Ritzler is a magician in making top tier character controllers, and im glad pseudoregalia gave him the economic security needed to keep gamedev as I want to see what other projects they'll cook in the future
A couple weeks ago I saw a friend of mine playing an N64 looking platformer with nice animation. He told me it was called Pseudorgalia and that I'd probably like it, being a big Metroidvania fan. So I went ahead and bought it, installed it, and went to bed since I had work in the morning. The next day, internet and cell service was out for my entire town for 24 hours and I couldn't do any work, so I decided to give that game a shot. Boy am I glad I got to play it in that environment. Having no internet to look up maps or hints, it felt like being a kid again. It was just me and a dream-like virtual world to get lost in. Played through the whole game, accidentally skipping most of the major upgrades until the very end (I got the Keep key without wall run, and entirely missed ground pound). I adore this game, and is easily my favorite so far this year, which is saying a lot in a year with as many good releases as this one.
I had a similar experience, I got the game on release day and no one had made any maps or guides for it yet! Only took the community a few days to make some great maps but that sense of mystery was so much fun
This game is so good. I've beaten it 4 times already. The smooth controls and platforming keeps me coming back to it. I really hope it gets a full length sequel that maybe adds some more depth to the combat.
You know a game is good when it makes you get a notification from a channel that uploads once every couple months. I'll definitely have to check this out. Played way too few platformers till now, but this one looks crazy fun
Wow, thank you so much for the shoutouts on the OST! I need to also credit "still crisp" for their work on both boss BGM: the OST would not be the same without them! ^^
One of the great things about indie metroidvanias is that, if you ever get bored of the vanilla layout, they support randomizers. There is a randomizer for Pseudoregalia, and they’re also working on adding it to Archipelago so you can play it in multiworlds with your friends (basically a randomizer seed that shuffles items among multiple games).
@@HyveMindsGames Slide and Cling. I just started speedrunning the game and yea, no wall jumps required because Cling is busted. Not nearly and busted as Slide hops and flips, though. The main reason you even get Cling is for clipping and climbing the Tower but I wouldn’t be surprised if you could somehow beat the game without Cling. The only major hiccups I can see are getting the Key in Belly and getting the top of Tower. If you could find a way past those without Cling then we could beat the game with only Slide
@@ToastUrbath you can absolutely beat the game without cling, but it requires quite a bit otherwise. a big part of it is the right-side theatre switch (for the main key). getting across that gap requires slide, 4 wall kicks, and a backflip! you *barely* get enough distance, but it's possible (there's a video on youtube of the strategy i think). i just went through and 100%'d the game without cling (so i guess 99% haha) for my second playthrough and it's absolutely possible. for my first playthrough i missed cling and go around pretty well so i was curious too, and it was a fun challenge.
This game was crazy, I unfortunately missed the ground pound/high jump ability early on which left me wandering around for about an hour with very little movement options to keep me entertained, but I *still* couldn't drop the game. The sound design, the music, that feeling you mentioned of being truly lost and finding a crazy new area at every turn while wondering "Am I even supposed to be here?" it all made the game so entertaining. I played it while on call with a few friends over discord and it was just a true gem to experience. And like, even having become lost, even having *wished for a map* a lot during my playthrough, by the time I was done I couldn't agree more with your take that a map would do this game a disservice. Also Sybil's design is just, out of this world, it's so damn good I love her and I love that the only accessibility option in the game is "Give Sybil pants"
There's no such thing as a map doing a video game a "disservice" if you can get lost in said game. I have given up on games because I don't know where to go, my time is important to me.
@@aehfoibyr2931That's fair! It's not for everyone, but I think different games can have different visions, and different people can have different take on what that vision should and shouldn't be. I think pseudoregalia works best when you're getting lost in it, and it wouldn't be nearly as fun to explore if you always knew where to go after getting a new upgrade.
I really appreciate this review, and I basically had the same feelings walking away from the game. Obviously, I think the most controversial take on this game is the map and general lost nature of traversal, though I do fully agree with you and defend the choice as artistic. I didn't even grow up necessarily with games without maps, I only started gaming in the later half of the 2000s, when maps and some internet were rather accessible. Having a game strip that away from me was a unique experience, and it felt kind of nice. I had never had a game before where I WASN'T frustrated from a lack of information or clarity on where I am, but the vibe of this game perfectly matches this choice.
After seeing both you and Iron Pineapple cover this game, I might just have to buy it. I love the vibe it gives of, and that early 3D-style really hitamet right in the nostalgia. The N64 was my first console and metroidvania might be my favourite genre, so this is right up my alley.
I came across this game in my in my steam queue and was hooked the moment I watched the preview video. The movement, the art style, the audio, (the cheeks 👉👈) mmmm thats some good shit. Gonna pick this game up the moment I can!
Im not going to watch this video yet but through the through the steam page i got a look at the game and put it on my wishlist instantly. The reviews also gave me a good idea of what im getting into, so i am just going to save this video to watch once i am done with the game. You deserve every bit of watchtime for recommending this to me.
I just played this thanks to you, it's amazing, I love how open it is and I feel like the path I took was totally unique to me. During my entire playtime I was finding so many different ways to utalize my current move set to get to ledges that are otherwise out of reach... for example: I got the extra air kick upgrade way before I got the air kick and I managed to cheese so many platforming sequences with just high jumps and air kicks and the backflip. Another example: I managed to get the dark orb attack in the complete reverse order. Truly one of the best platformers I've played. I can't believe people made such a great game back in the N64 era and that I'm hearing about it only now
Comment made post map update: I’ve played the game both pre and post map on a seperate save file each, file 1 (pre map) took 6.2 hours to full completion and file 2 (post map) took 5.4 hours to full completion, alongside the new content like time trials, overall i think the map is useful but honestly the game isnt terrible without it, it was actually pretty fun having to memorize spaces via layout or enemy placement, however during the map playthrough i found traversal being much less of a chore. I dont know, its pretty split for me
this is the most well put and complete review of the game i think anyone could make, great job and i'll def look to you for more. what a game, what a dream come true!
I love this game. The movement feels like your dancing through the world and the surreal feel is soothing. I think everyone should give this game a shot
I just 100%'ed the game and I'm just NOW finding out that those blocks on chains can have their chains broken?! I'm a dumbass, not that it ever really caused me problems.
I have no idea how steam hasn't recommended this game to me, i have shown a lot of interest in modern old school low poly games, yet this one was never shown to me. I'll add it to the list.
even with the map now, my first playthrough took maybe 10 hours. I enjoyed every second of it and never felt frustrated. Truly has become one of my favorite games in recent times I'm obsessed with this game!!!
The character sleeping on the title screen doesn't have horns. It's probably the sleeping princess. And I just played through it with the new map. Helps navigate, but for me it does not reduce confusion.
my dumbass had so much difficulty finding the cling ring, there was only one path in the twilight theatre that I couldn't do without it but pretty much the entire rest of the game I did without the cling ring tho some parts were incredibly tight on the movement
1:04 - Yeah ain't that a bitch? All we got were mentions of a Metroid 64 but it just never got off the ground. 2:29 - So this is literally just Waifu Edition Klonoa? XDXDXDXDXD 16:34 - Yeah fuck that, Sat AM Sally Acorn for life, the pants stay off! 16:50 - Speaking of which I saw a freakin' Sonic Rom hack that was literally just Sonic in Pizza Time, it is downright terrifying how well that gameplay style fits the blue blur. Like maybe someone could make a Sat AM game in that style where Sonic is liberating other freedom fighters? God I wish I had the money to fund that!
On my first playtru i ended up accidentally skipping the map. I was 3 keys in when i ran into it and even after i aquired it I used it maybe 3 or 4 times. Honestly the lack of map gave the illusion the game was bigger
While I can appreciate you liking the lack of map for thematic purposes, I ended up getting lost for like an hour and a half before getting to where I needed. If it wants to pull of what you say, I think that's fair but maybe a few more landmarks, would be helpful.
It's a shame this game crashes on my pc every time the 3d rubble effect appears on screen. This can be found when destroying any wall or fighting the first boss.
I'm stuck in this game I only have 1 main key and I feel like I've been everywhere found a bunch of stuff but don't know where to go or how to progress further.
I played this game for 10 hours and got to the ending. 4-6 of those 10 hours was me also trying to find out where the hell to go (or just being lost). My advice would be to try to find the key in each area, they are spread out evenly. But, you probably already dropped the game or beat it by now.
You're the only one I've heard so far who describes the game as being "N64 styled" because this is very clearly a PS1 inspired indie, the squash and stretch on Sybil's animation can be seen in a BUNCH of PS1 games, namely Spyro. The game even uses that classic PS1 fog that you'd see in almost every game with large enough environments.
Maybe I'll check the game out in the future. But watching videos of it isn't appealing. To me it looks like a very EMPTY and boring "game" - more like an unfinished dev room where textures are missing, characters and models are missing and interesting architecture is missing too. Having only straight blocks looks lackluster.
It was made in a very short amount of time and is very cheap on Steam. Your observations are somewhat accurate. It can be boring if you are lost, which happens often. Most of the areas are pretty empty, but the fun in the game is the 3D platforming and exploration, using your few abilities to get to places you shouldn't be able to, or, rather, it feels like you shouldn't be able to. I still am glad I played it, but if this is what stuck out to you, you might not want to bother.
i bought into the hype and played this game almost all the way to the end and did not enjoy it. it's very poorly designed. the areas are huge and there is no indication of where to go or what to do. when you get new abilities it should open up whole areas but it basically just lets you reach a corner of the map you couldn't get to before. it's very janky.
I have played a ton of metroidvania, dozens of my games are actually in my Steam account and this one looks like garbage compared to most of them. I literally have not seen the appeal in two videos now. "Cheap looking platformer" is all I see. Not wishlisted, I already have better indie/metroidvania games, like Valdis Story.
It’s cool to see a metroidvania that focuses heavily on movement mechanics. Most games in the genre tend to prioritize either combat or puzzle solving, at least from the ones I’ve played. The only other game I can think of that has mobility as its primary gameplay system is Ori and the Blind Forest, and that game was a massive disappointment for me as a metroidvania, as it completely disregarded the exploration aspect of the genre in favor of a linear storyline. It’s also cool to see another 3D metroidvania, as well. As far as untapped or underutilized styles of games go, the one I want to see more of is this kind of game. I get it, designing an interconnected world is just far easier to do in 2D space versus 3D space, but I feel like we’re at a point in video games where developers can absolutely do it. I really wish to see a new “breakthrough title”, in this regard - a Metroid Prime of the modern times, which fully realizes the potential of 3D interconnected world design. Anyway, I’m interested in trying out Pseudoregalia sometime. I saw this game pop up in my Steam recommendations section a few weeks ago, and thought it looked mildly interesting, but after watching several videos of its gameplay it’s become a lot more intriguing to me, now.
the way Sybil holds the Dream Breaker and how round and not very sharp the "blade" is leads me to believe it's a single, over-sized tonfa and not a sword.
Sorry I was too busy to watch this video when it dropped. I was busy riding a lot of trains in Europe and in the pissy subways of New York. Idk what to tell you brother, I been stimming on that good Choo Choo brother. Just really hitting the rails hard. I'm in my element and that element is track based public transport; I'm on that Thomas the Tank engine shit. I'm a very helpful engine
I've been preaching Pseudoregalia since _literal_ day one. I'm working on modding the game rn but it's been getting hard, I won't go into the boring details. So glad people are talking about this game. Even if Sybil's ass _was,_ in fact, the thing that made us initially buy the game. Came for thick Sybil, stayed for godlike schmoovement
I came for the thicc goat lady, stayed for the amazing movement and fun gameplay. I never played the older versions of game but playing this game feels like an old school Zelda dungeon that I love and now I wanna play one of the older games because Pseudoregalia reminded me how much I miss the old dungeons
I just beat the game and never even knew about the sword kick! Oh my gosh that's so sick, makes way more sense why you can throw it now! Also love the vid man :D
I haven't played the game yet, but something that I immediately notice that would most likely aid in map memorization would be the removal of the dark clouds in front of every doorway. Think of a game like Dark Souls: Similar to Pseudoregalia, the map is not huge, but certainly isn't small either. In Dark Souls, however, with a few exceptions, you can always look behind you to see the interior of the room you came from, and look ahead of you to see what's in the room you're heading towards, ensuring you almost never get lost, despite the lack of a map.
Boy this game was such a treat. Found it randomly, watched one gameplay clip on steam and decided to get it and i have had so much damn fun with this game. Other games you should check out are Lunacid (a love letter to kingsfield) and dread delusion (also similar to kinngsfield)
there's also a hidden mechanic that ive seen others call "gliding" but its essentially bunny hopping after sliding, or sliding and jumping, you can bunny hop to keep the momentum it has an animation and effect to go along with it, too!
Been recently getting into Indie games and this is the first one i bought. I had never played a platformer before because they all looked frustrating but Pseudoregalia was one of the most calming experiences i had in gaming. I think the only thing it's missing are achievements.
i saw this first on a short about Sybil's butt, but then i thought i might check it out and here we are. im 3 playthroughs, 1 art commission, and 7 mods in. absolutely love the game to bits
I hope more games like this get made. This is so refreshing. Games that embrace previous game generation design. None of this new hyper realistic game design. It's refreshing to see games that are clearly video games in the best way possible
The only thing i still want from it is a modding community, i really want to experiment with the movement and create harder challenges, just like celeste
Man the "not knowing where you are made hollow knight better" is a real hot take. To me it just made navigation annoying till I unlocked the thing that shows where you are
I loved it. Made it a point to not use the wayfinder charm because for me figuring out where I was and how to get where I wanted to be was half the fun
That's what I'm saying brother. Why hop aboard some wretched car with no knowledge of where you're going? The track of the train is what I crave. Just a big beautiful rail as far as the eye can see. 🫡
What a disingenuous title. It's been out literally a month at the time of you posting this so there wasn't really a chance to hear about it and everyone's talking about despite that.
It's nowhere close to the "greatest indie metroidvania of all time." Hollow Knight is an indie metroidvania, and that game is a solid 9/10, and also better than Pseudoregalia. It's a pretty good 3D platformer. I'd give it an 8.5/10 if we are considering its very low price of about 5 dollars on steam, and 7.5/10 if we aren't considering that or the short time in which it was made. The game is good but does have some serious issues that prevent it from being a 10/10. The combat is practically non-existent, with only a few areas that have real enemies, and only a few boss fights. The combat and enemy verity should have been expanded a lot before or after retail release. It's a shame, because they combat does feel good when you are fighting an actual boss. There's also an issue with direction / pacing. This will be very dependent on 1) how good you are with remembering where you are and 2) your luck in finding the right place to go quickly. If you have bad luck, you'll be spending upwards of most of the time just going around places you've been trying to find a hidden key or the right path. Still a great game, but it can be frustrating and unrewarding at times, and that can make it not worth your time if you don't enjoy the rest of the game.
thank you for the video, I myself passed this game, although the developer turned out to be somewhat taciturn, and even when I announced words of gratitude on Twitter and mentioned the developer himself, he did not even say thank you.he's a strange person, but it's obvious that he thought it was strange that I advertised him
A melee fighter needs a ranged attack. Or to flip switches. I would say the ability to heal herself kinda breaks the imersion. So yeah i recomend playing.
I would say this game would benefit from a unlockable map. you are right, a map would trivialize the game right away, IF we had easy access to it. but a series of collectibles in each sectional of the gameworld that when fully collected unlocks a map for that area would not only add more collectibles to grab, but ones that would be very beneficial and worth hunting. and it would impact the games difficulty less since it would require you to get lost a bunch just to unlock a small section of the map. but the end goal reward is the ability to backtrack much faster and more accurately. Let me be more specific though, this would be a very limited linemap. i HATE over detailed 3d maps in games these days, it just... takes away the sense of scale from it all, dooms line maps inspired going to see what it looked like in person and seeing if there was any secrets, doom has in my opinion, the best form of maps in games.
What a gem! Highly recommend Pseudoregalia. I truly hope Rittzler considers making a sequel one day. Sybil needs more adventures and fans!
Perhaps something on a train 🤔
there is a game coming out this year thats also made by rittzler called Electrokinetics, though i wouldnt say its a sequel, but it is a 3d platformer.
Ritzler is a magician in making top tier character controllers, and im glad pseudoregalia gave him the economic security needed to keep gamedev as I want to see what other projects they'll cook in the future
he is already making a new game , its supposed to drop this year .
A couple weeks ago I saw a friend of mine playing an N64 looking platformer with nice animation. He told me it was called Pseudorgalia and that I'd probably like it, being a big Metroidvania fan. So I went ahead and bought it, installed it, and went to bed since I had work in the morning. The next day, internet and cell service was out for my entire town for 24 hours and I couldn't do any work, so I decided to give that game a shot.
Boy am I glad I got to play it in that environment. Having no internet to look up maps or hints, it felt like being a kid again. It was just me and a dream-like virtual world to get lost in. Played through the whole game, accidentally skipping most of the major upgrades until the very end (I got the Keep key without wall run, and entirely missed ground pound). I adore this game, and is easily my favorite so far this year, which is saying a lot in a year with as many good releases as this one.
I had a similar experience, I got the game on release day and no one had made any maps or guides for it yet! Only took the community a few days to make some great maps but that sense of mystery was so much fun
Reminds me of the days before cars when it was only trains. You had to trust in the rails and wherever they took you
This game is so good. I've beaten it 4 times already. The smooth controls and platforming keeps me coming back to it. I really hope it gets a full length sequel that maybe adds some more depth to the combat.
I'm buying everything this developer makes day 1 from now on
You know a game is good when it makes you get a notification from a channel that uploads once every couple months.
I'll definitely have to check this out. Played way too few platformers till now, but this one looks crazy fun
Wow, thank you so much for the shoutouts on the OST! I need to also credit "still crisp" for their work on both boss BGM: the OST would not be the same without them! ^^
One of the great things about indie metroidvanias is that, if you ever get bored of the vanilla layout, they support randomizers. There is a randomizer for Pseudoregalia, and they’re also working on adding it to Archipelago so you can play it in multiworlds with your friends (basically a randomizer seed that shuffles items among multiple games).
You only need two abilities and the dreambreaker to beat the game, it's incredibly open and it's wonderful.
Wow I didn't know you could get through it with that few abilities. I assume you only need slide and wall jump?
@@HyveMindsGames Slide and Cling. I just started speedrunning the game and yea, no wall jumps required because Cling is busted. Not nearly and busted as Slide hops and flips, though. The main reason you even get Cling is for clipping and climbing the Tower but I wouldn’t be surprised if you could somehow beat the game without Cling. The only major hiccups I can see are getting the Key in Belly and getting the top of Tower. If you could find a way past those without Cling then we could beat the game with only Slide
@@ToastUrbath you can absolutely beat the game without cling, but it requires quite a bit otherwise. a big part of it is the right-side theatre switch (for the main key). getting across that gap requires slide, 4 wall kicks, and a backflip! you *barely* get enough distance, but it's possible (there's a video on youtube of the strategy i think). i just went through and 100%'d the game without cling (so i guess 99% haha) for my second playthrough and it's absolutely possible. for my first playthrough i missed cling and go around pretty well so i was curious too, and it was a fun challenge.
This game was crazy, I unfortunately missed the ground pound/high jump ability early on which left me wandering around for about an hour with very little movement options to keep me entertained, but I *still* couldn't drop the game. The sound design, the music, that feeling you mentioned of being truly lost and finding a crazy new area at every turn while wondering "Am I even supposed to be here?" it all made the game so entertaining. I played it while on call with a few friends over discord and it was just a true gem to experience.
And like, even having become lost, even having *wished for a map* a lot during my playthrough, by the time I was done I couldn't agree more with your take that a map would do this game a disservice.
Also Sybil's design is just, out of this world, it's so damn good I love her and I love that the only accessibility option in the game is "Give Sybil pants"
There's no such thing as a map doing a video game a "disservice" if you can get lost in said game. I have given up on games because I don't know where to go, my time is important to me.
@@aehfoibyr2931That's fair! It's not for everyone, but I think different games can have different visions, and different people can have different take on what that vision should and shouldn't be. I think pseudoregalia works best when you're getting lost in it, and it wouldn't be nearly as fun to explore if you always knew where to go after getting a new upgrade.
@@aehfoibyr2931 Totally agree, time and money are the two things that games cost. Reviewers (and children without jobs) often neglect the time cost.
i have to say this!
they gave her massive cake!
so she can kick around!
I appreciate your stance on maps, but I could really use a "number of collectables per area" talley.
Edit: A Dustforce fan as well! Fantastic!
I really appreciate this review, and I basically had the same feelings walking away from the game.
Obviously, I think the most controversial take on this game is the map and general lost nature of traversal, though I do fully agree with you and defend the choice as artistic.
I didn't even grow up necessarily with games without maps, I only started gaming in the later half of the 2000s, when maps and some internet were rather accessible. Having a game strip that away from me was a unique experience, and it felt kind of nice.
I had never had a game before where I WASN'T frustrated from a lack of information or clarity on where I am, but the vibe of this game perfectly matches this choice.
After seeing both you and Iron Pineapple cover this game, I might just have to buy it. I love the vibe it gives of, and that early 3D-style really hitamet right in the nostalgia. The N64 was my first console and metroidvania might be my favourite genre, so this is right up my alley.
Hope you enjoy it!
I came across this game in my in my steam queue and was hooked the moment I watched the preview video. The movement, the art style, the audio, (the cheeks 👉👈) mmmm thats some good shit. Gonna pick this game up the moment I can!
This looks really cool. Hope its on/comes to the switch, since i love these games in 1 place
Im not going to watch this video yet but through the through the steam page i got a look at the game and put it on my wishlist instantly. The reviews also gave me a good idea of what im getting into, so i am just going to save this video to watch once i am done with the game. You deserve every bit of watchtime for recommending this to me.
dont have the game yet?
@@riggims no but i will at least by the end of the week, if not sooner
I just played this thanks to you, it's amazing, I love how open it is and I feel like the path I took was totally unique to me. During my entire playtime I was finding so many different ways to utalize my current move set to get to ledges that are otherwise out of reach... for example: I got the extra air kick upgrade way before I got the air kick and I managed to cheese so many platforming sequences with just high jumps and air kicks and the backflip. Another example: I managed to get the dark orb attack in the complete reverse order. Truly one of the best platformers I've played. I can't believe people made such a great game back in the N64 era and that I'm hearing about it only now
Well apparently it's just emulating the N64 feel and not an N64 game, everything else I said still holds true
Comment made post map update:
I’ve played the game both pre and post map on a seperate save file each, file 1 (pre map) took 6.2 hours to full completion and file 2 (post map) took 5.4 hours to full completion, alongside the new content like time trials, overall i think the map is useful but honestly the game isnt terrible without it, it was actually pretty fun having to memorize spaces via layout or enemy placement, however during the map playthrough i found traversal being much less of a chore. I dont know, its pretty split for me
this is the most well put and complete review of the game i think anyone could make, great job and i'll def look to you for more. what a game, what a dream come true!
SHMOVING! Awesome review, I didn't know about this game, but it looks awesome!
I love this game. The movement feels like your dancing through the world and the surreal feel is soothing. I think everyone should give this game a shot
I just 100%'ed the game and I'm just NOW finding out that those blocks on chains can have their chains broken?! I'm a dumbass, not that it ever really caused me problems.
sybil is thicc
She's not?
@@NuiYabukoshe's very thicc
I have no idea how steam hasn't recommended this game to me, i have shown a lot of interest in modern old school low poly games, yet this one was never shown to me. I'll add it to the list.
even with the map now, my first playthrough took maybe 10 hours.
I enjoyed every second of it and never felt frustrated. Truly has become one of my favorite games in recent times I'm obsessed with this game!!!
The character sleeping on the title screen doesn't have horns. It's probably the sleeping princess. And I just played through it with the new map. Helps navigate, but for me it does not reduce confusion.
blue fire comes to my mind, when thinking about a game i could compare this one to.
"There is no map"
Map:
-am i a joke to you?
my dumbass had so much difficulty finding the cling ring, there was only one path in the twilight theatre that I couldn't do without it but pretty much the entire rest of the game I did without the cling ring tho some parts were incredibly tight on the movement
1:04 - Yeah ain't that a bitch? All we got were mentions of a Metroid 64 but it just never got off the ground.
2:29 - So this is literally just Waifu Edition Klonoa? XDXDXDXDXD
16:34 - Yeah fuck that, Sat AM Sally Acorn for life, the pants stay off!
16:50 - Speaking of which I saw a freakin' Sonic Rom hack that was literally just Sonic in Pizza Time, it is downright terrifying how well that gameplay style fits the blue blur. Like maybe someone could make a Sat AM game in that style where Sonic is liberating other freedom fighters? God I wish I had the money to fund that!
On my first playtru i ended up accidentally skipping the map. I was 3 keys in when i ran into it and even after i aquired it I used it maybe 3 or 4 times. Honestly the lack of map gave the illusion the game was bigger
THERE'S A SWORD KICK?!?!?! I beat this game and didn't even find out. Just thought it was a light source.
While I can appreciate you liking the lack of map for thematic purposes, I ended up getting lost for like an hour and a half before getting to where I needed.
If it wants to pull of what you say, I think that's fair but maybe a few more landmarks, would be helpful.
14:32 wait what? You can lock on?!
It's a shame this game crashes on my pc every time the 3d rubble effect appears on screen. This can be found when destroying any wall or fighting the first boss.
I found it kinda odd he used ue5 for this game. Ue4 wouldve been more than enough.
16:04 FINALLY
I haven’t played N64 but I do like open world games or games that lets me wonder around and platforms, the closest to N64 is Nintendo switch
I'm stuck in this game I only have 1 main key and I feel like I've been everywhere found a bunch of stuff but don't know where to go or how to progress further.
I played this game for 10 hours and got to the ending. 4-6 of those 10 hours was me also trying to find out where the hell to go (or just being lost). My advice would be to try to find the key in each area, they are spread out evenly. But, you probably already dropped the game or beat it by now.
...why are the animations so smooth at 13:09?
There's an option in the game to turn the low frame rate character animation on or off, I must have had it off for that one recording
After playing it with the new map, let me tell you I *still* got lost!
Yep. The map does help tho and that is very nice still.
banger vid on a banger game
-Holow Knight joined the chat
Imagine not drawing your own map, lmao
Does it run well on steamdeck
I've seen other people say it does but I don't know firsthand
Yes.
Yes, I am a smart game who plays smart gamers.
how about castlevania 64
It's not, V.A. Proxy is
ultrakill: i bestow you the newest game with an unholy amount of shmovment techs award wait where tf she go sybil: where the fuck am i?
Real shit tbh
I'd buy this if it wasn't for the fact that I'd have to explain that this is not an 18+ game to anyone that looks at my Steam library.
Gyat
5:40 there is a map bro, just press tab I used it all the time
Ps: I still get lost
They just added that in an update
You're the only one I've heard so far who describes the game as being "N64 styled" because this is very clearly a PS1 inspired indie, the squash and stretch on Sybil's animation can be seen in a BUNCH of PS1 games, namely Spyro.
The game even uses that classic PS1 fog that you'd see in almost every game with large enough environments.
The N64 has all of that stuff too lol
Check mate youtuber
Have played it therefore invalid
This is absolutely not the greatest indie Metroidvania of all time.
Maybe I'll check the game out in the future. But watching videos of it isn't appealing. To me it looks like a very EMPTY and boring "game" - more like an unfinished dev room where textures are missing, characters and models are missing and interesting architecture is missing too. Having only straight blocks looks lackluster.
It was made in a very short amount of time and is very cheap on Steam. Your observations are somewhat accurate. It can be boring if you are lost, which happens often. Most of the areas are pretty empty, but the fun in the game is the 3D platforming and exploration, using your few abilities to get to places you shouldn't be able to, or, rather, it feels like you shouldn't be able to. I still am glad I played it, but if this is what stuck out to you, you might not want to bother.
i see it tried to furbait for popularity lol
i bought into the hype and played this game almost all the way to the end and did not enjoy it. it's very poorly designed. the areas are huge and there is no indication of where to go or what to do. when you get new abilities it should open up whole areas but it basically just lets you reach a corner of the map you couldn't get to before. it's very janky.
try moving the camera around and u will see
Sorry that happened to you. The hype of a big beautiful train will never let you down brother.💪
Looks like an overrated game
Ain't no way you said that lol
Or it's satire
I have played a ton of metroidvania, dozens of my games are actually in my Steam account and this one looks like garbage compared to most of them. I literally have not seen the appeal in two videos now. "Cheap looking platformer" is all I see.
Not wishlisted, I already have better indie/metroidvania games, like Valdis Story.
Maybe actually try the game before saying that
First
Nice did you take the train here?
It’s cool to see a metroidvania that focuses heavily on movement mechanics. Most games in the genre tend to prioritize either combat or puzzle solving, at least from the ones I’ve played. The only other game I can think of that has mobility as its primary gameplay system is Ori and the Blind Forest, and that game was a massive disappointment for me as a metroidvania, as it completely disregarded the exploration aspect of the genre in favor of a linear storyline.
It’s also cool to see another 3D metroidvania, as well. As far as untapped or underutilized styles of games go, the one I want to see more of is this kind of game. I get it, designing an interconnected world is just far easier to do in 2D space versus 3D space, but I feel like we’re at a point in video games where developers can absolutely do it. I really wish to see a new “breakthrough title”, in this regard - a Metroid Prime of the modern times, which fully realizes the potential of 3D interconnected world design.
Anyway, I’m interested in trying out Pseudoregalia sometime. I saw this game pop up in my Steam recommendations section a few weeks ago, and thought it looked mildly interesting, but after watching several videos of its gameplay it’s become a lot more intriguing to me, now.
the way Sybil holds the Dream Breaker and how round and not very sharp the "blade" is leads me to believe it's a single, over-sized tonfa and not a sword.
Yep - that's an Unreal Engine 5 game!
Not joking! xD
I’m all four of the people you described in this video.
But I gave Sybil big pants because
Man imma be real they’re just really snazzy pants
Sorry I was too busy to watch this video when it dropped. I was busy riding a lot of trains in Europe and in the pissy subways of New York. Idk what to tell you brother, I been stimming on that good Choo Choo brother. Just really hitting the rails hard. I'm in my element and that element is track based public transport; I'm on that Thomas the Tank engine shit. I'm a very helpful engine
keep on riding those rails brother
I've been preaching Pseudoregalia since _literal_ day one. I'm working on modding the game rn but it's been getting hard, I won't go into the boring details.
So glad people are talking about this game. Even if Sybil's ass _was,_ in fact, the thing that made us initially buy the game. Came for thick Sybil, stayed for godlike schmoovement
I hope they put this on consoles...
I came for the thicc goat lady, stayed for the amazing movement and fun gameplay. I never played the older versions of game but playing this game feels like an old school Zelda dungeon that I love and now I wanna play one of the older games because Pseudoregalia reminded me how much I miss the old dungeons
I just beat the game and never even knew about the sword kick! Oh my gosh that's so sick, makes way more sense why you can throw it now! Also love the vid man :D
YOU CAN AIR KICK THE SWORD?!?! YO
I haven't played the game yet, but something that I immediately notice that would most likely aid in map memorization would be the removal of the dark clouds in front of every doorway. Think of a game like Dark Souls: Similar to Pseudoregalia, the map is not huge, but certainly isn't small either. In Dark Souls, however, with a few exceptions, you can always look behind you to see the interior of the room you came from, and look ahead of you to see what's in the room you're heading towards, ensuring you almost never get lost, despite the lack of a map.
Boy this game was such a treat. Found it randomly, watched one gameplay clip on steam and decided to get it and i have had so much damn fun with this game. Other games you should check out are Lunacid (a love letter to kingsfield) and dread delusion (also similar to kinngsfield)
You know those green orbs? Well one of them gives you an extra wall kick. So technically, the max is four, but you start out with three.
NEW VIDEO LETS GOO
thanks for sticking around!
Is it better to play with keyboard and mouse or a controller? If so which controller?
shadowman is a n64 metroidvania, the castlevania games too
Another reason to throw the sword is to use it as a lantern to light the dark areas.
there's also a hidden mechanic that ive seen others call "gliding" but its essentially bunny hopping
after sliding, or sliding and jumping, you can bunny hop to keep the momentum
it has an animation and effect to go along with it, too!
Been recently getting into Indie games and this is the first one i bought.
I had never played a platformer before because they all looked frustrating but Pseudoregalia was one of the most calming experiences i had in gaming.
I think the only thing it's missing are achievements.
i saw this first on a short about Sybil's butt, but then i thought i might check it out and here we are. im 3 playthroughs, 1 art commission, and 7 mods in. absolutely love the game to bits
I hope more games like this get made. This is so refreshing. Games that embrace previous game generation design. None of this new hyper realistic game design. It's refreshing to see games that are clearly video games in the best way possible
The controls are incredibly good like gahdamn. First time I ever tried a Metriodvania, 10 outta 10
The only thing i still want from it is a modding community, i really want to experiment with the movement and create harder challenges, just like celeste
I love leaving the caption on for these videos lol. The little jokes I occasionally catch or differences are great
I think the developer was going to add a map, based on user feedback.
Oh there’s after image effects? I’m sold.
Shmovement
Man the "not knowing where you are made hollow knight better" is a real hot take. To me it just made navigation annoying till I unlocked the thing that shows where you are
I loved it. Made it a point to not use the wayfinder charm because for me figuring out where I was and how to get where I wanted to be was half the fun
Different strokes I guess, figuring out my location and planning my route was pretty fun for me.
That's what I'm saying brother. Why hop aboard some wretched car with no knowledge of where you're going? The track of the train is what I crave. Just a big beautiful rail as far as the eye can see. 🫡
Dayum 👀
What a disingenuous title. It's been out literally a month at the time of you posting this so there wasn't really a chance to hear about it and everyone's talking about despite that.
It's nowhere close to the "greatest indie metroidvania of all time." Hollow Knight is an indie metroidvania, and that game is a solid 9/10, and also better than Pseudoregalia. It's a pretty good 3D platformer. I'd give it an 8.5/10 if we are considering its very low price of about 5 dollars on steam, and 7.5/10 if we aren't considering that or the short time in which it was made. The game is good but does have some serious issues that prevent it from being a 10/10. The combat is practically non-existent, with only a few areas that have real enemies, and only a few boss fights. The combat and enemy verity should have been expanded a lot before or after retail release. It's a shame, because they combat does feel good when you are fighting an actual boss. There's also an issue with direction / pacing. This will be very dependent on 1) how good you are with remembering where you are and 2) your luck in finding the right place to go quickly. If you have bad luck, you'll be spending upwards of most of the time just going around places you've been trying to find a hidden key or the right path. Still a great game, but it can be frustrating and unrewarding at times, and that can make it not worth your time if you don't enjoy the rest of the game.
thank you for the video, I myself passed this game, although the developer turned out to be somewhat taciturn, and even when I announced words of gratitude on Twitter and mentioned the developer himself, he did not even say thank you.he's a strange person, but it's obvious that he thought it was strange that I advertised him
This is the first video I found where TIL you can kick the sword midair.
A melee fighter needs a ranged attack. Or to flip switches.
I would say the ability to heal herself kinda breaks the imersion.
So yeah i recomend playing.
I would say this game would benefit from a unlockable map. you are right, a map would trivialize the game right away, IF we had easy access to it. but a series of collectibles in each sectional of the gameworld that when fully collected unlocks a map for that area would not only add more collectibles to grab, but ones that would be very beneficial and worth hunting. and it would impact the games difficulty less since it would require you to get lost a bunch just to unlock a small section of the map. but the end goal reward is the ability to backtrack much faster and more accurately.
Let me be more specific though, this would be a very limited linemap. i HATE over detailed 3d maps in games these days, it just... takes away the sense of scale from it all, dooms line maps inspired going to see what it looked like in person and seeing if there was any secrets, doom has in my opinion, the best form of maps in games.