Enderal (a Skyrim mod)

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[@GrayFoxHound9]

"Well i don't respect their culture either, so i'm gonna rob their crypt" - basically any player action in games in a nutshell

[@BSideWasTaken]

The British mindset.

[@alphabromega859]

they somehow made Skyrim a tight traditional RPG, made the best representation of a city since Daggerfall and crafted a pretty good narrative. Big fan of Enderal.

[@Gniew2]

I'd say the best city would be Novigrad. Especially the poor district.

[@mortemtyrannus8813]

@@Gniew2 I think he means in the Skyrim engine. And in that regard, Solitude with the Enhanced Solitude and Enhanced Solitude Docks mods. The entire city turns into a mini-Novigrad, extending from half-way to Dragon's Bridge to half-way to the Solitude Lighthouse outside the walls and doubles to triples in size inside the walls.

[@Gniew2]

@@mortemtyrannus8813 Thanks for the recommendation!

[@dzejrid]

The narrative is basically a rehash of Mass Effect, almost to a T. If you played ME before, you realise it pretty quickly and from then on the whole story loses it's appeal because you know what is going to happen next. The only real difference is the scenography. I was sad and disappointed when I realised that.

[@alphabromega859]

@@dzejrid A ME is a carbon copu of 3 previous Bioware games. I cant complain

[@booradley6832]

The "child" voice actor is most likely an adult or at least adolescent female instead of a child. 99% of child voice acting is done by having women change their inflection.

[@carstenbellazon2702]

The German voices are a lot better. Got many professional speakers, all for free

[@RainCloudVideos]

Her voice acting for women is terrible too. I have to stop myself from throwing a fireball at the annoying bread lady screaming in ark everytime I go there (same voice actor).

[@Br0leg]

I've been binging your reviews for the past two days, a very underrated and entertaining channel, hats off to you :D

[@FecklessandKekless]

Right? Such a "human personality" too. Usually youtube reviews/video essays feel so fake, but warlock videos sound like i just handed my best buddy a beer and asked if he's "played anything good lately"

[@Ellimist000]

Me too!

[@crow__bar]

Honestly reviewing Enderal critically is such a tough job for me. Because every time I find something I don't particularly like, or I have a minor bug take me out of the game I just can't stop thinking about the fact that this thing is free. Like, there are games that cost 60 bucks and take like 10 hours to complete. Enderal easily gives you over a hundred hours of (mostly) professional level content. Not to mention the fact that the DLC for the game was also free. Like, how can you compare that to anything else on the market rn. Is it the best game ever made? No. Does it have the best and most original story ever made? Also no. But it sure does an extremely good job at being an amazing game filled with unique characters, a solid overall plot and quests that will make you cry and question your entire existence. And once again, all of that whilst literally not costing a single penny. Even with all of its flaws, Enderal is and will remain one of my favourite games of all time, thanks to a dedicated and a hard working team wanting to tell their story.

[@carver8609]

Enderal plot blew my mind to be honest i really like it and its enderal being free is crime

[@issintf925]

What is also cool about enderal is that the development is very active. They frequently make bugfixes. I am 100% sure that surai patches bugs on this game better than Bethesda does

[@chase_h.01]

I truely feel many of its problems are due to the limitations of the engine. But just how I feel about New Vegas, it doesnt stop me from loving it

[@nicolasbouchard6331]

Let's be honest the soundtrack is the best ever

[@ZorotheGallade]

Enderal would be what Skyrim was meant to be all along if it was made by a large enough studio with a big budget. It's unfortunate that as you play you can always see the parts where they had to cut corners.

[@themidnighttrain3045]

So they were given a toy box made by Todd Howard and made a story with the toys they found

[@TheBard1999]

that's an oversimplification of modding but yes.

[@sebs-shenanigans]

Not really, I'd say by using the toys they found and bringing some of their own the lads managed to craft enderal.

[@themidnighttrain3045]

Yeah

[@ronb7189]

Remember when gamers used to believe that Todd Howard was one of the good guys in the gaming business, now his a meme.

[@sebs-shenanigans]

@@ronb7189 when you're balls deep in such vast businesses. Being good or bad stops being important. The cash you bring in on the other hand...

[@emanuellopes6166]

It is insane the amount of effort and research that you do just for a single, about one hour, video

[@alexr.m.6382]

Nice to know Ondusi the scroll guy is still canon in this universe

[@Warlockracy]

Lmao yeah

[@sebs-shenanigans]

Also, I've heard that SurAI are now working on a third game built on Unreal engine. So we might experience Vyn in new shades soon enough

[@SephonDK]

Sadly, it's not an RPG at least. I'm not sure it's going to be the same world either, and the main writer has left the company to do his own stuff. Still - I'm looking forward to it HARD. It has the potential to be as excellent as Enderal.

[@sebs-shenanigans]

@@SephonDK wait wot? Far as I knew it was set in Vyn as well, on one of the continents mentioned in lore. Maybe I'm wrong though

[@SephonDK]

@@sebs-shenanigans The only thing I'm not sure about in regards to the above points is whether it's set on Vyn or not. I simply don't know. But I do know it's not going to be an open world RPG in the vein of Enderal. It's too much to take on for a tiny studio - the Creation engine, while ass, was an easement for them to do massive stuff like Enderal and Nehrim. While Enderal's cult following is massively loyal and wants to give them all the money, it's still just a niche release. Personally I just want some investor to give them a big fat check so they can go the path of Obsidian. But as is - niche, skilled team building a game following a great cult game. Not something that necessarily gives them money beyond landing some great jobs in the industry (which happened for a lot of the team, deservedly so.)

[@sebs-shenanigans]

@@SephonDK for that I'd say one thing, patience. If these lads can prove they can create an independent game that sells well, their team can slowly start growing in numbers. Eventually they can reach the size of a proper openworld dev team.

[@SephonDK]

@@sebs-shenanigans oh god I hope so!

[@kbelflower]

I love how you review games and mods - it's so unique and interesting, maintaining a comedic flow while also providing excellent feedback on the way these games actually work on a minute to minute basis. I've been watching some of your videos from oldest to newest just to see the evolution, and this two year old video goes hard today. Thank you for making my day better :)

[@fearjunkie]

My jaw dropped when you revealed that all the stuff you covered was only Act 1.

[@Warlockracy]

And there are two more quests in Act 1. It’s a huge game.

[@artrosis56]

Enderal, for all its faults and flaws, has me enamoured. Ever since I first played it years ago... The emotion, the fear, the intrigue it made me feel hasn't waned. It's very exciting to know when new people try it and hear their opinions.

[@mrp8171]

"I never expected these feels from a video game" Me, a Planescape Torment Fan: First time?

[@yeti112]

I wouldn't mind if Skyrim's books were voice acted. Voiced by Dagoth Ur of course.

[@ZorotheGallade]

Mechanically, Enderal is great. Pros: -Getting XP from enemies no matter how they die means you are rewarded all the same for killing them in unconventional ways, such as throwing them off ledges or having them step on flaming oil or other traps. You don't have the nagging feeling of "Yes that was good but I didn't hit them with my sword so I got no experience" when you actually outsmart an enemy -Perk trees make some specific playstyles like summoner or werewolf much more appealing. Unfortunately some others like unarmed fighter aren't supported. -Quality of life personal chests everywhere help you take a load off your backpack, which balances the absence of permanent followers -Loot and area difficulty are mostly fixed, with only bonus rewards being rolled from time to time. You don't miss out on scaled items by getting them early -Spells scale better with skill level and have different version of each, meaning you don't have to give up on your stream lightning spell once you start casting Chain Lightning -Armor sets with large bonuses to a specific playstyle let you stay ahead of the difficulty curve even before you can afford the crafting needed to create endgame gear -Carry weight is upgraded via ice claws, which means you don't get screwed out of carrying capacity if you don't upgrade stamina -The bank gives you a steady trickle income of money once you make a high enough deposit and a desirable target for burglary once your lockpicking is high enough Cons: -Learning skills from books getls very expensive -Limited Crafting points means you have to choose between crafting and utility skills like Rhetoric and Lockpicking -Perks with multiple levels are rare, which menas you won't have much to spend your points on once you've gotten all of the ones you need for your build -The Arcane Fever mechanic feels like an afterthought. By the time you reach Ark you can grab ingredients and craft Ambrosia in bulk, and since Ambrosia efficiency is fixed you can never level up Alchemy and still be able to spam healing potions with the only downside bringing about one ambrosia per 3-4 healing potions you have. -A lot of quest-related places have rough railroading or stonewalling to ensure you don't stray from the intended path

[@JarlFrank]

The most direct translation of Wiedergänger I could think of is revenant. Its literal translation would be "Again-walker", so revenant fits best.

[@JarlFrank]

@@himlensvapen Ayy!

[@NarsMcain]

Man I just finished it, and I just have to say you have a really awesome style of... I want to say either editing or pacing but I guess they go hand in hand. I'm glad I didn't watch this while cooking or something cause I definitely lost track of time. Cant wait to see you tackle the side quests but at the same time I gotta finish them all on my end!!

[@Warlockracy]

Thanks!

[@DaoistYeashikAli]

Arcanum is my all time favorite setting for an rpg

[@Warlockracy]

Arcanum owns dude

[@planescaped]

It was such a well done version of a fantasy world set during a Victorian-era Industrial Revolution. It's still to this day fairly unique. We have a modern-fantasy setting with Shadowrun, but I'm surprised there hasn't been another crack at the "What if D&D went through an Industrial Revolution/Napoleonic Era" type game. Think The 80 Years and Crimean Wars and African Colonialism... only with Orcs, and Dwarves. :P How would complex geopolitics and a massive history that'd have to be written and fleshed out effect a fantasy world with magic and dragons? Arcanum was a step in that direction... but no one ever took the next step and ran with it. Most games that do are in that fairytale area Warlockracy talked about, like FF7. It has radios and electricity and trains but it really had no impact on the story or even the feel of the setting, one could cut all of that out and with minor rewrites it'd make almost no difference. A fantasy game set during an equivalent of WW1 would be fascinating. But the amount of backstory to really give it the feel it'd need would be *staggering*

[@ronb7189]

Loved Arcanum, the combat is really what holds the game but the setting and the narrative execution is just brilliant. Troika games was really something else, they really didn't last long and they were only able to release like 3 games but each of those games was crafted by devs who really cared.

[@Paul_Vaughn]

@@planescaped I'd love to make a series of games based around that setting; start with like a Skyrim game, then move onto like a Victorian/Industrial Revolution game, then end the series with the WWI game that's been setup by all the other games, with decisions you've made in previous games shaping how the third game goes ala Mass Effect's choices

[@josephmatthews7698]

​@@Paul_Vaughnwelp, get you a couple million buckaroos and get to work.

[@legion999]

I remember once suddenly stopping for 10 mins in the middle of burglarising a tavern to listen to The Wayward Wanderer through a wall, with moist eyes. That was great.

[@Aereo40]

this channel is criminally underrated

[@Denis-lp3pz]

I love how enthusiasts are the main driving force behind role-playing games evolution

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

In some way RPG fans never never stopped being dedicated nerds that can put entire lifetimes into it. Who cares if Todd Howards was in the chess club, that is the kind of token trait to be accepted, but not what makes a real roleplayer.

[@brunoactis1104]

It's been like that for some time now for most forms of art since we started to get into late capitalism. Music for instance, it used to be that every single development in music was done by studios based musicians, sometimes hugely famous (The Beatles) and sometimes not so much (The Velvet Underground), but regardless they all had capital behind them. Now it's random individual people that post their music on the internet.

[@chainsofgames]

Two minutes in and you already got me laughing

[@mplaysstuff]

I absolutely loved enderal, got a good 120 hours out of it just doing the main questline and a good portion of the side stuff. I can definitely see where other ppl are coming from when they say it's too exposition heavy but at the same time I think it's justified by just how much content is there in the whole thang. Also thought that point you brought up with the two axis, creativity vs technique, was super neat. It did really feel like I was playing a book sometimes. Though I really liked that about it :)

[@uamsnof]

Warlockracy, you crack me up so hard. Your deadpan sarcasm/sass has me LOL-ing for real. A friend of mine worked on this game, but I never got to play it. I was shocked to see his face in 22:20 on the right-hand side (black and white head), under "Gesucht wird Max Schönenbluts"

[@MadAlienArt]

Enderal, now thats a game i need to play... maybe after i finish morrowinds main quest

[@aquariandawn4750]

Skyrim is my playground, Morrowind is my home.

[@jori_4430]

What a great channel, showing me a side of modding and role-play games that i never knew existed. Easily as good as the other deep dive game review channels.

[@Warlockracy]

Thanks!

[@townwitchdoctor5538]

There's a mod for Skyrim that turns all the books ingame into audiobooks, think it conflicts slightly with the reverb mod though. It's okay outside but inside the volume is way too loud and I couldn't find a slider to turn it down. It's pretty good though, you can carry on with your adventures while the voice narrates the stories. I think of it as your character remembering the book they read the night before as they set out for new adventures.

[@induspherix]

Sweet mercy! I am very pleased by this commentary. I am not sure if I remember the last time I found something so brilliant in clarity coupled with hilariously sublime in the choice of words.

[@ryang1480]

I played through Enderal but stopped playing because I grew dissatisfied with a few things you'll eventually (probably) mention in later parts of the series and never beat the game because of it. However I love the leveling system, the world and everything else. The music is probably my favorite part, love to see these videos from you. They're very cozy to watch.

[@kimkimpa5150]

My advice: Finish it. The ending is easily worth it. Trust me. It's like the top 5 game endings of all time in my opinion, and I've been playing video games since the mid 90s.

[@Ilwenray85]

Well... his choice was correct if he realized what was going to happen and wanted to avoid it. One could argue that the best ending to the game is to not play the game to the end. But if you think of it as a novel and separate yourself from the content, just like with a book you keep reading because you want to see what the story is going on.

[@pendantblade6361]

This channel is severely underrated.

[@ahenathon]

Tell me where you rate YT channels and I will consider voting.

[@BobExcalibur]

@@ahenathon You click the like button and post the video on relevant discord channels.

[@ahenathon]

@@BobExcalibur I do not use discord. I am a lower level nerd.

[@Devio291]

Damn I love your reviews. I could watch your videos for hours

[@mercs7849]

Too bad you can't, like, play it twice. The twists are so good, but you kinda get everything out of the game in a single playthrough. It IS a massive game tho. Just not fit for that skyrim-ish "oh I am a simple town khajiit don't mind me" kind of gameplay. But the plot. Oh boy. The twists and turns are just brilliant.

[@MonotoneGaming]

I played it twice and the second playthrough you understand all the foreshadowing and hints so much better, you'll go 'ohh right that's what that is/what that meant!' There is way more replay value here than skyrim

[@DanTheIsh]

Totally! The world is shaped around the main and side quests and the "chosen one" main character makes the roleplaying part minimal. Such a shame!

[@YuiFunami]

yeah the only real replayability is to do it for trying different builds the plot itself is hard to do again

[@zenoist2101]

Yep

[@YuiFunami]

also since the enderal lore is evolving with stuff like the latest book that retcons some stuff on purpose

[@nejrunia4334]

this video, much like exploring a game world, felt like i was being immersed in a whole new experience with each scene change. subbed.

[@Warlockracy]

Thanks!!!

[@Ezekiel_Kleyer]

I love this game so much. When I first discovered it I played almost 20 hours without pause finished also half of the side quests and when I became a Keeper I decided to sleep. Next day my save file was corrupted and I didn't touched it for two months. Loved every minute of it!

[@joeycaprio6091]

"I am somewhat suspicious of 2D people" One of many gems I got a proper chuckle out of. Keep up the good work brother! I only just stumbled on to your channel (by way of the dark and winding KZbin road I found your Vampire the Masquerade video a few days back) - I have since made it a point to peruse your entire catalog... Not to ride your jock, but I'm glad I did, your content has proven to be genuinely entertaining. I'll say this: you seem to really enjoy the content you are making... I hope that's true! Obviously I have no real insight into your thinking or what it was that compelled you to start doing these, but I have always maintained a man's love of his craft shines through his finished products... All of that is to say that (selfishly, I admit) I truly hope this is something you enjoy doing and that you find a way to make your living doing it... Because I REALLY want to keep watching more of these!

[@statuz6947]

My favorite mod and favorite youtuber combinded.....can't wait for more!

[@BobExcalibur]

The Dorian Grey Eat The Rich side quest didn't quite come together for me. If there has been a pattern of behaviour with extremely wealthy and powerful people dying shortly after getting their portrait by the enigmatic recluse I think that's the kind of thing that'll get the extremely pious Enderaleans erecting a witch pyre by victim three.

[@Warlockracy]

it's one of them "Enderal is a fairy tale" things

[@convenientEstelle]

Warlockracy says they die after a few "days" but the lady says "moons", which means something like months, so it would make a bit more sense that she wouldn't be caught.

[@ZorotheGallade]

Yeah, it would be the same as them dying a few months after they commissioned a famous carpenter to renovate their balcony. A string of coincidences, but not exactly damning.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Even more so if all these deaths are due to seemingly unrelated incidents. For them to connect it to the paintings there needs to be a plausible relation.

[@zf9903]

@@convenientEstellemisunderstanding “moons” to mean “nights” instead of “lunar cycles” is understandable.

[@misterkefir]

I actually enjoyed this mod a lot. The story was pretty cool and the atmosphere was amazing.. anyways, thanks for the video. Cheers.

[@sapiensfromterra5103]

Dude you here? This causes confusion and delay...

[@misterkefir]

@@sapiensfromterra5103 I like RPGs. Glad to see you're also a man of high culture.

[@sapiensfromterra5103]

@@misterkefir Me too, best genre really. Good taste in "non game-related" content you have! :D

[@Glogdome]

sheds a lot of good light on a mod I dropped halfway through the tutorial. Perhaps I'll give it another try. great vid as always

[@The_Cosmic_Navigator]

Always a good way to end my workday when Warlockracy posts a vid.

[@b.r.5981]

I found this channel yesterday after some youtube magic and a few scoobadiving into the fallout 1/2 mods search, and oh boy I love you man. Keep it up, i want to see you with sseth and mandalore on the same throne!

[@Warlockracy]

Thanks!!!

[@zerotalent2470]

this channel is brilliant.

[@jibbmuffly2416]

22:41 "penisy" caught me so off-guard that I just about fell out of my chair laughing

[@GeneralKitten]

your uploads delight and entertain me, thanks for the content.

[@waffles6395]

Such an underrated channel, keep up the good work bro

[@ApocalypticRadish]

Another great video. I had a bit of trouble getting into Enderal but this definitely makes me want to give it another shot.

[@JarlFrank]

>mentions Age of Decadence I hope that means we can expect a review on this at some point

[@Warlockracy]

For sure. But I’ll prolly first need to make a historical vid about THE DECLINE of olden style RPGs in order to provide context for AoD.

[@JarlFrank]

@@Warlockracy Of course! AoD isn't thinkable without the prehistory of Vince D. Weller and his disappointment with THE DECLINE.

[@ShallowContrarian]

First I learned I have no classes and then you upload a video? Christmas has come really early it seems

[@bonbonbot8444]

I have have 320+ hours on this game and I play a different build each time. I love the characters in this game so much. They feel almost real. I love how much attention they gave to the romance arc and how much detailed and perfectly written the DLCs are. I heard many people say that this game doesn't have much replayable value but they are wrong. It hits so different when you play it again. That Ahh moments when you realise oh so this is what was happening. There is so many hidden things in the game. I love this game to the core.

[@mariomachadovieirabisneto4612]

I really like your takes on mods

[@carolthe13th60]

I just discovered your channel and loved your take on one of my favorite games. The question you asked at the end may be answered for you if you do a quest you can get from Frostcliff Tavern. All you have to do is listen in on a conversation and the quest begins. This quest is a new one added by the dlc . If you do this quest, and I highly recommend it, make sure to read the relevant book that you find at one of the many locations to which you have to travel. The castle in the Dark Valley, is home to a book called The Book of Kadath. I believe this is the only book on the subject of who is behind the cycle, in the game. I also believe there is only one copy as I haven't been able to find it anywhere else. Whether or not you believe what is in the book is up to you, but it makes a lot of sense to me. Also, if you want to do a charming little quest involving a ghost pig by the name of Cuthbert, read a notice in Duneville I read that the mod authors were kind of upset that almost all of their quests had questionable endings, to say the least, and they wanted to do one that ended in a way that makes you feel really good. It is kind of aggravating as you have to literally walk on a tightrope in order to talk to the quest giver in Duneville and I'm afraid of heights, so there is that. By the way, you have a new subscriber. Great job!

[@MrOllie7912]

Great video, love your review style, very refreshing and unique. Keep up the good work!

[@issintf925]

Thanks for making this video. I loved every second of this game, and I am glad to see others having fun with it too.

[@Karwelas]

Love your videos Warlock, but not a big fan of Enderal - as few people mentioned, it has way too big reliance of cutscene incompetence, the play on "you can't change anything bubba", but it has some good character characterization and background lore. Not fan of it's main story and villain, but overall, it isn't bad. (BUT AOD IS, ELEVEN FUCKING YEARS). I love that someone already mentioned Gothic, love that game and Risen even more. Hope these two big mods will be released.

[@sunset7424]

I don't know if you'll see my comment but I've been binge watching your content, at first I didnt vibe with the style of your videos but after watching more and more I've fallen in love with how unique it is and notice the sheer amount of effort you put into these that I couldn't help but subcribe and create a list of these mods and place some of the games you review on a wishlist. Keep it up you're awesome I've already started reccommending your vids to my friends.

[@GamingYooler]

Enderal is definitely the best German RPG. One of my favourite games of all time even.

[@josephmatthews7698]

Someone's never played Gothic.

[@GamingYooler]

@@josephmatthews7698I have and I stand by what I said.

[@phoenix05892]

My favorite thing they did was the magic. To start off, I didn't know what to expect from this, so I started with the good old stealth archer and on the side, I specialized in Psionics (Illusions) and Entropy (Conjuration) since I needed allies to help in fights and I really liked that some Psionic spells can do things like paralyze targets on top of doing damage. Anyway, I eventually found myself struggling to do enough damage with the bow so for the heck of it, I used some Psionic spells and immediately fell in love. Turns out there's tons of amplifiers aside from enchantment that make spells much stronger. I loved that I was able to have fun and enjoy a build aside from stealth archer, especially a magic one.

[@Callaxes]

Totally agree with Age of Decadence being in the top tier with how it tells it's story. If any game deserves a Warlockracy video, it's that one. Also love that you take swing at the writing in Baldurs Gate 2. There's a reason I always go solo whenever I replay that game.

[@StalkerOfTheZone]

I played Nehrim and some Enderal before, should find the time to finish it. My favorite part from the games is the the dungeons. They are just so creative and unique!

[@inquerion8867]

Try Arktwend (2007) for Morrowind too. You will met some important character from Nehrim...

[@Superschokokeks]

Wait. Three years ago??? I've followed you for over three years now? Oh my god. Time flies fast

[@Ilwenray85]

You know... those black-outs at the beginning where you just lose conscience are intended for the message: "you are not in control of your actions" and at least for me, worked pretty well to understand what this game/interactive novel was going to be and that my character was just the protagonist of the story the author wanted to tell and I was needed to keep that story moving forward but certainly was not going to be what I would call my own and roleplay/write my own history. Edit: Because of that, when the story foreshadows things I understood and believed them. Just like when I read books and connect the dots in the argument.

[@gronndar]

Now I really need to play this and that Oblivion "prequel" mod

[@TheOneHoddToward]

There is a Morrowind pre-prequel but I don't recall its name

[@Warlockracy]

There are two of them actually. SureAI website has both.

[@TheOneHoddToward]

@@Warlockracy Every day is a school day!

[@inquerion8867]

​@@TheOneHoddToward Arktwend (2007) is quite good [not on the level of Enderal, or even Nehrim, though]. At least, first half of it. Second one kinda drags on, and there is a lot of plotholes. . You will meet some important character from Nehrim, though and gameplay, including RPG part, is interesting. I had a lot of fun just exploring the map. Myar Aranath (2005). This one, I couldn't get to properly work. There is english translation, but it is kind of broken; I got races from vanilla Morrowind, instead of the Myar one. Story was pretty bad and is not really connected to the further games. If you can get it to work in english properly, or you just know german, it may be worth to try.

[@GrosserHund87]

I’m sorry, but AoD’s writing is anything but concise. The text dumps in that game, sometimes being mostly descriptions and not actual dialog, are huge and edited in a way that’s cumbersome to read; Torment’s writing is leagues above it.

[@Warlockracy]

There are 2-3 big dumps in this game, the rest is concise.

[@minerman60101]

I'm definitely going to give this a try--after my massive gaming backlog is shaved down a bit

[@lop90ful1]

Ohh yes im soo excited for your next Enderal video. I could watch this video for another like 2h

[@plebicite3704]

a bit late to the party here but like damn. Even with this games flaws it truly is one of the best games that exist on the creation engine. Its just soo damn GOOD

[@muttipi]

Love the imagery you use to represent red madness in this review.

[@Ava_Marbles]

Love the video! I'm amazed by the amount of work put into these mods.

[@joaofrizzera7798]

You must be one of the few gaming KZbinrs who I always gladly watch a 50 minute video. Keep up the great work!

[@NomisIsGozulike]

"I'm having second thoughts about giving the bio weapon samples to the government" Hilarious line!

[@PokeWeekly]

Its a damn shame that they cant really get legally paid for this. Unless it on creation club... but i digress

[@TooDarnEasy]

"This wont be the last Enderal video" but wheres the next one hiding!!??

[@Warlockracy]

You can find it in the playlists section. I unlist weaker videos sometimes.

[@TooDarnEasy]

@@Warlockracy my hero thank you i had no idea it actually existed

[@NarsMcain]

Enderal to me, atleast is the easiest German RPG to digest. Gothic could also be there too but everyone I try to introduce it too see it's age and would just rather play fable for the 100th time. It's funny how the most active mod for the game "Enderal Gameplay Overhaul" makes the game feel so much more German, atleast in the attempt of mechanical brutality from the original. I personally have to play another playthrough just with that mod but what little I tried with it really changed my approach to playing the game but I'm getting a bit sidetracked haha. I would say it's my favorite German RPG bur there's so much more of them to play before I can even consider myself qualified :P

[@Ilwenray85]

Same, I can't consider myself qualified to answer the question at the end of the video either. I kind of wished I played those games when they were released, now just from the rust in them they feel mechanically too uncomfortable to enjoy them. I can still remember the anger at the Gothic clunky fighting system, but the game was good and I kept trying.

[@Ilwenray85]

True, most of what came out of Germany are either Shooters or RTS. And the RPGs are old and... I was going to say bad but what I mean is "aged poorly". Is not so much about a sub-genre and more like the few they are, all have something in common. I have started only a few of them: -Albion -Ambermoon -*Arcania (Gothic)* -Arcatera -Blackguards -Blood Knights -Champions of Anteria -CrossCode -The Dark Eye: Demonicon -The Drakensang saga -*ELEX* -*Enderal* -The Fall: Last Days of Gaia -Fate: Gates of Dawn -*Gothic* Saga -Lord of the Fallen -Might & Magic X: Legacy -*Nehrim: At Fate's Edge* -Realms of Arkania Saga -The Return of Medusa -*Risen* saga -Sacred saga -Spellforce saga (curious mix of RTS and RPG) -The Surge saga -Venetica

[@NarsMcain]

@Jahtzee how do you like ELEX?

[@Ilwenray85]

Was the question about ELEX directed at me? If it was, mmm... I love/hate it. The game forces you (like Gothic) to pick a faction. And I hated them all. So I ended up picking the faction that benefits a playstyle instead of the narrative I wanted to follow. That created an interesting conflict, however. Do I recommend it? If you enjoyed Gothic sure. Edit: And the list is big because I was including all kinds of RPG, including turn-based, not only action RPG. With only action RPG, the list is even shorter.

[@NarsMcain]

@@Ilwenray85 sorry I meant to reply to you, I think I might check it out in this case. Thanks!!

[@CaptainChloroform]

WOOOOOOOO thats what we've been waiting for thats what its all about!

[@bwcmakro]

"This is not the last video on Enderal" - 3 years later...

[@Warlockracy]

There is another Enderal vid in the playlists

[@LonelyKnightess]

@@Warlockracy Thanks for still replying to comments! Are there any more unlisted videos out in the wild? I'm on a binge of your content like an addict desperate for a new hit lol.

[@ytera8130]

Such an underrated channel. Keep up the good work!

[@dashiellgillingham4579]

43:50 *Winces in literature student* We create stories by assembling a plot that fits with and allows us to transfer a pre-existing perception of the world, because in all cases that word is used, that is what we are doing. Anyway...

[@kitsuneking6969]

I just found this today and haven't really played much but it looks awesome! Can't wait to hop in!

[@andreydoronin6995]

9:55 If I remember right, it's actually how things were like in the Medieval times in Europe. Many people know that strict social order existed (knights, clergy, commonfolk etc) but some occupations were also here hereditary, especially when it comes to someone like a smith.

[@liltick102]

32:46 In the West Channel there is a light projector that is an intractable exhibit that credits it’s creation to Barnabas the Mechanic

[@DanTheIsh]

Enderal is great! Beautiful world, nice quests. What breaks it is the "chosen one" main character. Don't think I like that too much

[@PrimusGladius]

It kinda flips the chosen one component on it's head by the end though. Chosen ones are supposed to be special hero's who save the world. [Spoilers]: Yet you're just a pawn who plays into that role in order to end it.

[@DanTheIsh]

@@PrimusGladius Teenage me would have loved that archetype. Right now, I would have loved to play it as a merchant bodyguard, as a town butcher, etc. Being the protagonist just don't fill it anymore, I don't know.

[@PrimusGladius]

@@DanTheIsh Now that would be true freedom in roleplaying. I myself always liked the idea of being the everyman. Picture a grand narrative unfolding in a world, yet the hero is some NPC you interact with sparingly, while your own story is the real tale of the game.

[@DanTheIsh]

@@PrimusGladius The idea of a world that is not handed to you nor is it design to support the choices of a few chosen ones. Exactly what I've been looking for on an Rpg, of late. That world building that makes you feel like "there is much happening around you, not all is on your level".

[@sebs-shenanigans]

Comment N°1 (too impatient of a manchild I am): In all honesty I always found the levelup to be vastly flawed in both Skyrim and Enderal (personally i think this is worse in the latter). In the former, you practice yourself into an utter genius who knows all and does all, in the latter you can't lift a rock without consulting an encyclopedia. I believe mixing those two would be a right call, I.e you can perfect yourself up to some level but cannot evolve past a certain threshhold unless you do some research and reading of your own. While I am not the sharpest tool in the shed, I also think the mechanics of leveling up skills is delivered somewhat poorly which is why i barely got off the begginner level after doing what, 78% of the game.

[@Warlockracy]

A better system would be something like Nehrim-but-with-perks (psychologically satisfying, enables build theorycrafting, provides a money sink).

[@agihammerthief8953]

Skyrim still allows more specialization than Morrowind or Oblivion, weirdly enough, despite having no classes. In Morrowind you train a skill to 100 and you're pretty much the best at that skill, train every skill to 100 (tedious but doable) and you're the best at everything. Meanwhile in Skyrim training all skills to 100 will give you 80 perks, which in vanilla is about enough to fill 6 or 7 skill trees, so you can master one of the three archetypes, or a less complete hybrid of several, and you'll be good but not great at the rest of the skills. Of course, in Morrowind you don't even need to train skills to become a demigod, just brew a thousand ash yams into The Ultimate Galaxy Brain Skooma and you're good to go

[@Gitshiver]

I first played Enderal years ago, it still gives me chills to this day. Freaking brilliant!

[@frederickevans7097]

this mod is doing the lords work

[@BobExcalibur]

I have a friend who tried Enderal and gave up in a puff of salt just when Jaspar cut him loose and the game actually started. He said the prologue was too long. I assumed he was an isolated case of dopamine dependant modern gamer psychology when it comes to pacing digestion, but now I've realised that there are a whole bunch of these creatures shitting up the discourse. Next they'll be saying they don't read every book they pick up and still expect to understand what's going on. I kid of course, but it is distressing how impatient players might be discouraging more sedate players from experiencing the game.

[@nathanheadcrab2448]

I had the exact same (sorta) thing happen! A friend of mine gave up on the game very early on. He streamed his first hour or two of gameplay and I painfully watched him skip almost all dialogue. When he later pitched his "review" to our friend group he claimed the story was poorly written.

[@strangeledplanet9576]

While I agree with your point somewhat, as an adult with a job and very little free time I'm getting to the point where if a game doesn't grab me quickly it's hard to justify continuing to play it hoping it will grab me further. I don't know if it's necessarily fair to just blame it on "impatient gamers".

[@BobExcalibur]

@@strangeledplanet9576 People with adult lives jobs and very little free time watch hours of netflix and other brainmelting trash while waiting for it to get good after the second episode. With that in mind, the commitment of patience required to process a 45 minute prologue with fifteen minutes of unskippable dialogue is pretty minute all things considered. Games made for mass audiences have primed players for pacing that demands as little of the player mentally as possible. Without the steady drips of dopamine most players can't process what has been put in front of them. Its not exclusively a repudiation of players, but the media that has been produced for them and thus the conditioning they have grown accustomed to. Enderal's intro will never demand from you more patience and mental alacrity then an average novel.

[@nathanheadcrab2448]

@@strangeledplanet9576 As an adult with a job and very little free time I am still capable of patience. Your own case might be different but I don't think it is necessarily unfair to blame impatient gamers.

[@BobExcalibur]

@@nathanheadcrab2448 Not what I said but Okay

[@lyr1kn156]

Literally started playing this a week ago!

[@tyskbulle]

Thanks to Warlockracy's videos warranting multiple views =) I finally got around to play Enderal and finished it Its a great game, kinda hard to go back to Skyrim after

[@Superschokokeks]

"enderal maybe better than even gothic" send me a friend, telling me about your review. we both were .. well.. we disagree heavily :O Anyways, I've to watch the video to say anything further (and I wanted to play Enderal + dlc again as well to see how my memories hold up). It's a bold statement!

[@legion999]

I mean the main plot in gothic kinda sucks...

[@majormoron605]

This is prbly the most disjointed incoherent essay I've ever watched, yet somehow entertaining. Also, the way you play this game completely out of order is giving me anxiety

[@spongekeks]

great work, as always!

[@irigarth]

your reviews are awsome

[@TisMeBc]

another fantastic video man

[@viatorinterra]

Just as I was thinking of not sleeping

[@SephonDK]

Subbed to see the next video. Plus bell. Please make it. The jokes you make are both funny and clearly made by someone endeared by the game. Personally, Enderal is among the top three games of all time. Just as my personal taste. I won't say anything about it, but it's pretty much the same sense as all the memes you referenced in the beginning of the video. The game is flawed. The engine simply can't handle some of the things the game wants to do, the game is a bit too linear in some respects (although this is necessary for some of the more gutpunchy stuff), and it's indeed overwritten in the sense of the chart you presented in the start of the video. Still, the emotional rollercoasters of some of the quests in the game are just... I still can't get over it. It's rare that you see let's players break down crying during the game's credits. Looking forward to the next video.

[@chungusbooper]

You sound joyous at times in this video.

[@ArkayeCh]

I remember this being one of the first games Warlockracy got me into downloading before I started trying Morrowind because of him too. Enderal truly is a fantastic game. Almost flawless in fact. I truly loved my time playing this game and learning its ins and outs. SureAI really did something special.

[@TrojanPiece]

This game sports the single best in-game book series I've ever had the pleasure of reading ever, called The Butcher of Ark. I've actively hunted down the volumes of that book.

[@lozanoxr]

My best rpg experience I ever had, this game and its narrative mechanics found echoes with deep personal thinking at this time and it was a sane emotional therapy. I wish I could find time and courage to dive into this world once again. ...and the soundtrack...

[@hazzardalsohazzard2624]

It's worth noting that Medieval and Renaissance people believed that were diseases that could be cured by touching a king, like the King's Evil.

[@treesaretough]

you are an inspiration. cheers mate

[@Warlockracy]

Thanks!