The New And Controversial Open World Kingdom Building RPG - Bellwright
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- Опубліковано 25 кві 2024
- BELLWRIGHT gameplay with Splat! Let's Play BELLWRIGHT and check out a game where you'll start a life in the midst of a medieval settlement and raise armies, level up skills, hunt animals, fight bandits, and save the realm.
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Published by Snail Games who already abandoned 3 early access titles? I would be cautious.
100%. Last Oasis, Dark and Light, Ark Park, Pix Ark...the shiftiness with their publisher and the abysmal Ark Ascended release, Ark 2...Snail Games server abuse on official Ark Servers. I REALLY want to love this game as this is what I wanted Manorlords to be, but I can't touch it for at least a year to see if its abandonware or not.
The developer also said the entire reason they made this game is the other one that's also in early access is making them no money. So they either shut down their studio or put this out and hope it saves them. Having two unfinished games, and then hearing that, and then seeing the publisher...it's not reassuring.
Chineesium
@@TheLamppost444 I agree, but they need money to pay people and keep the doors open.
Lol, shut it down. It's natural evolution
This game will never leave Early Access, no Donkey Crew game ever has.
I don't trust them to complete this game.
Not true, they turned the last one with a new coat of paint and called it bellwright. This is literally the exact same mechanics as the last one.
Yeah they abandoned Last Oasis to work on this game.
They did the same to another early access game before Last Oasis too.
They literally just make cash grabs and once the sales dry up they abandon it and move on to the next project.
Steam should put some limits for early access
Devs of Last Oasis were the devs of Of Kings and Men right? They never finish anything.
It could be a good game, but they aren't getting my money until the game is finished. I hope it doesn't get abandoned, because it looks actually good.
This is my perspective as well. Game looks really good but unfinished and I ain't paying for a game that won't get finished.
Holy crap, your villagers are able carry half a tree on their shoulders. They should be able to fight of the bandits on their own !
Manageable if it's not completely sodden and depending on the species. It's the lift that's hard and I'm no beefcake
Last millennium I played a game where the NPC's could NOT push through each other, they filled their space. It was very helpful when fighting large groups to use this to shield you from other combatants. Its remarkable that decades later games still can't do that.
It might be because getting stuck behind your NPC's is terrible gameplay. I, too, remember playing a necromancer in Diablo 2.
yeah collision boxes for NPCs is a complicated issue in terms of gameplay, not technology
Oh no- I just saw the publisher on the Steam page and it's Snail Games....
Notorious for their mishandling and predatory practices in ARK
It's not the publisher that is the real concern, it's the developers themselves. They have an even worse track history...
@@lordlurk7968 Developers being worse than publishers? That must be some kind of record.
The idea is good. I see from the comments that they don't trust the publisher, and that seems fair. I'm saying the IDEA is good, and whoever can realize it well shall prosper.
Donkey Crew always has good ideas for games they just cant seem to ever make it work.
This will be great before it gets abandoned like the other titles.
Well, that IS a conundrum, if it's a seemingly good and interesting game even after 9+ hours or so (visual ghosting aside) but there's some troublesome history for the devs and publishers, well...
when I see bad history like that it basically means "wait and see" for me.
@@danilooliveira6580 It just means you should buy the naval edition of the game
@@danilooliveira6580 A very smart plan, that.
yeah, this game is 100% "We will see if the game ever releases."
I am glad that Splat pointed out about being wary for developers since they abandoned games before - will pause for sure but I really LIKE what I see so yea only on wishlist :)
Especially with this game, it's more important to see mid to late game and not just the start. Would also be nice to see a little more of the enemy AI.
Building that little hut piece by piece looked very satisfying.
It gets annoying after awhile not gonna lie. But it is cool watching a forge get built rock by rock.
@@ashtonfrancis112 you can let your villages build , proves you have not played the game
It's too bad the developer has such a tainted history of not finishing games or else I'd probably buy this game . I just don't want a game that is in permanent early access !
Can you expand on this? Which games?
@@CptFugu Ark park, dark and light, atlas, outlaws, fear the night, lost oasis, z crew, agartha, conquest of empires. Loads of cash grab abandonware.
@@Zetheek ty for that list
@@Zetheek I remember "Lost Oasis" quite a few UA-camrs were singing it's praises a few years ago, but it just got less and less updates.
That is concerning, ill fall on the wait and see approach as well.
@@n543576 There's loads more, the CEO cheats in ARK, leaked DM's on youtube of him telling employees for cheats spawned items, roilback servers ect.
Tons more stuff about snail online they are a pretty scummy company.
Combat def gets better with 4+companions. I wiped a squad last night… so satisfying
I'll keep it on the wishlist for now. Lets see how much longer this game will be supported. If in the end of the year this game still gets patches, I will take a look again. Looks promising tho
Love ya, splat! Been seeing that you've been having trouble with youtube negativity & wanna cut back a little. I just wanted to say that you're my favorite UA-camr & the only reason I like you so much is because you are you. Your personality & commentating is what keeps me around. That & the games, but everyone plays games on youtube now, & not many of them have the qualities you do. Just don't let the negativity get you down. For every neasayer, there are likely 5 yeasayers that just don't pipe up. Just keep on doing you, man. Forget the haters
Yeah the games are a side benefit, I watch because Splat is usually entertaining af. If he needs to take some time off or cut back to feel good enough to keep being entertaining, that's fine with me. If he run out of being entertaining on UA-cam, I'd miss him, but hopefully he takes care of himself first. One of my favorite UA-camrs.
@dirtywhitellama this guy gets it! Nerd Castle is where we hang our beards!
splatt is 100% the goat. He has not only helped me find some many good games, but also cheered up some bad days.
I wish there was more focus on left-handed models... With as much customization in games today it's frustrating not having this option. Thanks for all the vids!!
The skill assigning for people looks imilar to Stranded Alien Dawn where you assign each person a priority so you can specialize people into certain tasks to get better performance. i.e. a deicated researcher / forager / hunter.
Those are some HUGE rabbits.
Hadn't realized it is Snail Games USA publishing until you said, thank you a bunch for the history. I am definitely going to take your advice and watch it for a bit before pulling the trigger. That and Manor Lords just launched into early access as well.
It's simple, wait for a while and see how it goes. I hope you cover this game again in 6-12 months time so we can check how it has progressed.
Ya this game is delivering on everything I hoped it would. The biggest issue with games like this is follower AI and I have never had an issue. They know what you need done once you set their follower type. The first time I went to craft something and realized I was missing ingredients, I turn around and my following is already walking back with what I needed. It's just fun. It does what it says on the tin, and it can only get better. Already worth the asking price easily.
Strongly agree. I went in a little skeptical because of the publisher but the game is just good and works well in places other games like it fail. The multiplayer functions really well, the ai pathfinding is really strong, the world map is well designed. I hope people give it a shot despite the connection to snail.
Also, it can't really suffer from low popularity like Last Oasis does because its not a pvp mmo sandbox.
I already got my money's worth with the current state of the game so any continued support and development is just a bonus now.
This reminds me of a much older game called Hinterland, same idea but the combat and perspective is that of Diablo
"Directional combat is the future in gaming"
My thoughts exactly, after playing the 1999 title Silver.
What a fantastic combat control scheme it had.
If the developers of this title adapt the way block and parry works as well, it will definitely be a blast to play.
Hot damn someone besides me remembers Silver! That was a neat little game.
@@MisterNightfish any game recommendations? Something with a similar combat scheme and/or atmosphere?
That UI ghosting is DLSS for you. It's the same problem as how your game doesn't look sharp even if you chose highest graphic settings.
Game not looking sharp could also be TAA, not sure if it has it.
@@ElvenMans TAA is disgusting. Wish it would just go away as an option.
@@ElvenMans TAA won't have UI ghosting. TAA only calculates 3D scenes. But DLSS calculates the entire viewport.
What I am looking for in games like this is Bandit/Criminal Rehab mechanics. If you can recruit wanderers, why not defeated bandits? SpaceBase DF9 and Space Haven have this feature and it is exciting.
For this game, I'm thinking a village prison could be added to the game. The defeated bandits are placed into the prison(s), then after a certain amount of in-game time, the bandits are either automatically converted into villagers or they need to be manually recruited. If they are manually recruited, then the devs could add some randomness, some kind of conditions, and/or the bandits could just randomly reject the offer for whatever reasons. If the offer is rejected, the player could be given an option to execute the prisoner or make him serve a longer prison sentence until they eventually concede. Usually the stronger bandits would need more time in the cell before they cave.
The player would need to have enough housing built for the prisoners prior to recruiting them, or the negotiations would automatically fail.
It would also be rewarding if the villagers had stats showing which tasks they are naturally good at, so the player can place them in optimal positions. Plus, adding bandits as villagers will add more fun as the player could only see their stats once they become villagers. So there is some risk and reward when converting bandits, because it will be a surprise, you could get some really awful stats or really OP stats. Not knowing is part of the thrill.
Yeah it's gonna take a lot of bug-fixing just to get it working let alone enjoyable. For instance, the bloomery is simply broken, so i can't use anything with metal. Other people have had the same issue or issues with other structures like the campfire or the loom.
I don't know man, a developer with a track history of not completing things fails to instil me with confidence about anything they say.
Trust is real easy to lose and very hard to gain back. And with how the economy looks lately, we're all well within our rights to be extra distrustful of promises from people known to be shifty.
It's pretty cool that it's all one map and not an overhead travelling map that switches to third person scenes like Mount & Blade.
Thanks for the video Splattercat!
As one of the people from last oasis. I am not mad that they left last oasis to make this, I am mad that they didn't communicate for about a year and left the LO community out to dry while they were internally developing this game. They should have been more open and communicative on their plans so that they didn't leave their community without official word for months and months on end.
IVE been looking for something like this, I really have high hopes for this game defeintly getting it on sale. Thanks Splatter!
How long til the devs abondon the game for a new IP?
Thanks for showcasing! ^^
I’ve bought ark, last oasis and played them both very plentiful. This game is also fun at the end of the day and see myself putting many hours in this game as well. Looking forward to further content
hehe, for raids, if you look at the number in the middle of the red skull it'll tell you how many are coming for you :)
About the combat, that's mostly a result of your skills. Once you get them up to like 5ish it's pretty fluid. lol, you just kinda start out as a nothing burger.
Also, when your villigers go down, the first time they'll recover and respawn at your base with a wounded icon. If they go down while they have that wounded icon, then they are dead dead.
I like what I see but I'll wait and see with this one. I don't want to financially support abandonware companies, if they finish it I'll definitely pick it up however.
Last oasis was one of the most fun games I've ever played. And honestly, it was released a full game. Season 1 and 2 were great. They started making changes that no one wanted and thats why it died. But overall, they did a great job on it.
I took it off my wishlist as soon as the reviews came in and I learned more about it. Looked promising.
your loss, this game is very good
There was a one-man indie game a few years back called Kingdoms, which was pretty much the idea of what this game is. Unfortunately he never completed it, but that may well be how this one also ends up lol
Which do you think is better: Mediaeval Dynasty, Manor Lords, or Bellwright? My problem with Medieval Dynasty is that I don't think there is any combat besides hunting animals unless they updated that recently.
Can def see the last oasis combat in this game
Feels a Lot Like rimworld, but in third Person. If this Game actually gets finished , IT might get really dope
Kira had video about it recently - this game will probably not end well which is shame - it looks promissing.
skip to 3:30 to see him actually do something in the game.
my main issue with the game is the performance. Overheated my GPU somehow forcing a system freeze (AMD) having to turn off the power switch on the PSU, I wouldn't be surprise to see GPU getting messed up by this one.
I had fun for the 30 mins I played tho. It scream medieval dynasty with more focus on combat, which is a win-win in my book.
02:16 I like to fiddle and play games
The publisher will fuck this up, but if you're looking for a little bit of fun in a medieval rpg, this is a fun one with friends. Don't expect it to ever be finished or feel like a complete product.
amazing game
I like that the 'raiders' were just famer joe and his dumb cousin jimbob
your point about directional combat made me feel so understood. especially since there was already a primitive version of it in morrowind but oblvion and skyrim decided to be boring instead.
Exanima is all about directional combat and movement physics and I still haven't decided if I like it or not. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is probably the best example of a middle ground that works fine.
@@Puschit1 hard disagree on kingdom come, combat in that is a chore to me. i disliked it more the further i got in the game aswell. personally i just think the melee slashers like mordhau and chivalry have the most enaging combat. imagine that combined with a magic system, and some physics interaction like dark messiah. plus weighty mount combat like in mount and blade. thats my dream rpg.
yeah i havent decided on Exanima either, it looks interesting but also like it could be very frustrating but i have yet to try it.
its a good game for many reasons
Add full mod support and I'm in. That way if it becomes abandonware thw community can opensource finishing it.
It would be cool if someone made a game like that but it was based on Genghis Khan and you would end up running a huge army invading country after country making a huge empire.
404 Rune Not Found.
Awesome.
I want to play this game so bad but my PC is over 15 years old, I don't think it will play it.
I skipped this game to buy Manor Lords and found ML is missing a lot of stuff I like, like questing and small skirmishes as you showed in Bellwright, I'm in a quandary now, you are henceforth known as "splattercat the quandary giver" :)
I wish devs wouldn't bother with voice acting, to be honest. They don't even need to use AI voices, just use text so they can make longer/better dialogue anyway, I always felt like voicework in games like this was kind of a meme anyway because most people will read it faster and skip it anyway.
Looks interesting, but it needs way more time in the oven
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8:09 thats a weird graphical glitch with all the red pixels all over the houses. wonky shaders or something.
AI probably just had a little bit of the first-day jitters! 😅
You can mute AI voices inside the sound menu
Love you splatt, But snailgames? NO HARD pass! Thank you for your service.
steal is a _strong_ word... re-appropriate is the one you were looking for
This ones dangerous
I want this to be good but I'm not going to buy it until I know it's going to approach something resembling a complete product.
Curious what you guys think - when the "tech tree" is that huge, is it really tech or is it just game progression?
It's always both of course, regardless of size
That's like saying is an Airplane really just a mode of transport? It is the thing that it is.
It's a chore, that's what it is.
@@godoftwinkies574 I don't think it's bad to be able to unlock things as you go so you can focus the playstyle you want.
Looks decent
comment for the comment god!
It's not entirely about Last Oasis though... It's about Snail in general making poor decisions and abandoning more than one game. There's also been some side-eye over the use of AI voice acting as a place holder, the ethics of using AI for creative purposes when the data is most often acquired against the wishes of actual talent, and whether or not they'll actually make good on any of their promises.
I do love the way it looks, and the way the ai works with the villagers. Still. Cautious.
Thanks for the video!
3d medieval rimworld
I really wish Donkey Crew was ran better, there games have great ideas but they always seem to fumble somewhere along the way. Last Oasis was one of my favorite games.
Cool they made a game where u can play as Asmongold.
I hope they stick with it it looks promising
If you don't have money to finish one project, then how do you have money to make another?
So they have a shield and sword or a bow guy. But they don't drop their weapons..??
Eh... welcome to video games. Especially in this genre it's not uncommon that loot is crafting based rather than being able to strip the corpses of everything on them visually.
it ends up being more fun that they don't drop their equipment because that would break the camp production progression system. There are loot tables that do allow them to occasionally drop something really useful in addition to the usual consumables
It's more common in RPGs but it's a thing so that you don't get rich just by raiding, forcing you to craft.
My reaction exactly! The bandit is dead, their stuff is MINE!✊
It is TERRIBLE when a game robs you by denying you your earned loot!
Worse, their flat out gaslighting you when they clearly show the bandit both having, and using that pitchfork against you, then when they die, the game is all ”hehe guess there was no pitchfork after all”, all while you’re staring at the damn thing right next to their useless corpse!
15:00: Nothing to see here player; move on!
It’s so insulting!
What if I had plans for that pitchfork?
If I saw that bandit in the distance, when I was young, and weak, dreaming of getting my hands on an early polearm, as I used a sad little club, sadly!
Dream killers! That’s what they are!
It is a violation of an unspoken LAW of a more brutal time: You keep what you kill, if you can hold onto it!
That these devs here fail to grasp that, and instead, force the players to grind up their bloated little tech trees, so they can meter out the most basic of stuff; it is terrible!
Yeah, as decent as this looks all the complaints of previous games by them being abandoned is pretty much a death nail for me. I enjoy the vid, but won't be looking into the game. Probably better off waiting for Hades II.
And the big muscle mommy weirdo journos are hyped about lol
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The AI voices are better than that other game that uses AI voices Spacebourne 2, but I'm with you on the use of those. Game looks fun but the reputation of the developer gives me pause. Is it worth the $26.99 (without sales tax) to later on down the road have it abandoned possibly?
And you do assign jobs and there are even a priority system. I'm actually enjoying the game and I enjoy it more then mid evil dynasty and I baught mid evil dynasty on launch day for early access but I don't trust snail games hopefully they take this game seriously
It isnt the game splatt. It is the company. The backlash is justified. It doesnt matter if the next game they make is a perfect 10. They need to fix their mistakes with the Ark games. Cant trust snail usa, an off shoot of a chineese company. I guess i couldve just said the game is chineesium. But meh :)
You can turn the AI voices off in the game settings.
I dont have a problem with indie devs using AI, if they make a good game IDC. As a small business owner I also can sympathize with them abandoning a project that is not financially viable, we all have bills to pay and if I keep selling my apples below market value im going to be homeless too.
PSA there are serious problems wiith the developers please investigate closely before purchasing
please elaborate?
100%
This was proven false. Please do your own investigation before spreading misinformation
They are the devs of last oasis, and which is kinda abandoned
@Johnson09641 They have a history of abandoning their projects in mid stream Truly i wass looking forward to this title and am disappointed
food is so bad my biggest gripe
Directional combat may be the way to go but not the way they´re doing it right now. There is something off about it and feels "ragdoll-ish".
It’s because of the success of Dark Souls and developers thinking that it’s an rpg (it’s a action memory game btw) and it’s success derailed the entire rpg genre. One day directional combat will still eventually win out.
Dark Souls is an Action RPG. It has strong build progression and variety, saying it's not an RPG is stupid.
@@Gunnar_Konig Action RPGs are RPGs for people who don't want to use their brains. In short they are not RPGs.
@@bra5081 Holy pretentiousness
@@Gunnar_Konig The progression is entirely mechanical, there are no character decisions. The fact that people think that having equipment and perks makes people think a game is an RPG is entirely the problem.
@@SehrDummerAccountNam Every game with a story is an RPG if you go by the "Role Playing game" direct definition. It's meaningless.
So RPGs are games that take after tabletop RPGs instead. Some are story heavy (Baldur's Gate), some only keep the stats and have a linear plot, like Dark Souls. Which is specifically an Action RPG, nobody calls it just "an RPG".
It's not just people from Last Oasis, they tried to make this game before and failed spectacularly. OKAM (Of Kings and Men) is the same game these devs tried to make that bombed massively, and they have a longer history that stems from a mod called cRPG for Mount and Blade Warband from which they are trying to copy their success from (which is also full of it's own drama and controversy). It's a story of mod team goes pro but fails, sadly.
I do hope they succeed this time around, but they are definitely not a team with good credit history so to speak, and going under Snail to publish the game makes me even more uneasy about the future success of this title.
It looks fine... doesn't look like anything wildly different that I HAVE to have now, and with the questionable nature of the publisher... yeah nothing is screaming for me to buy this game... now or ever tbh.
Quest log which states "In Memoriam" ????? While it is indeed "In memory" it phrase is "In memory of xxxx" somebody deceased... Queue "you keep using that word... " meme....
Wasn’t these guys that abandoned Dark and Light and a few other “Early Access” titles??? Yeah……. I’m holding my money and time until I see v1.0 😅
Slopwright.
I have certain principles that I stick to. One of them is to never play a Snail Games published game ever again.
This basically looks not very different from the last time you covered this game, and I'd be very careful with the publisher and developer. If they do finish it, it would be worth looking at.
Hi me from the future, ill wait for you to congratulate me from the past for this comment, i predict snail games, scam , abandonned game!
Im 54 years old. Bought the game, LOVE the game. Snail games may have there issues and i never played last oasis, never cared to but this game is amazing. Honestly, if your complaining about a game that cost 26.00, your just a spoiled child. Seriously. Ill give you the "back in my day" speech. The days when you spent 60.00 to 100.00, got maybe 20 to 30 hrs from a game IF you were lucky, no patches, no free content, no paid dlc, NOTHING. A freaking 2 hour movies worth of entertainment at a theatre cost like 50.00 plus for to damn people. You all live in an amazing time for gaming. Enjoy it and stop your baby ass whining.
THANK YOU!! Someone had to say it! If you can pull 50+ hours of game play for $26 you got your money's worth. These spoiled ass children have no idea how good they have it
54 and still doesn't know the difference between your and you're.
@@R-L-D Honestly could care less. You obviously understood what I meant. Its amusing how the only thing you could take a shot at is my grammar. The game is amazing and dominating on steam and with the youtube survival community. So yea, I was right. I grew up poor and rural. You shouldn't take shots at someone without knowing there history or at all for that matter. Im all for constructive criticism but there is a time and place.
@@R-L-D My age would actually have nothing to do with my IQ, schooling, upbringing and so on. Enjoy being an asshole.
@@Reeper_ You actually meant "couldn't care less" 🤡
404 Rune/Renown not found
lmao
fasd
No Manor Lords? 🙄
So... It's Myth of Empires with a different name, ui, and skin? Interesting considering the myth of empires situation.
Anyone else see that?
Totally unrelated. This is OKAM 2.0, they are attempting to make the game they tried before yet again. We'll see how this one goes though...
so your main building after few hours playing .still like that . A HUT ?