Not Just an RTS About Ants | Empires of the Undergrowth 1.0 First Impressions
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2024
- After a long bout in early access, Empires of the Undergrowth has gone gold. This small package packs a mighty punch -- and has quickly become one of my all-time favourite RTS games. A campaign that's driven by great gameplay, a highly customisable free-play mode, and hundreds of different creepy crawlies and critters - the game has it all.
0:00 Intro
0:16 Overview
2:20 Campaign
4:31 Challenges & Alternate Scenarios
5:57 Other Game Modes
7:30 What it does Well
9:36 Verdict
11:56 Your Thoughts
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EotU is a gem, I loved every hour I put into it.
Hi booster😮
Me too!
Every (600) Hours
Yoo its the guy who does missions on impossible
@@dickelbrixjhonlague3235 or dies trying xd
I followed the development of this game since the beginning and I'm glad that I stayed
I’ve been playing this games since early access and it just kept improving from designs and gameplay and here we are now almost at the full release.
Same. I'm pretty sure I was waiting for early access to come out to the public just as I'm now waiting for T5. And god is it a long wait. 40 hours to go? I can't wait that long! Overall great game and if steam doesn't have the reviews permanently listed as "overwhelmingly positive" I'm going to personally strangle whoever made that decision/review.
fun fact,in settings theres a thying that gives all spiders a hat so none will by afraide of them
I just tried this in game and oh my god I wasn't expecting that to be so funny. They all have different hats!
@@GINXDocs beach spider became britisch spider
I loved this review and your points on the game. Thanks for giving the game a chance and seeing it in it’s true colors!
It was an absolute pleasure - I honestly wish I'd given it a chance sooner.
Extreme difficulty I can first try but I need at least 5-10 for impossible the jump is insane
@@user-tg5rh5hc5z yeah - but 5 difficulties is better than the old 4. And insane was just not challenging enough FOR SOME PEOPLE, like you
@heolx =)
I’ve been playing empires of the undergrowth for about 4 years now almost have 2,000 hours on it I’m a extreme difficulty player every once and a while I’ll try impossible but overall it will always be my favorite game I would enjoy multiplayer if it was possible so I could play with my friends but like you said it’s not required to make the game enjoyable❤
Same! Once 1.0 gets released on Friday, June 7, I will be trying every New Game+ in increasing difficulty.
I have a similar story with this game, though a bit different. I like to play on extreme, but every now and then I play on impossible for a challenge. I've gotten all the achievements, and I can barely believe I have less than 500 hours.
Edit: When 1.0 comes out I'm going to be playing this game whenever possible, and probably ruin my sleep schedule which already sucks because of it.
I've no doubt there's a really high skill ceiling there. I tried a few times on harder difficulties (and got humbled pretty quickly. Definitely a game that rewards improvement and growth - which I love to see.
@@nathanreeder9716I will also be playing this longer than I should be
Multiplayer is deconfirmed btw
you sound really close to the games narrator(mauLer), and there is also some micro you can discover if you really want to do super hard challenges, but I like the lack of that super reflex heavy gameplay, also there is an arachnophobia mode
I'm interested to see how heavy the micro gets. With the tools I've played, I'm assuming it'll revolve around pheromone movement / quick building? That I'm okay with, little short bursts now and then is the balance I really enjoy. It's SC2 constant micro that I get turned off by.
And I really liked the narrator's voice so I will take that as a compliment, thank you!
Ants have been one of my favorite animals for quite a few years now and Empires of the Undergrowth has been an absolute treat
My computer unfortunately crashes in any levels past the 2-x's so it might be months if not years before I can enjoy the game to its fullest, but I'm still having fun ramming my head into the impossible difficulty for the wood ant levels
As I said in the video, I'm really not a fan of ants - but if someone innately biased against ants can have such a great time with this game, I can imagine it's beyond special for ant enthusiasts!
The Sound design is the cherry on top : the narrator is soothing, the musics are bangers, and you can feel the love of details in the effects. One of the few games you can have hundreds of hours in and still don't want to cut the sound for your own music or a podcast.
Such an underrated game, this game deserves way more!
I’ve played this game since the Alpha, And it is one of my favorites, I have hundreds of hours and honestly, the team have out done themselves time and time again, updates may take some time but when they come they aren’t half baked, they give exactly what they promised, and then a few days later they fix any issues they missed. Not to mention everything else you mentioned, EOTU is my favorite game of all time, and when you beat the campaign there is a new game plus, opening new species for your formicarium (ant box) and letting you bring your upgrades into the campaign, while making the levels harder. I highly recommend this game, and they are only adding more to free play, and arcade, and even more. I can’t wait to see what they cook up next!
6:15 Naming your colony "The Marie Antoinette" is a funny play considering what happened to their namesake queen
I'm so happy someone noticed this - I was very proud of this name / joke.
Early access from one ant colony and no free play, the developers are exemplary! Regular updates, consistent and appropriate communication with the community, and delivering on everything said, especially adding more than expected. The team is how all developers should work on their games. They thoroughly test things before releasing them and they are the best of the best. God bless them for making the only stand out RTS in decades especially an Ant game that wasn’t disappointing, but quite the opposite!
This is definitely one of the best examples of Early Access done correctly. Especially from such a small dev team - I've got a lot of respect for the studio.
And from what I've read, they aren't finished with the game yet. I joined the party late, but very excited to see what's next for the studio and the game.
Empires of the Undergrowth was one of my first Steam games and it's always been one of my favorites, I got it when the wood ants were released and looked forward to each of their updates as they were almost always something interesting. I also agree that I really appreciate that it is more macro focused that micro focused.
Not only is the ambient audio great, but so is the soundtrack! Some Ost's I listen to on the regular!
This is such a good game!
I really like the micro in this game. It's there enough that it can actually make a difference, but it's also unreliable and not always useful. The pheromone groups in particular suffer from heavy micro when you have larger groups.
I think this strikes the balance really well. I felt like I could micro for a slight advantage (and probably necessary on higher difficulties) - but I didn't feel like I was being hamstrung if I wanted to sit back and play a bit more relaxed.
That’s what I like about the pheromone groups, it encourages the players to split up groups, by making groups take longer to react the more ants are in it.
Best review ive seen on this 👍
Thank you!
@@GINXDocs No problem, hope you enjoyed playing, well done 👍
Man i play this game since 2018 and evry Update is just the essence of good gameplay
YES! Somebody has finally shed some light onto this game! Love it to tears, and have played for years! Your points are amazing and I do agree with them. I also appreciate how the narrator is the least annoying narrator in any game ever (besides maybe the Stanley Parable). Soundtrack’s no slacker either, great for studying! It’s also actually *difficult* in the *difficult* modes (I know, novel, right?!). Multiplayer is an option, but I think it’s fine as it is and having an unbalanced multiplayer meta might put a stain on an otherwise amazing game. It’s *the* hidden gem of a game!
I loved the soundtrack! I didn't hear much of it when making the video as I played without game music - but I've been listening to it since and it's great. Also yeah, the narrator is excellent. The nature documentary angle fits so well. You feel the weight of it, but you also feel like you're learning something (I even now remember the scientific name for some insects!).
And that's it exactly with multiplayer. It's a different beast. As soon as that's a feature, everything needs to be balanced around it. It's huge to implement, but the ongoing commitment is also big. Devs would be expected to tweak and balance everything constantly, and that would ultimately come at the cost of time developing & refining single player content.
4 weeks late but oh well, i started playing this game earlier this year, a little after the fire ants were added and i've loved almost every bit about it since i started. i was (and still probably am) a bit of a noob at strategy games when i started but one of the things i love about this game is how different the difficulty can be, sometimes i just want to sit back and build an ant colony, i can just put it on easy and do whatever but it still stays fun and engaging, if i want something more rough i can put it on a harder difficulty. even the hardest difficulty is still fair and doesnt feel like you have to spend years practicing, you just need a good understanding of how the game works and to be able to weigh risk and reward according to the current situation, it truly is a game of strategy rather than dexterity or reaction speed, you dont need to be good at video games to be good at it, i like being able to take my time to figure out the best strategies, optimizing nest structure and army composition, getting to do things slow and methodically without it getting boring while also knowing there's always gonna be a challenge, it just makes me want to keep coming back because every time i play it i leave feeling happy, like i did something cool rather than what i find with a lot of other strategy games where i leave feeling mentally drained and avoiding playing them again because its so much effort.
The story as well for me was a big part of what i loved about the game, its simple but fun, nothing award winning or super innovative but its presented in a interesting way, my favourite part is the "evil scientist" kind of guy, his whole career all of his projects have failed, he's achieved nothing and now he's done something everyone told him was impossible, then they try to take that achievement away from him and he cant handle it so he doesnt let them, he pushes it further and further until it (almost literally) consumes him. it lets you empathize with him, he's not really "evil" he's just always felt like he wasnt good enough and now he's finally done something amazing, anyone would want to protect something they see as the only meaningful thing they have done.
probably reading into it too deep but oh well, that's what i do, basically if you're thinking of giving the game a try, do.
I love the difficulty variance in the game. As you say, sometimes you want a more chilled experience, and you can achieve this here while still feeling like you're engaging with the game. A lot of RTS games, you dial back the difficulty and you just no longer engage with the game, you can do whatever you want and still succeed. When I ramped things up here, after a mission I was jumping straight into the next one - whereas a more traditional RTS, yeah as you said, I'd feel drained after and need to recharge the batteries.
I agree with you on the story. I don't usually do RTS campaigns 'cos I don't really care about a story told through hours of missions. This really didn't feel like that. Each mission having it's own mini self-contained narrative, tied together with the overarching thing with the scientist - it is super refreshing.
Eotu was the game that got me interested into entomology
Thank you for making this video, its very well made and a joy to watch. Empires of the Undergrowth is one of my favourite games and you brought up many great points and and all round brilliant review of it
I'm glad you enjoyed it - it was a really fun game to cover, looking forward to playing it more!
Well put brother!
The best strategy game I've ever played
EOTU is such a gem.
Incredible Game 👍
first commentzz, and i thought you wouldnt like empires of the undergrowth from the start of the video, " Dont like anything with more then 4 legs " but then you surprised me with this.
Was hoping to catch some people out with that. I absolutely adore the game (still not a fan of anything with more than 4 legs though!)
i have been playing ever since the end of Kickstarter i even bought some pcs after the other ones broke and i kept at it every single day since 2017 till today and in my honest opinion i think your estimate of this game is very true especially the campaign missions dragging on such as "rising tide and queen of the hill"
" Things I disliked: very big spiders"
sounds legit.
It’s the best game trust me!
i thought 1.0 was out tomorrow?
It's out on the 7th - though Hooded Horse sent over access to press a bit earlier. I didn't cover or play the end game features as I wanted to offer impressions from a new player perspective (I haven't played it before, I didn't want to misrepresent anything).
If any coverage of the end game features is going to come out from other channels, chances are it'll be on launch day.
I want to play it but it sounds like a Pikmin game
:D
I agree it's an amazing game.
If you like this game, maybe you’ll like path of Titans it’s an MMO dinosaur survival game were you play as the dinosaur and a multiplayer game? I do not recommend the official servicers. To start out. Community servers are better.
That looks really interesting - like an MMO The Isle (great combo)
@@GINXDocs yeah it’s currently the most popular dinosaur survival game people are playing right now
Do you play starcrft?
I used to a little bit, but I was never very good at it. I enjoyed watching it a lot more than I enjoyed playing it.
this game is the only game i liked more than mincraft and roblox 9,5 out of 10
I love ants.