Worst Game On Steam? - Hammer of Virtue

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The latest game in Worst Game On Steam is Hammer of Virtue. It's a game about physics, destruction and ragdoll effects. It came to my attention after seeing the same ad for it on Twitter almost daily.
For $20 Hammer of Virtue could really do with more polish, content and yeah that's basically it. Hammer of Virtue isn't the worst game I've ever played, I did have fun at times, it did make me laugh and smacking enemies across the map wont ever get old! The contrast in difficulty is very steep though, from launching monkeys and whacking bears to being relentlessly hassled by big dinosaurs.
In a way this is a review for Hammer of Virtue, I don't consider myself a reviewer, just a guy who dumpster dives strange indie games. But it's currently a "Cursor not locked into the screen"/10
I'll keep my eye on it with the hope that it improves. Hopefully this becomes a What Went Right some day.
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I'm WickedWiz from the What Went Wrong series coming at you with some of the most cursed indie games on Steam. This new series is for games that are so bad, that they're actually good. Worst Game On Steam, is a question that hopefully turns out to be false each time. These are games that won't fit the longer form What Went Wrong videos.

[@memeone3043]

Honestly "Be careful with this unbreakable armour" is a great joke

[@Eta_Hoyimi]

They absolutely had to know lol But the VA reads it with the confidence of a guy selling you the golden gate bridge

[@iloveanothermanswives4278]

@@Eta_Hoyimi If you notice, every dialogues and story are AI generated. The "lore" is extremely over convoluted and word vomitted for such a barebones game.

[@nopestproductions]

Nothing in this story is AI generated. Unless I am an AI @@iloveanothermanswives4278

[@devcrom3]

The armor is unbreakable, but the guy inside is very much not.

[@PenguinDT]

@@devcrom3 That's one of those things that breaks your head if you stop to think about it. Like when I realized that in Knight Rider, Michael Knight would basically be liquefied inside KITT when it smashes through concrete. 🤯

[@zh84]

I have to say I love the sarcastic voice over in the "combat training" level. "Pathetic." "No; no; no." "Wrong: try again." "Bad."

[@prince_of_cats]

Kind of like GLaDOS lmao

[@zh84]

@@prince_of_cats Yes, that's exactly who (?) I thought of as well! Though this one is terser.

[@XaneMyers]

Me too. Even though it's rather basic text-to-speech samples, I think it would be cool if her "voice" was extracted from the game so it could be used for Windows sounds or something. Imagine an error dialog appearing and her saying "Bad".

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

one of these games where all it takes is a little bit more work on the big issues and the right price would turn it into a sleeper.

[@nopestproductions]

Hi All, I am the developer. I am working hard to turn this around and I hope people will enjoy it in the future. All constructive feedback is welcome! BTW, This is a great video! Really enjoyed it and I could hear you laugh out loud several times. That was my goal with this game :-).

[@wicked_wizard]

I gotta give respect for taking it on the chin. Keep the updates coming, it’s possible to turn things around, we’ve all seen it before.

[@elitereptilian200]

Keep at it mate!! the combat and physics are a great base to keep building and polishing this!! Good luck!!

[@nopestproductions]

This might sound strange but after the negative hellscape on the Steam page of Hammer of Virtue the comments on this video gives me the power to keep on trying to turn it around. @@wicked_wizard

[@spongerobert]

@@nopestproductions Physics games are hella fun so I would definitely love to see this game a bit more polished and fleshed out because the core concept seems like loads of fun.

[@saucysacrilegious]

i think your concept art and the story you have for this game is great so far. there's a lot of good bases for game mechanics, and this would all be really well rounded with some more polish put into it. i think this game will be something great if you continue putting time into it and refining what's already there

[@gamingonamonday6342]

Everytime you smack an enemy into a building, I keep thinking of scenes in dragon ball where someone gets hit through a mountain.

[@SuspiciousSilence]

"Now, I'm going to throw you at that mountain." "Actually, that looks more like a plateeeaaaauuuuu! " *splat*

[@eros5420]

Be careful. We only have one sample of the unbreakable armor. Okay... but if its unbreakable...?

[@bazboyd44]

What if you lost it

[@wicked_wizard]

Anyway, it's a skill issue

[@whitehuayra]

Tbf I think you could blame these games and be alright 😂

[@requiemagent3014]

This game feels like someone has a humiliation fetish.

[@Blixt.]

Truly, a skill issue.

[@MozzaBallBill]

what up king kreamcicle u make me twirl and whirl like a turtle in a swirly juniper berries aint got nothing on u my king kreamy king kone

[@thereal2scummy636]

Too much skill! 😁Just like Billy Mitchell 😂

[@thekidben1077]

This game feels like it has some sort of essence that Goat Simulator had in it with its randomish fun of just smacking people and destroying things

[@relativepi5046]

Mate, I admire your patience and willingness to dive into a game with an open heart. I've seen you cover so many games that I would not give 30 seconds to, let alone see what they have to offer past the main menu. You're a trooper we all could learn from, and funny as hell. :) I hope you keep on doing your thing.

[@pooroldnostradamus]

The difference is he extracts value from even the worst of games by putting out these videos, whereas a regular consumer does not

[@some-replies]

​@@pooroldnostradamusyep, he can turn a shitty $15 game into rent for the month.

[@GoaEnjoyer]

This game needs a lot of work, but the combat mixed with physics is a pretty cool concept.

[@Daftanemone]

This channel is so much less entertaining than your channel covering what wrong with games.

[@ognyanbelchev4190]

That game is generic Unreal engine

[@huan_4life]

Just play edf

[@2dheethbar]

@@DaftanemoneI disagree.

[@childofcascadia]

@Daftanemone Then dont watch it? Are you being ludvico techniqued into watching it or something?

[@suffering9668]

honestly the idea behind it about making an Earth defence force inspired game with the destruction of a Red faction guerilla and OG crackdown is actually neat its a shame it was so poorly executed i wish some people would make that kind of combination

[@IdentifiantE.S]

Fr the idea is really cool !

[@SpikeRose]

Deep Rock Galactic *kind of* does that.

[@suffering9668]

@@SpikeRose not really Deep rock galactic is more of a left 4 dead with bugs , Earth defence force is something on its own its over the top grand scale battle with hundreds of devastating weaponry and armies of insects ,aliens , kaijus , mechas to kill and all the series need is a destruction system like a red faction game

[@brunobruno-c1d]

@@suffering9668 yeah fully agreed deep rock is a fun game but its nowhere like an edf, its truly closer to a l4d with the ability to mine edf goes way harder on rule of cool, and theres an insane amount of weapons which can feel completely different (and be beyond absurd) a edf+red faction game would be amazing, it sucks that theres some amazing games that had no one take inspiration from, much less fuse genres to create something even better

[@bruhgod123]

@@brunobruno-c1d EDF is a game so stupid its good

[@ThunderWolfUE]

My hope as a game dev is to be featured on the last video of this series titled *''Worst Game On Steam.''*

[@SuspiciousSilence]

I'm making a game for RPG Maker using mostly stock assets, so there's a good chance I'll be on a series like this one someday lol

[@nopestproductions]

It never was my hope I must confess..

[@tekky1202]

If you get employed by Blizzard then you will.

[@biigsmokee]

@@SuspiciousSilence why?

[@everythingpony]

​@@SuspiciousSilencewhy?

[@hippiedude666]

“Screw this I’m going inside” and then just whacking the side of the house has me dead

[@SamJust]

I don't know, this game feels like it has some potential. If it gets no man's sky treatment over the next couple of years it might actually pan out to something reasonably good

[@PokemonFan-j6i]

It has the bones. It just needs content, an fps fix and maybe more weapon variety

[@dobrx6199]

This is an asset flip that was probably thrown together in a few weeks by some new game devs, it's strange how they were so cheap that they used free animations from Miximo but spend tons of money on marketing

[@AvoytDesign]

honestly, yeah, I agree. hell, if they made even just a few improvements and quartered the price...it kinda seems like a fun time.

[@SuspiciousSilence]

Agree fully on the potential. The gameplay looks fun, imagine this with online MP w/ your friends. Could be a game that streamers would pick up on, but it looks like it needs quite a lot of work. No Man's Sky is a very rare minority in games that were actually able to "turn it around", sadly.

[@KaoticGamer117]

100%, halfway through and I’m wishing this thing had a coat of polish with some fleshed out content. It would 100% be a hit. For honor combat and red faction destruction? Hell yeah.

[@darkwolf9637]

Love the games logic. You can bring down an entire building with a single swing but can only slightly dent a car.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Okay, fast travel by literally yeeting yourself across the map is fun.

[@alicorngummy3894]

As much as I miss Wicked Wiz's what went wrong videos, I wholeheartedly love this series.

[@funkie1221]

Sadly he found most well backed projects that "went wrong" 😢

[@Otra_Ronda]

What happened to his other channel?

[@Anon_Spartan]

Winnie the Pooh goes into the public domain and now he's in a horror movie AND a sci-fi video game.

[@PenguinDT]

I think the best one yet is the upcoming "Hundred Acre Wood"; a first-person cosmic horror game.

[@pshnd]

9:55 I love how you killed the bear by hitting it in the nuts 😂

[@Justout133]

The voice delivery in that last bit.. "Imagine what we could accomplish together!" *chops you with his strange dual helicopter rotor blades/swords*

[@mbrackeva]

12:40 At that point a voice in my head shouted "it's only a flesh wound".

[@UZero1997]

the "teardown at home"

[@PenguinDT]

The whole 'only a few destructible environments to kill things in' thing does work, if done right and the areas are big enough and there's enough different kinds of enemies to spice things up. EDF is basically that.

[@autodidacticasphyxiation7895]

I'm going to tell my kids this was Exoprimal.

[@CrispyLilGuy]

Thanks for making these videos Mr. Wiz they make me very happy :)

[@Zvasra]

This is one of like maybe 3 channels since KZbin opened (I think it was 2005?) that I’ve randomly stumbled upon and I’m actually excited to see new uploads. You’re a gem.

[@ImNobodySoAreYou]

Other two?

[@Geno746]

I'm glad this game got covered. Twitter was advertising this pretty hard to atleast me for a while so seeing a review for it is actually kinda interesting.

[@dalejhunter1]

I hear the victory jingle and my first thought is... "Wiz, are you playing Happy Wheels?" Like that is just a pitched down victory jingle from Happy Wheels.

[@michaeldonoghue9015]

I think out of my 300 subscriptions, you are my favorite channel!

[@epsilonthedragon1249]

I recognize that font they used on the UI and menus. It’s neuropol, the font used in the Animusic logo. The whole rest of the Animusic community goes insane like sleeper agents when they see it and it’s starting to rub off on me

[@UlshaRS]

space AND Q X 2 or E ....and they are directionally related? on what axis? Is this game for humans or cephalopods?

[@tai9014]

please never stop making these videos i always look forward to them, they make my day

[@ArnieMcStranglehold]

This actually looks really fun for like, two younger brothers to play. The physics are ridiculous, and the frustrating parts would be made hilarious with two players.

[@MegaMiquelon]

Of all the bad games you've played, this honestly looks kinda fun if you're really really bored. Sadly it needs huge polishing, but the idea is fun... you're a robot of total mayhem, you'll destroy ANYTHING in a neighborhood or a city just to destroy the bad guy. If the guy had more budget and make things much more chaotic, it'll be like the game Rampage Edit: ALso it does seem like you have a lot of fun too

[@a7x5631]

And people think Baldur's Gate 3 is going to win game of the year

[@victordeluca7360]

9:36 The bear really went "were you trying to do this?" lmao

[@Pvrge.]

This game is honestly pretty good from what I've seen so far, the physics are so satisfying. Compared to other crap games, this one is somewhat functional and if it wasn't a cash grab, and an actual game with an actual dev team, then it could be really fun.

[@nopestproductions]

It is not a Cash Grab I promise you that. ( i am the developer)

[@alexc1485]

I love that the skybox is literally a huge box

[@CainXVII]

Whole house - falls apart with one hammer strike Car - *indestructible* It's the donkey van

[@ags8507]

would prob be better if bears werent heavy and gave them a charge attack, so they actually pose a threat, since their attacks are too slow, that way bears are engaging and dangerous and fun to go against, maybe add a way to launch nearby debris into enemies while locking on, like an acurate way maybe

[@--_--_--_--_]

Well at least in this game it seems someone at least tried to make something

[@darklilligant2636]

Yo Wiz I got a suggestion for a game for this video series. It's called Sir WhoopAss and it falls perfectly into that so bad it's good territory.

[@Jokoko2828]

Think the last game I've played with destructible enemies was Valk Profile 2 for the PS2, there's some downright amazing stuff you can inflict on most things in that game. As long as they aren't ghosts or bees(who count as ghosts) since they don't really have any destructible parts.

[@RynKen]

21:11 I do like when a scenario properly punishes a player for ignoring mechanics.

[@BiteMe3331]

I want a lot more Wicked Wiz videos. You are so relaxing to watch!

[@lusiek9]

I like how one of the Bear's sounds is literally Taurus Demon roar from Dark souls 1

[@Capt.Pikles]

You made this game look way more fun than it sounds 😂

[@gobliino]

Okay genuinely the game does look like it has great ideas behind it, just needs a lot more work.

[@gregoryl.levitre9759]

What great ideas?! It is completely random and it's just a guy walking around swinging a hammer. You are delusional.

[@Doophen]

You know watching this, If this game was only a couple usd or free, it would most likely be heralded as a underrated gem, the story is actually interesting, the physics seem fun, I think it’s the price that is keeping it down

[@thefischdeo]

This is like a proof-of-concept demo for a cool idea but not really something one should charge $20 for. The elaborate concept art mixed with the small team in the credits makes me wonder if they maybe bit off more than they could chew resource-wise, but I hope they can turn it around and figure out a scale that works for them. Maybe cut down on the amount of levels and rework them with better art direction and more varied environmental gameplay opportunities, that kind of thing. Those raptors screeching and flying around and the fragile robots kicking with one leg are hilarious, though. My god.

[@requiemagent3014]

You got me at dinosaurs and monkeys.

[@klaatoris]

0:58 If the armor is unbreakable, why would I need to be careful?

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I guess because _you're_ not unbreakable, and if you die it might be difficult for them to recover it. Also, it's not un*loseable* armor, so you still have to be careful in that sense :P

[@UranusKiller]

I can't stop laughing at you getting tossed around by the Babe Ruth T-Rex! 🤣🤣🤣

[@personpersona1079]

12:53 “It’s just a flesh wound!” “Tis but a scratch!”

[@ComfyCherry]

the concept art looks pretty good, they should have just made a comic, or vn and a destruction sandbox with a level editor or some shit, not mashed them together into one game.

[@joshua-kramer]

"Bears can be quite difficult" needs to be on a shirt.

[@mellowshooter]

I love seeing the ads for this game and how everyone flames the dev in the qrts lmao

[@opalbinia]

Tbh the concept needs a little fleshing out but its a great start. A goofy physics based tokusatsu-inspired dynasty warrior-esque game that fully embraces the b-movie vibes is personally the direction I would go with the concept.

[@voicesfromtheaether1939]

Holy hell... this looks like it was an awful experience. My thanks for performing the experiment!

[@cybereagle1989]

18:45 It appears the ragdoller has become the ragdoll.

[@stephenkamenar]

"be careful, we only have 1 sample of the unbreakable armor. don't break it" lmao

[@Sevenigma777]

I love when you can thrash enemies like this. Still to this day one of the best feelings i ever had in a video game came from The Force Unleashed games where you can force grab an Ewok or Jawa and throw then off the planet. Its the best form of therapy i ever had lol

[@robertwildschwein7207]

You don't break the unbreakable armor, you hit it so hard that the guy inside the armor gets broken bones and brain trauma.

[@seleuf]

12:37 It's the Black Knight! "Tis only a flesh wound!"

[@strikingsarcophagus]

I always wanted some superhero/anime type fighting game sort of like this. I mean sort of like prototype but with this style of physics

[@Punisher0362]

YOOO, I literally binged this series the other day and was hoping for a new upload soon

[@alexdhall]

Robot bears with wolverine extendable claws and robot monkeys...whats the worse that could happen? 😹 20:22: T-Rex with a giant stick....wasn't expecting that....

[@mattiasorup4181]

Wizz just causally sounded like stanley from the parable with the "No, No, No, you're not supposed to do that"

[@Raziel1984]

i can imagine a world where this is the greatest fun game ever... make it multiplayer and getting hit reduces your weight, killing small NPCs can get you weight back, goal is to smack the other players off the battlefield, and the story: just make it some futuristic sport or something. it could be a third person scifi smash bros .... but no they just fucked up :(

[@donavancampbell6658]

"Oh! I i figured it out you just move right into him!" He's learning the ways of the souls

[@GodKingBob]

“Be careful we only have one sample of the unbreakable armour” it’s unbreakable why am I being careful

[@creeperizak8971]

for a game all about destroying stuff you'd think they'd give you more to destroy.

[@peconi47]

imagine if a game like this was made with euphoria

[@Cautious_Gamer]

Man, someone with skill and familiarity with UE5 need to make a fan made HULK game with fully destructible environments, from the ground to the buildings.

[@Nami-x]

That bear roar at 5:17 is from Ursa in Dota 2

[@JT-32]

someone needs to ad a mod that makes a "weeeeee" sound effect when ever a monkey goes flying

[@ghostoflazlo]

You fell down due to the massive wind of the deadly bear claw swing

[@ReiverBlue1971]

12:38 "Just a flash wound!" - The Black Knight

[@Dragonfire511]

I love how on this game all destructible and movable items weight like 1 kilogram.

[@angrybidoof847]

"Be careful we only have one version of the unbreakable armour" If it's unbreakable why do we need to be cary "It was my mother's"

[@WeirdWonderful]

This game looks unironically fun, even if a lot of it is just making one's own fun.

[@feelinghealing3890]

Any time I see a game do the "level select from main menu" thing, I expect trash and I have yet to be wrong.

[@The_Man_In_Red]

Those skyboxes are something else

[@MannBilimoria]

My biggest complaint for this game is : WHY ARE THE CREDITS ROLLING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION?????

[@Ravertine]

so the devs saw teardown and said "lets do that but way worse" and no one tried to stop it?

[@TheMadAfrican1]

Never thought I'd see a Cylon looking more plastic than the 1970s versions.

[@favoritemustard3542]

The Moon physics being mixed in with the Earth physics was... disconcerting. GG on Stickhead Mc🦖 who kept you on the ropes for a bit, but trapping you in the corner of the map like that was harsh!

[@DaBroofUrner]

The bear sound at 5:14 is just Dota 2 Ursa sound, what the hell

[@spacebees86]

If the armour is unbreakable then why would you have to be careful with it

[@justsumguy2u]

Def not one of the worst games on Steam....in fact, it doesn't even look all that bad

[@SheepUndefined]

Wiz encounters those sometimes. Iirc there's been a couple games so far that he's genuinely enjoyed.

[@ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I wonder if changing the attack keys to ZXCV would help things.

[@heroiccombatengineer6018]

33:45 omg I didn't expected this much people working on that

[@Memanruler]

Seeing the guy getting tossed through stuff and the reactions the physics has makes me feel like some kind of concept exists. Games have really dropped off any physics destruction in recent high-profile releases, seeing your main character blasting between trees and them bending by the force actually feels inspired in this day and age.

[@GalvesR]

I’m living or just waiting for you to do a upload?! 🎉

[@Bendetoma]

If that game was polished, had more content (more actual levels, more enemies) and maybe more weapons, this game could be genuinely fun.

[@Drazamuffin]

Ya know I really wish instead of just having tiles or panels be chipped if walls, more games included physics like ragdolled enemies flying through scaffolding and into stacks of pipes or planks, ya know give that sort of 80s fight scene practical effects energy

[@pedrosaraiva]

I saw an add for this, I think on reddit, and everyone was basically dogpiling the dev - who was himself in the comment section defending his work. People would say: "It's like X game but worse" or "X game already did that" [was it Red faction?] and he'd say stuff like "But, on that game, can you destroy literally EVERYTHING?" or "Oh, I didnt know you could destroy EVERYTHING on that game too" or "Well, let me know once you can destroy EVERYTHING on that game" And it was just this over and over and over. It was hilarious.

[@WinterroSP]

Imagine a pvp game with these physics

[@patrickblakethesaint]

Is this Fortnight? All i know is i saw wiz upload, so i went to get some takeaway so i could eat and watch. Cheers my dude

[@MrHeroicDemon]

Yeah just seems unfinished, like 1/4th or 1/3rd done. They should've just made this two player, and make flag marks to see who hits out of the zone first lmao. Simple is fun. Or a ball, or whoever breaks a building faster, like "rampage world tour" old game.

[@sphereShots]

"Do you like playing the same 3 maps for 27 levels straight with the only difference being enemy type and placement?" Sounds like EDF but bad