The fighting game with the most WASTED potential

[@SMorales851]

I know some of the team that worked on the game! I think the summary for its issues is: 1) it was their first project, 2) it was very mismanaged, 3) there is/was very little game dev in Chile, so there was very few people with experience in the industry they could learn from (or much less hire). I also heard that their marketing man decided to get into fights online because "all publicity is good publicity", so that probably explains the twitter. I think he got kicked out after that. The game made basically zero money, and that led to the studio disbanding some time after launch (that's why no DLC). AOne is back in bussiness now, subsisting mostly off of contracting jobs. They also got the game ported to some japanese arcade machines, so they've got some income from that as well.

[@zombieeightpack1381]

Ahh! I actually got introduced to this game because one of my local arcades has it on their ‘compilation’ arcade machines

[@TheBreaker3333]

Bro holy shit the stage just kept going lmao. I expected a lot but it exceeded my expectations like thrice over

[@hades2659]

Honestly i just want a game about the ghost Knight. The rest of it can go

[@robertobalderas4738]

Play Dark Souls

[@cursedshadow]

He looks so godamn cool

[@seanandre4432]

​@@robertobalderas4738i think they wanna be someone strong not a victim

[@youcantbeatk7006]

Shovel Knight: Specter of Torment Dead Cells Brawlhalla if you play as Magyar Mortal Shell Middle-earth: Shadow of series (knight-ish) Soul Calibur series if you play as Knightmare (ghost-ish) Skul: The Hero Slaye (ghost-ish) Medieval series (ghost-ish) Dark Souls series (ghost-ish) Darksiders series (ghost-ish) games where you can play as Ghostrider (knight-ish)

[@sage5616]

Nah I need the shadow baddie

[@Xerachiel]

It's funny how while you were saying "presentation isn't everything" I was thinking "this game looks so ugly I wouldn't even want to try it out"

[@BloodyBay]

No accounting for taste, I suppose. I think it looks pretty sweet with the stages and the characters! But I'm into the Gothic Horror scene, and 'Omen of Sorrow' is pretty much 'Darkstalkers' without all the campy goofiness. So maybe I'm just biased.

[@Xerachiel]

@@BloodyBay in the game's defense tho, I think NRS games have some worse animations than this one, and those games sell millions 🤷

[@thosebloodybadgers8499]

@@Xerachiel Which absolutely baffles me to this day. Like, there's no way a game with consistently terrible storytelling not even the writers want to continue with for even two entries without a reboot ever since the 3D games, hilariously janky animation quality, character design so incredibly derivative and main hook of gratuitous violence that nearly traumatized people doing all that shit on the development team could get this popular, right?! Right?! Nah, Omen of Sorrow fucking sweeps because it at least has the excuse of being a small production

[@縣]

@@thosebloodybadgers8499hot take: mk1 looks worse than mk11

[@oluwajimiloko2536]

​@@thosebloodybadgers8499 Please I don't understand, what game are you talking about?

[@bazzjedimaster]

As a fellow Chilean I feel really bad for the dev, hopefully they get to do a succesful game eventually.

[@jurtheorc8117]

There's a beat-em-up game series by a Chilean developer studio known as Zeno Clash. Odd series but well worth checking out. Had a prequel released in 2023 called Clash: Artifacts of Chaos. Really good game.

[@kyuketsukirook]

I don't feel bad for them at all considering how they attacked everyone on their Twitter page for no reason.

[@Gamsterjeff600]

​@@jurtheorc8117 zeno clash 1 is great. The combat is way better than I thought

[@lucky4d725]

​@@kyuketsukirookapparently that was because of one person.

[@dannyrivas40]

I saw this on steam and I agree it looked good for the concept and designs. I wasn't sold on how it looked with gameplay tho. Great vid as always.

[@ascended8174]

The fighting game with the real most wasted potential was Absolver. Innovative custom movesets, such a unique aesthetic and world, interesting lore, insanely good gameplay, and a pretty good character customization. Too bad the lack of marketing and content killed it. It was still one of the only fighting games I enjoyed, alongside YOMIH Edit: Sifu is not a fighting game. It's a beat-em-up rogue-lite

[@justjay7093]

Honestly I’d have agreed with this awhile back, until I played Sifu. I personally believe Sifu is a much better investment than the mess Absolver was dealing with

[@KingBr33ch]

Wait til you try sifu 😂

[@huytungnguyen119]

Absolver stumbled so Sifu could run

[@ascended8174]

@@huytungnguyen119 Would you say.... staggered?

[@obl1v1on80]

Absolver :( if only

[@voiddollnero7677]

A 2b metroidvania with a stance mechanic for the knight would be baller, light fighting game stuff, like enemies take 3 hits to kill but its like playing a fighting game

[@reillocb]

Ngl that dude's stances have won me over I'll totally check this out

[@faidou9954]

It just feels like this indie game was made speciffically to fill in a niche in 2D fighting games. Even if the people who worked on the game were passionate about Omen of Shadow, it doesn't matter since the game itself is just mid.

[@TheTrackingDown]

great video, cool to see some unknown fighting games and their mechanics. also, mostly unrelated but 5:45 i have not seen this gif in YEARS. i remember it freaking me out as a kid LOL

[@Thatsnicereal]

Very interesting how many niche fighting games exist considering fighting games are kinda niche themselves

[@Formula_Zero_EX]

To be fair, it does fit the definition of being niche, though. 🥴

[@AndreaJensDemetrio]

Just a couple additional thoughts after watching the video again. I got to know Omen of Sorrow for the first time through an article on Shoryuken in ~2016-2017 and got to play an early build at Gamescom in 2018 (or 2017, I unfortunately can't remember the exact year). My inner child squeed at the sight of Kaleb shooting a laser from his mouth. Unfortunately at that time it was PS4 only, so I didn't manage to get to play its final version. Some people I know in the South American scene later linked me some articles about the issues with the game development, the misguided focus on a cinematic story mode and the fact that apparently the cutscenes were made before the story was finalized (which might explain why the ending feels so darn unsatisfactory, but this is a personal opinion). Omen of Sorrow had great potential, I really liked how Arctorius felt like Nightmare from Soulcalibur with all those stances. Both Imhotep and he are among the most interesting fighting game characters I have ever seen, despite all the game's flaws. Omen of Sorrow truly deserved better :/

[@turtlehub2731]

Can you cover some of the indie fighters that are not collapsing and need more love? Sure, they don't have triple A level of polish but I think there are some worth checking out. Merfight, Punch Planet, and Terrordrome: Regin of Legends some cool games.

[@AndreaJensDemetrio]

Seconded! I'd add Duels of Fortune, Arcus Chroma, Beatdown Dungeon and Heatwave to the list!

[@Hollowshy]

Absolutely! There are some hidden gems that I would love to cover in the future. Keep an eye out and I'll be bringing them to the light!

[@quakeinboots1744]

@@AndreaJensDemetriogotta add blade strangers here. No one ever talks about that game

[@ΚρανίΩ]

@@Hollowshypocket bravery too

[@silverdededestruction2197]

@@quakeinboots1744 It's mostly because the game is more slower than most other fighting games. It has the anime fighter aesthetic but the slowness of oldschool street fighter 2

[@jesterje]

I bought this game too! No one was ever on lol. I thought the vampire lady was fun.

[@jesterje]

Btw I spent the money because they said they were bringing rollback and cross play. Something I find very important.

[@BloodyBay]

Erzsebet? Erzsebet's a sweetheart! I love that she has an attack where she slaps her opponent to the ground and *_quite literally_* walks all over them! She's a bloody vampire, she's insane and she has attitude to spare! What's not to love? 😆

[@hollowedboi5937]

Learning from the 3 years I was in the game design major at college, its not just the game that you gotta polish by wearing a ton of hats at once. Its also the way that you talk amongst your team and your audience. As well as crazy good scheduling and scope for yourself and your game so that you aren’t spending every waking hour on discord and editing softwares not seein’ the light of day or people you know.

[@Marzimus]

That stage was four times longer than I honestly anticipated.. 😮

[@BloodyBay]

The stage size isn't such a great thing when your stage is the Training Room, but it's magnificent for showcasing how huge and lavishly detailed all the other stages are! 'Vanity's Requiem' (which is basically Dracula's palace) is my favorite, but that stage with the burning forest and all the hanging corpses, where you can walk inside that ruined house with the witch's circle and the altar if you keep walking to the left? That stage is a _very_ close Second for me. Chef's kiss! 😘

[@superrobato4887]

Nice video mate. Ya pretty much gave the full summary for Omen of Sorrow. Here's extra info, Omen of Sorrow is popular in Japan with their Arcade version.

[@MadResetti]

Arctorious gives madddddd Phantom Knights ( from YuGiOh) vibes, Specially to "The Phantom Knights of Break Sword" card. so sick seeing a character of that design in a fighting game, works so well.

[@diamondhamster4320]

Dat moment when Akatsuki Blitzkampf has more players than some professionally studio produced Fighting game.

[@EvanSaltare]

Right off the bat, it's ugly. It looks cheap and the characters have a weird action figure visual style. Those stages being that big also make me question if anyone on that team actually plays fighting games. Corner pressure is a big tension builder and helps make games exciting. If you're going to have stages that big, you need to give characters very fast movement or attacks with massive knockback.

[@EduCrossHands]

Tekken has infinite stages, corner pressure is not that crucial

[@grantm.5975]

@@EduCrossHands Tekken 8 did away with these, and seems to like oddly shaped or multi-layered stages for more dynamic gameplay. Corner pressure is pretty vital in a 2D fighting game, as "back against the wall" is pretty much the universal win condition for most characters. It helps with consistency and especially with visual clarity.

[@ezraho8449]

Dev team that doesn't play fighting games is definitely the vibe I got from the video or at least only plays them casually. A lot of the movement and animations are weird. Like why are there so many frames of landing recovery? Why do some moves feel too fast and others too slow? It feels random.

[@GHOST-zy3ji]

Ok so 1:29 Adam is not a test subject is Frankenstein monster in the book I belive there is a part were Frankenstein calls his creation Adam

[@KGSKGSKGSKGSKGS]

> Full plate armor > Feels like you have billions of pounds weighing you down

[@pendragongameart]

I remember playing this game in a gamestop once. I thought it was alright, but it definitely didn’t “wow” me… I wish it was better so that it could be given a sequel or reboot cuz this would have been my jam now

[@r-yv5uz]

I swear this guy sounds like those scp announcement voices

[@rederci939]

I'm pretty sure I played a beta of this at FF or CB some time pre-COVID. Or at least one going for the exact same vibe. I remember thinking it seemed like it had some good potential, but since it was still a beta it needed some work obviously. If it's the same one, it's a shame to see how it ended up.

[@canadianturtle7240]

I'm making a video game based off my manga. I'm so happy you like the design of that final boss in the game because I have enemy designs that look like that in my comic

[@doomakarn]

2:25 Dude what, these are actual longsword stances

[@RandalReid]

The only thing I remember from this game is the dev arguing with people on Twitter because of the Epic exclusivity

[@kyuketsukirook]

For some reason this game got a NESiCAxLIVE 2 Japanese arcade release called "Omen of Sorrow: Arising Chaos" last year. That was how I first discovered this game. It doesn't seem like anything is that different between the original release and Arising Chaos besides the name.

[@idoshanintendo]

The game is actually getting a second chance now! But only in arcades(at least for now hopefully). A new version of the game is in development called arising chaos and will be published by exA-Arcadia this year. Hopefully the game becomes complete this time and gets the development it deserves.

[@MAIKI_SAIKI]

this game looks like it took 20 dollars to make

[@Hollowshy]

All the 20 dollars went into making Arctorious a cool character.

[@Formula_Zero_EX]

@cristianaraujo9293 The Nash equilibrium

[@BloodyBay]

@@Hollowshy Hey, ultra-cool though Arctorious is, the other characters have their charms too! Quasimodo does all kinds of neat stuff, I dig his weird hunchback look and I don't know where he comes up with all those giant bells that he can drop on you so you can't get away from him. Adam is basically Frankenstein's Creature, though. I think I'd have to main the hell out of Adam on principle.

[@learn2finesse504]

Lmfao!!

[@GuntanksInSpace]

Man I wanna say Omen of Sorrow struggled on their crowdfund, but somehow they got the console versions out (and later the EGS one for their initial PC release). 20 Dollars to make is apt, though I do admire the devs getting this out in the first place.

[@trueamerican2716]

The beginning reminded me of an arcade experience when i was 13 yo. I went to the arcade to play Killer Instinct. I had the SN version that had just come out and played it daily. Was good with pretty much every character with Spinal as an exception. But i still wasnt bad. I was playing the computer and i guess this guy on his break from a store in the mall came up put in his tokens to challenge me. Now i was small for my age and probably looked about ten or so. I demolished the guy. He was soo enraged that he started screaming at me "at least give me a fuqing chance!" As if i was supposed to let him win or give false hopes. U challenged me buddy. Thats the moment i realized how much more mature i was than most adults.

[@SaltLevelsMax]

I was following omen of sorrow development for a bit but i didn't even know it had released, jeez.

[@junihitomiya3182]

So glad you used the "orbital space ring theme..." @ 3:51

[@Narukami930]

wasnt something like fortune and fate already done in Melty Blood with Blood Heat and Break?

[@samueldeandrade8535]

Let me ask something, because I am realizing this channel is about fighting games: there was such a game I played long ago, I don't know if it was an official game, or a just a demo, I just remember having 4 characters, 2 men, 2 women, I think, one of the men had a big sword and red and/or black color themes and a big sword, one of the women had an épée sword, or something like that. Man, this game is legendary. I never saw it again.

[@samueldeandrade8535]

I remember the game had a 3d vibe. Sometimes I think it was an hallucination. Most of the times I am sure it was true.

[@BarClay-KR]

My friend and I have done the most amount of times played on that game by record on steam. I main Caleb and Erzebet

[@LordTchernobog]

1:42 - HUNGARY MENTIONED! (Erzébet based on Erzsébet Báthory, infamous for a rumor she bathed in the blood of virgins to retain her youth. Basicly, Hungary's vampire lady.

[@xzeroavent7685]

it´s such a shame that no one support this game knowing that is rarely common that someone for my country decided to develop a game, it's like this world doesn't exist, not even for the people who like fighting games in this part of the planet.

[@camilovarela478]

I mean is not horrible for a small development team, it shows the potential they have for future projects

[@kentdiamonde.rosales3723]

I believe that there is this fighting game with so much potential but wasn't continued.. Tobal (1 & 2)

[@kylespevak6781]

"Clunky" while it looks exactly like Mortal Kombat

[@Keygentlemen]

MK is the clunkiest fighter I can think of off the top of my head tho

[@drewskidewsk]

Exactly

[@beanwithbacon]

Just found your channel and must say I'm really happy I did. I love obscure games. One that would be cool to see you cover is One Must Fall, old DOS fighting game by Epic.

[@badacid8685]

2:11 The Witch King of Angmar!

[@MTLxSpider]

this game was at so many big tournaments pre-covid brought by the devs themself i think. its been awhile

[@Kammithekiller]

when you started walking across the stage, I got up, went to the kitchen, got a glass of cold water, and you were still walking when i got back smh

[@wfjhDUI]

3:35 Maybe I was just born visually tone deaf or something but whenever I hear someone picking apart graphics like this it always looks fine to me. Even the kick doesn't really strike me as all that bad. lol. I mean ok, I guess it's a bit odd, but it's fine -- it's comprehensible that it's a kick and there aren't any outright graphical glitches, what more could you possibly want? 😝

[@BloodyBay]

I was thinking the same thing! "Say what? You call _that_ janky? Have you even _played_ a lot of fighting games, man? Go back in time with me and let me introduce you to a little something called 'Pit Fighter,' or maybe 'Time Killers'. Even for their time, those games were clunky as hell! 'Omen of Sorrow' will look like Street Fighter 3 Alpha after that!"

[@fsh_outta_wtr]

​@@BloodyBayThings being worse doesnt make other things less bad

[@AtmaDragoon]

Oh, hey! It's that game I bought on disc for PS4 a while back because it had rollback netcode. ...I mean, I never got around to a second arcade playthrough, much less attempting online or unlocking the secret characters, so, it _might?_ It very well might.

[@Gamersgoinblind]

I very much enjoy this game I think the one complaint I had was that it didn't really help learning the blessed/fallen states and how they work basically like the burnout mode in SF6

[@802Garage]

Damn... So much work went into this game and it's just... Not finished. Title is very accurate.

[@mbphilipblack8993]

Love Darkstalkers and so sad it died with Resurrection how ironic. KI i still need to play too busy with SF6 so after I'm done with it/the DLC I'll try it out.

[@oshoke444]

arctorious' character design looks super similar to a character design by one of my favourite artists called insist. until i did some research, i was convinced that insist was the one who did that design lol

[@otterdonnelly9959]

Honestly we might be able to say this Blessed/Doomed mechanic is even closer to the Rev Gauge and Accel from the new Fatal Fury 🤔

[@ScorchingProductions1]

Could you do a video on Terrordrome Reign of the Legends???

[@zorikzz]

We need more fighting games similar in style to Sifu with a Gunfu aspect, watchdogs legions has done Gunfu best so far in my opinion, I don’t understand why we don’t have more like it already

[@mermimang6111]

Unnecessary fact, this game makes an appearance in a (very meh) movie from 2017 called "Hazlo como hombre" being played by the protagonists and is the mean by which they eventually reconcile in an online match

[@buddyXq]

Omen of Sorrow is definitely what I thought you would say

[@sprayandpray6976]

2:13 That is just... skinny Mordekaiser with a sword istead of a mace.

[@jomotaku]

1:57 i lost

[@MythicMachina]

These are the kind of games that make me sad. There's so much potential, but it's been squandered due to poor management. I really hope that the developers take another shot at something like this, either with better management or on their own. And I hope that management cleans up their act.

[@QuadGuy356]

Why did he not mentioned terrordrome 2 rein of leyends?

[@giovannicastillo8581]

Arctorious/ (The Flaming Head looking Knight), reminds me of the Skull Knight from Berserk.

[@asdfxcvbn746]

2:10 this is literally just Dormammu from UMvC3/MvC Infinite with blue flame for a head instead of orange. nothing unique, nothing to see here & nothing we've never seen in a fighting game before.

[@GarudaRamudasRumpusRoom]

I mean he's just a dullahan, Dormammu didn't really invent the concept of the flame head.

[@xceptionl1]

​@@GarudaRamudasRumpusRoom they're also talking about the rest of the costume. I'm surprised it took this long in the comments for someone to notice since this video is targeted to fighting game fans. The whole armor style and cape is a full rip of MvC3 Dormammu.

[@BloodyBay]

@@GarudaRamudasRumpusRoom Dullahan? Dude, Arctorious is the ghost of King Arthur! Hence, the crown. Have you seen his Hyper attack yet?

[@chelsthegameruiner8669]

Yeah I gotta agree, Arctorious looks fucking sick. Its the tattered cloak for me, I love that stuff a ton

[@orangesoda4535]

Dang. I thought under night 2 had abyssmal numbers. This makes it look like an EVO mainstay.

[@Ghostbody]

I swear I've put more money and time into this game than any reasonable person should. So back on release I got it for the PS4 physical and that was a clusterfuck since the release date and shipping dates got pushed around a bit (more on that later), played it, streamed it, tried to get people to look at it because Darkstalkers fans are thirsty for anything. Didn't quite work but got some eyes open to it. THEN the PS5 and Switch copies were ran by a play asia release. Which got backed up by over a year. From what I gathered, they had certification issues which is wild considering the game already released but might have to do with the fearures you spoke of. On top of that, they did do an Epic Games Store free game of the week thing with it a couple of years back.

[@maxbal6039]

5:45 " the game was originally released in 2019 " 0.0 not what i would guess XD

[@couchcommander5280]

I actually have some insight as to why this game ended up the way it did. I played this game at Evo 2017 when they had their booth to show off the game, and I discussed with a couple of people who were there that actually worked on the game (as much as I could, this studio is stationed somewhere in South america, so English was their second language) and one thing that stuck out to me thinking back was that they talked about how they received a special indie game grant from PlayStation Anybody who played Street fighter v and looked behind the curtain even a little bit knows that that sounds familiar So what I think happened was that because A1 got that Grant from PlayStation, PlayStation probably pushed them to have the game come out sooner than it really needed to and make it exclusive for their console because PlayStation doesn't have a whole lot of exclusives, at least for fighting games

[@igorchtidtah8050]

I bought this game cuz i love horror stuff. It's kinda fun but mega-janky like you said. I hope someone, someday, makes a similar game with a decent budget and a good design team

[@deathbringer9893]

i actually remember jwong or another yt talking about this game

[@Progeneratoryt]

naaaah this character design got me the goosebumps. no way,NO WAY this game isn't more famous than the rest.

[@ronindelray]

I don't see how a lot of the cool mechanics have to do with SF6 Drive gauge, it sounds a lot more like RC, positive bonus, and negative bonus from GG Strive 🤔

[@larrywoolfolk8224]

Stop the cap my guy, anyone who plays anime fighting games knows we play damn near anything as long as it has the IP they want. This game looks like absolute DOG WATER, and we have a whole genre of fighting games called "Kusoge" where broken jank games are played.

[@redherringoffshoot2341]

kusoges are basically games that are so bad that they inadvertently circle back around to being “good”(amusing)

[@HiImLunaticToo]

I just found ur channel and ur videos are awesome. I did not know bloody roar had so many die hard fans as the comments make it seem tho lmao

[@omabang5002]

Zoro is so lost he ended up on Omen of Sorrow video.

[@TempestDacine]

Lmao my brother randomly downloaded this once and we went crazy on each other with gabriel and elzbeth

[@tjjavier]

Awesome content! New sub!!! 🙌💯😄

[@maziio646]

Tatsunoko vs Capcom reference understood

[@armorbearer9702]

I agree that the character designs are great. It's a shame that the developers did not have more time to polish the game.

[@juaneliasriverodominguez6624]

Ty for the review

[@cajs100]

I need a DMC Vs game with it's actual hack n slash gameplay Or a game similar to it WITH the DMC mechanics

[@trappestarrgaming3422]

Arctorios just looks like a depressed dormammu to me

[@deejones8552]

I bought this game and actually forgot about it until now..

[@classierjohn6921]

the knight looks like viego almost exaclty like from leage of legends

[@xibladekidd]

i have this game and it sucks it’s not popular i love this genre and fighting games literally a match from heaven why why why🤧🤧

[@yvastel8153]

Arctorious would've felt like that knight who bodied everyone in that Elder Scrolls Online trailer. Definitely a cool design.

[@TheFalloutization]

11 player peak. goddamn.

[@nicolasbrinson3684]

Honestly if it went for like a Darkstalkers style look with like modern Guilty Gear/BlazBlue graphics it probably would've been successful

[@Living.under.your.mattres]

I would genuinely play this and idk if that’s a bad thing 😭 (Mainly for Arctorious)

[@SvenS2]

I've heard of the game before, but honestly... it visually just doesn't appeal to me. And for most genres I can make an exception for graphics/art style if the gameplay is good, but for fighting games... if the game doesn't appeal to me visually, I just can't give it a chance

[@greggersonny]

Hollowshy would main Revenant, not because he’s OP as fuck, but because he looks like Arctorious

[@juliusc1381]

Can this be made a series? For Honor was one lf the first games I thought of when I read the title. Don't get me wrong, it's good now. But could be so much more.

[@strikermodel]

I can actually see why the stages are big. They want to encourage players to play offensively to build towards the positive end of fate/fortune. Honestly it looks like the lack of polish is really what killed the game. If they improved the impact of hits and cleaned up the animations, they could have had something decent.

[@komlat253]

Played it at the arcade ,it looked ok actually as im pretty into fighting games but idk seemed alittle clunky

[@Franktasy7]

This was s great video to watch! This is the 2nd video i'm watching of you reviewing worse fighting games and i'm sure there will be more to come but becareful not to spend too much money on piling up these type of games unless it's on sale or a good enough price 😂

[@use0fweapons]

the stage length is incredible tbh. the "get to the corner" meta gets old fast.

[@alexthezephyr]

Canceling moves or specials into another using a gauge or something similar has been VERY common before SF6. KOF has that since forever, Guilty Gear had it since forever too, so I wouldn't give that game any credit for that

[@Holyhairyareola]

Thought this was gonna be a video on shrek superslam😔

[@trollsome]

Oman, the sorrows!