A further, third criticism for the chest minigame: why is there a lockpicking mechanic for a chest we already have the key for?

This is an awesome to see more attention given to! I have fond memories of first discovering this when i was.... thirteen or something, watching a playthrough of it as well as one of the Legend of Spyro trilogy around that time. Was my first time encountering The Dishwasher games too, thanks to Dish and Yuki being findable Friends. In any case, I wish a lot of good to the creative minds and crafters of Dust going forward. Mayhaps we may see more of this land someday, alongside Cookie Cutter and its megastructure. I haven't finished the video yet --heck, i'm writing this before watching it-- but in advance, thank you for having taken the time for a quite in-depth look at this game. I didn't even look at the time until just now. An hour and a half is a lot of time and attention to give to a game in a video, and that's quite heartening to see.

Watched it all the way through now. Harsh, doting, fair end review that I don't know if i can directly agree with because i haven't ever played the game myself and don't have the ability to compare because of that. Nevertheless, as i stated in my other comment, I have fond memories of my first encounters with Dust, even if they weren't direct. I'm glad that you remember it fondly as well, as well as grateful for sharing that anniversary comic by Dean himself at the end of the video. That is a super heartening and sweet surprise. It seems he is currently working on a mysterious game(?) project himself based on some tweets. For it i wish him all the best. As a quick sidenote, the attention you gave to pretty much every individual Friend was quite cool, from Fez to Braid to Spelunky and others. New for me to learn that you hold Salt & Sanctuary in such a high esteem! I'll have to look around for a video of yours where you speak of it. I've played The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile and Charlie Murder for myself now, but the more i hear people speak about Salt & Sanctuary the more interested i get. If you're ever in the mood for a very fast-paced short hack-and-slash with two characters that both get their own arsenal, i can strongly recommend The Dishwasher: VS. A campaign with either character will only last you about five or six hours.

Dude i just found your channel and it's what i'll binge from now on, and man Dust was always a great game in my heart and I fondly remember it. If you want one suggestion that caught me off guard, it's Touhou Luna Nights, check it out.

I've been really looking forward to you doing a video on Dust, as it holds a special place in my heart and was basically probably the first game of the genre I played that was not a "Metroid" or "Castlevania". I remember not liking Fidget's voice at the beginning, but it grew on me and I didn't mind at all anymore a couple hours in. All in all, I just really enjoyed the game and didn't even really care about the backtracking etc. too much. Thank you for doing this analysis.

I need to sit down and finish this already. I love the art style and I've gotten pretty far more than once, but keep getting distracted by- Ooh! Shiny thing! ...What was I talking about?

One of my favorites 😊

i bought this back in 2015 .great game. memories

Thanks for doing this one!

I recently played this game for the first time because of stampy i found out his Minecraft skin was based of a character from this game o thought I would try it I played it and I thought it was pretty good don't know how I never heard of it seeing as it was so good

I usually apply the gems to all but Attack because of the XP payout from combos. Also, combo hits don't count on dead enemies.

Moving and attacking in this game feels like a dream. I'll leave it at that.

I really enjoyed Dust

Off topic but does the MV roulette have 3D games on it?

This game introduced me into the metroidvania genre. I think the guy made it in name of his wife or was it a gift for her. I don't remember specifics I just know it was stated somewhere in the game. Can't remember where exactly since I played it ages ago.

I think I figured out a way to incorporate the games themes into the gameplay itself: If the story is about empathy & power, and the combat is a dynasty warriors style power trip, then why not make the way players interact with the combat be an expression of this conflict? The combat is built around mindlessly swarming you with enemies that you can slaughter with ease, but what I'd there was only 1 enemy that needs to be defeated to dispand the swarm? The more enemies Dust kills, the more it builds up an invisible counter the players can't see. The more this meter builds, the more Dust's dialogue and behavior changes in the cutscenes. (This meter can be decreased by doing side quests for NPCs or defeating the bosses, but at some point there's gonna be a point of no return) By the time you reach Gaius, Dust will either choose to rejoin Gaius or fight him without the player's input. This addresses several flaws with the game itself: it creates an oppurtunity to make combat more interesting for those that want it, it builds the themes of the game directly into the gameplay, and it's a compromise between player choices driving the narrative and the strengths of linear storytelling.

I appreciate your work! Dust is one of the earliest of the modern indie MV's, and while it was fun when it released, it does not hold up well IMO (aside for the awesome visuals). Once the boom of indie MV's hit and we got classics like Hollow Knight, Blasphemous, and even Axiom Verge (was amazing for its time), it really makes it hard to revisit Dust. Still though, back in 2012, it was one of the most well received indie games of ANY genre!

An absolute classic ❤ The ending was something 😭

I liked my first playthrough,years later I tried and didn't.i did like the first grind tho.and that's all it said

20:18 ıt ıs my favourıte zone mostly atmosphere and enemy designs 21:'21 eh you just hıt the enemıes ıt spawns to recharge ıt plus ı dıdnt fıgure out how to kıll ıt untıl 3rd of the way of thıs area 27:03 personally ı feel bad for hım sure he ıs slaughterıng the people he sees as threat but what else are you supposed to do to enemies you see as threats? plus hıs friend betrayed him in a way i wish they explored the power and innocence regardıng dust since he is mostly explored on innocence side of things also do you not thınk what the oppressed people did to dust kinda really fucked up? for both people

Looks cute.

Really liked this game while playing it, but it didn't stick with me at all. I was not a big fan of the anthropomorphic style. It just felt vanilla compared to say Sea of Stars. It was also insanely easy. All in all it was a fun romp when I played it but little else in my memory.

The problem with the game story is how much expectation they created about the evil empire, just to never show you, the enemy general is, for some reason, giving orders from a place made of ruins and lava, with nobody living in it, not from the enemy capital where it would make sense, we don't even ever see the emperor (they did talk about him didn't they, I'm not tripping am I?). And the ending is just bad and cringy, after 5 times that Dust told the general he wasn't Cassius anymore he drops this "-you are not Cassius. -Yes I am. -Yes you are" my discord server was wheezing when we heard this dialogue, or the cringe suicide of the general, or Dust that saves himself by flying in the sky by an dues ex machina, everything is so early 2000 teenager cringe. The gameplay was great tho, loved every second of it, it just wasn't a true metroidvania because its separated in levels (not zones like Metroid SR, levels), because of that and because the tresures were not that interesting, the exploration was ok but not in par with the quality of the game. Great music tho, expecialy Abadis Forest.

6th to comment MASTER GURU!

Where's the Super Metroid analysis ??

Dust: An Elysian Tail is very much Fantasy Role Playing Game Looking in Action Platformer 2D Side Scroller representation! THIS CAN EASILY MURDER HOLLOW KNIGHT! I feel that this game is a hidden gem. Not many people bought this game to make it popular to gain attention to many metroidvania fans.

How could you hate the furries

I own the game and I should like it, but I just cannot get over the hurdle that is the furry aesthetic

Man I really didn't like this game much when I first tried it. It was a slog

Did you say brilliant use of colours? I'm convinced the dev is colour blind.

I tried this one back then and didn't liked it. Boring combat with no feedback. I've stopped early and never came back.

Doesn't matter how good the gameplay is, the characters look atrocious.