This One is BIG! - First Impressions & Gameplay

Join me for my first look at a very fun and refreshing upcoming open world survival crafting game, Enshrouded!
The realm of Embervale is lost. In their greed for magical power, your ancestors unleashed a pestilence that consumed the world.
Enshrouded is a game of survival, crafting, and Action RPG combat, set within a sprawling voxel-based continent. As you journey across the mountains and deserts of an open world, you are free to choose your path and shape your destiny.
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[@MidnightAge]

I really appreciated the first few minutes where you gave a quick synopsis of you getting used to the game. I think that was very informative, concise, and well presented. And the T-posing bad guy gave a good laugh too. Every video you put out just hooks me more and more.

[@Ladywren101]

Absolutely helps!

[@chriscamacho72]

Yeah, I’ve never seen anyone do that before. Pretty freaking awesome if you ask me. Too many times we would have had to watch for a whole hour for all that info. Don’t get me wrong, it can be entertaining but I love the option of quickly deciding if a game might be for me or not. And those few minutes did just that. Bravo!

[@DoubleZedd6]

My adult kids and I play Valheim a couple times a month to stay connected, and I have to agree this feels similar but faster and less grindy. I think Vein will be a likely candidate for my solo play though(my daughters don't want to fight zombies, so 7d2d and Vein won't make family night). Love your videos in general and your prospective on Enshrouded. Thanks!

[@moonshock]

Some friends and I played the demo and we loved it! We were able to get to the end of the demo in about four hours but in doing so we skipped a LOT of content since you only get six hours on the demo (I believe it was six hours IIRC) so we didn’t get into the building aspect past a rudimentary shack. We all played Valheim so when we played Enshrouded we found it as a huge step up and we’re all going to buy the full game when it is released. I am the builder of the group and from the short amount of time I played with the building dynamic I was in love! It’s got a lot of potential and I can’t wait to get into it further! Consequently, I also died from that booby trap. lol Thanks for the great content!

[@TheRealFAA]

you can continue to play, the timer is only for the world, so if you make a new one you can continue to play with the same character

[@tuObvii]

what is your username? im looking for new friends to play this game with! (:

[@iamzsaph2644]

When you started to successfully parry and counter I felt like a parent seeing their child take their first steps so proud before 😊

[@jojoskunk]

love the editing of the voice echo when going in the basement. looks like my kind of game.

[@Axiom125]

Great video! My wife (and I) love Valheim and have been looking for more games to play. This definitely looks like it'll fit the bill when it comes out.

[@roberturlaub8526]

exactly the vid i was waiting for. wasnt sure about the game but now im to 100% sure that im goin to buy it.

[@foobar1735]

Tem while collecting shroud wood: "I'm gonna go out on a limb here..." accidental puns are best puns :D

[@ApexPredatorsGaming]

i really hope the devs turn this game into the type i been looking for, where you build up a town with workers and you can train your companions to defend your town etc, looks awesome massive potential

[@ssmith3573]

I've been looking forward to Enshrouded so much - Voxel based land destruction and building is something that I love, and they have found a good compromise with the Ark/Icarus/Valheim building method.

[@Cyenthie]

GGs! Thanks for the awesome new episode! Top-notch editing, smoothly flowing gameplay, and an engaging great time! Thanks Tem!

[@flowahpawah]

Informative, real, no BS.. Awesome video!

[@GoodBoyGoneDad]

I'm looking forward to this coming to the channel. Cannot wait.

[@RawkeyakaSebi]

Please create a series out of this game!! Love it!

[@donchevellfisher5201]

Keep doing what you do I’ve been watching you for three hours now and bro you explain and do everything and it helps ssooooo much esp when I haven’t played the game and now I want the games !!!!

[@Sandy_Boy]

Definitely has a huge potential. Just need time snd a right direction

[@SteamboatRicky]

Highly impressive. Downloading the demo now and adding it to my wishlist. I do hope they make the day cycles a bit more realistic but its solid so far.

[@stryker938]

Combat feels like Kingdoms of Amalur. It would be fun to have open character class paths like KoA. I'm also excited to try out the co-op multiplayer, to see how that works.

[@daniel4647]

Yeah, we didn't really get to see any of that. Looked like he got a skill point when he took out that plant and cleared the area, but I don't think he used it. Personally I'm exited about the characters. He got that blacksmith guy right away, but I bet there are lot of characters like him we can collect and have around our base, that sems super cool, reminds a little bit of Skies of Arcadia. So much more fun to build big bases when you can populate them with people. Gets me really excited to play this.

[@SgtSnowballs]

ive only just learned of this game, looks great. the only thing i dislike is the combat, looks clunky and unfinished

[@maleorgan4915]

Good video, little bit of squirrel action going on with the whole mission to get the wood for the glider then completely forgetting about the glider.

[@Sissybee52]

This looks good! I hope you continue to cover it!

[@kozzze]

I love the reverb when you go underground

[@Firise]

Amazing! Thanks for showing.

[@johnt8789]

Great job on incorporating feedback into your video editing. At first I was worried you were going to montage the whole game. 😂 great format/editing the video as a whole!

[@davecisneros5285]

New voxel based game?! That's hard to believe knowing how involved that is. You have my attention!

[@bethanymay3056]

This game looks great!! I look forward to seeing more play-through vids on it! Thanks for sharing your review!

[@SamuelGreenRoad2Recovery]

Can't wait for thr full release of Enshrouded

[@elisabeth9119]

I started to play the game today , and i really like it. Im a Valheim player myself. And needed a new game :) Tnx for the video .. Greetings from Norway

[@JWC723]

I really like the voice effects you add. It adds just a little extra. 😀

[@Oscarizxc]

The building mechanics in this game is insane. During demo, I tried building my own house but I wasn't satisfied. So I took over an existing building and made it home.

[@RealSykes]

Lovely video as always mate. Looking surprisingly polished! I just got back into Valheim with my son, albeit it I find it superrr slow. This looks a little more fast paced and something I think I'd find more enjoyment with.

[@EvilMrFoo]

come winter, Oswald's gonna take your eyes out!

[@ggreer234]

Looking forward to more gameplay! This vid brought me to your channel and hope for more of this game if possible, looking into your other vids currently

[@unforgiven7745]

Hey Tem just wanted to say that you got me hooked on that time travel game you Did A while back called Grand Empire Time Travel Survival Game That game is just amazing

[@A-Yeti]

I am very excited for this game, great video, it got me even more pumped to play this with my Son and Father haha

[@mikefisc9989]

This looks like a lot of fun. Can't wait.

[@wessweat7161]

I played around with the demo a bit last night and am very much enjoying it so far. You hit the nail on the head, because I got the exact same "faster paced Valheim" vibes from it.

[@Komakalle]

thx, best video i found to get a good impression. like the video style

[@epicladyluck7018]

I have been watching your Ark Ascended videos, which I have greatly enjoyed. I am looking forward to this games release and hopefully you will be making videos on it so I can enjoy those too. Cant wait to try this game out.

[@psypherveritas895]

The thing you said about you not know when it was almost daylight because there was no smooth transition between night and day I think they planned it. It's a way the devs can post launch go in and fix it easily and boost their games reviews. It's devious and smart!

[@user-qk9ju8zc1s]

I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of things that are in this demo are slowed down when the game launches. Things like cooking, the day/night cycle, crafting etc. It's only 8 hours you get to try the demo. They want you to be able to try a bunch of different things in a short amount of time so that you can see what it's about. I played it a bit and that's the feeling I got.

[@GamingAfter50]

Thanks Tem! This game looks great. I like that it's voxel, too. And lots of things that go "boom". I also like how you were able to find decent loot early on, swords, and axes. The other game would've given you some crappy leather knuckle wraps. 🙃

[@hdplays4105]

I wish all reviewers did it this way. Great summary and sample playthrough.

[@seanheisey8645]

im SO HYPED FOR TOMORROW!

[@darrenpellichino2923]

Ensrouded has that element of destructible environments which made me love minecraft. Also why I love 7 days to die which feels alot like a minecraft cousin, at least to me.

[@TheRealFAA]

my character came out looking like a dwarf Adam Driver, loving this game so far

[@hatchet0711]

Can’t wait to see more of this game, really want to see the glider, I’m hoping it’s like the glider in atlas really useful for aerial reconnaissance 👍

[@owl5927]

You definitely explored more than anyone else I saw.

[@venum1959]

wish i could play this now. i need a game i can get lost in and this is my favourite type of game and looks great and all the systems do to.

[@mikealliman6589]

Love your content. Great editing, flow, and energy. Would love for you to a playthrough of enshrouded when it releases!

[@BlunderBustee]

Really loved this, I hadn't heard of this game. It's a combination of a few of my faves, looking fwd to more!

[@AvengingEwok]

I got a very "Fable meets Valheim" vibe from this game. Between the character models and animation style, plus of course there is the building...can see lots of hours lost in doing that.

[@Branwhin]

Yes, I love Valheim. Enshrouded looks like I'll really love it also, with a lot of the same balance of things - go get yourself into all kinds of trouble when you want, but you can also hang out at home and build awesome things to your heart's content? Assuming you've got the relevant resources, of course.

[@horseclock6454]

Wow this looks fun and absolutely beautiful tbh

[@TaliffsTrials]

Looks very good, love the review. Played Valheim so know im going to really enjoy playing it. Hoping its a coop and not just single player.

[@Docris]

Game looks absolutely amazing only thing i would change if i could is if they could make the thing you're required to put down to build smaller.

[@daniel4647]

Definitely going to be playing this, looks super cool. Going to wait until it has a proper release though, don't really do demos or early access or any of that anymore.

[@davidhartung6563]

the mining is awesome

[@KingMojo1]

To play longer just make another world for resource gathering and farm there (Like Valheim). Just use the home world for crafting.

[@CrabClownJimmy]

"Hoooooooooly crap he's big!" ha ha ha ha 17:31

[@bingo5694]

looks cool. the crafting and inventory reminds me of smalland.

[@fullelement4886]

I'm late to the party, but it's kind of impressive that you actually gave your voiceover a small echo while in the cave

[@desireeharper4689]

I had so much fun playing this. I can’t wait for it to come to EA

[@GumbleGob]

I hope Valheim-likes are the next big genre. I love survival/crafting games.

[@zarakikon6352]

This game looks really good. And I like your explanation of all kinds of different things.

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@mojolene_]

i don't like these kind of games, but i like the way, you play. so i try to like this series :)

[@impracticalnuke]

Understandably rough looking, but yhe premise and the style looks very good. It'll be an interesting follow.

[@SpillGates]

Great video keep playing games... all the games.

[@justinmccormick2578]

Hope this comes to consoles my wife and I love valhiem and would love to dive into this!

[@pheniks0]

wow, this seems like a big winner

[@pheniks0]

question for me would be is there fishing :P (i'm only 10 minutes in so far) i freaking love to fish in games

[@cheftragon9237]

reminds me of new world look feel and combat

[@killerderp8987]

The building in this game reminds me a lot of the building in Conan Exiles. The game also looks like it could be fun, hopefully we get a longer demo or maybe a beta or something to play around with.

[@JohnSmith-nv1ti]

Longer demo than 8 hours ??

[@mmarchiori]

8:10 - There's the reason why CraftFromContainers is one of the most downloaded Valheim mods...

[@mikeygoad4556]

I only wish the character customization was a little better, I fully believe they’ll fix how easy the mobs are but other then that this game will be huge

[@dzdom5759]

❤

[@freds6187]

Going to do some cave houses

[@sabre8519]

reminds me a bit like fable. great vid my dude

[@Darkdally]

I was going to say the same thing - that the art style reminds me of Fable, but I didn't think anyone would remember that old game haha

[@brandonmuddarks8654]

Show more.. love it

[@badjoke4467]

The game looks fun to pickup it does raise my motivation to pickup survival crafting games again. I do wish the voxel-based part is more similar to 7 days rather than the limited terraforming Valheim had. Combat is a plus if it's reactionary like Grounded or souls games then I'm truly sold at least if we go by from your showcase. I do like reactionary combat more, it gets the blood pumping. It's pretty good to switch between relaxing base building, resource gathering and challenging fights that requires learning patterns.

[@KaelRhain]

i really liked the demo, got a lil stressed with the timer on the bottom, but i will get the game when it launches.

[@Rhamirezz85]

Cool game I have it wishlisted for a while now. Not a huge fan of pre made world but we will see :)

[@thedarkuk248]

Quick question are you an Engineer because your way of Building is really mind blowing and I can't even imagine the amount of skill and thinking you do before building

[@DoomWalker42]

This game looks epic! Can you make castles? That would be so cool.

[@Meow820]

Have you considered trying ark ascended when it comes out soon? I’d love to see you give that survival game a shot. Could help boost your viewership too, the first ark was really popular for a while. I’ll watch anything you do either way lol, I love your content!

[@Grumpskin]

Can't say I enjoyed the demo myself but each to there own

[@darkghost86]

looking forward to it now lol cant wait

[@monsterboomer8051]

I play this demo on AMD RX 7800 xt and the optimalization is very bad. Once it is fixed, it will be great. Volumetric fog is always fps killer.

[@stevdor6146]

"highly explosive video game barrels" trope

[@rabbidninja79]

Lol if the door is indestructible, check to see if the walls are too. 😂

[@CatMorgan7]

can confirm that targeted areas do extra damage. Unless it has just been pure coincidence that head shots did more damage XD

[@PROPHYZ]

this looks amazing

[@ΑιμηλιαΤζαφερη]

if you can craft the bombs you can make a lot of them go through a mountain and build a base there like a cave base

[@SnipeyDaSniper]

Trenches are dope

[@Salacyous]

While it almost looks the same, the workbench has more options for crafting than crafting out of your inventory. Including the grappling hook.

[@ToxicTurtul]

Ngl I wish Baldurs gate 3 took this aspect of combat and such, kind of like their dark alliance series, but this looks good and may be something I get into after I get all my fill of bg3 lol

[@bt70a9]

Learned that you can open doors with an axe - never did it again...

[@JonnyFive.]

Love it!

[@andrewz6986]

This looks great as a solo player since it has npcs and I'm always a fan of shooting fireballs lol

[@anderssn]

Why is the stamina bar/circle in such a weird place? I like what you did with the echo haha

[@gingahbeef2604]

I got some real Fable meets Dark Souls vibes when it comes to the combat. Very interested to check this one out. Seems like my potato can run it too, which is a bonus. I really wanted to play Icarus, but the requirements are just too high, unfortunately. Nice little showcase Tem, thanks!

[@jairusstrunk94]

To enjoy this I'd have to intentionally hamstring myself. No glider, no fast travel, no using building to bypass things. intentionally not stunlocking enemies or using certain weapons like the wands.... It's got way to many issues. I hope it's better on release.