Nobody Wants to Die, Sundered, Broken Sword, Xeodrifter, and more July updates | Cannot be Tamed

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I don't know how I managed to accidentally delete the footage for Sundered and not notice before I rendered this video, but do check out the trailer here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/en-chqChp5hrZ80

[@Iohannis42]

The most ancient Metroidvania was called "A Journey to the Centre of the Earth" on the Commodore 64. It pre-dates Metroid so it might be considered a proto-Metroidvania.

[@MelissaAtwell]

Another great video, Pam. I’m so glad that Lilly is doing better! She’s lucky to have you. Congrats on your new relationship! I wish the both of you happiness together. With the games, I’m really looking forward to playing “Nobody Wants To Die”. I just picked that one up. You’ve also made me curious about 60 Seconds, and 60 Parsecs. Those look interesting!

[@rogermaioli]

What I love about this channel is the honesty and concreteness of your reviews. So many channels on KZbin that deal with Metroidvanias do little more than repeat boilerplate, in language that is closer to that of marketing than to that of a person with opinions: "This game has enemies and moves. You will fight bosses and get new skills as you advance! Entertainment for all the family!" It's the kind of uninformative stuff you can say of virtually every game in the genre. Hence this is where I come for genuine reviews!

[@einokeskitalo3217]

Well said and agreed!

[@davidmartin3280]

That's one lucky man for sure! Getting to chill with two beautiful ladies, Pam and Lily. I'm glad to see and hear that Lily is doing better! Now back to the video. Oh and thanks for giving some of your time to talk about Broken Sword. That game series holds many memories for me: of music, love...and of death... :)

[@Don4Lyn]

I love the partner introduction during the pickups segment. Solid choice ^^

[@jameyspielt]

this! dillan.. is that correct? he seems like a good guy... ;) good intro. more power to you both! greetings from germany.

[@sebastianolsson9079]

So happy for you pam . Great stuff

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank you!

[@migueldias8546]

You have been glowing love for a while... I had no idea who the person was until now! Best wishes for the 2 of you... I should say the 3 of you! And thanks for the videos!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thank you!

[@chrisb1236]

Congrats on the acquisition of a Steam Deck! - and what came along with it 🤣. I have found my deck to be the go-to for trying out games & demos since they seem to hit Steam first. Newer stuff like Helldivers II runs pretty well on it; I think I recall you playing the original with a Dylan though I may be mistaken

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Yes, we played the first Helldivers for a bit, it was fun.

[@philosophyoftrucking]

Genesis tapes… respect

[@phoenixzappa7366]

Sega Genesis?

[@joshsweet7512]

Petition for an adventure game where Pam, Dylan and Lilly fight crime. 60 Parsecs sounds great, added to the list, and I appreciate the nuanced take on "Broken Sword".

[@bark_madly]

Sundered was a beautiful game, glad you liked it (a lot of people didn't, but I thought it was fun and looked great). Also, congrats on your new relationship! ❤🎉

[@apstrac2winner]

Found your channel as I'm starting to get hooked on metroidvanias as well, can't wait for the ranking video!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I'm looking forward to making it. It'll be a long video.

[@tonydeluna8095]

Always enjoy your content Pam!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thanks!

[@winterburden]

Thanks for this neat update video Pam!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

You're welcome!

[@rabendranath]

Hi Pam and Dylan! Great update! I myself I'm waiting for Black Myth: Wukong to release this month... Can't wait to get my ass kicked in true Souls-like fashion...Cheers!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Black Myth looks pretty cool, I will definitely try it out.

[@newavejunkie]

Pam rules. And now Dylan rules by association. Cheers to you both! 😊

[@sneshead3326]

Seems like a nice guy happy for you Pam 👍🏻

[@TobiasWiggle]

I love Broken Sword! One of my favorite point and click adventures because I like its atmosphere. Paris as a setting. The puzzles mostly make sense, the characters work for me, and I like the globetrotting mystery plot and how that unfolds. Kept me engaged and kept me wanting to find out more about the Templar conspiracy. I forgot you can die in the original!! You have a point though, there's a LOT of talking, which would be fine, imo, but when you're stuck basically not playing or making decisions but going through your whole inventory and all the topic choices whenever you meet a new character, it can grind things to a halt.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Getting to a new location in the game was always fun, but then seeing 5 different new people to talk to slowed things down so much. I really liked the part in the Hotel and the rich lady was one of my favourite characters, but I spent so much time talking to the scientist, and the thugs outside and I don't think I actually needed to talk to any of them.

[@Blinkoom]

That guy seems alright!

[@Comicsnculture]

Lillie has a dad now. So happy for you. Dylan seems cool.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

He is cool. And Lily likes having a dad.

[@johnnytrash2839]

I bought Sundered and Chasm the same day a few years back on Switch and absolutely love them both but never hear anyone talk about them. Am stoked to hear what you have to say about it!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I just started Chasm as well, though I've just barely reached the first dungeon.

[@respergu13]

Strange pickups this July !!! 🍿🍿

[@TheDylanCharles]

Shipping through customs was a bear.

[@torreydunn7034]

Love the channel. Surprised but great to see non nes style games. Love those too tho.

[@LowGuppy]

"He came with NES games" Yes this is the most important piece of information. Would be worried if he didn't 😄

[@tamash.5291]

YESSS!!!!! Finally you've tried Sundered!

[@michaelmiller4105]

Clever girl is back!!!!

[@Greydawg]

"Clever girl!" ❤😆

[@einokeskitalo3217]

Need that shirt

[@stone5against1]

Love Sundered, I replay it here and there, always fun each time.

[@LucianoSilva-hr8uz]

Hi, Pam! Thanks for the update! If I may, I'd like to suggest Ghost Song! I think it is a really good metroidvania! Have a great weekend!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I tried Ghost Song when it came out and bounced off it pretty hard.

[@MajandraFan]

Last time you wore that t-shirt, I thought it was awesome so I got it for my 2 year old niece who loves dinosaurs. It was her favourite t-shirt until she got too big for it!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Aww, maybe you can get her another when she's done growing.

[@mastersproutgamer9327]

Cool shirt, Pam! Have you ever played Shovel Knight before? It's an awesome 8-bit-looking platforming game that pays homage to various different NES games. I already picked up the Switch version as an early birthday present, and I certainly enjoyed it. So, if you have not played just yet, you might as well give it a try.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Yes, I played Shovel Knight when it firsts came out, it's great fun.

[@qqq1701]

I've had my PC next to my TV for so many years that I forget not everyone has a setup like me. I watched a bit of Nobody Wants to Die. Seemed VERY close to the Altered Carbon show.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

The Altered Carbon book is a lot better than the series, By Richard Morgan.

[@divineglitch9550]

Broken sword is one of my all time favourite games

[@stalkerzer]

Hey another metroidvania recomendation is "HAAK" hope you enjoy it 😉👌

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Maybe now that there's a Steamdeck in the house. It looks really cool.

[@zooropa04]

It never fails -- you go out for groceries and you get back to find a hot human in your place. (Can... can it not fail for me? Just once?)

[@shelceygusek427]

I love the ability choices in Sundered.

[@shelceygusek427]

Also depending on your choice of corruption or cleansing... you can get a different ending. There's three endings. Corrupt, Clean, and Mixed. :D

[@Questorps7]

What is this Dylan’s current value on Price Charting? Did you get a good deal?

[@bk9509-o2o]

Pam's off the market... sorry to all the simps out there, haha. Good update!

[@MotherKojiro]

Thanks for the heads up on Cookie Cutter; I've been on the fence about it since it came out, and now I know which side to fall off. Nothing super exciting here; still working on Yakuza, though I'm on 7, which is the last one I have, and that will FINALLY put my 6-year PC backlog to rest. That and still working on Final Fantasy Legend, but I'm getting there bit by bit, and even starting to enjoy it now that I've broken the monster transformation system.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

No problem. It was disappointing how my enjoyment of the game just waned as I went.

[@DrJ3RK8]

I absolutely LOVE Sundered! It's highly not-highly-rated-enough. :) I've played through it about 4-5 times, and thoroughly enjoyed it every time. In fact, it's about time to play it again. My daughter decided that it's time for our 4th-5th Hollow Knight runs though, so we're parallel playing Hollow Knight right now. Once that's done, I'll hop back into Sundered. The mobility options just make traversing/exploration so much fun. Once it becomes transparent to you, it's like a dance.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Yeah, it really grew on my as I played. I'd like to play again sometime and go the destroy shards route.

[@leandrosrds]

broken sword 1 REFORGED remake is avaiable on steam now

[@jonathansifleet83]

Best part of broken sword is meeting Duane and Pearl!

[@DasKame]

The story were years before Dan brown. Blows my mind

[@Cannotbetamed1]

@DasKame Dan Brown's book was based on another book from 1982.

[@DasKame]

@@Cannotbetamed1 ah, ok i didnt know that

[@xs10shul]

He said "Genesis Tapes." You are welcome here.

[@OperationPhantom]

Yeah, I rewound too! Now does he prefer the Peter Gabriel era or the more commercial Phil Collins years? Maybe next video we'll see the tapes.

[@TheDylanCharles]

I can't help calling them tapes since they come in those clamshell cases that beta max and vhs tapes used to come in.

[@OperationPhantom]

​@@TheDylanCharles Those VHS ones were much bigger though! Surprised you didn't call them Genesis DVDs then... 😄kidding! Actually I'm old enough to have bought new games that really did come on tape. Lots of different form factors for those though. Ah... the eighties.

[@jason.kchantziaras8456]

I think she should of met some one that collects SNES. Genesis has bad sound and colour

[@funnyml3356]

Wow, you played the DC of Broken Sword, which has a lot of the original game cut out, and even that one was too dialog-heavy? :P Now I'm glad you didn't wait for the remastered (reforged) version which is coming out later this year and reinstates all of the original content.

[@PointandDrinkAdventure]

DYLAN!!!!!!!

[@TheDylanCharles]

Ms. Puff.

[@koltrasten]

Where did you get your Dylan? I would also like some extra Nintendo games and my Steamdeck could use a buddy. I have been exiting and entering my apartment a couple of times trying to get a Dylan spawn but no dice yet, do you know what the spawn rate is? Are there perhaps some pre-req questline I have to finish before? Thanks in advance!

[@INFPGamer]

I finished 2 short games over the past 2 weeks: The First Tree, and A Forest Quartet. Both mostly exploratory/ walking sim with some light puzzles. 2 to 3 hours long each. Next I'm going to try another game called The Wild Eternal a first person exploration game. Also I played the original Broken Sword in the mid 2000s and played Director's Cut last year. I enjoyed both, I liked in the remastered that you could double click to go the next screen, you couldn't in the original. But there were many hotspots where you could right click to hear George's thoughts on things in the original version, and they removed most of them in the remastered. So that version had even more (optional) dialogue to listen to ;)

[@TopSpot123]

You ARE a character, Dylan. 😂

[@TheDylanCharles]

Hopefully I don't get written off next episode!

[@Rex_Cosmos]

Dylan review when?

[@Cannotbetamed1]

A review of Dylan, or a review by Dylan?

[@xellipurr]

​@@Cannotbetamed1 both! ☺️

[@FranticJosh]

Docking the steam deck is the right move.

[@TheDylanCharles]

I'm surprised this didn't get flagged.

[@FranticJosh]

@@TheDylanCharles mobile gaming is good too, that's the power of the deck!

[@midlifemaestro]

Hi, Pam, nice video as usual. I thought Gestalt was just okay. I mean, I liked it fine and it's a solid game. I gave it a 7.5/10. Oh, and the guy seems nice!

[@joshuatheargonaut4412]

Seems like the people from Nobody Wants to Die took the story from Altered Carbon and did their own thing. Looks good, I definitely want to play it.

[@koobsmooth]

A new Metroidvania video? Cool. Hi, Dylan! I want to know if your all-time 100 video games list has changed. OK, how about an update on your top 10 ? Is PLANESCAPE TOURMENT still at the top?

[@TheDylanCharles]

Hi!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Hollow Knight would definitely be in the top 10 now. Probably Disco Elysium.

[@fluxrider]

Watching the news and saw: Japanese idol Momoka Tojo must post solo "good night" photos for 1 year after being seen with boyfriend. Made me think of your video, ha ha. What a world we live in. I assume viewers are all happy to see you are a real person. Love the authentic gaming opinions.

[@outlandishusername]

I've played through Broken Sword: Director's Cut a few times over the years, and while I obviously like it (why else would I play it multiple times?), it suffers a little when compared to the original. It adds a new dimension with getting to play as Nico but at the same time feels disjointed and off with the pacing, as they had to add more lore to her story to make her less of a supporting character to George. It doesn't add much to the story and also changes the dynamic of their relationship from the original, for the worse. The story for the original game is a lot tighter. If you've played that, you can see how they've basically carved it open, removed, altered and added parts, then sewn it back up again. They've also messed around with cut-scenes and censored parts. I don't know if you noticed or not, but at times the game had the new voice actress for Nico reading her lines, then it would switch to the original actress at a lower volume, which was odd. Then they kept a lot of the old, poorer quality voices for the other characters. I still think it's a good game but the development seemed rushed, so there's an overall lack of polish. The original was great for its time, which exposes this as being a bit of a bloated and buggy - albeit still enjoyable - remake.

[@SVPortfolio]

I completely agree. OG > DC. Cannot wait for the remaster/remake, whatever it's called, luckily it's based on the original not DC. BS was my first touch on PnC adventure games and holds dear in my heart. I had PS1 version and the handshake puzzle is almost impossible to do with a controller. Good times. For me Rolf Saxon / George is as reconnaisable as Dominic Armato /Gyubrush.

[@outlandishusername]

@@SVPortfolio I think it's called Reforged, and yes, I'll no doubt be buying it, too. I remember playing the demo of the original BS on the PS1 but never played the full game and on PC until a few years later. My first Point and Click was Maniac Mansion, which I played as a kid with a few friends on a C64 in the 90s. We had no idea what to do, used a joystick, and when you went into a particular room, the game crashed. I discovered Monkey Island 1 and 2 on the Amiga 1200 later on and have been hooked ever since.

[@DasKame]

The Directors cut is sooo "hit and miss": for every good thing there is a bad in exchange.

[@einokeskitalo3217]

That's a great heads-up about the Director's Cut. I have all five Broken Swords waiting and I feel like I might want to track down the original version instead of the DC. It's cool that the original version seems to come with the DC on GOG.

[@PCGamingGoodies]

Congratulations on your new pickup! I don't think your last BF (Will?) was ever put on camera. I wish you the best. Last month I started playing Fallout London, and I've been majorly impressed. I've played 17 hours so far, and it seems like this is to Fallout 4 what New Vegas is to Fallout 3 -- a huge, ambitious, non-Bethesda Fallout game with some enjoyable "fresh takes" not found in Bethesda games. It's only on PC and crashes are quite common, unfortunately; but that is probably inherited from the original game, so I won't lay it on Team FOLON.

[@VanBurenPhilips]

Sundered is one of those games I wanted to like but it didn't click for me. HOOOOLY COW the 2D art for the bosses is incredible, some of the best I've ever seen - that's why I wanted the game in the first place, I'm a sucker for great 2D art. (I have a few of those 'wanted to like' games because of it 😆)

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Yes! the bosses are so impressive looking.

[@TheTransientOne1]

Between huge games I always squeeze a smaller one to relax a little. I don't remember where I played Xeodrifter and what were the games I put it inbetween but I rememer it was cute, super short, fast. Exactly what I needed, so it served its purpose. Hi to Dylan. Don't mind all the murderous stares you're receiving and will receive going forward. They come with the package.

[@landismithCOJ]

I'm currently playing Nobody Wants To Die. So far good.

[@brigurugi]

Best thing about Sundered is the beautiful hand drawn art, which we did not see unfortunately.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I don't know how the game footage disappeared from the video, it was there at one point before rendering.

[@SALT-cp4eu]

Just bought Citizen Sleeper because the premise sounded really interesting sounds like I’ll also be looking into Nobody wants to die

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I love Citizen Sleeper!

[@CheddahSlammer]

Yeah love sundered so much that I gifted it to my friends, who absolutely hated it. The reason they said they couldn't move well and were having trouble getting around, which baffled me. However like you I played the game corrupted, which completely unlocks all the movement abilities, however my friends went the good route and destroyed those crystal shards, which completely limits the movement capabilities of your character, which resulted in a completely different game play experience for them.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I'd like to try the other route at some point.

[@TheBeird]

A man who comes with a Steam Deck? That's a lottery win if I ever saw one.

[@TheDylanCharles]

One day, I hope to achieve the same.

[@khunthaenjomtalen770]

Great content. Here's the lollipop 👍🙂❤️🍭

[@benabernathy9272]

Congratulations! Be nice to her, we are protective of Pam.

[@eomeras]

I have finished Sundered in 2019 100%.Got all 3 endings and all perks max. FYI a BIG HINT for those who want to max their perks farming is to go to the swarm map far left bottom where you get a perk ( cant remember which it is ) and u farm endlessly there... I havent touched it in 5 years and cant remember the builds but i used to have an invinsible one where you max CRIT DMG and you have literally 1 HP but ur Attacks generate a % of shield each hit and you just max Shield perk... Any ways the game was good . Only disappointment was some exploits you could make to reach some areas before you get the appropriate skill to pass it... And also the random swarms some times were annoying and the farming system is just oof...you just kill things and get upgrades... A Metroidvania mainly features rewards through exploration... IN sundered you dont need to explore that much... But in general a pretty worthy game for its price... Even more than D4 KEKW

[@nedargiordano7018]

Hello, Pam, theres a new metroidvania called Trinity Fusion, can you make a review on this game?

[@tonydethpsnandxboxlive9434]

The Steam Deck will change your life!

[@Zontar82]

NWTD seems very good and i like the 30's sci fi settings, but the murder reconstruction is a real pain in the ass

[@lyhuewynegar7312]

Its cute how you love easy games and admit it without shame

[@rasul01]

Have you played 'Cathedral'? It's a retro-inspired Metroidvania that would be a great addition to your remade Metroidvania-ranking-video.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I played it until I completely stopped enjoying it.

[@mastersproutgamer9327]

@@Cannotbetamed1 Well, I'm so sorry for you. But hey, I like it, too. In fact, since I'm an Evercade person, I enjoy looking at the Evercade version of the game.

[@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial]

I definitely need a steam deck, I almost never touch my steam library.

[@nothingisawesome]

Nobody Wants to Die is pretty good but it has some weird 00's gaming story tropes mixed in strangely. i mean its still worth a play, it just felt very clashing

[@SophiaNyx]

oooooh dylan and pam sittin in a treee

[@matisselundstrom]

Does this new access to older games improve the chances for more retro reviews? That Dylan fellow looks like someone who picks good games to collect.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Nah, I don't need physical games to play the games.

[@Ninten70]

Over this July, I’ve been playing TMNT Splintered Fate, Nintendo World Championship: NES Edition (it’s a fun game similar to NES Remix. I hope for a DLC soon) and SNK vs Capcom: SvC Chaos since it was released on the Switch

[@airwolfpsu]

As primarily a console/sit down PC gamer, I'm curious what you think of the Steam Deck so far. I've been thinking of pulling the trigger on one

[@TheDylanCharles]

She hasn't had a chance to try it out really, but I've had the Steam Deck since launch and I would say it's the best console purchase I've ever made. There are a lot of games that work very well in the portable mode, but for games that work with a mouse and keyboard, it's really easy to switch to desktop mode and hook up the SD to a desktop set up, either through a third party dock or with Valve's dock. I've played CRPG, RTS, FPS, schmups and metroidvania games and it's done well with all of them.

[@CrimsonSkidmark]

blink twice if he made you do that

[@OLDE_SHYTE]

Looking back, Broken Sword makes me wonder what Duane was _really_ up to in Syria. 🤔

[@meghanlaue7964]

Killer shirt!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thanks!

[@CitrusXVA]

Great rundown. I still wanna check out Gestalt. Two I'm going through right now is Souldiers, a 16-bit style metroidvania. It's pretty fun, has a personality of its own, and offers loads of customization of your character of choice. It's a bit challenging on the normal difficulty level, but that could be either my lack of skill or the controller I use that could use a repair. The other one is Hades II, which is still in early access. So far, even in the state it's in, it has a lot of polish, and the customization is even deeper than it's predecessor. It looks to be at worst, just as good as the first one, even better at best.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I really enjoyed the first dungeon in Souldiers, then I found it got incredible difficult and punishing with way too long between checkpoints.

[@CitrusXVA]

​@@Cannotbetamed1 Good to read that I'm not the only one who doesn't care for the difficulty. Hades 2 is hogging my time right now, so maybe I'll get back to Souldiers. Maybe.

[@mrmagoo-i2l]

I spent a fair bit of money buying 360 games. I didn’t know the 360 store on the series x would still work. Ooops.

[@nikoteardrop4904]

Sundered. I bounced right the fuck off this game. The bullshit no-clip lasers coming from off-screen were the bane of my existence.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

The amount of times someone yelled "Ahh!! Fucking snipers!" during Sundered was a lot.

[@JoJoRodriguez-WRX]

Summer is too hot here in California

[@duhmez]

I would like an icon above an npc head when all dialuge chat is fnished. HWy do devs make us talk to them ove and over and reread the last thing, especially bad if voice acted making them this way.,

[@Cannotbetamed1]

That would be very useful.

[@aksen303]

main thing i played in july was shadow of the erdtree, which continues elden ring's theme of being absolutely amazing at times, and unfun at others. it really boils down to the final boss, who i simply do not enjoy fighting. unlike, say, malenia from the base game - who upon beating for the first time i wanted to fight again - the final boss of the DLC just left me glad it was over. also played still wakes the deep, which i thought was fantastic. more walking sim horror games please.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I don't think I'll ever try Shadow of the Erdtree. I hated the Elden Beast, and I can't imagine tackling another unfun boss (that I hear is much, much harder).

[@aksen303]

@@Cannotbetamed1 it definitely is much harder than the elden beast. it puts a real dampener on running through the DLC with different builds, knowing what lies at the end. i hope fromsoft go in a different direction for their next game, something akin to how sekiro took the rough framework and changed the combat completely, rather than churn out what effectively would be demon's souls 6.

[@Ad-jl7si]

Broken Sword. Best game ever 😊

[@DasKame]

I always thought "oh yeah, very DAN BROWN"... but the game predates the whole Illuminati Novels!

[@Grogeous_Maximus]

Lol 94 metroidvanias. I've only completed 1 - The Messenger. Did you play that?

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I have.

[@aliensounddigital]

Cool shirt.

[@DasKame]

and cool Host

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Thanks!

[@chrisbridges7408]

Hey Pam i enjoy your videos. Just wondering why you don’t like playing games on the switch?

[@bk9509-o2o]

I think she's mentioned before she hates portable gaming, and if she's going to play something on the TV, she'd rather just play the Xbox version.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I don't like handhelds. The Switch performance isn't good, the buttons are backwards, the controllers are worse than Xbox controllers.

[@chrisbridges7408]

That’s fair. Appreciate the response and all the work you do in your videos. Love from the UK.

[@MrFlottgote]

Broken Sword is fire but it's pro-templar tbh...! :)

[@CyborgHobbit42]

While watching I thought, "Nobody Wants to Die looks cool - I should add it to my wishlist"... but it was already on it. These long announcement to release cycles are no good for my aging brain.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

That actually happened to me as well. I was listening to the coming soon segment of the Polykill podcast and Travis talked about it and said he thought it was a game I'd like... went to put it on my wishlist and it was already there.

[@mars_sumner]

Highly recommended game for you to check out: Pizza Tower. If you like the Wario Land series, especially 3 & 4, great chance you will also like Pizza Tower

[@tjentertainmentstudio]

would you mind adding back videos of your gameplay while you're talking about said video games? I'd appreciate that. cheers!

[@Cannotbetamed1]

Seems like somehow the Sundered footage didn't make it in, but the rest all of have gameplay footage.

[@frozenninja4030]

July was pretty quiet. Played a little XDefiant, finally bought Modern Warfare 3 literally 2 days before they announced it was going to Game Pass. Face palm on that but I like physical anyway so... meh? And then got the itch to play Dark Souls. I've started it a half a dozen times and never got to the second bell. But this time is gonna be the time. I've blasted through all the way past Anor Londo and O&S, a couple side bosses and now I'm headed into the end game. The first half is definitely a master class in world design. The second half so far... less so but still awesome. Except Bed of Chaos. That thing can eat my entire ass.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

The design of the first half of Dark Souls is SO good. Then... ugh. I really didn't like the lava place, or the dark place. The level design really took a nose dive.

[@PaStef37]

So, how many hearts broken around here now? ;-)

[@TheDylanCharles]

Yeah, I'm pretty devastated by her disdain of portable gaming, too.

[@PaStef37]

@@TheDylanCharles 🤣

[@armelior4610]

"Director's cut" feels like it could use some editing ? That checks out.

[@DasKame]

Its very "Star Wars" Directors Cut: Every good comes with some bad

[@InitialDL84]

Sundered is a great metroidvania, but I have yet to finish it. I got into it for a while, but after I beat the first boss, I kinda lost interest. Not because the game is bad, I just have trouble focusing on games for long periods of time lately. Many it's because I have too damn many! 😂

[@Caitlin_TheGreat]

"Too much dialog" has been something annoying me with quite a few games in the last couple years. While I do think it's part of a trend, it might also be that I have less patience now for meandering dialog. As a kid I put up with a lot of time-wasting stuff... but many of those games didn't actually take up as much time as open-world, dialog-filled games do now. And usually it's all voice acted, but... Final Fantasy 16. It was the game that made me focus on it most but absolutely not the first one or last one that has bothered me. I really wanted to give the story a chance, but around 20 or so hours in (and of course I'm not a speed-runner, so we're talking a casual 20 hours which isn't very far in, honestly) I had already gotten fed up with characters talking on and on without actually saying anything relevant or _interesting_ even if the dialog itself was well voice acted and technically well written if pointless. And some of these were for very inane side quests. Ubisoft is a major offender in this regard. But you'll also see it in games you wouldn't expect, like some Metroidvanias, some Roguelites, some shooty games, and so on. The big name companies tend to do it the most, but not exclusively. Hire an editor, game companies, to sort through the massive amounts of dialog and cut out all the bits that are extraneous. Tighten that up. Maybe slim down long cut scenes that don't really progress the story much. Because I'd _rather_ be spending more of my time making meaningful choices -- ideally informed by the story and dialog -- and more time _playing_ the game than just advancing text or sitting still to listen to a massive monologue or pointless dramatic scene, repeatedly. I feel bad skipping through dialog or even skipping past cut scenes. But there's a limit, and my time matters to me. It isn't refundable, I don't get it back.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I feel very much the same. I think most games need an editor. They're so eager to give the players more content, but is it good and worthwhile content?

[@DanoLefourbe]

Sadly, totally agreed on Xeodrifter. Got it for like 1€, and I was, still, very disappointed. It was mostly the very limited movement that bored me to death. gave up after 1 hour. As for what I'm playing: I'm loving Dungeons of Hinterberg right now. The Zelda-like and Social elements are very well balanced, and it's fun and cute, even if none of the elements are truly original.

[@Cannotbetamed1]

I've installed Dungeons of Hinterberg, but haven't had a chance to try it out yet.