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The late dinner struggle is REAL! Thank you for the comment! Happy parenting, and happy gaming!

Well it sounds like it's not safe outside for you! You better stay inside...

@@dadtries Probably should spend more time outside I currently have 100.7 hours in the last two weeks on Steam

But there's dangerous grass and pollen outside!

Thanks! It is great! They just released yet another update as well.

Thanks!!

Thanks for the comment! I can't quite make an opinion as to if Bellwright is /better/ than Medieval Dynasty, because I haven't played Medieval Dynasty, unfortunately. I did some homework on Medieval Dynasty (watched a couple videos on it) and I'd say that the major difference is the idea that the player should be delegating in Bellwright. Doing tasks manually is tedious, so you're encouraged and rewarded by giving your "colonists" the right tools for the job and right priorities to ensure your division of labor is sufficient to sustain your population and growth. It's kind of a mix between Valheim and Rimworld. Medieval Dynasty, first of all, looks awesome. I'd say they're extremely similar. A big difference seems to be that in Medieval Dynasty, the player is just trying to continue their bloodline and facing a fear of a game over. My biggest fear in Bellwright is that the raiders are going to steal my smoked meat. Death is not a big deal in Bellwright... Curious to hear your take. Also, I did another quick video on Bellwright's progress if you're interested: czcams.com/video/SkSi7FgKlzI/video.html

@@dadtries well you have a subscriber and fan, thanks for this very thoughtful response. I do like more of the simulation task of personnel as a management colony sim.

Glad to hear! Hopefully I don't disappoint!

Can I get a link to your channel?!

At first glance, I don't see much. Maybe you could point me in the right direction?

It was my favorite stick, too. They came back, but this time I was ready for them! My band of milkmaids really took it to them!

Don't forget about it! They seem to be continuing to patch!

I do see what you're saying. But if the company is known for bad sushi so they give up and try a burger restaurant, I'm willing to give it an honest try - as long as they pass their health inspections, which, I suppose could be the equivalent of community reviews for this analogy. I appreciate the comment! Have you tried the game? They seem to be continuing with patching!

Yeah! They've been doing a ton of updates! They have something great on their hands here.

You're not late! Hope you've moved some place awesome!

Glad you found the content useful! I agreed with your take about bad reviews based on past titles from the dev, unfortunately, the Steam page was full of them the first day or so of launch... Not helpful at all. Hoping this video helps others make an informed decision!

I know what you mean. A server that's full of loot would lack a challenge for sure! I'm referring to emptiness that, in some extremes, is a death sentence and you're doomed from spawn. There has been quite a few times (in my few hundred hours of play) that I've spawned as a Bambi near a remote town and it has been picked clean of resources. As someone whos familiar with the map, I can usually plot a course to the next locale, or maybe get lucky and find a chicken... For someone who's going to sit and play for 2-3 hours that could easily become the entire play session. Like you said, there are stakes to survival. But it's a hard game to recommend to my audience as it has a steep learning curve, road signs to navigate that are in a different language, and all your hard work can come to an end in an instant. DayZ is a pioneer in the survival crafting genre, but we can all agree, it's not without its issues. I love the game and wanted it to succeed but $45 for a hardcore type game with many issues and obstacles to overcome is a hard sell. With alllll that being said, I am absolutely going to pop on that server and try my hand! I really appreciate your comment and hope to meet your acquaintance in game! I'll be the starving Bambi in rags clinging to consciousness :)

@dadtries That's awesome. The server would love to have you. On the loot thing, the key is to get the heck off the coast fast. I loot the immediate area and then book it to nearest inland towns etc. It may leave me in red hunger but I nearly always find more food and survive that way. A lot of players ignore the mushrooms and fruit too. They can be abundant if players are near or if you've stayed in a place for a bit. I hear you on the price. I waited for a half off steam sale as that felt a bit more in line with where it should be.

I'm a real sucker for Stary. That's usually where I make my way to just habitually, my time in the ARMA 2 mod really draws me there because of that legendary military camp that used to be there!

I have such fond memories of DayZ, with a few hundred hours into it... Fingers crossed DayZ 2 is worth playing!

@@dadtries well if they listen to the community and get proper funding could be a good game but with the way games are going it’s not looking like it 😢

But we never know

I'm likely buying it either way. I'm skeptical of the engine as a whole. I think the zombies need to be slower for the engine to keep up, but then there needs to be more zombies, and I don't think it does well with too many zombies spawned at once...

Yeah I’ve got around 100 hrs on it and I completely agree, it’s a tricky spot to be in, but if they stick to one engine and stick with it maybe the physics will be better and with the way game engines are going it hopefully should be good

Thanks! Appreciate you putting up with a year of my nonsense.

Oh it's up there for sure!

Game of the year contender.

Thanks! I'm sure it will make its way to Xbox at some point, and when it does, you'll have an entire community of Xbox folks to spread some managed democracy across the galaxy!

We don't NEED to talk about it...

I need to bring SOMETHING to the table!

Just using your voice works better. You can keep moving.

I can barely chew gum and walk... I need all the help I can get 😬

o7

@@avman32107I belief you, but I'm too stingy to buy that program for 1 game :D.

I hear it actually has a bunch of uses. It's just voice activated macros. The sky is the limit!

You won't be disappointed!

Thank you!

There he is!

I think it's fair, considering they're the same price and genre. Yes, Zomboid has been around forever and the only real content additions are mods. Apples to apples, if you've got $20 to spend on a zombie survival at the time of writing this, Zomboid offers more on my opinion. HumanitZ has the potential to be vastly better than Zomboid and I think it will be. It just needs some time. I haven't played it in a couple months but I'm eagerly looking forward to it's continued development.

Thanks! I forgot to mention it in the video but another huge issue is that you can't save at will. If you're in a mission, you have to finish before you can save which can sometimes be a long stretch...

@@dadtries You cannot save in the middle of Tarkov and any extraction looter, you need to get back or lose gear, same here which is good otherwise too easy but at least there's an end goal to aim for, escaping, a tough game but very enjoyable and quite challenging which is what you want but boring! no way, some things could do with tweaking but you need to get further into it👍🏻

I fully understand that there are many genres that don't allow you to save mid-mission, but most of those games are multiplayer. As someone who is interrupted frequently during play, it's hard to recommend it to others who game with the same distractions. That's all. This channel is aimed at identifying games for people with busy lifestyles. Tarkov would also receive a very poor rating from me, despite the fact that it's a very well polished game that offers endless hours of fun (or rage). Maps take a long time to learn, if you die first you have to wait for the rest of your friends to finish up, etc. For me, I was hoping for more out of Pacific Drive. Less fast travel, more sense of being a nomad with a station wagon.

@@dadtries I do get where you can’t get up until your finished could be annoying but if you could save mid run I guess it would make the game a bit pointless, I agree with the fast travel,should be more of a drive as I love roaming around but this instills panic and you Have to run for your life,mind you I get that in Scum quite a lot though Lol

Now Scum is a real flavor of a game. That one is way out of my league.

Rock n stone!

Fah Karl!

Thanks @JadenJohnson4871!

Thanks, Jaden!

~*dabs in Dad*~

Just trying to be fair, man! Thanks for hearing what I had to say and good luck on the development. I'll be keeping and eye on it!

@@dadtries i have fixed the R key issue and added more structures to the game, lava flowing is surprisingly hard still, will have to try that later also side note, the game is set to minecraft on this video and youtube has added Oddment as a game you can set :)

Thanks for the R key fix! I adjusted the settings for this video. CZcams had automatically set the game to Minecraft (assuming it defaults to anything with pixel-style graphics as Minecraft). Good catch there.

@@dadtries forgot to mention that I added controller support not too long ago, and recently updated it to be a bit better, let me know how it feels on steam deck :)

Hey@@anchikai! Sorry I didnt see this comment! I'll give the Steam Deck a go with this soon!

Thanks for the comment! It's hard to tell if Mind Over Magic will hit frequent sales. It hasn't deviated much from it's initial $22-$25 price range since launch. ONI goes on sale down to anywhere from $7 to $10 every 4-6 months. If you're really hoping for a sale, I'd say to give it another couple months to see if they continue that trend. As it is, it's still worth the $25 :)

Thank you! Really glad to have you here, and thanks for the comment/kind words!

Thanks for the comment! Hope you're well.

Hey! No, uh, not yet. They were all out of milk...

Cheers, mate!

Yeah, we had a gnarly blizzard roll through and knocked out power for a while. Honestly, it's pretty common here.

I didn't realize it went to game pass as well! Smart play!

My 4-year-old will sometimes sneak up on my while I'm wearing my headphones and say "Are yah winnin', dad?" My answer is usually: *chuckle* "not even a little".