'Banishers' made me kinda angry [Review]

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Күн бұрын

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden is out now! bit.ly/BanishersDD
Thank you to Dare Drop & Focus Entertainment for the sponsor! (also, Focus - if you're reading this, please make Plague Tale 3🙏)
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Editing help provided by Pinoy 😎 / pinoybrothers54
0:00 Banishers is a video game
1:56 what REALLY works (the positives)
7:28 what... didn't (the negatives)
12:57 conclusion

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@serpentheir 3 ай бұрын

Roses are red But some are white When I reach for the gate "It's locked alright."

@RoyalGuardEziode 3 ай бұрын

🌚🌚🌚

@ren9143 3 ай бұрын

Nice

@cleverman383 13 күн бұрын

That's what the character said in Vampyr right?

@warlordofbritannia 3 ай бұрын

Ah, the old Witcher 1 paradox. Where the story is so fantastic but the gameplay is…not. I’m in.

@ren9143 3 ай бұрын

A very good decision.

@BigBADSTUFF69 3 ай бұрын

even witcher 3 was like that

@Synthfloyd 3 ай бұрын

this aint it bruh

@BigBADSTUFF69 2 ай бұрын

@@user-tm9ho3bm4v?? the story is fantastic, it's a great game and the combat isn't that bad.

@user-tm9ho3bm4v 2 ай бұрын

@@BigBADSTUFF69 lmao

@TheMordgan 3 ай бұрын

I love how every NPC matters in this game. Any other game, you enter a village and there'll be tons of same faced NPC who just "Top of the morning to ya!" at your direction. But in Banishers, you'll know the name of every single one and will care for them. Very nicely done.

@HEKVT 3 ай бұрын

First 30 seconds and all it appears that you're a schizophrenic Arthur Morgan who's a Witcher. What a summary, game actually sounds interesting but shame the issues spoil it a bit

@insomnia3454 3 ай бұрын

if you are into really unique, well written and well presented stories and don't mind "basic combat" then you are going to love this game. For me my experience with Banishers was like hellblade, where the story and the characters are tremendous but the combat is basic but serviceable so i didn't mind it at all.

@Cool_Adam 3 ай бұрын

@@insomnia3454 sold me on the game

@insomnia3454 3 ай бұрын

@@Cool_Adam hope you have lots of fun playing it! :D

@ren9143 3 ай бұрын

An amazing story and I agree about the gameplay. The gameplay was still fun, only the enemies didnt have any variety. @insomnia3454

@joekaf 3 ай бұрын

Loving this game overall but completely agree with the pointless collectibles. Making them loot instead of lore was the biggest mistake the devs made. I'm 15 hours in and still using all my starter equipment because as long as you are leveling it up, it's just as good as anything you can find or buy.

@Gabrilos505 3 ай бұрын

This game definitely was a breath of fresh air for me. I wish more games would be like this. I do hope it gets a sequel, and that the combat gets fucking better

@ren9143 3 ай бұрын

Doubt there'd be a sequel

@charlie398 3 ай бұрын

@@ren9143what do you base that on? It just came out, there are no published numbers yet

@iznogoud8780 3 ай бұрын

@@charlie398steam statistics

@BigBADSTUFF69 2 ай бұрын

the combat is much improved from Vampyr, I don't think it is that bad honestly. The dodge is responsive and I don't find myself constantly circle dodging like elden ring

@MrKoraytosan 3 ай бұрын

Best story i've played in 2024 so far. Strongly recommended! A minor suggestion: Go after the question marks on the map whenever they're on your way to a main quest location. But for the rest of the questionmarks go to them after unlocking all abilities. This will save a lot of time..

@FieryFlamingFajitas 2 ай бұрын

The fact that these guys made Vampyr, which although it did have some issues also had some brilliant ideas and gameplay mechanics, and were then able to make this game just goes to show how important it is to support the smaller developers. Imagine what they will achieve next with our support!

@unavezms8167 3 ай бұрын

The previous game of this developer Vampyr is one of my best story games of all times. So many great side quests and characters moments. And what you do actually matters to the communities. Also to become stronger you need to eat people since you are a vampire. But it changes you aka the protagonist. Some of the people you meet definitely deserve that. It also affects how love interest sees you. While the game never gets all that hard to test your resolve to be good it's still an interesting concept. But the combat is boring and ok though.

@AmilaSunshine 3 ай бұрын

You said you love Vampyr so I love you.

@charlie398 3 ай бұрын

I thought it was a disappointment since SPOILER!!! You cant get the happy ending if you eat a single person. Then why is the dynamic even there ya know?😊

@RottenHeretic 2 ай бұрын

@@charlie398 Ah so it's a dishonored type game.

@cleverman383 13 күн бұрын

Vampyr works great if you're the type of gamer to realize a fight is too difficult and you should level up your character. Maybe you have played a lot in JRPGs that have obvious moments where you're expected to grind before continuing, or maybe you just don't like banging your head against a nearly impossible battle. That's the type of player Vampyr's game design assumes you will be. If you play that way, you get into lots of great moments where you have to make the tough call of which of the NPCs you've got to know over the story to sacrifice so you can get stronger... then have to deal with the rippling consequences from that action later. Pretty much every death causes most other NPCs to actually react to that death, and in actual interesting and unexpected ways. It's an amazing experience. But on the other hand, if you're the type of gamer where you've been trained by Soulslike games to retry the boss fights over and over for 5 hours until you succeed, and you never feed on anyone's blood ever, then Vampyr won't work thematically for you, and you'll miss out on the point of the game, the entire perk upgrade tree, and the most compelling content the game has to offer (seeing the extensive consequences of your choices). And sure, the "happy ending" only happens if you don't kill anyone, but please don't do that on your first playthrough. You'll miss so much content. And it isn't even a fitting ending for the story, as its meant to be a tragic story of being a man turning into a monster. Don't ruin that experience just so you can be a Twilight-esque "vegan vampire" with a happily ever after.

@Drakaris-Og 3 ай бұрын

I love Vampyr, Banishers is a step up. Can't remember when it was last time I enjoyed a good story as in this game.

@labranehit7687 3 ай бұрын

I played vampyre so I knew what I was getting. And honestly banisher's combat is a huge HUGE improvement over that game.

@coco_w 3 ай бұрын

Just finished Remember Me, also loved Vampyr and ofc Life is Strange. Big props to DONTNOD in an industry all about sequels and remakes they doing a great job

@Raspotnik 3 ай бұрын

Vampyr and the first Life is strange is alright. The rest tho...

@Oznerol1234 3 ай бұрын

Vampyr has to be boring AF, and I played for quite a long time, but couldnt finish it

@LOLP499 3 ай бұрын

@@Oznerol1234 got it on epicgames for free . didnt even get through an hour and deleted it guess it wasnt for me

@vaasmontenegro9308 2 ай бұрын

Also it was waaaaay to easy.... Except the sister and last boss fight because fuck those boss fights Fuck those boss fights in particular

@Random-hr7gq 2 ай бұрын

I liked Vampr and Twin Mirror, Life Is Strange 2 put me off the Devs, this game seems closer to the latter with its uhhh motivations.

@TheNerjaveika 3 ай бұрын

For whoever plays a game, when you're presented a choice, go to Fort Jerico first, Harrows second, you'll avoid very huge and awful quest bug ('cause you meet one npc way too late) that may lock out you of an area, for now it haven't been fixed yet and the story would be more coherent and received abilities would make more sense. I don't know why they made this choice in the first place, when the correct order is clearly Jerico-->Harrows. I made this mistake on my first assention playthrough. And I agree map is a thing from the Void, it's very inaccurate at times, it doesn't show shortcuts or doesn't show that they're one-way, when arrows show both, non-existant cave paths. Considering Red is very slow, they should have put fast travel to more icons, not only bonefires. And it'd be great not to run back each time too, even with shortcuts it's a long run back. And the ivy, damn ivy.

@dipannath9319 2 ай бұрын

Do you mean the parting shot case?

@TheNerjaveika 2 ай бұрын

@@dipannath9319 yes, Flora quest, if she's alive instead of Theodore due to events in main Jerico quest (Penington alive or not). If (Penington dead) she's dead there's no bug in this quest. Penington alive, she lives but on a cliff she may bug out and not talk to you.

@codytb127 3 ай бұрын

i really liked vampyr. it seems to me like banishers is very similar to it, for better and for worse. the game had its flaws but was a fun experience overall with a cool setting and story. will definitely pick up this game eventually.

@editorrbr2107 3 ай бұрын

This is the comparison that I was looking for. Yeah because this has a lot of that vibe. And like you, I really enjoyed it. It’s a very solid AA game

@BigBADSTUFF69 2 ай бұрын

@@editorrbr2107yep it's like Vampyr but everything is better. The combat in Vampyr was very jank, this is improved in this game.

@westrim 3 ай бұрын

Well, I'm sold. The gaming space is almost bursting at the seams with games with good gameplay, but good story that's worth your time always seems harder to come by, so an excellent story with placeholder combat sounds great to me. It'd be much worse if they stretched too far and made the game frustrating and unbalanced, actually. I agree with your remarks about the scarce conversation about the game though, after I saw a trailer for it a year ago and put it in the top 10 of my wishlist, I'd heard basically nothing about it, and didn't realize it had already released. Marketing new IP is hard even for the big companies. I hate that people (both gaming communities and media that absolutely should have given this more notice) whine about sequels and then sleep on anything new that isn't memed.

@jesperburns 3 ай бұрын

What games are you thinking of? Souls-likes? Because I can't think of many recent games with a focus on gameplay. Mostly the focus is on micro transactions and live service.

@insenkiv4619 3 ай бұрын

@@jesperburns There are a lot of good games that came out tho. Hollow knight, blasphemous, stray, american arkadia, dave the diver, pacific drive, baldur's gate, killer frequency, pizza tower...sure, souls likes but also action games that are pleasant to play.

@jesperburns 3 ай бұрын

@@insenkiv4619 Though some of those platformers definitely have "good gameplay", that's not really what I was thinking of. Games whose gameplay I liked were Shadow of Mordor, BioShock, Fable, Dishonored. Heck, even Dragon Age. Games that are also big on immersion (like Hollow Knight admittedly). And modern God of War seems fun.

@Scarecr0wn 3 ай бұрын

Had this one for review, basically stated the same as you did. I think it would be better if Dont Nod chose Jedi Fallen Order/Survivor type of world and if it would saved couple of bucks for them, used them to make the combat better. My personal gripe was with rewriting historical accuracies, but that' s modern wordl problem and I did not expect Dont Nod to be accurate in a way Rockstar was so.. as I said, that was my personal gripe. Overall enjoyed the game. Hope Red's VA will get more jobs, he is great.

@dalebirkenstock2580 3 ай бұрын

Great review. I've put quite a bit of time in this game and still havne't finished it, but mainly because I don't want it to end. I've been doing every side quest I can get my hands on and trying to explore every corner. The combat isn't bad for me, yet it's nothing to write home about. Only thing that I really don't like though is the skill tree. You will have multiple branches yet you can only activate half of them at a time? Then it's confusing which ones link to which since they are all connected one way or another. Minor gripe though. The basic gameplay borrows a lot of mechanics from other games, but it has so many unique ideas I forgive that. It's really a brilliant title and I just can't get enough of it.

@_kalahari 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. I didn't plan to play it but now i will look out for it and give it a shot in the future

@jizamkizam9611 2 ай бұрын

They really need to patch in a fast travel from anywhere ability. SO much time is wasted going from camp to location then back to camp again. I really liked the rest of the games atmosphere and story though

@daddyleon 3 ай бұрын

The story is always the thing I think is most important about again. But I was never a real combat oriented-person. This mit be a wonderful game for me.

@pressrepeat2000 3 ай бұрын

I hope this game sells well, we need more of these type of games!

@retajansevanvuuren5173 3 ай бұрын

I love this game, currently trying not to play because I don't want it to end.

@samd7003 3 ай бұрын

I’m about 10 hours into banishers and am loving it so far !! But my main issue with the game too is the combat , I’m just finding it abit dry and I almost feel like I’m just button mashing at times so I’ll admit I did put the difficulty down to easy just so I can finish the combat quickly and get back to the story 😂 i also agree about the lip syncing 😂😂 the last couple hours I’ve started to realise that more haha, but again I’m absolutely loving it and the story telling is shining star of this game !! Thankyou for a spoiler free review!! And Thankyou for the tips about the ? On the map, I was already dreading going back to do them when I saw how far away each fast travel point is from each other but now I’ll just leave them in the past haha I’m hoping this game does go too far under everyone’s radar it is definitely worth playing !!

@TheV1ctorGaming 3 ай бұрын

I was hoping you would cover this game! The parallels to the Witcher and new God of War are obvious, as are the apparent shortcomings 🧐. It looks like it is basically Evil West in terms of quality, but Colonials instead of Cowboys.

@depressedknicksfan6060 3 ай бұрын

Hey I just watched the beginning of your kingdom come vid I stoped it so I can play the game for my self love your videos from the beginning I subbed

@TheV1ctorGaming 3 ай бұрын

His Kingdom Come Deliverance video is top tier

@khalel610 3 ай бұрын

I have to agree with you 100%. The Hauntings and side hauntings are the best parts of the game. A lot of memorable characters. It Really reminded me of the Witcher 3. And then the combat was really bad and repetitive I sometimes just want to run and not engage. You nailed the backtracking. Lost so many hours because I made the wrong turn or go back to places where I can't progress since I don't have the powers. The game has a lot of potentials though. I did enjoy my time.

@sol5916 3 ай бұрын

Great review. For me though, I’ve always been a gameplay first kind of guy. If the story is amazing, I could watch a KZfaq movie playthrough on it. What makes a game a game is the gameplay. Subscribed

@Kobanyai_enjoyer 3 ай бұрын

Ok, I'm interested, been aching for a good story for the past couple of months.

@southernlocust 3 ай бұрын

Focus has become like the A24 of vidso games and I really love that. This definitely gave me the "Plague Tale" feeling I had when that first game came out. Really hoping for more of this.

@ephrem3476 4 күн бұрын

Yes! I enjoyed banisheres for many of the same reasons I enjoyed plague tale (possibly my favorite story I've played). The atmosphere is impeccable. The story ripped out my heart and constantly piqued my curiosity. but man, I was craving a score as jaw-dropping as plague tale most of the time. Banishers triagulated so many aspects of my personal taste and interests that it's actually absurd. Just finished banishers, loved it ❤

@semweerts 3 ай бұрын

Verry early squad

@Peto_IL_DUCA03 3 ай бұрын

i'm play this game for a week now and i absolutely love it. I agree with you about the open world makeing you return to the places beeing annoying, and the game beeing easy even in very hard, but i really enjoy the combat. Hopefully this game gets the recognition it needs

@LastKnownMeal 3 ай бұрын

Great review and points, will check out the game soon!

@SrtaWalker 3 ай бұрын

My advice for the combat is turning the bar UI off. It’s way more engaging. The same for navigation. It makes the game more engaging. So far I’m honestly loving this game but I’m the target audience for it since I do love heavy narrative decision making games.

@ohlambert3562 3 ай бұрын

Seen a couple of hours of this game at my fave streamer Gab Smolders' channel, loved it. So nice to see you branch out a little bit from the Witcher content and make occasional videos about other good games! Hope you'll benefit from that, this channel deserves appreciation. I don't know the story yet as I was fortunate enough to avoid spoilers as for now, but I REALLY hope that the story will be good, and Antea will get good character development bc this studio already did me dirty in Vampyr when the most promising storyline included the coolest female character and ended in this character becoming evil for no good reason whatsoever and dying pathetically TWICE and was never at least somewhat impactful. :')

@katrichardsonwriter 3 ай бұрын

Banishers reminds me a bit of A Plague Tale in terms of great story and style from an AA studio, but with such a short play time and junky open world "extras" I'm not convinced it's worth the price point ($50-60 depending on platform). I really want to play it, but I think I'll have to wait until it's on sale.

@NeonKnight 3 ай бұрын

you gotta play Plague Tale, it’s worth it I promise! (plus it’s definitely not full price anymore)

@Andy_Sgouros 3 ай бұрын

I think the best move for fhi is to make banishers two actually be a sequel to a plaque tale requim 😉

@crankpatate3303 3 ай бұрын

Man I have completely missed this title, because of all the great releases of the last few months, despite this being right up my alley. Thanks for remembering, this game exists. Gotta put it on my wishlist and buy it eventually, when I find time for it. (Might be a bit bleak, considering I also have Lies of P still on my list & dragons dogma 2, as well as new elden ring DLC are on the horizon...)

@Halfgnomen 2 ай бұрын

Got the game on sale. Solid 7/10 that was held back by world design and combat frustrations, mostly. Other than it felt so counter-intuitive to not focus the main quest and *actively* use Antea's abilities *despite swearing* to ascend her *twice*. Pressing main quest is fine but not until I've had a chance to play with the world for like 2/3rds of the game.

@ion_X 2 ай бұрын

Lol the best actual storyline continuity segway of "The Snipers outside taking aim at me through the window" in a video

@VincenzoAvallone 2 ай бұрын

loved it,i was only sad about the ending i got and the combat and map are a bit not up to the task but overall a solid 8/10 for me and a great storyline.I feel with a big enough budget and some better tech and mechanics it has the potential to become an established franchise as good as the witcher

@wonder_platypus8337 3 ай бұрын

The thumbnail guy looks like Duke Leto Atreides.

@sowts5157 3 ай бұрын

Great review

@salehalhajri7745 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the review you’ve convinced me to buy the game 👍

@ephrem3476 4 күн бұрын

Just finished the game. Number one piece of advice would be to not explore too much, odd as that sounds. Explore as you are on your way to quest markers, but dont go way out of your way to explore. If the game has some loot or lore hidden away somewhere, it will lead you to or near to its location eventually. Wasted a lot of time scrounging for loot, only to have to retrace my steps 30 minutes later for a quest. Oh, and if you see a place you can tie off a rope, do it.

@RoyalGuardEziode 3 ай бұрын

I enjoy it still. I would indeed skip out on quite a lot of the question marks tho.

@samuelleask1132 3 ай бұрын

The Witcher fan in me is very intrigued by the quality of the storytelling that this game seems to have on offer

@sketchspost 2 ай бұрын

Just finished this after around 60 hours. Loved it!

@remyblas 3 ай бұрын

Great story with poor combat and filler exploration is a description that reminds me a lot of Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice, and if this game's story is half as good as that one's, then I'm sold.

@pooyanmokam9785 3 ай бұрын

Thats unfair...this game's combat isn't that bad!!

@remyblas 3 ай бұрын

@@pooyanmokam9785 I’m not the one saying it, I haven’t played it. That’s literally one of the 2 negative points mentioned in this video.

@KABLAMMATS 3 ай бұрын

@@pooyanmokam9785 yeah it is not bad, but worse

@Pr0digyZRX 3 ай бұрын

RDR2? I hear it's a bit of an older game. Hopefully the graphics and epic story hold up... being an indy game and all. I know a guy (probably not me) who's played through it like 7 times that says it's one of their top 2 favorite games of all time along side another pretty indy game you may have heard of... TW3

@leikeylosh 3 ай бұрын

They really REALLY need to allow fast travel to shelters from anywhere in this game. Having to go back to a shelter in order to teleport to another one completely killed traversing in my opinion.

@DdHenley307 3 ай бұрын

I liked the idea but thought it seemed alot like God Of War and I was done with those about 10 hrs into Ragnorak

@BigBADSTUFF69 2 ай бұрын

it almost does have a God of War flavor but with way less annoying traversals haha. The combat also isn't as hard as God of War

@NickandShan 3 ай бұрын

Alright. Bought it on PS5 per your recommendation! ❤

@evolgenius1150 3 ай бұрын

ngl that BGONE thing is kinda clever

@maboilaurence8227 2 ай бұрын

Gameplay ages with time, but a good story? That's invaluable.

@gregorymaroda4860 3 ай бұрын

Those long winding paths are to hide loading. I think I'd rather have loading screens.

@allenp920 4 күн бұрын

One of the funnest wowest games I’ve played in a long time.

@guynation41 3 ай бұрын

metroidvania map?

@AlluringSpy 2 ай бұрын

This game definitely deserves more attention!

@kaipacifica1289 3 ай бұрын

Enjoy Don't Nod's work, but after Vampyr was really hoping this studio would continue with games that felt really unique. While Banishers may be good, it just looks kinda generic (setting, character design, art design, etc.) -- especially with so much DNA shared with the brilliant Witcher 3. From Focus, I think I'd rather wait for Greedfall 2.

@BigBADSTUFF69 2 ай бұрын

It's absolutely unique and not generic. The voice acting and storytelling and even elements of the gameplay are very unique. They used a lot of the systems from Vampyr and improved every part of them. It's a great game even, the combat isn't anything special but it's not that bad either.

@slashdef 3 ай бұрын

Personally I'm really enjoying it so far.

@TreeLobsterGuy 3 ай бұрын

That guy really does look like Arthur Morgan. Moves like him too.

@RottenHeretic 2 ай бұрын

Why does this game remind me of the God of War 2018, but somehow clunkier.

@charlie398 3 ай бұрын

I live this game, its a 9.5 out of ten for me. I hope it gets a sequel, so amazing

@cassius7854 4 күн бұрын

I just finished the game at like 99% at 72h and your video sums up my feelings so entirely, I felt disappointed *Spoiler time* By the ending cos I kinda cared more about the npcs than the whole "antea is dead" thing, especially with an accent play through, the whole thing was about accepting her death so I did, and then it's like "cool she's dead, new edens is kinda chilling now, red got old, gg" when I what I really wanted to know was how new Eden faced, how did those settlement cope, did those characters make it to Boston or England or stay and live better free from the curse? Did I do enough to actually make new Eden a better place or will they just repeat the sins of the past? I think I wanted a dishonoured style wrap up where it tells you the impact of your choices I coped with the combat, it felt fine If a little tedious and repetitive, but that's rly the main fault of the game for me, if I never see one of those "climb a rock wall/shimmy up a rope/walk across a beam/shuffle across a wall" animations again itll still be too soon, the amount of backtracking and doubling back and going to a place only to realise it's blocked from the other side just kills me, i was hoping it'd be worth it to 100% only to realise im missing 11 soul grabbers on the whole map... and even with a walkthrough.. just no

@TheRavenShadowsWolf 3 ай бұрын

1 minute in and your description sounds like Vampyr 2.0

@enigmaodell6806 3 ай бұрын

Clicked for your name

@G13ULTRA 3 ай бұрын

is this just vampyr with a new coat of paint?

@editorrbr2107 3 ай бұрын

That is what it seems like to me

@BrotherMag 3 ай бұрын

I didn't know this game existed until this week lol

@thattacobeast5816 3 ай бұрын

Oh no, im having fun with this game this video is about to ruin my day lol thanks for making it tho

@thattacobeast5816 3 ай бұрын

Oh never mind lol

@lukebocko 3 ай бұрын

Oh my god, I absolutely can not wait for red dead content from you!

@michaelcarrig627 3 ай бұрын

I really liked Vampyr, and I think these devs are excellent at AA RPGs. I don't hold them to the standard of the big teams that have a million resources. Just wait until it is 20 bucks and enjoy their work.

@CENmassTER86 3 ай бұрын

Not even sure why I clicked on the video..I already own the game.But I'm glad I did. Good watch

@NEilYHY 3 ай бұрын

In 3 seconds you turn me from not knowing this game to never forgetting this game. BGONE

@Killerboyh 3 ай бұрын

This game is a hidden gem. Too bad it’s come out in such a busy pack release schedule

@NiceDiggz 2 ай бұрын

Wait till it's only 10bucks

@dcmastermindfirst9418 2 ай бұрын

Nah definitely worth that 100

@ZombiAstral 6 күн бұрын

The story is probably amazing. The world building as well. Hell juding from DontNod's VAMPYR these elements should be. But at the end of the day; this is a videogame, and if the combat in this thing is half as Brainrotting as Vampyr's; You best believe I'm not touching anything DONT NOD makes with a 100 yrd stick till they learn how to design engaging gameplay loops.

@BigBADSTUFF69 2 ай бұрын

I wonder if they updated the game, but my map shows you if there is a blocked path that you cannot yet access, it says if you have the "manifestation" or not when you hover over it on the map page.

@HansAlRachid 2 ай бұрын

Personally I'm just kind of tired of this gameplay style, I think. It makes me think of God of War more than anything and that game did everything this formula aspires to to a satisfactory degree, to the point I'm just not curious anymore. Didn't get Ragnarok for that reason as well. This is the sort of game that I definitely will check out at some point down the line when it's on sale and I'm bored, but it's just not a priority for me. Doesn't help that it's Don't Nod developing it either, I just don't trust them to deliver a compelling narrative anymore.

@allnamestakenlol 3 ай бұрын

You say the combat is not good, so I have to ask how you felt about Witcher 3 combat. A lot of people say it sucked, but I always thought it was perfectly fine.

@HillHomeGaming Ай бұрын

Having just finished this game myself on stream I can't help but agree with all the positives and negatives in this review. Also by the end Antea's attitude towards Red really got me annoyed by the end of the game, which was admittedly, somewhat glossed over by some of the conversations right towards the end of the game. Anyway great review, really good points, and nicely done!

@theherooflfr9869 3 ай бұрын

throughout the entire game i thought of only two things: Why dont they just make a telltale game ? When is the "gameplay" over Awesome story but the rest is tedious at best

@sanddc178 2 ай бұрын

I came to the same conclusion that the backtracking was annoying and decided to stick to the quests. Game was much more enjoyable after that. Solid 7.5 from me as an overall package. Very good story, though.

@breeeegs 3 ай бұрын

Banishers: Ghosts of Aggressive Mediocrity

@redstar5594 3 ай бұрын

a very good game

@SimuLord 3 ай бұрын

Ehhh...I've never been in love with anything Don't Nod has come out with. Life is Strange was an art game that was all art and no game, Vampyr was a good idea badly executed, and Jusant just isn't my personal jam. I don't think this game's going to change my mind, but (and funny because I've said this about Life is Strange as well!) I'm glad the kind of people who do enjoy Don't Nod's stuff have more stuff to enjoy! Any time the big tent of gaming is expanded or reinforced, it's good for all of us.

@maksimhezel2787 3 ай бұрын

😏

@TheZirael 3 ай бұрын

for anyone tired of slow walking while constantly backtracking - use a trainer which allows to change movement speed (i use fling). you don't have to cheat on anything else, but it will GREATLY reduce the time you spend just walking. if not for the trainer, i'd drop the game at the second settlement. it won't change the speed of the climbing-crouching-squeezing animations though, but it'll still be much more enjoyable, in my opinion.

@watashiyo8523 3 ай бұрын

I played it and GOSH sometimes it felt like it was a walking simulator, the Steban's mine quest, part of the main quest, was awful, that mine was dreadful, annoying! So after got that mine finished, I decided to follow only the main quest 'cuz it really sucked to walk around checking the map every now and then to see if i'm on the right track... or even worst when I needed to use the teleport bonfire (make sure to active them all) and they didn't work 'cuz the quest didn't allow me to use it. The story is really good, but in my opinion, the couple didn't have THE chemistry to make me wanting them to end together they weren't as passionate as the NPCS couples, so I was lucky to have the "2° best ending" at least they didn't kiss, I'd feel weird if they did it lol.

@r.e.z9428 3 ай бұрын

So is the wife ok with you taking souls of people? Also the thumbnail is horrfying.

@NeonKnight 3 ай бұрын

Her dialogue shifts go along with whatever you do. The reason I didn’t talk about Antea much is because her character is extremely… flexible to your choices.

@r.e.z9428 3 ай бұрын

@@NeonKnight Ah, so corruption?

@NeonKnight 3 ай бұрын

@@r.e.z9428 not exactly corruption, more like her dialogue is written so whatever your choices, Antea is okay with them and your reasoning.

@ericwalker6477 3 ай бұрын

Maybe the combat should’ve been like Hellblade

@elementaryelknone6854 20 күн бұрын

Tbf these issues are common in their other games as well. Wasn’t as terrible in, say, Vampyr, but combat and open world stuff was definitely the weakest parts of it

@nnnneeeeuuuu 2 ай бұрын

the problem with the main hook of the premise is that it's such an extreme black and white narrative choice that it doesn't make me interested into seeing how it will play out

@JunJunMusume 2 ай бұрын

I'm playing through the game, the dialogues and atmosphere are great but good lord, the map is atrocious. The combat manages to be even worse but that can be solved put lowering the difficulty, the map can not.

@justinah7400 2 ай бұрын

Only took a minute to make my mind up that Ill never play this game

@Ellebeeby 3 ай бұрын

The open world padding and busywork is worse than Hogwarts Legacy???

@FaerieDust 3 ай бұрын

I saw ChristopherOdd's video on this game, covering the intro section. As a massive Witcher fan, I got very excited - and then incredibly disappointed when Antea died. I'm just so sick of the "wife dies to motivate husband's story" trope, and I really liked what I saw of her. I would've loved to actually play with her as my MC. Finding out she's kind of still in the game made it a bit more interesting, but that initial disappointment is hard to get over. This video does have me considering it again, because I do really want a new "Witcher style" (for lack of a better term) game to discover for the first time again. Conclusion? I'm conflicted. I think I'll get it. I'm pretty sure. But I'm still salty about Antea dying like that, like, seriously, of all the tropes in the world, they chose that one...

@Dibromatic 3 ай бұрын

How were you told about the game in the first place? They never hid the fact she was a ghost- it's how they market the game.

@FaerieDust 3 ай бұрын

@Dibromatic I found out about the game via the ChristopherOdd video and went in completely blind. But yeah, they're definitely completely open about her being a ghost in the marketing, I would've been pissed if they'd not been. It's just, I watched an hour and a half video featuring Antea and got really, really excited, and as I was completely unaware of the ghost situation, her death came as an absolute shock at the end of the video 😅

@harvey_birdman4455 3 ай бұрын

after 12 hours in total i just couldnt play anymore the combat is so soft and doesnt feel right, i swear i should go on the story is amazing and dialogue is very good but i just cant take the combat anymore its soft and lazy in terms of combat 100% ill probs need to watch the rest of the cutscenes through youtube

@emilgau6783 3 ай бұрын

Red is baller, Story is fantastic, antea is a bitch, pls buy, but only on Sale If you are unsure

@aaronm3831 3 ай бұрын

🙂 *Promo sm*

@10-OSwords 3 ай бұрын

Well, thought the combat looked lame & don't care about story AT ALL #SkipCutscene...so glad I heard this & confirmed combat is in fact boring & will totally pass on this.