I think "Review after n%" is actually good idea for videoes. It would let us know how hard or fair the game to get 100% done. Not every games really worth 100% achieved.

Just wanted to mention that the algorithm blessed you and started showing me your videos around the beginning of March. Had never seen you before then, but now I've watched around half of your channel and even bought a few of the games solely based on your review. No idea why it started blowing up, but it has been very entertaining finding games I had either ignored or never heard of.

It's ok to let go, if your mental constitution can't deal with it then it's a healthy choice.

I think this kind of video is just as helpful as your reviews in helping us decide if a game is for us or not

I love how candid you are about both a game's shortcomings and those of your own. Nice job and keep up the good work. I really enjoy your videos.

That Spellforce game was great. Didn't expect much but holy hell did it scratch a itch. It was like Thea mixed with Age of Wonders.

I really appreciate that you reviewing games after 100% them. And I rather see you enjoying doing it so don't push yourself too much. But also if you can please do first look kind of videos it's really helpful. Cheers!

Our gaming group played Gloomhaven as a boardgame and the Jaws of the Lion campaign online. It was a very fun experience for us and incredibly challenging, forcing cooperation. We optioned to play Solasta next thanks to feeling it was the closest choice.

You are the only gaming related Content Creator that I watch everything you post. Even got the notification on not to miss stuff.

Mortym, the guy that is such a completionist that he made it his work to complete games... and that couldn't find five game he didn't 100% without including a DLC. You, sir, are a legend.

How do you structure your personal life/diet/sleep to be able to maintain these extensive play sessions?

I'd love to hear about 5 games you COULDN'T 100%, that's what I thought this video was going to be

Gloomhaven is a game that flopped hard on me and my friend at first, but after giving it a second try we got bit more into it and got around to understand the mechanics bit more. But I am a person who does enjoy card based mechanics myself. It is definitely a game that wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea for sure and I can see how it wouldn't be for everyone. I don't think I'd personally want to play it solo either.

A game that surprised me was Brigandine: Legend of Runersia. I could tell the achievements were just a ton of replaying the game, so I never thought I'd 100% it but it hooked me so much I sunk hundreds of hours into it. Really fun tactical RPG

Spellforce: Conquest of Eo hits the right spot for the fans of the genre (HoMM, Disciples, Age of Wonders.... hell, even XCOM) 100% recommended if you are into those types of games

Glad to hear the King Arthur difficulty complaint echoed by a seasoned RPG/CRPG player such as yourself. I LOVED that game but the difficulty spike left quite a bad taste in my mouth. Ultimately I had to switch from Hard down to Normal difficulty because my characters were all level 12 or lower while my only remaining mission options were level 14+.

I very seldom 100% games. There always seems to be a point after which it just ceases to be fun, no matter how much I enjoy it until then. I respect greatly the fact that you do this for your reviews (mostly) but at end of day it has to become work not play. This begs a question (and perhaps a suggestion for a video). Which games would you 100% if you were not getting paid to do it, so to speak. In any case, good vid

4:57 Honesty is the commodity of a reviewer. Onward to 200k. All glory to the algorithm.

I play games for fun. If im not having fun, i move on to something else. I couldnt possibly blame you for doing the same thing.

I don't comment often (bad habits of watching on mobile) so I better start fixing this cuz your content is awesome: Considering how not only do you consistently upload videos daily, but you ALSO manage to review and release so many 100% completed games, I say it's still amazing how you can still pull it off even when you gotta drop a few games here and there! I love your channel man, keep up the great work!

I do have to say that Gloomhaven is one of the best boardgame to PC conversions I've ever seen. I think it's primarily because Gloomhaven itself really has a lot of meat on its bones. Many boardgames are lightweight enough that players can keep the rules in their heads and breezy enough to play together on an afternoon. On PC, we usually want more dense mechanics because the software is helping us keep track of the correct application of the rules and we often play the games by ourselves so we can take as much or as little time as we want. And Gloomhaven is the rare kind of boardgame that actually does feel like PC adaptation makes sense. In fact, playing Gloomhaven as a boardgame with your friends is a pretty daunting task since it's a challenging and massive game. Honestly, playing the PC version might be preferable over the tabletop version.

I enjoyed King Arthur: A Knight's Tale, despite the difficulty spikes. But when they announced the DLC, it left me cold. That was pretty much what I did not want in a DLC. It was a game that needed more side quest content to smooth out the spikes and put more RP in the RPG side. But instead, it went the other way, and really it has enough tactical combat already. Spellforce interests me, since I *do* like GSGs. I don't know why the Check Out video didn't register with me.

I also gave up on King Arthur’s Knights Tale. The difficulty spikes were too much for me

I wouldnt even want to imagine to 100% 4X games like spellforce or endless legend. Some achievements are just made to drag out the amount of time spent in game.

Just picked up High on Life and Spellforce - Conquest of Eo this weekend. Not entirely what I expected, but not bad games overall. Still trying out both of them 😂 At least something to do while i wait for releases of games i'm significantly more excited about.

Ironically, I found you through your 100% review of The Waylanders as I was trying to figure out how many of those second string achievements were actually unlockable. If you ever do decide to dig your way through those bugs, I'd love to see a video of that journey.

I really liked King Arthur, although I'm not 100%-ing any game, I'm satisfied with beating them. I really like that type of tactical combat, I think it's my favorite combo of mechanics, with heavy melee, abilities on cooldown and how ability progression is done (not making old moves absolete, but adding new options). That being said I'm not that interested in DLC, I didn't even try it. I'm good with just beating the main game.

The "non-100% column" he says. LOL! That's a short list you could probably write on the back of a stamp, if you're careful with the glue... Thanks for your videos!

Gloomhaven is my favorite boardgame! But I also played the game and also felt like it didn't translate that well to PC. That combined with don't liking cards and the expectations I assume you bring from other strategy games, I totally understand that feeling But it's an amazing board game!

I like Gloomhaven as a tabletop game multiplayer. It definitely does not require specific solutions to each map as the chaos of MP shows. However solo the difficulty is set higher & I found it pretty unfun - too much pressure to try to play optimally. This is exacerbated in the pc version because it's a bit of a chore. I've "given up" on the board game several times due to my play groups collapsing :( King Arthur as well I found not too hard and the power only one power spike really tough but I managed that (not on top difficulty) and they have nerfed the baddies there now. I felt you get ahead of the game in each level then the next one spiked to something manageable not something overwhelming (not on top difficulty). That sounds really odd as you are obviously far more stoic with these things than I am. Spellforce I gave up on really fast as it felt neither one thing nor another. I was busy at the time & mean to go back to it. Age of Wonders 4 which fits the same niche will probably put paid to that though.

skyrim all day everyday, i could not be bothered constantly repeat thiefsguild random quests until i got enough in each city to have strong influence of the guild in every city.

Gloomhaven PC is a great game if you are already familiar with the rules and pacing of a boardgame and just want your sessions to be shorter and play with a friends online. I can totally understand how this game may seems irritating for someone who expected a classic dungeon crawler

I really liked Alaloth. I thought the developers description of the game was pretty spot on, in that it was Baldur's Gate meets Dark Souls. The combat is like a isometric Dark Souls, but it does have the aesthetics of Baldur's Gate. I'm not sure why some players have an issue with the developers using Baldur's Gate in their description. They make it clear it's not a real time pause CRPG.

I really agree with your view on King Arthur. That game needed a speed up on progression and story. It feels long and eventually that weighs down the fun.

Any thoughts on "The Banner Saga"-Trilogy? The games might not best suited for 100% completion, but I would be interested in some thoughts.

🐾 Duuude, Alalloth sounds right down my alley! I couldn't care less about the RP aspects, I just wanna do combat. Haha.

I don't believe I've ever 100 percentaged any game. Half the games I try, I quit after an hour. I've got no patience for frustration.

Control was great, loved every but of it, SnowRunner is such a chore though it's like an unofficial job to 100%. Love your content.

As a boardgame and video game fan I can say that Gloomhaven feels diferent playing it as a video game vs the boardgame. I enjoy the boardgame a lot but for some reason I get lost in the video game, I just can't play it as effective as the boardgame, so I understand the frustrations with the video game, especially with the people that didn't played the analog counterpart.

Man, Gloomhaven is just ridiculous in meticulous you have to be in planning every single move. Playing Gloomhaven is like banging your head on a wall. It feels so good when you stop.

I stopped playing King Arthur after the "Action point on kill" nerf. Luckily I was already in the post game when that happened. That change made all my builds useless so I couldn't even continue if I wanted to, without completely restarting anyway.

My 5 games: - Halo 2 - Halo 3 (succeeded until additional multiplayer achievements were released bringing total gamer score up to 1750 if i remember correctly 😅) - Call of Duty 3 - Grand theft auto IV - Crackdown

I watched that other video in March. Watching this one now. Love your channel dude ❤

Only one so far for me this year was Death Stranding, I just couldn't get into it. Only difficult thing about that game was getting the motivation to turn it on.

I love Gloomhaven, but I never would have expected to see it on this channel. It's a whole bunch of things that you've mentioned as annoyances to you in past videos - so I'm glad you didn't push through to create content on something that would just be unfun!

I'm along for the ride. Love your reviews and content in general. I hope you hit 500k subs by the end of the year. 🖤🤘🏻

Another Gloomhaven fan… give it a chance if you have a regular gaming group. I am mostly a crpg gamer these days but GH just fills a niche for our regular Monday night group that is both rpg and coop strategy. I am quite sure Mortim that if you had any friends and weren’t 100 percenting your time away that you would enjoy the challenge here 😜 Love your stuff, bud. You are my automatic first choice video every day.

I find this video useful because your insights on Gloomhaven make me want to play it more. What you find as a drawback I think is a feature of strategy. While King Arthur I agree. Those things make it not for me.

Played and agreed with King Arthur, Waylanders and Spellforce: Conquest of EO; Spellforce being the most enjoyable of the three.

Wait, you dont just 100% games, but you also tackle 100%-ing dlc as well?! Wow u are unbelievable 😮👍

This video is a great reminder that you can get all of the enjoyment you specifically will get from a game without getting 100% in it, you don’t have to get the achievements that are ludicrously hard at risk of your gamer card being revoked. If a game feels like work and you aren’t getting paid to play, it’s time to quit that job and find a new game.

Been watching your stuff for a while now since I purchased D:OS2( about October 2022) and I had gotten Pathfinder:WOTR and ever since then have warched many videos. Glad to know you by choice are willing to say "Yeah not this time" for some games. P.S I spent about 149 hours on just act 3....Idk if thats good or not.

You know, maybe adding the title of the game that you talk about while the clips are rolling would be useful. I personally am interested in the last game you mentioned but missed the name so having it on screen would help

GloomHaven is also one I bounced off of mostly for the same reasons. While I enjoy card systems I found GloomHaven just way to boxed in. I found myself resetting way to often. And I get it is it mostly more a puzzle game then anything else. But it put me in a place were I felt if I did not take the exact class/gear load out needed for each mission I would be doomed to failure. This drove me to the forums to try and find what i should be using. Soon I was spending much more time looking up how to play each mission then actually playing the game itself. And that is what killed it for me.

Absolutely love Gloomhaven, but it's a lot more fun in co-op, which is what I do. Couldn't see myself playing solo Also does it mean you'll give barotrauma a shot?

Just found your channel from this video, algorithm gods bless u, new sub!

Duuuuuuuuuude.... Everything you said about Gloomhaven was 100% what I felt, and complained on Reddit about (I was looking for a mod to change the burn mechanic)... and man, those typical purists let me have it >_> I really just hated that one mechanic, and it should be changeable by a simple mod.

It's totally fine not to 100% a game, also to just not finish a game at all when you aren't enjoying it. I don't think it is a big deal. I've never tried to 100% a game and I drop a game if I don't enjoy it. Sometimes, getting all achievements just happens naturally as I play a game, but I never go out of my way for it. To me, it just feels like such a massive hassle and even stressful at times. I don't want to go as far as replaying a game I've pretty much experienced entirely and am thus done with, just to get a few of the achievements I am missing. Not worth it. There are still so many games I look forward to playing to want to spend extra time of that caliber on a game I have basically finished. Life is short and time keeps on moving, so my priority lies in experiencing as many great games as I can. Therefore I always rather move on to the next game after I've finished one, achievements notwithstanding. If someone enjoys achievement hunting though, that's cool. It just doesn't appeal to me, and I think it's good to decide to indeed give up on going for it, even if you like doing it in general, when it's games you don't even enjoy that much. I think it's important to make sure you do enjoy the process. Gaming is supposed to be fun, after all. So I think it's a good call to decide what game is worth it, and to wanna show love for a game you absolutely adore by 100%-ing it, I can understand. But, I know there's many people who feel a need to 100% every single game they play, and I feel sorry for those who are that compulsive about it, those who MUST do it, who can't rest easy and leave the game, so to say, unless they 100% it. Because I wonder; are they truly enjoying the process of it? Or is it only the sense of satisfaction and peace of mind after they got 'the checklist' done that makes it worth it? But then, I wonder; really, how long-term is that feeling, opposed to the amount of time spent to even get it? Sometimes, I feel, achievements are kind of a curse for those types of people.

King Arthur: Knight's Tale is very good in my opinion but even being an avid fan of the genre I couldn't bring myself to finish it. The game is too long or at least the progression and the story are way too slow.

spellforce conquest of eo is incredible, but i tried 3 times before win

Code Vein was the one I gave up on. I found it a couple years after release and loved it, but theres a final achievement that requires playing online with people about 300 times, which was nigh impossible years after release.

My favorite Trpg was front mission growing up.

I recently gave up on 100%ing Ring Fit Adventure. Not because I dislike exercise - I'm still going to see the game through to the end of its 20+ worlds - but because one of the minigames required for 100% requires you to hit all Perfects for like 2-3 minutes straight and has bad motion controls that make this functionally impossible. Like, imagine if you were trying to do one of the advanced jumping puzzles in a game like FFXIV and you had bad joycon drift. It's basically like that.

King Arthur A Knight's Tale has got to be on my game of the year list from 2022. I've been playing it non-stop for the last couple of months. I love the game. However, it could definitely benefit from reading a strategy guide before you start. I got a long way into the game and decided to start over because I understood much better how to max out my characters, And what upgrades to use in Camelot. (Hint, upgrade the training ground first and always have four heroes training when you go on every mission.) However, on my second playthrough I smashed the game on hard difficulty. There is a big difficulty spike when you get to the end game, though. On the plus side, there's now a normal and a moderate and a hard difficulty so you can switch between hard and moderate if it gets too crazy.

Phantom Pain, I enjoyed the game for 40 hours, but burnt out by trying to do every possible mission without being detected and capturing everyone and everything.

If you do ever decide to take the plunge to physical for Gloomhaven go with the smaller Jaws of the Lion or the sequel Frosthaven instead. They both improve upon the original in meaningful ways, with Frosthaven being the superior (if not also largest and most daunting) of the 3.

Crusader Kings 3 is one of the games I will never 100%. I enjoy it well enough and could get it if I tried. I just find it much more fun setting my own goals and challenges.

I never go into a game wanting to 100% it. If the game is incredible and I find myself wanting to spend more time in the world then I will try to, otherwise its just an unfun waste of time to say you did it.

I thought Mort's comments on Gloomhaven were quite interesting and actually have a more general relevance to cRPG design. The issue is slavish adherence to table top rules and mechanics. A lot of folks I know are heavily into authentic reproduction of beloved table top rule sets. Me, not so much. A lot of table top idioms and rules rely on two things that cannot translate to SP video game format IMO: firstly on the table top each player controls just their own character so a lot of table top rules are designed to give players something to do while they're waiting to take their turns, in effect busywork, secondly is the importance of the social dimension of playing with friends in person round the table, something that cannot be reproduced in a cRPG and must perforce be replaced with something else to make up for it - bigger maps, more encounters played much faster, heavy emphasis on exploration, huge dungeons for example. Often these translation problems arise from the level of complexity in the action economy. Free actions in PF: WotR and Kingmaker are a good example of this, they don't really exist in real play, they are pointless. IMHO unless a game is primarily designed for MP and TB then if you are deriving the rule set from a table top system you need to examine each and every rule to see if it actually works well in video game format and change/adapt it as necessary to make it so.

Agreed about Gloomhaven. I hear people rave about the physical game all the time, but the mechanics are really really stifling to me.

I also never finished King Arthur or Gloomhaven

Hey man, a very niche title that you might enjoy: Roadwarden, a rpg visual novel with very nice art and music

For me it was Witcher 2 due to the hardest difficulty being a roguelike. I even cheesed it stacking traps to insta kill most bigger mobs/boss. But the fight against Letho killed my motivation, even with backing up saves. Any game that has multiplayer/online achievements since most are dead or offline. Any "Tales of" games I just play for the story, I am in no way going to farm to 5* every skill, that is way too much of a grind that kills all the fun and interest in the game. The other achievs are pretty cool to do.

Best reviewer is best (even if he gave up on 100%-ing some games)

I gave up on 100%ing my job yesterday and quit!

Witcher 2 I can understand not 100%'ing, it is such a mediocre title compared to 1 and 3. The first open area being the only area seemingly given much love and attention, after which, especially if you choose the elves, the game seems to rush to the end by comparison. I don't know if development was rushed or what but it could have used a couple more bigger and more fleshed-out open-ended areas or a half dozen more small areas.

Even our heroes gave up on some quests from time to time. 😉

You should play Gloomhaven, if you're realy into it, it's such a good game. You can play nearly every scenario in very different ways.

The only game i 100% so far was God of War (the 1st nordic one not the very first one naturally), simply due to the fact that all the stuff i wanted to do in the game also had an achievement with it so 100% it just meant playing the game like i normally would.

Games that sadly I had to gave up on are the first Ni no Kuni and Bravely Default 2. Despite being an action JRPG, Ni no Kuni combat somehow feels so slow and awkward to me, while Bravely 2, I'm just not a fan of the counter system on that game.

I still can’t believe you 100% Tactics Ogre Reborn so fast. There’s like 300+ hours content to go through.

Gloomhaven was so ass,I played it multiplayer with my friends,who like all kind of tactical-turn based rpgs;but the card system,running out of cards = death,shitty dice rolls,the fact you're meant to retry until you get enough xp until you level up was so bad. I know it's based on a boardgame,where you're forced to use a dice,but generally,rng mechanics are so awful in videogames (unless used for something like,decision making). I guess DOS2 spoiled us a bit with the awesome multiplayer gameplay. Anyway,awesome video as always,I always check up your channel to check new games to try

Did you ever play othercide, that seems like the kind of game you'd like, it's a pretty easy plat too

I think it would be fun and still unique if you've posted reviews to this games in a format: "XXX Review - after 99%" ;)

Love your content brother, thanks for all the great reviews

Trying to get all the achievements from Pathfinder Wrath, I am enjoying the game, also want to do 100% to the second Pillars of Eternity game, I just started it and I 100% the first one... sadly I would never do all the achievements from Tyranny, just got completely bored!

I would love to see some data and check if there is correlation between your videos and games being added or removed from wishlists e.g. Alaloth - added after 'Check out' video, removed now for me

I saw this mentioned a few times, but it would be great if your reviews included at least in short what the 100% experience was like; rspecially compared to "regular" gameplay ie how did ypu find the game after beating the main content. Still love u

I feel you. I gave up one Disgaea 3 (after many hours) and Disco Elysium. Have a video about that game (none of you will like my content though so don't watch it, they're long videos). Ultimately if getting that 100% is too much of a struggle for whatever reason irs very telling the game isn't worth 100%ing

Waylanders was such a clusterfuck disappointment for me. What a mess.

Waylanders was such a disappointment 😞 But thanks for reminding me of that King Arthur game👍 I'd been eyeing that one as a potential buy, but real life happened and I'd kind of forgotten about it

Great channel. Just interesting and a good perspective.

Hi hello from France 🙋🏻‍♂️🇫🇷 !! Have an amazing day 🙂

Well I’ll just say I really hope you will plan to 100% Baldurs Gate 3 when it releases at the end of August. Maybe not right away obviously but just at some point, I would really love to hear your take on the game, and even would love a play through. Something like what you did with the Last Azlanti challenge for Pathfinder.

Yup, I'm the same with tactics Ogre

Gloomhaven is one of the best board games of all time (i think it was even rated highest on BGG for awhile), The digital version means you get to skip that 30 min set up time too. There's no other game like it and I think it really shines once you get a get grasp on the rules. It's only real downside is the inverted difficulty that gives you a ton of pain in the first 10 scenarios before you get items

My first one was Burnout Paradise. Really wanted it, but the Server shutdown didn't give me enough time.

Conquest of EO is the best game released this year so far.

What's your favorite type of hot pocket?!

Have a good Tuesday Mort!