You can feel the malice from the base building mechanics, yeah they took those memes personally.

You realized that we gonna commit warcrimes in endfield...BRO WE WERE DOING IT SINCE ARKNIGHTS MAIN STORY! Edit: 139 likes...damn thanks. Edit 2: 159 wow Edit 3: 211?!

The combat system being mixed with action + strategy and those quick time down events when using skill. Damn it reminds me of those single player games that allows you to slow down time and make decisions solely based on it. It gives you both the leisure to organize your mind yet having this dmc type shenanigans the next moment time moves again.

I love the takes in this video. This is probably one of 2 of my favorite review videos. I hope that Gryphline/Hypergryph sees this video. One thing I do want to see though is Endmin getting a voice fully. You figured out the combat more then most too I didnt know bout knockback and walls nor lifting knocked down doing more. But i agree with more orbs especially when its a huge feature. Animation cancel does feel like something we should get as well. I was super surprised to see how polished this game is for an alpha of all things and I am surprised its just an alpha. Great vid and look forward to the future of this game.

I hope they really intergrating the cloning technology into the deep into the plot rather than just having it as an excuse to bring back legacy characters. Just imagine the pain they could inflict on us by having an antagoinst clone some of our favourite characters and send them to kill us?

14:45 factorio players are gonna have a field day with this system

have a high hopes for arknights and ww, I hope these gachas can finally have that same pleasure.

God I love that factory building, as a Mindustry player, I am beyond excited

I'm not one to be all that excited about what Endfield was cooking when i saw some technical test footage But hearing about the base building and flexible rotation combat, I am so down to clown with this game The only thing that scares me is the fact that they didn't have the gacha open and ready and those invisible walls. I really hope they know what they're doing, man

So when it was revealed, I wanted to be excited for it but the immediate moment I saw that artifacts were a thing and you have to upgrade equipment, my brain just turned off and tell me that it will be a system where it's not worth grinding for weeks only for a piece of potentially good item to be destroyed by RNG. Might just be me having PTSD from playing Onmyoji a few years back. Combat reminds me of a mix of FFXIV and Persona 5 Strikers, rotation is more reminiscient of Limbus' skill system, I feel. Orbs having a random chance to spawn definitely hurts any strategizing you could potentially have from that system, I might propose a conditions-based system but that carries its own risks that I can't fully fathom yet. Base building definitely does look like Factorio, might get very addictive if you're the "The factory must expand to meet the demands of the expanding factory" type. Hoping the story doesn't suffer from Arknights' verbosity problem where everyone speaks as if their great grandfather was Urianger. The zones don't quite stand out to me yet from what I've seen but I know they can make them distinct. I desperately want to see stuff like Lone Trail, Who is Real, Guiding Ahead environments in 3D. Would also be cool to see map gimmicks like event gimmicks (Lone Trail's balls are way too funny, I'm sorry). I don't play too many gacha games, my current main ones are Limbus and Arknights, so do take these words with a grain of salt. Also so far, no character has caught my attention yet, unless they decided Mizuki is still around or something. Sorry for the rambling

I'm having a hard time imagining the game on mobile, Endfield looks like it will be a game specifically made for PC which is not necessarily a bad thing. If it really comes out on mobile as well though, I'm wondering how they will handle it.

About bases. We got from some strange base mechanic TO STRAIGHT FUCKING FACTORIO OR SATISFACTORY!

i was watching another streamer play and i came up with an idea that watching your video and seeing there is already sorta a system makes me more convinced of Add class techs, conditions that under the right circumstances auto activate skills on switch, for example if the player is about to get hit switching to a defender activates their block skill. The game grinds down when skills are off cooldown? ok, then let us through skilled gameplay skip cooldowns while also expanding the tactics players have access too

glad someone share the same jumping kaisen feel

Oh wow i didnt know about the extra break, great video man

The hiccup with a dodge mechanic (i'm not saying it's good or bad) is that you really rapidly push the game to 'damage damage damage' which Genshin suffers from abundantly. I'm no game designer, but I think the best way to implement this sort of thing is more 'class' focused skills/systems. If you're playing a tank type character, they shouldn't be able to dodge, but they can sit in enemy AoEs and taunt attacks. For a speedy type character, maybe they can have a dodge as a mechanic because they're a glass cannon, but it's probably best if not every character has a dodge. I think you would rather have movement boosters or engagement kinds of skills, but you really have to be careful about going full action combat.

Theres other alternative to adding dodge button, like swapping to defender when youre about to take big hit. But on top of that each class need some sort of identity because atm they dont have trait and from what i see all class play similar to each other. maybe give a guard button for defender, parry for guard, and the dodge for caster, maybe add another active defensive skill for each character on top of that. honestly the option is endless and theres alot of room to improve.

I really like how you went in-depth into the combat system and it's potential flaws in the future. I didn't get into the beta but the combat just did not look good to watch someone play so I was curious on how enjoyable it would be to actually play yourself. Excited to see how this game will look like with another year of development. Atleast now everyone has a clear grasp of what the game is exactly trying to be and the devs can work in peace with the meme of "WhenField" gone for now.

Not bad, will wait and see how it goes

I think they should add a auto-recovery skill for the basic attack. They have follow up attack after skill cast, then while doing basic you trigger a passive skill. Also for the swapping, if they can't switch to other characters camera perhaps add a QTE for swap or an animation where characters interact when swapping.

It's really good for technical test and the fact the game is still techalpha 0.1.4 if release is ver. 1.0 so there's still a long way, and more time to improve. And about the problems that we're having about the game they asked it in the survey as if they already know but wanted to hear what people want, hence the tech test. Personally what i felt about the game it need to change how skill works and Operator at least have 2 active skill and ultimate with separate button. When you engaged in battle with Ultimate Ready and use it the main skill also get in cooldown. Since it has same button there's no Combo or strategy except for Avywenna. If main skill and ultimate have separate button there's so much Combo and Strategy.

While i cant play on Tech Test since im exclusively playing on my phone people that actually got to play need to give HG harsh and constructivefeedbacks thats why they made this test to make it better personally im very excited for the release of this game im a huge ff and tales fan gameplay sits on me very well and the base building i wanna freaking try that tbh with enough improvements this game could be my go to games besides OG AK (Pls add R6S Collab I want the Lord ingame)

I hope and pray that the arknigts community and even new potential players will not rush Endfield devs, pls learn from the past. Its better to have a solid game at start than a hot garbage mediocre game early

Genshin's team building are indeed in depth on how you set up reactions. Mechanically yeah it gets repetitive as their is usually 1 rotation you do every time. The problem in genshin is that its almost always going to get you the win aside from maybe floor 12 abyss that requires positioning. If there was a way to make encounters more dynamic and you will have to adapt to the changes that would be amazing. If AKE will do this sounds fun. Another way to look at the skills timing however in AKE is that we have no idea the optimal rotation so eventually AKE may become Genshin-like when we figure out more about combat. Not saying its bad just laying down the possibility as I love quick swap combat systems to perform combos. Really looking forward to this style of combat as I play Tales games and I really love seeing all my party members in a fight rather than just have 1 character on field only. Seeing all characters really makes me feel you're not alone in the fight.

There's definitely a lot that they need to adjust/fix and based on some of the survey questions i feel like they know most of it.

Please come out soon, I need something to waste my time on.

Ok, the base factory sold me instantly. I need this.

Tsunui i'm just going to say that a dodge ability would most likely ruin the game balance and we'll end up with a guard enfield where DPS is prioritized. If you've played games that has classes there are classes that specializes in not getting hit, like rogues or ninja where they can back step/blink out. Tanks have a strong block or damage mitigation, fighters have parry, range dps have a shoot and scoot, and mages just accepts their fate or use a spell to negate incoming damage. A dodge action would be counter productive to the flow of the battle turning a strategy based game into a reaction base game. bidding them to a skill will force you to think 'Do i avoid this little guy's attack or do i save it for a bigger one?" or "The dodge will get me to reposition faster in a more adventageous position for my next skill but i'll be unable to dodge incoming damage for X seconds" which feels like the kind of gameplay the devs are going for. Adding a block button would also damage the flow of battle but can be countered using the same solution above, make tanks actually useful to be there to tank the hit, giving a skill that for example mitigates the incoming damage, or returns damage to the hitter, or heal a portion of their health etc... I'd much rather not have another guardknight issue again.

HG : Warcriminal factory And I love it that way

i agree with most the takes in this video though I would still like there to be some improvement with combat since some people definitely do NOT have the same viewpoint or like you mentioned the beginning of the game is boring as hell with only two people on your team also 24:08 was the realest shit you have ever said

23:02 i just noticed this and am gonna start paying attention to it on other charas too, but i love how loose the hair in her face moves here

Might play this one...

Man that base is spaghettified.. I LOVE IT!

It's not "Base (Beta)", it's "Base, Beta". "The Base is here, you Beta" HG are calling you a Beta for needing it pointed out where to find the base.

If I had to say about the combat. I'll say this is basically Xenoblade chronicle playstyle but with four party, four arts skill to use and four different class to run with

I also played the alpha test, I think the game provide two different experence for the combat, maybe it's just my personal feeling, I found the battle against mobs/elites (crisis raid included) is quite different comparing the boss fights, especially the final boss. In the boss fight, as the target has tons of special moves and won't be affacted by my skills like lift off, knock down, push, etc. Still I found both are quite interesting especially in late game when my guys has higher level of skills and gears. Overall, I'm very impressed as the company is still very young and this is the 1st 3d game for most of the core teammembers. And the content and performance of the build is also exceed what player could expect from a tech alpha. I think even the build launched on Steam as a single player PC game as Early Access is good enough. Players are comparing this tech alpha towards release version of 2a or 3a console/pc game, which is already a win for the potential of this game. Looking forward to its 2nd round test this year.

maybe make the chance to create orbs or whatever like 80 percent on damaging moves, and moves that have 100 chance will do no damage. kinda the same way pokemon balances its games

I just want a dodge button that can also cancel cast.

I had a weird ass dream where they updated the Arknights base and honestly endfields version is literally better than my imagination (I don’t play factorio)

I'm 4mnths late but this is a really good review. Thanks a lot

Not really worried about a game that's currently doing tech tests lol.

Ex astris is almost release.....so they might focusing on developing arknights endfield next.

ill wait for the gacha to see if this will live up.the fact they didnt include it is pretty sus

If it wasn't for PGR and Wuthering Waves this one would be on my radar

I really do not want dodging or blocking in this maybe blocking is fine if they make it have a cooldown idk but dodging does not feel right for an mmo-ish system of combat, it's easy enough to tell when an attack is coming but yeah the animation lock is a bit much in this games case

if it become a game like elden ring where you can use your skills to beat a boss and also beat it with upgrading your character if you're not so skill it's going to be 100 out of 10

I really want this game to be good, Open world RPG like GI wuthering wave and etc are great, but i really want to see other character joining combat like aether gazer

I can see a good time during honeymoon periode and then becomes bored after hitting content cap and doing monthly side content event 😅

The irony of Arknights world being less furry than Final Fantasy despite AK humans are nonexistent.

Remind me of Dragon Age : Inquisition but with break mechanic instead of just backstab crit

"TWIST YOUR BALLS"

So the combat is like the higan eruthyll's combat.

Based off of what you described and the footage, combat looks like Xenoblade Chronicles? From the whole, no blocking/dodging (unless it's a passive), launching them, slamming them back down, and using status ailments for more damage. I am absolutely not a fan of the new base building though. It doesn't look enjoyable and not my thing, so I'll use a guide if I play this. I am also hoping the world doesn't feel empty to explore or have boring NPCs since that is part of the meat for adventure games. Fingers crossed that I might like this one.

I hope this game release this year

I'm hype for the official release 😊

good video, good explanation. and there will definitely be party poppers carrying the name Genshin. and compare game that have been around for 3 years, and games that have only been tested for 3 months. Surely that person is always sad every day and takes it out on someone to disturb someone's fun. what a pity for their life.

The combat reminds me of persona 5 strikers with tankier mobs

That DMC "father and son bonding" thing is user generated... in other words, an inside joke by players.

I wonder if my pc will scream in pain just to play this game in the future(cause im interested)... My pc could handle darksiders 2... But well that game is old game and offline... I hope this game will have good optimization for old pc like mine... Unlike.. ahem ToF... I hope the weapon gacha is like in ToF which... You got weapon = you get the character.

16:23 me ;)

I'm glad this was only a technical test. It's decent the way it is now. It can and will be better (or worse, but I hope not). I hope the story is just a placeholder for the alpha test, and they will refine it later. Also, I can't wait to commit warcrime and become the Onceler from Lorax.

What do you think about roland on the Nintendo switch?

the character faces impression during ulti still not alively enough

3:00 sure this combo is fun but thats the only combo you will do over and over...

With what is happening with Wuthering waves right now i hope they will change the story, and don't lean too much towards Hoyo games

uh oh, arknight was one of my fave games and i looked forward to their entry here but seems theyve already hit organizational decline with so many big 'bad design team' red flags like animation locks, stat focus and heavy RNG fingers crossed theyre not as bad as they appear to be

Game looks fun

i will play if only i see kal drops

Devil May Cry 5 being a father son bonding game is the funniest shit ever

"took final fantasy and somehow made it less furry" my guy this is a series where every character the player controls is a furry, that is cap and a half

You gonna try wuthering waves next? Been hearing great things about it.

Actually the combat for me looked like it's closer to something like Dragon Age Inquisition

oh wow, you need to think where to use your abilities, be careful not to waste an ability or you won't have enough dps to clear a stage

so it is like action games but not really an action games? didn't really understand the gameplay of it though...

Since combat and movement are 90 % of what you do every day in the game, I hope they focus their efforts on it first. Then the story please. I need some good story hooks to keep playing or I would've be farming in Arknights for 2 years. A good story is essential for my long term motivation. Also who cares about characters if their background is boring.

People do be talking like this is the CBT version of the game... I would like to remind you that, this is the pre-alpha test. Yes, not even in the alpha phase yet. This game is in very early stage of development, and they only want to test the core mechanics for now. Almost everything else are made to be as barebone and minimal as possible, including the storyline and writings.

The town? Or factory? I watched 4hrs gameplay and I don't see any living quarters it looks like living beings don't belong to that place. They could improve this by adding more building that has actual interior, having npcs resting and working inside instead of stand standing around doing nothing. Hell they could even add a slum inside this game and it won't feel out of place, I remembered hearing a npc telling they couldn't adjust to the life inside city so they moved to suffer more outside kek😂, this is unbelievable, human should stick together in a dangerous world having community going on in the same place, don't scatter around as small camps. At the end of the day human needs entertainment even in apocalypse, I'd like to see NPC play something, making sound. Also i don't understand why they feel like they have to place leftover containers all over the map.

Tectone needs to see this

I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but I feel like the the base building is gonna feel bad without splitters and mergers for conveyor belts edit: seeing that getting gear for characters is some hoyoverse-ass stat-rng grind killed most of my desire to even try this game. It really just looks like they're trying to take all of the worst aspects of genshin and giving them an arknights spin.

So we're going SimCity on this one? Interesting

Ngl the base building part reminds me if those roblox games (i forgot the genre's name)

Orbs eurned like in god of war 2.

11:34 uh...

Nice video. I still think the MMO like combat is janky because in actual MMO both you and the enemies have auto attack, in this game however you need to smash left click.

is this open world?

Is it coming to xbox

Considering the only gacha game i still believe in th goodwill of the devs is limbus, and after how easy you said the leveling is, the one main question is, does it have the bullshit that is Combat Deficit system or no? Aka "Oh you can play as much as you want, but sorry you'll be cockblocked by atk deficit crap and every enemy is now a damn spoonge because you reached the point the difference of your party atk power to them is higher than 100, enjoy waiting for literall weeks until you get enough ressources to level up again and win before the next cockblock, teehee"

This dude sounds like dunkey

500 years later we still doing warcrime

Anime factorio? More likely than you think! Jokes aside, your script writing skills are improving with every scripted video.

The combat is more like Xenoblade than anything.

i really wish endfiled doesn't go too hard into the genshin like game and keeps as much as it can from arknights what i would like is that they keep the "challenges are hard and require thinking and positioning but you can replay them automaticly after you beat them", i hate the domains and the grinding dungeons in genshin because they are fun at fist but become rly boring and higher lvls become just stat checks, soo i love auto deploy mecanic in arknights, makes grinding soo much more easy In general i hope they keep their focus on making very good stories, makes combat tactical varied and doesn't require me to think when i have to do grinding.

i hate action elements, but hope everybody else have a great time!

😭😭😭

They copied Genshin’s elemental reactions 😂

And those single target skills feel really bad, the damage is average and cant trigger orb reaction. The orb system feels half baked it needs a lot of adjustment

Ngl i've seen hundreds of this kind of games. It's life span will be short

Yeah 12:05 is basically why I won't bother even trying out the game once it releases. I really liked the characters in Arknights and world of Terra in general, but the writing is so atrocious, just an endlessly repeating bloated word salad that is punishing to actually try and read attentively. If they didn't get any better writers for Endfield, then I don't see a point even trying the new story out in the hopes of getting any meaningful developments 3-4 years down the line. That combined with the combat just looking okay-ish and (subjectively, ofc) tacked-on base building... nah.

Endfield is sadly more focused on base building than combat, its combat is like bullet time spam with un controllable characters that you can only use skills of, its a weird mechanic but nothing better than Og arknights for sure

nah, didn't like the combat system.