I think calling this game a walking sim is doing it a disservice. It's not a walking simulator. It's a sandbox exploration game. Hell, I'm tempted to call it an adventure game. Just because you don't swing a sword doesn't mean it isn't an adventure game. You go on quests, you craft items, you help people, you explore, discover secrets, etc. Modern games have so often continued to give us a hammer to solve our problems in videogames, that nowadays we as players see everything as a nail. But it's not. It's possible to go on an adventure where nobody gets hurt. And that's Eastshade. I can not applaud the game enough for its rejection of modern quest design and its wholly original gameplay loop.

3:13 "Why fast travel in a game like this?" To be fair, you were just talking about the tedium of walking from place to place. I agree that fast travel should be used as little as possible but it is still helpful when you need it Anyway, saying this game costs 10$, to me at least, is honestly quite silly. Maybe its not as good on console, but I play it on a laptop with the lowest graphic setting, and I still think it's absolutely stunning. Everyone has their opinions and I'll respect what you're saying. I just personally love this game very much, and I think it deserves much more love

I was surprised to see all the graphics issues you faced in your game. I played through this on the PC and not once did I have any issues with 'popping' graphics, or stuttering or anything like that. It's sad that it looks like it wasn't optimized for console too well. I highly recommend that you try it out on PC

Hey congrats on 100 subs!

the walking looks like floating.

I wonder if playing on the Series X will help pop-in by loadig faster.

Imagine what could've been if they made it in Unreal and with the level of detail that Vanishing of Ethan Carter had. I am enjoying it on console but the technical issues can be frustrating. Hope we see an enhanced version for Series X and PS5.

it got that Skyrim vibe, looks cool. got that runescape/skyrim music too

Graphics look sharper on YT?

The PC version is so much better (but still not perfect) especialy with the SSAO (which the console versions seems to lack) where you can just see the moonlight reflecting of the lake in a beautiful way

It's a good and relaxing game that tries something different. It looks good on PC, a bit static though. Performance could be better. Good review overall. It's 'tedious', just mentioning it.

Yeah, the PC version is a million times better

I agree, I bought this on Steam to play on my iMac because it claimed to be supported. However, as soon as I tried to launch it I got the message that it was NOT supported! So I bought it on PS4. It ran fine for a while but as you did, I also had multiple freezes, and the graphics were very poor. I also hated the fact that the quest log didn’t prevent dialogue recurring after quests were complete. The game was a great idea but poorly finished. The ending had a lovely unexpected twist as you enter your home which was genius and got several brownie points from me. I would hesitate to buy another game from Eastshade studios though.

The word is "aesTHetic", not "astetic." It's pronounced like 'ess-thetic.'

Great review man! 👍🏻

Did you play on PS4 or PC? It makes a huge difference that you forgot to mention ;)

So I should buy the steam version...?

Does anybody know if this is coming out on switch

So it’s not like call of durty.. ok I’m out wait... owl people? Lemme grab my thc

i have it on both pc and xbox and i agree it's better on pc but for people who only have console it's worth a buy i have a feeling it will be added to xbox gamepass if sales are poor

Having played this game on PC I have to say even there it's extremely unoptimized, running on the horrible Unity engine. With a fairly powerful mid-range system (which can play games like Witcher 3 at 60FPS on 1080p etc) everything above the "Low" graphic setting results in stuttering and frame drops when looking at heavy areas. A direct comparison reveals the console version runs at something between "Low" and "Medium" settings with all the pop-in effects and such you mentioned. PS: I also have a tip for your future videos: When doing sound/music related stuff (in this case at 5:30) don't just hard-cut to the next piece, use a second or two to smoothly transition/fade to the next sound/track. This gives the listener time to adjust and predict. Cutting from one music piece to the next instantly makes my ears bleed.

The PS4 port is dreadful. The worst port I have played in the 7 yrs of owning a PS4. Hope PS5 really is next gen and we won't see this dreadfulness.