100%, I'm a Destiny player and have been consistently disappointed with what could be an amazing game, then I realize I can just sink hours and hours and hours into games like Halls of Torment and YOMI Hustle like I have lately lmao
The main issue is that AAA games have just become interactive movies, but we already have movies. A lot of them. So why do we need games that forget they're games?
If somebody look for similar gameplay, but in sci-fi environment, you can try Alien Shooter 2, it is old, but still good (and graphic is a bit better lol). Slaying tons of monsters in isometric view, but with more gameplay depth.
it's just genius. you play an indie game after the launch of your indie game management company, elevate the game to meteoric heights as an example of what you bring to the table potentially to other indie developers, and then win. winners win man, keep up the incredible work.
Watching asmon play this raises my salami to a whole new level I can't believe that yesterday is tomorrow and everyone is that but it doesn't matter because if it was over there then it wouldn't of mattered God bless the all mighty meat sausage
Small trick btw... Always wait to lvl an ability to III before taking the next ability scroll, that way you can upgrade it right away. then wait to lvl 6 for next scroll. this game is easier with 1 or 2 ability maxed than 4-5 half buffed.
My first instinct when I discovered this game via asmon's first playthrough was immediately pausing the video, buying the game, and no-lifing the everliving hell out of it. I unlocked the shield maiden and the sorceress yesterday. Beat 20 lords today
1:04:32 Dragon's Breath is absolutely OP, just don't turn it into incinerate. The wave is absurdly strong, it gets to the point that it basically wipes out the whole screen by itself.
For those wondering, the gloves at 32:20 are very useful when you're near end-game and you have a bunch of "3m dmg with artifact" quests to finish. The gloves will boost the damage of whatever artifact you're grinding damage for, while you turn your autoattack off as to not steal kills and damage from said artifact.
For noting, the secret to huge XP (getting the lvl 100 achieves etc) is to stand still. You can see the gems change from basic to higher level (blue>yellow>purple>cluster) and you actually get bonus XP for the gem evolution. Once you get enough damage to comfortably sit in the middle of the swarm, let 5 minutes go by and then sweep up the whole lot or get a magnet for huge jumps in level.
my go to strat is picking 1 secondary power, then develop it alongside the main, then wing it and farm near the magnet, then once the boss spawns grab it to pick all xp left over then bring the boss all the way near the well. once he's dead, put some item in there before touching the crystal.
You need to remember garlic absolutely sucks!!!!! Get phantom needles and then upgrade them so they split and then upgrade them so they explode. Don't pick up an upgrade until your skill is at level 3 then wait until the skill is level six to pick up the next upgrade that lets you get the upgraded versions of them.
Possible hot take: But why would this get GOTY? It isn't innovative because Vampire Survivors clearly started this. (Technically it was some shitty mobile games) Only reason VS won GOTY was because it was a new concept that people loved.
I liked the part where he died to the hydra and was totally cool about it. Day 3 recommending: For anyone who sees this and likes Halls of Torment, there's another game much in the same vein done by a solo developer called Spellbook Demonslayers. Very fun game, just started getting more updates recently, I definitely recommend it. The graphics are different than this old school and the music unfortunately gets old quickly but it's a solid game with the same mobbing, tons of abilities, more starting characters, and tons of upgrades and difficulty modifiers.
i blasted this game because of asmon. thanks, brother. transfixion is silly good. also, keep in mind if you get Level 3 Ability upgrade before you pick up an ability scroll, you are guaranteed at least one of the two ability upgrades for an active ability. also mained swordsman into viaducts, but after unlocking shieldmaiden, found my home.
So even though it starts with 0% crit, getting the 5% base crit perks does allow you to crit. Learned that using the Exterminator and built up to 25% crit on the flamethrower. Did massive damage.
Exterminator has 1/5 the crit damage of most other characters so idk if that’s the best build option but I guess it still works because of the frequency of the flamethrower’s attacks.
@@janterri3539 It slapped pretty hard. Took all the crit, crit damage, attack speed, and bonus damage that popped up. Was able to just strafe in a line and destroyed everything. The bosses all melted instantly.
I got it because of Asmon's stream, it's not even my type of game (I'll never play diablo for instance) but I'm enjoying it. AND it feels good to give AAA games and developers the finger.
To be fair diablo isn't a whole lot like this, its just a easy graphical style comparison to the old diablo games. Diablo plays more like League of legends in actual gameplay
I bought a steam deck to play AAA games on the go, and here I am spending all my free time playing this instead. No complaints, but I never would've guessed it
just a tip, area/cone size is pretty important when you always pick Radiance. The bigger you get that area the easier the maps are because things die before they can get to you. And for the ghosts that run at you when you're not looking you need crit. Normal hits always do 1, crits do much more and kill them quick.
You do know the damage is scaled based on how many enemies are inside like the clerics auto attack right? Smaller circle + higher attack speed is way more impactful
24:36. Shield Maiden is the strongest char in the game imo. If you build up her defense and block she can literally wade through the hordes without a care in the world, and with 200% base crit damage bonus she already hits extremely hard so you 'can' build her very tanky, which is pretty dang awesome.
Now, the real challenge can start - complete the lightning stacking quest on the Sorceress, just got to apply 20 stacks of lightning within a single second on 1 target..
Yo, play the 3rd stage, unlock the potion maker, use the well to get more potions per game, Memory + Double Trait upg pots are insane. Best game I've had so far was Exterminator + Fully UPG Radiant + Fully UPG Transfictiation + 1 level of Lighting strikes, Just apply every single debuff in the game, and affliction increseas dmg of debuffs, insta win ^_^
*YESSS* *BIG* *D* *TIME* :) I was hoping you'd do another episode of this, it's so good and your comentary is funny. I know it's more advanced but it's giving me a happy 90's vibe, of playing rpg video games with my friends.
When i go to sleep and close my eyes after I play this game for like an hour or two, i can still see the monsters closing up on me in the middle and xp bottles flying towards me :D
addicted to this game. Get Arcane Orbs up, get hella move speed like so much move speed its crazy. Get enough orb upgrades to get inner orbs. omg you just are a lawn mower at that point. Use those gloves that give you an extra orb. Always take the extra orb upgrade. I feel like I've had an orb appear because of the amount of move speed I was stacking.
Love these videos more than the reactions, a lot more enjoyable than all the drama going on in the world, i come to youtube to escape that not get more of it.
Only criticism I have of this game is there being a missed opportunity to enhance the horror elements in the SFX, visuals, and enemy design. I would have liked to see more blood and guts and monster FX. Other than that, this game is great.
Get the golem, the imp ring, and the necromancer's clutch... then run the warlock again. lol. Focus on summons and damage... that thing is just ridiculously OP.
for what i have seen so far~ the holy aura seems to be split damage deals massive damage to single target and splits it among multiple so if base damage is like 4k and theres 1 enemy it does 4k damage duh~ if theres 10 enemies inside the area tho it splits down 10 times to deal 400 damage to each... so the aura is useless if you end up in a scenario where you're massively swarmed with high health enemies. also i'd like to see Asmon try the game called "Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde" is a VS like with a whole ass skill tree, to get lost in.
I assume you playing and advertising this game sky rocketed its reputation, it is a great game but without th eaudience you have seeing this, I doubt it would be where it is now! Hats off to you Asmon 🎉
Yea, I saw him play this 3 or so days ago, and decided to buy it. Well, I've basically unlocked all the characters (there's 7) and cleared all the maps. I've cleared the last map comfortably with 4 characters, and the highest level I managed was 98 (there's a lvl 100 achiev). So yea, the game now needs a few extra maps :P. I think I saw smth on reddit about how there's some content planned for July, but I'm not sure. I'd say my favourite are in order - Cleric - Swordsman - Shieldmaiden - Warlock (or whatever it's called) - Archer The others I don't care much for.
Can someone explain to Asmon that if he stays still and instead of collecting the experience gems right away he kills enemies in the same spot, the multiple gems will merge and the resulting experience will be multiplied?
I tried a build last night, I played the wizard guy, and i had the wizard gloves. The ones that add 66.6% damage if you don't use your main attack. Then i just went arcane orbs. I got the inner orbit thing also. I defeated the entire 1st level with just orbs. It was very slow at first, but then it just turned into a meat grinder. I stood still and everything died. Unfortunately it was not enough damage to kill the boss. Especially since I didn't get the trail of blood powerups.
its crazy how nowadays 4$ game can provide more fulfilling experience than some AAA games
I feel like they do too much. Sometimes simplicity conquers
-some- *Most* AAA games
You just can't beat roguelikes. It's hard to do wrong.
100%, I'm a Destiny player and have been consistently disappointed with what could be an amazing game, then I realize I can just sink hours and hours and hours into games like Halls of Torment and YOMI Hustle like I have lately lmao
The main issue is that AAA games have just become interactive movies, but we already have movies. A lot of them. So why do we need games that forget they're games?
I love watching Asmon play this type of game. The way he hypes himself is hilarious.
treu
@@chirpla3392trna
He always almost beats the game then 5 minutes later he's surrounded by mobs taking damage, 5 minutes later he's almost beat the game again lmfao
If somebody look for similar gameplay, but in sci-fi environment, you can try Alien Shooter 2, it is old, but still good (and graphic is a bit better lol). Slaying tons of monsters in isometric view, but with more gameplay depth.
He is in rare form with these long-dick roguelites
it's just genius. you play an indie game after the launch of your indie game management company, elevate the game to meteoric heights as an example of what you bring to the table potentially to other indie developers, and then win. winners win man, keep up the incredible work.
Love the bot in the comments with an asspic for a pfp stealing your comment lol
@@MrRhoidRagesadly, that's pretty common on YT videos. They'll even take comments from previous videos
Winning like Charlie Sheen
@@joshholmes1372 ya I’m sure, just never scrolled far enough down in a comment section to notice
@@joshholmes1372 what's the point though i don't get it. do you click on their profile and it's they have scam links in the description or something?
If this ever gets mods/user maps, it could become a cult classic.
Oh man, that would be crazyyyyy
Stop trashtalk you noob
Funny how little kids are going nuts over what is essentially space invaders 😂, goes to show how quality has dropped over the years fr
I can see it
No
I'm so happy I watched Asmon play this game. I probably would've never heard of it. I've already sunk 20 hours into it in the last 4 days.
It's a great game! First saw it in the rumblings a couple months ago but getting to see Asmon enjoy it is a blast!
I already beat it like 1 day faster than him :D im kinda sad theres just 3 maps tho.. felt like there would be 5 atleast
Same! More fun then diablo 4 haha
Watching asmon play this raises my salami to a whole new level I can't believe that yesterday is tomorrow and everyone is that but it doesn't matter because if it was over there then it wouldn't of mattered God bless the all mighty meat sausage
Man for 5bucks this game gave me more fun than d4 did... and i can play it on my steam deck anywhere in the house..
Small trick btw... Always wait to lvl an ability to III before taking the next ability scroll, that way you can upgrade it right away. then wait to lvl 6 for next scroll.
this game is easier with 1 or 2 ability maxed than 4-5 half buffed.
smll trick buy the priginal from the 90s
My first instinct when I discovered this game via asmon's first playthrough was immediately pausing the video, buying the game, and no-lifing the everliving hell out of it. I unlocked the shield maiden and the sorceress yesterday. Beat 20 lords today
1:04:32 Dragon's Breath is absolutely OP, just don't turn it into incinerate. The wave is absurdly strong, it gets to the point that it basically wipes out the whole screen by itself.
For those wondering, the gloves at 32:20 are very useful when you're near end-game and you have a bunch of "3m dmg with artifact" quests to finish. The gloves will boost the damage of whatever artifact you're grinding damage for, while you turn your autoattack off as to not steal kills and damage from said artifact.
For noting, the secret to huge XP (getting the lvl 100 achieves etc) is to stand still. You can see the gems change from basic to higher level (blue>yellow>purple>cluster) and you actually get bonus XP for the gem evolution. Once you get enough damage to comfortably sit in the middle of the swarm, let 5 minutes go by and then sweep up the whole lot or get a magnet for huge jumps in level.
Isnt it just the game changing the visual of the xp bottle because theres too many of them at the same spot? Does it actually increase xp gained?
I'm glad he's showing that you can still do well in this game when you consistently make the wrong upgrade choices.
once you get a few upgrades and good items the game becomes incredibly easy ,but also still fun.
@@warcraftlake7 my comment still stands with his first video, before he got any of that
i bet you are a joy to be around lance
@@buschleaguers75 lance is speaking the truth
*Ackchyually* neckbeards, go outside
Diablo 4 season 1 looks pretty good, glad they zoomed camera out and added mob density
Nothing feels better than hopping on this game at midnight, baked af.
The warm embrace of a women is a close second
Haven't smoked in years but that sounds great 🤠
True
@@finnmarr-heenan2397nah this games better
@@smurfdaddy420 respect king stay up
I am hooked on watching him play this, it is one of the most satisfying games I have ever seen him play.
my go to strat is picking 1 secondary power, then develop it alongside the main, then wing it and farm near the magnet, then once the boss spawns grab it to pick all xp left over then bring the boss all the way near the well. once he's dead, put some item in there before touching the crystal.
The fact that this game is like $5 on steam makes it even better. Super good fun.
You need to remember garlic absolutely sucks!!!!! Get phantom needles and then upgrade them so they split and then upgrade them so they explode. Don't pick up an upgrade until your skill is at level 3 then wait until the skill is level six to pick up the next upgrade that lets you get the upgraded versions of them.
Possible hot take:
But why would this get GOTY? It isn't innovative because Vampire Survivors clearly started this. (Technically it was some shitty mobile games)
Only reason VS won GOTY was because it was a new concept that people loved.
Wish he'd do these afk strat near a magnet. It's so satisfying hearing all the pick ups at once
I liked the part where he died to the hydra and was totally cool about it.
Day 3 recommending: For anyone who sees this and likes Halls of Torment, there's another game much in the same vein done by a solo developer called Spellbook Demonslayers. Very fun game, just started getting more updates recently, I definitely recommend it. The graphics are different than this old school and the music unfortunately gets old quickly but it's a solid game with the same mobbing, tons of abilities, more starting characters, and tons of upgrades and difficulty modifiers.
i blasted this game because of asmon. thanks, brother. transfixion is silly good. also, keep in mind if you get Level 3 Ability upgrade before you pick up an ability scroll, you are guaranteed at least one of the two ability upgrades for an active ability. also mained swordsman into viaducts, but after unlocking shieldmaiden, found my home.
Props to the editor fast forwarding past the intermission/refreshments! 😂 43:58
I still really want a VS mode game like this where you can send over monsters you kill (like tetris sending lines) to kill the other person.
Holy shit that would be so dope
There are some TD games like that. Maybe Legion TD if i'm correct
So even though it starts with 0% crit, getting the 5% base crit perks does allow you to crit. Learned that using the Exterminator and built up to 25% crit on the flamethrower. Did massive damage.
Exterminator has 1/5 the crit damage of most other characters so idk if that’s the best build option but I guess it still works because of the frequency of the flamethrower’s attacks.
@@janterri3539 It slapped pretty hard. Took all the crit, crit damage, attack speed, and bonus damage that popped up. Was able to just strafe in a line and destroyed everything. The bosses all melted instantly.
I just beat the last two levels with exterminator, crit build, transfixiation did 10 milion damage
Exterminator with attack speed and base cit chance absolutely melts the 3rd level.
very cool of asmon to bring more attention to this genre, and particularly to this game!
He played vampire survivors also if you didn't know
I got it because of Asmon's stream, it's not even my type of game (I'll never play diablo for instance) but I'm enjoying it. AND it feels good to give AAA games and developers the finger.
To be fair diablo isn't a whole lot like this, its just a easy graphical style comparison to the old diablo games. Diablo plays more like League of legends in actual gameplay
Where can you get it? Checked steam and torrent sites.. nothing.
Asmon "I want to play games, not watch a movie."
Final Fantasy 16 is his GOTY.....
Golem is without a doubt, the best trait. Upgrade him everytime
I checked the vod and saw he streamed it yesterday, I was waiting patiently for this to drop and it's finally here! I'm so excited
I've been playing for hours. I don't even play these types of games but this is just too good.
This game is so fun, basically every character can feel OP when built correctly
like in th eoriginal
Phantom needles are a ghost killer because they attack incredibly fast
I want the Devs to change Transfixion to Transfixiation just as a nod to Asmon 🤣 Also False Blessing is now Fragilli, no questions asked
Wait until Asmon sees the double orb wall. It's glorious. He needs to stop picking that god damn garlic lol.
You are more powerful if you stand in one place and don't move.
I don't need to crit I just need to win.
I bought a steam deck to play AAA games on the go, and here I am spending all my free time playing this instead. No complaints, but I never would've guessed it
just a tip, area/cone size is pretty important when you always pick Radiance. The bigger you get that area the easier the maps are because things die before they can get to you. And for the ghosts that run at you when you're not looking you need crit. Normal hits always do 1, crits do much more and kill them quick.
You do know the damage is scaled based on how many enemies are inside like the clerics auto attack right? Smaller circle + higher attack speed is way more impactful
Asmon's the only one that can make it entertaining enough for me to watch it for 2 hours 😅
24:36.
Shield Maiden is the strongest char in the game imo. If you build up her defense and block she can literally wade through the hordes without a care in the world, and with 200% base crit damage bonus she already hits extremely hard so you 'can' build her very tanky, which is pretty dang awesome.
they dont drive cars in this game
@@JumpingJacksism Haha. Fixed.
I love Halls of Torment videos!
Asmond is such a troll, "why am i not leveling?" As he bee lines in the opposite direction of the enemies
Love watching Asmon do pretty much anything and this game is fantastic. Hope he plays Soulstone Survivors next.... my latest addiction.
HаІІѕ оf Тоrmеnt > Diablo 4
If you guys like watching a bunch of these types of games a youtuber called Sifd plays them. I watch him a lot so it seemed the best place to plug it.
Watched the first video he did, then didn’t sleep till I killed all three Uber bosses
Bought this game on the summer sale 4 dollars well spent.
YESSSSSSSS!!! A new zombie sub type of game, so stoked to watch this tn
I will never understand why asmon hates multishot so much and always refuses to get it over anything else.
Multishot cleric is actually kinda busted ive found from experience .. definitely overlooked by asmon for sure
"Guys I think I need a little bit health"
Goes full damage
Rings dont work as well on the 2nd level because enemies are coming from a much more linear position. Rings often go off the map and hit nothing else.
Is this like another kind of vampire survivor?
Now, the real challenge can start - complete the lightning stacking quest on the Sorceress, just got to apply 20 stacks of lightning within a single second on 1 target..
Excellent $4 purchase. Got more hours out of this game than my $14 McDonald’s shitty ass meal
this game is great. playing it on my steamdeck is just *chefs kiss*
Imagine if asmon started going to the gym without saying a word, slowly turns into a sclupture whilst everyone scratches their heads 🤌
"Look at that, I'm out of control"!! hahahah absolutely love it!
Definitely a welcome change to Diablo 4.
Yo, play the 3rd stage, unlock the potion maker, use the well to get more potions per game, Memory + Double Trait upg pots are insane.
Best game I've had so far was Exterminator + Fully UPG Radiant + Fully UPG Transfictiation + 1 level of Lighting strikes, Just apply every single debuff in the game, and affliction increseas dmg of debuffs, insta win ^_^
*YESSS* *BIG* *D* *TIME* :) I was hoping you'd do another episode of this, it's so good and your comentary is funny.
I know it's more advanced but it's giving me a happy 90's vibe, of playing rpg video games with my friends.
Indie game of the year is 100% Dave the Diver. This game is good though I've been playing it a lot
43:56 this legit lookes like Zack got possessed for a sec
Just hopping on this game and watching 30 min fly , the joy and the satisfaction, OOOAH ITS SO GOOD
As cheesy as this game looks , it looks fun as hell at the same time lol.
When i go to sleep and close my eyes after I play this game for like an hour or two, i can still see the monsters closing up on me in the middle and xp bottles flying towards me :D
addicted to this game. Get Arcane Orbs up, get hella move speed like so much move speed its crazy. Get enough orb upgrades to get inner orbs. omg you just are a lawn mower at that point. Use those gloves that give you an extra orb. Always take the extra orb upgrade. I feel like I've had an orb appear because of the amount of move speed I was stacking.
Love these videos more than the reactions, a lot more enjoyable than all the drama going on in the world, i come to youtube to escape that not get more of it.
Dave the diver is indie goty
wait untill you unlock all the characters, game becomes useless after as there is nothing left to do.
This game is scary GOOD. The worst character imo is the cleric, but also the best character if u can survive upgrades.
*_Why is the Warlock doing Necromancer abilities?_*
18:00 Everyone spamming true has me dying lol
Only criticism I have of this game is there being a missed opportunity to enhance the horror elements in the SFX, visuals, and enemy design. I would have liked to see more blood and guts and monster FX. Other than that, this game is great.
Spirit hunters, rogue genesia, soulstone survivors, brotato, vampire survivors, binding of issac All the same game with a different coat of paint.
vampire survivors was my immediate thought on thumbnail, and on game start
amazing, 2nd day of watching instead of actually playing it
Start to smell like this game is on list of Mad Mushroom.
Absolutely loving this content of halls of torment
Phantom Needles is probably the strongest ability. My DPS with it goes higher than any other weapon, even including primary.
Would love to see the boy asmon on hades !
If he hadn't played this, I would have forgotten it ever existed because I saw it was coming out a while ago and never heard about it again.
Get the golem, the imp ring, and the necromancer's clutch... then run the warlock again. lol. Focus on summons and damage... that thing is just ridiculously OP.
Looks really fun! Great vid. So it's basically vampire survivors with better graphics?
After 15h i finally beat the first dungeon =)
for what i have seen so far~ the holy aura seems to be split damage deals massive damage to single target and splits it among multiple so if base damage is like 4k and theres 1 enemy it does 4k damage duh~ if theres 10 enemies inside the area tho it splits down 10 times to deal 400 damage to each... so the aura is useless if you end up in a scenario where you're massively swarmed with high health enemies.
also i'd like to see Asmon try the game called "Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde" is a VS like with a whole ass skill tree, to get lost in.
I assume you playing and advertising this game sky rocketed its reputation, it is a great game but without th eaudience you have seeing this, I doubt it would be where it is now! Hats off to you Asmon 🎉
Imagine id he played battlebit
Yea, I saw him play this 3 or so days ago, and decided to buy it.
Well, I've basically unlocked all the characters (there's 7) and cleared all the maps. I've cleared the last map comfortably with 4 characters, and the highest level I managed was 98 (there's a lvl 100 achiev).
So yea, the game now needs a few extra maps :P. I think I saw smth on reddit about how there's some content planned for July, but I'm not sure.
I'd say my favourite are in order
- Cleric
- Swordsman
- Shieldmaiden
- Warlock (or whatever it's called)
- Archer
The others I don't care much for.
For a 4 dollar game its fantastic but I'd pay another 4-6 dollars if it had way more content.
Can someone explain to Asmon that if he stays still and instead of collecting the experience gems right away he kills enemies in the same spot, the multiple gems will merge and the resulting experience will be multiplied?
I tried a build last night, I played the wizard guy, and i had the wizard gloves. The ones that add 66.6% damage if you don't use your main attack.
Then i just went arcane orbs. I got the inner orbit thing also.
I defeated the entire 1st level with just orbs. It was very slow at first, but then it just turned into a meat grinder. I stood still and everything died.
Unfortunately it was not enough damage to kill the boss. Especially since I didn't get the trail of blood powerups.
been waiting for this video all day lol
Awesome sauce, new vid to check out when I'm off work. Stellar!
i hope someone makes an mmo with aesthetics like this game.
RuneScape your welcome
@@cannabass5729with modern mechanics.
@@pricejamison2486 Diablo 2 you're* welcome
@@hhaste 🤦
1:14:58 that moment when you realize you had 8k gold and didn't buy the 5k revive.
Bro refused to kill thousand of spirits like they are peaceful
Halls of Torment: Transfixion
Asmongold: Transfixiation
Halls of Torment: Forgotten Viaduct
Asmongold: Forgotten Vividuct
Battlebit is game of the year
Always liked your videos but never was much of a WoW guy myself. Really enjoying this content.
Game of the year so far has to be 'Dave the diver' without a shadow of a doubt.
Saw ya play this. Had to try it. Worth the $4 for sure
D4 goty Icant 😂