I destroyed entire armies with finger-guns in IMMORTALS OF AVEUM.

You can pre-order Immortals of Aveum releasing July 20th, 2023 on Playstation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via EA App, Steam and Epic Games Store - www.inflcr.co/...
Immortals of Aveum is a new magic-FPS game coming out in a few months, and I was lucky enough to get to play a demo of it before release. And while I can't make any final conclusions about the game, it's absolutely on my wishlist now.
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[@eldritchbob5516]

I like the sound of this. Jack being able to use all the magic types, but not as well as someone that's able to do only one make a lot of sense, as he's had to spread his learning across the three. ...oh my god. He's a Jack of all trades. His name is a pun.

[@AnthonySmyth-LogG-]

I DIDN'T SEE IT WHY WHY DID YOU DO THIS

[@boom-jr8vi]

⁠@@AnthonySmyth-LogG- YES. PUNS ARE AN ART FORM, and as a pun enjoyer this went hard.

[@c-longjohns6183]

@@boom-jr8vi I HATE IT HERE. I can’t unsee this now and I hate you for that

[@SquigglyDestroyerofWorlds]

Boy what a time to be alive when game companies have to mention "no internet connection required" and "no microtransactions"

[@Dragoderian]

I trust neither of these promises because EA is publishing.

[@marctaco2624]

“Currently” No “plans” for such I give it a month.

[@Xero-rr2ol]

@@Dragoderian EA publish doesnt mean anything. Its when EA makes the game thats the issue,

[@keaghanwhisenhunt7809]

​@@marctaco2624I give it a week at most

[@Never_heart]

And the no microtransactions is almost definitely going to be proven to be a lie

[@gwennifergracie-mclauchlan5675]

Honestly, seems like an rpg ish Doom, which sounds fun to me. But more importantly Lemon I gotta love how you did this review, kept the personality we all know and love, but actually had lots of the useful information that a lot of reviews sleep on. Hope to see more of these!

[@deusexvesania1702]

Singleplayer. No internet connection necessary. No microtransactions. Okay, what are you up to this time, EA?

[@reddestdragon]

More than likely gonna be incredibly buggy on launch like most AAA games nowadays.

[@ChronicNOTAG]

My thoughts exactly. Something is not right here. No way EA would release this kind of game. It's not in their line of work. This stinks, there's something nefarious about this. There has to be. I don't trust EA.

[@Vaylon.]

​@WoolW it's releasing on Steam and Epic so let's be hopeful that they don't pull a Ubisoft and make you go through both launchers

[@degamersmind]

​@@HangmanOfficialUploads I wouldnt compare it to Avatar, like, at all. It gives me more of an uneasy vibe akin to Forspoken, but with more weapon variety and perhaps an unneccesairy loot system. But we shall see, just be a bit on caution and maybe its even good? Just maybe...its still EA

[@diinouhothead9362]

Plain shit game is what I smell. The trailer has nothing that hooks me in, or anything to awake my chuunibyou weeb instinct at all.

[@LazeC014]

I like how you reviewed the game. Straight forward, less sugarcoating and more on explaining the details in a way that is easy to understand.

[@j.mn.a509]

man as cool as these games are EA and a lot of other devs of the same vein dont really give me good faith with how a lot of their practices affect not only the customers but heir developers, this one does give me hope tho

[@LeCheckmate]

Yeah, if this weren't by EA, i'd genuinely be excited for it. There's no way they won't force bullshit amounts of predatory monetization.

[@katiequeen7225]

good thing that EA isn't developing this

[@belliebun4529]

EA is a publisher, not a developer. If anything, this makes me feel bad for Ascendant Studios. All their hard work is going down the drain, if not because of EA themselves then by association with EA.

[@LeCheckmate]

@@katiequeen7225 They're known to mess with the development of games they publish. This could still become an Anthem.

[@CheshireSwift]

​@@katiequeen7225 yeah, having them as a publisher went great for Waypoint Games.

[@SophieBPowerhouse]

"Being a triarch means he's not as strong as someone who focuses on one specific spell type, but he's more versatile." Guess that makes him a (puts on sunglasses) "Jack-of-all-trades"

[@cj6031]

take my like and leave.

[@KerishWaters]

Buddy I'm gonna have to ask you to leave out the door for that also here's my like

[@UtterlyShagged]

Stay., i want more.

[@Yavorh55]

I hope that the finger guns are more engaging than Ghostwire Tokyo. I got a feeling that first person magic usually limits the scale and capabilities. Think back on Dragon Age: Origins - you could literally cause an entire crowd to chain-explode on death if you combo'd your magic right and it seemed amazing since you could look from atop

[@purplehaze2358]

"A mage who can't improvise is a dead mage, afterall." ..I love how he says that as though it's like, a commonplace idiom that everyone knows and uses.

[@Ironica82]

When you were describing Jack, I honestly thought you were saying that he can use all three magics because he is a "Try Hard"

[@plackt]

Nope, he’s just a Jack of all traits, master of none.

[@nathanhepworth-smith9021]

This game had my attention right up until about 6:40 and then the gear score showed up. Glad you got paid lemon

[@EvelynnEleonore]

this game does look pretty sick now that I get to see it in action- The trailer didn't hook me like, at all? but this does look really fun! I was worried about posting this comment after writing it near the beginning of the vid, but now that im through it i feel validated :D

[@yukil.spencer3848]

So the good guys can use red blue and green while the enemy seems to be yellow. Hufflepuff evil arc?

[@Meatful]

Great review! I love that you also spoke with a controller user as well for their opinion. Really appreciate it

[@noahmorris1015]

I'm honestly quite excited to see reviews on this channel! I think the variety will be interesting, and I trust your takes :)

[@he_who_nuts]

My thoughts exactly. He's so clear with any information he presents. Super glad to see him change it up

[@Draukagrissah]

Lemon hates Elden Ring and looked past all of the egregious flaws in Salt and Sacrifice when it came out last year, just keep stuff like that in mind and his reviews should be pretty helpful still lol

[@GunthokTheMental]

This seems pretty cool. It looks like a more rpg heavy Doom.

[@K-roc902]

Damn, fingered his way to victory

[@pocketinfinity6733]

finally

[@colew4531]

I listened to the whole video with earbuds in and they fell out right before "Muscle mommy gets what muscle mommy wants" and i got the weirdest look from the people around me

[@someguy4262]

"I put the fires out." "You made them worse!" "Worse... or better?"

[@thejaysayber225]

This was a really nice watch. Honestly watching this got me excited for it and I couldn't help but think, "man that trailer they showed really didn't show off anything that was actually cool about the game", and hearing you give the same sentiment later on made me feel not as crazy about that.

[@Besieged1927]

Looks amazing, nice to see Lemon add his unique style to a review of a game. One question though, do I have to go through the EA launcher to play this? As the launcher has been broken for me for over 9 months now and I can't play anything EA puts out thank fuck but this one looks good.

[@XxBlackXephosxX]

Have you tried uninstalling it? they "revamped" their launcher so it went from origin to ea launcher, and i had to completely delete it and reinstall it for battlefield 4 to work for me, not sure if this will fix your issue though

[@Celecial]

It's coming to steam as well

[@grunner7557]

1:30 Single player:: Sold. No internet required: Sold. No Mircrotransactions: Fucking SOLD!

[@MavHawk]

After a large fire occurred on a far away planet the great philosopher Invader Zim once asked. "Worse or better?" When accused of making the fire much much bigger.

[@inquisitorbenediktanders3142]

Sounds like AAA Lichdom: Battlemage.

[@arl4693]

I think bigger studios need to learn that price point is, in fact, negotiable. This single player, 20-25 hour game is being listed at $60 (or $70 for a deluxe edition that doesn't appear to include anything additional, at least on the steam page). Even with this game piquing my interest and looking up my alley, there's no way I'm interested in buying on release when I could wait maybe 2 months maximum and pick it up at a much more reasonable $30-$40 which is more in line with what this length of game is worth.

[@JulesNekro]

40$ would be a great deal

[@toddclawson3619]

Yeah. I have noticed that even a lot of indie games are starting to go from around $30 to $50 or more.

[@Freebs311]

Honestly I saw EA and nearly checked out but I trust Lemon enough to believe the video will at least be an honest run through and it's kinda giving me ghostwire tokyo vibes with the hand magic. Certainly not gonna be pre ordering but looks like a solid pick up so far.

[@RedJohn1991]

Well looks a lot like "Lichdom Battlemage", which i loved in the past and present but the magic system in lichdom was a loot deeper.

[@Voromire1]

This game does look super interesting! I am running a D&D War Campaign, and I... Cannot believe i never considered using spell casters as Snipers... That's just... BRILLIANT.

[@masayozzy6498]

I dont think harry potter doom really breathes new life in any genre but the game looks ight

[@ninacochrane569]

His name is Jack and he uses all magic but weaker than someone who focuses on just one? "I know writers who use subtlety, and they're all cowards."

[@cyanspartan1757]

The combat kinda feels like Bioshock, except you use plasmids as your main weapon. Pretty neat!

[@TheRaptorOfGaming]

Looks cool, competently put together, but I still feel we have yet to experience a big studio game that has taken the fantasy of being a powerful mage and bent every effort into fulfilling that task. The best we've gotten so far are like this, which mostly seems to be "DOOM but more magic"

[@glazeddoughnutgod4352]

I can imagine this game having challenge runs already, maybe challenge runs where you use only 1 type of magic. (Only blue, only green, only red.)

[@Raoul9753]

Ever noticed how none of those “my honest opinion“ sponsored videos ever have any really relevant things to criticise (its always just small qol things), yet when the games release, its a game that everyone sees is bad after like 5 minutes?

[@JulesNekro]

He played a timed demo though

[@bubla2659]

Ok but that third question in the beginning is exactly what I think about at night, NCD has corrupted me

[@HangmanOfficialUploads]

Just for working with EA, I will personally start a hotdog bun company that makes 11 buns per pack.

[@PastorJMills]

Enjoyed this preview! Loved seeing actual game play and lots of details. Great work, Lemon!

[@mirkofraccastoro7573]

Looks like this may be a great fantasy action experience with a pretty i spired gameplay and art direction, will look forward to seeing how it develops!

[@dschinnken]

looks nice . lets see how they fuck it up and when they add microtransactions

[@SkyTheKoala]

Looks like Ghostwire Tokyo had a baby with Lord of the Rings. EA and NO Microtransactions? LOL!

[@daviddk1988]

Your hotdogs come in packs of 10??? And buns in packs of 8??? WTF. Over here we have packets of 6/12/24/36/48 for hotdogs, and buns usually in 6/12. Other than that, great video, as always!

[@toddclawson3619]

It is unfortunately true. One of life's greatest mysteries.

[@unlucky1307]

This game looks fantastic. A singleplayer battlemage RPG game that doesn't require an internet connection and isn't trying to shove microtransactions at me sounds perfect. That being said, EA having their hand anywhere near it makes me hesitant to buy it or be excited. Regardless of the current "intentions" of the game's lifecycle, EA has shown time and again that they're willing to screw over consumers for a buck, and I expect their "intentions" to change. I'll give it a few months after release, but if it has a clean release and doesn't look like it's going to suffer the usual EA treatment, I'll definitely get it.

[@toddclawson3619]

So in this case it fully depends on the developer. EA Originals are games that are made by indie developers and published by EA with the developers maintaining creative control. The idea is that the developers get access to EA's studios and assistance while EA gets a percentage of the profits and a good way for their own developers to explore the innovations that the indie developers are exploring. So far it seems to be a massive success with most EA originals being highly rated and profitable games.

[@unlucky1307]

@@toddclawson3619 That's fantastic, I just can't help but see anything associated with EA and think of corporate greed and the ways they've ruined games in the past. So at most I'm cautiously optimistic when anything within arms length of them as a company looks like it'll be good.

[@nahuelkid]

It seems my initial reaction to it was more or less accurate. Late 2000s - 2010s style Single player shooter in the same vibe as Singularity, Legendary or Bioshock.

[@LordOfLightningSkies]

I hadn't heard of this game, but its definitely on my radar now!

[@GitraSilvermane]

So a much improved version of Lichdom: Battlemage but minus the craft your own spell system. Ok. That peaks my interest.

[@Jgtack]

Doom but magic instead of guns. Well I'm sold

[@anonimus370]

"no plans for microtransaction" have they mentioned the exact date of their addition?

[@Thewicked117]

It looks so cool, but since EA is the publisher I’m gonna wait for post launch reviews before deciding to get the game or not

[@Onebadterran]

Looks like three challenge runs are on the horizon, though really straightforward. Beat the game with Red Only, Green Only, and Blue Only, GiantGrantGames style. Or maybe no magic

[@cuddlequeen3225]

This reminds me of an indie title called Runewaker, but with a lot more to it and in more of a classic FPS style. Im interested to see how this turns out.

[@treiz01]

Heh "Torrent Ring" I see what you did there, devs

[@Raganui]

Hold it, hold it. You said this is being published by EA, right? But you also said the following about it: Single Player. Offline. No Microtransactions. My brain is having trouble computing these two drastic clashing of ideologies being together in one place.

[@JulesNekro]

It's published under EA originals, where they just publish and don't interfere in the games themselves

[@archmagetyler]

I see gear score and immediately I’m staring death at EAs likely lies

[@soshalconstruct5463]

This one really reminded me of Lichdom Battlemage. Magic FPS with spell customization that released almost 10 years ago

[@devinbuettgenbach2941]

Honestly LIchdom is a superior version of what has been showcased.

[@-opus]

2:45 Jack is a try hard

[@nahrikkon]

it is in the middle of the night but im eating curry and contemplating youtube videos

[@phoenixflame9157]

Single player... offline play... no microtransactions... EA!? Even if it comes out and doesn't seem my cup of tea, I might just buy it to support that.

[@DanteYewToob]

If anyone at EA is listening… BIGGER FONTS! Why do all moderns games have such tiny ass fonts! I have a headache from playing Cyberpunk earlier and squinting through all of the reading! I have a 65in TV… I shouldn’t be squinting to read anything on a screen that big… cmon! this game looks cool as hell but I’m already anxious about those menus and tiny ass fonts! At least give us the option to make it bigger! Please.

[@pogle6300]

Getting over-magical bio-shock, Cool. And a EA game with no in-game purchases, I hope.

[@Achillez098]

Holy heck, this game looks amazing! If you can pretend Redfall and Gollum didn't happen, 2023 is the best year for games yet!

[@someguy4262]

Oh good, a new studio. With some Dead Space guys working for it. That has ties with EA. I imagine they have some pretty pessimistic ideas about the future of their studio and possible franchise. Y'know... because history. And EA's standard practice of "see good game, buy studio, meddle with the production of the sequel until it's bad, see sequel is bad, shut studio down". Looks like a neat game, though.

[@Amdor]

"But you didn't come here for the lore, you came here for the action" - let's be honest. We came here for headcanon lore with action and some failures along the way :)

[@HrtR8]

When I saw the skill tree I was like oh ok something small and neat cool, then Lemon said “Don’t worry this isn’t nearly as complicated as it looks on the surface” I laughed in path of exile

[@aussiejo5764]

OF COURSE he’s named jack

[@thecollector2099]

That was a very well thought out, thorough, and honest review that left me kinda wanting to get the game and if a few minor frame drops are the only true issues from a demo, that's pretty good! Well done Lemon😊

[@Cyberus1000]

Really cool to see this. I felt the same about the trailer so this is very encouraging seeing the gameplay and your experience.

[@jamestaylor713]

We need more single player triple a games. This looks promising.

[@Never_heart]

It's EA, don't trust anything they promise until a full year after release

[@L337N1NJ4L1NK]

Where I live, hotdogs come in packs of 8

[@vivusthevivusthing6182]

Seems like a simplified lichdom:battlemage.

[@jamiesnow8190]

It's nice to see more modern production games without microtransactions. I hope EA can keep that up

[@ThatChimpBoy]

I saw the thumbnail and immediately thought of Infinity Blade, I really fucking wish this was from Epic Studios.

[@John_Conner_]

Plot twist, that's the full game you just played, everything else is dlc

[@shadowofseattle1338]

Ok this looks pretty freaking cool

[@andreasottohansen7338]

Magicman FPS is the kind of game i have wanted for years.

[@Gamer3427]

The first I've heard of this game, but looks interesting. I probably won't get it day one, but it'll at least be on my radar to check out and see some reviews of once it's fully released.

[@DraconisLeonidas]

I'll be wary for now. Looks cool, but I'll definitely wait to see what others say and if EA decides to make them shove microtransactions in anyway...

[@WILDFIRE1441]

the blue lash reminds me of the leash from bulletstorm, and I loved it in that game, it was awesome, so I expect to love it in this

[@pldanis7968]

Looking pretty good for an EA original... if they can keep their promesses of no microtransactions and always online bullcrap its a buy for me down the road.

[@VampiricsAK]

i feel like this game is a complete test on how well the universe and gameplay comes over and if its good they make a mulitplayer type of it or maybe warhammer vermintide like would defenetly be crazy

[@mokeymale8350]

Really looks like a mix of Doom and Forspoken. Hopefully EA doesn’t kill it as hard as I’m afraid they will

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

Hey, silly question, but have you considered doing any of the Silent Hill games as challenge runs? Like Silent Hill 4 Wine Bottle only, or using any of the worst weapons. I think it’s interesting enough, but might require a lot of practice, since something like the Wine Bottle is so ass you’d need to learn it; might take too much time, but instead you could do steel pipe lol. Or no guns!

[@matthewx360]

Triple Jump music threw me for a second.

[@fabi3790]

Sounds interesting On my wishlist.. next to so many other games Oh and speaking of doom. I should probably download and play it at one point

[@GameBuff2305]

I see what you did there with the post it 😂 😂 😂

[@korosheht5446]

Ah lemon is back at it again

[@LogaSLevaard]

I caught that bullet proof monk reference, thank you.

[@megameepmaina]

WAIT WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE THERE IS NO FUCKING WAY THAT EA OF ALL GAME COMPANYS HAS MADE A GAME FREE OF MICROTRANSACTIONS THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE

[@Napkino948]

this looks like it might make a good late birthday gift for me. thank you so much for making a video, i had no god damn clue what to ask for.

[@Reptonious]

this looks like it has a bit of everything and not much truly inspired going on. lots of GOTY awards coming I'm sure

[@kommo1]

Singleplayer, no online requirement, no microtransactions.... are you sure this EA is electronics arts and not some other company with the same initials?

[@serketenglish5963]

I can't help but feel like this game was intended to either copy Forspoken or capitalize on the audience it entirely failed to reach. Furthermore, you can bet your socks there's going to be a day 1 patch that adds in horrendous microtransactions. Edit: You make this game look so cool, and I really, really hope that it turns out well... EA has hurt me.

[@jamiesnow8190]

Thanks for the content!

[@Dragon_Radier]

NOOO I WAS 22 SECONDS LATE I DESERVE EXICUTION

[@Namelessstew]

Exiled to the front logs

[@dascreeb5205]

​@@cloud4132 *Uncleusion

[@Zyhiris]

I was an hour late im gonna get my souls banished to the plain of torture😭😭😭😭

[@Akabans999]

* lobs firebomb *

[@Dysiode]

I love how minor frame drops "knock you out of the experience." And by love I mean 🙄 to each their own of course, but damned if it doesn't make reviewers sound elitist (looking at you Digital Foundry). But I also extremely rarely notice screen tearing and that seems to drive people batty so maybe I'm just less picky

[@alexblades5218]

I kind've understand why other games use a wand or staff. Having one hand floating in front of you while you walk around looks a little weird- especially with the left hand existing in an alternate plane of existence most of the time

[@Gary_a_normal_human_being]

While this looks pretty dope, why…is the best they could come up with as a name for the protagonist, Jack?! Like you got a magical world and your blasting a machinegun out of your fingers as a guy called Jack?

[@hayato1544]

It’s funny how they didn’t make up magic, and is all science based

[@abrahamwolvers5505]

Hey Lemon. Ever played a game called Lichdom. This game and Lichdom are incredibly similar in my mind

[@weltyfeline]

You made the fire's worst worst or better top invaders zim line

[@sgtpastry]

I totally thought the bed posts were Lemon's hands, which made my mind wander.