A Grimdark Dungeon Purging Death Knight Roguelite - Netherworld Covenant

[@espasmemuscular]

That start lol clearly draws inspiration from a certain story to say the least, love it!

[@YourContradiction]

*Cough* "Berserk" *cough*

[@soulcairns5214]

its AI, the ai basically being fed with some fromsoft game n animations

[@TJ-vo3rv]

Haha, noticed that too. Definitely wearing its influences on its sleave.

[@MorteWulfe]

Alright, this is clearly Berserk inspired with Black Knight aka Skull Knight coming in like that.

[@ttsymphonyg]

This game needs a banger soudtrack worthy of the quality gore displayed.

[@Maniacman2030]

Kinda like Tarnished Blood, which has a banger OST.

[@velarswood]

Some heavy metal orchistra?

[@benl2390]

In a world where our collective intelligence and sophistication seems to be diminishing it’s so great to hear someone yell BRING BACK SERIF FONTS! Classy!

[@thorild69]

As long as we keep comic sans, I am all for it.

[@Maniacman2030]

​@@thorild69 I don't want to live in a world that doesn't have Comic Sans. It is the perfect font.

[@onecalledchuck1664]

Rarely as classy (excepting the classic Franklin Gothic or modern Vonca Modern, perhaps), but sans serif fonts are better for accessibility, ESL readers and are easier to read on the screen unless the font is specifically made for reading on-screen.

[@rovingut5171]

I'm sorry but that intro cinematic is absolutely silly XD

[@deejay1107]

The finest AI has to offer!

[@Beldarak]

Awful. AI is great for coding, not so much for still images... god awful at video creation

[@legomojo]

I was shocked Splatter liked it. I guess this is the sloppy way things are headed…

[@TJ-vo3rv]

@@legomojo It's getting harder and harder to tell every day. Sometime soon we'll need AI algorithms to tell us whether or not something is AI generated.

[@quattroCrazy]

Serif fonts have fallen out of style because they don’t scale well to small sizes on screens, especially if they have too much contrast in stroke width. Sans Serif fonts display more cleanly on screens, making them easier on the eye. It’s interesting that in games, an extremely legible sans font tends to make the game feel cheap - like a mobile game. Even as someone who works with type as my job, I still feel that derision. I can see that a clean sans serif is the functionally correct choice, but I still prefer a nice, grimey font in my games.

[@joewilson3393]

I still prefer a sans serif font. My eyes getting worse with age is not helping my dyslexia. For example, his HP meter in the bottom left just says "SO/SO" to me and I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be 50/50

[@MatthieuSalvaggio]

Serif fonts have fallen out of style because they don’t scale well to small sizes on screens, especially if they have too much contrast in stroke width That statement isn't true. There are plenty of serif examples designed for small size uses both on screen and print

[@GameTimeWhy]

Sick. I always wanted a berserk game like this.

[@neildoesstuff]

very much skull knight and the conflux of the causalities and all that

[@Wiedadde]

Aaaaargh! My archnemesis shows it's ugly head again, shouts knight Splat, as he stares down on the impending tutorial. I shall overcome thee once more and forget all about thee as usual!

[@beninthehills8155]

AI detected; Berserk story subjected, Splattercat, I am apoplectic.

[@TJ-vo3rv]

Is that intro video AI generated? I saw the AI disclosure on the Steam page, but it doesn't mention video.

[@hoseja]

That's absolutely AI.

[@TJ-vo3rv]

@@hoseja To their credit, it works well as a kind of short and mysterious nightmare, but they have to disclose that shit on the store page if they want to be on Steam.

[@SenatorAri]

@@TJ-vo3rv It works well, but also animating their own intro of the same style would work much better

[@TJ-vo3rv]

@@SenatorAri Oh, absolutely. I just meant, as far as instances of generative AI being used for art in games, this was one of the more appropriate applications I've seen. The janky uncanniness of AI video supported the vibe they were going for. Though again, regardless of discussions of quality or appropriateness of application, I'd prefer no AI to be used at all.

[@MeganDelacroix]

Looks promising, and for once Splat didn't do anything that made me facepalm so hard I bruised my lip 😀

[@joshmartin2744]

:facepalm: You're supposed to hit your forehead, not your mouth :P Also, that's good to hear, SC sometimes becomes unwatchable to me with his incompetency. Not that I could come even close to making videos as well as he does.

[@PandemoniumGameDev]

12:40 I was screaming at the screen: "Heal up!" 🤣

[@anvb5a1]

Looks good, i hope the controller support is good as well, will gladly chill and play this!

[@JulioFrosi]

A game like this, isometric souls/roguelike, with a something like diablo 1-2 ambience/story, would be perfection.

[@Dracobyte]

I hope you can do another video about Potionomics, now that the Masterwork Edition has released. It has really good voice acting.

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

Splat, you always bring us the very best violence.

[@kennethsanford9685]

Love your input and review style. You have helped me find many fun games.

[@Marleyklus]

That intro cinematic is clearly AI. Nope.

[@darthbader6506]

I have never heard a serif rant before, we should definitely have more of those

[@rjjm88]

I found myself going YES YES YES during the font rant.

[@Wysaw]

Blood monster has a cool design

[@claeslindgren2704]

15:20: okay hadouken! hadouken! hadouken!

[@abysskun9518]

The game has a lot of potential, not the greatest of fans of the dungeon design, it is very basic but the combat itself it pretty fun and has some interesting mechanics with the ghosts and teleporting around. As for criticisms, the movement speed is a little too slow, the game could do with a sprint option or at least auto sprint after enemies are dead, and some other keybinds are weird, and as always the AI art is not the best but it does the job. I hope for more combos or maybe different types of weapons and some cool looking bosses.

[@davidcoleman3764]

"Medieval Blicky" is an absolute bar. 🤣🤣🤣

[@-RAYZ-]

The Blood Monster boss's attack patterns and aoe ring, reminds me of the cyclops in Hades 2.

[@thefadedhero9824]

I have found so many awesome games I never would have seen without this channel. Thanks for all you do!

[@midknightgeek6629]

This looks bad @ss! Loce it! Thanks Splat for giving us an awesome heads-up! 😎🤘

[@Darthvegeta8000]

oooh Death Knight!!! That is a theme i love. *wishlisted*

[@theusernameicoodfind]

This opening just feels like when skull knight saves guts

[@androth1502]

the theme gave me a brief planescape torment vibes, but then i realized there isn't much of a story and this looks to be another diablo-like looter.

[@chrisstokoe3169]

This is a bit like an awesome vampire survivors game nice

[@ericheft6184]

Nice looking game. Love the commentary.

[@MattOneton]

Medieval Blicky cracked me up

[@TheYashakami]

Another hidden gem. Thanks splat!

[@wedgeserif556]

I wholeheartedly agree. The world needs more Serifs.

[@Ehh_why-not]

This is basically berserk meets lords of the fallen seems alright if a bit obvious

[@Seanbo88]

Obvious Berserk influences, but the skull knight hanging out in a hub world to chat with is making me laugh

[@CT--fp4se]

Dude I fuckin feel that,I've never gotten comfortable with parrying and I've been through all the souls games and bloodborne. I didn't even carry a gun in bloodborne,used the damn torch and beat it through ng+3 haha

[@RobNeeth]

Been waiting for this sort of change to the ARPGs.

[@predragpesic5953]

Had no idea Splat is a font enjoyer. 🙂🙂👍👍

[@BroxigarZ]

This combat, isometric, fluidity, but PvP MP Extraction in the vein of Dark and Darker would be really neat.

[@alimoorad5998]

I was just thinking this gave me Dark and Darker vibes!

[@RobertSmith-gu7qo]

Gameplay looks interesting. Beginning story was a tad cliche, but not the worse I've seen. And I agree with the Seriff font. (PS: Could just be me, but seems that the discord link is non-functioning.)

[@jaymf4169]

That Berserk intro

[@mauree1618]

looks dope. lmao the serif rant.

[@ttsymphonyg]

Serif fonts are the civilized way to differentiate an l from an I, among other visual aberrations.

[@Oldmanpeace]

Love the aesthetics, cheers as always.

[@stevens9625]

Two things Splat doesn't do: stealth in a stealth game and parry in a souls game.

[@MisterZimbabwe]

I mean outside of Bloodborne I've never really engaged with the parry mechanics in the other souls games either. It never seems to work reliably.

[@archivist_of_dragonstone]

That vid title is ALL the words XD

[@Auxius.]

"Serif fonts matter!" - Splat 2024

[@idontwantahandlethough]

cringe (not serif fonts, I like those. I mean your lame joke)

[@ohnoitisnt666]

@@idontwantahandlethoughgtfo

[@vforwombat9915]

me, i like to go sans serif.

[@Sovreighn7]

Someone built the Sanctum mechanic from POE lol NICE

[@ninjachicken8939]

Just a heads up, you don’t have your patreon in your KZbin channel’s about you thingy. Got curious and found it though, and I see it in this video’s description so I feel confident it’s really you. Haha

[@PomaReign]

Looks like the plot of Beserk.

[@bappo2693]

That intro is what Dreadwolf was supposed to be

[@brendandor]

That intro is AI

[@fleshtonegolem]

this reminds me of examina graphic presentation wise.

[@giantflamingrabbitmonster8124]

Game looks pretty neat, but that badass intro followed up by that drawn out gamey tutorial just absolutely murders the pacing and vibe.

[@OrionTheta1]

I like the Art style a lot. :)

[@ArcaneCraft]

Death knight looks awfully similar to Skull Knight, same kind of timing too

[@d-k3582]

The AI generated intro was a dealbreaker lol

[@_Jay_Maker_]

We Have Berserk At Home.

[@AScruffyHamster]

So, Hades Souls-like is the vibe i'm getting from the game.

[@NickHMetal]

2:00 100% skull knight from berserk

[@Darius851226]

Devs are fans of Beserk!

[@Kapelannew]

Strong opinions on fonts.

[@silverbackhayabusa]

Man, when the video kicked off I was ready to go download the demo but then I saw it was one of those games where spend as much time dodging, parrying, and kiting as you do swinging your sword and then it was topped of with a ridiculous boss. I get it, it's a roguelite and you'll build power but I don't think that will get rid of those basic mechanics. Definitely a no for me right now. We'll see how development evolves.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

This looks dope

[@Half-Axd]

beautiful game.

[@imperfectsimulacrum]

Intro looks like it was made by AI

[@Leinad_Ventura]

Yeah they are using AI.. welp another game to "ignore list" I guess.

[@ohnoitisnt666]

@@Leinad_Venturawhy??? They are on a budget and if you can save some cash to spend on the ACTUAL GAMEPLAY then why not use it?

[@Kaedevirus]

​@@ohnoitisnt666Oh, don't worry, if they say it like that, they never had the plans to try the game to begin with.

[@OneEvanescent]

@@Kaedevirus There's been many games that I would've tried, but the use of AI stopped me from wanting to. Being unable to pay for art doesn't mean it's okay to use systems that are inherently based on stealing art.

[@Kaedevirus]

@@OneEvanescent If you say so, friend.

[@chaosordeal294]

Since the dawn of video games, I have hated when enemies spawn on-screen. I'm, sure not everyone feels the same, but it just seems lazy? Cheesy? Cheap?

[@chadgaming-n9g]

marked you? knight with a horse, greater challenge, berserk? hhahahahaha

[@ChuckPalomo]

Totally agree on the ugly modern fonts, look how classy fonts looked in the PS1 PS2 era.

[@plumbthumbs9584]

excellent!

[@Gigusx]

I've also felt it gives me a Hades x Souls vibes. The "battle rooms" are like Hades but also the way you're given a few choices of where to go depending on what kind of reward you want. Looks very good so far!

[@gavinelo5047]

Yoi should check out void war its a ftl style game inspired by warhammer 40k

[@non-applicable3548]

Looks kino

[@NthreeE]

Berserk reference?

[@Themok-Gamma-6]

somehow I get Diablo 1 vibes from this game!

[@lakatosjuraj]

game looks solid but it needs more flesh - the rooms need more variety or at least different decorations.. - needs voice acting. The thing i liked about Hades was the voice acting. Speechless games feel empty for me. - hope they have more zones too (maybe some haunted forest / graveyard )

[@aaronjohnson9755]

Kinda weird AI-ish intro... but it was actually kinda cool.

[@MisterNightfish]

From the steam page: "We used AI-generated images as a basis for some of the images on the store page and made manual modifications" Yea, the whole intro really looked like those AI videos to me, too.

[@tyrrollins]

Who gaf

[@fuzzydunlop5691]

Yeah I'm gonna be honest. That was an immediate turn off. Pretty perplexing decision.

[@fuzzydunlop5691]

​@@tyrrollinsPeople who care about real art and artists.

[@Wimpiethe3]

@@MisterNightfish Thanks for the heads up! Hard pass for me.

[@justFernando27]

the need to hire an actual artist for the intro

[@-RAYZ-]

20:05 It's 'dome piece' not ''dome face'' Lol.

[@Kramerica962]

It's always great seeing an indie game that isn't bright and colorful pixel art.

[@fuzzydunlop5691]

I know there is a not so insignificant percent of people that will never try this because the first thing you see is AI art. They would've been better off with a text screen.

[@arkannon1682]

Which part is the ai art?

[@kpando4952]

Id argue they are a very small minority, like i think you are the only one who noticed.

[@gizzmoog4195]

Can not spot any ai art. Do you mean the Video thumbnail?

[@fuzzydunlop5691]

@arkannon1682 The intro clearly.

[@fuzzydunlop5691]

@kpando4952 2 of the first comments (before mine) also pointed out the use of AI.

[@GeoKan]

Better than D4 !

[@Gaius0]

Not crazy about the fact that they seem to have used AI for making that intro.

[@mbielcik]

🖤

[@ricijs2000]

are they really using skeletons sounds from World of Warcraft ?....really??

[@MisterKrane]

Instant AI slop video, instant ignore.

[@codyerb6143]

Are we.... are we really congratulating that god awful AI spawned intro cinematic? Is that where we are now, where severe laziness is applauded? AI is, and should only ever be, a tool with which we create, but just because you fill a paint can with trash bits of paint, and then dump it on a canvas, does not a painting make.

[@amosb1452]

Comment for the comment god!

[@The-Brocolis]

Is this a berserk arpg ?

[@James_Byron]

I see now that you are spacing the card "games" after the backlash

[@darkmatteracid2353]

W

[@miguelmackay4851]

this kind of games could just be an arpg, why the f does everyone want to make everything "roguelike"

[@felixkraemer2432]

sadly that intro screams AI which is always sad to see

[@binnieb173]

what is it with devs and meta progression these days?

[@zielisawzielony9366]

"Dodge symulator" Curse of Dead Gods and Hades do it better.

[@calimerohnir3311]

was that intro AI generated?

[@Kidphantom13]

Am i crazy or is this berserk🤔

[@phillipmitchell2254]

Pls check out Scarmonde

[@rangerwang5436]

AI slop intro cutscene

[@ivanmilanov8386]

And they took music and sounds from Blade Runner 2049.

[@asolanara]

I just can't justify supporting AI art in a published product.