No Rest For The Wicked Is Not What I Expected

When I first started playing this game, I was hesitant because of the artstyle and the reviews, but after playing No Rest for the Wicked for some time, I'm happy to say it's going to be a certified banger. They do have to fix some issues though...
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[@NyxVellum]

This video isn't sponsored by the way. I bought the game with my own Chaos Orbs because I wanted to support Moon Studios.

[@epyjacek]

40c is a fair price.

[@elained.8240]

Glad you enjoyed the game! Just a heads up; the game will be multiplayer. I only mention it because at 8:23 you call it a singe player game. It has been designed with multiplayer in mind so look forward to that update 😄

[@lfblin]

This game is a classic in the making. Loving it so far.

[@NyxVellum]

Same

[@blindseerurza]

after getting to endgame i can say that you do not want to have exp loss from deaths lol. The durability is being tweaked with each hotfix. Also there is armor powder that allows you to repair without having to back to sacrament.

[@rolf565]

08:50 the Rewards scale with your Worlds Progression. Once you kill the *final boss* the Bounties also get harder. Really enjoy your overall review 👍

[@NyxVellum]

Hell yeah. Thank you

[@nicholaswilliams4598]

Performance went from being the source of my negstive review to largely fixed with hotfix 2 and 3. Absolutely adore this game

[@S3nn4h]

@NyxVellum you said it might feel strange to have to have bounties in a solo game, but don't forget the game was developed to be multi/coop at the core (that's why we create realms that are independent from your character). We have a solo game as an early access, multi is supposed to be the next big update in the roadmap.

[@NyxVellum]

Very true. Thanks for watching!

[@nicholaswilliams4598]

I feel like theyre also a really solid and relatively quick way to make money to not get soft locked by beingn broke

[@kylerelph-cole2426]

Totally agree with performance, I have a RTX 3070 and the frame drops mid combat is very annoying. Will wait for now and will wait for better performance.

[@NyxVellum]

Memory leak perhaps

[@Bandit-137]

Hotfix #3 supposedly helped with some of the memory leaks. I restarted my PC every 3-4 hours because of this.

[@sujimayne]

I highly suggest checking out a program called "Lossless Scaling". It offers 9 different scaling algorithms, including their custom one (which is amazing) and has frame generation that works on pretty much all GPUs. It is truly a blessing. You set your game to windowed, then either lower the resolution in-game and leave the program's settings at Auto, OR leave the resolution alone and customize the scale factor in the program. Boom, +30%-50% FPS.

[@kmaguire7161]

I've been playing a lot of Diablo 4 and Dragon's Dogma 2 recently but now I am obsessed with this game. I feel like it has everything I love about those games but improves upon the things I don't like. The gameplay is much more fun and engaging than D4 and the story/voice acting is much more engaging than DD2. My only real complaints so far (I am about mid way through the second zone) are pretty much inventory management and tool tips could definitely be a bit more clear. Other than that absolutely loving it. Especially for an early access game in just a few days I feel like I have gotten my money's worth.

[@PlagueDrReiss]

Latest performance pass elimated my drops, take note of sharpness and upscaling setting

[@ScientistNoRyu]

I really like the game , right now I'm lvl 23 in the endgame and it's a lot of fun It's a souls like with diablo camera/loot

[@NyxVellum]

If you are having fun, then it's groovy

[@sujimayne]

There's nothing really Soulslike about the game. Kids discovered Dark Souls and think it invented checkpoints, dodge, respawning enemies, stamina, blocking or parry. The devs never used the word "Soulslike" anywhere for a good reason. Yet I still see comments everything telling the devs how a Soulslike game should be, when the game is not a Soulslike at all.

[@ageni6907]

If I would loose experience on death, then I would be still lvl 1.

[@duckielove2286]

Reason why I don’t think u can portal to whatever whisper is the ALIVE system. They want you to see the new threats in prior zones

[@eusouramiro]

Loved your review bro. Honest and direct to the point.

[@joshuawhere]

Get a basic staff, add a repair rune. Level up focus to 150. Repair problems solved.

[@NyxVellum]

This person doesn't rest for the wicked

[@lucidiously]

The fact that you can completely invalidate the durability system like this is just more proof that there shouldn't be one imo.

[@joshuawhere]

​@@lucidiously It makes it easier to deal with, but I wouldn't say it completely invalidates it. 150 focus is a fair amount, you'd basically be going through a small fight without any of your big attacks to save that much, or otherwise you're drinking a focus flask. You can also repair at town or use repair powder, so you've got options. It's just something you have to keep an eye on. I think it's good to have something that makes frequent deaths a problem, but isn't too invasive, which is precisely how this works. I've played a lot of soulslikes and it can be easy to get tunnel vision on a boss when you're having a tough time, so it's nice to have something that forces you to take a break just once in a while.

[@lucidiously]

@@joshuawhere I guess maybe I just got lucky with a helmet that regens focus (slowly). But I also find that focus builds up pretty quickly when fighting minions, and I just periodically use the rune to top up my gear. Someone else's experience might be different, but personally durability has completely become a non-issue for me from the moment I set foot in Sacrament.

[@JustATempest]

It took me over 20 attempts to do the first boss and I almost ran out of money to repair my items making that a constant worry

[@Bandit-137]

My household is having a blast with this game! That being said there are some warts needing addressed like vendors needing to have access to our storage and the repair/durability balance still doesn't feel right. I think it felt better on day 1 prior to the changes. Now repair consumables are almost pointless since the costs of repair are so low and it's rather easy to either head back to town or carry a repair rune with you. It's early days and I see the future for this game being really bright. I also heard that the game runs much better on NVIDIA rather than AMD GPU's at the moment.

[@vbarknath]

Early access could mean so much different these days. The main issue for the game is a combination of lack of content and them forcing everything to be hand-made with 0% procedural created environments(they bragged about this in the reveal). This means it will take years and years to make enough content to make a complete game not even mentioning end game loop. They need to break this 0-procedural promise or the game will be ditched by people after very short time. Replayablility will be bad. They at least need some areas with random layouts. Complaining about performance doesn't make too much sense in early access as optimization usually happens way way later. The inventory issues can be handled just fine and the crafting/materials gathering can be smoothened out easily.

[@NyxVellum]

There is so much content there though :(

[@Rinssi_from_Finland]

They've been making this game for 6 years. You think this is all the content they have made? From the Rhykker interview I understood that they are adding PVP later on the early access. I would do the same! Make shit tons of content, only release half. Then with time release more and more. That way you get more time to do things. And for a 40€ game I'd say this game has a lot of stuff to do! I have played like 40h already and still at lvl 15. Could access crucible but I'm too low lvled. Way am I only lvl 15? Because I have made 3 characters. Loved mage, loved melee, love ranged. Can't decide what to main for a build. Also I have almost maxes out my city build and unlocked pretty much all areas. Basically been exploring the game through and through. Taking my time and not rushing to crucible or grinding lvls. Will do that more with full release. But here I am just exploring and trying stuff.

[@DevlinXIII]

No procedural environments, just no. The hand drawn is not only to make it pretty but to add to the level design which you won't get in any procedural map. If you want procedural endless maps and content you have the crappy diablo to play, this is a gem of a game.

[@vbarknath]

@@DevlinXIII You are talking about 100% procedural... they said 0% There is a huuge difference between 0% and let's say 10%. Some element of random generated is suuuper important to keep variation up and keep people playing over longer time. Any low % would reduce the work load for them immensly and up the experience for the players. 0% is just pure madness.

[@Rinssi_from_Finland]

I might be wrong but isn't crucible procedural?

[@Rinssi_from_Finland]

About the repair system. I've heard a lot of negative feedback on that. I can only say one thing: just die less than Ziz does. Well, OK maybe it doesn't apply that well here if you have seen Ziz play. But still. Die less and it becomes less of an issue. On tools I have this problem more often. But it's one or two tools. And you can easily repair them on the go with repair flasks. So again, not that big of an issue.

[@lucidiously]

You can use a repair rune to completely bypass the need for consumables, so more reason why durability shouldn't even be a thing.

[@exalted-champion-of-grinch]

I agree with the entire review, but I think the game feels more like a top-down Dark Souls than it does a Zelda-like. I think the absolute high point of the game is its art direction and although it is no V Rising in terms of combat quality, it still has extremely satisfying combat.

[@bcatbb2896]

Just tried it yesterday and the game def still needs polishing

[@ScaredyZ4Walls]

I play most of the time on steam deck, performance isn't as bad as you say

[@gackutog5796]

Only twice?

[@NapoMMC]

3:00 Losing exp in a game like this is even dumber than the durability thing. It is just not a problem at all. Losing experience while you try to level up and make the encounters a bit more bareable when you first start, is just another pitfall. You don't kill thousands of enemies like in PoE and die every now and then, you instead die a lot and maybe earn some experience in this game in the beginning as a beginner. Transforming a sistem from a bit tedious to hell is not a solution.

[@gerindoom]

It’s more like elden ring or dark souls than zelda in my perspective. Even it’s more like Enshrouded idea.

[@Tatsukoa808]

Right off the bat it says its best played with a controller. I don't play with a controller, so a refund until they update this.

[@Lightdark1992]

idk how could they fuck up performance so badly, when it looks like a pastel mobile game...

[@NyxVellum]

It's a heavily graphic intense game

[@sujimayne]

It has stylized, but still good graphics. The biggest advantage of such graphics is that they age well and are super easy to scale. But I assume they lack the technical knowledge to properly optimize a 3D isometric game like this; it's their first.

[@asd316x]

i got put off pretty instantly when i saw that there was mmo elements (gating things behind time and daily quests) will probably buy if these elements are removed

[@sujimayne]

This is a lie.

[@legendofsociety796]

Path of exile has competition?????

[@kmaguire7161]

I have a 2080TI (I think) and performance has been absolutely fine. I have to admit though I have zero understanding of why people obsess over frame rates but I can't attribute any problems I have had with performance.

[@sujimayne]

Are you playing at 1080p? Because your card is a 1440p-2160p card and the game absolutely struggers to keep 60 FPS at those resolutions and frame rates are inconsistent. It's also not the problem of FPS, it's the stutters and inconsistent frame times that make the game feel yucky to play. Thankfully there are tools like 'Lossless Scaling' that can add upscaling and frame gen to help. Nonetheless, performance is very bad.

[@thvist]

Hellooo :D

[@NyxVellum]

HIYA

[@marzatplay]

It's not an arpg. It's souls like with isometric view.

[@gesto211]

Haha I can’t wait for the meltdowns when it starts winning GOtY awards for best ARPG. 😆

[@NyxVellum]

pretty much

[@sujimayne]

ARPG = Action RPG. This game doesn't have any more in common with Dark Souls than it does with The Witcher. Dark Souls didn't invent dodge, get over it.

[@jamrolypolyXD]

I really dislike the fast travel system. I dont need to be able to teleport to every whisper, but atleast just have one in the beginning of each area. Gah so frustrating especially when I die and forgot to visit the nearest whisper

[@MTDucas]

i would love to see more of this game....little if any youtubers apart from playing the game have not gone in depth, explaining mechanics , builds, what is good or not , what to pursue lvling and much more

[@NyxVellum]

I agree!

[@philippklanschek1148]

the repair is so unfun, since loadtimes are long you get 2 extra loadscreens just to repair such a timewaste

[@hichiroakuasa8644]

how you compare this game with zelda XDDD what kind of review is this

[@JuanRodriguez-cp8db]

And like always nothing for console players 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@NyxVellum]

It's Early Access, there will be a console release.

[@JuanRodriguez-cp8db]

Yes I heard,in a year which to me for that I’ll just wait for POE 2

[@mrbombastic3044]

So you need a high performing pc that cost 1000s😂😂😂 if only there was a device that is cheaper than a pc but with almost the same performers and a big community to play No rest for the wicked with mmm i wonder if so device exist!!!😂😂

[@kmaguire7161]

Dude I just got to the part where you said you would rather lose experience when you die and please take this the wrong way but shut up with that nonsense. (also if you love that system so much you can get gear that makes you lose experience when you die and also gear that makes your items indestructible.