A MUST-PLAY Strategy RPG! - Dark Deity Review
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Күн бұрынIn this review I take a look at the indie Strategy RPG Dark Deity. It wears its Fire Emblem inspiration on its sleeve, but it's more than a simple imitation: Dark Deity is pure Strategy RPG BLISS!
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@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
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@xionsflame1 3 жыл бұрын
It looks kinda like Fire Emblem and Shining force had offspring, glad you mentioned the pixel art at the end. Watching your review I was really impressed with how good the art is.
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
It’s fantastic! The art did really knocked it out of the park.
@acidwizard6528 2 жыл бұрын
This definitely looks cool. I've only played Blazing Blade and Sacred Stones for FE titles, but I enjoyed both of them immensely and this looks a lot like them. Thanks for letting us know about a quality Indie game flying under the radar.
@TheGamingShelf 2 жыл бұрын
Happy to! I hope you enjoy it if you decide to pick it up 😄
@TalesOfNerdiaChris 3 жыл бұрын
Woah, this wasn't even on my radar. Thanks for the deep dive; I'm definitely sold. Added to my wishlist and hope to find time to commit to it soon.
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
I’m glad I could share this game with you 😄
@jahboidb Жыл бұрын
Just got around to buying this game on the switch eShop sale, and man am I loving it! You nailed the key aspects, story isn't necessarily addictive but the dialogue is well written enough that it doesn't feel like a child wrote it. Pixel art is phenomenal and I really can't wait to see what every class's animations and criticals look like
@bkillinm 6 ай бұрын
I just grabbed the limited run physical of the game because of this review and Iam so excited to play Thru it, I loved GBA fire emblem and this looks like it plays very similar
@SoapyKoopa 3 жыл бұрын
I'm over here waiting on a Scarlet Nexus review and bam you hit me with something that I have never heard of but now I want too.
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Haha I’m glad I could surprise you! I got my review code for Scarlet Nexus really late so I’m still playing it. Review next week for sure!
@SoapyKoopa 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGamingShelf haha well soon enough then! I'm gonna be playing as soon as it unlocks tonight. Been a while since I've been this jazzed for a big new IP that wasn't an indie game. Definitely gonna add dark deity to my list though. I really wanted to get into fell seal but the art direction in it just didn't mesh with me.. dumb reason to not get into a game? Maybe but it's been a sticking point since I got it on sale a while ago. This game however just is right up my alley.
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
I’m the same way with Fell Seal. I can’t stand the art style.
@SoapyKoopa 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGamingShelf it almost looks like a cheap mobile game and I hate saying that about a game that otherwise looks like some love went into making it. Oh well this game exists so maybe that'll help fill that SRPG void!
@valj137 8 ай бұрын
Thank you for this review! The game's on sale on Steam now and this convinced me to give it a shot. I absolutely love the old school Fire Emblem games and seeing how familiar that battle style and animation are means I would love playing this one too. :D
@CompleteGeekTV 3 жыл бұрын
Once again, fantastic review Taylor! Combat does look fun
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks dudes 😁
@R3GARnator Жыл бұрын
The red and green arrows features was taken from the Total War: Warhammer games, where when one unit is selected, it shows what they're good against.
@ChristianLopez-zs6ob 3 жыл бұрын
thanks never would have known about this, hopefully is easier than Vestaria Saga
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
It presents a nice challenge but you won’t be hanging your head against the wall. It also has 3 difficulties to choose from.
@dunglifemovement 3 жыл бұрын
Nice vid Taylor, keep up the good work chief
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tim 🙏
@kyleedwards3070 3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loving the game so far! The combat and design elements of the game are incredibly well done! The only thing I’ve found slightly annoying is that there’s no mid map suspend function so I had to make sure I made enough time to finish maps and get to a save. The character designs are great and I’m curious to know who your favorite is! Mine is Sloane lol
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
I can’t blame you! I like Sloan too 🥰
@foedeemperah6969 Жыл бұрын
the game gearing and class design disappointing to a point like there no reason to advance on higher gears and class tier like i dont even get how the final class get out match by normal tier mobs its so pathetic to a point i dont see a reason to grind my units anymore after seeing some of my characters get bench by normal mobs lol end is like no matter if all your units and 2nd class and orange tier weapons all mobs have the same rank as yours so it like RNG who hits the crit most of the time
@TheBigBruvv 3 жыл бұрын
Definitely checking this out 🙏🏾
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
You totally should! It’s a really great game 😁
@Redfield70 3 жыл бұрын
I backed it on KS and got my key. I'm wrapping up my playthrough of the Ninja Gaiden collection on Switch so I may have to check this out next.
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! It’s definitely worth a play for sure.
@acebreaker7 3 жыл бұрын
oh man this looks really appealing I love the classic FE style so i'll be waiting for a possible console port nice job on the review Taylor
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Yeah definitely hoping for a console port.
@jesse8bit Жыл бұрын
Really great review!
@TheGamingShelf Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@chickenfillets 3 жыл бұрын
Great review as always man. This would fit so well on the Switch!
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! And yes I totally agree. I should come to Switch yesterday.
@caydengarvey657 3 жыл бұрын
The devs have confirmed a console release coming later on but its gonna be a while.
@chickenfillets 3 жыл бұрын
@@caydengarvey657 Nice!
@Just_a_random_fan 3 жыл бұрын
Threw it on my wishlist, I'll pick it up when it gets down to 20 bucks. Sounds fun though the maps artwork looked a little meh to me but if the battles are half as fun as you claim it'll be worth it!
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah the backgrounds aren’t great but they disappear honestly when you start focusing on your strategy. The gameplay itself is so good.
@ericp631 3 жыл бұрын
I will check it out this weekend
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Nice 👍
@MissBubbles 3 жыл бұрын
I just got Octopath traveler cause I wanna dive deeper into these JRPG's! Maybe this will be next 🤫
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
If you’re not used to this kind of game it might be challenging. I would try something like Fire Emblem Three Houses first.
@JacaboBlanco 3 ай бұрын
This reminds me most of Shining Force. Man i miss that franchise.
@jikmjuhn 3 жыл бұрын
Definitely gives off the old school FE vibes. I wouldn't mind if the relationship mechanic got removed entirely, but I'd really like to see more games with branching narrative. For example, old FE games had 'X' chapters that could only be unlocked if you met the right conditions in past battles. It adds to the replay value if there are multiple endings especially when the game is only 20 hours.
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Good idea! Would be awesome.
@jikmjuhn 3 жыл бұрын
@Tripzz Thanks, I did try that one already. Needs some work but at least it's closer to what I'm looking for in a tactics game.
@becher1380 Жыл бұрын
All I can do is let my characters move and wait. Can't attack. When I click attack, the character is reset to its original position. How do you attack an opponent now?
@RPGStory 3 жыл бұрын
I’m not one for buying many PC games due to my outdated hardware but looking at the graphics would it be fair to say that the requirements aren’t too high?
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Probably not. The requirements should be on the steam page but yeah shouldn’t be anything crazy.
@evelyn64sev 3 жыл бұрын
Looks neat! I know 0% growths is a big thing a fire emblem so I'm curious how a 0% growths run of Dark Deity would go
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
As in no leveling up?
@evelyn64sev 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGamingShelf when one levels up, no stats are raised. Stats are still raisable by promotion and stat boosters but leveling will not provide those. I believe every fire emblem game on every difficulty - except maybe awakening lunatic+ - is beatable on 0% growths
@atifghafoor6258 Жыл бұрын
Are there other games with the same gameplay or battle system like this you would recommend for desktops.
@TheGamingShelf Жыл бұрын
The only Strategy RPGs that do it exactly like this are the GameBoy Advance Fire Emblem titles. There are however other great strategy RPGs on PC like the Disgaea games and Tactics Ogre Reborn.
@BrianHallmond Жыл бұрын
I played Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga first. And I sunk 40 hours into that game and I actually don't really enjoy gaming anymore. To see this game was made by the same publisher gets my interest! Though it's older.
@apnwu369 3 жыл бұрын
How is the AI? Is it like in Fire Emblem where all the enemy units will suicide themselves into your overpowered units? Or do they stay back and use strategy like in something like Tactics Ogre
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
On the Hero difficulty it’s a little bit of both. Some will focus on your troops with the lowest HP and other times they basically set themselves up to be killed with counterattacks. I always felt challenged though. I never felt like I could breeze my way through maps. I got troops killed all the time because of stupid positioning.
@anthonyjohnson9088 3 жыл бұрын
Great video/review as always...here's hoping for a Switch port...🤞
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
It would absolutely kill on Switch!
@anthonyjohnson9088 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGamingShelf I totally agree dude...hey are u going to review Scarlet Nexus?
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
I am! I’m playing it right now actually. Will probably have a review out next week 🙂
@anthonyjohnson9088 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGamingShelf dude you are killing it!!!...I fn love your reviews.🤜🤛
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
You’re too kind as always Anthony 🙏 I’m glad you’re digging the videos.
@mul25 Жыл бұрын
this game is now free to claim on epic games this week !!
@TheGamingShelf Жыл бұрын
I was wondering why it started getting so many new views out of no where! Thank you for sharing.
@toolman4745 3 жыл бұрын
Do we know if it's coming anywhere other than Windows?
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
It depends on how it sells.
@josiahwagner3646 3 жыл бұрын
Looks like a very fetching strategy rpg. I hope it gets ported to other game systems since I don’t play much PC.
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Fetching? 😅 Yeah here’s hoping for a console port though!
@guyboring6307 3 жыл бұрын
TActics Ogre LUCT has some great maps too.
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@dangy785 3 жыл бұрын
Hey man you should check out shadows of adam! You might really like it
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
I’ve looked at it and it really isn’t my style. I’m sure it’s great but I’ve never been the biggest fan of SNES era JRPGs.
@dangy785 3 жыл бұрын
@@TheGamingShelf oh got cha! Sorry about that. I thought you’d enjoy it cause it’s graphically similar. My bad
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
No worries! I appreciate the suggestion 😄
@sarahpod 3 жыл бұрын
Pleaseeee come to Switch! This looks so good!
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
🙏
@aerxckk772 3 жыл бұрын
Oh no sadly I can’t play it :( hope ps will get it soon
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
The team said if it sells well enough on PC they’ll port it to consoles. Fingers crossed 🤞
@Icynova 3 жыл бұрын
Here’s hoping it comes to switch soon
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Would be perfect there!
@vulfreyde 10 ай бұрын
Can someone explain one thing to me? Why are they making the text so ridiculously small? Almost every Switch game has this issue. One would think that the developers would be aware that this will be a problem, especially if they're making a game for a handheld console. And especially in games like this, where you're expected to do a lot of reading. Playing this on a Switch Lite is a torture. Just look how much space there is in the text area. It's like they're making the text as small as possible on purpose. Why are they doing this?
@adaubu3063 3 жыл бұрын
Tbh I don't get why people say this is like classic fire emblem. To me it gives off birthright vibes. And with that I would recommend it if you enjoy a more casual experience of fire emblem (like three houses hard. Birthright hard. And radiant dawn easy.)
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Look at gameplay from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade and you’ll see why people are saying that. They look so similar.
@outkastshadowking2719 3 жыл бұрын
After playing Growlanser IV and Arc the Lad Spirit of the Twilight I can't go back to those linear SRPG like these with no exploration to speak of sadly. I want to go in towns, kingdoms, dungeons, solve puzzles, do side quests. I feel like Fire Emblem lack that quality I wanted from most SRPG while a few SRPG far surpass FE in so many ways.
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Understandable! If you’re ever looking for pure Strategy RPG gameplay this is worth checking out.
@lucaspastori8321 3 жыл бұрын
The supports not giving buffs or any advantage in gameplay was an intended decision, not because they couldn't do it
@armorbearer9702 21 күн бұрын
I watched a couple of reviews and the consensus is that Dark Deity is not for those new to Strategy RPGs.
@apnwu369 3 жыл бұрын
There's way too much Fire Emblem, where is the spiritual successor to Shining Force :'(
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
🤷🏻♂️
@foedeemperah6969 Жыл бұрын
finished the game and its pretty much mediocre game! theres literally no point grinding your units to it final class coz its going to be pretty much a downgrade just like cia is better a thief but once you reach lvl 30 and turn her to trickster she looses a bunch of evasion and damage that even normal tier enemies can kill her instant theres no point grinding since the game forces each scenario to a balance fight so i see no point why bother upgrading your gears and class no point waste of time
@robinmattheussen2395 Жыл бұрын
I definitely don't agree that the game's graphics are very good. The problem is that it has about four different art styles, all of varying quality. You have the full-blown art of the individual characters used during bonding scenes. These are pretty decent but very static. Then you have these completely different detailed pixel-art combat animations, which are great. Then you have the tiny pixel-art units on the map, which are okay-ish. And then there's the environmental art on the maps that honestly looks like complete shit sometimes. Especially the maps where buildings are involved look really awful, like they were done in MS Paint or something. All 4 styles look completely different and even clash quite a bit with each other.
@acksawblack Ай бұрын
This guy doesn’t seem to ever do bad reviews, game was terrible
@Jubanen12 2 ай бұрын
Bond events were really boring and im a kinda guy who likes to read everything usually... (aside from tutorial texts lol) Its true that they dont have really much to do with anything going on in the game story.. also I feel like its just bunch of awkard sounding small talk for the most part. I tried to go through them but a) theres so much of it! b) like I said its kinda boring and pointless.
@itsalolmor 3 жыл бұрын
Oh no, too bad it's a PC exclusive... My PC can't handle anything
@grauenritter9220 3 жыл бұрын
I have to disagree with the maps. They feel boring and monotonous because there is no terrain . The fact that you have fixed type matchups for your classes without terrain cover or differing movement costs for terrain makes the map feel bland and everything a stat check. SRPGs are at their best when stat checking isn't so pronounced.
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
I guess we just look for different things in SRPGs 🙂
@ned993 3 жыл бұрын
> Pixel art is a dying art You clearly don't play a lot of indie games lmao, like 90% of those are pixel art graphics
@leirdua1733 3 жыл бұрын
Was just about to write the exact same thing 😅.. in AAA, sure, but the indie scene is FLOODED with it
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
That’s more what I was getting at. Arc Systems has gone away from pixel art for their fighting games for more 3D.
@ukrpgfan4029 3 жыл бұрын
Say Deity again lol....
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
If you say it three times in a row I hear you summon a demon 👀
@redcrimson1028 Жыл бұрын
I don't like the 8bit pixel graphics
@ignacioucero6090 Ай бұрын
the control of characters in this game is very clonky and slow...i dont recomend it at all
@acksawblack Ай бұрын
This man is either insane or actually shilling, game is truly awful
@samsterthehamster312 3 жыл бұрын
This game is unfinished. Watch Mangs’s video on this game. DO NOT BUY.
@TheGamingShelf 3 жыл бұрын
Felt pretty finished to me 🤷🏻♂️
@taomahNEGEV 2 жыл бұрын
Pixel arts should be dead long time ago.
@swingcity7 Жыл бұрын
5.8 user score tho (metacritic). I'm afraid I think that's a close score unfortunately...
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