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That giant shoulder mounted crossbow mention was totally extra, but ngl was very pleasant

It really speaks volumes about your review that I wasn't remotely interested in this game before, but after watching your take on it it has now really piqued my interest.

"Short but well polished" that is exactly how I prefer. Life is too short to waste with 100 hours of mediocre gameplay.

holy shit that crosbow shot and reload animation. So extra, so satisfying :)

The devs collected all of From Software in one project: Check points in the beginning and the end of level - from Demon Souls. You can return to your shell just after defeat and parriability sign on the back - from Sekiro. Regaining hitpoints from parrying - from Bloodborne.

I ignored the spoiler warning and was pleasantly surprised that the spoilers where mostly quantifications, rather than core plot details.

That crossbow has the loudest and most badass reload animation

Heads up, there is an item you can buy in the first main area, before fighting any of the bosses that greatly increases resolve gain permanently. Generally gain about 1 bar of resolve per enemy once you have it. Love your videos man!

I love that listening to your reviews feels like what I would say if my estranged twin started doing game reviews. I feel like you're understandable, like I've played a bit of the game by listening in.

Cmon man, cover Golden Light! It’s one of the most unique and weirdly interesting games of 2020

Really good review, almost makes me want to buy it. However, important question. Did you get the lute ending ?

just discovered your channel a few hours ago, and as a game dev, i must tell you your content is spot on and very well done! specially the Blasphemous Review, thanks for the good content my man, keep it up! ya just gained a new sub.

Hey Jacob, I discovered you about three weeks ago and have been binging your videos since. I’ve found that you’re my favorite game analyst/reviewer/whatever you want to call it, on KZfaq. You are intelligent and funny and worthwhile. What separates you from the rest, though, is your writing. You’re just a better writer than everyone else. And in a vacuum, just to be clear, you are a damn good writer. I appreciate the hard work you put into these videos and the very unique perspective you bring to it. Greetings from Utah.

He’s come down from the heavens to bless us with another banger boys

You really deserve more subscribers and more views. I really hope your channel blows up soon because I am always excited to see you upload a video. You do such great work!!!!

Just found your channel today , you do a damn good job. Loved your Hyper Light Drifter review.

I never expected to see medieval-style reload porn. I love that crossbow animation.

Man, I always look forward to your new videos. Keep it up!

Amazing reviews as per usual, good job

I bought this game (and Hades) cause of your reviews, I definitely enjoyed it (Eredrim was my fav shell). Now I'm gonna do NG+ with Solomon. Keep up the great work.

I just finished this!! Great video dude

Another fantastic review. I had never heard of this game but I know for sure that I'll be buying it after this review. I found your channel from your Astroneer review and am so glad I did. You and Mandaloregaming and Joseph Anderson are now exclusively the people I watch every video of.

Very excited to see this game getting some love! I picked this up a couple days after release and couldn't put it down; easily my top pick of the year so far. Keep up the great content!

Hey this video is awesome! I always love you excellent in-depth commentary. Is there any chance you would ever do a review of Star Renegades?

Best way to start the week, a probablyjacob upload 😁

That familiar system with the items is done with weapons on the drakengard/Nier series as well.

The animation for that crossbow was so cinematic

great review as usual thank you!

I don't really like saying "Souls like" but it's the easiest/quickest way for people that understand the type of game. I'm not quite sure I played a game that had this kind of design that wasn't like an RPG where you find gear and level up and such. I personally like limitations in games, I don't think they need to be complicated to be fun. More enjoyable when we don't have to grind to put points in a build for a character. I'm not expecting to get this, but it looks pretty damn good. Thank you for sharing

Fun fact! Holding a sword by the blade wasn't a duel technique, it was a technique to deal with armor.

Weapon ability give i frames and do good dmg I use hallowed sword one a lot. So for example you can use the ability to completely ignore a bosses big attacks because the whole animation is an i frame while also doing a good hit.

I pretty much only used the hallowed sword, so I can't speak for the other weapons but the weapon ability on that one is very strong, as it does massive damage, has full i-frames and stun the opponent. In fact due to the stun you can usually regain at least one resolve bar back wailing on the enemy afterwards before they can stand back up. The resolve system is another system that rewards being aggressive (seeing as it degrades over time if you aren't hitting enemies), when I started the game I would agree that i struggled with getting enough of it but I found by the end that I had become good enough, and thus aggressive enough, that I was able to regenerate it quite fast. I did mainly play soloman too though.

Yuhuuuu, Jacoooob... Do a Hellpoint review pls. Pretty plzz

its incredible the way he manages to makes all of his reviews so entertaining i want to play everything he reccomends even if its not usually what im into

The way the crossbowzooka floats back up to the shoulder just bugs me so much more than it should

I love your videos, top quality as allways. I have a recomendation : ULTRAKILL, it is a heavy DOOM (2016) inspired game

Looks like a souls like with a similar visual aesthetic to days gone, prolly cause it’s on ue4, and boy do I hope they port this the ue5 if that’s possible. So it’s on sale until the 25th, would you recommend I buy it now or wait?

Hey man, love the vids, keep them coming 👍

Just finished it. I just want to play NG+ to try to maximize the other shells, that's how tight and fun the combat system is. A really unexpected surprise and everyone should try this one.

Looks... way better than the screenshots make it out to be. Damn good review, sold.

Ive been playing this for a few days now and I love it. Took a bit to get used the the harden mechanic, but once it clicks its great. If give it an 8.5 out of 10 right now. Only real complaint is once you go into s tunnel you're kinda locked it and can't back out. And once you go thru there's like a very short cut scene of you standing up where you can take damage in. But other than that Im loving the lore and mechanics

This was a fun video. I'd give you an extra +1 for "bone-mech" if I could - that was a good chuckle.

I like that maxing out your familiarity with a purely harmful poison mushroom gives you immunity to poison damage instead. Rewarding foolhardy stupid counter-intuitive things that only people looking for secrets/lore would do is my jam.

I gotta admit, when I played this I was just really glad when it was over. Lots of little annoyances that just kept piling up, at least for me. Also at least on PS4, I had lots and lots of screen-tearing, in case anyone's bothered by that.

Hardening is cool but I rarely use it.

I would be very curious what your thoughts are about Kenshi. It’s a very niche “squad based SRPG” developed by Lo-Fi Games, which was just one guy for like 6 years until he was able to afford a team.

Shoulder mounted ballista is fucking extra and badass lol

Good video mate, disagree with your shield bit, but it was only legit like 20 seconds long so its fine. Keep up the quality work.

havent watched yet, but what about the World and exploration? Is it good and in par with Dark Souls 1?I need this in my life and maybe this is the game for me

oh my god guys look at 3:02 loooooooool i was laughing so hard the non existent shield impact

I was on the fence about his game till you showed the crossbow, and I threw my wallet at my xbox so fast I'm surprised I didn't break it.

The reload animation on the crossbow, I came

Definitely worth the $30 bucks for the physical version I got! My favorite souls-like for sho.

I've seen this game before and I was very interested into it. And now after seeing you review this, I officially want this game

I love your videos. I Have Been Watching You since 3000 subscribers keep it up

Very very proper review of Mortal Shell ;)

Let me tell you guys first: Mortal Shell is awesome, very well done and polished. It's a bit short, but it's also not AAA priced, so this is a fair deal. But this game isn't perfect. Because ProbablJacob kinda missed to add a few negative points, I will: - There is no "Estus Flask" in this game. You basically find or buy healing items. Which means at the start you'll have very limited healing which can turn into a huge struggle. But later on you just go everywhere with a stack of 999 healing and you're basically unable to loose (except huge F up, in which case you deserved it). - The first point kinda goes into the second one. This game is really really hard at the very start. You have no idea what you're doing and where to go. You have limited healing, only one shell, one weapon, likely only few or no skills / weapon DMG upgrades, ect. Your first big boss encounter is going to be the hardest of them all. After you done this, you come back with a big bag full of tar, a new weapon + a bunch of upgrades for it /them and you'll buy all the healing you'll ever need. And boom the struggle is gone. - If you're kinda good at finding "game breaking" strats, then you'll find them in this game, too. Hardening allows for infinite "attack while hardened" and then run away until cooldown is back. (if you are really THIS poor). There's also those "not so useful, but cool looking" weapon skills, which may or may not be broken OP in some ways. Just to name a few oopsies in terms of game balance. - If you're a completionist, then this game got a lot more content for you, than if you just want to play through it once. You can technically get all stuffs in one run and then have 0 replay value afterwards or you miss one item, which won't be accessible anymore in said run and now you're kinda forced to do the NG+ to get it. - This game has basically no replay value. There's no coop and no PvP and no more new content hidden in NG+ runs. So enjoy your run through this gorgeous, atmospheric game to the fullest, because it's likely the only one you'll ever do.

If anyone hasn't look up the Grisha is Great music video the devs made.

Spot on. Felt the same way about combat.

Also depending on the shell I felt like I was always getting my resolve back but that is just a different take on it.

how nice to end the video with some lute play

Good stuff.

11:55 ah yes my favorite game enemy, the hips that do not lie

Finished the game recently, for it's gameplay it's pretty good... But don't go in expecting it to be a new Dark Souls. Also it's a tad clunky feeling considering there's barely any animation canceling, you have to commit.

I love these videos

Seems interesting and worth buying, tbh. Thanks for the quick summary, I think I'll skip on the spoilers for just a bit.

17:06 dude they stole mine and Curtis's DnD plan I can't believe this.

Wait its out now? Man I didn't know it was epic exclusive for however many months I just thought that the game wasn't out until 2021

all right i'm interested

I remember when the beta came out and everyone seemed to harp on about the animations and how janky they were. But when I played I really didn't get what they were talking about. And I still don not get it since the animations look great, and compared to something like Dark Souls 2 I didn't see any spinning enemies who SHOULDNT be spinning (looking at you metal turtle things in iron castle and giant stone things in dragon's keep). Will say as someone who LOVES customization, not being able to do so with my character in appearance or really ability is a big let down and usually is all it takes for me to pass on a game. BUT I think I will keep an eye on this. Also, good analysis and review.

Games looks like they fight underwater or at half time

This is the second video I watched on this game. And stragely, in your video thje games looks ten times better than in the other one. In the first one everything just looked dark and murky and not good. But in your video all the areas look so much better. Are you playing the pc version or one of the console versions?

i really enjoyed the game and the mechanics but holy heck it was soo gosh dang easy. i play most games on easy and even i was able to kill all but the first grisha and the last boss on my first go, imo harden lasts too long, if you just play a little slow you can learn every attack animation the first time you see encounter an enemy. I'm definitely looking forward to what the studio comes up with next

I have the ability to harden into stone, too.

The dreaded shield from Bloodborne strikes again. What about Loch Shield then?

Banger so far, i'll come back for the story once I give the game a shot

I wonder what this team is working on rn

People comparing this to Dark Souls when they really should be comparing it to Demon Souls since that was the first attempt by From Software. I have a feeling that if the devs get a 2nd go, Mortal Shell 2 will be truely incredible.

Ay why didn’t you talk about how the dodge only works for like 60% of button presses

Guts would love that crossbow

11:01 this doesn't look like a big crossbow to me it looks more like a portable ballista

Great job, as always. Still need to play the game ...

Quality game Quality review

09:22 get out of my room im playing minecraft 😂😂😂

I was interested in the game but sadly it's Epic store exclusive . sekiro shadows die twice sound like better option after all .

I wanted to love this game, but it's the most punishing souls-like I've played and the only one that made rage delete it. The crystal level definitely seemed unfinished, way bigger than it needed to be, with awkwardly positioned enemies in wide open spaces. The combat is annoyingly slow even with the faster weapons, especially against stronger enemies who take forever to kill. Most shells have ridiculously small stamina bar. In Bloodborne, getting health from attacking was a bonus, but here it's the main source, so trying to heal is just as likely to get you killed and throw you to the beginning. Parrying is weird, I don't know if it's the enemy animations or the timing, but even after hours I couldn't get it repeatedly right. After playing Nioh, The Surge and SW Fallen Order, this is definitely my least favorite combat system, probably the worst since DS2's floaty monstrosity. I hope the devs will improve upon the concept in a sequel, but this wasn't it.

A really nice video. The game looks good and because of becomming older and having more responsibility by the minute a shorter game is perfectly fine for me. Thanks Jacob

21:18 mask lady keeps telling you to take a sip but she's clearly the thirsty one

Is this game on console or only PC?

Yeah, this is Mortal Shell and all but when is Immortal Whole?

This my next soulslike, I have some buyer's remorse on Hellpoint

I’m still waiting for a game where you can pick up an instrument, and then as you start playing it just turns into guitar hero

I fuckin love your vids and mortal shells to

When I saw them half swording it instantly picked up. Cause thats not a well known thing

200, more like 2000 :D Great video for very fine game indeed

I saw this on the alpha beta gamer channel a while ago and I didn’t realize it was a fully-realized product. Looks excellent.

This game really didn't impress me with what I'd seen so far... but now I'd like to give it a go! It seems really cool.

So the reason why you don’t see half sword and other techs used in dark souls because your character is just kinda doing what they think the weapon is supposed to do they are just swing around a giant sword hoping it works. That’s just my two sense.

He’s back with the sass