As far as I’m concerned, any game that makes you say out loud “I hate this game” and then you proceed to continue to play said game, is what truly makes or breaks a souls like.
I finished Sekiros last boss with so much rage inside me and I said I regretted ever playing the game at all. I still think about reinstalling it for a second playthrough every month or so
I've already got Elden Ring to play this coming year, dammit. But Enchain is on the list right now. I'll play it while I wait for Salt and Sacrifice to come to Steam.
starry knight actually got me in my feels with the final boss being called stranger when its his older self and then the "and its not pain that makes a real artist it is love"
But its legit wrong and the other way around. In my opinion you become a real artist only through suffering for your craft. In german we call it "Leidenschaft" for a reason. Btw it sounds even better when you turn the two arguments around.
Van Gogh created “Starry Night” while he was being treated for his mental illness so like… no. Most artists would be much better off if they weren’t suffering, because that is when you can truly focus and refine your craft.
@@IndicatedGoodLife that's such a weird, gatekeep'y thing to say. Lots of artists suffer for their art, yes, but you shouldn't have to suffer to be able to become an artist. Not all creative types are struggling with mental health issues and it's such an unhealthy worldview.
I fully expect this series to be theoretically capable of going on forever because souls-likes release at a faster rate than Pineapple can review them.
I think it's pretty obvious and you've understood it yourself, but to me it's because Van Gogh is so disconnected from reality at this point, that he doesn't even recognize himself. He sees his own self as an enemy, that he has to vanquish. That, or his madness changed him so much as a person, that his past self is a completely different entity.
@@_piranha i think its supposed to represent the battle he had with himself all those years which lead to him killing himself. He does that in game by confronting something he doesnt recognize and ends up killing himself
Sees him play Enchain: Yeah, this looks pretty cool, might check it out Sees him surf on a body down a hill: Okay, so how much money did you say you wanted for this exactly cause i'm paying double
Starry knight was such a genuinely touching game as it tries to convey the conflict within the artist. Honestly made me kinda emotional knowing his life history.
Just wanna add onto the section about There Is No Light: The game has a large focus on weapon swapping. You heal by landing special attacks repeatedly, and the fist weapon excels at building the meter for those attacks. The greatsword attaches bombs to enemies which can be detonated by special attacks and specific abilities. The game heavily encourages rotating your weapons based on the situation, even moreso when you factor in the passive abilities that feed into that. The combat's tight as hell, but you're absolutely not going to enjoy it if you stick to one weapon.
If you like the concept, the movie "Loving Vincent" tells van Gogh's life story through animation with hand drawn oil paintings in his style. To be fair, I haven't seen it myself, so I can't say if the story is well told, but the artwork is incredible.
That one gets me, too. And the game seems made in much the same spirit... seeing not just a famous painter or a troubled mind, but a human being, craving love and companionship. At his core, much the same as all the rest of us.
As an artist, Starry Knight almost made me cry Love the concept of Van Gogh's troubled artist life converted into an action game that slowly faced all the "bosses" that caused him to end his life (which is why the ending you fight himself, but because of his depression he sees himself as 'Stranger') and the quote at the end really struck me the most as an artist who, sometimes, also hate myself for not doing anything right in art. but I still keep doing art because I love art.
"Pain is the most profound of all human feelings" as a replacement for "YOU DIED" actually doesn't conflict with Dark Souls' lore, when i think about it. the whole thing of losing yourself from death and becoming a hollow - a death where you proclaim your humanity would be a very fitting cry for help for the hapless undead
That was me for like a whole week trying to beat Pontiff way beck when DS3 was just a couple months old. I repeatedly cursed and died over and over, but never gave up, and the reward is 100% worth it.
You've reliably become a source of interesting and good games, with an accurate and diverse takes on what the dev were trying to do when you approach a game. I like your "radio voice" too. ten-outa-ten.
I had it in my wishlist for the longest time, went and bought it immediately after its segment was over. You know when Pine wants you to play the game.
Unsighted and Starry Night both seem really cool and I definitely wouldn't have heard about either without this video. Pineapple also does a really good job at least trying to be genuinely fair and thorough, this may be one of my favorite things he does contentwise.
@@YamaZombies it isn't officially, but notch allowed hacks and mods to decompile its code and mojang did not (as far as i'm told) boot any modder or hacker. all of this makes minecraft's code almost open for anyone, that's the main reason there's a plethora of unofficial launchers, beta servers, and the like. by mojang's tolerance towards hacks, i think they allowed minecraft to be (almost) open source
i love how he’s so positive about these games and in the process of giving a chance discovers some games that should be so much more popular then they are
One of the games you played before called "death's gambit" was completely redesigned in a free update. They claim the map is twice as big a the old one, they redid the talent tree and a whole lot more. I thought it might be fun to go back and see if they fixed your complaints.
I played and finished the game pre and post update and the post update definitely did a lot to make the game feel better to play and explore. It definitely is bigger now, and the new levels help flesh the game out for me. I found it an improvement in almost every way and it made the game go from a game I thought was enjoyable but very jank to a game that I think is pretty great. Makes me curious what he would think of it too.
@@lane3574 CrossCode easily became my favorite Indie game ever. It's in my top 5 favorite games. I still remember finding its demo around the summer of 2016 on GameJolt. I thought its art style was really cute, and I thought it was interesting. So I made a mental note of it. I, by complete chance, came across it again in 2018 or 2019 on Steam after it had been fully released. I decided to pick it up for myself. I played it while waiting for Fire Emblem: Three Houses to come out in 2019, nearly three years exactly from the day I discovered the game. I beat it in a few days and fell in love with it. I wasn't very good at the time tho. I had to put on all the bitch-mode settings. When the DLC came out for the game, I replayed the entire thing and 100%ed everything I could outside of the arena (I technically got 100%, but I still had unfinished fights in some of the DLC matches) Best thing I learned from that playthrough? I got way better at the game. Never needed to make it easier or anything. Some of the later puzzles were so brutal but so satisfying to complete. I'm so fucking happy CrossCode is getting the attention it rightly deserves. It's a masterwork.
"Art Direction" is what really carries a whole lot of these games, isn't it? Even with basic or even slightly clunky controls, a solid and cohesive art direction can really keep you enraptured That being said, if the gameplay is completely borked, then not even solid art direction can save you.
Perhaps why many people bounce off Unsighted despite the great game design/features? It's gaudy. Not as bad as A Valley Without Wind, but it's up there. Also looks like a cheap Hyper Light Drifter clone. That's probably as far as most people get..
@@aFewBitsShort Hyper Light Drifter first came to mind when I saw the game (you can tell I'm a fan from my profile pic xD), but I'd say there are a lot of things Unsighted did a lot of things better.
as big of an impact as art direction has, to me a game could be the video game equivalent of the Mona Lisa but if the combat or gameplay loop is shallow or bad I'll probably not play it. But that's the thing about Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 1 (not remastered), the art direction and general tone of the game is so good that the mediocre/bland gameplay loop is excused. The vision and the whole lightning-in-a-bottle thing Fromsoft happened upon is just fantastic in my world. Meanwhile a game with great art direction but somewhat terrible gameplay loop (the not-so pixel perfect platforming especially) like Ori 1 makes it difficult for me to get into it and learning the mechanics properly enough to finish the game. Obviously, this is a very subjective thing for many people. Some people can finish a game for the worldbuilding in one game, while they might not be able to stomach another game which caters to a different style of game or a different story being told.
@@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves for me The Witcher 3 combat was terrible. So I put it on easy and played for the story and player choices. Compared to Souls where I play for the gameplay and challenge, taking on bosses while underleveled.
A game called “Lies of P” was announced its a souls like, where you play as Pinocchio and can change your arm around to like a flamethrower and other things and it sounds cool
Wow I'm extremely hyped for enchained. The moment I saw the surfing literally my jaw dropped. Getting the demo and cant wait for a full release, how has this escaped the internet??
"Blade of Darkness" got re-released (and for the first time released on Steam!) in October 2021. The game is from 2001 - a decade before Souls, and it wasn't managed well, the studio went bankrupt, but the few lucky fans who played it back then built somewhat of a niche cult following. And many of them swear that this game is the true predecessor of Demon's Souls and Dark Souls, due to countless similarities in the combat system and level design (and no, those weren't the same way in King's Field!). Now on Steam the game has "Overwhelmingly Positive" rating - which is kind of amazing for a game that is 20 years old. Blade does have some janky-ness, which is still there, but that's really part of its charm. Despite the fact most people who tried it appraise it, I don't think the game is nearly as famous among Souls fans as it should be. Not sure if it fully qualifies the theme of "games you've never heard of", but I bet 90% of viewers haven't heard of it still. I wholeheartedly recommend it for this series - and I hope you'd enjoy it! It's worth a full playthrough, even though it's a difficult and unforgiving game with a lot of tricks to learn to fully appreciate it.
Wow, you're right, someone released it on Steam/GoG and has been patching it for a bit. Crazy. Was definitely one of the gems of the early 2000's. Such a good and more unique experience back then, brutal and hardcore too, but going back now it's gonna be hard to get passed all the jank, especially if you want (or need) to use a controller. I'll probably watch someone play it through vs go at it myself, but that string might tug at me too much..
Unsighted is one of those rare games made with passion that sadly didn't get the attention it deserves, I'm glad someone is praising it because it was one of my favorite indies of this year
I think the best thing you do is give everything an honest chance and take into account the context of the realistic expectations that both the creator and the consumer would have for the game. I would never have given cube cube more then 3 minutes of my time.
Damn. Unsighted looks like right up my alley. I love this series so far. Tons of good recommendations. I think the developers also like it. The coverage is free, honest and a good advertisment for their games.
Enchain actually looks sick as hell and I'm actually excited to see how they improve it! They're delaying it to next year, but I feel like art should be taken slow and steady, so it'll definitely be better this way. BTW Badass vids dude! Love the meme games you play on these lol
@Miles Doyle Numbers 31: 17, 18. I'll pass on your psychotic lunatic of a God. And all the perverted con artists who claim to hear his voice. At least Cthulu generally keeps to himself, unless you go messing with the supernatural. Why can't your evil God be that considerate? I mean, I understand this incoherent Bronze age nonsense is how you express your BDSM kink (and the community LOVES the whole temptation/demonic torture dynamic), but do try to work some safe words and age of consent into the mythology? Otherwise, I can't be held responsible if your soul winds up in Hell, or whatever.
@@juststatedtheobvious9633 soooo, you don't believe in God.... But you don't want to be responsible for "his soul ending up in hell or whatever"??? You are just mad you can't write a coherent thought, and believe in nothing let alone recite accurately anything from memory. All you got is "at least Cthulhu (which you didn't even spell correctly) keeps to himself". I'm sure billions of people will hold H.P. Lovecraft's fictional character from his 1926 "The Call of Cthulhu" in high regard as a diety in a couple thousand years. Do better.
Getting Unsighted tomorrow! I've had it recommended enough times now to go through with it. I love these videos a lot, and the Van Gogh game looked beautiful. So much gold in the Steam dumpster.
@@yowamushi6666 dont listen to him, he's just a person who think that the devs are "woke", only because of some themes the game have. The Devs are from Brazil, and they deserve a lot of attention.
I think the big thing is that a lot of people probably get put off by the time mechanic. People really just don't like being timed and I don't think the turning that mechanic off is advertised enough. Then for the people who do know you can turn it off a portion probably just realize you're losing a huge aspect of the design and theme of the game by doing so (I personally fall here). Just every discussion I see about this game is about its use of time and how the games themes revolve around it. It's been in my wishlist for a while, but I don't think I'm ever gonna take it out. It's fine the game isn't for me and others. Sad though that it will lose them sales because I truly do believe the reviews that the game is good.
It looks to me like 'There is No Light' makes the mistake of having it's collision actually hit with anything that collides on-screen given the perspective, but while it's a 2D game, it has a 3D world and the collision should take that into account.
Literally the only reason I’m leaving this comment is because you said there’s a pretty good chance you’ll read it. I want to thank you for the hours of work you put behind these videos and also the gems you uncover. UNSIGHTED seems like a really cool game and I’m super glad you showed it us!
I love that Unsighted has a way to turn off the character timing. Even though its the main gimmick, it gives players a chance to experience this great game without all that stress
When all the people turned yellow, referencing Van Gogh eating the yellow paint that assisted with his madness, I got major chills and teared up a little :o
Might be neat to do a retrospective on some of the early-access games you covered in the beginning of this series-see if they took off, fixed the problems you had with them, or died/faded into obscurity
Honestly, these videos have shown me actually cool games when everything that comes out lately has just been lackluster. Enchain and Unsighted are the two games that I'm very interested in now. So thank you so much for making these videos :)
I love this fucking series man, as someone who's interested in someday creating a game it's nice to see someone taking their time to give an honest and profound review with some feedback. Keep it up!
Really nice seeing you stick with this series. Whenever I'm 'in between' games or looking for a game to fill some time, this is where I go to get some ideas.
I think this vid is one of your best in the series. Lots of successes in terms of game quality and just the energy of it almost lets us inhabit your enjoyment (particularly for #2)
i really appreciate how despite the thumbnail lure of this series being "time to TEAR IN to the WORST GARBAGE that TALENTLESS SCHMUCKS have put up on steam!!!" the actual content is like, actually engaging with the games on their own terms, even the obviously extremely janky ones, and talking about what they do right in addition to where they fall short and the places they show potential. it's like, *almost* kinda clickbait-y, but the bait and switch is into kindness and thoughtful genuine engagement and good vibes so i'm fine with it
I have to admit, I typically end up finding a lot of these games on my own, but you always have a few I have never stumbled across before. Still I love hearing what you have to say about each game and that helps me decide what I should play for myself (or validates my opinion, like with There is no Light, total agreement).
I love these videos. There's so many soulslike games out there and most people won't bother to play, or even know about, the majority of them. You find some hidden gems for us and you give unbiased reviews. I also love the enthusiasm and genuine passion. Thank you for doing what you do.
I played the demo of Unsighted and generally enjoyed it. However what made me take a step away from it and remove it from my wishlist was the knowledge that there's a time limit to your gameplay. I really, really, really dislike being forced to rush. I like exploration and taking my time. That said, I did *NOT* know you can turn it off, so I'll be adding this back into my wishlist.
I'm the same way with the time mechanic. However, I'm still really torn on getting it because I know the time mechanic is a huge point of the game about making choices about the time and a bunch of the themes live off that and the mechanic existing. So I'm losing a huge aspect of the game by actually turning it off.
@@lifetake3103 Yeah that's a good point. I dunno. I'll wishlist but whether or not I get it remains unclear for now. Other than that specific aspect, it's right up my alley.
for those who like Vincent van Gogh, there's also a movie called "Loving Vincent," that has every frame of the film painted in his style, so it's a animated painting-movie
I'm loving this series more and more with every video. And I really appreciate the effort you make in playing through the entirety of pretty much every demo/early access/game you show. Great work and nice evolution of the channel. I'm looking forward to what other ideas for another series of videos you have!
Ok real talk, Starry Night was actually kind of awesome. I loved all the animations with the paint. They actually did a nice job on it. Also I don't know if you've tried it already. But I recommend checking out 3000th duel. I absolutely love how fast paced the action feels.
I love how kind you are to all the games you play, and I'm glad you appreciate it as an art form as well! I am always excited for you to discover something new in these videos and I've played a couple of the games you've featured. Happy exploring
I love this series so much, I can laugh and find hidden gems at the same time. Instantly got Unsighted to play, legit one of the best work of art I've ever played.
Pineapple Ive been a fan for years and years, and you've become my favorite "random upload" creator. When I see one of your vids pop up it's such a pleasant surprise. Thanks for two Souls-Like this month!
I sincerely appreciate the amount of effort you put into making these videos. I genuinely enjoy hearing your feedback regarding the random weird soulish games you find and giving them so much respect even if they are meme trash. I continue to look forward to the next souls-like compilation. Thank you.
I like how pine actually enjoyed a good portion of the games this time as opposed to having to slog through dumpster fire meme games or poor development
I played Unsighted on Gamepass a while ago and was wondering if it would ever end up in this video series. Glad to see it did and that you liked it, it's an awesome game and thankfully someone out there talked about it finally.
I genuinely teared up at the vincent van gogh one (and laughed so hard at the idea of it being at a shitpost).. It's beautiful how many little hidden gems of passion there are out there in the world that'll never be found.
@Miles Doyle .... Is this a copy-pasta intended to take the piss out of any basic wholesome human interaction? If it was intended to be persuasive, I would expect less autobiographical self-indulgence, more brevity, and the use of PARAGRAPHS!
Commenting because of your comment in the video about comments(comment insception) just wanted to say I wasn’t survived to subscribed to you but I would randomly find 3 or four of your videos a year and always would enjoy them. Just wanted to say, I’m subscribed now and thank you for the great content
Merry Christmas dude Genuinely a pleasure to see that you've uploaded again - don't restrict yourself to souls like, I'd watch any of your reviews at this point
I really enjoy watching you play through these souls like games, I don’t play a huge variety of games but seeing you try so many out and shout-out the ones with potential makes my day :)
11 episodes going in and it's still fascinating to see all these different designs that these games take the Souls-Like genre in. I'm kinda surprised that there are so many.
Watching your journey through experiencing the Van Gogh game was something else. I love this series, it's such a great insight into a huge genre that only really has the Soulsborne games representing it
The audio in There is No Light was pretty awesome though. The protag's yell when he throws his weapon and the booming bass of the boss hitting the floor were great.
yeah that's right, I can make more than 1 video a month sometimes
thanks, i love these videos
Keep em coming! :D
how dare you
I hope you don’t encourage me to waste all my money this Christmas…
I’d love a "where are they now" second look on some of the potential games you kinda liked that were in early access.
+1!
That's actually a good recommendation
that's a fantastic idea
Yes please!!
What you're saying is you want to see the finished CubeCube
As far as I’m concerned, any game that makes you say out loud “I hate this game” and then you proceed to continue to play said game, is what truly makes or breaks a souls like.
And then ten attempts later, killing the boss on full life.
@@dotgone yes. Until you get to the next boss.
I finished Sekiros last boss with so much rage inside me and I said I regretted ever playing the game at all. I still think about reinstalling it for a second playthrough every month or so
@@krazyface5645 I know that pain.
TIL rocket league is a souls-like
That Van Gogh game looks dope actually. Such an odd atmosphere, and good execution.
And the concept reminds me of Eternal Sonata
And it’s also really sweet
Yeoww glad you agree Enchain is hypefuck, and glad I helped it hit your list. choice steamdives as always mister john soulslike
Looks crazy, I'll have to check out your playthrough
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Can't wait 'til they release the full game
I've already got Elden Ring to play this coming year, dammit. But Enchain is on the list right now. I'll play it while I wait for Salt and Sacrifice to come to Steam.
FUNKE MAKE A VIDEO
this episode was seriously full of incredible titles. the Van Gogh entry wins my "would never play but teared up after witnessing it" award.
Are there a lot of entries for that award? 😂
what a good reward, I am on the same wave
it was a very sweet and very good. i think it wasn’t meant to suceed just a passion art project
Listen to “Vincent” by Don Mclean!
You will cry
If you honestly teared up watching that short review, you are an actual british cigarette
Honestly, "I played 8 MORE Souls-Like games you've never heard of" has become my favorite series to follow on youtube.
Same
Same here aswell
He's great. Puts in effort, intelligent without being stuck up, genuine cool dude.
Its so good!
based
“Press G to use the med kit”
Iron Pinappple: “so there’s no healing in this fight”
I assume medkits take too much time to use, you'd be beat to death by the boss before you have the opportunity to heal- otherwise yeah goofy moment
starry knight actually got me in my feels with the final boss being called stranger when its his older self and then the "and its not pain that makes a real artist it is love"
Wasn't it his younger self though, actually? And he was a stranger because he forgot who he was.
@@RuneKatashima Pretty sure yes, because I believe he had both ears.
@@Newby1 Auch, it got me too though
@@RuneKatashima yeah i meant older like what he used to be if that makes sense
"it's not pain that makes a real artist, it's love"
That hits
I legit teared up a little, that was so lovely.
But its legit wrong and the other way around. In my opinion you become a real artist only through suffering for your craft. In german we call it "Leidenschaft" for a reason.
Btw it sounds even better when you turn the two arguments around.
@@IndicatedGoodLife I'm just here to note it's not legit wrong because it's only your opinion on how a artist becomes "real"
Van Gogh created “Starry Night” while he was being treated for his mental illness so like… no. Most artists would be much better off if they weren’t suffering, because that is when you can truly focus and refine your craft.
@@IndicatedGoodLife that's such a weird, gatekeep'y thing to say. Lots of artists suffer for their art, yes, but you shouldn't have to suffer to be able to become an artist. Not all creative types are struggling with mental health issues and it's such an unhealthy worldview.
I fully expect this series to be theoretically capable of going on forever because souls-likes release at a faster rate than Pineapple can review them.
Easy content baybeeeee
@Miles Doyle nah fam, i'm good
the gameplay on Enchain looked sooo good, love the mechanics
Should try Ultrakill while waiting for enchain. I am actually hyped for enchain aswell
What in the hell, why are you here? ( ´~｀)
@@TheTapiocaBabe I think DBD and DS fans are reeeeally overlaping
I was still a tiny bit on the fence, but then they introduced Tony Hawk's Bone Skater and I was sold.
shut up funny scary game man
For the starry Knight game, I find it interesting that the "stranger" is just his past self, before he cut his ear off
I had the sinking feeling as soon as I saw the similar model, and my eyes focused on the ear. Even if expected it still hits hard.
I think it's pretty obvious and you've understood it yourself, but to me it's because Van Gogh is so disconnected from reality at this point, that he doesn't even recognize himself. He sees his own self as an enemy, that he has to vanquish.
That, or his madness changed him so much as a person, that his past self is a completely different entity.
@@_piranha i think its supposed to represent the battle he had with himself all those years which lead to him killing himself. He does that in game by confronting something he doesnt recognize and ends up killing himself
Sees him play Enchain: Yeah, this looks pretty cool, might check it out
Sees him surf on a body down a hill: Okay, so how much money did you say you wanted for this exactly cause i'm paying double
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@Miles Doyle that's some Shin Megami Tensei lore right there
@Miles Doyle look it's a good message but this isn't the way to spread it
@Miles Doyle mate, you don't need Jesus, you need professional help
@Miles Doyle TLDR Hail the Horned God
Never would have thought there were this many souls like games jeez
@XANA🎀 What
Just be glad that there are - means more videos ha-ha.
never thought id see my for honor youtuber in the comments of dark souls likes
Havok what tier is warden rn?
Just came here from jons most recent vid with you in it wtf
Starry knight was such a genuinely touching game as it tries to convey the conflict within the artist. Honestly made me kinda emotional knowing his life history.
Just wanna add onto the section about There Is No Light: The game has a large focus on weapon swapping. You heal by landing special attacks repeatedly, and the fist weapon excels at building the meter for those attacks. The greatsword attaches bombs to enemies which can be detonated by special attacks and specific abilities. The game heavily encourages rotating your weapons based on the situation, even moreso when you factor in the passive abilities that feed into that. The combat's tight as hell, but you're absolutely not going to enjoy it if you stick to one weapon.
I love it too I really wanted him to review that too.
“Also it has a roll button and stamina.”
*Iron Pineapple* : Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!
The Vincent Van Gogh game concept is amazing XD
True, it's something completely unique, I think this game deserves more attention
Its the kind of stuff that makes you appreciate the insanity of the internet, the only place were weird but interesting stuff are made.
@@phyrexian_dude4645 yes, only the Internet. No-one in real life made weird or crazy things before the Internet. Or cut off their ear or anything.
Weird but at the same time fascinating tho
When the madness part kicked in i kinda got BB vibes
If you like the concept, the movie "Loving Vincent" tells van Gogh's life story through animation with hand drawn oil paintings in his style. To be fair, I haven't seen it myself, so I can't say if the story is well told, but the artwork is incredible.
For the van Gogh one I actually shed a tear
try watching the doctor who episode with him youll go thru a tissue box
@@bobbyboswell13 already did,I cried
@@Borealis.way.ofshura same think it was the hardest i had cried in a long time such a good episode
That one gets me, too. And the game seems made in much the same spirit... seeing not just a famous painter or a troubled mind, but a human being, craving love and companionship. At his core, much the same as all the rest of us.
So who is this gog magog guy?
As an artist, Starry Knight almost made me cry
Love the concept of Van Gogh's troubled artist life converted into an action game that slowly faced all the "bosses" that caused him to end his life (which is why the ending you fight himself, but because of his depression he sees himself as 'Stranger') and the quote at the end really struck me the most as an artist who, sometimes, also hate myself for not doing anything right in art. but I still keep doing art because I love art.
I know an inspiring artist. Think they might appreciate this.
I love these videos. Doesn't even have to be "souls likes", I would watch a series of you just playing unknown or lesser known indie games
Absolutely agree. Love the breakdowns and how thoughtful you are on games
I second this.
"Pain is the most profound of all human feelings" as a replacement for "YOU DIED" actually doesn't conflict with Dark Souls' lore, when i think about it. the whole thing of losing yourself from death and becoming a hollow - a death where you proclaim your humanity would be a very fitting cry for help for the hapless undead
"I hate this game so much."
Yep, definitely a souls-like.
That was me for like a whole week trying to beat Pontiff way beck when DS3 was just a couple months old. I repeatedly cursed and died over and over, but never gave up, and the reward is 100% worth it.
I was screaming that at my TV the first 20-something times I fought Gascoigne in Bloodborne.
I have since gotten the Platinum.
@@notgray88 i don't know how, but I killed him first try
Aldrich turned me into a porcupine though
You've reliably become a source of interesting and good games, with an accurate and diverse takes on what the dev were trying to do when you approach a game. I like your "radio voice" too. ten-outa-ten.
Pine doing the good work of signal boosting Unsighted. Easily a game of the year contender.
I had it in my wishlist for the longest time, went and bought it immediately after its segment was over. You know when Pine wants you to play the game.
Was super stoked to see it on here. What a fantastic game.
its on gamepass
fr that shit is a banger
I played the whole thing in a weekend after my finals and loved every minute
had never even heard of it, totally gonna try it out now
Unsighted and Starry Night both seem really cool and I definitely wouldn't have heard about either without this video. Pineapple also does a really good job at least trying to be genuinely fair and thorough, this may be one of my favorite things he does contentwise.
"It is love."
As an artist who deals with a lot of self hate, that made me cry a little. Beautiful
You good?
@@Br1anwastaken not really, but thank you for asking, friend
@@PBart7 No problem mate, im a self hating artist too, hope you start feeling Better soon!
Can't wait to find out about the lore behind the legendary "Program Preset: Testing", by far my favorite boss in the entire series.
Vaati has to be working on a lore vid
That Unsouled game just screams "Hyper Light Drifter" with the attack and dash animations and effects
I dig it
huge HLD vibes as well- and I loved HLD with all my heart
Tbh Unsighted gives me more HLD vibes, it even has multiple references/Easter eggs for HLD
Glad someone else picked up on it, in fact there’s a plunging dash based on the combo Slash-Dash which allowed uou to slam enemies into walls
@@MFGod_Hand I was talking more about aesthetic/animation-wise, but yeah
same. has he ever played HLD?
“Looks like a randomly placed minecraft block” love that he hadn’t noticed literally 90% of the game’s textures were from minecraft lol
i mean... stealng from an open source game... is it still stealing? dunno... but if your gameis good it doesn't matter ^^
@@Wargulf2838 It's not stealing if it's free to take for everyone
@@Wargulf2838 minecraft isn't open source lol
@@YamaZombies it isn't officially, but notch allowed hacks and mods to decompile its code and mojang did not (as far as i'm told) boot any modder or hacker. all of this makes minecraft's code almost open for anyone, that's the main reason there's a plethora of unofficial launchers, beta servers, and the like.
by mojang's tolerance towards hacks, i think they allowed minecraft to be (almost) open source
@Miles Doyle No u
i love how he’s so positive about these games and in the process of giving a chance discovers some games that should be so much more popular then they are
One of the games you played before called "death's gambit" was completely redesigned in a free update. They claim the map is twice as big a the old one, they redid the talent tree and a whole lot more. I thought it might be fun to go back and see if they fixed your complaints.
It went from mixed reviews to overwhelmingly positive on steam.
Yes please! I would love to see this as well. Great idea!
I played and finished the game pre and post update and the post update definitely did a lot to make the game feel better to play and explore. It definitely is bigger now, and the new levels help flesh the game out for me. I found it an improvement in almost every way and it made the game go from a game I thought was enjoyable but very jank to a game that I think is pretty great. Makes me curious what he would think of it too.
I will go back to it based on this so thank you for sharing
-Isn't that a gacha game?-
I was thinking of a different game
Unsighted looks so cool. I get strong Crosscode vibes from it. I wish games like this got more recognition.
was looking for this comment
can't recommend it enough to people
i really love that game
I thought the same exact thing. Honestly, the main character kind of resembles the protagonist from Radical Fish's new game, Project Terra
It’s such a great game.
I will play anything with Crosscode vibes. One of my top 10 games of all time p
@@lane3574 CrossCode easily became my favorite Indie game ever. It's in my top 5 favorite games.
I still remember finding its demo around the summer of 2016 on GameJolt. I thought its art style was really cute, and I thought it was interesting. So I made a mental note of it. I, by complete chance, came across it again in 2018 or 2019 on Steam after it had been fully released. I decided to pick it up for myself.
I played it while waiting for Fire Emblem: Three Houses to come out in 2019, nearly three years exactly from the day I discovered the game. I beat it in a few days and fell in love with it. I wasn't very good at the time tho. I had to put on all the bitch-mode settings.
When the DLC came out for the game, I replayed the entire thing and 100%ed everything I could outside of the arena (I technically got 100%, but I still had unfinished fights in some of the DLC matches)
Best thing I learned from that playthrough? I got way better at the game. Never needed to make it easier or anything. Some of the later puzzles were so brutal but so satisfying to complete.
I'm so fucking happy CrossCode is getting the attention it rightly deserves. It's a masterwork.
"Art Direction" is what really carries a whole lot of these games, isn't it? Even with basic or even slightly clunky controls, a solid and cohesive art direction can really keep you enraptured
That being said, if the gameplay is completely borked, then not even solid art direction can save you.
Perhaps why many people bounce off Unsighted despite the great game design/features? It's gaudy. Not as bad as A Valley Without Wind, but it's up there. Also looks like a cheap Hyper Light Drifter clone. That's probably as far as most people get..
@@aFewBitsShort Hyper Light Drifter first came to mind when I saw the game (you can tell I'm a fan from my profile pic xD), but I'd say there are a lot of things Unsighted did a lot of things better.
as big of an impact as art direction has, to me a game could be the video game equivalent of the Mona Lisa but if the combat or gameplay loop is shallow or bad I'll probably not play it. But that's the thing about Demon's Souls and Dark Souls 1 (not remastered), the art direction and general tone of the game is so good that the mediocre/bland gameplay loop is excused. The vision and the whole lightning-in-a-bottle thing Fromsoft happened upon is just fantastic in my world. Meanwhile a game with great art direction but somewhat terrible gameplay loop (the not-so pixel perfect platforming especially) like Ori 1 makes it difficult for me to get into it and learning the mechanics properly enough to finish the game.
Obviously, this is a very subjective thing for many people. Some people can finish a game for the worldbuilding in one game, while they might not be able to stomach another game which caters to a different style of game or a different story being told.
@@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves for me The Witcher 3 combat was terrible. So I put it on easy and played for the story and player choices. Compared to Souls where I play for the gameplay and challenge, taking on bosses while underleveled.
@@aFewBitsShort Exactly. I haven't gotten back into the Witcher 1 because the combat isn't very good, but thank god for mods on the PC.
In starry knight, i like how by the end of the game the life bars get swapped and van gogh's' life bar turns into the boss bar
A game called “Lies of P” was announced its a souls like, where you play as Pinocchio and can change your arm around to like a flamethrower and other things and it sounds cool
It certainly does look cool, but it's not coming out for at least a year.
@@eclecticspaghetti true
kinda reminds me of sekiro about the arm thingy
Sounds like rengoku on the psp
Thymesia is another on my wish list, feels bloodborne inspired.
As a game design student these help so much in seeing what everyone is making and finding interesting mechanics that I might never find, thanks a lot
Wow I'm extremely hyped for enchained. The moment I saw the surfing literally my jaw dropped. Getting the demo and cant wait for a full release, how has this escaped the internet??
"Blade of Darkness" got re-released (and for the first time released on Steam!) in October 2021. The game is from 2001 - a decade before Souls, and it wasn't managed well, the studio went bankrupt, but the few lucky fans who played it back then built somewhat of a niche cult following. And many of them swear that this game is the true predecessor of Demon's Souls and Dark Souls, due to countless similarities in the combat system and level design (and no, those weren't the same way in King's Field!). Now on Steam the game has "Overwhelmingly Positive" rating - which is kind of amazing for a game that is 20 years old. Blade does have some janky-ness, which is still there, but that's really part of its charm. Despite the fact most people who tried it appraise it, I don't think the game is nearly as famous among Souls fans as it should be. Not sure if it fully qualifies the theme of "games you've never heard of", but I bet 90% of viewers haven't heard of it still. I wholeheartedly recommend it for this series - and I hope you'd enjoy it! It's worth a full playthrough, even though it's a difficult and unforgiving game with a lot of tricks to learn to fully appreciate it.
Wow, you're right, someone released it on Steam/GoG and has been patching it for a bit. Crazy.
Was definitely one of the gems of the early 2000's. Such a good and more unique experience back then, brutal and hardcore too, but going back now it's gonna be hard to get passed all the jank, especially if you want (or need) to use a controller.
I'll probably watch someone play it through vs go at it myself, but that string might tug at me too much..
He played it already in an earlier video lol
Unsighted is one of those rare games made with passion that sadly didn't get the attention it deserves, I'm glad someone is praising it because it was one of my favorite indies of this year
Its kinda unbelievable to think that this game was the work of 2 ppl and the debut of the studio
I think the best thing you do is give everything an honest chance and take into account the context of the realistic expectations that both the creator and the consumer would have for the game. I would never have given cube cube more then 3 minutes of my time.
Damn. Unsighted looks like right up my alley. I love this series so far. Tons of good recommendations. I think the developers also like it. The coverage is free, honest and a good advertisment for their games.
Enchain actually looks sick as hell and I'm actually excited to see how they improve it! They're delaying it to next year, but I feel like art should be taken slow and steady, so it'll definitely be better this way. BTW Badass vids dude! Love the meme games you play on these lol
It looks great but how is it Souls-Like? Looks more like DOOM.
@@HA_FI I guess the bonfire and how dark it is (in terms of illumination) makes it souls-like
Recommendation:
"LOST TO TIME"
Dark souls but time travel. Its pretty souls-like, lil bit janky and has reviews in the single digits
I like how most souls-like related games are usually incomplete indie games.
@Miles Doyle huh?
@Miles Doyle Not interested.
@Miles Doyle
Numbers 31: 17, 18.
I'll pass on your psychotic lunatic of a God.
And all the perverted con artists who claim to hear his voice.
At least Cthulu generally keeps to himself, unless you go messing with the supernatural. Why can't your evil God be that considerate?
I mean, I understand this incoherent Bronze age nonsense is how you express your BDSM kink (and the community LOVES the whole temptation/demonic torture dynamic), but do try to work some safe words and age of consent into the mythology?
Otherwise, I can't be held responsible if your soul winds up in Hell, or whatever.
@@juststatedtheobvious9633 soooo, you don't believe in God.... But you don't want to be responsible for "his soul ending up in hell or whatever"???
You are just mad you can't write a coherent thought, and believe in nothing let alone recite accurately anything from memory.
All you got is "at least Cthulhu (which you didn't even spell correctly) keeps to himself". I'm sure billions of people will hold H.P. Lovecraft's fictional character from his 1926 "The Call of Cthulhu" in high regard as a diety in a couple thousand years.
Do better.
Naa that's most early access games not just souls likes
Getting Unsighted tomorrow! I've had it recommended enough times now to go through with it. I love these videos a lot, and the Van Gogh game looked beautiful. So much gold in the Steam dumpster.
The way he says “Gun? :)”5:36 and “mini Gun :D” 7:42 is just pure joy it makes me happy to hear 😂
I really hope Unsighted can see a significant boost in sales and discussion tracked back to this video. Game deserves it.
Game might, the developers don't.
@@OilFreeFeathers what's wrong with the devs?
@@yowamushi6666 dont listen to him, he's just a person who think that the devs are "woke", only because of some themes the game have. The Devs are from Brazil, and they deserve a lot of attention.
@@branquelow yeah I figured as much after seeing his other comments
I think the big thing is that a lot of people probably get put off by the time mechanic. People really just don't like being timed and I don't think the turning that mechanic off is advertised enough. Then for the people who do know you can turn it off a portion probably just realize you're losing a huge aspect of the design and theme of the game by doing so (I personally fall here). Just every discussion I see about this game is about its use of time and how the games themes revolve around it. It's been in my wishlist for a while, but I don't think I'm ever gonna take it out.
It's fine the game isn't for me and others. Sad though that it will lose them sales because I truly do believe the reviews that the game is good.
It looks to me like 'There is No Light' makes the mistake of having it's collision actually hit with anything that collides on-screen given the perspective, but while it's a 2D game, it has a 3D world and the collision should take that into account.
Enchain's checkpoint is literally the lamp from Bloodborne.
Literally the only reason I’m leaving this comment is because you said there’s a pretty good chance you’ll read it. I want to thank you for the hours of work you put behind these videos and also the gems you uncover. UNSIGHTED seems like a really cool game and I’m super glad you showed it us!
didn't expect the Ultrakill mention in this soulslike video, sick that game is amazing.
Such an amazing title. Boss fights in Ultrakill are one of my favorite in gaming
Ultrakill is the best shooter this decade bar none. Absolutely amazing game.
@@A_Simple_Neurose doom eternal…actually, i think both are super good
@@Croncho-dj4ly they're both great, but Ultrakill delivered the same thills as a AAA game and it's made primarily by a single developer.
@@RahkshiMaster ay, doom eternal made AAA too, but if ultrakill was made by just 1 person, wow, no words
I love that Unsighted has a way to turn off the character timing. Even though its the main gimmick, it gives players a chance to experience this great game without all that stress
I'm so glad Unsighted is getting so much love. So happy to see devs from my country getting the attention they deserve
I dislike their easy mode options but it's probably the one game in this entire series I am considering trying.
Brazil mentioned 🙌🙌🙌
Yeah it looks like a real passion project done by awesome people!
Stuff like that just needs a platform like this to get popular!
@@lucs028 hippity hoppity your topic is now my property lmao
@@RuneKatashima i got it just the other day for the switch and hot damn, it's so good.
When all the people turned yellow, referencing Van Gogh eating the yellow paint that assisted with his madness, I got major chills and teared up a little :o
Might be neat to do a retrospective on some of the early-access games you covered in the beginning of this series-see if they took off, fixed the problems you had with them, or died/faded into obscurity
I think most fell to the steam abyss
i’d watch this
Every once and a while i binge watch all the "souls-like" games videos you made. They are so much fun to watch haha!
Honestly, these videos have shown me actually cool games when everything that comes out lately has just been lackluster.
Enchain and Unsighted are the two games that I'm very interested in now. So thank you so much for making these videos :)
@Miles Doyle what the fuck?
@@brueashear he is a spamer. Already reportes his channel and several comments
I love this fucking series man, as someone who's interested in someday creating a game it's nice to see someone taking their time to give an honest and profound review with some feedback. Keep it up!
Any news on the game?
Really nice seeing you stick with this series. Whenever I'm 'in between' games or looking for a game to fill some time, this is where I go to get some ideas.
I kinda like hearing keyboard and mouse noises. Adds authenticity especially in Demo videos!
personaly not my thing but easily ignored as white/background noise.
hey is your name a reference to a game character??
Its the kind of Asmr i like. Better with calm computer fan noises in the background
@@shardinhand1243 it's my actual name lol what game were you thinking?
@@SanguineThor ether dead space or, an other game series iv forgotin.
I think this vid is one of your best in the series. Lots of successes in terms of game quality and just the energy of it almost lets us inhabit your enjoyment (particularly for #2)
i really appreciate how despite the thumbnail lure of this series being "time to TEAR IN to the WORST GARBAGE that TALENTLESS SCHMUCKS have put up on steam!!!" the actual content is like, actually engaging with the games on their own terms, even the obviously extremely janky ones, and talking about what they do right in addition to where they fall short and the places they show potential. it's like, *almost* kinda clickbait-y, but the bait and switch is into kindness and thoughtful genuine engagement and good vibes so i'm fine with it
that's such a good description of the series
At this point there’s probably someone who will make a souls like with the sole purpose of being in a pine video
Unsighted looks really good tbh, thank you for talking about this game Iron Pineapple, I’ll get it as soon as I can!
The games in these videos are inspirational. Weird, sometimes rough around the edges, but always inspirational.
Love this video series btw
Same here
Unsighted is such a great game. One of my favorite games I've played on the switch
if you like that game I also think you would like crosscode, which iron pineapple has also highly recommended
To add to this list, Hyper Light Drifter is better known but also one hell of a gem. All three of these are easily in my top 10 games of all time
@@bennettcarlson3974wait has Iron Pineapple actually recommended CrossCode? What video did he talk about it?
I have to admit, I typically end up finding a lot of these games on my own, but you always have a few I have never stumbled across before. Still I love hearing what you have to say about each game and that helps me decide what I should play for myself (or validates my opinion, like with There is no Light, total agreement).
@Miles Doyle yo, almost everyone here has read the bible already, so piss off
From humble Dark souls shitposts to genuinely good, fast paced reviews of souls-like games.
Keep up the good work, Fe-Pineapple.
Ferrous Ananas
I was thoroughly surprised by how great those first several games looked and the Van Gogh game looks sweet
I love these videos. There's so many soulslike games out there and most people won't bother to play, or even know about, the majority of them. You find some hidden gems for us and you give unbiased reviews. I also love the enthusiasm and genuine passion. Thank you for doing what you do.
I played the demo of Unsighted and generally enjoyed it. However what made me take a step away from it and remove it from my wishlist was the knowledge that there's a time limit to your gameplay. I really, really, really dislike being forced to rush. I like exploration and taking my time. That said, I did *NOT* know you can turn it off, so I'll be adding this back into my wishlist.
I'm the same way with the time mechanic. However, I'm still really torn on getting it because I know the time mechanic is a huge point of the game about making choices about the time and a bunch of the themes live off that and the mechanic existing. So I'm losing a huge aspect of the game by actually turning it off.
@@lifetake3103 Yeah that's a good point. I dunno. I'll wishlist but whether or not I get it remains unclear for now. Other than that specific aspect, it's right up my alley.
The review on the first game is actually quite accurate, it is a staple in the souls series to not get past the tutorial
That's the real reason Cuphead is the dark souls of boss rush games.
@@johncameron1935 swear to God I had more trouble with the tutorial of cuphead than the first 2 bosses
@@Ezekiel_Allium those first two bosses really do just fall over for you huh?
for those who like Vincent van Gogh, there's also a movie called "Loving Vincent," that has every frame of the film painted in his style, so it's a animated painting-movie
The combat for Unsouled, at least aesthetically, looks like it borrows a lot from Hyper Light Drifter. Great game, that one.
also the fast paced movements, attacks and dashes
I'm loving this series more and more with every video. And I really appreciate the effort you make in playing through the entirety of pretty much every demo/early access/game you show. Great work and nice evolution of the channel. I'm looking forward to what other ideas for another series of videos you have!
Ok real talk, Starry Night was actually kind of awesome. I loved all the animations with the paint. They actually did a nice job on it.
Also I don't know if you've tried it already. But I recommend checking out 3000th duel. I absolutely love how fast paced the action feels.
I love how kind you are to all the games you play, and I'm glad you appreciate it as an art form as well! I am always excited for you to discover something new in these videos and I've played a couple of the games you've featured. Happy exploring
I love this series so much, I can laugh and find hidden gems at the same time. Instantly got Unsighted to play, legit one of the best work of art I've ever played.
Pineapple Ive been a fan for years and years, and you've become my favorite "random upload" creator. When I see one of your vids pop up it's such a pleasant surprise. Thanks for two Souls-Like this month!
I sincerely appreciate the amount of effort you put into making these videos. I genuinely enjoy hearing your feedback regarding the random weird soulish games you find and giving them so much respect even if they are meme trash. I continue to look forward to the next souls-like compilation. Thank you.
I like how pine actually enjoyed a good portion of the games this time as opposed to having to slog through dumpster fire meme games or poor development
Starry Knight had a deep melancholic feel to it.
This has been such a refreshing series to watch in the Souls category, thanks for all the great content you put out!
Enchain is for sure on my watchlist. Any game that can incorporate physics like that and do it well is impressive to me
I played Unsighted on Gamepass a while ago and was wondering if it would ever end up in this video series. Glad to see it did and that you liked it, it's an awesome game and thankfully someone out there talked about it finally.
I genuinely teared up at the vincent van gogh one (and laughed so hard at the idea of it being at a shitpost).. It's beautiful how many little hidden gems of passion there are out there in the world that'll never be found.
This is one of my favorite series in all of UA-cam. I hope you never stop making these
I appreciate your commentary and recommendations. It feels really genuine. Honest and nice at the same time.
@Miles Doyle .... Is this a copy-pasta intended to take the piss out of any basic wholesome human interaction?
If it was intended to be persuasive, I would expect less autobiographical self-indulgence, more brevity, and the use of PARAGRAPHS!
"Vincent van Gogh puts the 'pain' in 'painting'"
I wasn't ready for that sequence of words
Commenting because of your comment in the video about comments(comment insception) just wanted to say I wasn’t survived to subscribed to you but I would randomly find 3 or four of your videos a year and always would enjoy them. Just wanted to say, I’m subscribed now and thank you for the great content
Enchain looks pretty dope. Love grappling hook mechanics in games and having it with a movement shooter looks awesome.
Merry Christmas dude
Genuinely a pleasure to see that you've uploaded again - don't restrict yourself to souls like, I'd watch any of your reviews at this point
I really enjoy watching you play through these souls like games, I don’t play a huge variety of games but seeing you try so many out and shout-out the ones with potential makes my day :)
If I had been playing the Van Gogh game myself I would've definitely cried at the end, what a masterpiece.
11 episodes going in and it's still fascinating to see all these different designs that these games take the Souls-Like genre in. I'm kinda surprised that there are so many.
Shade: Wrath of Angels could be a potential pick.
It definitely has a dark souls 1 atmosphere, and feeling of adventure about it.
Oh man, thanks for reminding me of it, dont forget it has 3rd person over the shoulder aim down sights for the gun, you heard correct.
Watching your journey through experiencing the Van Gogh game was something else. I love this series, it's such a great insight into a huge genre that only really has the Soulsborne games representing it
The audio in There is No Light was pretty awesome though. The protag's yell when he throws his weapon and the booming bass of the boss hitting the floor were great.