Is Nightingale 2024's Next GREAT Survival Game? (Nightingale Review)

[@sundayexe4250]

Gotta say cross, I think you're thriving out of the destiny content. Keep it up man we love ya!

[@TaisunT]

Glad to see that they are.

[@BPMaverick111]

Agreed love the varied content.

[@drewcifer9701]

Accurate

[@tylerward7068]

Honestly though, keep it up.

[@sonnyankau9239]

he better hope he is because Destiny is not long for this world

[@GetAPlaster]

might put this one on the backburner for now till it improves, thanks for the indepth look Cross

[@PanoptesDreams]

That's how I felt looking at this. It has the polish but no depth.

[@henriquemarcalo5931]

@@PanoptesDreams I've been playing the game, or at least trying. I'd say it the other way around, the game has already lots of depth to it but my game constantly crashes just because. More polish needed

[@PanoptesDreams]

Mechanically speaking that depth is there. But the points cross brought up about exploration, and how temples become samey and you start recognizing the copy paste stuff. All they have to do to fox that is add more things to actually explore and fix the loot tables. @@henriquemarcalo5931

[@houndsraddforb4284]

Love how in depth you go bro. Always been my favorite D2 KZbinr, You and Lucky. Thanks for the valuable breakdowns when so many reviews don't give enough information

[@justjarrod]

I accidently left in a sound effect that was supposed to be removed... bet you can't find it

[@littletank3476]

Was it during the companion section about melee weapons?

[@justjarrod]

@@littletank3476 yup lol

[@johnnymetonymic]

Way to turn that L into a W. ❤

[@teabot9398]

"ZWIP!" during companion analysis, while giving stuff lol i doubled back cause i thought there was a joke or it was added hahaha

[@llama6336]

Played the Beta and felt this way almost immediately. Glad to see you be upfront and honest, appreciate it.

[@KarlWad]

I’m at work and can’t play video, what way did you feel about it?

[@llama6336]

@@KarlWad optimization was terrible, game felt clunky for combat especially melee combat, and the menus have too much going on. Enshrouded was much better for my friends and I. Had a group of 6 of us try this game and none of us liked it.

[@KahlevN]

Yeah, I played as well, had a massive bug that prevented me from testing that they didn’t bother to fix the patch, the combat was clunky, so was a lot for the other systems, the aesthetic seemed interesting, but everything is a 100% work in progress, I hope it gets better, but definitely not ready from prime time atm.

[@G0ldB0t]

So happy to know I won't be missing out by skipping this one. I can't do the survival grind anymore. I was here to explore, but now won't be disappointed. Thanks for getting in depth and being brutally honest!

[@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4]

Its why Im excited for Pacific Drive. Also a survival but revovled around your car and just…driving. Looks very chill all things considered and theres no home building like thing I saw, so likely no heavy resource gathering outside of whatever you probably need to upgrade your car.

[@letsplayblis1115]

Played pretty much non stop for almost two days. I'm pretty disappointed. This to me was high on my list. But it's extremely samey. It suffers from being bland like an okay meal but no salt or pepper

[@voidwalker6851]

So many base building games this year. Kinda sick, since very few people can actual afford houses lately lol

[@cinnamonsparrowdesigns]

I build the homes I can't afford IRL and it's fun haha

[@voidwalker6851]

@@cinnamonsparrowdesigns not a bad take! Kudos

[@TiffTumbles]

as I don't play Destiny any longer, the variety content from you is very welcome. Thanks!

[@b1indsided]

I used to watch all your videos when I played destiny 2 and when I stopped I stopped watching your content cuz it was destiny... Now that you're posting so much more content outside of destiny 2, I'm so glad to be able to watch my boy again

[@jasonkustra5671]

Was going to buy this today. Gonna hold off for awhile after watching this. Thank you!

[@darionroth9150]

I love the mixed content brother! Keep truckin!

[@flowmah5317]

The part about the climbing axes made me chuckle “You could dual-wield them as your weapons…which i did…” 😄 great intro vid for the game im dling it rn 👍

[@Poopsy-wx1nn]

Made me a fan with this review. Very honest and in depth. Keep up the good work mate.

[@SirBilltrix]

Appreciate the honest review. I duno of people are sponsoring or just not really going deep into the game but I’m definitely going to keep my eye on this, hopefully they change some things

[@tiacool7978]

Hopefully the exploration will be more fleshed out when the ea is over. Greatly appreciate the review. I'll continue to keep an eye on it.

[@Canis.Lupus.Arctos]

butter spread too thin on a huge slice of bread... bread may be very tasty, rustic, crunchy outside, soft inside, but damn... _gimme moa butterrr_

[@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4]

Thankfully with Helldivers 2 and Last Epoch tomorrow I can keep myself entertained while seeing the impressions flesh out a bit more over time.

[@mrbuIIets]

hmmm. When this was announced I was thinking it was going to be a complete game with no early access. I don't do early access games anymore so, guess I'll check this out when it hits 1.0.

[@jamelgiddens3537]

I believe you are mostly right, I’m loving the game at 20 hours! I can’t wait to play haha I’m playing ark ascended now but when I don’t have bosses to prep for I’m itching to get back into this world

[@cederhillcantata]

Best damn in depth review of the game I've seen so far. My god the quagmire of the crafting and inventory management shown is a mess. Feature creep on steroids x1000. Devs convinced me not to get it when they mismanaged the stress test and showed me that if they could mess up how they managed that, the game likely had lots of other mismanaged things. Your review cemented that speculation into truth. Thank you for your video. Well done.

[@D4rk_R34lm]

Man it all sounded so promising to start. Thanks for the in depth look

[@MikeHermon]

I have only played about 2.5 hours, I cant find a single thing in Nightingale that will pull me away from Enshrouded.

[@blokin5039]

The trailers for this game looked super interesting they didn't fully convey reality.

[@GetLikePrincee]

Love the out of destiny cross era

[@arch3ddraftsman]

Nasty! I have been playing Valhiem - a similar game. (So I have no idea of what have been happening at the Last City)

[@blebreton06]

Seems like a spin on the remnant 2 idea, interesting. Sounds cool, will give it a look.

[@brochadman4190]

This was a really good review ngl i hope the devs see this theres alot you've said that that they really should consider

[@itsweezing]

Oh this one's got the schematica mod from Minecraft? That's outstanding!! Glad there's finally a way to preview what you want to build

[@spectralcanvasimages]

Ooof... Just ooof... Thanks for the informative review Cross!

[@mugen3603]

This is a fantastic review. Tells me everything I needed to know to make an informed purchasing decision. Thank you so much.

[@Lockdown_502]

Hey thanks for this candid early review. I think this game has potential, and I am really excited for it, but I think I'll wait to see how EA goes.

[@echo9g]

Sadly, you are spot on! Refunded this hours after purchase.... for now, it's definitely back burner.

[@sherhoundgaming3076]

I've got to say I love Cross's content. Always have. However after putting 40 hours into Nightingale myself, I would say either the builds that reviewers got to play was different from the one we got at release, or they missed a few things. Besides optimization. That part holds pretty firm. But with DLSS you can make it work great with a decent PC. My friends and I have a few guns with a myriad of spells to choose from. If any are interested the game is definitely in a much better state now.

[@tylerward7068]

Not surprised in the slightest. Feels DOA.

[@KahlevN]

As someone who was super into the idea of it from the trailers, I really like so much about what they are going for. But after having played it, yeah, it feels like they failed to achieve their vision, and it seems like even with all the feedback they have gotten they just aren’t getting closer. I’ll check it out if it ever comes out of EA, but right now it’s just really not ready,

[@erikwarming]

Thank you - I was planning to get this game, but now I'll wait

[@SamisSacrius]

Thanks bro! Almost got this for my wife and me. Bullet dodged! 😂👍🏻

[@levibull6063]

Ive been watching your content for a while man I stopped playing destiny and did kinda stop watching But doimg other games will be good i think dont try to just limit your videos to destiny i love your takes on alot of stuff so keep up the good work

[@zueldebizzjaafar7573]

This is The Forest of Magickal!! Unbelievable Golden!! ":D

[@realism51]

from everything I have seen and read, they made the game overwhelming in regards to crafting

[@mr.goochthethird1222]

4:20 They got them Baki features lol

[@Dearest_Nides]

thanks for the clear cut review :) I'm more excited to pick this up with a clear idea of what the game is

[@Bergzore]

That building system basically comes from the Forest. Great building system.

[@PrincipeLucero]

The building blueprint makes me think of Grounded

[@Manic.miner2077]

If this was a game like Skyrym instead of a survival game I’d be in, no question.

[@Phillz91]

The amount of survival game designers that choose to not have shared resource storage in a base is baffling. It's such a simple QoL for the players with only upsides to the players enjoyment of the game

[@MasterSwisher]

I'm loving this game with my wife and friends

[@lionelwhiskerknot]

I like Nightingale with the only flaws to me being an incredible lack of wildlife and creatures to fight and they make it a real guessing game how to upgrade your gear and where to find the recipes. Some of the gear being locked to the storyline but they don't tell you that.

[@justseth5589]

Saved me $30, thanks Cross

[@dusoegaming]

Yeah saved me 30 minutes of working for a game he easily put 40 hours into. Thank goodness

[@cjfries6648]

Thanks for the thorough review Cross. Seems this game isn't what I thought it would be. I'll hold off until things improve.

[@Athyxion]

PLEASE HELP ME AZTEC! ..what is the name of the outro song on this video? 'The FUTURE of Helldivers 2 (New Content, Game Masters, & More)?' its amazing i want it haha thanks so much

[@QuantumsBlastFurnace]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5zTmIqep751p9E Cool Tuxedo-Ava Low

[@justjarrod]

Editor here, it's called Bitmaster by Lupus Nocte

[@Athyxion]

thank you so much @@justjarrod

[@mattiarimola2357]

This game its brand new... give it more time and maybe it will develope something very interesting and unique

[@RjSchopp]

In terms of multiplayer, is it server based or character based saves?

[@onuxtigris3392]

Character iirc

[@tyler9851]

The character customization looks like characters out of Baki lol

[@Nevario1]

It's awful looking. Like one person in a review said, "Why do we look like characters from the goonies?"

[@jaysonperalta9253]

Thanks for the honest review. I hope it gets better with future updates since i like the theme and artstyle. I think the devs should give players access to the cool stuff earlier

[@dusoegaming]

Yeah give the cool stuff at the beginning so people can experience all the end game stuff and stop playing 5 hours in. I like that Idea, really smart honestly.

[@jaysonperalta9253]

@@dusoegaming no sorry, i meant they could create weak basic spells for early game. It might give players a better feel of their combat system

[@JonathanGeb]

@dusoegaming lol you are such a miserable person - every comment you've made on this video is so pathetic and sad. hope life gets better for you

[@richardl4999]

Game in theory and design has so much potential but man, I gadda say this along with many other reviews really don't paint a pretty picture in its current state.

[@JamesCartermusic]

Agh Christ, I can't stand not being able to craft from storage. I guess I can see why it doesn't have it if the same piece of wood have 10 different stats, which also that sounds crazy.

[@esportbully1196]

Had big hopes for this game

[@spooner7637]

Take a shot every time he says “let me just say guys” lol good video guys, thank you for covering this game, helped understand what it’s about more

[@jefferyskeenan]

Valheim most dangerous enemy.....the trees

[@yaboicrabmeat7356]

Cross you need to play grounded dude, it has alot of these building features. such an amazing game

[@Motion_God]

Loved that game

[@bigwhop136]

Thanks for the review as I been waiting for it and was going to pull the trigger on it but it looks like a beautiful copy and paste game

[@davidmsmith268]

I've played about 15-20 hours. i feel mostly the same as you. I will keep going slowly so as not to burn out toooo fast., But likely I'll take a break in a couple of weeks and wait and HOPE they update this game to make it an actual game. Sadly they're missing some basics of games that have been great over the past 20 years. It's sad that they've missed some of the stuff that is standard fair. I'm ok with complicated, but jesus let us pull items from chests for crafting at the minimum or someone will just immediately make a mod that will do it, aka Ark, Valhiem, etc. Also agree on the graphics. Something isn't right on thier end. I have a good card and playing solo and it lags, glitches, and errors, tells me I'm short on graphics ram when I'm only using 10-12g of 32. BUT as I said the game isn't done. Play it a while, take a break, then come back later on. They fix these issues withen a few months, or they unfortunately will fail long term.

[@tobidavis8613]

Good review!

[@funnyhowthingsturnout6186]

this reminds me of a minecraft mod called vault hunters from team iskall

[@ryanebrecht5651]

Can we please get some videos of Enshrouded?

[@ghostwolf5347]

Of course there will be a river of complaints because they didn't get EVERYTHING they wanted but of course thats expected. Me I'm gonna enjoy this I'm sure this game at this level will do wonders in the future updates.

[@Timmy1979]

Environments are pretty, character models and textures need work.

[@TeKnoVKNG23]

The survival/crafting this is sadly getting overdone just like battle royale and looter shooter/arena shooter. When this was first teased I thought it was a true MMO similar to FF14, not run around and gather and build stuff that has been done to death at this point. Then I saw the combat and was like...yeah this is going to be another flash in the pan. It's funny how all the "Great" games of 2023 were literally around for 2-3 weeks and then people were moving on to something else or going back to their old game. The biggest problems with games now is they don't have any staying power.

[@Myaora]

I'm honestly not sure why games need staying power? If I buy a game and get my fun out of it, I'm okay with me being done with it after a few days or weeks. Not every game has to be one that consumes hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of my life.

[@redditmanllegnisthebirdofh9887]

@@Myaorabruh lol once you get older maybe you’ll understand we don’t have that much life left to play shit games

[@devak45167]

Are you gonna be playing and/or making content on FF7: Rebirth? Awesome to see your take on other non-Destiny games

[@CodyCombat]

It has been very nice to see that the top games this year have been sub $60. Just goes to show that AAA devs have completely lost touch with their audiences. I don't need to play a movie with a huge budget, I just want to play a good game. Just make a game that people want to play and not whatever the hell skull and bones is. The 39.99 price and under have been looking really good recently

[@TDubz4]

Review starts 2:18

[@smithperformance5834]

so... with wich button i can move things around pls?`

[@oneroomzoo]

click X, then hold R over the object you want to move

[@PinkKitten002]

What setup do you use? The graphics dont look right at all, just not sure if its the fault of footage/youtube upload or your PC

[@reenry4510]

It could be just early access shenanigans. Which I doubt because the UI in gameplay trailers was a red flag to me. I really dont like the UI.

[@PinkKitten002]

@@reenry4510 yeah after playing it myself it's rough, my computer happily runs raytracing in games but in nightingale on quality some stuff looks great at face value but a lot of it is super rough, it honestly reminds me of FO4 half the time which is alarming in 2024 on "UE5" im really doubting they used UE5....

[@thecasualsperspective]

Its a general consensus... people like when you just get in there and get really deep into something...

[@lazylautrec6933]

Yea the worlds look cool but I can’t get past the characters gear and outfits . I’m to use to wearing and finding armor. Would have been cool tho if it had more of a horror vibe like Bloodborne.

[@SilkyJohnson7]

Just started downloading it and I'm watching this video in the meantime. Not so excited anymore lol

[@oneroomzoo]

just by looking at the comments i know that this review is generic. i dont have time to watch it, i rather enjoy a sunset in nightingale. if you love survival games like valheim and enshrouded, you will love this pretty and cosy game.

[@DreadedLad88]

Its always funny to see Destiny players complain about other games being repetitive.

[@ryanebrecht5651]

This is the problem with the "early access" model that every developer is switching to. You're buying an incomplete game and hoping they finish it some time in the future. But you'll be bored with it before it's ever close to being done. Look how long Valheim has been in early access.

[@XenomorphFiend]

Kinda wild considering how many closed and open tests they did before EA launch.

[@ROFLWAFFLELAWL4]

A large lart of performance could be due to Nanite which is still fairly recent and likely not that optimized. Not sure if I saw an option to have it off or use another method.

[@aaronpomeroy2579]

I might have to try it out

[@ghostgames0707]

When is it available?

[@Makiyura]

The video tells you, watch and find out.

[@Hat-san]

It's out now.

[@paulncnightmare]

Looks cool but Palworld super burned me out on this type of thing for the time being. Will probably save it for later in the year whenever there's a drought of new games.

[@philc8360]

I listened to the exciting description for 10 minutes, then went immediately to buy it. Then it got to the end of the review and said, "Meh, not so much" Damn....stop...downloading! Lol he said “doo doo”

[@galkanftw]

If Nightinggale came out before the Ark series then sure the game would have been pretty decent but even at that it wasn't until Atlas "Ark spinoff" that I got more of a game I was looking for. One of my biggest things is I need a game to feel realistic from movement to combat to building etc etc.Ark was a bit too goofy with it's numbers Atlas was a lot better and creatures looked and felt the part. Nightingale just adds large models for the sake of adding large models because well it seems people get excited over large models and anything that is named a BOSS or a RAID. Nightingale is imo just not good enough for 2024 and Valheim imo only exists because of the cheat modes allowing video makers to build stuff easily and to cheat the game any way they want otherwise it would have received a less favorable review. So far the genre has given us loads of bugs/lack of polish/performance and mostly the same old with maybe one new gimmick like in case of Nightingale the CARD.SO I would ask myself is the CARD system what I am looking for with the NEXT big survival game and the answer is NO. I do have a few ideas that I MUST see before I give any new survival game two thumbs up but with Early Access being a thing I doubt I ever see it.

[@JonathanGeb]

I was on the edge about getting this game but after seeing this review, plus already enjoying other games like Helldivers, I think I'll shelf this game. Cool idea but not something worth the money for me.

[@dusoegaming]

Yeah it's a spicy 26 dollars, def not worth 30 minutes of working for me.

[@JonathanGeb]

@dusoegaming more like 20min for me but you're absolutely right it's not, games not ready to be released yet and I'm guessing it'll die if they don't put a lot more work into it

[@iandestroyerofworlds576]

I actually really like Nightingale. The depth of it is incredible. I normally don't play survival games and the only one I liked was The Forest. So this is right up my alley.

[@Blackronin357]

Maybe I have to play the game, but I couldn't get into the art direction of Nightingale from trailers. I'm not a steam punk guy, so it may just be me.

[@XPTver.1021]

What I don’t understand is all the issues you talked about are big issues, yet I watched loads of other videos reviews on this game and no one else seems to talking about it? They must all be getting paid then

[@mjdub1013]

There's absolutely nothing special about this game. I was hyped since the announcement. But now that it's here...wildly underwhelming. EXTREMELY Tedious early game grinding. When playing in a group quests aren't shared. Which makes the early grind twice as bad. The rain kills you. Which is only a part of the game so they could implement the pointless umbrella mechanic. As of day one....there's better survival games out there.

[@joshcastro8526]

Great review!

[@irboredlol]

Big props for pointing out the combat issues. The game is beautiful but damn that combat, its bad and boring as hell

[@camerongarner4541]

Love the variety content, but yeah this is a pass for me. Thank u for the review of the game cross

[@utmastuh]

I got into the playtest version. It was god awful. Everyone provided honest and brutal feedback. Instead of taking the feedback in stride them and their diehard community hid behind the guise of "play test" and "early access" so my hope for this game went down the drain. I predicted it needed 6 months more to cook so if they're willing to put in the effort then I expect them to have a playable game by end of summer. If it's on sale for steam summer/fall/winter sale then I'll dip back into it.

[@madbuddha4587]

Can't stop laughing at 3:15 for some reason

[@ChrisGame81]

All this non destiny content is sooooooo good!

[@rainqd1889]

aztecross you should play sons of the forest, its fully releasing in just a few days

[@CrypticDuality]

got nightingale yesterday been fun but there are some issues which are already being addressed so I recommend but also wait until next patch

[@owomushi_vr]

Do they have vr add on

[@xalzaixd9570]

They need to improve and develop on this game for a long time like a year or so, it doesn't feel complete at all. And for the price they're asking, it better stay in that early access for even longer; we'll be having another skull and bones by the looks of it. -Appreciate the honest review, hard to find people who tell things as they are these days.-

[@Blackburn6969]

This game is way above and beyond Skull & Bones. Pretty bold to say its on the same level. The price is incredibly reasonable at $29.99. No where near the $70 for Skull & Bones, lol. The game has very much already changed from when hes played it, or at least the first half of this footage, looks like its a month or so old. Newer gameplay videos are out showing a much better and more detailed UI. The optimization is much much better also.

[@xalzaixd9570]

Interesting, I thought this video was thorough and explanatory of the most recent state of the game. Yes he does say that they're playing the pre-release version, but I wasn't expecting that much of a difference... It's kind of deceiving. Also my point was the game being boring and bare, not the price comparison (although if they were asking $30 for the pre-release version, it'd still be a lot imo). Upon looking at other media, they have indeed improved a lot of aspects of the game, and naturally I'd retract all of my statement. Maybe the review wasn't all that honest perhaps?

[@sliimcracker]

$26.99 as an introductory price is pretty fair. Most of these games that have been releasing recently around $30 are pretty good value and the game themselves are pretty good.