Combat Initiation is Incredible! (Game Review)

[@PistolTrigger]

It makes me genuinely happy to see eclipse genuinely enjoying a good game instead of playing garbage and getting hate comments for it, you go eclipse!

[@tantank]

But we need those for DDoS 😢

[@thechorri2198]

@@tantank we need eclipse screaming at comments with little to no grammar 😢😢

[@African-AmericanGoose]

we still need bloCks fruit kids comments 😢

[@xjkmr1]

or he just plays games and doesnt bother to look into it a lil bit deeper and just sees it as a bad game. (for examples: Entry Point and Pilgrammed). But aside for those cases, yea. I like it when he gets to review good games.

[@PistolTrigger]

@@xjkmr1 yeah thats honestly a fair point, as someone who’s played pilgrammed basically to the end i can say that at the beginning it a little boring but when you get to the good part its really good, but then again if a game has a DISTINCT good part and bad part then could you really say its a “good” game, but yeah good point

[@claudine404]

Hello, to answer the question about the soundtrack, yes, Potoe did make all the soundtracks! I myself actually helped with May The Heights Collapse and SEARCH AND DESTROY, mostly on guitar and drum work so it's nice to see OST get some attention. I love the game a lot as well, truly fire.

[@mahmoodalrubaye8751]

nice, great job on the music with potoe!

[@hiivemiind.]

dude you KILLED it with the guitar stuff, those riffs have been stuck in my head for days hahahah

[@blackholeguy1529]

this is a slight bit of a lie. castle crusher was actually done by Lester, same creator as Godpains, a fantrack for a second Vagabond fight

[@claudine404]

@@blackholeguy1529 I forgot but yeah, Potoe did make the bulk of the OST

[@StrikingSimilarity]

@@blackholeguy1529 Bro looked over Captain's theme

[@moistisprobdead]

3:30, for anyone curious to try the game, the sword isn’t actually that bad, it has several combos which are incredibly game changing, most notable being the early game Sword and Slingshot combo, which can turn into sword and Flamethrower. Both of those items have a little,mechanic from ultrakill, where you can fire off a “coin”, and hit it with the sword, similar to the flamethrower except it’s slower and explodes on hit. (I saw my friend use this in our duo run, and it killed damn near everything.) Oh! And there’s pogoing, which is hard to explain but is a very good movement option.

[@bleepy9551]

pogoing is when you use a sword and swing in the air on some sort of surface. I LOVE this mechanic because if you do a double jump dash you can pogo and keep your momentum until you hit the pogo limit and its so fun just zooming around killing everything.

[@TheBESTRamenOfAllTime]

SWORD IS ONE OF THE BEST ITEMS IS THIS GUY FUCKING ACOUSTIC????

[@matthewthepro5733]

​​@@TheBESTRamenOfAllTime I mean it's very good but that doesnt entirely mean its the best. Every weapon can be good on their own way. But in all seriousness though, sword very good weapon.

[@TheBESTRamenOfAllTime]

@@matthewthepro5733 ONE of the best. Not the best, but one of them.

[@chaosonyoutube3551]

pogoing tldr: PARRY THE GROUND

[@eimryuec9893]

closest thing we're gonna get to eclipse playing ultrakill

[@agent0931]

unfortunate

[@cripplingtoast8383]

real

[@642ms]

unfortunately thats probably true

[@andreip2436]

I was counting how long it would take for me to find a comment that mentioned ultrakill and, this is the second comment I see

[@cynical6655]

Fr

[@__Raphael_]

There's lots of good games in Roblox that are ruined by locking stuff behind randomness, "spin for ability" type of stuff. It's nice to see games that don't lock stuff with RNG, totally gonna give this game a try.

[@masoncheung5984]

Their is a slight rng lock for gears jsyn

[@lifesux1953]

​@@masoncheung5984You can just play again at 0 cost without needing to waste 10 years for x spin currency

[@moistisprobdead]

tfw you want that one gear and you get every other gear that just does not compliment you at all

[@LocalLawnChair]

its more of a rougelike so there is absoultely rng

[@HawkingNoise]

You know, if you keep playing those kind of good games your home page will always be full of them so you dont need search it pretty hard (like searching for good games on youtube) Also this happened to me and i'm pretty happy especially with the game "INNER BLUE 2"

[@Synkct]

if you enjoyed this gameplay I guarantee you’ll enjoy Ultrakill

[@spedguin]

I second this

[@JustHoony]

I triple this

[@riskmortal4911]

Aah free at last

[@The--O]

YESSIRRR

[@TheRealGam]

ULTRAKILL is objectively better than Combat Initiation, if you own ULTRAKILL there is literally no reason to play Combat Initiation. Not that CI is bad, but it's not worthwhile playing if you have access to the source material. EDIT: After some replies it was made clear to me that the leading factor of Combat Initiation is its multiplayer aspect. I don't disagree with that, but same point remains for everything else.

[@neuwthe]

One step closer to a probably never happening (said himself from a QnA) ULTRAKILL video

[@TheRealGam]

Hilarious because Combat Initiation wouldn't have happened without the existence of ULTRAKILL, a majority of CI's content is heavily inspired by ULTRAKILL.

[@asdi6533]

in which QnA did he say that? I'm just curious and would like to know. And it would help alot if you could also put the timestamp in the video he said it thx.

[@mrehatt2582]

Ahh... free at last. O Gabriel, now dawns thy reckoning, and thy gore shall GLISTEN before the temples of Man! Creature of Steel, my gratitude upon thee for my freedom. But the crimes thy kind have commited against humanity are NOT forgotten! And thy punishment... is DEATH.

[@neuwthe]

@@asdi6533 It took a while to find it, but it was the "Is TCA just a lost cause? (QnA)" Vid at 7:40

[@bigdued7039]

This game is basically a cool spin on ultrakill, where as there you mostly have weapons with variations, in CI you get to have 3 or 4 weapons by the end of stage 4 (latest stage at the time of writing) and instead or getting variations, you upgrade your existing weapon. The upgrades are usually either a buffed version of the existing weapon (katana, cannonball, multi rocket launcher) or a new gimmick (for example, firebrand has slower speed, sets on fire, fire blast attack) There's a good reason like every comment is comparing it to ultrakill, as a lot of the weapons, techs, enemies and bosses are basically stylized recreations of their ultrakill countrrparts, for example, i think the current final boss, great dracobloxxer or whatever his name was is meant to resemble the leviathan, although he looks a lot more like a metal gear ray

[@Sky_darts]

It's definitely more of a metal gear, you can even parry the blade!

[@mano__diep1318]

also corpse of king minos parry mechanic

[@bigdued7039]

@@mano__diep1318 wait you can parry the dino?

[@ActivelyCursed]

@@bigdued7039 yeah, during his sword attack

[@Gabe9999]

Its definitely king minos corpse, since you can parry his attack and get a ''Down to size'' rank just like in combat initiation

[@tehtroll1737]

Didnt expect you to review this game. I know you already said you wouldnt in one of your q&as but I like being stubborn, you should try "ultrakill", its the fps shooter that inspired this game and seeing how you liked it you will definitely enjoy ultrakill

[@The--O]

Most definitely.

[@TheRealGam]

Think of Combat Initiation as ULTRAKILL's small brother. If you like CI, you will love ULTRAKILL infinitely more.

[@miguelpaulo3125]

you said "fps shooter" (first person shooter shooter).

[@tehtroll1737]

@@miguelpaulo3125 oh shit LMAO passed thru me

[@eimryuec9893]

@@miguelpaulo3125 "why do people say atm machine when the m in atm stands for machine"

[@crowzie9434]

here is a few things to keep in mind, Melee hits heal, dashing and then jumping lets you do a long jump letting you go super far, you can pogo using various things such as the sword or rockets after a long jump letting you cross the entire map in a few seconds, verticalality becomes easy once you realize you can pogo up walls, as the game goes on the game reveals a lot more. the progression in of itself is knowledge of how to better play the game, this is why I would recommend playing in multiplayer servers to learn from others or try to discover more things for yourself. (hope this helps you understand a few of the flaws that you pointed out) Edit: levels are mostly for more skilled players who don't want to play with newer ones, and the big part of goals in the game is getting a better rank than C and grinding out your skill to you dont die even once and maintaining your score.)

[@nateeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

small correction: all primary weapons heal you, you just have to be close to enemies

[@The--O]

Eclipse, "Combat Initiation" is actually inspired by Ultrakill. Go play it Eclipse, You won't escape the ultrakill fans unless you play the game. PLAY IT.

[@wiggy7374]

inspired is an understatement but yes anyone ive seen play this game immediately gets attacked by ultrakill players lol

[@freshoranges27]

you cant escape

[@tab921]

this is barely like ultrakill fym???

[@Mister_Crimson]

The more you people say to play Ultrakill in the comments, the less I desire too.

[@cornio]

@@tab921 a lot of the aspects in the game are extremely similar to aspects in ultrakill, for example: the first boss in the game is inspired by swordsmachine, the second one is v2 or some other boss, etc... this is the same with the weapons too. the kunai knife and shuriken weapon is like the sawblade launcher, where you can quickly shoot out shurikens that bounce off of the walls. the kunai acts like the magnet and attracts the shurikens towards it. this is only some of the things that are similar, i hope this cleared everything up

[@diabomilk9961]

How many times did we tell you you'd love Ultrakill?! (This message should be read as a light hearted message, not a criticism) This game is heavily inspired by Ultrakill, so if you loved it, you should definitely buy Ultrakill, you'll love it. Fun fact, Potoe did make at least some of the game's musics, as you said, and they also did Hellmet's ost :D

[@hoodend]

the level design verticality thing makes sense, but they give you some tools to get up, such as the tubes up to the tall towers on stage 3 bouncing you up high, to pogo'ing with swords, etc. very happy that eclipse checked out this game.

[@user-kh6hu7fw6r]

The person who said that eclipse wouldn't like ultrakill must have their eyes popping and their jaws dropping after looking at this one.

[@mrehatt2582]

Ahh... free at last. O Gabriel, now dawns thy reckoning, and thy gore shall GLISTEN before the temples of Man! Creature of Steel, my gratitude upon thee for my freedom. But the crimes thy kind have commited against humanity are NOT forgotten! And thy punishment... is DEATH.

[@user-kh6hu7fw6r]

For anyone wondering who I'm talking about, eclipse made a vid on world of stands a bit ago, he made a comment on the fact that being able to parry bullets is cool, someone else made a comment saying something along the lines of "this is why eclipse should play ultrakill" and someone else replied that he wouldn't like it. Edit:(then it somehow spiraled into an argument over ultrakill being boring XD KZbin do be wild).

[@urdad7349]

I recommend trying Decaying Winter. It's a loot and shoot wave survival in 1st person perspective with 2 different endings. You lose if all team members die during one of phases. It's really difficult yet really rewarding when you learn.

[@mrehatt2582]

Ahh... free at last. O Gabriel, now dawns thy reckoning, and thy gore shall GLISTEN before the temples of Man! Creature of Steel, my gratitude upon thee for my freedom. But the crimes thy kind have commited against humanity are NOT forgotten! And thy punishment... is DEATH.

[@spaghettieater1142]

Decaying winter is goated

[@Shaun_0K]

recommend through discord i cant cuz i alr recommended a game to him

[@1heYes]

Hey Eclipse. This game is great, but if you ever play it again after an update, just know that if you dash and then jump really fast, you fly at mack fucking ten, which is a mechanic based off Ultrakill, also if you get the shotgun kind of upgrade for the paintball gun, you can parry your own bullets and turn them explosive, which is also based off Ultrakill.

[@PLSHELPMEiStuckInTheUrlFactory]

"Mack truck speed"

[@1heYes]

@@PLSHELPMEiStuckInTheUrlFactory " " Mack Aeronautica Umbra Trojani AUT.18 the Italian figher jet speed. " "

[@K5E4VX7YY2I9N]

correction, the scatterblaster is a slingshot upgrade, not a paintball gun upgrade

[@PLSHELPMEiStuckInTheUrlFactory]

@@1heYes does it have pizza

[@1heYes]

@@K5E4VX7YY2I9N Thanks.

[@siiashr]

i think the best part of combat initiation is when the great 8 snowmans get summoned and you have to duel against them

[@Seyira_]

but first you must roll a 1/100000000 aura that does absolutely nothing so you can flex it to your enemies

[@randomrobloxvidslol]

and the puzzle with lots of clues telling you exactly what to do which lets you unlock a special powerful sword to be able to defeat them

[@mrehatt2582]

Ahh... free at last. O Gabriel, now dawns thy reckoning, and thy gore shall GLISTEN before the temples of Man! Creature of Steel, my gratitude upon thee for my freedom. But the crimes thy kind have commited against humanity are NOT forgotten! And thy punishment... is DEATH.

[@EMan-xj5cz]

The what now?

[@stupidlysimple]

​​​@@toothpastegargler57 Defeat 6 Monkeys. Peak blox fruits gaming

[@megaman4354]

6:57 there is a trampoline in the blue tower next to the building that lets you get on top pretty quickly

[@Joneender]

my exact thoughts bro

[@badagent5446]

Potoe is the music composer for Combat Initiation, he also made all of the boss themes for Hellmet's sister game Dummies vs Noobs, as well as some songs in Hellmet itself. So I'd listen to those too since according to yourself, you're passionate about sound design.

[@blueberryboi3294]

I'm actually super happy you enjoyed this game. I adored it while playing with my friends and its super replayable.

[@1havecats]

i LOVE combat initiation, being well made and fun with good mechanics, and being based off of my favorite game (ultrakill)

[@The--O]

I've been waiting for this! I love it!

[@DabouldGaming]

and after all they probably won't listen to what people say about progression , it's an fan game about ultrakill , and also the game is pretty new , so the leveling system might be for later , as they only recently added accessories, The difficulties might also be added in the future as it's basically an ultrakill fangame , and ultrakill has standard and sandbox mode but also 2 way easier and 2 way harder modes as of right now, the musics are also inspired by ultrakill, THE GODZILLA ROBOT has been inspired by the earthmover from ultrakill , if you haven't played ultrakill yet and like this kind of gameplay but you wish it was longer try ultrakill

[@UmbraMG]

uhmm actually drakobloxxer was inspired by MG RAY

[@DabouldGaming]

@@UmbraMG i haven't played metal gear ray my bad

[@stockimagedog7382]

Drakobloxxer seems like a mix between minos' corpse (Large, parryable attacks with a small window, colossal boss) and MG Ray (Robot with very similar attacks and design to Drako, colossal boss). Don't see how it's similar to the Earthmovers.

[@RedblocktheII]

@@UmbraMG Well the down to size (a very iconic style bonus from ultrakill) was added to it aswell

[@DabouldGaming]

@@stockimagedog7382 i have not played mg and since it has a lot of references from games especially from ultrakill and all the bosses before that have attacks and mechanics from ultrakill i thought it was from ultrakill too

[@evawkcohS]

So happy you played my suggestion and enjoyed it, knew you would love it, love your videos, dont stop making them!

[@thegiftlucas4480]

I found this game through a friend a day ago. Happy you also liked it! Definitely inspired by ultrakill, though. No doubt about that.

[@juanlolt4575]

I played Combat initiation when it started getting popular a few months ago, and then again in this content update, and i gotta say its an excellent game, and after wanting more gameplay like it i decided to buy ultrakill, I strongly suggest you try out the game. That being said, great video as always Eclipse, keep it up!

[@Ammiad]

The timing... I just started playing and learning this game and then this video cones out

[@zsolthetey4253]

Bosses and mini bosses (most of them) from ULTRAKILL. Thanks for showing me this game!

[@TacoLordReal]

I was excited for this review, W vid

[@ghirgerlel7145]

Nice video!

[@dragu243]

god i love videos about games you enjoyed. keep up the good work Eclipse! ❤

[@HIM_D._GOAT]

This game is so goated like had me kicking my feet while playing bro I felt like a kid 🙏🏾😭

[@roymillers6730]

The glass house (snow map) has trampolines in the towers where the tank spawns tunnels leading to them allowing cover from snipers, also you can doge snipers (mark) bullets if you shift at the right time. The game is very good if you look around enough, also hats give special chances for more strategic fighting.

[@Blox_miner]

"why dont you play it already ?" i have ultrakill sir

[@bleepy9551]

even if you have ultrakill this is still a good game worth playing. its like saying if you enjoy an artist and want more, you can listen to a different artist that has its own content with similarity to the artist you enjoy.

[@q54daa4]

ultrakill is my favorite game ever but trust me on this you should still play it, it's a bit like cybergrind but if it was a roguelike and had bosses

[@TameSouled]

The reason on why there isnt any other gamemodes is because the game has only had one update and they plan to finish the first gamemode before doing other things

[@zackjijahat790]

decaying winter next ( suggestion l

[@yessirman32]

we need decaying winter

[@Impudence64]

1:48 Roguelike/roguelites has an RNG element to them that makes every run different in some way, so ig the gears are the randok element here

[@ult-qj2wy]

eclipse MASSIVE oiled up gyatt clapping recoil

[@actingblue]

😏

[@Aiden-Hi]

What?

[@OliveJar13]

??💀

[@the25thnd]

interesting

[@WhyIsEveryNameTaken8]

I agree

[@MathisPellerin]

It's been a long time since i didn't watch your videos Eclipse, but you're still here on KZbin to see how Roblox games are with humor and etc., anyway thank you for showing me everything on Yba before, because this is how i discovered your channel and I like it, so i know you for 3 years ands maybe more now, so yeah, thank you Eclipse, continue all your great work on KZbin man.

[@hihihellohihello]

Now that Combat Initiation has got a new update, I HEAVILY request you go and play with modifiers and the new collab campaign It would be pure peak after all

[@JoshuaHong-v2l]

After playing ultrakill and then playing this, I made it my goal to play this game like ultrakill (use accessory for no passive regen, only use the sword f ability, and only weapons that are ranged)

[@ArjoopsYT]

Speaking of game reviews, can you go over the game unusual force 4, it’s a fighting game based off of yakuza. Hope you see this message, and keep doing what you’re doing!

[@asdi6533]

eclipse if you actually enjoyed this, then you ABSOLUTALLY should play ultrakill. It is the game that inspired combat initiation and is something very special. It is in early access and is very fun just like combat innitiation!

[@Chopperjaxon]

eclipse, i know everyone else has already commented on this but this game is massively inspired by ultrakill just with a roguelike twist. The dash system is identical, stamina and all. The style meter is inspired from ultrakill (even though it originated from devil may cry which ultrakill is inspired off of), the sword is the default punch from ultrakill with the satisfying projectile parry and all. Enemies all take inspiration from the masterful enemies of ultrakill, the basic enemies that run at you are based on husks, the giants are based on cerberus, the tanks are based on hideous mass, the flying heads are based on drones, snipers are straight up just sentry turrets and the police enemies are inspired by soldier enemy. The weapons take massive inspiration from the game, especially the concept of weapon synergy which is ultrakill's main fun gimmick. The example you said of the blackhole kunai attracting rockets sound just like how in ultrakill the nailgun can fire a magnet attack with its secondary fire which the rocket launcher can be attracted to. The bosses are also heavily inspired by ultrakill with jason being swordsmachine, the pirate guy being v2 and vagabond being gabriel respectively. If you ever play the game, please make a series on it like how you did metal gear rising or subnautica, the game is straight up awesome. Play ultrakill. Other than that also you should play brickbattler, a game on roblox inspired by ultrakill and devil may cry combined, its really good (and hard).

[@Joneender]

7:20 understandable complaint, but one thing that will absolutely change your gameplay is if you go into that glass tower on the side of the building, which has a trampoline that will launch you to either the top of the building, or sometimes the stratosphere Also what you said about only being able to equip one accesory isnt true, you have 3 points and some accesories take up more points than others. Some of them are also VERY impactful, like the tixplosion or the chef's hat I agree that the leveling system seems useless, but it can also be an indicator of skill, and sometimes there's lobbies that only allow players above a certain level. Modifiers are also a huge game changer, and help with what you said about the game "not having enough higher difficulty choices"

[@user-nf8id6di9b]

I've been playing the game for quite a while and still cant beat it solo😭 very impressive

[@xiaolibraryofruina]

I'd say the main reason no one noticed is because of jet boots, which can carry momentum, which lets you get to a cannon on a tower in less then 5 seconds, its just kinda one of the gears you always want to take for the sheer convenience of jet boots, allowing you to fly around both horizontally and vertically immensely fast

[@mano__diep1318]

grapple hook also works since u can hook to the cannons

[@xiaolibraryofruina]

@@mano__diep1318 yeah

[@bonuslevel0340]

Also you can basically fly with umbrella/flamethrower combo

[@electrohazard6967]

Hi mate, great video, would you be willing to cover a game called Fantastic frontier? Its on the less popular side (barely getting 100 active players atm) but its a game with lots of love and care put into it, and has a loyal community. Keep up the good work!

[@Raso_09]

I played this with 3 of my friends, one of them did play it with me when the 3rd stage was the last one, and the other 2 are not a big fun of this kind of games, and we all STILL had a blast, using the grapling hook to melee the giant dragon robot while my friends dealt with the drones it spawns, while also parrying the missiles back at the giant beast while it disabled my hook, its a thrill you hardly get in other games at least at this level. Glad you played it. Even if it doesn't change much for me, im still glad you enjoyed it.

[@ServeraServera0]

The sword is one of the BEST weapons in the game Between the fact that you can parry (almost) EVERYTHING and that you can use it as a combo with other weapons to even deal more damage it makes it a must have

[@felicxis]

10:27 a budget system was implemented so that you can equip multiple weaker accessories/modifiers (50 regen, +20% sword swing rate, +20% sword range, +10% base cooldown etc etc…) or a single one that is very powerful (+take 50% less damage while your hp is under half and all attacks that would insta kill have their damage capped to 50)

[@feblekrims3586]

I find it funny how the thumbnail gives me the feeling that you had to put your thumbs up so you dont get a Guts & Blackpowder situation again

[@gibey216]

-openned the video -"go play the game" -had a fucking blast playing it with some friends -came back to watch the rest of the video

[@gooos3]

the sword is actually insanely versatile, it can sword pogo which carries momentum, allowing you to fly across the map at mach speeds, the parrying mechanic superboosts projectiles, allowing you to redirect them at your cursor for MASSIVE damage, and best of all the weak spot on the tanks takes like quadrupled damage from swords

[@TH4N3-]

Thank you for finally playing my favourite game! Theres a lot more complex techniques like nuclear reactions and slam dunk if you needed to know. This was my go to game in roblox and seeing you love it, It makes me happy. Love what you do eclipse.

[@Kool-AidDealer]

im so glad I decided to play this game before finishing the video blindly going into that boss fight was insane

[@armanmkrtumyan9618]

i personally get bored very fast from these wave types of games, but if there was some unique interractions or anythink unique to do mid waves, it would improve the gameplay better and it might make it more fun.

[@stonebigman2821]

i was stuck on the final boss until the last server life, good ass game

[@GIitc1ed]

Hey eclipse! Looking at this video and when you were talking about snipers, it reminded me of another game called 'Dummies vs noobs'. Not sure if you have tried it (I'm a bit lazy to check) but playing the game was a very fun experience for me. Just a recommendation for you to try when you're bored!

[@bingus5573]

theres an x on the back of the cannon that you can attack and it deals 3x damage to the cannon, also i reccomend using mroe the sword and its variants, has those parry REALLY good

[@RedblocktheII]

As someone who has been playing this game for over a year, I am SOOO happy you finally covered this one!!! And every single one of your criticisms coincides with my ones, so trust me, you're not alone in thinking the progression and other things fall short. Also you played at exactly THE RIGHT timing because last week a mega update dropped where your favorite stage ( rocket arena) was released. The game used to be worse back then, but it's a game in development and that's to be expected. All we can do is wait and thank the devs for like, everything. Also potoe indeed did create the ost, but someone named FPLester appeared as a cameo artist and made what is currently my favorite theme i the game, king's theme. (castle crusher)

[@Pengus77]

in my opinion, the 3rd stage's verticality is it's strong point, IF you understand the games movement mechanics. if you build your loadout around these movement mechanics, flying around the map at mach one is the most fun I've had on Roblox. although I believe that the tutorials weren't added yet when you made this video, so you wouldntve know about sword pogoing and other amazing tools like it, so I don't blame you

[@Squibward4]

If you enjoy games with good sound design, and roguelites in general, Risk Of Rain 2 is always a good choice

[@kaidenmk3414]

Hey Eclipse, the combat initiation video was good myself has played and loved the game but some problems with that video in my opinion are the sword nitpick and level nitpick 1. The sword nitpick is mostly untrue sword is not only good for mobility but for bosses take Jason he has a lot of attacks that you can parry which deal a ton of damage but also restore you health and sword can be used for mobility for "Pogoing" and scaling walls. (This part is mostly opinion based) but saying the glass houses are weird map is strange the map has cover (houses, tunnles, behind the hills) I get how there isnt very much cover but there still is some and the cannons on the top of the towers can be scaled if you used (jet boots, sword, grapple hook,ect.) Other than that I agree with your video and I think its a really good video!

[@goldenzed6455]

The levelling in this game is more of a indicator of how long you played the game instead of how many features you can access. This isn't the only game to have a levelling like that too. Decaying Winter also had a levelling system where getting to level 10 (or 5? I forgot the requirement for unlocking perks) was the only level where you actually get access to features that impacts your gameplay as it allows you to use perks. Getting to level 10 is very easy. Levelling up anywhere beyond that will simply allow you to buy cosmetics. I like this levelling system as players "level up" by gaining more knowledge, getting more better, and learning certain tech that isn't locked by a harsh level requirement instead of simply grinding the game until you get better gear. This means that players rely more on skill instead of power.

[@TheIceIvy]

This game has me addicted and I'm happy to see eclipse funding this incredible game. Also seeing eclipse can't use sword effectively and finds it okay while I basically can't live without sword and it makes me consider to not use sword as a crutch. But I need my parry against dracobloxx

[@TheIceIvy]

Also finding the sword mostly for parrying is pretty spot on. Unless it's firebrand then I spam it as my main. Or katana to parry everything to hopefully survive while using my secondaries.

[@nartuz5016]

The third map really wants you to have a mobility gear and use jump dashing often. Grappling hook and jet boots make a huge difference in your effectiveness once you get then, not just on the snow stage. You can cross the entire map in seconds, both to run away to heal and to reaching your teammates and high priority targets. They are also extremely fun to use lol Fully agreed with the progression system tho, it feels useless most of the time. They should maybe add some gears and weapons locked behind it. They should also add like 3 passive cosmetic slots so you can really modify your loadout to your liking. More cosmetics neeed to have stat changes too, most of them change nothing at all. I wish the swordpack you unlock after getting 1000 kills on all 3 sword variants boosted your sword damage or something.

[@shadowfighter2461]

so it seems eclipse was not aware of a few things gameplay wise Jumping and Dashing at the same time does a Air Dash, or as I call it a Super Dash. It goes MUCH further than a normal dash and you can carry the momentum from it to move around more efficiently. Hitting your sword on the ground whilst airborne launches you into the air whilst maintaining your momentum. This is called Pogo'ing, and when combined a Super Dash, you can go FAR. These two mechanics allow for quick mobility to close the gap between your destination or an enemy that's far away.

[@DoodooWiper5000]

Hey Eclipse, I just wanted to tell you that the music and the gameplay and all of that is inspired by ULTRAKILL. I played ULTRAKILL myself and it is really fun. Even though it costs money on steam, it is very worth it!🎉 I will recommend this game to you and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.😊

[@shill2920]

3:30 the sword is actually the single best weapon in the game, it just requires alot of skill to unlock its full potential 6:50 theres a bouncy pad in the pit that sends you up

[@cheemsdrip7478]

Rare footage of eclipse actually having fun

[@aidenmvader2317]

the best part about the giant godzilla robot, is that you can parry the man with the sword and its so damn satisfying too

[@mikaelplayz]

I was one of the earliest players who played the game at february and i'm proud that the game gets a lot of recognition of the 2.0.0 update because it is a MASSIVE update and i remember that it took 3-4 months to update the game which is 2.0.0 (excluding the april fools).

[@desaturatedair]

sound design : potoe : most of the ost fplester : king’s theme omnitica : captain’s theme, which is taken from “i’m being reelistic” from just shapes and beats everything else seems to be roblox gears

[@FourthNexus]

I felt it when Eclipse talked about the longevity of Combat Iniciation and comparing it to Hours, because those are two of my top 5 favorite experiences on Roblox.

[@tristanfarmer9031]

Movement is were the sword comes in. You can attack the ground while in first-person. If you time it, you can basically fly around.

[@candyicee]

the sword is for parrying too

[@nebuelle]

Main gripe I have with the game is that all of the enemy types are cool and all but they're done way better in the game's inspiration ULTRAKILL, partially because these enemies feel like they're made more for ULTRAKILL than they are CI. Stuff like how many Wizards can spawn at once, the fact Firefighters can spew flames upwards or the fact you can't outrun or I-Frame through the Sniper shots make the enemies feel really shoddy to me.

[@ThreeMany3]

Mr eclipse thank you for playing “Ultrakill” it means a lot. It was a disappointment to see you belittle my beloved sword but I understand, your play style would never see the full potential of it. Thank you for this amazing video

[@lolypopmaster11]

nah man.... swords are like the backbone of all builds, im not even kidding. being able to parry is huge for most bosses and the explosion for parrying projectiles makes for good early game aoe. dont even get me started on sword pogo, if you werent aware you can go into first person and hit the ground with a sword mid-air to maintain speed, works really well with jump dashing it just lets you zoom around the map at mach 2.

[@Qwadra481]

Hey eclipse, quick tip for subsequent runs; if you jump right after a dash you can perform a sort of super dash that takes more stamina, but lets you travel twice as fast. On top of this, after using one of these you can go into first person and throw either a superball below you (to bounce off of it) or hit the floor with your sword to jump higher and conserve your momentum. No clue why the game never tells you this although it’s an intended feature, but oh boy, as someone who uses it all the time was it a pain to watch you move so slowly. Also play ULTRAKILL, I know that you probably won’t but it plays a LOT like combat initiation, and well… the game’s simply a masterpiece.

[@Azurastral44]

With the newest update, pogoing became something that is learned through the in-game guide, dunno about the superball mechanic, but it's still pretty easy to learn

[@Creeperzilla44-2]

Hey eclipse, the part where you are talking about the tank spawning on a tower is actually really easy to deal with, so let me tell you some counters that make you life easier - 1 : If you noticed the tube, you can actually walk into it and theres an elevator, the elevator will teleport you up the tower, which makes climing up much easier (the tube is where you mentioned the pit area) [i am also not sure if this is true, but its from what i remember] - 2 : If you decide not to do that, you can dash behind the tank and shoot its weak point with a rocket launcher, which might not some viable at first since it flings you, but it deals TONS of dammage (1 shots if you didnt upgrade to bazooka) Also, For the Music, Potoe is the main Producer, And We've seen a little bit of FPLester's work, as he created the King's Theme ! (Wave 35) Potoe Has Created : The Crossroads Theme, Jason's Theme, Chaos Canyon Theme, Glass Houses Theme, Vagabond's Theme, Rocket Arena's Theme (31-35, 36-40) And The Drakobloxxer's Theme.

[@DragoTheSpider]

you can climb walls with swords very quickly, by going up to the wall looking down and hitting the wall with your sword, which makes getting up to the tank easier

[@zephranarx2172]

We need more games like this. *We need more games like this.* *WE NEED MORE GAMES LIKE THIS.*

[@SomeTerrariaEnjoyer]

umbrella + flamethrower works as a jetpack, try it out. and also, if you use flamethrower enough and kill a bunch of enemies at once, you get a hat which makes the flamethrower even better

[@drako.g]

Tip for swords. It can be used as a main weapon. Just use it with rocket launcher to deal with hordes and for mobility. Once you get katana that's when things get rlly good. You can parry practically every projectile and it does a lot of lifesteal and when dealing with drakobloxxer(oddly drako is my name). It's really easy to parry all attacks. And don't even get me started on the fact that you can parry all the bosses.

[@raptormage2209]

I love the weapon synergies in this game, the fact that you can basically your own loadout with a lot of possibilities makes it fun, one that i recently tried out and enjoyed was frost gun, flamethrower and the mine/rocket launcher, its a lot of fun and it its great at cc and aoe .

[@pineplaids]

sword is actually very useful, along with its counterparts, some bosses, if not most require you to be keen with your parries (Vagabond, Swashbuckler, and the final boss, and jason rewards but also punishes you for parrying), and things like katana makes your life easier, as its just faster parries. mind you, theres reactions too, if you use your alternate fire on sling shot into a m1 with sword or paintball or any of its variants, it will either do a SLASH OF TIX ! or RICOSHOT !, these slashes of tix do NOT use the thrown ball, meaning you can spam your m1s on this to a infinite amount, and by the way, swords use pogoing, if youre in the air and you m1 at the ground at the right time, you can bounce and keep momentum, all play styles are welcome and encouraged, theres dare devil equipments that encourage you to be risky, theres some that encourage you to be fast, theres some that even encourage you to tank (by the way, slingshot, paintball gun, and sword heals you if you are close to the target while hitting them), and hats can give you buffs from badges, good luck Eclipse! (by the way, you can spam equip your bb gun for QUICKDRAW !, boosting your damage)

[@explosivpotato4582]

Try Decaying winter Edit: If you do, please do it on a private server, teammate dying will Debuff you, you dying will Debuff teammates

[@miguelpaulo3125]

as u said the sword is better as a secondary weapon. It has a lot of synergies, so its very versatile. If you are in the air you can also climb walls, and combo enemies with the sword by just aiming at them.

[@Firedragon-rm7fo]

This is your sign to play ultrakill 🙏🙏

[@insulte9897]

The final boss of the game is actually based on metal gear ray from mgr:r. You can even parry it's sword and get the [+DOWN TO SIZE!!] style boost

[@Guest-lp7uk]

eclipse, if you go trowel -> wrench you unlock a sentry that you can explode and that explosion is strong enough to get you on top of the super tall tower

[@aidenapple7780]

60 other people have probably said this already, but you should 100% play ultrakill since it's combat initiation's inspiration and has basically every aspect of this game you loved, just amplified a lot with probably the 2nd greatest video game soundtrack (below terraria calamity mod) and one of the best stories in a game.

[@IsmaelQuinto732]

I wasn't that interested in this game at first because I don't like roguelikes. But now seeing that it's basically Ultrakill meets classic Roblox, I might give it a try. Thanks for the recommendation

[@redrhinodino5833]

The only two problems I have with this game, is that they had changed a bit of the bomb/explosion jumping mechanic, but them again it was extremely overpowered and could cheese bosses. I also don't like how long they made me wait for the PEAK that is these updates. Even then these aren't really "problems" I have, just sort of minor annoyances or things I want tweaked. FUCKING AMAZING game.

[@superfred1.9]

I love it when Eclipse reviews games that are actually good instead of ranting about how bad Sol's RNG 274: Tokyo Drift: Electric Boogaloo: The Sequel: Deluxe: Infinity Edition is

[@justanotherdudebeinadude]

Combat initiation is no longer a roguelike. It's a roguelite due to the buffs accessories grant. Very similiar genres though, and still generally a great game.

[@redlink1426]

im already seeing the title: So I finally played Ultrakill (Game Review)

[@ognenstriker5802]

For glass houses you can use dash jump that makes go really fast and if you have rocket boots paired with it you can traverse the entire map in seconds, if not the same dash jump is good enough for mobility. Love your content keep up the great work.

[@weston6314]

Yooo I absolutely love this game too!!!! I definitely recommend revisiting this game soon because theres lots of hidden techs with combinations of weapons like hitting the trowel wall with superball auto targets the superball to enemies. I do understand the weakness of the sword but mention the pogoing tech with the sword and the mobility of it!!!! Truly love this game and your content you a real one