Spell&Shield

Spell&Shield

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Avowed At Risk Of DESTRUCTION

Avowed At Risk Of DESTRUCTION

Xbox Microsoft: Dumpster Fire

Xbox Microsoft: Dumpster Fire

Can Greed Save RPGs?

Can Greed Save RPGs?

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  • @AndrewWinkless
    @AndrewWinklessСағат бұрын

    Greedfall 2 - they're supposed to go into early access soon so some more marketing would not be crazy.

  • @Celadonis-the-Lore-Seeker
    @Celadonis-the-Lore-Seeker2 сағат бұрын

    In a way, the main problem with these games is the same : the brand name is there, but does the talent that were behind the last entries still here ? In Bioware's case, I'm pretty sure that's not the case, but ultimately, once the games are released, if they're good, the rest doesn't matter.

  • @iDEATH
    @iDEATH2 сағат бұрын

    One of the ones I'm really hoping to hear something more concrete about is "Crimson Desert." Started as an MMO, but they shifted it to a single player RPG. It looks kind of ambitious, but a lot of the stuff that was in the trailer is stuff that's existed for years in Pearl Abyss's "Black Desert Online" MMORPG, so it's actually got me pretty excited. I have a bit of a love/hate and on/off relationship with BDO, but what it does well it does really well. The action style combat is still the best of any MMO, if you ask me, and very good generally speaking. I'd love for Dreadwolf to be good, but my expectations are very low. As I'm sure I've said before under one of your videos, the Bioware that gave us the classics from the 2000s is long gone. I'm more than happy for new Bioware to prove me wrong, mind you. Avowed...well, I hate first person melee, so that's probably me out, lol.

  • @bligh1156
    @bligh11562 сағат бұрын

    ...I'm not 'excited' for the Witcher 4. I loved the Characters, that's what I loved about the Witcher, characters and story. Geralt, Yenn, Triss, Ciri... they won't be in the game. And the people that wrote those characters aren't writing the new characters.

  • @bligh1156
    @bligh11562 сағат бұрын

    The twitter accounts of the writers for DA:Dreadwolf have made my expections so low that I don't even care when it releases. Then game will be about modern social politics. I have some hope for Avowed to be decent, but I rhink it is unlikely.

  • @lostzephyr2191
    @lostzephyr21912 сағат бұрын

    I'm not holding my breath on Bioware redeeming themselves.

  • @IDontKnowYouWhoAreYou
    @IDontKnowYouWhoAreYou4 сағат бұрын

    i am not buy anything from EA i am skipping it

  • @chaos9059
    @chaos90594 сағат бұрын

    I'm not the least bit interested. Bioware was belly up before the pandemic. Post pandemic, everything is about DEI. This wasn't worked for the companies. It never will work. Yet the keep clinging to it.

  • @Dereliction2
    @Dereliction28 сағат бұрын

    I have such low expectations from any of these studios that I'm sure I don't care how any of them turn out. It would be nice to be surprised but, expectations ...

  • @IDontKnowYouWhoAreYou
    @IDontKnowYouWhoAreYou4 сағат бұрын

    same

  • @jeremysanders8766
    @jeremysanders87668 сағат бұрын

    Dreadwolf most likely won’t hit til 2025

  • @arttuluttinen
    @arttuluttinen8 сағат бұрын

    My expectations for Bioware are very low, but one can always hope (I would expect something as safe, if not safer, than Inquisition). CDPR seems to be taking overall path Bioware did a decade ago, but how they approach the W1 remake and W4 will indicate just how far down that path they've gone.

  • @jeremysanders8766
    @jeremysanders87668 сағат бұрын

    Only really looking forward to Shadows of the Erdtree and Exodus for this year.

  • @bobmcfiggin8454
    @bobmcfiggin84548 сағат бұрын

    My only hope for Dreadwolf is that it doesn't fail so hard it kills Mass Effect 4

  • @crimsonpresents
    @crimsonpresents8 сағат бұрын

    What module was he *not* apart of?

  • @haroldgodwinsonshouldhavew3875
    @haroldgodwinsonshouldhavew38758 сағат бұрын

    I have zero hopes for biowere. But I do love your videos ❤

  • @spellandshield
    @spellandshield5 сағат бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @IDontKnowYouWhoAreYou
    @IDontKnowYouWhoAreYou4 сағат бұрын

    @@spellandshield same i have no hope for bioware games EA

  • @MizuMing
    @MizuMing8 сағат бұрын

    I'm definitely looking forward to Dread Wolf, Avowed. and the new Witcher. RPGs are great! I don't mind if they look a little 'cartoony', not everything needs to be hyper realistic. 🤷

  • @IDontKnowYouWhoAreYou
    @IDontKnowYouWhoAreYou4 сағат бұрын

    please god no dont buy dread wolf

  • @MizuMing
    @MizuMing4 сағат бұрын

    @@IDontKnowYouWhoAreYou I'm absolutely buying Dread Wolf, but I'm doing it in the same way I bought Inquisition. On sale with all DLCs bundled. I want to see how the game plays out both with and without my Inquisitor. That will likely put it 2 or 3 years out after release. Perfectly reasonable time to buy.

  • @deathbycognitivedissonance5036
    @deathbycognitivedissonance50369 сағат бұрын

    They better come through with Dreadwolf. It is literally a matter of life and death.

  • @SPSteve
    @SPSteve9 сағат бұрын

    I'm eager to see what Bioware gives us. I've moved from extremely skeptical to guarded optimistic. I really want DAD to be good. I enjoy that world and its lore, and I want it to continue.

  • @Trace153
    @Trace1539 сағат бұрын

    Game you didn’t call out, and one I expect to delivery better than almost all the ones you listed. Kingdom come deliverance 2, I really enjoyed the first one it was flawed but was different and very enjoyable. I don’t expect much from the former great RPG companies that the talent ether left or were downsized out. At this point, I expect more from the JRPGs as for as reliable games. And will presently surprised if these “big” companies can delivery games that are both fun and not broken messes.

  • @KratosisGod
    @KratosisGod9 сағат бұрын

    Is it being shown in June?

  • @Trace153
    @Trace1539 сағат бұрын

    @@KratosisGod yes, want to say it was confirmed for gamefest. They already dropped a trailer giving the release window.

  • @KratosisGod
    @KratosisGod9 сағат бұрын

    @@Trace153 Thanks for the info

  • @Hekk.
    @Hekk.10 сағат бұрын

    Dreadwolf is basically the only thing I want to see during the show. However, I feel naught of hype for it. As for Avoved... I keep forgetting about this game only to get reminded of it from time to time.. and then forget again - product advertisement issues still hold Obsidian back a lot; I'm glad there are people like you helping them out. I hope that Obsidian learns from the mistakes (or rather shortcomings) of Outer Worlds - the game could have been great, but it turned out to be painfully mediocre and unsatisfying. CDPR is dead, there's no reason to get excited about anything they do, honestly.

  • @KratosisGod
    @KratosisGod9 сағат бұрын

    The smart thing is to not get swept away by hype and not pre ordering unless a game gets good word of mouth.

  • @Hekk.
    @Hekk.9 сағат бұрын

    @@KratosisGod Hear hear

  • @MrBoombasticYT
    @MrBoombasticYT10 сағат бұрын

    Do you have opinion on the wayward realms boss cuz icl for me thats my most anticipated game so far just in front of dreadwolf

  • @spellandshield
    @spellandshield9 сағат бұрын

    I plan on covering it soon, just been ill and very busy but don't worry will be talking about it.

  • @MrBoombasticYT
    @MrBoombasticYT9 сағат бұрын

    @@spellandshield calm boss get well soon 🙏

  • @Eupolemos
    @Eupolemos9 сағат бұрын

    @@spellandshield Hope you get well soon, since their do-or-die Kickstarter is now on! _Really_ hope Avowed surprises us all in a positive way.

  • @Tyanus2
    @Tyanus210 сағат бұрын

    I loved Orgins but bounced off of 2 and even though I bought Orgins with 3 I never actually played it due to overall bad opinion of the game, I hope dreadwolf will stick for what worked best, gritty world with great story, and choices that influance your companions, I really liked the combat in orgins too which is also why I was suprised that it was forsaken in 2 and oversimplified in 3.

  • @KratosisGod
    @KratosisGod9 сағат бұрын

    I hope bioware drops the whole pseudo mmo thing they had going on with inquisition, just make it either real time with pause combat or something similar to the arpg style combat that DA2 had.

  • @Tyanus2
    @Tyanus29 сағат бұрын

    @@KratosisGod Yeah, I could be fine with combat from 2 but like you said it does need a polish!

  • @KratosisGod
    @KratosisGod9 сағат бұрын

    @@Tyanus2 Based on the gameplay leaks it looked like they're going more in the DA2 direction still that leak was years ago and we have no idea what the game is like in its current state.

  • @Tyanus2
    @Tyanus29 сағат бұрын

    @@KratosisGod Oh thanks for sharing!

  • @apres-lachute8718
    @apres-lachute871810 сағат бұрын

    Dreadwolf, do or die. I am leaning more towards die. I am more willing to be lenient towards Avowed. Let's see.

  • @deathbycognitivedissonance5036
    @deathbycognitivedissonance50369 сағат бұрын

    Couldn't agree more

  • @KratosisGod
    @KratosisGod10 сағат бұрын

    I would be happy to be surprised by Dreadwolf but I have no expectations from it.

  • @lordmetroid1
    @lordmetroid110 сағат бұрын

    I have no confidence in Bioware whatsoever. Mass Effect Andromeda was a train wreck, and so was Anthem. The Avowed gameplay looks so bland it's a joke, Obsidian is a great studio, but games are more for the "modern audience" these days.

  • @Hekk.
    @Hekk.10 сағат бұрын

    The mythical modern audiences that are nowhere to be seen outside of twitterx echo chambers - and who never buy the products made for them, for some reason.

  • @Trace153
    @Trace1539 сағат бұрын

    Agree, though I think Andromeda was passable (mostly for just the combat) it was a soulless “spin-off” game from a great series. And avowed, well let’s say the reveal would been better to not have revealed. Killed any hype I had for the game and expect it to be a DEI checklist game. Which sucks as pillar deserved better than that, I am expecting a F3 = F4 kinda lack of rpg transition.

  • @liamchamba8114
    @liamchamba811419 сағат бұрын

    Thing is with deserts is theres no suprises. You can see everything in the distance, nothing to hide behind except rocks, and hard to drive a narrative of a highly active desert population.

  • @0larue0
    @0larue023 сағат бұрын

    I'm at the point in PoE 1 where I need to pray to one of the gods for assistance... this video really helped me do some research without returning to my library at caed nua! My character is an orlan druid philosopher, wael is who he's drawn to, if he even believes in gods at all, but I may be out of favor with wael considering I DID return the book to the priestess of wael! Liked and subscribed, thank you!

  • @spellandshield
    @spellandshield19 сағат бұрын

    Glad it helped.

  • @Mr-M442
    @Mr-M44223 сағат бұрын

    Can a new studio re-use the game engine ? If so that would be a good start .

  • @Fapnyr
    @FapnyrКүн бұрын

    He just doesn't like class systems and prefers classless, pillars games are still great😊

  • @matthewhoward-white463
    @matthewhoward-white4632 күн бұрын

    And then you give halflings the lucky feat 💥💥💥

  • @ShadmehR_23
    @ShadmehR_233 күн бұрын

    im sure its going to be about Vampires-type Dark you know, maybe you think its stupid But first time i heard they making a game Even before naming it i had a kind of feeling(the kind of feeling you know ot will happen but you can't explain)that this game is going to be about Vampires or something like that, and when they announced it, I was like yeah it's 50% on. now i was searching about Cyric that bring me to your channel and i don't know why again i was thinking about Dawnwalker and boom It WAS in your channel..there aren't many channels with Dawnwalker content bro.. anyway Rebel Wolves are the REAL CDPR by the way Witcher 3 quest writer and designer joined them even some of Witcher 3 contracts are better than some decent games main quests lol.

  • @jefffitzgerald51
    @jefffitzgerald513 күн бұрын

    Here, take my money

  • @cobalt968
    @cobalt9683 күн бұрын

    It’s a real shame that anything other than medieval fantasy seems to be for enthusiasts only… as well as any RPG without full VA. Enemy variety issues aside, I really liked Tyranny.

  • @scribblescrabble3185
    @scribblescrabble31853 күн бұрын

    once Corellon was a shapeshifter par non, and so were the elves. But Araushnee tricked the elves in giving up that power, and because Corellon is the quintessential elf he lost that power too, foreever locking him in one form. Corellon blamed this "imprissonment" into one form on the elves and banished them from Arvandor.

  • @Tsundaere
    @Tsundaere3 күн бұрын

    You're my favorite channel for my favorite game genre.

  • @LabyrinthiaX
    @LabyrinthiaX3 күн бұрын

    I can see within Starfield something great, I think the game had potential but they fumbled it like the idiots they are.

  • @minakatahizuru
    @minakatahizuru3 күн бұрын

    Vote with your wallet and playtime you have all the power. Don't support Woke DEI ESG BRIDGE indoctrination.

  • @thespianmask8451
    @thespianmask84513 күн бұрын

    I finished this game as a sneaky unarmed guy who would open fights with an explosive sneak attack, then run back to my allies and contribute minimal damage for the rest of the fight. Boss fights were hard for me since I couldn't open with my tactic. Still, I love this game to death.

  • @yaboirandall7638
    @yaboirandall76384 күн бұрын

    the first good news is not a good news with such a bad news, who the fuck wants a sequel, that is NOT developed by Larian, i don't trust anybody with the ip

  • @johannesmantiri8336
    @johannesmantiri83364 күн бұрын

    My favorite game from Obsidian❤

  • @mnk9073
    @mnk90735 күн бұрын

    Loved the game, loved the story, hated the real time combat. Same with the first Pillars. Deadfire really saved itself with turn based and was an absolute banger. Also Tyranny is just way too short, feels like half if not even just a third of a game.

  • @vlastapiatimuzik5686
    @vlastapiatimuzik56865 күн бұрын

    thx

  • @Pr0m3th3us
    @Pr0m3th3us5 күн бұрын

    Ah one of my pile of shame games. I definitely have to finally play all the way through it.

  • @Marcusianery
    @Marcusianery5 күн бұрын

    Far as I know it, it was a deal by Paradox to publish PoE 1. They wanted an IP of their own and thats about it.

  • @BoogieManFL
    @BoogieManFL5 күн бұрын

    I only learned of the game's existence some two weeks before it was released, and I am square in the middle of the target audience. Paradox did indeed do an extremely poor job advertising it. It was a great experience and it really sucks we've yet to see more from it. It had a lot of promise.

  • @viamdolor9226
    @viamdolor92265 күн бұрын

    I can't stomach Tyranny past chapter 1. The writing is excruciatingly cringe, written by people who don't have enough life experience to know what they are talking about. The magic system, while ...unusual, was thoroughly unbalanced and best practice was putting healing spells on everyone. Cooldown-based abilities in a cRPG with a party is a no-no. 3-4 enemy types in the whole game. Wonky difficulty curve where chapter 1 was brutal in a very good way, but the tension deflated immediately after that, etc. It's definitely not a hidden gem or misunderstood masterpiece, let me tell you.

  • @katlyndeasia4537
    @katlyndeasia45375 күн бұрын

    'Promosm' 🙋

  • @lostzephyr2191
    @lostzephyr21915 күн бұрын

    Sad to see wasted potential.

  • @TechnoLawyer
    @TechnoLawyer5 күн бұрын

    The world needs more of the large-indie studios who are self-owned and can decide their own fates. This need for every game to make a billion dollars in order for a studio to not be disbanded SUUUCKS.

  • @cockyrustler
    @cockyrustler5 күн бұрын

    I've played a Ton of crpgs, and Tyranny is my favorite of the last ten years. Bronze age atmosphere and aesthetic, music, spell and artifact crafting, very interesting lore, reputation system, combo abilities, New game +.. it does plenty of things to set it apart from classic fantasy adventures. Only some of the writing wasn't good enough as old classics ( kind of wish Avellone was working on it). I think the villain was setting MC to be the next overlord, or as unifying threat ( since the world conquest was over), sequel was really needed to tell a full story.