Unexplored 2 - Open World Hardcore Permadeath RPG

[@DamsdelDrennon]

The overal aesthetic of the game is just gorgeous and the accent on exploration and immersion is too rare and much welcome.

[@TrustySquire]

you are the best indie game showcase and preview person on YT.

[@healthbusiness7590]

He def is

[@StickEmpiresStrats]

Hey hey people

[@sergnb0]

@@StickEmpiresStrats no

[@adhoahsgamingdnd9617]

Agreed

[@zandervermeulen9489]

Splattie, I love how you described the One Ring as nagging Frodo throughout the journey. almost like he's constantly reminding Frodo to take out the trash but Frodo just keeps putting it off as he's busy chilling with his bros Gollum, Smeagel and Samwise.

[@bobbusc]

I'm so excited to see this resurface again. I loved the original Unexplored and after the sequel was announce it felt like it went underground for quite a while.

[@fullmetalpoitato5190]

This is OOZING atmosphere and charm. I'll be keeping an eye on this one for sure.

[@poeticartist2nv]

The npc having valuable information and quests with directions in the story but not with a bright sign remind me of morrowind Im liking it

[@medicgator2111]

@Splattercatgaming I just love your reviews man. sometimes I just play them in the background at work while I'm doing paperwork or monitoring the equipment. Or in my blacksmiths shop at home. I just picked this game up also got curse of the gods and we who are about to die, as well as ravens watch. you haven't steered me wrong yet. Keep making great content you are a huge help to gamers Aswell as indie game developers. In the words of Jason Knight Be a Maker!

[@pfontanesi]

How did I miss this game ??? Thank you mate for this showcase !!! Gonna buy it and play it as soon as I have some spare time

[@mega0056]

19:35 I know what you mean man. It's nice to be able to see your character and their gear grow from poor rags to epic armor. I think customizing appearance is a liked thing in most games.

[@ImhulluEx]

Hey man, just letting you know youtube recommended me one of your vids and I subbed, and now I get a new vid top of my recommendation every day and I've been seeing a ton of games just my style thanks to you.

[@Hatfr0g]

So jealous you got to try this, I've been waiting for it to come to mac (and get a full release) for 2 years now

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

The original Unexplored is a genuine classic too. There is a Superhot-style mod for it that rocks.

[@theswamps6589]

yeah it was so unique ! having sounds and light as a big gameplay element and so on!

[@theohesmondhalgh4353]

The dungeon generation was something never seen, created kinds of scenarios where you had to backtrack and actually read notes

[@MrEnergyStaff]

I strongly recommend you guys to also take a look at first part of Unexplored if you like roguelikes with puzzles and different mechanics.

[@gentleman3313]

Your impressions kick ass. Thank you Splatty!

[@Xammblu_Games]

The aesthetics of the first Unexplored didn't appeal to me, I still kept my eye on it, I am always pleased when a developer strays from the norm, regardless of my biases. This looks fantastic so far. EXPLORE gets me excited every time, and when it's actually a gameplay element and not just part of the marketing hype, they get my money. Exploring and loot are my favorites 🙂

[@DoomedPaladin]

Really pretty game. Mentioning Samwise makes me hope that you can gain a companion or pet (white wolf!) through the course of gameplay that bumps up your hope or increases carry weight. Of course, if they die, you take a big hit to hope (maybe a DoT effect) and any goods on the companion are either lost or you have to prioritize with what you already have.

[@Dot2375]

Wow lovely art style!, might check out this game, thanx for your indie reviews my man

[@MylordkronosRBLX]

The art style reminds me of Sable, but I think I like this gameplay and RPG structure a little better. Crazy how I haven't heard of this before!

[@haywoco2]

Because it's not out yet, I think?

[@spinning-shuttle]

both inspired by moebius probably

[@finalbossediting]

Yendor? That's a good, ol fashioned Nethack reference. I'm in!

[@SomeGuyNamedJason]

It's also a good, ol' fashioned Rogue reference.

[@thomasjackson1645]

Idk if I watch ur videos for the games or just for u but ether way I watch them all

[@ivansimon2238]

Hey Splat! I’m following you for years and love your walkthrough videos over all the others that can be found on the Web. This particular game is a sequel of the Unexplored 1 which I think you've never checked out. The developer Ludomotion put his soul in it and it's been acclaimed by the true rogue like funs but never had larger attention it merits, because of the graphics which are nice but quite simpler than in the Unexplored 2. Might be worth you checking it out one day 😉

[@armartin0003]

As an older gamer its hard for me to get into RPGs that don't save. I probably would have liked this if I didn't have kids, and work, and a hobby. But the permadeath sending you back to square 1 and redoing content makes it a big meh for me. I'd like the option that enables you to turn that feature off instead of hardcore mode always on.

[@harikili]

Whooooo gavveeee thhhiiissss aaaaa dowwnnnnvooteee!??!?!?!?!?!? Love your channel bro!

[@INSOMNIAREX]

Love the pallet and art style of this one. Thanks, Mr Splattington Cat.

[@brunomenezes1410]

got me some below vibes, i liked it

[@Yous0147]

This game really looks great! Just the kind of game I'm looking for. I hope it comes out soon on steam

[@dann5295]

That's a very nice looking game! btw, do you ever catch a breath bro?

[@soultekkamusic115]

I think he sneaks one in at 6:35 😂

[@dflatt1783]

Cocaine is one helluva drug.

[@hatsoffgames]

@@dflatt1783 worked for Robin Williams.

[@ItsEphora]

4:40 this stuff is why I watch your videos 😂

[@Yushimasu1]

16:12 I see you missed the LOTR reference there Splat xD

[@trevismcgill]

Which is hilarious since he makes the reference to Frodo with the hope mechanic.

[@cptr3db34rd3]

Yep. Literally scrolled down for this. The whole vibe is pretty similar to LOTR in many respects apparently. Given the reference the developers are quite aware of this as well

[@KohiOcha]

My God, I love this game already.

[@kimhansen8615]

Somebody in Ludomotion art department knows his/her Moebius - But wonderful graphics, for sure...

[@CYI3ERPUNK]

apparently ive already wishlisted this game awhile back ; definitely lookn good so far =]

[@SteakOG420]

Danmmmm, Finally early on a splattercat video. Todays a good day

[@Jesse__H]

This looks pretty interesting!

[@charleyweinhardt]

I like how you do your videos, your dialogues great but , I'd like to hear the music and sound too

[@VenomStryker]

It reminds me of path of exile in that there is no standard currency, but you instead have to do direct trades. I wonder if you can break down items in this game.

[@ragtagsnipse1399]

Not really sure if I would call this a true open world, this is more like instance based but you get to choose which instance you go through.

[@plick645]

Balder's Gate. Help yourselves. It's not indie, but that definition has changed. The original 2 games were worth while.

[@timofaust1315]

I wish some of the outlining / sketching was thicker.... And that colours slightly differ based on height...

[@David_Alvarez77]

Humans: One of the oddest looking denizens of the realm.

[@stevenpalmer5746]

More please 🙏

[@Mercento]

Darn it Splat! I only know of this game after the MEGASALE :( looks like i am gonna have to 'try it' instead

[@VEOdev]

this guy does not breath

[@Shiningforceking]

Hope you get to change the armor looks in the end product.

[@edwardp5748]

very cool

[@KushAidMan]

what games do you play the most? cause you play so many

[@animorph17]

Unexplored was an amazing game. I don't much like the changes they made to combat, as the first game seemed a lot better with the action. But hooooo boy does this one look like it's done an amazing job on the RPG elements.

[@QualeQualeson]

Something to keep an eye on for sure, lots of quality here. Personally, I'm not super fond of puzzles though, and they seem to be a big part of the game.

[@AurioDK]

New gear should always be reflected on the character, the combat also seems clunky or perhaps Splat hasn´t mastered it yet.

[@BlackShardStudio]

Epic exclusivity, huh? Well, I guess I'll look forward to the game once it's out of beta.

[@OZAN220]

Look I know Epic exclusivity is annoying, but I think you should consider it. Steam's monopoly hurts the indie market, as steam takes a huge 30% cut without much to show for it. People pay horrendous amounts of money just to get access to a glorified website. Not attacking you, but just pointing out something as monopolies hurt any market. I also understand that Epic's store and UI is not the best but at least they are competition.

[@elbonnybar]

26:29 sooooooooooooo you turned on the turrets cuz you could?

[@Yoni123]

Gamepad support comign?

[@Agent-26]

Staff of Rodney

[@orionisaacs9864]

What type of games have a similar starting screen where you pick traits

[@jacilony]

How are you getting these games early?

[@Kakan0]

yo splatter do you know any game similar to stoneshard?

[@tomaspastine1051]

This game have online?

[@a-blivvy-yus]

Worth pointing out that as much as there's reason to dislike Epic, Steam is even worse. At least Epic hasn't spent almost 2 years knowing their launcher is causing demonstrable harm to customers. Valve was made aware in 2019 that an update to the Steam client was causing problems for some users with migraines and epilepsy. Since then it's also been found to affect people with vertigo and a few other problems at times. Since that issue was first confirmed to be a problem, the only meaningful change Valve has made which affects the situation was to block access to the only safe workaround which existed for the problem. I'm not saying you should support Epic, but if you're choosing between that and Steam, Epic is BY FAR the lesser of the two evils.

[@NZjukesNZ]

Also, Epic takes a much smaller cut from sales compared to Steam. So if you know...you actually care about supporting Indie devs then you are better off buying on Epic as they will see much more of your money. I never understood the "exclusive argument" Steam has had a near-monopoly for like a decade and "exclusivity" on hundreds of games.

[@cleanliving1612]

Seems like they took the tight, narrow design focus of Unexplored 1 and just kind of threw it away. I loved the map gen and simple graphics in the first game, and I don't like the direction they've gone with this one at all

[@Kleptari]

Epic exclusives get a nope from me. Gonna pass on this one.

[@D-Lucypher]

Epic exclusive... gonna pass. Supporting EA is always a hard pass.

[@OlinNiord]

EA was Origin, not the Epic store. There’s reasons not to like Epic of course, but being EA isn’t among them … of course if you mean Early Access disregard.

[@jb395]

its only early access on epic it will be on steam when 1.0 launches

[@MsToshi1990]

LMAO

[@Dr.Akakia]

Agreed, im not in hurry , will wait for steam release

[@ryanpratama5635]

The art is good, but putting permadeath on the open-world exploring game kinda felt off to me. Because, personally, I will die a lot in the exploring game simply because my curiosity took over me. But...I think I'm going to give it a try when it fully released.

[@positronikiss]

The current meta for videogames is IMMERSION, and I feel many developers are just not implementing it into their games. You dont need a photorealistic game for immersion, you need immersion MECHANICS. Drop the dialogue boxes, those look awful and pull you out completely from the game. Instead, figure out a way to make the characters display a dialogue box and make you interact directly on gamescreen with it, not via exterior menus and buttons. This game looks really cool but all those dialogue boxes that pull you constantly from ingame are so sad. They substract so much for me. WE need IMMERSION, a way to feel completely engaged with the game, to make you feel youre in real control of whats happening, its a shift in conscience, not technology. Developers, please.

[@chillaxboi2109]

For you. That says it all. Reading was always an immersive experience for me so I gladly welcome pieces of text.

[@positronikiss]

@@chillaxboi2109 yes you might be right it can be a matter of taste but reading is usually a sign of budget rather than creative decisions.

[@chillaxboi2109]

@@positronikiss That might be true. If budget is not there, though, why commit to partial voice acting. I personally hate partial voice acting, to me either it is fully voice acted or I rather just read. As someone that aspires to form part of the whole development process, I obviously agree there can be immersion disrupting moments and things that just feel out of place. But there's got to be a level of understanding from the audience that, with limitations, there comes work arounds. Those might not be the best to carry out a specific task but that's all that can be done for the time being. I don't belong to this studio, team or whatever. But I still take your view as valid criticism. I'll keep it in my backlog of "certain people like". Thank you for the convo

[@positronikiss]

@@chillaxboi2109 love u man , stay awsum!

[@positronikiss]

Oh btw, did u play the game? I havent..

[@dzengrinder]

It looks good, I decided to look it up, and found out that it's egs exclusive. I guess i'm skipping it

[@RealSkoolmaster]

Epic exclusive? Nah, check it back out when it's not locked on that platform. Until then, im out

[@Flackon]

The platform is PC. You don’t have a PC?

[@RealSkoolmaster]

@@Flackon platform, service, also known as semantics. You fully understood my point and yet felt the need to reply with this asinine comment. GG. Yes, I have a PC. No, that does not mean that I am going to buy or acquire Anything from the epic game store. In other words, screw Epic.

[@Flackon]

@@RealSkoolmaster so, not really a exclusive then. Buy from whatever store you want but let’s not pretend that there’s any real exclusivity here in any way that matters or affects the game. The only asinine thing is that sort of attitude

[@RealSkoolmaster]

@@Flackon Can you buy it on any other service than epic? No? Then yeah, thats the definition of exclusive. "an item or story published or broadcast by only one source."

[@Flackon]

@@RealSkoolmaster It literally doesn't matter. Will run in your hardware just the same

[@gamingtonight1526]

The graphics remind me of a 40-year-old game: Ant Attack!

[@lorddizer]

really liked the game but man you really talk way too much ffs .

[@hufus1000]

""""""OPEN""""""WORLD HAHAHA YEEA SHUURE!!

[@Palocles]

Why the hell did you explore the dungeon in the dark? Besides that it’s so much kore dangerous when YOU can’t see anything, WE also can’t see anything and it makes your video less useful to your viewers.

[@Palocles]

More*

[@lukex1337]

Looks like ur standard “indie” game :/.

[@CazeA-gg7cg]

Holy shit dude take a breath, you don't need to speak for every millisecond of your video.

[@Avalon1951]

Looks interesting, but Permadeath just killed it for me

[@worthstream]

Ugh, Epic. 😑

[@nuruddinshah684]

2:15. ..... yeah this game is a pass. With everything going on in the world. This game will not be fun. Subconscious nagging

[@dirtywhitellama]

Am I the only one that really dislikes this aesthetic? I guess it's not "bad" (and it's definitely well done for what it is), just....boring and unappealing, I don't like those colors together at all.

[@GC_420]

@10:41 Major INTENSE Turnip questing! The games color pallette is horrible. Gameplay horrible (click, fail, click,fail,click, success) and the dialogue with lame encounters is...lame. Hope you got some of that hype money to play this, cuz this game sucks.

[@vitfirringur]

Your videos would be sooo much better without your narration

[@Dr.Akakia]

Yeah he talks too much

[@lucidnonsense942]

I think you're in the wrong channel, we all here to listen to Splat bumble around, nobody really cares too much what he's playing. That's just gravey.