Finding the Best ARPG Ever Made: Wolcen, Lords of Mayhem

Wolcen is one of those games that no one seems to refer to, like it's an experience without a lot of standout features, or really any good reason to mention it. Almost as if it's just a decent ARPG, and no one would really try to argue that it's the best one ever made. That about sums it up. Oh and it has a bunch of bugs too.
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[@YDwelve]

Strength always being colored red actually goes back to the roman times. The ancient gladiators had very few arpgs and the only archetype they had in those was strength, brute force, power and attack. Since the color red was easiest to produce they decided to make every attribute red. Only after the invention of green did they create other archetypes like dexterity, wisdom or german.

[@Plummmeau]

Golden comment

[@rebelwithoutaclue9387]

@@Plummmeauno platinum 😂

[@shiaeliminator6484]

it actually goes back to an evolutionary trait, when someone looks red it's because blood is pumping up which means muscles get more blood and in turn they have more strength.

[@sharavy6851]

​@@shiaeliminator6484Nah, sounds fake

[@armyofninjas9055]

Honestly, it's a testament to Roman engineering that they could even get an arpg to run on an abacus. Super optimized even if the stat systems were decidedly primitive. It wasn't until they fought the germanic cavalry that dexterity was recognized as the base for legit builds.

[@monorhyme7098]

Damn, can you actually imagine an ARPG set in New York? You fucking start in the sewers, fighting rats and hobos, and before you know it you're brawling with the suits and grinding the World Trade Center for Steel Beams to upgrade your Legendaries.

[@seer6251]

oof lol, well I like half of these ideas. I'm not sure about fighting rats and hobos though tbh.

[@monorhyme7098]

@@seer6251 It's okay, I've done it earlier this morning. It's easy and entirely free. Loot's fucking garbage.

[@shemsuhor8763]

@@monorhyme7098 Patrick Bateman moment.

[@AC-hj9tv]

God tier Pizza Rat summon

[@AC-hj9tv]

@@shemsuhor8763 Basedman

[@ASlimeDrawsNear]

SEER! You missed out on skill tree customization! You can rotate the 'rings' in the skill tree, you don't need to take ranger stuff on a fighter!

[@Isian8]

yeah, likely would've had a different experience if rotating the rings on the skill tree, but the game does a terrible job explaining it's possible.

[@TheJols]

didnt spend much time with wolcen but i missed that!

[@seer6251]

wha? what the fuck? That's crazy! That does change a lot of things lol

[@rootmontcarney]

@@seer6251 There's also a way to sell useless enneracts for currency to upgrade the ones you have active, instead of learning and upgrading an enneract you'll never use. You have to go to the enneract merchant, then open your inventory over the merchant window, highlight the enneract to sell, and press whatever the sell button is(it's been a while since i played the game). I find it especially odd and annoying that you can do this, but they didn't add a dedicated sell button to the merchant outright.

[@ArcaneAzmadi]

@@rootmontcarney Oh, it's "enneracts" is it? I thought he said "anoraks" and was thinking "Well, that's certainly a... _unique_ way of customising your protagonist."

[@tsuna666]

I'm so sad that you didn't mention that you can rotate the different layers of the skill tree it's literally the best thing about it

[@TheCocaineSamurai]

I hate overly complicated leveling systems. Torchlight 2 is about as complicated as my smooth brain can handle.

[@ares395]

And that's totally ok. PoE throws so much stuff at you that I just can't. Grim Dawn is a bit complex but they don't just throw 20 things at you all at once where you'd need to read a book to know what you are doing and on normal difficulty you can even ignore most things and f around and still have fun and beat the game.

[@TheJols]

last epoch hits that sweet spot for me in terms of complexity. Still not as good as D2.

[@steel5897]

@@ares395 the confusing aspect of Grim Dawn is the itemization, like every item is an entire spreadsheet of stats. But yeah nothing compares to PoE, that is a game with zero regard to a clear/streamlined user experience.

[@shemsuhor8763]

@@ares395 Grim Dawn is da bestest. Hell it just got a patch a couple days ago.

[@plsdontbanmeagainyoulibtards]

complex or not, your ass is going to look up a build guide anyways. Might as well be quamtum physics because someone else is going to be the one figuring it out for you.

[@HW-ow9zp]

Never before have I listened to a game rant that resonated with me so much. Wow. Really spot on about the enjoyment from certain bonking aspects and the tedious frustrating nature of others in the game. Bravo. Will check out some more of your stuff. Cheers

[@andrewstencel]

Great video! I bought this game on discount a couple of months ago, and found it pretty fun. Being just a casual player that's there mostly for a single campaign playthrough, I can't complain at all. Didn't even found any of the game's infamous bugs, surprisingly.

[@vnshngpnt]

Cause bugs were fixed for the most part

[@drye135]

The comment about an arpg set in new York really made me want a Yakuza ARPG

[@godsavant]

Not gonna lie, those attack animations look hugely satisfying, especially the whip and jump attacks. You might end up having to split the “Best ARPG” into categories, like “Best Itemization”, “Best Combat”, etc. Also, if you’re REALLY dead-set on avoiding Minecraft Dungeons, the Lord of the Rings 2 & 3 games on GBA are actually some decent portable Diablo clones. Just putting that out there. ;)

[@HW-ow9zp]

The whips and jumps are cool for a limited amount of time until the dull nature of the game bores thru, he did kinda say that

[@venomsnigle44]

My boi Seer, another great video can't wait for more

[@seer6251]

Thank you! More will exist soon.

[@nickmartin1797]

went hard on the editing on this one

[@captntunabeerd]

Best as always !

[@derringera]

You're a gem, Seer.

[@Jamesssssssssssssss]

Really been enjoying the series.

[@seer6251]

I'm glad! Thanks for being here!

[@BirdRaiserE]

I notice your profile background color is ironically the same color as the brown orb Well played Seer.

[@emileliasz2616]

Loved the "color brown" 😊 like always great vid

[@cassianosntg]

Amazing video as always, Seer!

[@empressabyss]

every time you release a new video, i just know its going to be the best [duration of video] of my whole [time until your next video] ilysm always!!

[@TheAoalec14]

First! Love you seer the livestreams been a blast In D4. Would love to see this series done waaaaaay too early on D4. Would be interesting and funny to revisit once the patches and expansions start hitting the world. This game wolcen looks like someone got high and said “dude bro imagine if we combined warhanmer and Diablo immortal”

[@Markm8]

Imagine if he made a d4 video pretending he only had 2 hours in it, like how all those game journalists reviewgames

[@seer6251]

I want to push out the D4 video soon! Doing an early and later impressions style would be great.

[@steel5897]

@@Markm8 D4 is a 10/10 in the campaign honestly (if you ignore the nonsensical decision to lock the horse late into it), all the major issues are in endgame tuning and lack of QoL. The team seems active and open to feedback though so hopefully the game becomes amazing later.

[@TheAoalec14]

@@seer6251 awesome! Thanks man look forward to it

[@sakuyaizayoi1945]

Regarding Wolcen's early on bugs: I was REALLY looking forward to playing Wolcen with my best friend. We bought the game on release and spent like an hour to try to match up, which just didn't want to work because of server problems. After like 45 minutes we read on Steam that hopping on other servers is a fix. So we both tried different servers, and lo' and behold, after another altogether 1 hour we could finally match up in Ireland. From then on out we played for roughly 40 minutes, plagued by various bugs. Sometimes I couldn't hurt enemies, sometimes he couldn't. Sometimes he couldn't see me, sometimes I couldn't see him. For multiple minutes he didn't receive any drops at all, while I had a full inventory already. We never saw each other actually walking side-by-side, our chars just teleported whenever the server decided to sync us up. After 45 minutes of that mess, for a grand total of 1:45 hours we decided to stop it there and refund the game, just to be sure we are below the 2 hour mark to not give these devs any of our money. If they launch their game like that, they don't deserve a penny.

[@inferrno52]

Entertaining as always, keep it up.

[@TheBenenen]

Notification squad! After finding your channel a few days ago and exhausting all your "best arpg" videos in 2 days, I'm glad to see another one waiting for my eyeballs and earholes

[@seer6251]

I'm glad you've enjoyed what you've seen so far! It's always exciting to have a new viewer in my midsts, and I hope I can continue to please!

[@TheBenenen]

@@seer6251 Absolutely! The subject, script, and editing are all fantastic, if this channel doesn't blow up it will be a crime!

[@crudo1991]

This channel is unique. I'm a new subscriber 🎉

[@MagpieMcGraw]

"I just want one ARPG to be set in New Your City" - not aware of any set in New York, but there's always Hellgate London.

[@aethertech]

Tom Clancey's The Division?

[@dennisdavidov782]

There is also How to Survive 2 which takes place in Louisiana.

[@igorthelight]

@@aethertech Not sure that this counts as an ARPG xD

[@Jezt3r]

I replied Wolcen about 4 months ago to try before Last Epoch and Diablo 4 release. I got to say, it was one of the most enjoyable times I had because the combat feels super beefy. If the lategame was a bit more varied and they made a Legendary and Set item overhaul and actually make them cool, not just stat boosts, the game would be bomb and I like the combat in this way more than both Last Epoch and D4. Also the transmog and customization fucking slaps in Wolcen.

[@Sorain1]

The transmog and customization system in Wolcen really should be the standard for ARPG's.

[@sursisyor3455]

The lack of animation cancelling is contentious for some, but I find Wolcen's combat the most enjoyable of all ARPGs and it's not even close. Unfortunately the mechanics and itemization in Wolcen is disappointing. I find the end game no better or worse than LE or D3/4

[@johanullen]

I played wolcen a few weeks after release when most of the game breaking bugs had been fixed. It was a lot of fun, in particular I enjoyed that rather complex systems with talents, skills and items, that allowed for some crazy synergies. When they released their first big update they forced you to start over, the new end game required you to play on new characters. So I stopped playing and haven't looked back at it since.

[@Skorpioartex]

The aspect system pissed me right off. I bought Wolcen in early access purely because of apocalyptic forms. I was expecting something akin to PoE ascendancy, a few very powerful build defining passives with cool visuals to go along side them. Never got to see it during early access though and then out of nowhere the game gets rushed the fuck out and the aspects slapped in place of the actual cool system they sold me on. I obviously would prefer a finished product but since it launched unfinished they could have at least delayed the system people actually wanted instead of that trash.

[@Tom-bi7ir]

early access is poison these days

[@jarrodwalker997]

You need to check out Ghostlore; It's inspired by far east Asian folklore and the customization is REALLY good.

[@_Jay_Maker_]

Seconding Ghostlore. It wasn't anything to write home about at first and I was pretty bored frankly, but after unlocking my second class and realizing how fucking insane this game could get, I changed my mind.

[@igorthelight]

Whishlisted, thanks! ;-)

[@wolf4640]

Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance 2, Victor Vran, The Incredibles Adventures os Van Helsing III and Warhammer Chaosbane would be amazing for upcoming videos! Love your job ❤

[@aleksapetrovic6519]

He did Van Helsing

[@RauschenPauli]

not gonna lie. the endgame in theory sounds really fucking cool. with some balance changes it could have been amazing

[@Hxlst]

I really wanna hear your opinion on the Warhammer arpgs

[@seer6251]

ooh I'm excited to do those, probably sooner than later.

[@kipex4]

To be quite honest i had insane amount of fun when wolcen was released, the buggy interactions, cheeky story and all that fluff was surprisingly enjoyable, i do have a soft spot for it. I really wish it could be something more than a running gag in arpg community

[@cascenn]

New mic? Sounds great! If you don't mind me asking, where did you learn to edit? Your skill is insane!

[@asvet8050]

Cutscenes are good, they don't last for long and are not as frequent as it's said you can skip them aswell. The tree is easy, just need to spend a good 10 minutes to go all over them and aim for what you want. The leveling is awesome!

[@MightyMartianNick]

Summer games fest and new seer vid. We eating this weekend.

[@kekker_]

What are your thoughts on that weird mana bar that switches between purple and yellow mana (or whatever the resources are called)? It looks like it could either be really interesting or really annoying.

[@Phillz91]

There are ways to manupilate the resources to benefit the one you need so you can full spec into one side and it's a pretty standard resource build/spend setup at that point. I enjoyed it because you can make a hybrid approach, like for example using a gun/sword for range/melee skills respectively and a catalyst for spells allows you to use 2/3rd of all the skills available. Though it has been a while since I played so I am unsure how effective hybrid setups are going into end game now.

[@migueldc6845]

Dude! I *died* of laughter 😂 The bonking-remark made me chuckle beyond reason

[@thelazyguy3735]

I have a suggestion, there's this old Polish game Frater The Chosen Well of Souls. It didn't stand out in any way, kinda similar to Diablo 1, but might as well check it out. It's abandonware afaik, so it's free to grab

[@prestoncram7507]

I will never not see that trombone player when I hear that DKC song now…that was gold, thank you for that

[@7DragonEyes7]

Hatred is kind of a ARPG set in NY. (Close enough)

[@Isian8]

production quality through the roof. love the video!

[@seer6251]

I'm glad! Thank you!

[@elios7623]

true

[@Tojozomi]

I appreciate how you said "its probably like your run of the mill PoE league mechanic" and then entirely described Metamorph

[@Ghost19_]

This game honestly had a LOT of potential. I genuinely hope they get a chance to publish a 2nd release and improved it further beyond. I totally dig the skill mechanics and how fun you can execute them.

[@vnshngpnt]

They had the chance when doing console release. Mechanically wise game is fun, but amount of bugs was just too big.

[@Ghost19_]

@@vnshngpnt Unsure about the bugs but in PC (where I've finished it thrice), I didn't encounter that much bug with the game

[@michaelmaage]

Great review! With a few tweaks you have your D4 review too

[@Limp_Briskit]

Great video, took the words out of my mouth

[@Isalan88]

Holy Shit Seer, did you find a hidden transition menu in your video editor? Thems some fancy fades and wipes you got there buddy! :)

[@seer6251]

Haha, I built some more, I'm glad they look nice. I try to stay away from presets if I can!

[@Isalan88]

@@seer6251 You do good work sir. Looking forward to seeing the inevitable dagger barb bursting through the screen XD

[@yakumoyomi5765]

I like the "Ape Potential" metric for judging games. I feel this needs to be implemented in all critic reviews going forward.

[@NorggroN]

Wolcen was a glorious month of something to do between POE and D3 seasons.

[@whinegummi6329]

Love your content, it is just to short. :)

[@TheUninstaller2000]

@Seer Will you be covering HAMMERWATCH and Heroes of Hammerwatch ?

[@Alfwin]

I've always found the color-coding of the warrior/mage/thief triad interesting. Red for warriors because, as you said, it's the Angry Color - the color of blood, fire, &c. Thieves/Rangers get Green because they travel the wilderness maybe? Or because they're often hidden, and trees are a natural hiding-place. And I guess mages are Blue because that's the color of the sky and the ocean, which are both big and dramatic and mysterious just like magic. Incidentally, the term 'mana' originates from Polynesian theology, where it basically means the spiritual energy that permeates the world - a bit like the Force in Star Wars (to grossly oversimplify).

[@TheAzure4]

man this game had a lot of potential. I think the fact that half of the passive skills didn't even work for the first 6 months was a bit too much for it to come back from tho

[@YouMayKnowMeAsNate]

Initially I was a bit turned off by the consistent swears. They can be fun, but they generally do not make for high-quality, informative content like reviews of games. A few videos of this series later, I am quickly coming to appreciate the craft that goes into making these. The punchlines are original and creative (I loved “learn how the dictionary works!”), the structure is surprisingly ordered and makes sense with clean transitions from one topic to another, and you actually get a good sense of the game even if you haven’t had any introduction to it other than these videos. Amazing work, man. Subscription well earned. Excited to see more from you!

[@seer6251]

I'm glad to hear your thoughts! I try to strike a balance with crude language, because I want the sense of these videos to be genuine. I do swear and speak in a similar way in real life, and I have personally been tired of the overly curated and clean review style that so many big KZbinrs use. Back in the day, before advertising and 'business' came into the equation, I think there was greater creativity to video production. Not saying swearing like a sailor is the greatest form of self-expression lol, but it's something I enjoy weaving in to stand out. At the end of the day though, I want to give a general and decent review of each game I play, so I have to be careful how 'crazy' I get. And it sounds like I'm at least hitting the dartboard on that front, so I'm really happy about that. Thank you for your subscription and moving forward I hope I can keep making things you enjoy!

[@YouMayKnowMeAsNate]

@@seer6251 yeah I probably should’ve added to the end of my comment that I now believe your swearing adds to the videos. They do make them feel more genuine without just dropping an f bomb between every other word because English somehow allows that to make sense lol

[@victorstark7525]

This was one of funniest game review I have ever seen 😂 😂

[@BumphreyYoughurt]

”Or a type 2 diabetes socket” got me so hard 😂

[@peanutm9346]

I bought the game in week 1. So many bugs. My favorite was when the big bald dude boss fell through the floor but could still hit us. Fun times,

[@NotKevinBrand]

Perfect cure to my hangover.

[@ares395]

8:00 Love me some Castlevania Dickula X ost

[@JuliusCaesar103]

The search shall stop at Dragon's Dogma.

[@wolfieinu]

Yeah I have a soft spot for this game and my trick builds both inflict and soak more damage than your single-attribute wonder seems to have done, but I have to agree on the item system, endgame, etc. I keep trying to get into the endgame and then just replay the game once every few months instead, because there isn't much to be said for the endgame. There doesn't seem to be much to aim for except to go fight the same boss again except stronger because level-scaled (I think?). Very pretty game, wonderful atmosphere, punchy combat, etc., but it's difficult to recommend unless you're that weird guy who specifically likes all the positives enough to ignore the negatives. (It's me, I'm the weird guy)

[@beardface1411]

Wolcen need to honor their word and bring hardcore into the game

[@Nelo187]

Have you played the PS2 Champions of Norrath games? They're a bit basic by today's standards but still pretty fun

[@NorthS1deSold1er]

I loved that game. I still have it somewhere. I should play another dark elf and just fart all over everybody.

[@igorthelight]

@@NorthS1deSold1er Play it on an emulator with better graphics ;-)

[@NorthS1deSold1er]

@@igorthelight I still have it for my PS2. Every 10 years or so I'll break it out with the Hobbit.

[@vk-fb4ox]

8:00 Peak humor. That's why i am here.

[@thedango6890]

I made old man kratos as my character since you can get the chainblades ability, and some other moves that match kratos's style. Got em to look close minus the warpaint

[@Somerled_Pox]

Shitting on the company behind Wolcen, and the game itself, is one of my favorite sporadic ARPG experiences Fuck 'em

[@fu102]

To be fair, The story ending is really good and the end game system is a fun roguelite-ish. The game is pretty great (now). Its unfortunate that they lost all momentum when they released the game in such a horrible mess.

[@vnshngpnt]

True. If the game would be released as it is now it would be much more popular.

[@bananarama711]

Seer is a cool youtuber who makes cool videos and I like them

[@ArthursHD]

Have you played Achilles: Legends Untold

[@SovereignME2]

use the warrior hammer mods that has 3 charges and does aoe so much fun clapping bosses in 1 hit

[@jrizzelli]

i went from being super hybed for this game to forgetting it even existed. thanks for reminding me of so i can continue forgetting about it.

[@princessstinkmess4032]

I reversed the audio. Well done as always.

[@seer6251]

Oh good lol, I'm glad someone did!

[@xakoman8003]

What did he say? Im on phone and checking comments but noone says shit

[@T34K4yz]

damn dude, i really liked this game, the mechanics and "overly complex" systems (lol at the noobs who can't deal with more than 2 numbers) as well. but you really hit the mark on everything that's wrong with it otherwise. i never used that ultimate avatar bullshit after the first time and fuck whoever thought an arpg is a god damned interactive movie.

[@wolfieinu]

For me the real joy comes in with mixing classes to exploit the Rage/Willpower mechanic. If half your skills generate Rage at the expense of Willpower and the other half do the opposite, then you have essentially infinite mana and can just spam skills constantly. Especially broken thanks to the Catalyst off-hand item type allowing you to mix and match magic and mundane skills. I never even use the basic attack after that point. I feel like a major part of Seer's disappointment is his bad build, BUT to be fair the game spends an age talking your ear off with random plot nonsense and yet never explains how to use its systems. So you're never even told how to use the tools that you're supposed to be experimenting with.

[@matthuck378]

I really love my character build in Wolcen, and have enjoyed playing it. But bugs and a weird end just put me off of it. I also am dumb enough to spend $70 on D4 this week, so I have to play it. And I do like it, mostly. Wolcen does start out nicely, and it does look good, feel good, etc...When it works...

[@SenatorStink]

This video made me realise that Seer is the polar opposite of Josh Strife Hayes.

[@Crabble42]

With this dude I can't say whether he said "I'm strong of mind and heart" or "I'm strong of mind. And hard."

[@paddysegg7867]

Hope you check out superfuse if it ever hits full release hahah

[@seer6251]

If it counts as an ARPG it will be covered, no doubt.

[@mvargasmoran]

Seer, Name song pls.

[@Jim77781]

Good stuff.

[@baumapfel4463]

hero siege will get a an update that will rework the game the update is called hero siege 2.0 will you checkout the update?

[@seer6251]

Sure! I had no idea that was happening. I'm backlogged right now on games, but when it clears up I'll give it a replay.

[@baumapfel4463]

@@seer6251 nice love your videos

[@KarmaSpaz12]

I guess Seer is going to rip D4 to shreds for the homogeneous gear drops. Also, is this Wolcen: Lords of Meh-hem?

[@dogwater4429]

aw YEAH here we GO

[@user-cp9id1mj8b]

Seer. Let's drink a beer.

[@Notsram77]

Never more clear!

[@seer6251]

I'll only drink something dear, let me go consult the cashier.

[@robk5865]

Some dev should just make an isometric view dark souls with a robust amount of movesets and spells.

[@dennisdavidov782]

There are multiple indie games trying to do this: Immortal Planet, Morbid: The Seven Acolytes, Eldest Souls, Death's Door, Tunic, Devil Slayer: Raksasi, There Is No Light, Avernus, Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms, Sands of Aura, Achilles: Legends Untold and Spark in the Dark.

[@roymcdre9180]

4:59 gold.

[@matthuck378]

I read somewhere Wolcen started out as possibly a WH game, but the license fell apart or whatever.

[@ThelastDJ1976]

6:46 made be gut laugh so damn hard

[@Marshall-xl1nq]

Dude you are a trip making me LMFAO

[@Saren-yc1rk]

I must say It looks cool I don't see this being as replayable as Diablo 2, but just to smash some guys, see the story and look at the pretty nice graphics and art-deisgn - maybe, maybe.

[@seer6251]

Absolutely! I think if you want a good 30+ hours of ARPG stuff to do, the combat really keeps it fun for awhile. I'm sure you could go on and on of course, it just didn't hook me in that way.

[@shemsuhor8763]

Similar to Dungeon Siege 3 then, I figure.

[@BowForGlory]

Throne of darkness WHEN

[@TheAoalec14]

I think streets of rage is the closest we’ll get to an ARPG set in NYC

[@ayuvir]

Yo It's the lord! How's D4 treating you?

[@seer6251]

It's treating me decently! I've got a lot of words for it though, many involving swears

[@ayuvir]

@@seer6251 Yeah I watched your day 2 stream and you said it really well near the end. Fun but mindless fun and there's moments that aren't fun, at least that's what it looks like. I'mma hold off on it, game looks absolutely massive and I'm a Season mode player anyway.

[@christophersanders7877]

I disagree with a lot of things in this video, but I see your point as to why you feel certain ways about it. For example the gear in Wolcen (especially after the latest updates) is really good, and there are TONs of build defining gear pieces that you can find to come up with completely different/viable builds. Like the gear that allows you to use skills of a different weapon type, allowing for skill combinations that are usually not possible. The problem is that you really have to dig into the mechanics to find this stuff out, because on the surface it seems bland, and Wolcen does not do a great job explaining the fully gear system. The issue is that the rarity system is much different then all of the other big ARPGs so you kind of have to learn what the rarities are, the difference between gear that drop in different mission types...etc. I also thought the gear in Wolcen was boring on my first playthrough but after trying it again, and going deeper into the systems I actually really enjoyed the variety in build changing gear and actually it felt better then a lot of other ARPGs on the market. At this time I do feel Wolcen is a great single player ARPG that just lets players have fun blowing enemies to pieces with various builds and great combat feel, along with a decent but not perfect end game to grind out.

[@wolfieinu]

Yeah I agree, his build was extremely bad. (Just use a Catalyst and the Rage/Willpower bar becomes an endless seesaw of damage, never use your basic attack again.) But it's as you say, the game does a bad job at explaining its systems, so if it doesn't grab you and compel you to figure said systems out, it looks and feels generic.

[@jamesascher8147]

the cocketing system lmao

[@mvargasmoran]

10:15 What was that weird Google Doodle crap?

[@2267fgb]

Seer! the ARPG god!⚡

[@NotTheWheel]

I mean with some tweaking GTA2 would be like an ARPG in New York.

[@Notsram77]

"I just want one ARPG to be set in New York city." oh god you don't know what you're asking for. get this man some help

[@zerpblerd5966]

ohman, they took it of GOG, I'd have bought it previously had I known

[@zerpblerd5966]

I don't like ARPGs hardly at all played original Diablo back when i twas released, and Hellfire, and D2, but realized they were soul-sucking and vapid addictions

[@user-zo1kn8ob7h]

I AM A BAttlemage and i approve of noob saibot reference (caps lock was on i'm not gonna go back and fix it and yes it took longer to write this then to do it)

[@sursisyor3455]

Enjoyed your review, fun I've played a lot of Wolcen (1500+ hours), and I'd like to know what bugs you encountered because at the moment, the game is relatively bug free - more so than some other popular ARPGs (I've played all of them). I find a lot of people say it's got bugs because that's what it was known for on release (and to be fair, some of them stayed in the game for a ridiculous length of time before being fixed). But seriously, what bugs did you encounter since this was obviously a recent play through?

[@seer6251]

Yeah, all the bugs I encountered were minor, things like models would shake pretty violently if I went into the menu, and a few tooltips saying things like "Ui-skill-1" etc. Finally enemy models would bug out in a few ways, either when they ragdolled, or occasionally things like sliding through walls. I wish I played back when the bugs were way more obvious, sounded like it would've been fun to make fun of. For my experience though, nothing was ruined with gameplay. I guess it did crash a couple of times, but I didn't really pin that on the game itself tbh.

[@sursisyor3455]

@@seer6251 That's a fair summary. The one serious issue is the rag-dolling, which happens when you have a lot of mechanics like ailments and DoTs, which seem to result in server lag with the calculations