For anyone who is watching this now, you should know that they did increase the trait limit significantly.

I definitely agree with wanting a bigger trait cap, there's so many traits that feel like a must have

The fact that you 100 percent a game before reviewing it makes your take so much more believable. I see so many channels have such strong opinions on games that they've barely scratched the surface on. Thanks for taking the time do make these.

he literally explains what he means by 100% in the first few minutes 😂 people stay commenting before watching. Man, I really want to get this game, but I already pre ordered Baldur's Gate 3😭

When you revealed that you had already got a previously sponsored video, I had to like, sun and comment. Honesty deserves recognition

You constantly impress me. Not only being able to 100% games so close to release, but not limiting yourself to games with a fixed 100% completion, and still covering procedural or randomised games too! Keep up the amazing work

Love your transparency, you deserve all the subscribers for all the work and effort you put in to 100% a game so quickly and thoroughly

You're a content machine buddy. Love what you're doing, keep it up

Another great review! Feels like listening to a friend talk about a game (the good and the bad). Awesome stuff

Found you through our sharing of our favorite game in Baldur’s gate. You are my go to reviewer, thank you and keep up the amazing content.

hey man, just went in onto your channel after a night our drinking. As an old time viewer from your old DOS 2 videos, It's nice seeing everything going well for you. Hope I get as much good info on BG3 as I did from the DOS 2 videos

Thanks as ever for the awesome review and for continuing to disclose your sponsorships and gifts!

Great video! I also have some good news for you if you don't already know. There was a post from one of the developers named Tragic (I think) that came out the same day as your review. You seemed to have nailed several of the key concerns for not only yourself but the community as a whole. Here are the key takeaways that I saw: 1. Traits - he said that, while they will not remove the cap, they are open to changing the number of points that you get. So, no commitment to a specific amount, but there does seem to be a willingness to move the needle. They also acknowledged that there is an issue where some traits will not be taken because some are just flat out much better and there are too few points to make some traits worth investing in and they plan to try to fix that. 2, Once you have capped your trait points, the books were supposed to continue to give XP and also give scrap. The fact that they don't is a bug they will be fixing. 3. Scrap drops and respec costs are being evaluated. The rewards from chests and duplicate trinkets are also being evaluated to make them feel more impactful 4. Cost to convert engrams to archetypes is very likely being reduced. 5. The game as it stands is supposed to be a base line to work from. They are planning on adding more biomes, puzzles, gear, secrets and bosses. He even teased their may even be "other ways to play" but nothing more specific. Thanks again for doing these great evaluations after thoroughly exploring what these games have to offer.

FYI the trait cap for Remnant 1 was 1000. There were 50 traits/20 levels per trait, and you could max everything. Source: have done it :D

There weren't any cap for Traits in Remnant from the Ashes and with 50+ traits so the max level was more around 1000 when you got every Traits to level 20. That said, they just shift the long term progression from Traits to Relic Fragments. And the trait cap can be increase with DLCs.

You can add the 2nd archetype after you get a trait to ten, not the whole archetype :D

Really good review btw. You really hit all the points needed for me to say, yeah im buying this

Seriously man you have the best gaming channel on YT. Keep it up!

Some of my favorites in remnant is the secrets it has on levels and they crank it to 10x this time! I love the part where you show a new player the location and do the mechanics for them and get the item for them. You are gonna get a crouch spam emote which is a staple remnant "thank you, bro!"

New here haven’t finished the video but I love that you fully complete the games before reviews, definitely got a new sub.

Absolutely my favorite game of the year and a great sequel. I believe the devs have said they are looking to adjust the trait cap.

My biggest annoyance is the 80% damage reduction cap. On normal and veteran it’s fine but on my apocalypse run 80% doesn’t even prevent one shots This is real annoying for my build focused around doing very little damage but being gigatank melee, nightmare was already pushing it but apocalypse is just one shot after one shot even with resistances and damage reduction capped

It's such a strange thing to say that the biggest gripe about this game is that there basically isn't more of it. That's how you know it's good.

I gotta Say you are my go to reviewer. You do such a great job and are honest. I was on the fence about this because of some of the negatives but im going to give it go after this video. Great job

I started to just like the game, but the more I am playing it the more I love it, actually. You summarized the negatives perfectly.

Love the game. Thanks for the review.

Excellent review! Also the calmness of your voice is very pleasant and relaxing.

Great video! Very interesting and informative. I really liked the first game so i was wondering if this one was gonna be any good. Judging by your review, I think I'll like it alot. I like the systems they've added and all the different guns they have look super cool. I never really cared for being tied to a certain armor set for your build in the first game. So I'm glad that's gone, but I do feel like armor needs to have more than just some basic stats. That being said, at least some of the armor looks badass lol. Your character had on some sweet looking stuff. So thats a good thing. I always kinda expected that they'd get this game right. I think my expectations were right. Cause it seems pretty awesome.

As someone who loved the first remnant, they did a fantastic job on the sequel. Everything feels bigger and badder.. absolutely worth it imo but I definitely do agree about the trait system.. capping it at such a low degree kinda ruins it because I'm still finding trait points but cant invest..

Great review, you have captured my exact experience. I adored remnant 1 and really love the improvements in 2. But I feel like it is missing 1 whole biome in terms of zone variety. That being said two worlds are “skins” of worlds in first game. So I wonder if its not the same feeling for players who haven’t played the first. Regardless, I absolutely love this game and likely will get the DLC

On my list. thanks for this excellent review, Mortym!

some godamn beautiful scenery in this game graphics, is it optimized as well as it could be though? I'm getting those vibes from it. I remember how well far cry 5 was made optimized so well it was piss easy to run in 4k hdr

Just started the game and am really enjoying it! My first time playing something like this and it's a lot of fun :) Thanks for the really in depth review and recap :D

The tweeted that the cap isn't set in stone and I had the same wish as you where the traits unlocked from classes are just innate so you don't have to use points on them.

Bear in mind the ending has a post credits scene in which the actual ending happens!

Never watched the channel before but the integrity first start was solid - subbed!

will this get updates like content over time or is it like once you play till end and you are done? Is there a endgame element? Any multiplayer stuff?

I like the continuity between the games. From Chronos (the actual first game in the series) to Remnant and then Remnant 2, there are callbacks each time. Yaesha is visited in all three games. The golem in the boss fight featured in 21:35 of this video is a boss from Chronos

100% agree about only having 3 worlds. If they had 5 worlds, with 3 randomly being selected for your campaign, it would really open up the gameplay and boost replayability. Also, I did handler + summoner and found that the health loss from the summoner abilities was easily mitigated by the healing abilities of the dog.

They increased the trait cap by 5! I think it's the second time a game patch notes does exactly what you suggest (to an extent). Just magic =]

I actually thought the 60 trait points felt like plenty but I do think more wouldn't hurt I totally dislike the one shot potential of so many enemies in the late game on higher difficulties. Makes the damage reduction feel so unimportant the further into the game I got. Still it's been overall an amazing experience and a insane amount of fun. Just maybe not as repayable as they market it as in my opinion

I platinumed the first game, and loved it. Three hours into this one I’m struggling to continue. It’s hard for me to put my finger on what’s not clicking for me, but something isn’t clicking for me.

What did you like more, this or D4?

Did you able to get the archon arch?😊

i rarely leave a comment but man! you're just awesome. Thank you for your time and effort and much love from Germany :)

I’m thinking of trading in Diablo 4 for this should I?

Hey guys, so I’m one of those players that like to research games a good bit before I buy them and I’m super on the fence on whether to get this game or not so any advice would help a ton! I’ve never played a souls like game before. I’m also the type of player that doesn’t always like to wait for all my friends to get online to grind the game so I was curious if this game would be possible to beat solo for a newbie or if I’ll have to wait till after I’ve gained loads of experience from gaming with my usual friend group. Lastly, if any of you think this game would be worth it, which version do you recommend between the standard, deluxe and ultimate? I don’t fully understand how much the armour that’s given helps and if it’s a better investment for the dlc since you get it free in the future with ultimate instead of buying them all separately when they come out. Sorry for the long comment and thanks in advance!

My only disappointment is having so few worlds. I wanted like 5 worlds.

I watch your channel all the time but the ad transparency in the video is what finally got me to sub. Thanks for being someone with integrity.

First game in a very long time that kept me entertained and invested. I certainly hope they expand upon it and, agreeably, it definitely needs more worlds to explore, trait system, and frankly, all systems need an overhaul. Thx ror your efforts. Aesir -

after playing about 100 hours now i think the trait cap isn’t so bad at all. you don’t need more stamina or aoe size on every build. i think it’s a great way to try out new playstyles

I feel with the trait system it makes playing harder difficulties like nightmare and above too painful with very little upside. In Remnant 1 you were always growing your character. Harder difficulties meant more exp = more traits. This in no way felt like cheesing. Having played Rem2 online I see the community is either modding super characters or using the same build. The 50% hp tank build. This is because playing your own build is underpowered and highly frustrating. More trait points and more traits and this game would have way more replay value. Also Remnant 1 had more elements. Bosses had clear weaknesses like fire damage etc not just weak spots. It's a shame this element has been mainly removed as changing loadouts in Remnant 1 to counter difficult bosses was fun and rewarding.

Yep, I knew it definitely buying it ASAP, there's two things that convinced me: your in depth analysis and Doggo companion, said to my mate the other day games need more Animal companions, to which he replied "how would that work in Gran Turismo?" Um good point 😅 imagine how games would be with a doggo option? Resident Evil would certainly be interesting with it and The Witcher, I'm waffling again arnt I? Anyway yep, this games a must buy, I'm very excited for it, cheers again 🤘

I CANT WAIT TO PLAY THIS ON MY NINTENDO SWITCH!! 😊❤❤

nicely done im in the same boat as you i have done everything found everything the game has to offer untill more is found obviously i even did it on hardcore apocalypse just to make sure i was not missing anything and i just want more

Thanks for your work 🎉

Note: excess trait books are only useless because theyre bugged. They should be providing scrap and xp if youre trait-maxed. Just thought i would mention because ive seen many complaints about it besides here

Awesome video!

The trait cap is such a weird choice, I feel like it defeats the whole premise of what made the first game so replayable. Seeing people being done with progression after day 1 made me hold off for now. Hope it gets addressed because the gameplay otherwise looks fun.

You beat the game on apocalypse and acquired those weapons linked to that?? If so I’m impressed lol

Between Campaign mode and Adventure mode, the thing I've been liking a lot about Remnant is the secrets and puzzles. There's this eureka moment the game is perfect at creating when you've gone back and solved a puzzle by reading contextual clues not just from notes and books, but also from environments as well. I can live with just being on survivor or veteran, the difficulty isn't why I like the game. It's all the hidden secrets just waiting to be found.

Thanks for the video. I think I'm too potato for it, but it's nice to see how genres evolve. Onward to 300k. All glory to the algorithm.

Love the transparency

Glad there was an explanation at the beginning, I was like "HOW???" Still pretty impressive tbh

One small thing is that you don't need your main archetype to be level 10 to put a second archetype in. When I got to level 5/6 as the handler I was able to slot in my medic archetype, so I guess you are able to do it when you get halfway and have the archetype available

Very nice detailed review and congratz on 100%ing game agree with pretty much everything you said my only complaints is low ammount of scrap and resources we earn or find on survivor difficulty as economy in the sequel is kinda rough (especially in early game) and I wish I could reroll adventures from ANY checkpoint i wanted not just from ward13 - going through all those loading screens countless of times was such a time waster and it kinda killed my urge to do last few achievements required for platinum I hope dlc will give us another few hours of joy and would be nice to see in their next addition at least one biome from 1st game like Corsus or Rhom Anyway one of best games this year and great sequel to already amazing first Remnant for sure!

8:10 you don't have to be lvl 10 with the first archetype to equip the second. You only need to find 10 trait points to be able to equip the second archetype.

The biggest issue with performance to me is that the game only runs at an upscaled 720p on consoles and the framerate still is inconsistent.

Do you plan to play Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart? This game came out of nowhere for me (on Steam) and I'd like to know how you feel about it.

I love how much more viable a solo build is in this version! I gave up on Remnant 1, when I couldn't progress past the first couple areas as a solo player. Been playing as a handler for the past 20+ hours and love the hell out of this game now. The exploration is so much fun. I currently have a series of upgrades/perks/etc that not only gives me a constant slow regen of health, I also get health back anytime I get hit and I maxed out the lifesteal trait, so shooting any enemies with automatic weapons, basically heals me.

Nive video as always!!!

Good review for the most part. I will say that i do think that his comparisons with the first game's worlds are a bit strange considering he's almost definitely looking at 2 through the lens of the complete edition of From the Ashes. Its only fair to take into account that this is just the base game. We havent gotten the dlc yet which will almost assuredly come with new worlds and gamemodes, as well as archetypes and the like.

I really agree with your points on the traits, the first game had a better system. That being said, we will be getting a new world(s) with the DLC and I’m almost certain they will increase the trait cap with the DLC. The first game had really awesome DLC, it was better than the base game imo so I have high hopes

Where's the intro music from? it reminds of a game but I can't recall

24:00 Did you play any of the later areas on Deck? There have been reports that the frame rate gets significantly worse to the point that it’s unplayable, so it’d be nice to hear that someone’s found settings to make the whole game work before I buy it.

for someone like me who doesn't have a lot of time, i was actually ok with the 3 worlds only, they're really well fleshed out and love their overall story (especially n'erud ). i didn't really play the first game though so for me it was an all new experience. Incredible game, probably goty for me, and great review, congrats!

Man i love this game, been playing this game everyday since it came out. And the community is so helpfull💯🙏🏽

How the fuck did you 100%ted this so early? My boy sure is putting in the hours in his works. You are the hardest working KZfaqr ever. Like, EVER.

If I understand this correctly there is both more and less content in Remnant 2. Because on release of the first one there where 4 worlds, 3 of those with a adventure mode with 2 Bosses with different kill rewards. On earth was the tree and the dragon, in the dessert was the Impaled monster and the undying king and in the forest was the Wolf with the puzzle and the totem dude. Later they patched shortly before the Corsus dlc came out an adventure mode for corsus and they added a different way you could kill the butcher. THis might come in the next dlc. I really enjoyed the short adventure maps because you could blast though them in an hour.

Good video mortismal

Excellent Rreview. Very much enjoying the game, although I didn't finish the first one.

Where did you find the armor vendor? Is he in ward 13?

Daily reminder the definition of 100% is included in the first two minutes of the video. While your definition may vary, it is there.

Awesome review, love remnant 2. Will you check out dead link?

Just to update, after the recent patch you can use the second archetype as soon you can get it no need to have 10 traits point anymore.

currently stuck at venom on apoc difficulty, constantly getting 1 shotted and the fight takes forever. overall i have had a ton of fun and really enjoyed all the secrets to find and interesting puzzles to figure out. Apoc is overtuned for enemy damage doesnt matter how much armor you wear its all about getting the attack patterns down.

Very glad u covered steam deck

I agree that at the very least the Health and Endurance should not need to waste trait points

AA games have really been good lately. They have actual good gameplay and less over the top cost on cut scenes. I passed part 1 but R2 is making me wana go back. This game kicks buttox.

Anyone know of a way to get corrupted lumenite consistently without breaking the game? Upgrading mods is rough.

I have a question. Do you think 100%ing some games affects your opinion of the game negatively sometimes. Serious question because I feel like for me it would, depending on the achievements

I'm so glad I saw this. I was gonna buy it this weekend, now I'm not. I hate games where you max out very fast. Only 40 trait points? In games where you cap out very early, I stop killing enemies since I don't need exp, then I find myself just running by everything in the game. They should have kept the leveling/ trait system from 1.

You are god damn effective at your job. Jesus christ the dedication👌

Yeah, the same biome thing is a bummer. But it was the same in vanilla Remnent: From The Ashes. But, DLC adding more biomes definitely helped with the sameness of it all.

Looks okay, will play after bg3 and armored core

That’s crazy it just came out

5 hours in and loving it. Irritated I can't lvl up armour but the extra ring slots are cool

Recently, every time you publish another "after 100%" review I have visions of you sobbing out your review of Baldur's Gate 3 after 100% in a year-and-a-half after 1259 hours of gameplay. I'm guessing that's a title that's going to get a regular review first and 100% much further down the road. Your stamina for finishing games COMPLETELY is amazing btw.

For what it’s worth, according to their community manager, on Reddit, they have stated that they are looking at reworking the trait cap in some way.

Had some frame issues at the start but all u have to do is mess with settings My pc was running at like 20 fps on low change some stuff and it went to my cap of 60 and stays there and I play multiplayer alot I only have a Gtx 980 ti super clocked 6g