This game has really come a long way since release. Very cool to see you revisiting games like this. Rise to Ruins and then this. Definitely loving this content.
Yes i was playing it when it had the classic clans and was like a year old i got a pirate version of it now it has ton of new clans last month came the new clan of the Eagle :) i will buy it on steam next week now i will be legit! :D
I thought this is some old video YT algorithm is recommending. You have surely waited on this one. I don't even think "indie" when Northgard is mentioned. At this point its quality is pretty much on par with regular big studio strategy games. Visually beautiful, complex game mechanics and lot of clan variety. Also I would say some unique elements. Spent over 250 hours on it, and bought every DLC gladly. EDIT: Also as some pointed out already, this is primarily RTS, rather than colony survival.
You know he has some "lets play" on this one like 5 years ago. So he has already reviewed it. Dunno why he does again, maybe because more people are watching him now and he want to let them know. greetings
One of the best multiplayer games out there. Nice slow pacing, no rushing & a lot of thought required to survive. BTW, the AI does go to war with each other.
I haven’t played in a long while, but the game is very easy and relaxing or you end up in Valhalla sometimes.... It’s worth the playtime you will put into it.
Wow another top notch Video. Thanks for the upload Splatter. Hey the way you have been formatting your UTube videos with knowing the games before Upload has been such a breath of fresh air, no offence to other hard working UA-camrs that use a different format but I do wish more uploaders did what you do as its just so good. Thanks again man, keep up the fantastic work!!
I like this game's take on the rts formula, it's very much aligned with the Viking them imo and it sets it aside. I love the amount of clans adding up over time, lots of different play styles.
This is an amazing game, review coming really late. All clans are amazing but they have different objectives and bonuses which ask you to play differently unlike what splatter cat said. But you need to know the game a little bit to understand why you'd want to play such or such clans depending on how you like to play. Like the Kraken's clan which is really amazing but it takes a while to understand what is so good about it. Some clans are more focused on war, other on economy and food, other are good in research, etc. There's really a lot of things to learn about each clan but at first sight, you will probably think they all look alike and think it's not worth buying them. Also, if you want more military action, I'd advise on removing victory conditions, most of the time, a game ends with a winner without even any player meeting each other with map victory and research. Knowing the map is also very important and getting the important spots. This game is a gem for any strategy lover (especially when we do lack of RTS nowadays) and knowing the same company is currently working on Dune is very good news, they couldn't have chosen a better company to take care of Dune. Edit: The music is also amazing ! I purchased the soundtrack without regretting it :D
My wife and I have 100+ hours in this game, each. It's awesome and we love playing together or against each other. And the multiple, varied single-player campaign offerings are a blast. Buy it. This a great dev btw, and they're coming out with a 4X Dune game soon 😊
I've been playing this game with my friends for a while now. Very slow, but very fun. I'm not a good strategy player, so it's great to have them to carry me lmao.
Shiro Games is cultivating a very good reputation as a company. Northgard still gets routine support and new clans, Darksburg still receives updates and support, and Wartales looks promising.
I have a good 70 hours in this game.. my friend and I do the challenges? scenarios.. whatever they are called.. there is a co-op mission you can do and we like doing those together it's challenging and good fun.
If you are looking for games to cover, I really enjoyed Age of Wonders: Planetfall. It came out a few years ago, but its still the game I play the most regularly.
@@Omidion there’s not really a multiplayer story mode, but there is a little campaign mode that can be two player. You get upgrades for each level you beat. I actually haven’t played it, I enjoy the skirmishes.
I like how you revisit titles that have been out for a while. I mean, most games today aren't properly "done" until maybe three years or so after their initial release.
on your stream you spoke about inscyption and not playing it much after leaving the cabin, if you don't take the item the wolf card talks about from the cukoo clock you won't leave the cabin so you can keep looping through just playing cabin, that's what i do as i didn't like the act after the cabin so much but really enjoyed the cabin
I am told that the p key does a form of pause, where things are blurry, but you can still look at the map and mouseover. - have not played it yet though
highly recommend the multiplayer scene for this game! while it may not look like it, it offers as much complexity and micro in higher levels of play on par with AoE and such. Shiro Games, the studio behind this game, are also producing the new "Dune" RTS which follows a somewhat similar formula, albit expanded.
18:53 Honestly, if the DLC practices didn't put me off, this part right here immediately did. If the devs cannot be bothered to create a balanced, capable AI that doesn't need to cheat, but are fine with selling various factions that are mild variations of the other, I'm no longer interested.
I'm here a year after this vid went up. Has the AI been balanced in that time? I haven't played in awhile, and one of the reasons was the AI was just unfair.
I bought this game last year and absolutely cannot get sound and I havent played it. Ive tried various resets, reinstalls, driver fiddling, etc. On Win10. If someone has some solution please share it with me :)
Emergency message to Splatter-cat: The UA-cam channel "Warhammer" just announced that the Dwarfs are making a a come back the Warhammer 40k universe. I thought you might like to hear this.
What about Simfest? There's a bunch of stuff on there. Anyway, as of this writing, the game is on sale. Honestly it's a good game, and the DLCs are worth it, but I would buy it when it's on sale, such as now.
Do you only post reviews of games you think are worth buying? Or do you try and review everything? I'd like to hear a comparison to other similar games, and maybe how you rate them (some kind of scale).
FYI, I added this to my wishlist because of this video, and it went on sale shortly after. For almost the original price of the game, you can get everything.
I wonder who is disliking the video? What's their reason? Is it because Splat put "colony survival" on the title because while the game is primarily a RTS, it does have natural survival aspects that if you fail to upkeep, you'll lose.
Since youre saying it is slow, im suggesting an older game that i dont think you covered when it came out : Teamfight Manager if not worth covering, i think its the kind of tittle you might personaly enjoy.
your suboptimal build is physically hurtful for me to watch lol. not that im saying i expect you to be able to play it like a pro and hip to the meta.... but damn it makes me wince thing is, this game is a lot more starcraft than it is civ, in the sense that its built for competitive scene, and it does it really, really well. Love the game, binge multiplayer matches from time to time, and also binge youtubers streaming it
seems like they nerfed it a little bit... I remember winter being much much harsher than that and I was never even remotely able to "cap " on food, considering how the penalty system was so strong all the time... Or you just had a very nice and easy game here.. dunno
Thanks for being straight forward about the DLC stuff on this game. I am going to pass on this one for that alone. I won't support that business model. It is predatory IMO. Those who know, know. I won't waste time writing a novel on why I think this way.
You can completely ignore the DLC. All it adds is other clans to play as. You get 6 clans for free with the base game. The DLC does not add any new content whatsoever. And even then if you do like the game you can buy EVERY DLC clan (8 other clans) for very very cheap. They are only expensive if you buy them one at a time. I think I payed 10 bucks for ALL the new clans. It's actually a very nice business model for an absolutely excellent game. It really is a great game, I've put hundreds of hours into it and cannot recommend it highly enough.
@@ghostlightx9005 The hell are you talking about. Right now, on Steam, all extra clans is $44.91. You're doing a lot of defending of this game, and you are sometimes right to do so. The game isn't nearly as bad as people say. With that in mind, this DLC model is 100% pure bullshit. The game costs $30. The DLC costs significantly more than the base game. Sure, you don't NEED it, but they shove it in your face every time you pick a clan. The DLC in this game is absurd.
@@ghostlightx9005 Thanks for letting me know about that. Each to our own here. I don't mind a DLC expansion that adds a whole new game with like 4+ chapters of content. It might be a great game, however I stand by my principles here when it comes to charging people even 25 cents to unlock a race to play as. This is why I don't do mobile games and pretty much speak out against them as much as I can. They are add machines, packaged as games to prey on young kids and those who don't understand they are the product. Feels like a mobile gaming model.
@@ghostlightx9005 They would have been smarter to just add the clans and charge 10 more bucks for the game and add everything in there. I just don't like how that model is set up. But it is a personal preference. I realize some folks like to pick and choose what they want in gaming. Can't please everyone. And if you try to please everyone, you end up pissing off your core fans and everyone else in the process. It is what it is.
@@OldieWan How do you think they would do that? Increase game price every time they add new clan? They need money to create new content, so you are paying for it or not getting it. Can't think of a game that is being constantly developed free of charge.
I loved this game when it first came out, and then the dlc releases happened, found it to be utter bullsheist, having a scant few playable clans in the base game and then releasing overpriced additions hand over fist, is just a total nope in my book. -_-;
@@ghostlightx9005 How is it dishonest if you don't like being gouged 5 dollars a piece for a small part of the game? The game is 75 dollars right now lmfao. And at what point does age even factor into this either?
@@ghostlightx9005 I bought Northgard when it first released. And to me that six clans is paltry, and the dlc at five bucks per, I believe they were priced higher at some point or other, is still too much considering the bare differences between them as well. None to mention the similarity the default clans suffer from, next to no diversity amongst them. And yes I played every single clan. I also find your calling me dishonest, bizarre, and uncalled for.
This game has really come a long way since release. Very cool to see you revisiting games like this. Rise to Ruins and then this. Definitely loving this content.
Yes i was playing it when it had the classic clans and was like a year old i got a pirate version of it now it has ton of new clans last month came the new clan of the Eagle :) i will buy it on steam next week now i will be legit! :D
I thought this is some old video YT algorithm is recommending. You have surely waited on this one.
I don't even think "indie" when Northgard is mentioned. At this point its quality is pretty much on par with regular big studio strategy games. Visually beautiful, complex game mechanics and lot of clan variety. Also I would say some unique elements. Spent over 250 hours on it, and bought every DLC gladly.
EDIT: Also as some pointed out already, this is primarily RTS, rather than colony survival.
I mean, indie doesn’t have to be a small team.
I think of it more like a puzzle game 😅
You know he has some "lets play" on this one like 5 years ago. So he has already reviewed it. Dunno why he does again, maybe because more people are watching him now and he want to let them know. greetings
@@I3urningblade He does it when there have been significant developments since the previous video, generally.
"indie" is short for "independent developer" - doesn't have to be a low quality game
One of the best multiplayer games out there.
Nice slow pacing, no rushing & a lot of thought required to survive.
BTW, the AI does go to war with each other.
I haven’t played in a long while, but the game is very easy and relaxing or you end up in Valhalla sometimes.... It’s worth the playtime you will put into it.
Wow another top notch Video. Thanks for the upload Splatter. Hey the way you have been formatting your UTube videos with knowing the games before Upload has been such a breath of fresh air, no offence to other hard working UA-camrs that use a different format but I do wish more uploaders did what you do as its just so good. Thanks again man, keep up the fantastic work!!
Picked up Weird West on release day today mostly due to your review. Thanks for the always quality content, splat.
There's a pause button on the minimap.
Also, the clans and military XP trees are getting a major rework in the next patch.
I like this game's take on the rts formula, it's very much aligned with the Viking them imo and it sets it aside. I love the amount of clans adding up over time, lots of different play styles.
This is an amazing game, review coming really late. All clans are amazing but they have different objectives and bonuses which ask you to play differently unlike what splatter cat said.
But you need to know the game a little bit to understand why you'd want to play such or such clans depending on how you like to play. Like the Kraken's clan which is really amazing but it takes a while to understand what is so good about it. Some clans are more focused on war, other on economy and food, other are good in research, etc. There's really a lot of things to learn about each clan but at first sight, you will probably think they all look alike and think it's not worth buying them. Also, if you want more military action, I'd advise on removing victory conditions, most of the time, a game ends with a winner without even any player meeting each other with map victory and research. Knowing the map is also very important and getting the important spots.
This game is a gem for any strategy lover (especially when we do lack of RTS nowadays) and knowing the same company is currently working on Dune is very good news, they couldn't have chosen a better company to take care of Dune.
Edit: The music is also amazing ! I purchased the soundtrack without regretting it :D
My wife and I have 100+ hours in this game, each. It's awesome and we love playing together or against each other. And the multiple, varied single-player campaign offerings are a blast. Buy it.
This a great dev btw, and they're coming out with a 4X Dune game soon 😊
I wish I could see his reaction to Vintage Story. It looks like another game, but it's the most unique survival game I've ever played.
Put around 10 hours in the game back in 2019, really liked it.
Such a good game, slow paced but difficult. Decent rts community.
Ouch.
That scout ordered to explore the tomb when he was at 96% of finishing his territory reveal was a painful finish for the video.
Had a ton of fun doing coop on this game, 10/10 recommend
I've been playing this game with my friends for a while now. Very slow, but very fun. I'm not a good strategy player, so it's great to have them to carry me lmao.
Can't believe this game is already 5 years old. I still think of it as new, still sitting in my library unplayed lol...
Play it, it is awesome.
Tbf it came out with barely any content. It could barely be considered a game and not a demo.
Shiro Games is cultivating a very good reputation as a company. Northgard still gets routine support and new clans, Darksburg still receives updates and support, and Wartales looks promising.
Best *regularly updated* game !
I have a good 70 hours in this game.. my friend and I do the challenges? scenarios.. whatever they are called.. there is a co-op mission you can do and we like doing those together it's challenging and good fun.
Amazing game!...great review as usual!...thanks for sharing and keep it up mr. splat!
Horse is basically your Dwarf clan splatter; they get a pair of super smith heroes.
My God, I played some beta years ago and it's unrecognizable
I love this game so much! I've put 100s of hours on it
Holy shit man i remember watching you back when i was a kid
I love playing the Lynx clan, super cool
If you are looking for games to cover, I really enjoyed Age of Wonders: Planetfall. It came out a few years ago, but its still the game I play the most regularly.
The Age of Wonder series in general are hidden gems.
Love this game, it’s a lot of fun with friends!
Can you play he campaign with friends or just a regular skirmish vs AI or each other ?
@@Omidion there’s not really a multiplayer story mode, but there is a little campaign mode that can be two player. You get upgrades for each level you beat. I actually haven’t played it, I enjoy the skirmishes.
God this game is so good! very fun. The Rat clan and Kracken clans are op
Very good video informative and not boring i will stick with this channel please make more nothgard videos in the future!
Ooh, I grabbed this on sale just now for $33 with all the DLC. Can't wait to sink some time into this one!
nice game
I love this game - even though it kicks my ass almost every time!
Thanks for the vid Splatt
I loved the graphics, but I just couldn't get into it for some reason, But I absolutely love wartales, best game ever.
I played through this when it first came out ... a lot of fun. :)
Kraken so fun. Love Northgard, really hope they do a sequel with a bit more competitive RTS viability to slake my SC2 thirst
the MP in this game has an incredible scene and the micro/macro on high levels are HIGH. I rcommend it! go for 3V3s
Thanks. Seems that I like this game, I'm going to buy it now.
I like how you revisit titles that have been out for a while. I mean, most games today aren't properly "done" until maybe three years or so after their initial release.
on your stream you spoke about inscyption and not playing it much after leaving the cabin, if you don't take the item the wolf card talks about from the cukoo clock you won't leave the cabin so you can keep looping through just playing cabin, that's what i do as i didn't like the act after the cabin so much but really enjoyed the cabin
I am told that the p key does a form of pause, where things are blurry, but you can still look at the map and mouseover.
- have not played it yet though
Would love to see a let's play playlist come back, like your sunless sea series.
highly recommend the multiplayer scene for this game!
while it may not look like it, it offers as much complexity and micro in higher levels of play on par with AoE and such.
Shiro Games, the studio behind this game, are also producing the new "Dune" RTS which follows a somewhat similar formula, albit expanded.
Indeed you always want your wood to be strong.
Void Marauder, is worth a look
Oh i loved this game, i haven't played in while, the game is nice, easy to play, have some good visual and have intresting mechanic.
Love this game!
we're gonna do a lil bit of lil bit a its a kinda slow right now? English. Gotta love it.
ThankYou SirSpla77
18:53 Honestly, if the DLC practices didn't put me off, this part right here immediately did. If the devs cannot be bothered to create a balanced, capable AI that doesn't need to cheat, but are fine with selling various factions that are mild variations of the other, I'm no longer interested.
Sir what number of the version is this
No smart pause = auto-ignore. Zero tolerance for stuff like that.
I'm here a year after this vid went up. Has the AI been balanced in that time? I haven't played in awhile, and one of the reasons was the AI was just unfair.
I've been playing Northgard since it released, and it's one of my favorites. Love it, so fun and beautiful.
That the ai cheats realy makes me not to buy. Made that mistake whit sid maeyr.
Well, that was fun.
I got the impression that all the places on the map are the same or not?
Note that a lot of the factions are dlc factions. But even the base game is worth it!
I bought this game last year and absolutely cannot get sound and I havent played it. Ive tried various resets, reinstalls, driver fiddling, etc. On Win10. If someone has some solution please share it with me :)
Good game if you're into that tape of game
I need friends to play games that’s good with friends 😮💨
You can try starsector. It looks fun.
the studio who made that is releasing a game next month i think
Lets see if our bear is better then their bear! ;D
Do different clans get different units?
Emergency message to Splatter-cat: The UA-cam channel "Warhammer" just announced that the Dwarfs are making a a come back the Warhammer 40k universe. I thought you might like to hear this.
I love this game, just a shame that the best part is the competitiv multiplayer, but I'm having server issues :s
What about Simfest? There's a bunch of stuff on there.
Anyway, as of this writing, the game is on sale. Honestly it's a good game, and the DLCs are worth it, but I would buy it when it's on sale, such as now.
"Vedrfolnir can't get wounded, can't get hurt" then why did she spawn injured XD
Do you only post reviews of games you think are worth buying? Or do you try and review everything? I'd like to hear a comparison to other similar games, and maybe how you rate them (some kind of scale).
FYI, I added this to my wishlist because of this video, and it went on sale shortly after. For almost the original price of the game, you can get everything.
will you ever do a review on undying again and SurViV3??
I want to be Wolf Clan but there doesn't seem to be one
....there's just inaccurately depicted wolves running wild
How to expand territory
Gives me a strong Cultures vibe
Play Spirits Abyss, it's similar to Vagante.
Rough one. 7:05 ish for actual gameplay.
Any games like this but with dwarves and elves? Would really appreciate if someone can recommend something similar
I don’t have a suggestion but this game actually does have dwarves and elves lol. & if you like dwarf mining games, check out Deep Rock Galactic
modded rimworld could work,dont remember many games that do this concept with other races well,maybe age of wonders if you really want to push it
Waiiit reallly?? Damn guess I’ll go check it out
Thaank!
I wonder who is disliking the video? What's their reason? Is it because Splat put "colony survival" on the title because while the game is primarily a RTS, it does have natural survival aspects that if you fail to upkeep, you'll lose.
Since youre saying it is slow, im suggesting an older game that i dont think you covered when it came out : Teamfight Manager
if not worth covering, i think its the kind of tittle you might personaly enjoy.
I've got major Colony game fatigue brooo
Is it solo player?
Weird West just came out.
I wanna play the RAT KLAN.
your suboptimal build is physically hurtful for me to watch lol. not that im saying i expect you to be able to play it like a pro and hip to the meta.... but damn it makes me wince
thing is, this game is a lot more starcraft than it is civ, in the sense that its built for competitive scene, and it does it really, really well. Love the game, binge multiplayer matches from time to time, and also binge youtubers streaming it
You said “ you want your wood to be strong “ maybe re calibrate.
You get six clans without DLC.
seems like they nerfed it a little bit... I remember winter being much much harsher than that and I was never even remotely able to "cap " on food, considering how the penalty system was so strong all the time... Or you just had a very nice and easy game here.. dunno
Are these maps RNG or no?
Yes, I believe every map is random gen.
This game came such a long way
and i still end up uninstalling it everytime i want to get into it. It`s just less fun than many other offers out there in the genre.
This is available on Android as well if anyone is interested
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Thanks for being straight forward about the DLC stuff on this game. I am going to pass on this one for that alone. I won't support that business model. It is predatory IMO.
Those who know, know. I won't waste time writing a novel on why I think this way.
You can completely ignore the DLC. All it adds is other clans to play as. You get 6 clans for free with the base game. The DLC does not add any new content whatsoever. And even then if you do like the game you can buy EVERY DLC clan (8 other clans) for very very cheap. They are only expensive if you buy them one at a time. I think I payed 10 bucks for ALL the new clans. It's actually a very nice business model for an absolutely excellent game. It really is a great game, I've put hundreds of hours into it and cannot recommend it highly enough.
@@ghostlightx9005 The hell are you talking about. Right now, on Steam, all extra clans is $44.91. You're doing a lot of defending of this game, and you are sometimes right to do so. The game isn't nearly as bad as people say. With that in mind, this DLC model is 100% pure bullshit. The game costs $30. The DLC costs significantly more than the base game. Sure, you don't NEED it, but they shove it in your face every time you pick a clan. The DLC in this game is absurd.
@@ghostlightx9005 Thanks for letting me know about that. Each to our own here.
I don't mind a DLC expansion that adds a whole new game with like 4+ chapters of content. It might be a great game, however I stand by my principles here when it comes to charging people even 25 cents to unlock a race to play as.
This is why I don't do mobile games and pretty much speak out against them as much as I can.
They are add machines, packaged as games to prey on young kids and those who don't understand they are the product.
Feels like a mobile gaming model.
@@ghostlightx9005 They would have been smarter to just add the clans and charge 10 more bucks for the game and add everything in there.
I just don't like how that model is set up. But it is a personal preference. I realize some folks like to pick and choose what they want in gaming.
Can't please everyone. And if you try to please everyone, you end up pissing off your core fans and everyone else in the process.
It is what it is.
@@OldieWan How do you think they would do that? Increase game price every time they add new clan? They need money to create new content, so you are paying for it or not getting it. Can't think of a game that is being constantly developed free of charge.
Niiice
Damn I'm never this early
Neither dude an empty comments section feels wack
I loved this game when it first came out, and then the dlc releases happened, found it to be utter bullsheist, having a scant few playable clans in the base game and then releasing overpriced additions hand over fist, is just a total nope in my book. -_-;
Game is 4 years old. You get 6 base clans with the game and 8 new clans have been released over FOUR YEARS. I find your comment bizarre and dishonest.
@@ghostlightx9005 How is it dishonest if you don't like being gouged 5 dollars a piece for a small part of the game? The game is 75 dollars right now lmfao. And at what point does age even factor into this either?
Hey Citanul! I love your PFP
Because you described EIGHT 4 quid DLCs over FOUR years as "releasing hand over fist". Ridiculous.
@@ghostlightx9005 I bought Northgard when it first released. And to me that six clans is paltry, and the dlc at five bucks per, I believe they were priced higher at some point or other, is still too much considering the bare differences between them as well. None to mention the similarity the default clans suffer from, next to no diversity amongst them. And yes I played every single clan.
I also find your calling me dishonest, bizarre, and uncalled for.
Terribly mislabeled. This game is an RTS.
Yup
Amazing game, but I refuse to support that DLC format
i thought this was an RTS game?
You know what else is intense. Camping
And Caving. Both are things I enjoy doing. Video games became a hobby of mine to pass the times between my real life adventures.
How can the video be 7 minutes in without doing anything? bruh