A Fresh & Excellent Hidden Gem of a Wild West RPG - ARCO

[@RATZGobbler]

Not gonna lie. Most of the rpgs you show off have a problem with an overwhelming HUD and UI. This feels like such a breath of fresh air. I might check this out.

[@WaterZer0]

Yeah, we don't need health permanently on the UI or the ability bar; only show them when it's necessary.

[@mattgerlach744]

This video could have been five seconds long: Splatt: "You get to ride a llama." Me: "SOLD"

[@Drakuba]

this actually looks good AND original to boot, a rare commodity nowadays. thx for the tip SplatteredCat

[@Isteak80]

I'm glad you are playing this; the devs could certainly use any signal boost they can get, and it's such a unique game that deserves some more eyes on it.

[@gamingtonight1526]

The combat system is called "We-Go, You-Go". The Combat Mission WWII war games from the early 00s used it, A later game from the 2010s called Oriental Empires also used it.

[@lothiaskane2614]

It's just We-Go (or WEGO). Not "We-Go, You-Go", because you can't have both.

[@xBINARYGODx]

@@lothiaskane2614 axtually

[@gamingbud926]

@@Jeremy-k9t That's not what he said...

[@Muenni]

You can even have shooters like that (Superhot)

[@kylegreene1356]

@@xBINARYGODx No. He's right and the other guy presented false information based on what I assume was him overhearing or reading something false. Just because you are incapable of seeking truth and knowledge and likely communicate emojis and meme buzzwords of a generation 2 times below you doesn't mean you can't take the reins, change and stop being a buzzword moron and think about things now and again.

[@cookieeaturface]

So glad this game had a demo. Turned out to be such a delight on every front.

[@tiberiian]

Looks like he is riding an alpaca and I am here for it 😊

[@jvnkx]

man i love your channel you make my days better,i just need to tune in to your channel and i'll always find some bangers to download!much love from italy fam

[@kareningram6093]

I love games with simple graphics that have good stories that hit hard. This seems to fit that bill perfectly.

[@yobgodababua1862]

Ooo, that would be a good band name... "Nine Pixel Poncho"

[@seanl8195]

Wow, that is indeed some gorgeous pixel art. Game looks fun, put it on my wishlist! 😍

[@igorthelight]

1:23 - There is also "Battlestar Galactica Deadlock" with the same battle system. I call this system "everyone moves a little" xD

[@fleshtonegolem]

The combat is much more interesting than I expected. It gives me "Superhot" vibes

[@no_torrs]

this looks all kinds of good, from the artstyle to the innovative gameplay. wishlisting this beauty.

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

This style reminds me of a lot of the games I played in high school, circa 1986, like Kings Quest and Montezuma's Revenge.

[@rovingut5171]

IT LOOKS SO GOOD

[@grayaj23]

For travel rations, you need Panforte. It's got nuts and citron in it.

[@igorthelight]

6:13 - Grandia 1 and 2 are available on Steam btw! ;-) Both are Remastered versions!

[@Lost_Hwasal]

This game came out of nowhere and its a sleeper. This is why i sub to you splatty!

[@tobiastheblueman]

This looks like it has so much personality! ❤ thanks, Matt!

[@Gigusx]

This could be a banger. Instant wishlist. The combat system is great, and intense! Great find :D

[@yogtheterrible]

Cayo is what my coworkers call me (my name is Kyle) and how they spell it. I just assumed it was because it's kind of hard to say, I didn't realize it was an actual name in spanish. I used to correct people but stopped because it's close enough and doesn't really matter but now I kind of like Cayo.

[@JoseAlvarezV]

Hi I'm a long time fan, I'm from Costa Rica, , this game is more based on Peru I think, but I wanted to say that DBZ is extremely popular in Latam, and Chichi is called the same here, we have fun with it.

[@zdrux]

They need to place the action buttons above his head, so you don't have to scroll across the entire screen each time.

[@SkyeFyre2131]

Arco! Polo!

[@TheMultiForge]

Grandia was my jam, I played that game to death, the fact someone namedropped it for its combat system is wild

[@Greuf]

Thank you for this, the game looks awesome, what a beaut.

[@tvav69]

Chi-chi energy. 😂

[@luisavilez3360]

I am playing this right now and it is very good, I am loving the music and combat

[@emanp5507]

Thanks for the fun vid!

[@makoent2231]

Mad respect for mentioning Grandia.

[@Seto330]

Oh! You get to ride Lamas!

[@kamisguide]

Oh this is a gem I'm going to pick this up.

[@MacroAggressor]

This looks great!

[@ExtraTrstl]

Thanks, Splatt.

[@martinaasandersen3775]

27:35 Dude, it literally said that Stab does NOT have interrupt (shown at 25:35). Classic splat.

[@claytonfitzgerald782]

Thanks mate 😃

[@austinmiller3588]

@splattercatgaming I've been watching the channel since the beginning or since when you started to play Dead State just a question, are you ever going to go back to like let's plays like what you did back then? I understand if you don't want to, it's just a question

[@MardaxGames]

The game looks lovely and colorful.

[@nerp_47]

The combat actually makes me think of Transistor just a bit

[@exilenl]

Isn't this set somewhere in middle or south America?

[@ATZag135]

ThankYou SirSplatt

[@flaviometal]

I would play a major triple-A JRPG with a battle system like that...

[@Majber]

Im loving this game

[@spatialdistortion223]

"serappee" "Mage-ia" XD

[@oak1780]

an rpg version of Colt Canyon? sign me up!

[@TinchoX]

Solid little game!

[@irkanorphyn]

this reminds me of something he or falcon covered ages ago.

[@aliakeel]

very cute artstyle

[@styxrakash4639]

This is a game I feel like would be much better on a discrete grid with clear movement opportunities

[@daviru02]

Wow did the Glanton gang run through this town?

[@RunWithScissors-wr8vc]

Arco boost engagement go

[@CountCocofang]

The bullets absolutely MUST have a trail that clearly shows in which direction they are flying during pause.

[@johnlanglie7885]

"Must" is an interesting choice of words. But they already do. It's subtle, but the bullets aren't exactly round, they're kinda football-shaped, and they're longer in the direction of travel. Since they're always going in a straight line from the shooter, you know which way they're going. Plus if you hover your cursor over a bullet it draws a red dotted line showing its path. You can see that at 9:36, a line appears (for about 15 frames, or a quarter of a second) when Splattercat mouses over the left bullet.

[@CountCocofang]

@@johnlanglie7885 Mousing over is additional, unnecessary hassle. Why gate that vital information behind an additional action if you could just show it at all times without interfering with the game? The pixel graphics also do not make it very obvious at a glance where the tip and end of a bullet is. And even if it did then a line would be superior visual communication.

[@johnlanglie7885]

@CountCocofang "Mousing over is an additional, unnecessary hastle" in a turn-based game with no turn timer, that you control with your mouse. And again, the information is there. I agree, it would be a great accessibility feature if they had a "lines always on" option, I'm sure there are plenty of people that would love this game with visual impairment, or memory/focus issues that make remembering the direction difficult, but the way you're framing it makes it pretty clear that you're just trying your damnedest to pretend like you have a legitimate gripe. If you want to find something to piss and moan about, try harder than "but I don't like having to point to things that I want more information about!"

[@CountCocofang]

@@johnlanglie7885 Is the game your precious dog or something? Clearly visually communicating, like through always-on lines, to highlight which direction the bullets are flying while the time is frozen without having to input any additional actions is superior to not having that. Less necessary input for the desired UI output is better. Period. How it's communicated right now is lacking. That's all.

[@johnlanglie7885]

I actually don't much care about this game. It seems nice, but it doesn't grab my attention, and I'll probably forget about it completely after this conversation. What I do care about are jerks. You said it needs an indication of bullet direction when paused. You're right, it does. I pointed out that it does actually have that, in multiple ways, and you can also deduce the direction without an indicator. Your verbiage is grating, but if the conversation concluded after that, I would have no problem at all. But you doubled down. You felt hurt by someone disagreeing with you, and you decided the best course of action was to respond with hostility, condescension, and superiority. And here in your last comment you reinforce it. You start with a flippant and dismissive question, essentially asking "why do you even care" as if that were in any way a legitimate or relevant concern. And then, again, present your personal preference as if it were obviously the superior and universally preferred option. And if you were actually concerned with this as a conversation, you might have noticed that I fucking agreed with you. Being able to determine unambiguously where the danger is and will be is important. But in a pixel art game with a highly stylized aesthetic, potentially covering the screen with red dots is just as likely to obscure other pertinent details, such as whether or not there is an edge to get caught on like we saw Splattercat do multiple times. Your opinion is fine, but the change you want doesn't exist in a vacuum, there's a necessary compromise involved, and to suggest say that it should be the default or that it is just the best option, "Period...That's all" is, with all due respect, incredibly foolish and self-absorbed. It should be an option. But I doubt it would even be the majority preference. I think most people would be perfectly fine with looking at the tindications that are already present, or just remembering, or mousing over a bullet if they need a reminder, if that gives them a less cluttered view of the stage.

[@DyingCr0w]

That horse is made of some ~40 pixels, the character ~18. Conspiracy theorists speculate one needs a calculator to develop such a game.

[@kinghoodofmousekind2906]

Arco, which means bow.

[@rodrigoarias5699]

@splattercatgaming do you remember flamberge?

[@Thaydarin]

Jupiter hell has a similar combat system.

[@igorthelight]

And "Battlestar Galactica Deadlock" ;-)

[@alexlysenko422]

I willy willy like your videos)

[@DoomedPaladin]

Hardtack? _clack-clack!_

[@Kenoboi_42]

Deciding to get this game this morning and then seeing you post this video is not helping treat my main character syndrome

[@Splattercatgaming]

I am the simulation responding to your energy.

[@Callumkloos]

Are you streaming again my man?

[@plumbthumbs9584]

excellent!

[@Perjoss]

I got Red Dead Redemption GameBoy Color port vibes, in a good way ofc

[@rareraven]

RDR Gameboy Color... Is there a bad way?? 😅

[@drakehennig6239]

I must have this!

[@corbysloan7934]

ARCO will forever and always be a gas station to me.

[@mikecampos1193]

They're the only gas that's not overpriced but don't ever pump the cheaper stuff pump the most premium if you want your car to run well.

[@BrandanLee]

This game is a gas, and, a solid title.

[@murkki018]

Looks bit similar to Flamberge

[@mcskyflies]

Hardtack ¨Clack¨ ¨Clack¨

[@paulgoodridge2269]

One super mild nitpicky complaint. That is a spaniard's so he should have said oh God or dear God.

[@lagunaloire2710]

as a spanish native you were right clarifying about Chichi XD But in latinamerica Chichi is named Milk.... for some reason XD. The game looks sick, and the storyline holds a promise there dude. nice work!

[@tobiastheblueman]

​@Splattercatgaming if you go further south to Portuguese speaking countries, be careful saying "chucha". It's slang for pussy, as I've been told.

[@yamanabdul-rahman7301]

is it just me or does the combat remind anyone else of transistor?

[@smotbutterman1127]

21:34 Heh heh...

[@batuhanbasaran9074]

super cool game but with sad story :(

[@pmcollectorboy2929]

Yup. I just bought this because they're flying under everyone's radar.

[@JustanOlGuy]

[@Scufflegrit]

I wish he would say something from time to time. His videos are so quiet.

[@Dracobyte]

This game was developed in Mexico, I know some of the devs!

[@Red_Sutter]

Looks interesting, but could definitely benefit from having a much better art style and UI (what it has now makes it look like a mobile game)

[@dflatt1783]

Wild west game with no six shooter :(

[@igorthelight]

Enemies do have a six shooter - maybe our hero could get one too ;-)

[@TheHoriyoshi]

I like pixels....but that one is a little bit too primitive...If I have to wonder, hmm...what kinda monster or whatever could that be?...then the devs def. underdid that...maybe its bec. I played lots of pixelgames back in the 80ties (not that we had a choice these days...xd)...

[@ryanorionwotanson4568]

Interesting....but not my kind of game...😂

[@Ambelghan]

You don't have to move in a straight line, you can move in a curved line, but I'm guessing he skipped that part of the tutorial, as usual.

[@lordkakita8569]

“Gods” as an exclamation in the desert South West any time before 1990 takes me right out of the story. That wouldn’t even fit if they were trying to do a Navajo story. Dumb call. Will not buy.

[@owenchubb5449]

A western with a bow? Horrible choice

[@Draelyn]

Why are you so bad at gaming Splat!!! You can't misclick if you use the shortcut keys!!!!

[@dirtywhitellama]

Why are you so bad at being polite to someone who is trying to entertain you while simultaneously play an unfamiliar game and providing you all of this for free?

[@Draelyn]

@@dirtywhitellama Not all situations call for politeness. Criticism can be both negative and constructive at the same time. I should have added REEEEEEEEE at the end of my original post XD

[@dirtywhitellama]

@@Draelyn While it's accurate that there are situations in which politeness is not needed, criticizing the gameplay of someone who is providing you entertainment for free is not one of them.

[@undfyre]

First

[@rareraven]

Your mother was first.

[@Lowkeh]

​@@rareraven no u

[@erictalameasina1336]

4k views in 30mind bro fell off

[@Joe-ti7qd]

What an original comment. Never seen this before.

[@5minutemovies977]

@@Joe-ti7qd Yeah, I don't understand why people keep posting the same garbage over and over again. Even if it was funny the first time, after a million times...

[@erictalameasina1336]

Who?

[@stinkyelk986]

First