FPS + RPG + Extraction + Roguelike = Witchfire (Overview w/ Gameplay)

[@jollygrapefruit786]

One thing I have to commend is how surprisingly good the AI is. They don't fuck around, they'll flank you, take you off of high ground (knights), take advantage of cover, and they push as a unit with the snipers and artillary pushing behind the frontline chaffe. They feel intelligent, and that makes them a lot more intimidating.

[@jhm7170]

Absolutely. I got stalked by a fast-attacking melee enemy for almost 3 minutes until I was out of stamina and reloading, and he just blitz out of no where after never coming within 50 feet of me

[@sorensiris1381]

In the [spoilers abound!] wailing tower, the first floor has melee enemies that won’t approach unless your feet are on the ground floor. If you stand in the staircase, they’ll readjust the positions until you can’t see them unless you know where they are. The wrong move again unless you hit them or you touch down on the bare floor, at which point they rush you from all sides. I learned the hard way to keep my stormball and burning stake handy at all times.

[@Jimvenice2008]

If you aren’t paying attention you can get got hard

[@JohnSmith-gp2xq]

This is where hunt showdown great ui went

[@killyvv]

the new hunt ui made me quit

[@GianfrancoP97]

Womp womp

[@Risuko__]

For real

[@daniiiiboii72]

Lmao the old UI wasn't great. The whole reason people asked for UI changes is because the old one was kinda bad. ofc the new one is 10x worse but the old one wasn't good either.

[@r2micro373]

glad to see this game get a shout, really unique and engrossing!

[@chickenbreaded]

When a game takes the best elements from other games, it seems to always do well. Games like palworld, remnant, hellsinger, etc. I love all of them 😌

[@TheStapluh]

This game's awesome, put 16hrs in already since Friday.

[@trashl0rd]

I'm okay with this being solo only. Not everything has to have multiplayer. And sometimes the gameplay balancing doesn't feel right when playing co-op/pvp game in singleplayer. I'd rather a game focus on one or the other, and there are PLENTY of other mp shooters.

[@amoineau]

YES, it's so annoying to see every studio pressured to do multiplayer when they are building great single player games.

[@justinbork2088]

Gameplay loop gets a lil boring after a while especially alone. It's pretty easy to get comfortable with certain weapon and skill combos so farming loses a lot of value after you get weapons and items you like (or have tried out all the weapons and items that early access has to offer). I know this game is in early access but after completing the main and secret bosses in the map more than once there's really no reason to continue forward, adding co-op to the game could freshen up the difficulty if bosses get a bit more tanky, enemies become larger in number to account for extra players, and if enemies use different moves (perhaps more aoe) to split up you and your teammate and pick you off. There's a lot of interesting and fun diversity that to gameplay that can be introduced with co-op, and I think if this game isn't going to make grinding for items any more interesting, it should lend itself to co-op to make gameplay more interesting on multiple playthroughs/when mindlessly farming loot and upgrades.

[@jollygrapefruit786]

It'd definitely help with sales, there's no doubt the Devs want to implement it.

[@wilburtshnookums]

@@jollygrapefruit786 unless you actually know the devs you cant say they want to implement it lmao

[@angelcarranza1558]

One thing i like about this game (own it on EGS for months now) is how it takes little bits of each genre and doesn't grab too much from each avoiding potential pitfalls from each genre

[@wizman1018]

I love this game, it's great. I wouldn't really say it's overpriced due to the clear polish in it so far.

[@wilmofosho]

Idk about your normal community as this is my first time here but the fact this is solo and doesn't require a team is the MOST fantastic thing. Seems like everything nowadays is multiplayer or you can opt in solo but get destroyed by the one team that actually came to play together. 100% of team games i play have trolls and rage quiters in at least if not way more in every game.

[@Gav_EXE]

Minor thing to point out about the diminishing returns on leveling-up Vitality: you actually gain additional healing flask slots at certain levels of Vitality (it's not clearly indicated). So, while you aren't getting as much max HP after a while, you are still building up value by gaining more healing flasks. Otherwise, I grabbed this game last night and have been really enjoying it. :)

[@tenhayz1889]

I am pretty sure you get elixirs based on overall level, not vitality specifically. Anyway, the leveling system is getting a rework in the next big update early 2025

[@Woolie]

dunno if you get MORE flasks via Vitality but you def get them from overall level-ups, too. I've put only 3 points in Vit and have 4 total flasks

[@Gav_EXE]

Aha, that makes sense. Not that I've been primarily pumping Vitality myself, but I guess I just happened to level it at the flask intervals.

[@PortaPunch]

One thing I did notice when the game first came out, pumping points into your stats actually make the game harder. Harder enemies started showing up, harder encounters. It almost felt counterintuitive to level your character up.

[@wdeltag]

​@@PortaPunch It's not your level, it's mostly gnosis

[@Lilduckie144]

Its an FPS RPG with some small elements of Soulslikes, extraction and roguelite elements but its been classified by the DEVs as an FPS RPG!!

[@blitzedlegend]

When you have full battle focus (it'll say in the chat that you're focused) and dash while looking at an enemy, an orb will pop up that you can shoot to stun them and have them take bonus damage.

[@kiwibird_gaming]

If this game ever gets at least a 2 player coop I feel it'd be worth the $40. As of right now, it is very well crafted but still a hard sell. Definitely adding to the wishlist to wait and see what else they have in store from early access.

[@henryneff6107]

I saw this yesterday, looks fun.

[@elcry1920]

love me some Witchfire. If you haven't yet and you enjoy this give Remnant 2 a go as well. The last DLC just came out. Both games are very dark souls with guns. Remnant just has a ton more content currently.

[@LordDivine1]

Witchfire is in early access and is only at version 0.4.3 right now... Remnant ofc has more content after 3 DLC's after it's final release.

[@MaximClare]

Excellent taste in games, yo

[@blitzboy2934]

My pc barely runs remnant 2 at 20 fps with stupidly low settings and the setting to improve it at max, game is great

[@modernwarhero8447]

@@LordDivine1he wasnt dissing witchfire, just recommending remnant 2 as well. He did literally say “currently” as in witchfire will get more in time

[@hashtagdennis]

Absolutely hated Remnant 2. Thank you for saving me $40 on this game, was on the fence.

[@NoHandsJames]

Not sure why the focus on the price point. The game has 3 maps, with 3 more coming, 40 weapons, 20 or so spells, multiple bosses and puzzles on the maps, long term progression for character, weapons, spells and trinkets. Nothing about the game feels underwhelming for $40, and I've had it since it launched into EA when there was 1 map and 5 weapons.

[@isih9128]

Ur biased, and it's his opinion

[@isih9128]

Not invalidating ur critique just pointing out

[@alecu5885]

terraria is like 10 dollars and has hundreds of hours of content.

[@NoHandsJames]

@@alecu5885 it’s a full release game that’s been out for over a decade. This game isn’t even in 1.0 yet. Not to mention I have like 65 hours in the early access, so your judgement should maybe hold off until you’ve beaten the content it currently has.

[@NoHandsJames]

@@isih9128 how am I biased? You can’t just claim that without any proof lol. That’s just silly. I have no stock in the game. I’m not a developer or paid to endorse it. I have 0 reason to be biased towards a game. Unless you’re trying to say that having bought and played the game is somehow equivalent to a bias. Which is honestly ridiculous because it would imply that anyone who buys a product is biased towards the product, even if they don’t like it.

[@Chichkebab]

So early the spanish thirst bots are still here

[@WoodlandDrake]

I like to describe the game as Witch Hunt by Andrii Vintsevych, meets Hunt: Showdown, but having huffed chugged almost an entire Estus Flask

[@NillocsKeep]

I pray for co-op multiplayer to be added so that I may hunt Witches with my friends.

[@potissimus100]

Cannot recommend this game enough. Only played since the steam release and even at this point, it’s worth the money for sure! If destiny gunplay with hunt the showdown vibes sounds appealing at all I can guarantee you will love the game!

[@mwhoffman9953]

I can't believe we didn't get Faze Woojie in this video I will be ready for the next one

[@amoineau]

The description of content and what is there to do at 7:30 is extremely lackluster for one of the most critical aspect of a game. There is much more to do than what you implied.

[@Zerli]

Pls more content from this game Woolie!

[@proverbialking3452]

This game wants me to break my "don't buy games on early access" rule

[@Jimvenice2008]

From one guy who DID pay the money….i think it has been sooooo worth it. Very addictive. Challenging but not F U hard

[@Just_Areki]

Wish there was a Coop mode

[@m0py]

This game screams for coop. I think it could be really good.

[@pucktoad]

why bog a good game down with coop?

[@stealth_chain]

@@pucktoad good things are fun to experience with others

[@pucktoad]

@@stealth_chain then you can both play the game? its doesn't need coop to detract from dev time.

[@stealth_chain]

@@pucktoad the fuckin dev time 🤓🤓 foh bro let people want things. u just talking just to talk.

[@liamseekins9488]

It needs whatever the player base would want the most to help the game succeed the most​@@pucktoad

[@saitamaonepunchman8176]

ey thats going on my wi(t)shlist that looks nice, right up my alley with destiny gunplay and abilites (that recharge on kills too it seems, very nice) with a bit of that classic dark 1800s sorta style

[@elvinyg59]

the cutoff screech at the end 👌

[@B1g_GR33N]

Oh man this games looks amazing if i find it on a sale i'll get it and hope it runs decent on my laptop

[@RedRozei]

Depends on your specs, but the game is not that demanding compared to other games nowadays

[@phoenixhimkn1904]

Y u hate on iankyo?

[@idkwhattoputforname3]

Exactly bro hates fat people

[@chicolopes1928]

This looks amazing

[@N00bvlog]

Looks cool, thanks for sharing 😎

[@bogdanyuriev1507]

Bro really called the Arcana system flaccid on Gnosis II, barely any prophecies and no third mysteruims on weapons, absolute L The game is far deeper than you suggest - that being said, I do agree that there's not that many places to go at the moment, cause Astronauts went tall instead of wide, so to speak Oh, and there are some things that are unexplained at the moment, e.g. the fact that elemental damage types combine, like in Gunfire Reborn - Dac (one of the devs) is very aware of the issue. I'll list the combos in replies to not make this a wall of text.

[@bogdanyuriev1507]

Any two elements can mix the order in which you apply them doesn't matter fire + ice: damaging explosion (set damage values) fire + lightning: stronger lightning bolts fire + decay: stronger Decay ticks lightning + frost: less minimal delay between lightning bursts (normally when you shoot an electrified enemy it will emmit lightning bolts only once every X seconds) lightning + decay: lightning bursts are emitted with every decay tick frost + decay: decay duration doest count down until the enemy is unfrozen

[@wdeltag]

Honestly, there's A LOT of unexplained mechanics, and that's the only actually bad part of the game. It needs just a bit more handholding

[@fishhatter4091]

Wondering if you have heard of The Forever Winter

[@Woolie]

ye it's too early access for me atm but I have my eye on it

[@JohnnyNocturne]

Heck yeah. I love this game so much

[@ClumsyDrow]

I really hope this comes to console

[@yamiraguero5541]

Yeah uh, the rougelite part of this game is almost null, heads up.

[@amoineau]

That's a huge pro for me but you are right to emphasize this.

[@leoleo1035]

Huh? The game literally deletes your perks progression when you lose (which are chosen from random options), having to restart the whole run for the area. When you die or finish a run, if you have resources, you can spend on permanent upgrades or weapons. Literally what defines a ROGUELITE game (not to be confused with ROGUELIKE, btw). Witchfire has more Roguelite elements than most Self-called Roguelite games, which are just glorified roguelike games with no permanent progression. I would argue this game is similar to dark souls but the similarities ends in "If you die, you have a chance to grab your souls back", because you simply cannot just leave an area instantly. You have to fight for the exit portal.

[@iFlu]

Tried it, it was fun up until ammo economy became my single cause of death…

[@SteadyFreak]

Can you please do “best loadouts SotS edition”

[@dexcfw1337]

Yoooo this game is awesome. I will play it but i wish i can play it with randoms 😢 but i still play it because it looks so amazing

[@celphalonred1999]

Buyin it Seems sick

[@Magnusfury24]

Hmm I'm not sure but in my country the game is certainly NOT priced at 40usd, after converting it it's more likely priced at around 25usd. Not sure why it's cheaper in my region 🤔

[@B1g_GR33N]

Regional price, ur country is poor so u can buy games for cheaper, great thing 👌

[@lorenzosorbelli1271]

is it just me or the handcannon’s animations look 100% like the destiny handcannon?

[@Woolie]

yea the whole game is VERY inspired by Destiny

[@jackspielman5488]

This game is really cool, does anybody have any clue as to what the devs plan to add before official launch?

[@celphalonred1999]

Heard there's another 3 maps comin at some point. Who knows what else

[@spencer8281]

Guide on how to find the foot fetish when??

[@quaffie]

which fire?

[@laszloneumann500]

Ok but is it better than Gunfire reborn? I dont think so

[@parsamoradi-d8f]

is this game harder than remnant 2? i wanna buy it but a friend says its too challenging 4 me

[@feddonovan4861]

does the game have coop?

[@Woolie]

no

[@Jwxy-c6e]

Why u hating on iankyo?

[@Norhouku]

1/40 GORF

[@Zaphod_]

2/40 GORF

[@thedesyncedcontroller7404]

3/40 GORF

[@derrexinthavong9066]

👀

[@shaun10767]

This game is also missing fighting music

[@ItsDylanFN]

Why whoud say that he is saying exuses in lankyo short when. The one where he explains why he is fat

[@gbaby-12]

oh hell yeah

[@arroF]

damn i just bought the game today and see a woolie upload right after

[@pyziakkos]

Does it get better? I played for an hour and found the gunplay boring and I don’t feel any punch to my shots. And the enemies are just either running at you in a straight line or standing still and shooting you. What am I not seeing?

[@postmodernerkindergartner960]

These were my thoughts, was quick to refund it, seeing it getting this MASSIVE hype on YT and wondering if i did miss something. It felt like a map with mobs randomly spawned on to, shooting guys didnt feel good at all, as you mentioned, and controlling the character doesnt feel engaging, not really fun gameplay, idk

[@DominicDeA]

@@postmodernerkindergartner960I’ve finished the game and it does get different. The island of the damned (first map) has pretty boring enemies. Once you get new guns and new spells etc and get off what is basically the tutorial island it gets a lot more fun. The maps also get a lot of puzzles or little things to do that aren’t just killing enemies and it does get very difficult.

[@TiihoPlays]

Are there any micro transactions?

[@Woolie]

no

[@TiihoPlays]

@@Woolie it seems like everything I learn about this game is "oh I love that" or "I hate that". They were so close to making something really interesting. Give this art style to an extraction shooter similar to Helldiver's 2 with some of the RPG elements and that shit would go gangbusters.

[@PewPewSol]

Is this pvpve?

[@Woolie]

no, just pve

[@PewPewSol]

@@Woolie Alright good to know, was not in my radar but I clicked the video anyway and got curious.

[@sykomaniax187]

Its a soulstraction game

[@sezginhocaoglu8704]

early?

[@linkitude7432]

It’s a bit flaccid in his opinion

[@kahunaru]

I played the game for like an hour and to me, and from what the comments are saying, it seems like people are making excuses for the game for extremely boring early game. "Oh ya bro but if you get past the first 5 hours the game is great !" . For 40 dollars they should have just done a better job to make the early game better, why do they lock so much content on you spending that much time early game. You can't just ignore huge chunks of the game and cherry pick certain aspects and blame me for not wanting to waste 5 hours just for the game to be good, id rather just play something else.

[@liamseekins9488]

Sucks for you

[@wdeltag]

I didn't find the early game boring. The "more interesting" upgrades start pouring down right after you pass the first skill check and unlock the second map. You could do that in 40-60 minutes. I know I did

[@mantrad0r]

i like the gameplay aside from the way you unlock most things (weapons, spells, equipment, upgrade thingies) it is such a bad system that i genuinely get discouraged continuing playing

[@baltheosz.8142]

Streamerguy#2984 talking about video game pricing when he hasn't even beaten the first boss of a game is wild. Brainrotted streamer and his fanbase for sure, never coming back to this channel.

[@Woolie]

@@baltheosz.8142 unlocked everything and cleared all content max difficulty and I still think $40 is steep for what is currently available

[@ashbubbles3784]

@@Woolie You definitely play too much man - you can absolutely play games you enjoy without being unnattractive. quit making excuses, play less, and you'll see it come off.

[@chaboi685]

You definitely eat to much man - you can absolutely eat foods you enjoy without being fat. quit making excuses, eat less, and you'll see it come off.

[@liamseekins9488]

Everyone has different struggles and problems are you perfect no

[@chaboi685]

@@liamseekins9488 Tell that to the KZbinr, this is literally a copy and paste of his own comment from someone else video.

[@prospect2664]

36eur for indie game ? eeeh

[@gskyflakes]

took so long in the video to showcase any gameplay. zzzz

[@twilightexecutioner728]

Could really use some more sountracks to be honest, especially during combat. Kinda shocked its been out a year and has no combat music, as no matter good the combat is it all just kinda falls flat with the slow violin in the background. Also makes you feel that the map itself is empty, even if it isn't. Hard to describe just how important a good/fitting soundtrack is for a game. Looks a bit *too* early access for $40, maybe $20.

[@elijahbowers1]

Flaccid

[@g-h-l]

IanKyo

[@Huckle777]

The game seems cool but not being co-op is a serious misplay imo

[@MikeTheGamer77]

40 bucks for an early access game? NO, and it doesn't matter how good it is.

[@NahThisIsPatrick]

ah, epic exclusive and now on steam.. too bad

[@0002pA]

Not giving this a coop mode is a real failure.

[@griff_the_boxer]

seems cool but paying $40 to beta test a game for them seems kind of dumb

[@sadgirllofi7472]

worst review ever you didnt really explain the gameplay at all or was alot of Yap and not enough explaining

[@justinjoseph8491]

How much did they pay you?

[@acequs]

you definitely eat too much man - you can absolutely eat foods you enjoy without being fat. quit making excuses, eat less, and you'll see the weight come off.