the cut scenes remind me old diablo 1 cutscenes

A game made of rage. A game made for me when I want someone to speak for me. I play Rogue Warrior.

Nice video MED you really bring attention to obscure games also review rock of ages for your next video.

I agree, your thumbnails are pretty awesome. I often don't recognize its your video

Damn Yuzu. You was going so hard on the big words this ep....Achipelegiaconationalismalistic narrative....got it.

Pagan: Autogynephilia

Thanks so much for the thoughtful review! Was super happy to see this pop up in my notifications. Hope you're doing well!

Love the channel

About the distribution, Drakensang (but not River of Time) is on GOG, people might want to try that. Also no problems when starting the game on Windows 10. Back in the day when it first released, one of the most interesting things the publisher did was putting the Basic Rules for version 4 of the Dark Eye on the game disc. Mind you, normal play had already switched to 4.1, and the Dark Eye always had a massive problem with selling a lot of supplements for all sorts of things, even after the massive crunch going to version 5, but it got me into playing again after roughly 10 years of abstinence from Aventuria. A minor nitpick, most talents are not limited by your level, but by your attributes, not letting you go higher than the highest single value of the troika of attributes that rule over that talent. IIRC the only talents that work a bit differently are for the different weapons, but I might be wrong. It has been a rather long time.

we need another Drakensang...

great stuff

Not worth it?

Played it. Has some bugs with the inventory to this day. In general an ok game but incredibly unbalanced. On the hardest difficulty i killed most bosses in under 8s. This is because Kalig + Zaar end up doing attacks for over 20k damage where as bosses only have about 60k hp If you try to play anything else on the hardest you will just suffer. Because no other team comp has potential even remotely close. edit: for reference the final boss in this vid had only 26k hp. also the vid has a mistake. the soulstone does not recharge over time. but with kills. when you kill something you absorb their souls thus recharging the "soulstone" The game does crash if you play long enough. It starts running poorly after some time and will crash when you try to load a new location.

Finally finished Drakensang last night after three attempts.

I really liked this game. It's a bunch of nonsense, like you said, but it feels like a game greater than the sum of its parts. The black ninja in the first level and Ritcher, of all bosses, are the ones I struggled with the most. Him and that friggan insta-kill attack that I kept getting hit by! I did dig Stone's backstory. A single mom thrown into an uncaring world and trying to support her son and makes a deal with the war criminal factory (she basically gets mind-blanked too, the ending cutscene pretty much spells it out) to get him the meds he needs. It's tragic and it ends on such a downer. Didn't think I'd feel a profound sense of sadness from a game where I got a poop doll from a claw machine inbetween hacking up faceless mooks. A shame we'll never get a sequel since this game ends on sequel hook. Who knows, maybe someday! But I did greatly appreciate it as just a throwback to the ol' PS2/PS3 wild west days of smaller developers swinging for the fences.

Forgot about this game. Thought it was crap until i saw actual gameplay. Looks awesome! Comedy seems satirical like Eat Lead The Return of Matt Hazzard.

This is a game of my childhood <3

Enraging boosts damage but lowers accuracy. You can miss even if you have 100% character accuracy. The giant bee attacks the last person that damaged her young. I really like this game, it's kind of unique in terms of post-apocalyptic tactical games. Scratches an itch Fallout merely nibbles at, since it's mostly an RPG. Also I feel like the Polish dub is way more dynamic, showcasing the characters better. The game has kinda legendary status among old Polish gamers, one of the first really great games from Poland.

the areas of this game harken to agartha and the ancient aryan realms

when I played through this as a kid, the gameplay loop became spamming potions... I didn't think to run around enemies but potion spamming allowed me to eat hits pretty easily and purchasing like multiple stacks of potions is relatively cheap if you ever want to get past the final boss... not that I recommend picking this game up again.

I just beat this today and was really fun! Even a hidden gem in my opinion. should've gotten more love! they should make a sequel or spiritual successor.

I feel like this game is telling us a story. Or holding some type of history or something essentially with that last fight and the pyramid boss

Calling the GM "highlord" is what happens when you have to translate a bunch of rules, but the only professional translator you know usually translates fantasy novels.

I love Agent Stone, i thought her accent and subsequent line delivery was adorable!!! 😁

As a guy who pronounces things wrong randomly all the time, and speaks with people who say other languages, I can't imagine the citizens of Zenozoik care about pronouncing things wrong. I would say them saying things wrong is even better, if not really an oversight.

There are things however that redeem the high difficulty. You can level up your character, even if that means to replay previous levels to also gain more practice. And you get pieces of gold to buy better weapons and spells. It is this typical From Software trademark to let the player decide to make the game difficult without reason or to level up and to git gud in the end.

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This game was updated on Steam few years back, so it runs great on modern systems

What game clip was at 12:33? (The part with the invisible enemy fight.)

nothing is well communicated in this game. even a successful parry isn't obvious, the feedback and animations are not clear. the hits have zero weight or feeling. the art is all this game has going for it. the gameplay itself below average. the exploration is dreadful. stick to the edges of the map(corridors) and spam the pickup button. sleep and walk those same spots all over again? nah hell no. art style is what gets this game a pass.

You're entitled to your wrong opinions.

Genuinely good review of the game with a ton of depth and details. Thanks for your video as it helped me find a new shooter to add to my SMS collection. Cheers

Excellent review. I've seen Drakensang sold for pennies on the dollar over the years but I've never jumped on it, after watching this I definitely want to pick it up; it reminds me of Neverwinter Nights one of my favorite RPGs of all time. Are you planning to do a follow-up review on the sequel?

I’m French, and I confirm that we are super dramatic

If anyone wonders, the game at 1:32 is The Void, an arty, bizarre, janky, somewhat freudian, not really horrific, not quite erotic either, game. And for some reason I thought it was much older than it is but checking my Steam library I just realised It's just me getting old, it released in 2016 XD Also that game was covered on this very channel, but I had not seen it yet :p

The game was actually really refreshing to play in an era of overly pretentious "cinematic" AAA games. The devs stripped everything down to the core gameplay experience similar to Ninja Gaiden.

Amazing video, I can't believe I watched two hours of it (though not in one sitting). Seriously, keep up the good work; reviewing obscure games is what sets you apart from other KZfaqrs.

They should make a sequel 😂

Very interesting review, your points on nationalism at the end were a really cool reading of the game and the environment it was made

Honey wake up, new yuzu video just dropped

I played this game a while back and LOVED it. Honestly this is the type of deep RPG I crave, even if not all of the systems were in place good. I know your done but raising willpower is a must to combat wounds. Its basically mandatory in a way. Also I was hyped to find out there was a second game that is a prequel to this one that has its own expansion in it too. Im happy to say the second game, Drakensang: The River of Time, fixed a lot of the issues I had with this first one and even has its own expansion called Phileasson's Secret. I don't know if your done with the series but I highly recommend you get the expansion games and try them if you want a more refined experience of this one with a better story imo.

Thats a lie. My dwarf one shotted most enemies.

It makes me happy to see videos on my feed are still being made about this game and it isn't entirely forgotten. I feel like I owe a lot to this series in general and am glad to see people out there are still discovering it.

Oh my God my wife is mostly deaf in the footsteps annoyed this s*** out of her😂

I imagine there are many people who played this game as children who have fond memories of it, but ultimately I have to agree with your closing statement, that it shouldn't exist at all - both how it represents Bullfrogs decline and for its quality. Many of its approximate contemporaries were immensely charming; rollercoaster tycoon, zoo tycoon, railroad tycoon 2, and even Bullfrogs own Theme Hospital was so much more engaging; just to name a few. Compared to these, the rushed and haphazard development of Theme Park World really shows. With its surface level detail and presentation style it could only really hold the attention of simple children, and when compared to those above it and more, it remained unloved by me in the blockboster bargin bin.

Valhalla Knights 3 on the Vita is a funny case. Vita owners said they wanted Monster Hunter on Vita. Even after Touikoden,Ragnarok Oddsey,God Eater,Valhalla Knights 3 and Freedom Wars...Vita owners were like "cool I want Monster Hunter on Vita no substitute".

If you are reading this play through wanted dead and on the dance club level, turn off the games music audio and put on "Maniac" from the soundtrack. Shit is amazing.

Thanks for all your work !

So many good memories with this back in the PS2 days. Took a minute to get the hang of but very satisfying once you get the combat mechanics, well worth experiencing today.

Was looking at the first on GOG (currently on sale) and noticed Heretic Kingdoms, glad I watched your reviews gonna skip Heretic Kingdoms and get the first one and awakening. Looking forward to watching more of your reviews! P.S. Have you played any of the DLC for this one?