I always aim for short, unless I have to be a bit longer. Don't want to spoil or waste your time too much!

I say these things because they are how I feel; whether I liked or disliked the game, these are my points being made to provide insight. The soundtrack being small is not the point, t's the same songs on repeat for hours in the locations you are in, buzzing in the back of your skull and vibrating your ears without change, until the day night cycle or you enter a new biome. Turning off these songs and adding in a playlist elevated the experience, the music just doesn't fit 90% of the time. It's like stating "Stray is the best game ever GOTY forever" when the major feature, the cat, is removed, leaving only a game with minimal content. Remove the songs here, the gameplay is much more tolerable, though still lacking in gameplay.

​@@Pawkt But that is the result of the Soundtrack being small. And I am a huge proponent of separating what you feel, from the definitive statements about something. Something is not necessarily bad because I don't like it. It can be bad, but it is not made bad by me not liking it, and I think this is a pretty clear instance that you didn't care for it, but it isn't actually bad. Especially when almost every other review points out the music as being one of the highlights of the game. It's fine for you to not like it, but saying that it's bad is an far overstrong statement. I would have loved more tracks my self, but that's just because it would have been more amazing music to listen to. I would also point out that there are no quests where you are required to have a certain stat, and that clothing in the game is designed to buff your out of combat stats, so there should in fact be very few interactions you can't pass without level ups, at which point, that's kind of the point of an RPG, to have different builds do different things for you. And I'd honestly argue that you made the right call upping your agility. It's funny to me that you basically picked the optimum build, but then were like "Man if only I didn't play the game the right way." Oh also stupid shitty Fun Fact. The areas loading in and out while you are next to them, is something that was patched into the game. The world used to be completely seamless, but when they put the final quest in, I don't know why, they broke it, so now the zone loading is weirdly close together. Also... I don't know what your Main Menu Music is. That's not even REMOTELY the track that plays when I boot up the game. So unless you never actually played your actual main menu music, and forgot to label the first track I don't know what's up. I also don't agree that the track that was clearly labeled was superiors in any way. That did not capture the spirit of the game at all.

@@PerspectiveEnd I don't have a specific taste in music; I listen to and appreciate pretty much anything, but I do expect the soundtracks to change every so often if they are in game or be subtle. So being lost in one location is what causes the soundtrack to be so annoying, especially if it does cut out, only to repeat the same song later on. Side quests that push you away from explorable areas, where you can find whatever is hidden behind them I treat that as a "My next quest is to get xx stat", while you look for the main quests. It comes down to being extremely distracted. Really didn't feel all that great with guile, was always thinking I should have put more into Lore to access more things, instead of leaving when there were no lockpicking locations. Main menu song would be lost to me, probably the mistake of muting the menu music and then forgetting to label the file while recording it with music overlayed. Which would be a mistake on my part so i'll trim that section, the normal main menu isn't terrible, but after 8 straight hours of the same songs, it's too much to appreciate. Opinions are subjective to everyone in different ways. I loved the story of the game, was really getting into it, but the music (repeating) and lack of progression in a combat sense and just the walking really lowered the bar too much for me to pass.

​@@Pawkt Where do you see the game needing to switch the soundtrack where it doesn't? All the zones have their own tracks, and some of the more minor areas do, battle music almost wouldn't be appropriate, because all the combat lasts seconds, so switching tracks for 2 seconds and then back wouldn't work. But again, almost all side quests can be completed just by wearing the right cloths when you run into the problem that your current stats don't allow you to complete, and most of them do support two different ways of completion. Sure it's not immersive sim levels, but if you have any kind of build that isn't 100% centralized to one stat almost every quest should be completable. And even then if you bring the right clothing it should still be so for most of the quests, even if your build is over hyper focused. The thing about Guile, is that it makes you both faster, and if you max it out, you no longer suffer stamina loss from running, which means that you can sprint into most enemies, and OKH them before they even know you are comming. It also lets you jump a lot of the traps and obstacles very easily. For sure the combat is the weakest part of the game. They needed to give the enemies better reflexes with, more damage, and less windup on their attacks. With maxed out Guile it is so easy to obliterate every enemy before they even know you are there, but that is like the one objective flaw with the game.

@@PerspectiveEnd It's more walking around for a few hours, in the same zone, to suddenly being silent, peaceful, empty. Then to be sidelined by the start up of the same some, I do tend to like to over-explore a lot, be in places I shouldn't be right now, walk around aimlessly, find secrets, but it was just very annoying from what I recall. Clothing is something I never seemed to find much of, not a lot of good a thinkers cap does for someone with no points into lore, or that +10 to lockpicking with the rogues hood, when it's already high enough. I really just 100% went full guile and didn't care about any other skill until I felt like I had to care :P Definitely did a lot of running around and running in circles around enemies, on hard difficulty, breezing through the combats. It's just the story is what I wanted, but I could never really get more out of it, since the rest of the game itself was just such a slog. Music is nice and all, when it isn't the 100th time you've heard the same tune is all. It's just too atmospheric for me to have gotten into, unless it was the skiff song any other tolerable song, I wouldn't have minded it, maybe. Chalk it up to frustration.

In terms of keeping it up for League, probably won't do many things, I kind of drifted from him due to the ASU and over-abundance of players and just having fun with other projects. I'll definitely keep the guides up to date, but outside of that, probably not a lot going to be done with League Videos.

Definitely if you play on Keyboard and Mouse you do get that feeling of it being for mobile. Controller is a bit different, but still.

Hope you enjoy the game.

@@Pawkt i really liked the artstyle of the game, ill probably buy it when it was fully released

@@guest-eg3zx Yeah, besides the fact that there are significant FPS drops it's great.

Be careful with the difficulty spikes later on especially in the undead content! I probably just talk fast when I'm excited for games.

There are definitely moments where you "can" become overpowered, but that's only if you get lucky with a very early x10 of a really good item drop, like everything you pick up is just attack speed or crit. Which isn't the case, during the Demo it had a pretty decent mixture of balance where you did feel a bit stronger, but after they launched the game it got changed to be as you said a headscratcher.

That would be the really engaging Boss Rush game called "NanoApostle" I'm working on a review, but definitely check it out :)

Goodbye Volcano High mixture head cannon. Fight me, in mud.

@Pawkt being 5'2, I'd lose.

*Plays Risk of Rain 2*

@@Pawkt *Plays risk of rain in Spanish*

@@reverietrades Sacré Bleu!

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Since the game scales with you, you'll never really feel like you're ever in control or powerful like you do with Risk of Rain 2, they actually did change the game balancing to be worse. When I mentioned there was something different from the demo vs Early Access, it took me a while to realize it, but it was the fact that I was just... never getting stronger because they made everything unbalanced.

Hey, I like to make useless statements. But... I also like typing !

Hope you enjoy it! I had a lot of fun with it!

Not enough bright stuff on the screen >:(

Talk faster! Got it! I've questioned a few folks about this; it depends on how invested I am in a game when I have a lot to say in a short period of time. I am also Canadian, and we have a somewhat greater speech per minute average than America, which could be it, or you are as you said simply too old. It's not a surprise that many people seem to have issues with my speech in the comments; I'd imagine that the average person who grew up with Age of Empires and Stronghold are currently in their late 30s, 50s, or even 60s. So kind of makes sense when being more slow and coherent with clear pronunciation is better. I'll keep that in mind for any future classic titles. Hope you enjoy the game!

@Pawkt thats a 10/10 answer! Now, let me go charge my hearing aids

@Pawkt also, just to be clear, it was just a suggestion. Dont hope you took it the wrong way :/

@@alpacachino3647 Nah, I take criticism pretty well. No harm. Appreciate the comment.

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@@thisisquitter Pog! You played it!

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I think it would have been fine if it would at the very least continue from where you left off the last time with the base game, but even though I didn't wanna play through it for the 4th / 5th time, I did for the sake of seeing what was added, not a whole lot.

Thanks for making it. The ending was okay, but to me would have been wonderful for if there had been a little more after it; it definitely ended too quickly. The whole leaving it up to the viewer to figure out for themselves if everyone dies or lives happily ever after is difficult to stomach when it's presented as a story that we're playing through and experiencing. A game like Fallout does the same thing, but at the very least it gives the players experience through their choices and ends with them thinking about where their player character has gone off too next, now that it's over where Galaxy Land ends with a "Until Next Time" kind of vibe, rather than a conclusive ending.

Could be an added feature in the future. I just am happy there is online lobbies, since I don't have many people to play games with.

I can't say that I see the resemblance, though I didn't play that MMO much before it shut down.

No problem!

Heeey! Thanks :D Welcome from Steam! *Mashes Bolt*

The gameplay can definitely be a bit of a genre jump for those who prefer something more general. It feels very community like :3

@@Mahmad_2009 Maaaaaaaybe.

@@Pawkt Look one by one the pages reminds me you'll always be a villain

@@Slypador Mmm... Most levels of which are downright slogs and slower than every one in the base game. The added content which requires a lot of patience to work towards is really only geared towards diehard obssessed fans. Whi can play the same game 10 times and more. Outside of the Thrait Woman in the base and a few new interactions and trailer to the second game nothing here was particularly that interesting. It's fine to be obssessed with a niche and for many people to not care about it. Happens a lot of the time. Especially cryptic games. How you interpret the game is how you interpret the game. You can value my opinion, I can value yours. Game is alright, but lacks proper sustenance that can be absorbed easily.

@@Pawkt if you think psychopomp gold is uninteresting, thats just a genuine skill issue.

@@Slypador eh, couldn't be any worse than being told directly by a game developer after playing their game. "Chronicles of 2 Heroes" only to be told skill issue. When in reality the game had flaws. You like the game. I like the game. You'd probably play this game 40 times even if it wasn't possible. I would be moving onto other genres :o

To access the setting, either restart the game or check your inventory after beating the game with continue mode. Sorry for the late reply!

@@Pawkt ok

I wouldn't describe the community as crazy or insane; I believe that gives them a negative outlook to those looking in. We all have our concerns, dislikes, likes, and obsessions, but I really only draw the line when it comes to death threats, hostility, and plain disregard for another person's views. It's clearly a unique game that most people are unaware of be it itself or the mental landscape it depicts. It is a little tough for the typical player to understand for obvious reasons due to the cryptic nature of the story. I'll always be honest with my opinions, even if I do make some mistakes like using a "Tiny" bit of content, when that isn't the case. Poor choice of words on my part haha.

Get out of me head! GET OUT OF ME HEAD! Aaaa- *Pop*

HEY! Those are HOT Mommy Furries! Respect them! The stars of the whole game! >:(

Also you really expected a full SEQUEL GAME when the first game literally lauched THIS YEAR?? and people will tell me that I'm crazy when I say that Garten of Banban and other mascot horror games are distorting people's mindset about game development

@@SrLipetorrada As stated, I play hundreds - a thousand games a year. What's distotted is my sense of time.

@@SrLipetorrada Horror is subjective. You either are captivated by it like with the recent game MouthWashing or not or pulled into a niche like Yumi Nikke. It wasn't terrible, but wasn't great, unique.

Você pode me falar qual comprar ? Psychopomp gold ou omori

@@Temmie167 Omori, hands down.

@@FatherMcKenzie66 He lost himself after the Fallout betrayal :0

@@Pawkt he had the power of an entire state, and wasted it all. Kinda reminds me of Andrew Ryan from Bioshock

@@FatherMcKenzie66 Haha, would you kindly.

@@Itsallover57 Scitzo was my interpretations mostly. But holy hell, yeah. The last level had me frustraited because I didn't wanna start over. I also wanted out while still slowly moving forward through those traps.

Obviously, the original would feel less polished now that this version has more polish and a little more substance for those that enjoy sleuthing. Though I wouldn't say the price is that high; perhaps that would be a country difference for some? I understand that a $8 game can be worth a lot in other countries if it isn't adjusted. But it is reasonable. A regular run takes about two hours, with plenty more time for the secrets. I completely agree with the backtracking. If you forget the keys or specific things, you have to start over and try again, which isn't that bad. It takes about 30 minutes to speed through the majority of the base game, with the exception of discovering the secrets in each area. Personally, I'm only talking about the five egg spots (2 added), not all of the extra & optional content; I'd rather people play it for themselves and experience it rather than presenting everything to spoil it all.

@@Pawkt​​⁠ there’s technically 3 eggs (buildings, DNA and symbols) My main gripe with this video is moreso how it states gold has a “tiny” amount of new features and how if you’ve played the original, you’ve played gold. While you can argue the first half of the game plays relatively exact to the original and the ending is the same, there’s still alot of content to offer in regards to the gold version: - Phone numbers to seek out - Home (relative to the emerald keys) - Emerald keys for each level - New secret areas ontop of the old ones - 3 new areas to explore - tonnes of new extra locations - More refined epilogue I won’t lie, I expected more out of gold, more secrets and perhaps less of a walking simulator in some areas, but what the game offers right now isn’t a “tiny” bit extra in comparison to gold, I fear that could put some people off playing gold.

@@bong6959 Yeah, I should have chosen a better term. Sorry about that, not my intention but I guess my point was that the average player will just play the base game. (1 hour) for Psychopomp and for GOLD (2-3 hours) which is mostly comprised of walking simulator as evidenced by the majority of reviews and average playtimes. So most of these secrets will remain hidden since they are either too difficult to obtain or, more crucially, there are no guides available currently to assist those who wish to experience it. They aren't exactly that fun to discover as when I did, I was still hung up on having to backtrack so much, write things down.

@@Pawkt the only section that felt awkward to backtrack was symbols, the rest of the games levels felt fine (buildings and DNA weren’t too bad). There’s definitely merit in how the new maps are bigger and grander which leads to more tiresome walking, but I’m hopeful the dev takes that onboard. It’d be cool if they added more to do on these maps. In fact that’s kinda the main point of criticism I have with the game, the lack of things to do in the levels. Some areas just don’t have enough enemies, I was swimming in red syringes often bumbling about into the progression areas. It would’ve been cool to see more interactive features or enemies, but hopefully once the modding guides and stuff are released, players can have a mess about and develop maps that can push psychopomp to become a more interactive game.

​@@bong6959 Yes, I agree. I didn't enjoy the moth location now that you noted the lack of things to do. It actually started to put me to sleep, which is a good indicator to me that it's just not that fun, at least that level. I believe what I'm trying to say is that I wanted the sequel and kept comparing how there wasn't much new content outside of the same old Psychopomp with some extra new features (not little), but it still wasn't very exciting. It's kind of like how I was with a game called "Goodbye Volcano High" a severe lack of content, that was brought to life due to the modding community and a mockery-fanmade version. (SnootGame) and then (IWaniHugThatGator)

You're definitely missing the point here. I just don't want to spoil the gameplay for those of you that actually want to experience the game. Glossing over it for that sake. It's reminiscent of OneShot and their current remaster. Same game, a little extra material, when many of us were expecting a sequel, that is still a long ways off. I've played the base game three times, mostly running around. I have played Gold twice. I've unlocked most of the doors, but not all of them, investigated the secret false walls, attempted to decipher the secret message in the hospital, and dialed the phone. I only count the egg locations as new places (2 new eggs) because that is what the majority of people will be playing through, and they will most likely not be interested in discovering the deeper secrets. PS: Sleep is good.

@@Pawkt kinda presumptuous that players wont care about the new secrets n stuff??? This vid paints psychopomp gold like it's not worth looking at. That theres no additions to the early areas, really bad later levels, ect. Like. This could easily seriously turn people off from a good game because you make it sound like it's pointless. Its kinda downright mean n rubs me the wrong way. You say you're not trying to "spoil it" but by doing that you're just saying theres nothing to find Period. Idk. You're entitled to your opinion n whatever.

@@sketchynonsense9290 See, that is the point of me just being open about my opinions. I don't sugar coat anything. I'm not obsessed with Psychopomp like you and most of the community. I just like Psychopomp, just like I like most games. Just because I was expecting a sequel does not mean I think the game is bad, I was hoping for more than just a few snippets of extra secrets and cutscenes that felt rushed scattered around and I just didn't have fun playing through it for the 4th and 5th time. Nothing more. If you wish to support the developer, purchase this version of the game. I've done precisely that, and I have no plans to refunding it. This means anyone new to the game, can check out the original first and then figure out if they want to support them as well, here is hoping it doesn't take the dev that long to finish the second game. When people purchase a new game from a highly anticipated series or niche, they should understand what they are getting themselves into. If I spoil it, they can't watch it, leaves them less likely to want to understand it, where in my written review I go into a bit more detail since I don't have to physically show anything.

@@Pawkt You were expecting a sequel from a solo dev in less than a year from the initial release? You're not very intelligent, huh?

@@chiselbit2 I play hundreds and close to a thousand games a year. Keeping track of niche titles isn't easy, until they suddenly pop back up. It's a game you play once, forget it exists then come back for more.

What was presented in the sneak peak was pretty well polished and new, all things considered.

@@Pawkt Yeah, I'm curious how things will play out.

@@ok-ue4ub Same, can't wait!

@@Pawkt Looking forward to your review! After i play it myself of course.

@@ok-ue4ub Haha of course!

We all did. Good to support abstract indie developers, but kind of disappointed with how they released it under their trailer which made it look you know, different and new. Ah well.

You're welcome!

Glad I could help!