Alaloth - Open World Medieval Fantasy Action RPG

[@chriswoodend2036]

The thumbnail for this video looks like a late 80s D&D book cover and I love it

[@dwsonye]

I got around 5 hours in and what a great experience. Recommend getting a heal in the clerics tree. Also you’ll end up finding hired hands to help with the fighting areas also you find class trainers that boost a class you prefer to play. You can also respec if you so desire. My only real complaint would be tracking 1 quest at a time. Game really needs multi quest tracking.

[@GameraInteractive]

Please consider to review it on Steam. It's crucial for us 🙏

[@mr.lonewolf8199]

I tried this game a little bit. Omg it was amazing, a little rough on the edge , but I'm sure developer will finesse all the quirks that game have. Amazing atmosphere, combat, lore is so comprehensive , and innovative competetive campaign where you compete against other champions . Can't wait to see where will developer go next with this title

[@GameraInteractive]

Thank you so much 🥺

[@mr.lonewolf8199]

@@GameraInteractive really amazing game you made, keep up with good work

[@littlelebowski6496]

Happy to see you covering this game. Been playing it since ea release and almost beat it. Still a long ways to go on a fully polished game, but the devs have been working every day since release to fix bugs and make improvements.

[@thermonuclearwarhead]

You have no idea how hard you just sold this game to me. Risen/Gothic/Elex. Yes. Yes. Yes.

[@ayrnovem9028]

Looks promising, will be monitoring it. Learned of this game here first. The way of fighting one vs group, moving and weaving around a lot not to get surrounded, is actually how it should be. Quite realistic.

[@SutaSafaia]

Does this game have some kind of hard time limit system? I get nervous whenever I see games that keep track of time, can't personally stand when the game decides "You need to do X by Y or you lose." Constantly being under pressure is obnoxious for me.

[@brudermensch1243]

u compete against ai. or u choose not to which removes the time pressure

[@hypermaeonyx4969]

games with time limits don't sound very fun, eh?

[@grabeck666]

There are two options. One is without time limit and one with.

[@dethkicstart]

I agree. Time limits are only fun in racing games. Sometimes the added stress is rewarding when you finish, but I agree it gets obnoxious quick

[@DarrylCross]

Yeah - especially in an RPG like this where it makes you feel like you're being penalized for exploring and getting into the setting.

[@DamsdelDrennon]

I hear the warning and see the lack of polish in some places, at the end I'm more curious than put off. The combat in particular looks in a good place...relatively good place at least. Punishing mindless rush and rewarding tactical engagements, I like.

[@brohvakiindova4452]

Just by watching the tutorial I'm pretty much sold on the game, I love skill based ARPGs where it's not just about "enemy is too high level, no chance, go grind - repeat"

[@werdfeefs7027]

I agree, but is it skill based when the skill required is using a worse input mode? This seems fine for a console, but the developers clearly aren't used to making good PC ports.

[@LunchboxDrop-0uts765]

Looks pretty good thanks for the post.Never heard of this game.🙂🙂😃

[@charan3854]

Hey @splattercatGaming, I implore you to take another swing at making a video about this game but this time definitely spend less time in random combat encounters on the world map and more time doing Fighting Areas and quests from NPC's, which is the core gameplay - much more so than random fights - they just don't happen too often and normally you would just avoid them. I can strongly recommend rushing the first FA (1 skull) and after that either buying or crafting a weapon/armor. Game is insanely hard with starting equipment, but gets very manageable once you craft any sort named armor at the blacksmith or even purchase decent equipment. Also for doing FA you get rewarded with skill points and character advancements and can actually purchase combat abilities and magic spells. I think it's very important that you show off the gameplay up to a point of purchasing at least 1 or 2 usable abilities, but to do that you need to progress skulled locations on the map instead of fighting random encounters :)

[@charan3854]

Also for first skill I would suggest Earthquake or the Flame strike one :)

[@paulsedano1076]

Loving the Open Map…Reminds me of Bannerlord

[@bad_boy8269]

My best is 45 days on challenge mode. No deaths. No companions. Vampiric touch, Puppet Strings, Earthquake, and the Elemental Immunity skill (for Queens Rest) are my fav skills. I like how the success of the game is based on chance, makes it more interesting.

[@bacongo5657]

Alaloth is so good! I'm enjoining the game! Fully recommend it to any RPG old school fan.

[@shlomoyosefian9896]

I really enjoy it so far. Can feel the love they poured into it. I have confidence that the developers will keep on polishing and improving the game. I'm totally rooting for them :)

[@GameraInteractive]

Awww

[@nhazul5928]

As a wizard main in every RPG, that's the only thing I miss in this game

[@msolomonii9825]

Never understood why anyone in a fantasy world would want to run around smacking things when you could have majic!, makes no sense to me at-all.

[@nickv1212]

@@msolomonii9825 We all wanna be Conan the Talk Show Barbarian. CHR and STR all day. I want my muscles to do all the smooth talking. Either that or a rogue/mage. That way I can conceal myself as I pickpocket from everyone and give them each back a random item that I stole, and then I be a real hardcore RPGamer and imagine them all having a brawl over my shenanigans as I sit to the side and watch it all not really happen in my imagination. Next time you think you're a hardcore RPGamer, just remember, there's always someone with less of a life than you sucka.

[@charan3854]

You can absolutely be a wizard. It's not the best at this moment as the magic skills don't scale mostly with your weapon focus (for example staff), but if you craft yourself a Duskbringer armor and take 4 mage skills and cooldown reducing traits, you can decently well defeat groups of enemies. Just your single damage will be lacking, but you can poke stuff with an Azurite Duskbringer staff. Hope they add some mutators or progression to skills and magic at one point though.

[@Jasta85]

Definitely got it on my wishlist, although I'm going to wait till it nears 1.0 before deciding whether to pick it up. Very interesting ideas, just needs some updates before I'll want to jump in.

[@essadis]

When you're outnumbered you use all the space you can. You did well!

[@erikoriley1425]

Great video as always Splat. I would like to see you revisit this game in 6-9 months to see new polish and enhancements.

[@coryroberts7519]

Even unpolished this game has my attention! I will however be waiting to buy it closer to v1.0. Got it on wishlist until then, thanks for the video!

[@hypermaeonyx4969]

3:50 okay SplatterCat now thats just plain stupid, HOW did you miss a light blue banner? Now I'll never know what the goddamn fourth race is! Curse you Splatter Cat!!!

[@inkeddecker9964]

Dwarfs

[@sirkana]

Guess we'll just have to buy the game to find out ;)

[@rhawkas2637]

Blue banner is the dorfs.

[@NevynAtAll42]

I am intrigued. This looks a lot like the sort of games I used to adore and devour. Minor issues, well you said the developer is working on it. Don't have a controller, I'm pure PC, most controllers hurt my hands for long plays and I tend to lose myself in a good game for hours on end, as I suspect I will with this one. I think I'm going to grab it, if I can afford it right now, and maybe play it in a few months when it's been worked on a wee bit more. I think I'm looking forward to it. EDIT: Okay, so I bought the Supporter's pack because I am looking forward to it and it is being worked on and should be supported, mostly because I do have a bit of money spare at the moment.

[@GameraInteractive]

🙏

[@BVargas78]

Ambitious title. It ain't there yet but some good potential here.

[@Kane-5263]

I jumped on the game once it got to early access, and you told everything I had in mind, except maybe the fact that you don't reach the settings of the game before a long introduction that blast your ears off. I think that if the game gain a diablo-like control in the end it will be great! It is already really good as is for an early access game

[@Silverstiletto]

Art style reminds me of Baldur's Gate for sure.

[@kristopherleslie8343]

Absolutely

[@PreacherwithoutaPulpit]

Definitely going to keep my eye on this one. As you said if they make this more keyboard and mouse friendly I'm in. It really is a beautiful game that I could see myself spending a lot of time in but...

[@andylastname566]

i love the narrators lisp.

[@zushiba]

Another day, another game on the wishlist. This looks fun! Also I'm not sure why but this game gives me some Ultima Online vibes.

[@Blowfeld20k]

Yeah bruva am felling that too, not just ultima online but the general look of the old Ultima iso view, think part of it is the view angle Ultima always had that slightly off normalized iso view position, then i think the russet and browns dominated pallet is another factor.

[@kjellman96]

Whenever someone says "another day" I can't help but think of that orc from Shadow of War that runs away yelling that.

[@charan3854]

No need to wishlist this. Early access is more or less complete experience. It's just a matter of 12 months of further polish and extra features and some new quests. But as of now you can fully playthrough the story and there are over 100 quests and nothing is inaccessible really. Combat gets a little easy once you get good gear, but since release they have been doing daily patches. I strongly recommend buying the game and trying it now as it will help to further the development.

[@zantrex4]

Good foundation... just needs content. The combat skills are fairly limited and the quests are very samey. It really needs much more quest/dialog content and more build variety. Also wish the mob packs would vary in quantity/composition for each encounter. Fighting the same 5 bandits or w/e in the same exact order, etc back to back to back gets stale very fast.

[@RoninWolfos]

Like how he forgets to recognize Dwarves and plays a Dwarf in the newest video 😂

[@vicetea86]

orken lord joke made me chuckle , then feel extremely old for getting it ,lol.

[@gshollic]

The Game mapping and environment interaction like Legend of Dragoon PS1 but more better and camera angle more zooming out, and differrent in battle interaction. And its need a minimap, when we play a game like this, it could be better if it have that access. Good game

[@tachikomaomechodeth2297]

Looks cool, I already added it to my wishlist. Thanks brah!!!

[@DoomWalker42]

This game looks pretty good. Gives me Divinity Original Sin vibes or Pillars of Eternity.

[@RannonSi]

Your coverage was enough for me to follow it on Steam and I might show it to my dad if it's a good game by release (not saying it's bad now, just that things ... sometimes happen between EA and release).

[@GameTimeWhy]

Once this gets proper pc support I'll get it. Looks good. Excited to see where the dev takes it.

[@panamahank7108]

Had this on my wishlist. Really been wanting to check it out

[@LynMa80]

Watching the "Competitive campaign" button : - "Interesting, I guess there is some kind of competitive campaign here". Wow, Sherlock, such deductive skills. I dunno how you figured that out, I had no clue. XD Other than that, good presentation of the game, made me wanna try it.

[@NotJustABarista]

Glad to see someone I trust take a look at this game. The art style is right up my alley but I was afraid I was going to hate the combat. It looks better than I thought though and not as clunky being action heavy in this perspective as it could be

[@orochifire]

I like the lisping narrator.

[@Soulnightshade7777]

As you said theres alot to process there was a map name called the procession

[@Jasta85]

The game has a very odd progression system, you don't get xp from killing enemies or even doing quests. You get skill points and attribute points from completing fighting areas (basically the dungeons) and that is also how you progression the story to make your way towards the final boss. Quests and killing enemies get you money and gear/items, but you could play for hours and never get a single skill if you don't do the fighting areas, which are actually pretty challenging, especially early on when you have no skills.

[@Molda22]

wow this seems weird. i was really interested in the game but after reading your comment i am not so sure anymore. This must break the flow of the game.

[@TheRealPDizzle]

@@Molda22 agreed. i wish devs would stop trying to reinvent the wheel. a classic DnD-inspired system or an Elder Scrolls familiar system is all you need: either level up by killing stuff/completing quests or by advancing your skills through direct practice/usage. RPGs quickly turn me off as well when they introduce such strange and unprecedented systems.

[@Skullogk]

This actually sounds like an interesting take on it. Only gain power from noteworthy achievements. Id give it a shot.

[@supercc66]

the character animation look really nice!!!!!

[@markdowse3572]

This looks like a fantastic, fun RPG! 🤗 (But I am a huge Baldur's Gate fan, so I'm probably biased.....) "Owwww - I got LASERED!" That's hilarious, Mr Splat! 😂 Also I love the 'HOLY GRAIL' reference to brave Sir Robin @ 23:04. Nice one, sir. 😊 M 🦘🏏😎

[@moomah5929]

Looks fun even if somewhat MMORPG-like (had lots of fun with senseless slaughter in MMORPGs xD) with it's seemingly many kill quests. Classic CRPGs (think of the Ultimas, Wizardrys, Eye of the Beholders and so on) didn't really do the kill 3 giant rats, kill 5 wolves stuff and I wonder when this stuff became so common place.

[@TheRealPDizzle]

My take on it is MMO devs originally needed to fill the game with simple kill/fetch quests due to the wholesale nature of MMOs -- you can't really have a thought-out and immersive player experience for everyone in the same vein as Morrowind or Oblivion, etc. Nor could you have the narrative and character development like that in KotOR 1 and 2 for a million people. Additionally, think about the technological limitations of the early 2000s when these games truly began to take off in popularity. Eventually their success led to numerous copy-cats, and the increasing popularity and main-streamization of MMOS or gaming in general. If we look at such games today, they're rife with incessant busy-body or carrot-on-a-stick motivators. I think this is in large due to the gaming industry pandering to the lowest common denominator. Your average gamer equates RPGing to: go to all the icons on the mini-map, pickup ALL the collectibles, murder hobo the entire map, collect all the shiny loot, sell the gear, rinse and repeat ad nauseum

[@tomb3782]

My favorite Orc character name is still "Urgot Meadmog". Can't remember where I saw that...

[@leddyvilla]

Been on the hunt for something new that isn't Diablo. Thank you for the video!

[@kristopherleslie8343]

Found anything else?

[@leddyvilla]

@@kristopherleslie8343 Darksiders Genesys and V Rising

[@kristopherleslie8343]

@@leddyvilla let me check both

[@brandyntillman9575]

It's nice to find a game focusing on gamepad controls first and not an after thought. Wonder how well this works on Steam Deck.

[@ColinTimmins]

This could be perfect on the Steam Deck. Still waiting for mine, excited for it. =]

[@saltykrug]

Wish I had seen this before I bought Dungeons of Sandaria or whatever. It's okay but this game is more to my taste. I'll be buying this on Wednesday.

[@rathenn6959]

Looks like taking Baldur's Gate or Pillars of Eternity and turning into a solo-arpg

[@velvetotter4586]

Been waiting for your first impressions. Had this on my wish list for a while. It's a bit rough and raw but I have a good feeling about it. Especially as it gets more polished closer to full release.

[@AntExe-ey5my]

Had my eye on this for a long time. I'll probably wait until v1.0 but I might be tempted to jump in early.

[@Alexander_Sannikov]

i like it how splattercat arbitrarily swaps words "anisotropy" and "isometry"

[@villings]

Anisotropy, are you okay? So, Anisotropy, are you okay? Are you okay, Anisotropy?

[@davidstenow5055]

No time to read, we’ve got a game to play!

[@EdgeOfCasualGaming]

Looks pretty neat. Old school style action RPG. I'd probably dig this. Hilarious commentary as always.

[@XShrike0]

That opening narration. Was there audio issues, did the narrator have a lisp, or both?

[@spacequack5470]

The narrator clearly had a lisp. Terrible choice

[@taylorgravely2004]

Opening voice actor sounds like Dustin from stranger things In 20 years 😹

[@jonh3132]

You had me at the lisping narrator

[@timofaust1315]

Had this on my wishlist for a while. This could become a cult classic or a broken turd. The foundation is there, now the devs need to step up during EA and polish the game and make their vision come true.

[@petrbohacek8885]

Dunno why, but i really like that combat system. Its somethin more like Diablo h´n´slash, and having a good feelin when u hit them

[@ColinTimmins]

This game looks like it could be great. Such a good foundation. Definitely going to wish list and hopefully get.

[@JohnyRelax]

What an interesting game, I will definitely dive in, in the future.

[@MrDavidMoyer]

26:45 Can I just say that "Splat of Ogmhalis - Vanguard of Baga" is just a really cool name for an Orc. Would be cooler if you had a giant warhammer instead of a bardiche, but still... good choice. LOL

[@Seanbo88]

Pretty interesting mix with the souls-like gameplay from a diablo-esque perspective. I might have missed it, but I hope there's an option to zoom in a bit, otherwise it's kind of comical how small everything is, haha.

[@GameraInteractive]

Zoom in/out real time

[@MardaxGames]

Yep! Another cool indie game for me! :D

[@davidl0820]

This game somehow reminds me of an old DOS game Ultima 8.

[@Garflog643]

This game was originally slated to release on xbox one in 2018 so makes sense I guess as far as the console controls and menu style.

[@-Slinger-]

Not a fan of the yellow tint of most screens and some excessive bloom, but the gameplay seems fun. Would be nice of you could get companions, I can see myself recruiting one of those big scorpions! A zoom would be nice too.

[@takezomiyamoto1390]

I have this strange feeling that the combat can easily become a 'runnning-backwards' simulator. But it certainly has potential.

[@BM03]

I don't know about that slogan of yours at the end. So I don't have to? Sir, what you've done is get my wish list FAT in a very short amount of time. I will TOO!

[@M9SQ4]

IMO ! This game could possibly be a banger if Coop.

[@gustavogodoy4019]

FINALLY! I'm checking this RPG tomorrow on steam. Doesn't look like you can have an assassin type character tho. My kind of main char

[@chrishohl6141]

This game seems like a game that will be dope in a few years.

[@shanedillis153]

This looks cool can’t wait for Switch release

[@ekoprasetyonugroho536]

wow it is seems like quitely fun

[@darcraven2496]

its early access and pretty cheap so tell them more what you like or not, they want that, and you do it good hey.

[@hanskloss9482]

wow. Game in old style

[@vembdev]

Looks like a new Sacred game, awesome,

[@RobiinBrar]

I got that game but never played after watching your video if I like it ill play thanks bro for upload

[@FisherSmurf]

I'll keep an eye on this one and see if they make it more PC friendly.

[@grungehog]

Looks pretty solid conceptually. Needs to be keyboard and mouse by default and have more options, but gameplay loop looks pretty strong.

[@Blestyr]

Devs confirmed they're working on a proper K&M scheme for the game. i don't know when they'll release it, but considring they're active and patching the game, I want to believe this will be pretty soon.

[@SiriusV23]

This is like a 80s version of Diablo games

[@scottsanderson8855]

This game looks deep! Really liking it peob gunna pick it up.

[@adityaprasetiyo6590]

im getting mount and blade & diablo vibe

[@Skullogk]

Game looks cool and interesting. Would be cool if dwarf was a playable race, i just love most things dwarf/dwarven. Added it to my wishlist, maybe after payday... The keyboard only gameplay and menus arent that bad. I played through all 3 dark souls, and you can use the mouse in the menus... but its mostly useless, so used just the keyboard and it was fine.

[@GameraInteractive]

You can play dwarves. And orcs. And elves. And hoomanZ

[@Skullogk]

@@GameraInteractive Awesome! 🍻

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for showcasing! ^^

[@scottsanderson8855]

Oh also thanks for going longer!

[@adriannv2562]

Getting Outward vibes from this game, I like it.

[@Senior666]

"Alaloth"... i mean it's a mouthful. "Aloth", much better plus you could still use the same "A" design you just need go blow it up. This way you could put more details into the "O" crest. Love the retro aesthetic though.

[@UtopssAKAPJ]

I'm getting classic fallout 1 and 2 vibes mixed with world of warcraft/elder scrolls characters

[@UnfortunatelyBio]

That map has some things that look very familiar. I'm think they made the world map in inkarnate, which is fair enough its useful tool.

[@spaceman9599]

Looks promising if they iron out the kinks for us PCers :)

[@MaStAg4Ce]

This game looks perfect for consoles, just like divinity. I hope they bring it to ps5

[@Ghost-jj6ud]

Looks pretty cool, but do the levels ever expand into proper dungeons, or are they always just combat arenas?

[@sotos9330]

No expansion, single area without minimap, so it keeps the tension!

[@FireVasilisk]

This is nice and looks promising

[@tangchangrvhs]

looks like Examina with simplified combat

[@Patangy]

14:55 lol this is a problem in a lot of RPGs they throw all these names and lore in the beginning but players don't care because they're not invested in the game yet. Need to sprinkle that stuff in between the gameplay.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

I'm not really sure of a non-offensive way to say this.... but they might want to find a narrator _without_ a speech impediment. Kinda hard to understand what he's saying sometimes :/ (really awesome game otherwise! The narration is not even really all that big of a deal, honestly. If there's no budget for it I really wouldn't worry about it!)

[@spacequack5470]

Completely agree

[@trhsummers]

Got me with the difference between the orckin lord vs orkin man. :D

[@GamerM1235]

Brave 'Sir Robin' the game. Love it.