I managed to find enough time to clear the Talos Principle 2 dlc and it was quite fun, hehe. Funny you mentioned mind bending puzzles.
Wow, yeah, this sounds like an amazing month for you, man! And Talos Principle is a puzzle game then? I know I've heard the title and I think I own the first one just never played it. I always thought it was more of a walking simulator, but really I have no idea. Would you say it's something like Myst or Riven (I think those might literally be the only games I've ever played to compare it to lol)?
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews It's basically portal but with more physics based on lasers.
This was a good month for me, heretics fork, zoeti, and ghostrunner are totally for me.
Nice! Good to hear this bundle had some games for you!
Plague tale is the only one with the time. The rest are probably reminders of how much of a backlog I have that are more worth my time. Still it's a good thing your videos shed light to these. Always enjoy them 😁
I'd love to play Zoeti and Figment 2 but I won't buy the bundle. I don't want an even bigger backlog.
I can respect that. My backlog is something I don't like talking about...
Heretic's fork in the don't bother with. WUTTTTTTT? I'm so mad, I'm going to make my own video and call it the best game of the month!!! (I'm falling in love with that game over and over again man. I probably should have put Sticky Business in the basement like you did though. Actually had the same opinion on making a Etsy store yourself...)
Haha, if you do I'll be sure to watch it. Maybe I need that deep dive to convince me that it's a great game.
That's quite controversial, very interesting. For me, this was a relief after last month which I felt was enough of a letdown to skip. I did beat the original Ghostrunner, pretty good game. If I had decided to get the sequel on Steam it would have cost about the same as a month of Humble Choice. I'd agree that half of this month's games are disappointing, but I think that in general people have a tendency to buy bundles primarily for the sake of one or two titles. Those who are interested in Ghostrunner 2 and A Plague Tale: Requiem should absolutely get this, even just for them alone. Otherwise maybe it's best to skip.
Yeah, I think you're right. And really the bundle is always a steal even if it's just a couple games you want or even one with certain titles. Like Plague Tale Requiem is still cheaper through Choice compared to the summer sale at the moment. Hopefully next month works out in your favor, man!
I think Heretics fork is a must-play... it takes tower def in an interesting/enjoyable direction with dope music. I wish it had some more to do during waves though
Glad you're enjoying it! Yeah, that was just my issue with it. Not much to do outside of the deckbuilding choices.
well done on 1k thats the highlight of the month. apart from starship troopers and ghostrunner 2 the rest is a bit mehh. will try a couple of the others
Thank you! Definitely not the greatest month but hopefully those games pan out for you.
Hey happy birthday, it was also my birthday month and was a little disappointing
Happy birthday to you as well! Oh well with Humble though. Maybe grab something from the Steam sale? Now that the bundle is released I planned to get something since I don't need to worry about it being in the month's Choice haha
Congratulations on 1k! 💯💟💯💟
Thanks, K!
I really liked Figment 1, but for some reason Figment 2 is such a letdown. It could have been a DLC instead of a sequel, and is very overpriced.
Yeah, full price is definitely way too much from what I played and that it's only 4 hours. Although, in the bundle it's obviously worth it...well, as long as there's other things in the bundle you want besides just Figment 2. Is the first Figment a short game as well? I'd be interested in trying it out especially if you're saying it's better than the sequel.
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews Took me 4.5 hours for all the achievements, so it's the same length as 2.
@@samantha_t99 Good to know! Thanks!
Good work 🙏
Thanks!
Happy late birthday! Picked it up for plague tale: Requiem, still need to play the first part though. Mildly interested in Zoeti and sticky business. Figment looks alright, but still need to finish the first one which I abandoned due to some reason. Also picked up Ghost Runner but its probably not for me; not a fan of first person games. Overall this month was more interesting for me than last month
Thank you! And great to hear! Glad that maybe some of these games might work for you. Definitely get on playing the first Plague Tale though. it's a fairly short, but great game.
The biggest problem of this bundle is that it has two sequels as headliners and I simply didn't have the time to play both first titles yet. Starship Trooper, Zoeti and Sticky Business seem all fine enough with interesting ideas but they do not tickle my interest that much either. As for Figment, I own the first game and I can definitely tell that this one isn't for me at all. That leaves us with HYPERVIOLENT and Heretik's Fork that I found both actually quite interesting but that won't make me purchase the month for unfortunately. - Hyperviolent seem to have some RPG mechanics in it and I tend to like that a lot and downtime in a FPS is something I do not mind at all, I actually prefer it. - As for Heretik's Fork it does indeed seem to be kind of an idle game about analyzing what happen on the screen to properly build but I think it can be fun for an evening where you feel lazy. On a side note, I think that the way you cut enemies in Ghostrunner 2 is sick, I appreciate gore in games, I wish there was more. Happy late birthday to you and thanks for the video!
Haha, well, I know you're not getting the bundle but if you do ever end up with Hyperviolent or Heretic's Fork then shoot me a message about your thoughts. I had wondered if Heretic's Fork might be something you might like since I remembered you played some idle games. But yeah, it's just not my thing. If I wanted something to be up while doing something else, I'd probably put something up like Civilization or some other turn-based game that doesn't require me to be at the screen constantly. You should play Plague Tale: Innocence at some point though. It's a fairly short game and it's something that once you play it you feel satisfied but also never need to feel like playing it again. The story is pretty decent too. Thanks for the birthday wishes! And for the support, Frog!
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews Will do but I might not play them before a while, if I ever play them. As for Plague Tale I've never really tried it because the story between two siblings never really felt like something that I'd enjoy a lot I do see a lot of people praising it though so I should maybe give it a try, I'm just afraid that it's not gonna do much on me. But then again as you said if it's short I'm not risking much! No worries, congratulations on 1k!
You should rewatch Starship Troopers, it's a great movie and lot of the satire wouldn't have been obvious when you watched it as a kid. I might skip this month. I only own a Mac and SD. Plague Tale, Ghostrunner 2 and Terran Command look interesting, but don't run on Mac. Ghostrunner 2 would run okayish on Steam Deck, but the first game runs better and I have yet to complete it.
Yeah, I was thinking about that. I do like rewatching old movies I watched when I was younger just to see what I might think as an adult. Most recently were the first two Blade movies. So, Starship Troopers should definitely be added to that list. Yeah, I have no idea about Steam Deck. I know that there is another Humble reviewer who specifically looks at the games on a Steam Deck (The Steam Decker).
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews I have only seen Blade 3 which I am told is the worst, will have to check out the first two at some point!
@@ClumsySandbocks I liked the second one better. That one was done by Guillermo Del Toro. But the first one is still worth watching just since it's kinda his origin movie. I'll probably watch the third one really soon but yeah, I've heard the same so I'm not expecting much.
Yeah same, the only game I interested this time is just the Plague Tale but that's because I liked the first one. Also, Happy Belated bday. Really enjoy ur review.
Thank you! Well, I suppose if you picked up the bundle solely for Plague Tale then you'd still be getting it cheap compared to what the sale price is right now during the Steam Summer Sale.
What? Why is this video showing us the game line up of June's Choice? Come on, lets go 1 more sub to reach 1000 milestone!
I knew you were messing with me the moment I read your comment...but I still felt the need to check it all the same haha. And yeah! Thanks for your support as always, man. I appreciate it!
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews 1K subs, yayyyyyyyyy celebrate, good times come on!!!!!!
@@shaddapforever Thanks! :)
I actually think the game looks quite pretty, I appreciate the pixel art and the fact there is a lot of creatures and less humanoids than usual looks really cool. What I struggle more with though is simply that it is another roguelite. It is a genre that I struggle to appreciate and I believe when you struggle to appreciate a genre it's best to either not play games of that genre, or only play those considered the very best. That game does seem good enough but what I've seen wouldn't make me play it. But those games are probably more aimed toward roguelite fans to begin with. Thanks for the video!
No problem! Glad it could help a bit. And I more or less agree with what you said. I've found through constant playing rogue-lites in Humble that they just aren't my style of game besides the best of the best. And even then, I think that I bounce from a roguelite pretty quick. I keep trying to like them because on paper they usually sound pretty good to me, but in practice, obviously not.
Looks fun enough!
Yeah, I think it definitely can be. Especially if you have patience for it. I'm fairly certain the devs can turn this around because it's already a good foundation albeit with some rough edges. Also, a side note, but it does seem like this game might have a good chance of being in a Humble Choice in the future as many of this publisher's games have made it into Humble Choice over the years. So, if you're not in any hurry to play it, I'm fairly certain you can bide your time and it will pop up eventually!
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews Haha, I sure will!
Thanks for the review, the game is on sale right now so I may get it :)
No problem! And if you do then let me know what you think of it!
The game for sure looks pretty but I can clearly see that it's not the kind of game I'd actually enjoy. To begin with it reminds me too much of visual novels and it's a genre that I've rarely ever enjoyed so it doesn't help the game in this regard, luckily for me in the end that game is from one of the few bundles I've skipped.
Yeah, it's a straightforward story for the most part with little else when it comes to gameplay. Definitely wasn't what I expected going in but obviously I liked it nevertheless. Although, personally, I like all those kinds of stories about kids getting together and solving mysteries, like the Goonies or more recently Stranger Things.
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews It's extremely rare that I enjoy a story enough for me to play a VN so I kinda stopped to play them unless I have already purchased them. But games such as Danganronpa were always great for me (I know it's not strictly a VN but it's not too far). I strongly suggest them to anybody that want a good story. Anyway I'm looking forward to your future reviews, always a good time for me to know if I'm interested in a game or not!
@@SenMayerGaming Thanks as always, Frog! I appreciate hearing your thoughts.
Enjoyed this one. It has excellent reviews on steam also. Stealthy what is your favorite game like this. I'm going to say The walking Dead games.
Hmm, that's a good question. I'm assuming you mean the games that are largely narrative-focused with little else for gameplay. I don't usually play these kinds of games actually. I remember liking the first Walking Dead game but I never played the subsequent seasons. I really enjoyed The Wolf Among Us. I think more recently the games I played that sorta are like this would be Little Hope and House of Ashes from The Dark Pictures Anthology. Basically...can't say I really have a favorite, which is a bit of a cop out but I just don't play enough of them to really have any of them stand out in my mind.
Great little game.
Definitely!
Miasma Chronicles takes a little while to get going, but it's a fantastic tactical RPG you'll find, apart from lore in the world which isn't exciting at all. Stray gods piques my interest the most, a unique game where 95% of the budget is in a fully orchestrated soundtrack. Would be a fun one off experience. i actually attended the orchestra debuting the soundtrack for this one but was yet to pick it up so happy to see it on Humble Bundle
Pity to hear that the world's lore isn't that great in Miasma. I could still see myself giving it another go. Definitely happy to see Stray Gods on Humble. Indie games that try something new like this are usually worth spotlighting even if it's just for the uniqueness of it in my opinion.
It looks nice, but I think the character is too small on the screen. To be honest, I think the game would be much better if it would be with a Tomb Raider or Dark Souls perspective.
I can understand that. It's been a while since I touched the game, but I think I do remember having a hard time to track the action at times. Especially in that final boss fight. I'm unsure if they would've been able to capture the same feeling with the combat if they had went with a different perspective though.
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews They already change many times the perspective in this game, some bosses could be in the perspective like it's now and others similar like Tomb Raider or Dark Souls. Raji is just arround 15 millimeters on my 21" monitor .... that's just too small, 30 millimeters would be much better if they would keep the perspective and they would give the players an option to zoom in.
"do you agree with my thoughts...?" well, generally, but the ones about the groundhogs... sorry, gotta draw a line there.
Huh? Groundhogs? I'm assuming this is an autocorrect issue or something but you lost me haha. What are you talking about?
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews "What are you talking about?' you didn't specify WHICH thoughts.
You can try soulmask too, it´s similar npc wise and very polished for EA :)
Yeah! I've seen that. It's definitely on my wishlist. Funny enough, I saw the trailer for it some time ago and didn't think much of it. But then I started seeing articles about it and more people talking about so I decided to see what it was about and yeah, it seems pretty cool. Hope to be able to try it out some time.
From what I hear, I'd put 2kdrive down to weak... I'm sure it's fun but I hear it's very pay 2 win/ play so I believe much of what I'd like in the game can be found in a demo-sized chunk. I wouldn't pay much for a game like that (I could be wrong ofc but impressions have to be based on hearsay- and I'm not much of a racer fan). Jury's still out on Miasma for me though. Might just be a skip. Feels like by the time I get to these games I could easily buy them for 12 bucks anyway so... I just have a GIGANTIC backlog so I unfortunately, take that into account when looking at these bundles :/.
Nah, that makes sense. There's got to be something (or multiple somethings) that is really special to merit a bundle purchase. Otherwise, the library has a hundreds of other games to choose from (literally in my case lol...). And yeah, I've heard the same with 2K Drive which that's unfortunate. I guess I'd probably just play it with my daughter and when we start hitting pay walls...well, time to uninstall and move on to something else.
@@StealthyshiroeanHumbleReviews indeed, my backlog is pushing 1500 thanks to five years in college, still a little busy with my first year working hard to earn the bosses trust. But there's a light in the tunnel almost there than I can game AND have an income to fund it xD.
@@pdraggy Hey, congrats man! Hope you find some time. I know in my experience there always seems to be one other thing trying to fight for that precious commodity so it really just comes down to making sure you have time to relax and destress every once in a while.
Thanks for the video. Not sure if it is actually an "auto-battler" because you control movement of the shield and have activates -- those time-based / reaction-based things aren't typically associated with the auto-battler format.
No problem! And yeah, I think you're right. I was wondering that myself as I wrote that, but I guess that just goes to show how much experience I have with that style of game.
The death running after you remind me of Gauntlet where some levels had this mechanic to flee away from the reaper. The game looks actually quite fun, it reminds me of the kind of games like Slay the Spire where you do a run in your free time (before going to work or something) seems simple but quite addictive and unique, I wouldn't be surprised if that game does well tbh.
Yep, I'm fairly certain that was the dev's inspiration. Think he mentioned as such in one of his devlogs. And yeah, I think the game would be perfect for something like that!
Wait I know that dev! Looks pretty fun!
Nice! Yeah, he's one of the few devs that I like to follow for game dev stuff.
I am not a big fan of survival but the fact you can have NPCs helping you doing random duties is something I find really cool. As for the character creator I personally do not mind if they are very limited but those NPCs really looked goofy they probably should fix those. I'll keep an eye on that one if it's a blend of survival with management I might like it.
Yeah, I can only really play them with my wife, but I could see this as something I might be able to play by myself (probably wouldn't but maybe). Because of the villagers but also because I don't mind that the structures are premade assets that you just assemble in stages. I'm not super creative when it comes to building things so the premade structures don't really bother me.
Is it like playing Valheim with NPC players?
Hmm, well, I purposely tried to stay away from the Valheim comparisons because I didn't feel that it was like Valheim. I mean, other than the Viking inspiration so if that's what you mean then, yes. I mean they both are survival games so if you're looking at it like that then, yes as well... Haha, maybe the answer is simply just yes. But I really would say no in the end because I felt that Valheim had enough different things in their formula that sets it apart.
The game's crafting looks interesting but I wonder what the long term goals are?
Hmm, that's a good question. Judging from what I played and from their Steam page, I'd say that building a large village would be one potential end goal. Every so often the village can get raided and you'll need to defend it. So, it might be like in Rimworld where you need to constantly up the defenses because the raids get more difficult as the game progresses. Also, I'd imagine there might be boss-type monsters to fight that would require a good bit of preparation and appropriately equipped villagers. There was a dock building to make as well so I wonder if exploring other lands (like in Valheim) might be one other thing. The screenshots do suggest other potential biomes with, presumably, greater threats and new resource types to gather to improve your gear and village. If you mean some overarching goal to wrap everything up...well, not sure if that exists or not. I think many survival games don't have this or if they do the goal is so nebulous and far away that most players never really actively work towards it anyway and just end up playing the game. Whether they do that or not is based on how the progression is structured and if it leads the player in that direction.