Lunacid: The Comfy Kings Field

[@CharlatanWonder]

www.patreon.com/posts/114703549 Here's that full recipe 100% FREE FOR EVERYONE!

[@RF-INF]

the banana shirt adds 100% flavour, 10/10 i approve

[@TheZombieMack]

One subtle thing I like about the game is the fact that, because ghosts and skeletons and such exist, it's actually possible that your player character might be your own ghost possessing just your chopped off hand.

[@TheZombieMack]

@@williamjones4117 ... Did I miss something?

[@noxer5589]

ive been guessing thats why you hold a shield in your main hand

[@nacicomi]

​@@noxer5589you hold it with your main hand because you only have one hand

[@rainbowsnail4171]

There is a spell that summons a coffin. You can then cast the spell to give it life. You can then create a room full of screaming coffins. Game of the Year.

[@blindedjourneyman]

Well I mean, we can only use one weapon at a time, but we cant drink potions that way unless we pull an ethan winters on Our chopped off hand amd with certain weapons expose its STILL cut off.

[@doncoria9505]

You can use them to jump too

[@Skuttie]

Tying game mechanics to the actual moon is lunacy

[@GameDevYal]

IMO calling it "comfy" is a stretch because the spooky areas go REALLY hard, you can really feel that this is made by a person that's made two horror games previously and no amount of bonking sticks or spells are gonna make you feel SAFE descending into a place like the prison underground. (Having the skeleton dogs show up the SECOND time you go through the prison hub got me real good, thinking I'd be fine since I'd memorized the enemy spawns... and then suddenly not only does a new enemy appear with no warning but it's just in your face IMMEDIATELY). I main the fairy companion spell... not because of its pitiful extra damage, but because having that "btw something is within attack range" alert makes me feel slightly more comfortable delving into the unknown.

[@marcindzamroga8945]

WDYM pitful damage? I've destroyed bosses using this spell! Here's my pro gamer strat (patent pending): 1. Spam as many fairies as you can have out at one time (I think it's 3) 2. Run around the arena screaming like a little girl to avoid the boss. 2b. If any of the fairies run out, re-cast the spell. 3. Profit Works beautifully on Cirall, Abyssal Demons, and whatever the thing under the castle bridge was.

[@percher4824]

@@marcindzamroga8945 not everything is weak to light, so i don't blame 'em

[@revoblam7975]

Yeah I can imagine the forest spirits laughing at the fave of any vampires or faires there

[@AstralPhnx]

Yeahhhh calling it "comfy" is honestly a biiiiitttt of a stretch because some of these areas are fucking TERRIFYING. They're a bit easier to handle on your second run through but GOD some areas like the Forsaken Tomb on my first run were TERRIFYING

[@AstralPhnx]

Also yes those undead dogs can fuck RIGHT off they're AGONY

[@sicksavage4683]

I would like to say i really appreciate the fact that you go out of your way to encourage people to and show them how to prep their meals. As someone who really likes cooking, it warms my heart to see someone teaching others how to cook and seemingly enjoying it immensely. I hope you keep making these videos for as long as you want and that you have a great halloween.

[@thevane998]

i remember each new area i was actually kinda spooked from the unknown and atmosphere but as soon as i got to the next area i'd metaphorically BLJ around the map like mario in previous areas

[@metxican2537]

YES, I WAS WAITING THE FULL REVIEW OF LUNACID FOR ALMOST A YEAR!!!

[@MidnyaDaCow]

Lunacid is genuinely one my favorite games in recent years, it being made by Kira only made that easier to say. Really looking forward to whatever project they work on next.

[@kaidorade1317]

Thanks for another year of Indieween! I’ve played this game. It’s good but I found myself getting frequently lost

[@ciscornBIG]

The recipe in the middle of the vid is CRAZY. love it!

[@Mesonoxian]

Informative game breakdowns, cats, helpful meal prep tips? What doesn't this video have? You're absolutely killin' it

[@jasonquiver6907]

I've actually been thinking about playing Lunacid for a loooong while now. Being a diehard Fromsoft fan, I've always been fascinated with the King's Field and Shadow Tower series, and seeing streamers play this game for at least a few minutes before I had to get back to doing house things was pretty cool! Thanks for making this vid, Charls! Once I get some cash rolling in, I'm definitely buying this, and Dread Delusion.

[@blindedjourneyman]

Its wonderful fun, Ive played to hell and back over its dev period, and recently a few good endings finally came in and some hidden REALLY fun fights! Kira/Akira has a nack for giving some trippy experiences. And if ya dont mind browsing itchio he has his own itch with some fun smaler experiences to hold ya over.

[@timespent3384]

Charlatan, you have one of the most absolutely commendable channels on this platform. Besides Grimbeard and ThorHighHeels I can't think of any other review/essay channel that brings the level of consistency, positivity, and authenticity that you do

[@Sarah-hy3py]

Wait ThorHighHeels? As in one of the music contributors in this game?? 😮

[@DukeofNukem98]

I just made your roast after last weeks video and I STILL have left overs in the freezer. Truly came for the game reviews and stayed for the good eats

[@ytnukesme1600]

when people say gaming is dying they mean legacy AAA blockbusters as we know them, that aspect of the industry is slowly going extinct. gaming in of itself can't really die as long as people can just download a text editor and print hello world in a command shell.

[@feartheghus]

“The pit, oh I fell in it, the pit.”

[@lilpeepee069]

Another golden indieween Charl. My 9month old son is being forced to watch each upload since birth so he may join the horde

[@obscu-RE-]

I think you really did Lunacid justice with this one. Heres to another kick ass year of indies.

[@meliodas8409]

Yay! I love this game! and Charlatan wonder too!

[@nosidenoside2458]

Im not going to spoil it, but find the room in the castle. Probably the strongest feels ive ever gotten in a game, ever. Don't look it up, it's not the same.

[@ZeroSpeaks]

THANK YOU!!!!! this game has been criminally undercovered. This should be the one game that all the souls nerds check out when they cover Kings Field and it's clones but it never gets covered!!!

[@doyouwantmore8860]

I love your passion man! Watching your videos that have recently popped up in my feed has been awesome

[@limeybonesjones7395]

i love LUNACID one of the best games to come out recently, so chill.

[@pixelpaggos]

New to the channel but why does the meal prep in the middle feel so wholesome/ comforting and remind me of Mr Rodgers for some reason. take my sub.

[@elidamonsterz4222]

Neat, ive already played this one and like it

[@synka5922]

I saw a review of this game somewhere, but I forgot where. glad to see my favorite review channel picked up on it!

[@commentymccommentface9748]

Please create playlists for Indieween! Would love to easily see each year's picks without having to ig through either All Videos or the Spooky Games playlist. Great picks this year as always Charl!

[@CharlatanWonder]

Actually that's a really good idea. I'll try to do that some time this week while also renaming the older videos to designate what year they're from.

[@SaikingSS]

Wow really cool video! As someone who’s working on game similar to Lunacid I love to watch all different ppl taking about it bsc it’s give me o lot of cool ideas for my game! Also I love meal prep section, awesome idea!

[@brachyion9070]

really been enjoying dread delusion so far, looking forward to trying this out afterwards. I was really impressed with the different ways to play dread delusion.

[@Mrkabrat]

Indiween is such a lovely yearly segment and I look forward to next years

[@ungabungus01]

Love the recipes in these videos, very unique

[@sycamorph]

My build was 80 STR, 10 DEF, 118 SPD, 4 DEX, 4 INT, 8 RES (knight). Idk, while you were playing King's Field, I was playing Quake. The game felt way too easy, but it might be because I haven't touched the difficulty slider at all. From what I heard, it doesn't really make the game harder though, just slower.

[@S0renz]

Regarding the cooking segment, Mr. Wonder. What if you're one of those people who taste soap when they eat cilantro? Can we omit the cilantro entirely?

[@CharlatanWonder]

Oh yeah just sub it for Italian parsley or maybe some chopped spinach so that you still get your greens.

[@S0renz]

Thanks. And thank you for the recipes and the videos. I hope you and your chunky kitty stay safe and warm as temperatures drop.

[@crelixs8560]

I came for the lunacid review left with a new recipe to try wasnt expecting that, but plesently surprised none the less

[@Kimchinobi]

This game is amazing, searching for secrets with my friends was so fun

[@anegginthesetryingtimes7636]

Char I know that it was unintended to run Halloween in July through from July to the start of Indieween, but I have been HERE FOR IT Please run long every year buddy, I want my 4+ months of halloweeb games

[@10100viperman]

the catacombs and the tunnels are bar none one of the scariest parts of a game in that year

[@greenhowie]

I love that this game has a legally distinct Alucard voiced by Robert Belgrade.

[@BruceForte]

I knew I liked this game the second I booted it up and saw the skeleton character portrait. That day, Wretch the undead creature was born...

[@PetlanovicsGabor]

Okay, I KNEW I wasn't crazy. I recognized a bunch of talking points and bits, but with totally different clips from this review and I couldn't figure out HOW could've I seen a video with so many similar parts until it HIT me... I only JUST recently watched one of your 2 years old compilation indieween vids and THAT one had Lunacid in it as well. 😂 The recipe looks great so I'll give that one a try at some point. Much obliged as always! 👌

[@Obiwancolenobi]

FYI - the cilantro stems are just as delicious and tender as the leaves. Chop them up and add them!

[@ImTabe]

This game seems like a work of passion.

[@hadin9563]

Absolutely loved the chill dungeon gaming Lunacid provided, perhaps I shall give Dread Delusion a try seeing they're bundled together.

[@manigoldo8736]

They perfectly complement eachother, they both are a joy to explore

[@vyveryncore9186]

Had this game in my library for about a year now... thinkin it's time :D

[@CWs-c7g]

genuinly a hate crime to not use the lunacid OST for the video.

[@CharlatanWonder]

It's a personal policy of mine to only use stuff I know is royalty free: just because a composer for a game's music isn't claiming it now doesn't mean that they never will. I learned that lesson the hard way with Pathologic 2.

[@CWs-c7g]

@@CharlatanWonder yeah ok that makes sense

[@TheDovahkinia]

Charlatan reviewing my indie game of the year 2023???? No way!!!

[@Adalore]

Lunacid was fun, the extra enemies on full moon has an extremely mean debuff. :) - I didn't know there was an escape ending unless it got added since I last played, thought I was checking the patch notes enough.

[@losgann]

My only real complaint about Lunacid is that there were slightly too many labyrinthine levels for my taste, the way I progressed through the game on my first playthrough meant I ended up tackling most of them in a row. I also happened to play the game during a new moon on my first playthrough and didn't get to use the lunacy mechanic at all, which might be something that could be tweaked a little so that the mechanic is always somewhat relevant but I thought it was really funny when my next playthrough had a moon on the HUD that wasn't there before.

[@skootz24]

Lunacid is _premium_ vibes.

[@Superfip2006]

Something really nice to keep in mind, if you reach certain Levels in your Int Stat, you start to regen your Mana Passively without having to use up MP Potions, which makes a pure caster build a lot more viable. You can eventually get it to the point where you cannot run out of Magic.

[@manigoldo8736]

Don't want to be that guy, but I think you are referring to the Resistance stat. At 100 points, it provides mana regen.

[@Psycheitout]

A fellow left hander. I see you bro.

[@dejecteddotangel]

This is my all time favorite game im so excited :3

[@ghostinthecode]

Normally I hate meal prep but just because it's Charlatan I feel inclined to try these recipes...damn you cat em-sim guy making me eat healthier

[@jk966]

Yeaaaah, Lunacid is such a great game an amazing vibe, played it whole at the beginning of the year. (Had to use a guide for de DDR ending), one of the greatest games played this year, getting to understand the map, spell synergies. Or just using the same spell over and over because some are broken af.

[@gsilver0]

Ah yeah. Here we go. I loved this game.

[@kcvriess]

A rice and chicken recipe in the middle of a game review?? That was unexpected. But okay. Looks good, and easy. Might try that, and the game.

[@BottleWaterson]

oh hey, an indieween game i already own

[@benimanah]

Ngl Cheryl the crow might just be the best character name in any souls-like or souls adjacent game

[@SockisS]

This game is fantastic, great recommend

[@blindedjourneyman]

everything charles said is 100% true, Lunacid has been my goto fun dungeon crawler since I nabbed it 2 years ago roughly, no regrets ever and hundreds of hours of fun and dozens of saves.

[@zigorro3478]

I played this game it's actually so good

[@SpookyGman]

Great video!

[@revoblam7975]

I WAITED FOR THSI, YEAH, YESSSS I LOVE THIS GAME

[@the_bunty]

YESSSSSS THIS GOATED GAME

[@tanishaguy]

I just found this channel, does he always have a cooking section in the middle of his videos? I'm loving, I'm just asking.

[@CharlatanWonder]

This channel is actualy a stealth cooking show designed to lure Gamers(TM) into watching before we hit em with that Mise en Place.

[@VesperEm]

Omg sheryl the crow! Is just like music artist

[@noxer5589]

Ive 100% the game but ive never seen that halloween boss you showed how did you get to it?

[@CharlatanWonder]

There's something new in fetid mire right by the entrance to the tombs. You'll know it when you see it.

[@Ronin11111111]

17:54 Good ol' Health Viai

[@tropicarls]

SHADOW TOWER IS BACK.

[@lordfriedrick7911]

Lunacy kinda sounds like a mechanic from Darkest Dungeon Even though i known about this game for a while, i never thought about it

[@phreekyphro]

So Mr. Wonder how are you liking your new kitchen?

[@uNpOpuLArOpInION69]

Charl, did you play Voices of the Void already? Sounds like its right up your alley. Was almost surprised when it wasnt on this channel already. Its still Alpha but free and theres lots to see.

[@CharlatanWonder]

I've been watching it for a long time and I'm waiting for the steam release.

[@milk_bath]

2:13 Correction: You are your hand.

[@SinOnHumanity]

This video and the message behind it hits harder after watching videogamedunkey's Black Ops 6 video, which is just him having to install, reinstall, reboot, relaunch, and retry updates without ever actually playing the game due to how unoptimized and poor CoD's optimization is. Great content as per usual. Shame I already owned all these games prior to this month haha. Keep it up!

[@quint3ssent1a]

> the game has MGLSword I'm sold.

[@percher4824]

moon great light sword

[@mastergame1311]

Got all the achievements for this one, it's a cool game (though farming rare drops sucks).

[@noodle7897]

So you cook 1 plate for yourself and 7 for the cat?, damn.

[@asturias0267]

Now I wish i had a crock pot... and grocery money. Damn, I'm so broke right now. 😭

[@LichKingg23]

You put as much salt in one meal as I put in 2 months. I'm always baffeled that USA citzens say "a little salt" or "just a bit of sugar" and proceeds do put 200g of salt or sugar into ONE MEAL.

[@EthansSpace]

Would love to see u do all vegan recipes for veganuary

[@Rusiachibi]

Love lunacid and love your banana top

[@EonEsper-Kriz]

Is the game controller friendly??

[@CharlatanWonder]

yup.

[@EonEsper-Kriz]

@@CharlatanWonder thank you. That's great news. Gonna buy this game, lol.

[@stravvman]

"Kings Field"?

[@zerotrooper1991]

Such a comfy vibes Love your videos and cat and cooking segment and my art is not a content Thank you

[@CoolPsyco]

uh.... ri... rinse your rice 😔

[@CharlatanWonder]

No.

[@CoolPsyco]

@@CharlatanWonder you hurt me to my asian blood 😭

[@batarnakdekosse1312]

Unfathomably based vid, as usual

[@zwxn123]

king's field if it was made by zoomers

[@3L_B4R7O]

Nice

[@manigoldo8736]

Oh Charl please please you have to try Rain World. It's the only 2d immersive sim that I know of!

[@dyingstar24]

I wouldn't call it an immersive sim, especially by Charles standards. There's very few times where the game allows you to approach a situation however you want, instead the game shoves your nose in the dirt until you figure out how the game wants you to handle situations. And it does NOT encourage player freedom.

[@leonkheric]

Every review I see points that you lost a hand... But I think we lost a body in this game. The cutscene shows the right hand being cut, and by default you play as a right hand. No arms, no armor to equip, just one weapon and rings, nobody refers to you as a "human". We are just a hand carrying an inventory with telekinesis or some other misterious way

[@Dennis-ud2nh]

7:10 shit, that happened to me too. I think I never played the game again after that sadly. The section to reach it was so goddamn long I lost the will to redo it.

[@PhriekshoTV]

Love this game so much So many best girls. Plus, so many secrets, including some only available during an IRL full moon.

[@terribleivan1475]

Shoutout to lunacid for making me realize I do not enjoy kingsfield-likes

[@arkgaharandan5881]

You needed a game to figure that out, as someone who does not enjoy dark souls the influences i saw in the video made me realize its worse than i thought, Dodged a bulet.

[@manigoldo8736]

BUT, if you like the idea of exploring sprawling dungeons maybe Arx Fatalis is for you

[@terribleivan1475]

@@manigoldo8736 I’ve learned that the “idea” of the game being intriguing isn’t quite enough for me to enjoy it. Is the gameplay itself fun in Arx?

[@manigoldo8736]

@terribleivan1475 Well, the things I like are: - You cast spells by drawing runes with your mouse. - The world is very interactive. Anything can be opened or circumvented in some way, and oh boy, you can even physically cook. - It has THE BEST catacomb descent in every game ever. There are a lot of other things, Mandalore did great review of the game if you want to know more

[@terribleivan1475]

@@manigoldo8736 Ok, that sounds deeper than I expected, I’ll check it out. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@adamwilliams8554]

I fucking love this channel

[@falkuistion]

kings field but mid

[@oblivionspartan]

The pronouns thing is so stupid. Just have a gender select or nothing, because I doubt you run into people even referring to your character with pronouns.

[@audiosurfarchive]

Really dont think FtF was a good choice. I cant recommend anything thats barely 3 hours for friggin 25 dorru.

[@CharlatanWonder]

In hindsight there were probably better games to spotlight, but I did them as a part of trying those new techniques and I ended up learning quite a bit about my own video making process through them (even if it was at the cost of a lackluster video), and thanks to that I don't necessarily regret doing them this year.

[@The_Non-One]

This game sucks, the only inspiration from Kings Field that it took from them was the fact you’re in a dungeon and are POV. They don’t understand exploration or creativity at all. I’m just disappointed that I wasted my time playing it. Lack of vision, lack of cohesion.

[@anomalocaris7238]

game kinda has the subnautica effect goin for it where id love to talk about it but just talking about locations can ruin the effect to someone who hasnt played the game yet lol