My wife has MS, and has been dealing with a lot of cognitive issues since her diagnosis. This game, however, seems to be right in the goldilocks zone in terms of pace and difficulty. She can happily gather things and build, and then come adventuring with me to find new stuff to advance our slowly-but-steadily-progressing story in our world. She doesn't have issues keeping up with the combat, which is a problem in a lot of other games. It's been a ton of fun playing it with her, and I hope for more story and lore content from this dev team as the game matures towards a full release. Fill up the world with Stuff To Do, and we'll play for AGES.
I agree, they're raising the bar for Early Access releases lol. I also picked up Nightingale shortly after Enshrouded, and I feel like it's a beautiful dumpster fire, I won't touch it until it leaves EA, if it doesn't get abandoned by then. It has great potential, but Enshrouded is just way more fun for me right now. Palworld didn't interest me whatsoever. I was never a Pokemon fan, maybe that's the difference.
It also helps that Enshrouded had a demo that gave you 8 hours per world during a Next Fest so many people could test it properly before they ever spent any money.
@@356zYeah my only complaint about the demo was that I couldn't keep building but that gave me reason to buy the game. Always love to see demos for games though. Wish we got that more often. Steam Next Fest really helps
Yep, I played the demo too, and knew I'd want to play this game. I bought a copy for myself and a friend and she's loving it too, now we have a group of us playing on my server, it's been a shit ton of fun!
Ive been playing Enshrouded with my friends for a couple weeks now and we're having such a great time. The building mechanics are so good that even an uncreative person like myself feels like they can build something truly incredible.
This is the first early access game I have ever purchased and it's great. I'm not even a survival fan and I'm really enjoying this one. The exploration is awesome.
Same. Broke my no Early Access rule because the base building looked incredible. Bought it two days ago and having a blast. The map is HUGE. Just as the first grassy area was starting to get a bit boring I ventured into a beautiful mountain forest, picked wild strawberries and got attacked by vicious boars. Awesome. Need to build a base there. My first survival game was Subnautica and I almost gave up initially because I kept dying and found everything super stressful. Glad I hung in there. One of the best games I ever played. Enshrouded is a super chill survival game. No hunger and thirst, just buffs. I can spend hours building a base without having to worry about survival. Played a bit with a friend on Sunday who had 100h in the game already and showed me a few places to grind materials. So far the resource grind isn't too bad though. Making steady progress unlocking stuff to craft, only wish levelling up was faster. And playing solo is a lot more difficult than in a group. This game feels very polished already. Unlocking base building stuff is what motivates me. The voxel system is incredible. Unlike in No Man's Sky terrain doesn't regrow apparently. So you can get really creative. Enjoy the game, my friend. :)
I'm at 252 hours now and I'm still lovin it lol. I'm glad so many people are enjoying it. I was a fan of their Portal Knights game too, got all the DLCs for that one and bought it both for PC and PS4 lol.
Fair review but one thing you forgot to mention and utilize in your play is the fact that its a voxel based game so you could have used "baby's first pick axe" to dig stairs into that hill side and get your items back instead of just jumping for them. Or even tunnel down to it. Adds a few interesting elements to overall gameplay. Also I kind of felt like the first 10 hours of the game or so was more like the tutorial. Until you get all of the NPC's you're not REALLY seeing all the game has to offer.
I played Enshrouded for 67hrs according to Steam, i had a great time with it and when i had exhausted the content, i felt like i wanted more, so i'm excited to follow it in it's early access and see how it gets fleshed out.
I'm right there with ya, I maxed out my main character and created a world for building amazing bases lol, also rented a server for me and my friends, getting that multiplayer experience adds a very interesting and refreshing element coming from solo-play
Yea absolutely. I've got 80 hours in it and have basically finished everything the current EA has to offer. I'll definitely be coming back to it once they add more.
I love the choice in this game. I can build when I want to, or go fight and upgrade and adventure and explore. The mats are easy to farm, and the manufacturing process is simple but necessary. 10 of 10.
I also really dont like survival games at all. But i bought enshrouded on a whim and absolutely love it. I don’t have a pc and only a steam deck so i was running it on the absolute minimum settings and still had awful frame rate. After around 20 hours i called it quits because of the performance. BUT I absolutely loved what I played and am SUPER excited for it to come to console. My fiancé also doesn’t like survival games but she loves rpgs like I do. We have had a great time playing games like borderlands, divinity original sin 1 and 2, baldurs gate 3, and outward together in co-op. My fiancé is also a big pokemon fan so she did play pal-world and actually had a good time. So since she liked pal-worls and outward I talked her into checking out enshrouded. She hasnt played it but she watched some UA-cam videos and she said she’d play it. Now we’re both eagerly awaiting the console version so we can have our next co-op binger lol. But yeah, enshrouded kicks ass!
Would love to see more of these videos. Glad it's sponsored but I think it'd be a great series. Could even dive into some lesser known titles like Colony Ship Post Earth RPG
What I found impressive first was the world design in general. It really gave my Skyrim vibes, and even today I'm often impressed by how organic and varied the terrain and the environment feel. But I think the most impressive part of the game is the voxel based building system, hands down. The fact that you can place down prefabs-like larger pieces, but then you can customize it in a detailed manner, and a lot of block structures (like putting a hole into something) create additional details. Not to mention the generous amount of material types when it comes to walls and floors. Roofs are a bit lacking, though.
In my opinion, one of the most enticing aspects of survival type games is the building. And above all else whether you like the combat, or the quests. They really nailed the building, loved the game literally just for that. Everything thing else they add is just a bonus on top of a great game🎉
I played over 30 hours in the game, and all i could think of for the first 4-5 is how hard the game was. once i found my playstyle, as a magic user i could cleave through hoards of enemys with ease, and truely go on to explore the incredibly vast world. after around 20 hours i fifnaly hit the sort of "redwood forest" biome and have been both awestruck and terrified of venturing in. In my opinion, it feels like if they tweeked combat and some experience/quest things that it would easily be one of if not the best sirvival game i have played in recent memoty which for somthing in early acess is incredible. Cant wait to see what it has to offer upon 1.0.
i played like 65 hours of this game when it first came out, this game is fucking fantastic, they did so many things right. the exploration reminded me of my first playthroughs through bethesda games, and i love survival games, this game is so good and im so excited for its future
The game's going in a really good direction in most things. 2 things I'd advice the team behind the game to consider for future content would be more weapon types for both players and enemies and friendly NPCs scattered around the map with little storylines that might have side quests to do with them.
Its got a certain magic feel to it even with its flaws and its easy to cheese unaware at times AI. Enshrouded is going to be a classic once it is 1.0, I hope they keep improving on it after that, its got legs I hope it gets the same polish and treatment Grounded has gotten.
Enshrouded is like Minecraft and ToTK hada baby . It actually gives the player alot of freedom to do what ever they want to do . Perhaps the hardest thing for Keen game to do is balance the the game around players ability to cheese certain aspects of it.. Where i had alot of fun was exploring and finding nice loot in the off the beaten path out of the way places.
It's like you're inside my mind. I was just thinking about getting this game and i saw you, the most unlikely source for this, posting a video about it
I loved Valheim so much and Enshrouded gave me exactly that vibe again! Hope they give this game more cool stuff. Could become one of the best survival games ever
It’s not that deep Most people aren’t not playing AAA games because they care about indie studios They are just playing whatever gets good reviews The reason that those other games are in the news is because they are lower budget success stories But the average video game person just wants to play the best Doesn’t matter who made it or why or with no money or a billion dollars They just want to play something that gives them the dopamine hit they are looking for And right now it appears that the AA games are doing well Of course the internet doesn’t cover the 50 indie and AA failures that have been released since palworld though So it just appears that AAA games all suck But that’s not reality nor is it backed up by statistics Nightingale sucks but i haven’t seen a single attack video against it I’ve seen tons of videos like “aww they just didn’t have enough money, and hey at least they tried !! Maybe they will fix it etc etc etc” And after seeing the “trailer” for nightingale There should be an uproar because the actual game looks NOTHING like the trailer But there isn’t an uproar because the “in” thing right now is just to bash AAA games until your subscribers go up and people lose their jobs
There is one thing I would like changed about enshrouded. most of the loot is leveled, which means it is completely obsolete if you do the quest later than intended (especially endgame sweeping everything up). It would be nice if the loot was similar to Elden ring; where you can somewhat anticipate the kinds of treasures are available at each kind of landmark, and just about all loot is viable no matter how far you are at in the game. Enshrouded could do this by adding unique properties to rare items, and making a way to upgrade them along with your character. Building blocks are also always a good find regardless of level, so more of those please. there are a few ways that the designers can make finding treasure more interesting; I hope they implement these ideas, or similar
My biggest criticism for Enshrouded is that it is a very static game in a lot of ways, especially if you're playing single player. The friendly NPCs are essentially static crafting benches - they cannot move at all, or do anything at all, besides turning towards you. This definitely feels like a placeholder implementation. Also, the structures you build are completely static, and beyond the stamina boost they have no function. Buildings cannot be attacked, nothing happens to them whatsoever. Finally, the shroud itself is also static, it's not possible to 'clean' an area, and even if you defeat the well nothing really happens. And my bonus one is the static terrain, which is ironic in a way because the terrain is dynamically modifiable, yes, but ALL modifications done outside the base areas are not persisted at all... Preventing a lot of interesting opportunities of having a larger affect on the world.
I've been playing a dedicated archer (ranger/hunter) build and its a blast. I think a magic build would be fun too but I don't know if a melee build would be as much fun given the combat issues you highlighted since I noticed them as well.
I enjoyed Enshrouded, has a lot of potential, definitely not there yet, bases need to have a better purpose other than crafting. A purge system would be cool, something having to do with any of the factions. I like that there's rare items to find, but I wouldn't call them rare. For me it felt pretty empty. So I hope they work on that soon.
I am bot a fan of survival games either. What I really like about Enshrouded is it's RPG elements. The skill tree is pretty big and skills can be mixed and matched freely. If you don't like it it's very easy to reset the skills and try a new build. I spent a lot of time exploring and experimenting with the environment. There is a lot to explore and it's only about 30% of the map. Characters top out at level 25. After about 150 hours in game, all the quests are done and there are a few achievements left to do that I don't care about doing. I am awaiting the next content update. I could try to build an uber base but I don't care about building all that much either. I'm just biding my time.
It's baffling that none of the reviewers have mentioned the terrible performance, Even with a 3080, you are forced to use upscaling to maintain stable 60fps at 1080p, I don't see anything in its graphics that would require such high-end hardware, this is honestly the worst-optimized game I've seen in a long time.
So glad that this the 40 or less dollars games are doing so well. If these greedy AAA gaming companies dont care about players there is no reason to play their games.
There isn't nearly enough do in the game in its current state for me to find it enjoyable. It's going to need a lot more stuff and a lot more work on making encounters feel epic, and bosses more epic. And it's need like fishing and hardcore mode and sailing and stuff like that. As it is, it just building a base, building a character, exploreing and looting, and finding and killing bosses that are easy unless you are underleveled. It's very very basic.
There is no water in the game. Probably because it's super hard to create water with physics in a voxel game, but also because of lore reasons(not gonna explain to avoid spoilers). But yeah, sailing is highly unlikely and fishing is possible but has to be in a small fixed spot, like the wells.
@@0NoOne1nParticular SPOILER AHEAD: all the water that comes into contact with the shroud has become this lava-like poison. But if a well goes deep enough you can get some water that was untouched by the shroud. But mostly because it's hard to program bodies of water in a voxel based game 😂.
finished everything that was available, easily my favorite game of 2024 so far. Just hope they add things to do with drops, right now in the end game basically everything you craft gets outclasses by drops and I don't like that.
Subnautica was my first survival game. Almost gave up on it in the first hour because I kept dying and it stresses me out so much. Glad I stuck with it. One of the best exploration games ever made. Enshrouded is super chill in comparison. You don't need to eat and sleep, food only gives you buffs. So you spend hours working on a base without having to worry about survival. I like this. Subnautica is a much better game, also looks better. But I'm having a great time with Enshrouded so far, I've only just started a couple of days ago though.
I’m not a fan of it. But I think that is simply bc I’m 100% burned out on survival. I am however spending countless hours in Last Epoch and don’t see myself stopping until dragons dogma 2 and No Rest for the Wicked drop!
I love the TMNT shirt ❤ Enshrouded looks kewl, I may check it out one day. ESPECIALLY if it comes to gamepass. But it looks more like a computer game. 😊
Weather did they forget the Weather in this game? it would be nice to see some rain every once in a while. Immersion anyone lol still a very good game 😊
For an open world survival game in early access It was fun for the first two weeks but after I hit early game max level, got all the maxed out gear and finished all of the quests I had absolutely nothing to do. That's kind of the problem with me and survival games. If there's no real goal or path to follow then it just becomes very boring. Immediately after this game I started playing days gone for the first time and I'm honestly having 10x more fun than I did with enshrouded. Perhaps after I finish this run I'll start it again on the survival 2 difficulty.
I've got about 40 hours into Enshrouded. To me, it's a mixture of Valheim and a bit of Dark Souls. If your a fan of either, you won't be disappointed with this game.
6:46 "I was thinking to myself..." You could have just said "I was thinking." Who else are you going to think to? Telepathic? Are you thinking to your friend?
I just have the time and money for a new game for March. I played Lies of P, Palworld and Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty the last couple months but for March I'm wondering if I should get Enshrouded, Lords of the Fallen or Helldivers 2.
The game *intentionally* doesn't allow you to "skyrim" up steep cliffs, etc. You're supposed to use your pickaxe to dig tunnels, or little ledges to hop to and from. That's the beauty of the voxel environmental damage in the game. You literally manipulate the world to travel point A to point B. It's what separates it from other games.
Enshrouded is fun but the barrier to entry is the multi player. The game can get rather lonely. It’s fun to show off your home and accomplishments. The problem is everything is tied together. The quests and the building are shared. It would be better if they made multiplayer like other survival games. Your building and quests should be your own unless someone joins your guild. Even then, the quest experience should remain separate. The shared experience should be optional. Other than that, it’s fun but not enough to keep my family playing. I want to play on an online server but the experience is shared which is a complete turn off
Hello Matty, I know this is off topic as it pertains to your video, but I really need your help with this. I wish to know how to get Nolvus running on my Steam Deck OLED. I went ahead and bought Skyrim Special Edition from the steam store along with the anniversary upgrade. I have been trying to get the Nolvus installer to run for two days now but all it does is tell me that the directory where I have Nolvus installed is too long and it requires as short a directory as possible. I can’t see where to create my own directory in desktop mode so I know I must be doing something wrong. Did I mention I have no idea what I’m doing and I’m just flying by the seat of my pants? This is why I need step by step instructions from someone who has successfully done this and is willing to impart their knowledge with me. I’m sure it’s a way simpler process than what I am putting myself through, basically I’m “running around” like a chicken without a head. Please, I need your help Matty, I really want to get completely lost and absorbed in Nolvus like so bad brother. Well, wishing you a Rocking day Matty. Cheers, Oliver 🙏😃
I’ve been enjoying enshrouded, though I have yet to go into the elixir well rotfl went in there one time. Got obliterated by the monster down there and decided to avoid it for now by spending my time gathering items, making armor and building 😂😂😂
Enshrouded looks as shallow as a puddle but is way deeper than the ocean. It is a voxel based game just like minecraft you could literally dig your way to the center of the world. So if minecraft was and is still very popular why would not this game?
It’s a game that worked at launch, no cash shop, play with friends, fly, dig, build, grapple, craft, adventure, and fight. It does everything well and without bugs. Its graphics are similar to WoW. It has it all. It’s also not $69.99. It’s $29 and worth every penny. It’s super fun
There was a comment i was reading talking about Mattys video being bloated on him whining and crying as per usual (his comments not mine) , but half way through reading it UA-cam crashed and now that comment is gone !? Weird !
I can say that he did describe what was in front of him. I'm terms of the how's and whys that make any game special... Matty clearly didn't know what was going on
Image Bethesda not taking any notes (because they don't like lists LMAO) and ignoring all of the things modern successful open-world RPG's are doing right like Enshrouded and Valheim and instead creating another disaster like Starfield for ES6.
OK, I put in 160 hours on PC to fully experience the game, 100%ed it too. It's the best EA game I have ever played and one of the best survival games out at the moment, the building is the best in the survival genre. It is much better than Nightingale which I am deep in too but Nightingale needs time to improve.
I'm not big on survival games but this has totally sucked me in. It's the exploration that I love. I'm hoping that the loot gets better because with the new hollow halls you go through these huge dungeons only to get crap at the end.
1. That body retrieval on the side of the cliff you had trouble jumping to... could easily have been solved with a pickaxe. Pickaxe can terraform pretty far away from the player, you could just take a swing or two to make a footing there and easily picked up your loot. 2. You didn't have to go back for an axe, you can actually damage the Root with any weapon - they just take longer. Besidee, you should always have an fellaxe and pickaxe on you at all times. 3. You don't have to let the enemy do their move and move in over and over. You could have easily crafted yourself a shield and parried all of their attacks. It seems to me like every problem you had were because you didn't make the most basic baby's first items to learn the ropes. These are all items you can craft 10 minutes into the game... I feel like your review is not really constructive or useful since every single "complaint" you have is answered by: "one of the first things you make solves that problem."
It wasn't for me, my own fault, I saw that it had souls like combat and thought I could move past that. I think I am one of the few gamers that just does not find souls type combat fun at all. It's one of the reasons I wont give Elden Ring a chance. That being said my dislike for these games doesnt mean they arent good, they just aren't my thing. Enshrouded definitely had a beautiful world.
It’s the best and biggest and highest quality survival crafting rpg I’ve played in a long time. Better than valheim, better than Conan exiles, better than the forest, subnautica, smallland, grounded, etc etc this beats them all out. The game has so much content and it’s such high quality.
Been subscribed for, what, 7 years? Bethesda fan (like Matt). But I've given up on this channel, and this video kind of proved the point. Wish I could identify that better. For me, too much of something I can't describe. Waffle? Unintelligent diatribe? Just missing the point? Enshrouded is an action RPG with survival elements - how the hell does he manage to bypass that? The core systems will need some improvement. But the world and tools given to the player are the reason for the success and hopes for the future. Sorry. Bye!
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if i buy the game through this link do you get a cut? i wanna buy and i wanna support you
My wife has MS, and has been dealing with a lot of cognitive issues since her diagnosis. This game, however, seems to be right in the goldilocks zone in terms of pace and difficulty. She can happily gather things and build, and then come adventuring with me to find new stuff to advance our slowly-but-steadily-progressing story in our world. She doesn't have issues keeping up with the combat, which is a problem in a lot of other games. It's been a ton of fun playing it with her, and I hope for more story and lore content from this dev team as the game matures towards a full release. Fill up the world with Stuff To Do, and we'll play for AGES.
You should ditch her and find a new one.
@@riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipwhy on earth write something like that? get help
For an Early Acces, Enshrouded has more in it than most "fully released" games nowadays. Been loving the game
Keep telling yourself that. Palworld is 100x better and it was made by four people. 🎉😂
@@LostHope84 Palworld is literal trash, you have to be trolling.
Great games can be made by AAA's but they only care about PROFITS....dats why Blizzard, Bethesda and other AAA devs make pure crappy-GAR-BAGE.
I agree, they're raising the bar for Early Access releases lol. I also picked up Nightingale shortly after Enshrouded, and I feel like it's a beautiful dumpster fire, I won't touch it until it leaves EA, if it doesn't get abandoned by then. It has great potential, but Enshrouded is just way more fun for me right now. Palworld didn't interest me whatsoever. I was never a Pokemon fan, maybe that's the difference.
wtf are you talking about? This has the same enemy variety as a bad MMO
It also helps that Enshrouded had a demo that gave you 8 hours per world during a Next Fest so many people could test it properly before they ever spent any money.
Oh sweet! I wish games did this more often
@@356zYeah my only complaint about the demo was that I couldn't keep building but that gave me reason to buy the game. Always love to see demos for games though. Wish we got that more often. Steam Next Fest really helps
I like games with demos, it shows their confident in what they have produced and have nothing to hide
Yep, I played the demo too, and knew I'd want to play this game. I bought a copy for myself and a friend and she's loving it too, now we have a group of us playing on my server, it's been a shit ton of fun!
and in that demo people mentioned the 60hz issue, yet the developers ignored it for months.
with over 50 hrs in this game im absolutely in love with
I’ve been playing since release, and have over 200hrs in so far, not into building yet, just in game play, and I’m still enjoying it
Ive been playing Enshrouded with my friends for a couple weeks now and we're having such a great time. The building mechanics are so good that even an uncreative person like myself feels like they can build something truly incredible.
This is the first early access game I have ever purchased and it's great. I'm not even a survival fan and I'm really enjoying this one. The exploration is awesome.
Same. Broke my no Early Access rule because the base building looked incredible. Bought it two days ago and having a blast. The map is HUGE. Just as the first grassy area was starting to get a bit boring I ventured into a beautiful mountain forest, picked wild strawberries and got attacked by vicious boars. Awesome. Need to build a base there.
My first survival game was Subnautica and I almost gave up initially because I kept dying and found everything super stressful. Glad I hung in there. One of the best games I ever played.
Enshrouded is a super chill survival game. No hunger and thirst, just buffs. I can spend hours building a base without having to worry about survival.
Played a bit with a friend on Sunday who had 100h in the game already and showed me a few places to grind materials. So far the resource grind isn't too bad though. Making steady progress unlocking stuff to craft, only wish levelling up was faster. And playing solo is a lot more difficult than in a group.
This game feels very polished already. Unlocking base building stuff is what motivates me. The voxel system is incredible. Unlike in No Man's Sky terrain doesn't regrow apparently. So you can get really creative.
Enjoy the game, my friend. :)
For me its the second as I also "had to buy" going medieval (also a fantastic game)
I played about 60 hours of it, did everything they’d let me do and I loved it.
I'm at 252 hours now and I'm still lovin it lol. I'm glad so many people are enjoying it. I was a fan of their Portal Knights game too, got all the DLCs for that one and bought it both for PC and PS4 lol.
1 hour for each hz the game is locked to
Fair review but one thing you forgot to mention and utilize in your play is the fact that its a voxel based game so you could have used "baby's first pick axe" to dig stairs into that hill side and get your items back instead of just jumping for them. Or even tunnel down to it. Adds a few interesting elements to overall gameplay. Also I kind of felt like the first 10 hours of the game or so was more like the tutorial. Until you get all of the NPC's you're not REALLY seeing all the game has to offer.
Climbing any cliff with a pick axe is just fun.
This !!!
This fact gives the player so much freedom to do what they want to do .
GOT DAMN ITS SO GOOD! They are having an awesome building competition now till march 7th!
I've played enshrouded every single day for the past two weeks now and I'm loving every second of it!
SAME!
I played Enshrouded for 67hrs according to Steam, i had a great time with it and when i had exhausted the content, i felt like i wanted more, so i'm excited to follow it in it's early access and see how it gets fleshed out.
I'm right there with ya, I maxed out my main character and created a world for building amazing bases lol, also rented a server for me and my friends, getting that multiplayer experience adds a very interesting and refreshing element coming from solo-play
Yea absolutely. I've got 80 hours in it and have basically finished everything the current EA has to offer. I'll definitely be coming back to it once they add more.
First thing that struck me is how much you look like the default character. That's good marketing Keen.
It's a character creator lol
hahahhaha now I can't unsee it! hahaha
Yes. Yes it is.
Anyone checked out the Sweet baby Inc blowback on steam..
Matty you gonna give us your take on it ?
I love the choice in this game. I can build when I want to, or go fight and upgrade and adventure and explore. The mats are easy to farm, and the manufacturing process is simple but necessary. 10 of 10.
I also really dont like survival games at all. But i bought enshrouded on a whim and absolutely love it. I don’t have a pc and only a steam deck so i was running it on the absolute minimum settings and still had awful frame rate. After around 20 hours i called it quits because of the performance. BUT I absolutely loved what I played and am SUPER excited for it to come to console.
My fiancé also doesn’t like survival games but she loves rpgs like I do. We have had a great time playing games like borderlands, divinity original sin 1 and 2, baldurs gate 3, and outward together in co-op.
My fiancé is also a big pokemon fan so she did play pal-world and actually had a good time. So since she liked pal-worls and outward I talked her into checking out enshrouded. She hasnt played it but she watched some UA-cam videos and she said she’d play it. Now we’re both eagerly awaiting the console version so we can have our next co-op binger lol.
But yeah, enshrouded kicks ass!
Would love to see more of these videos. Glad it's sponsored but I think it'd be a great series. Could even dive into some lesser known titles like Colony Ship Post Earth RPG
video starts at 3:09
What I found impressive first was the world design in general. It really gave my Skyrim vibes, and even today I'm often impressed by how organic and varied the terrain and the environment feel. But I think the most impressive part of the game is the voxel based building system, hands down. The fact that you can place down prefabs-like larger pieces, but then you can customize it in a detailed manner, and a lot of block structures (like putting a hole into something) create additional details. Not to mention the generous amount of material types when it comes to walls and floors. Roofs are a bit lacking, though.
In my opinion, one of the most enticing aspects of survival type games is the building. And above all else whether you like the combat, or the quests. They really nailed the building, loved the game literally just for that. Everything thing else they add is just a bonus on top of a great game🎉
I played over 30 hours in the game, and all i could think of for the first 4-5 is how hard the game was. once i found my playstyle, as a magic user i could cleave through hoards of enemys with ease, and truely go on to explore the incredibly vast world. after around 20 hours i fifnaly hit the sort of "redwood forest" biome and have been both awestruck and terrified of venturing in. In my opinion, it feels like if they tweeked combat and some experience/quest things that it would easily be one of if not the best sirvival game i have played in recent memoty which for somthing in early acess is incredible. Cant wait to see what it has to offer upon 1.0.
hrmm, seems really odd. I had the opposite feeling that the game was ridiculous easy and felt more like a kid version of real survival games.
Mage mobility gets crazy with updraft and later game mana regen. You have much to look forward to!
i played like 65 hours of this game when it first came out, this game is fucking fantastic, they did so many things right. the exploration reminded me of my first playthroughs through bethesda games, and i love survival games, this game is so good and im so excited for its future
Did anyone else notice the bird flying into the tower constantly in FF @2:50 ? lol
The game's going in a really good direction in most things. 2 things I'd advice the team behind the game to consider for future content would be more weapon types for both players and enemies and friendly NPCs scattered around the map with little storylines that might have side quests to do with them.
Its got a certain magic feel to it even with its flaws and its easy to cheese unaware at times AI.
Enshrouded is going to be a classic once it is 1.0, I hope they keep improving on it after that, its got legs I hope it gets the same polish and treatment Grounded has gotten.
Ive been playing this on my ROG Ally and I am absolutely loving it!
I appreciate your honesty, juiceheads video was too positive, came off as not authentic.
Enshrouded is like Minecraft and ToTK hada baby .
It actually gives the player alot of freedom to do what ever they want to do .
Perhaps the hardest thing for Keen game to do is balance the the game around players ability to cheese certain aspects of it..
Where i had alot of fun was exploring and finding nice loot in the off the beaten path out of the way places.
It's like you're inside my mind. I was just thinking about getting this game and i saw you, the most unlikely source for this, posting a video about it
Highly Recommend! Solo or with friends, both are great fun!
I loved Valheim so much and Enshrouded gave me exactly that vibe again! Hope they give this game more cool stuff. Could become one of the best survival games ever
I haven't gotten Enshrouded yet but I played it during the open beta and I had a lot of fun with it. I'm definitely going to pick it up at some point
Yesss! I've been playing 80+ hours and it rocks. I highly recommend this game.
It’s not that deep Most people aren’t not playing AAA games because they care about indie studios They are just playing whatever gets good reviews
The reason that those other games are in the news is because they are lower budget success stories But the average video game person just wants to play the best Doesn’t matter who made it or why or with no money or a billion dollars They just want to play something that gives them the dopamine hit they are looking for And right now it appears that the AA games are doing well Of course the internet doesn’t cover the 50 indie and AA failures that have been released since palworld though So it just appears that AAA games all suck But that’s not reality nor is it backed up by statistics Nightingale sucks but i haven’t seen a single attack video against it I’ve seen tons of videos like “aww they just didn’t have enough money, and hey at least they tried !! Maybe they will fix it etc etc etc” And after seeing the “trailer” for nightingale There should be an uproar because the actual game looks NOTHING like the trailer But there isn’t an uproar because the “in” thing right now is just to bash AAA games until your subscribers go up and people lose their jobs
Does anyone else get a huge Breath of the Wild vibe from this?
There is one thing I would like changed about enshrouded. most of the loot is leveled, which means it is completely obsolete if you do the quest later than intended (especially endgame sweeping everything up). It would be nice if the loot was similar to Elden ring; where you can somewhat anticipate the kinds of treasures are available at each kind of landmark, and just about all loot is viable no matter how far you are at in the game. Enshrouded could do this by adding unique properties to rare items, and making a way to upgrade them along with your character. Building blocks are also always a good find regardless of level, so more of those please. there are a few ways that the designers can make finding treasure more interesting; I hope they implement these ideas, or similar
I put 110 hours into this game and I am a real sucker for this game. Can't wait for the full release.
My biggest criticism for Enshrouded is that it is a very static game in a lot of ways, especially if you're playing single player. The friendly NPCs are essentially static crafting benches - they cannot move at all, or do anything at all, besides turning towards you. This definitely feels like a placeholder implementation. Also, the structures you build are completely static, and beyond the stamina boost they have no function. Buildings cannot be attacked, nothing happens to them whatsoever. Finally, the shroud itself is also static, it's not possible to 'clean' an area, and even if you defeat the well nothing really happens. And my bonus one is the static terrain, which is ironic in a way because the terrain is dynamically modifiable, yes, but ALL modifications done outside the base areas are not persisted at all... Preventing a lot of interesting opportunities of having a larger affect on the world.
I've been playing a dedicated archer (ranger/hunter) build and its a blast. I think a magic build would be fun too but I don't know if a melee build would be as much fun given the combat issues you highlighted since I noticed them as well.
I enjoyed Enshrouded, has a lot of potential, definitely not there yet, bases need to have a better purpose other than crafting. A purge system would be cool, something having to do with any of the factions. I like that there's rare items to find, but I wouldn't call them rare. For me it felt pretty empty. So I hope they work on that soon.
I am bot a fan of survival games either. What I really like about Enshrouded is it's RPG elements. The skill tree is pretty big and skills can be mixed and matched freely. If you don't like it it's very easy to reset the skills and try a new build.
I spent a lot of time exploring and experimenting with the environment. There is a lot to explore and it's only about 30% of the map. Characters top out at level 25. After about 150 hours in game, all the quests are done and there are a few achievements left to do that I don't care about doing. I am awaiting the next content update.
I could try to build an uber base but I don't care about building all that much either. I'm just biding my time.
It's baffling that none of the reviewers have mentioned the terrible performance, Even with a 3080, you are forced to use upscaling to maintain stable 60fps at 1080p, I don't see anything in its graphics that would require such high-end hardware, this is honestly the worst-optimized game I've seen in a long time.
So glad that this the 40 or less dollars games are doing so well.
If these greedy AAA gaming companies dont care about players there is no reason to play their games.
There isn't nearly enough do in the game in its current state for me to find it enjoyable. It's going to need a lot more stuff and a lot more work on making encounters feel epic, and bosses more epic. And it's need like fishing and hardcore mode and sailing and stuff like that. As it is, it just building a base, building a character, exploreing and looting, and finding and killing bosses that are easy unless you are underleveled. It's very very basic.
There is no water in the game. Probably because it's super hard to create water with physics in a voxel game, but also because of lore reasons(not gonna explain to avoid spoilers). But yeah, sailing is highly unlikely and fishing is possible but has to be in a small fixed spot, like the wells.
@@oblikua if there is no water how are there wells?
@@0NoOne1nParticular SPOILER AHEAD: all the water that comes into contact with the shroud has become this lava-like poison. But if a well goes deep enough you can get some water that was untouched by the shroud. But mostly because it's hard to program bodies of water in a voxel based game 😂.
You just have to get good at Survival games! This is a great game and only getting better. Loving this game
An answer to the question in the title: Yes
It just feels awful to me, I think animations are capped at 60FPS. While my PC is outputting higher FPS resulting in a worse than console experience
finished everything that was available, easily my favorite game of 2024 so far. Just hope they add things to do with drops, right now in the end game basically everything you craft gets outclasses by drops and I don't like that.
Fantastic game, they smashed it.
Just been waiting for some kind of option to increase difficulty/survival level of game before I dive in.
The only survival game that I fell in love with was Subnautica. Does this game come close?
Subnautica was my first survival game. Almost gave up on it in the first hour because I kept dying and it stresses me out so much. Glad I stuck with it. One of the best exploration games ever made.
Enshrouded is super chill in comparison. You don't need to eat and sleep, food only gives you buffs. So you spend hours working on a base without having to worry about survival. I like this.
Subnautica is a much better game, also looks better. But I'm having a great time with Enshrouded so far, I've only just started a couple of days ago though.
To me "Enshrouded" means, "getting headshot in CS:GO".
I’m not a fan of it. But I think that is simply bc I’m 100% burned out on survival. I am however spending countless hours in Last Epoch and don’t see myself stopping until dragons dogma 2 and No Rest for the Wicked drop!
I love the TMNT shirt ❤
Enshrouded looks kewl, I may check it out one day. ESPECIALLY if it comes to gamepass. But it looks more like a computer game. 😊
Weather did they forget the Weather in this game? it would be nice to see some rain every once in a while. Immersion anyone lol still a very good game 😊
It looks really good
Enshrouded is an amazing game!!
For an open world survival game in early access It was fun for the first two weeks but after I hit early game max level, got all the maxed out gear and finished all of the quests I had absolutely nothing to do. That's kind of the problem with me and survival games. If there's no real goal or path to follow then it just becomes very boring. Immediately after this game I started playing days gone for the first time and I'm honestly having 10x more fun than I did with enshrouded. Perhaps after I finish this run I'll start it again on the survival 2 difficulty.
I've got about 40 hours into Enshrouded. To me, it's a mixture of Valheim and a bit of Dark Souls. If your a fan of either, you won't be disappointed with this game.
6:46 "I was thinking to myself..." You could have just said "I was thinking." Who else are you going to think to? Telepathic? Are you thinking to your friend?
YESS, it is!
I just have the time and money for a new game for March. I played Lies of P, Palworld and Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty the last couple months but for March I'm wondering if I should get Enshrouded, Lords of the Fallen or Helldivers 2.
The game *intentionally* doesn't allow you to "skyrim" up steep cliffs, etc. You're supposed to use your pickaxe to dig tunnels, or little ledges to hop to and from. That's the beauty of the voxel environmental damage in the game. You literally manipulate the world to travel point A to point B. It's what separates it from other games.
Enshrouded is fun but the barrier to entry is the multi player. The game can get rather lonely. It’s fun to show off your home and accomplishments. The problem is everything is tied together. The quests and the building are shared. It would be better if they made multiplayer like other survival games. Your building and quests should be your own unless someone joins your guild. Even then, the quest experience should remain separate. The shared experience should be optional. Other than that, it’s fun but not enough to keep my family playing. I want to play on an online server but the experience is shared which is a complete turn off
The big 3 indies this year have really shown the ass of the companies that were saying aaa games deserve a higher price.
considering the great year 2023 was, how can you come back to palword and helldivers and enshrouded and not feel the steep drop in quality???
It's like Elden Ring? I am in!
Thanks for saving me 30 bucks!
Has enshrouded done anything to make the combat for warrior types more viable?
hi MrMattyPlays
Hello Matty,
I know this is off topic as it pertains to your video, but I really need your help with this. I wish to know how to get Nolvus running on my Steam Deck OLED.
I went ahead and bought Skyrim Special Edition from the steam store along with the anniversary upgrade.
I have been trying to get the Nolvus installer to run for two days now but all it does is tell me that the directory where I have Nolvus installed is too long and it requires as short a directory as possible.
I can’t see where to create my own directory in desktop mode so I know I must be doing something wrong.
Did I mention I have no idea what I’m doing and I’m just flying by the seat of my pants?
This is why I need step by step instructions from someone who has successfully done this and is willing to impart their knowledge with me.
I’m sure it’s a way simpler process than what I am putting myself through, basically I’m “running around” like a chicken without a head.
Please, I need your help Matty, I really want to get completely lost and absorbed in Nolvus like so bad brother.
Well, wishing you a Rocking day Matty.
Cheers,
Oliver 🙏😃
Its d00-d00 😮
I’ve been enjoying enshrouded, though I have yet to go into the elixir well rotfl went in there one time. Got obliterated by the monster down there and decided to avoid it for now by spending my time gathering items, making armor and building 😂😂😂
LMFAO. I just messaged a buddy on discord earlier.. Do I buy Helldivers 2 or Enshrouded tonight? Hopefully, this video helps me answer that.
Matty what’s the background track called lol
I want to play Enshrouded but after spending 600 hours in Valheim in two months I do not want to have that happen again.
Enshrouded looks as shallow as a puddle but is way deeper than the ocean. It is a voxel based game just like minecraft you could literally dig your way to the center of the world. So if minecraft was and is still very popular why would not this game?
It’s a game that worked at launch, no cash shop, play with friends, fly, dig, build, grapple, craft, adventure, and fight. It does everything well and without bugs. Its graphics are similar to WoW. It has it all. It’s also not $69.99. It’s $29 and worth every penny. It’s super fun
There was a comment i was reading talking about Mattys video being bloated on him whining and crying as per usual (his comments not mine) , but half way through reading it UA-cam crashed and now that comment is gone !? Weird !
Heard about this
I can say that he did describe what was in front of him. I'm terms of the how's and whys that make any game special... Matty clearly didn't know what was going on
Soo what was the 1st few games he was showing starting @2:14?? They lookin intresting…
valheim has ruined most other survival games for me, but I'm actually really looking forward to giving enshrouded a try
Bro is looking drippy
Kinda same-y to me. I suppose I’m tired of this genre by now, although it is one of the better looking titles in it.
Image Bethesda not taking any notes (because they don't like lists LMAO) and ignoring all of the things modern successful open-world RPG's are doing right like Enshrouded and Valheim and instead creating another disaster like Starfield for ES6.
Do Balatro next please! ♠️♥️♣️♦️
OK, I put in 160 hours on PC to fully experience the game, 100%ed it too.
It's the best EA game I have ever played and one of the best survival games out at the moment, the building is the best in the survival genre.
It is much better than Nightingale which I am deep in too but Nightingale needs time to improve.
LOL....need a Steam jester icon for this comment. Dumb as it gets, smh.
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I'm not big on survival games but this has totally sucked me in. It's the exploration that I love. I'm hoping that the loot gets better because with the new hollow halls you go through these huge dungeons only to get crap at the end.
how do i get it to run.. I can play 10 mins before it crashes :((
1. That body retrieval on the side of the cliff you had trouble jumping to... could easily have been solved with a pickaxe. Pickaxe can terraform pretty far away from the player, you could just take a swing or two to make a footing there and easily picked up your loot.
2. You didn't have to go back for an axe, you can actually damage the Root with any weapon - they just take longer. Besidee, you should always have an fellaxe and pickaxe on you at all times.
3. You don't have to let the enemy do their move and move in over and over. You could have easily crafted yourself a shield and parried all of their attacks.
It seems to me like every problem you had were because you didn't make the most basic baby's first items to learn the ropes. These are all items you can craft 10 minutes into the game...
I feel like your review is not really constructive or useful since every single "complaint" you have is answered by: "one of the first things you make solves that problem."
It wasn't for me, my own fault, I saw that it had souls like combat and thought I could move past that. I think I am one of the few gamers that just does not find souls type combat fun at all. It's one of the reasons I wont give Elden Ring a chance. That being said my dislike for these games doesnt mean they arent good, they just aren't my thing. Enshrouded definitely had a beautiful world.
It’s the best and biggest and highest quality survival crafting rpg I’ve played in a long time. Better than valheim, better than Conan exiles, better than the forest, subnautica, smallland, grounded, etc etc this beats them all out. The game has so much content and it’s such high quality.
Possibly dumbest comment on the internet. Not to mention just plain false. Paid comment?
@@TheGolferguy71 Res ipsa loquitur
It's aight
Only game in 2024 to be locked to 60hz
Been subscribed for, what, 7 years? Bethesda fan (like Matt). But I've given up on this channel, and this video kind of proved the point. Wish I could identify that better. For me, too much of something I can't describe. Waffle? Unintelligent diatribe? Just missing the point? Enshrouded is an action RPG with survival elements - how the hell does he manage to bypass that? The core systems will need some improvement. But the world and tools given to the player are the reason for the success and hopes for the future. Sorry. Bye!
agree...as if Fallout 4 did not require a little work and patience...smh
Answer is yes
i prefer valheim but ill admit enshroudeds building is unmatched