Death's Door Nintendo Switch Review - Is It Worth it?

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[@knightdriver3592]

Sometimes a game doesn’t have to be “new”, it just has to be good.

[@TR-nk3jf]

Well, there's always someone that's experiencing a game for the first time.

[@pringlepop-po2ss]

yesss couldn’t agree more. i could play a ton of mario games cause they’re good not because they’re super new from each other

[@DanielJuarez-gb7gh]

Amen brother!

[@Hypno_BPM]

@@pringlepop-po2ss great thing about Mario games is that they also introduce a gimmick that freshens things up just enough

[@brandonsoto7225]

Happy this came to other platforms. Definitely a hidden gem of this year.

[@your-hermajestyismypronoun7372]

You look adorable in your profile picture

[@brandonsoto7225]

@@your-hermajestyismypronoun7372 Thank you. 🙂

[@mikebarnes7441]

Totally agree. Such a pleasantly surprising release for 2021

[@ryanpolk3141]

Glad y’all liked this so much. I bought it a few days ago. So much fun. And while it may not be anything new. There’s more than enough there and enough uniqueness to keep things exciting

[@halcyonacoustic7366]

The fact that it's hand made and not procedurally generated is a breath of fresh air.

[@ryanpolk3141]

@@halcyonacoustic7366 definitely is. The whole game so far is amazing to look at and just experience. Glad it’s not procedurally generated though too

[@권용대-b5v]

I’ve been waiting for its port since release. A game for Zelda and Souls fans? I’m definitely not missing this!

[@jamiecarlin111]

What is this Soul game?

[@권용대-b5v]

@@jamiecarlin111 Dark Souls!

[@TheBadBuffalo]

Highly recommend Hyper Light Drifter as well

[@권용대-b5v]

@@TheBadBuffalo Brilliant game! I’m considering to play HLD again, maybe next year :)

[@Asf_932]

im gonna buy it someday, but ive bought and have SOOO many games on my backlog, i gotta relax

[@TheSonicHybrid13]

The art style alone makes me wanna play this game

[@omegabrain230]

I love how many unique games are still releasing on the switch

[@css1323]

Games like this continue to give the Switch life. Hope we continue seeing them well into the next iteration of the Switch.

[@omegabrain230]

@@css1323 100% agree with that statement

[@Zodge]

Really enjoyed this one :) I hope their earlier game, Titan Souls, gets on switch too!

[@bunchable1]

I thought it was already?

[@mikebarnes7441]

@@bunchable1 nope, its on the Vita and Android, but for some reason no switch port 🤔

[@chrisalfaro64]

Yeah I play that game long time ago but love it

[@chknrsandTBBTROX73]

“This game really makes you feel like a bird zelda dark soul” -10/10, IGN

[@mikebarnes7441]

Did they really say that? Lol

[@lAcedUpLiss]

Really want a physical copy of this, it looks so good.

[@afguzman714]

Just preordered a copy on special reserve

[@Jay-cm2ow]

@@afguzman714 i saw that the shipping availability is april 2022….its too long to wait. Is that true?

[@XboxNightmare_NM]

I prefer physical as well but I bit the bullet and got this game for Xbox on their Black Friday deals

[@afguzman714]

@@Jay-cm2ow yeah April is their estimate shipping

[@oatmealpng9275]

@@afguzman714 Do they ship internationally?

[@bragelbytes779]

Just ordered a physical copy from Special Reserve! I’m can’t wait!

[@Jay-cm2ow]

i saw that the shipping availability is april 2022….its too long to wait. Is that true?

[@Skyverb]

@@Jay-cm2ow Wait for Limited run games to make one.

[@JustinLeeper]

I’ve watched a couple videos on this game. And that castle boss - the boss that’s a damn castle - always takes my breath away. I think I really should go back and complete Hades before I pick up this game, however.

[@red_planet9278]

Hades is soo freaking good! How did you manage to put it down long enough to watch this video? 😆

[@xxSavageWoodxx]

Yup just finished hades and this is my next game!

[@WaelKdouh]

This game is a masterpiece! I am glad my Xbox gamepass made me come across it. Wow!

[@jamiecarlin111]

What's this Souls game they mentioned? I'm intrigued.

[@TumblingD1C3]

Puts "must play" in the thumbnail and has "is it worth it" in the title.... I somehow think I know your answer haha

[@howieb4217]

My fave game this year. I might double dip on the Switch!

[@wes788411]

Special Reserve is releasing it physically. I never heard of it, but went ahead and bought it as it looks really good.

[@nebiyumeseret]

Just wanted to say I just finished Death's Door last weekend I really enjoyed it! Such a good game :)

[@marianus86]

It looks more like Hades that Zelda, even in the mechanic

[@mikebarnes7441]

Not at all like hades. Outside them both being isometric.. hades does not have a game world that is at all focused on exploration. Deaths Door having a more linear narrative that guides you through the game world while Hades, being a rogue-type game, is sorta the opposite of that, where it is your progress forward in the game world that results in progression through its narrative. The two titles have almost nothing in common past the possible illusion you may get at first glance seeing the isometric camera angle. Both games are gems though!

[@taikuxie2408]

death door is really good worth on switch.

[@mindyjohnson661]

But when will physical copies be available?

[@shadyv5]

Physical copies are available through Special Reserve Games. You can get it for the Nintendo Switch or the PS5. Pre-orders will be from November 23 - January 7. Two options of purchase, either just get the game itself or you can get a Reserve copy. Which includes a special reserve box and a redeem code for titan souls (PC game via steam code.)

[@mindyjohnson661]

@@shadyv5 Thank you 😊

[@AllanKH]

Just got it today, OMG this game is AMAZING

[@jeanschyso]

Oh my god the moving castle boss. just look at it.

[@nowonmetube]

Wdym

[@yonyon5432]

@@nowonmetube all of the bosses in this game look stunning

[@jeanschyso]

@@nowonmetube it looks freaking badass and the animation's super smooth

[@_emory]

*explains the level design* Oh, so it’s dark souls

[@rauendoza3599]

Just picked it up. 10/10 Could not put it down.

[@Dylan-gq3uu]

I want to wait until the physical, but I might not be able to get it until April so I'm considering double dipping

[@Jay-cm2ow]

Even if u order physical, the shipping availability is next year April

[@ssx47]

yes its worth it very beautiful game with enchanting soundtrack and very detailed

[@blizmo2]

It's really good 😎👍 played it on XBox Just pre-ordered the physical special edition

[@jamesjagger1216]

Where from?

[@djdeems5256]

Yeah where please???!!

[@shadyv5]

From Special Reserve Games, you can get a physical copy for the Nintendo Switch or Playstation 5. Can either get the single game or the reserve copy. Pre-orders will be from November 23 - January 7.

[@jamesjagger1216]

@@shadyv5 thanks. Is that for the UK too?

[@shadyv5]

I read on their website that they do offer worldwide shipping. But there may be a higher charge on Shipping and/or taxes for international shipping. If would recommend that you contact their support team if you really want to make sure. Or if you have any other questions or concerns.

[@mikebarnes7441]

Should I buy Death's Door or Raji? Anyone?

[@BoneDog1215]

“in which to plant it in” ya dont need the second in

[@balmain2496]

Can’t wait for this game.

[@Jose-mc5dl]

The only problem that i find is that where i live (Colombia) the game is way more cheaper on steam, the games on switch are such so expensive (including the indies if we compare them to the steam version)

[@100Stratusfiedx]

I think this is the case across multiple countries. In general Nintendo first party games rarely go on sale and the indie games are always more expensive on switch.

[@Terranigma23]

Probably because of regional pricing. In my country (Canada) the Steam price is 23$, on the Switch it's 26.50$. I can't really compare with Colombia because I know that the price is quite intense (also Brasil). There is also the Switch Tax to consider.

[@mikebarnes7441]

@@100Stratusfiedx thankfully indies are on sale quite frequently on switch. How soon that sale might happen into the games release will vary but its a good bet that eventually you'll see a decent sale

[@randybobandy9828]

That's how it is everywhere. Switch games are all expensive in the US too bad steam games are always on sale and cheap. I have so many steam games because of the cheap prices.

[@esk8jaimes]

No English Captions?

[@Kraken54321]

I've got a physical copy ordered. 👍

[@darkraven5626]

Try not to speak for everyone because that was not a good way to start this video at all. Just because a clone of an original game looks "bad" because of the same design and gameply and doesn't "capture what this game can originally do" doesn't mean everyone will be a sheep and automatically hate it. Some will like it some won't. It's simple. Implementing new ideas to a game isn't easy since another company could be using the same idea without knowing. For example I hate Dark Souls games a lot, but they all play the exact same with only just a few new things for each installment which the fans don't mind. How many 2D Super Mario games were made from the last to now that were exactly the same, but introduce a few new stuff? A lot. As long as a game is fun to the player then it literally doesn't matter how "bad" or good it is. Anyway I already have this game on the Playstation and it's a fun one.

[@dominikkorbely5809]

8:29 and then thre's betty's theme

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

I have it on Xbox, great game.

[@FatalityPWN]

Just bought it yesterday and playing it rn. Had $7 in my coins so I said screw it, the game looks good.

[@Barrek]

"That's kafkaesque, yo"

[@flick2flick]

If Diablo and zelda had a baby.

[@schnorks0]

More Zion Personal Thoughts Please 2021!

[@aizazizzat6060]

I had played deaths door on the switch before. Took me a few sittings to get to the urn witch and i never coninued after that because I had stuff come up and then I sold my switch. Sat down to play it on my xbox series S yesterday and it felt like a completely different game, I enjoyed it much more on the xbox.

[@PrestoJacobson]

30FPS on switch is probably why

[@smokeback]

amazing game this is a must play

[@anothergamer112]

You say it's Zelda like, but the isometric camera angle is giving me Diablo vibes.

[@leecrawford6560]

Looks cool, you have a good point on being Jaded( it can happen with a lot of Genres)

[@Anfield_the_place_to_be]

I have all the standard games for switch (Oddesey, Zelda etc), but pretty much just played dead cells for about 200hours😅

[@EasyCartoonDrawingTutorials]

This looks really good.

[@denisruskin348]

Would have got it on Switch but it was half the cost on GoG and can make use of 165fps, pure butter. But it should be stellar on Swich, Unity is well optimised.

[@desh206]

When an ispirication game is good is really good

[@METR0lD]

The frame rate looks like it's all over the place in the footage. I'll have to try the game on something other than the Switch.

[@darth_hylian]

Maybe watch other Switch gameplay videos first. It may have had issues when the video was being captured

[@rauendoza3599]

Not that bad. Like the fact that I can take it portable.

[@Abner_Aharoni]

I'm waiting for Life's Door instead, this game is too dark for me.

[@Howitchewstofeel5gum]

I'm out here still waitin for Light Souls because I'm scared

[@narf1070]

You guys -murdered- this game review about a crow. Teehee.

[@paulgerhard5170]

Don't get it, critics don't like Baldo, but like this one? meh

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

I really don’t like this obsession with “Insert Term” - Like to describe literally every game.

[@jinxenyou8618]

Zelda like .... WTF?

[@timothyogwynn3410]

Yeah this doesn’t seem Zelda at all. Is looks more rogue likeish.

[@DroneCorpse]

@@timothyogwynn3410 it’s a Zelda-like because of the exploration, environmental puzzles, and combat. It is not a roguelike at all since you don’t get reset to the start of the game, or lose progress. Words have meaning, you can look them up for free.

[@timothyogwynn3410]

@@DroneCorpse Reconsider the way you engage with people online, there’s no need to be rude.

[@timothyogwynn3410]

@@DroneCorpse I didn’t say it was a rogue like… but it looks more like one than any Zelda game. Isometric layout, enemies that spawn out of nowhere, a storefront to buy upgraded stats, etc.

[@GamesDamesFlames]

I get tunic vibes

[@carpr2013]

You kept repeating it brings nothing new so many times like the majority of games in recent year did anything new in the first place. The only game that actually may have done new things in recent memory is botw.

[@mikebarnes7441]

Uhhm, excuse me? Hades?

[@pteale]

There are many things they got wrong with this game - no map - health plants are often far away - doesn't seem to be anyway to block the enemies hits so your just a sponge till you die - if you die you start back at the door - no difficulty levels, it's just difficult It's just a very frustrating game that could have been a classic

[@rickster008]

It looks like Oninaki

[@GTAMONTHLYS]

Yessss it came to switch

[@joeyfarris2543]

Not enough lovely people so it's a 4 out of 10 for the review and a 7.5 out of 10 for the game 👍😎

[@galenburnett9791]

I've been stung HARD this year by games which all have in common isometric camera-angles: I wish I had researched Hades just a BIT harder before buying it to have known how the whole game is really just a SUPER grind; 3D World was like a taking an open-top tour-bus ride in a city like London but on the wettest day of the year; and Link's Awakening--Remake just sucked, HAAAAARD. BUT, this one does look pretty good and I'm not traumatised enough by isometric camera-angles just YET to forsake all games made with them. Cheers for the preview!

[@elliemoo8476]

Have you played Ori?

[@galenburnett9791]

@@elliemoo8476 Isn't that a 2D platformer, not an isometric-camera-angle game? I like 2D platformers generally.

[@maestro7626]

I always knew this would come to switch

[@ZeNex74]

Want.. way too much in my backlog

[@ICharlyl]

I haven't played this game, I don't know what it is about, but i kinda wish you can turn off the blood splatter, I don't have anything against blood, hell, I'm an MD, and im totally used to play violent games, but idk, there's something about the blood here that makes me feel like it doesn't belong, I think that I'd enjoy it more if I could turn it off.

[@MasterReshi]

No one cares buy it or don't

[@gassie8952]

You can turn it off, but in my opinion it is just a good game not great

[@ICharlyl]

@@akumakurosawa that's great to know, thanks!

[@rodneykelly3889]

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[@shafserious2805]

A crow wtf

[@leandrodelima8847]

Why can't top down Zelda be this cool and challenging? Sad

[@MEDUSAvsSHOE]

Pretty overrated imo.

[@basedghostcoasttocoast]

Zion forgot to introduce himself or herself with his or her pronouns so now i dont know what to call him or her... 🤡🌎

[@jaynelson1762]

Unfortunately I find it’s plays more like Dark souls than Zelda and I can not stand Dark souls. Nintendo really need to implement a refund system.

[@barbanegra-edwardthatch-6392]

now every game is “zelda-like” 🙄

[@sultan_3864]

Name them based on what NL covered

[@Jackbarrany]

It is a very large genre though.

[@sultan_3864]

@@Jackbarrany yeah

[@sultan_3864]

It doesn’t have to have every single element from Zelda. That’s why these types of games are inspired by zelda

[@chesterfieldthe3rd929]

Not enough color. Seems drab.

[@lioness7613]

Second

[@Jim55324]

I can never finish these type of indie games because I get bored and play something else. They just feel empty and copy-pasted. I prefer the lower budget indie games to be short and sweet, like Toree 3D or A Short Hike. Just my opinion.

[@nightwishpower]

Comparing this crap to zelda? O_o

[@micabryant4513]

It looks pretty drab and ugly looking, could do with more colours

[@pteale]

The first thing you get to fight in the game is a boss and it's too difficult to avoid and you only have low health so no chance, avoid this game

[@Big_Dai]

zion, the most boring of the 3..

[@gavinrozee]

And the least irritating ☺️