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i hope that they do add something of a skill tree so you can flesh out builds more that is alway more fun when you can be the odd ball in your friend group who plays a sneaky dude in every game that allows it btw the skill tree idea is more of a idea i had for rewarding the player for being extra clever for figuring thing out and give small effects that change the game up slightly ( aka like slightly better vision at night or other small boost )

This game is amazing but having mouse smoothing/acceleration on as default is a little strange. I turned it off immediately after I realised what was causing the off aim feeling. So much better.

Sub'd like your content, keep it up.

Conetent warning is ass . Lethal comapny and abiotic factor are on top

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very well put together video man, you make great points. i personally quite like this game, solo, with friends and even with randoms.

NO! PLEASE! IM WITH THE SCIENCE TEAM!

spoilers man wtf, good review until you start talking about the later enemies

I enjoy Abiotic so much, so did Helldivers2 but SONY ruined it, I pray to god Abiotic will stay away from Corporate overlords

good vid hope this channel blows up soon, gj man

2:03 I feel insane bcs I keep seeing the Half life influence mentioned everywhere, and sure, the visuals and setting are a homage to that series, but I feel like it gives the wrong expectation because the gameplay is not at all like those games. I think calling out System shock 2 instead as an inspiration makes more sense

best video i’ve watched on the game, got me to purchase the game AND sub!

Good video thinking of buying this. Can I save the game and then keep playing from where I saved it or do you have to restart from the beginning every time? If I play with my friend do we share a save or how does it work?

Super glad you enjoyed the experience so far! I am one of the Level designers and its been super cool seeing people enjoy the project so far, cheers!

Wow cool video! Thought you were going to have way more subscribers based on the quality. Keep it up!

I really like the points you brought up! I've been playing since yesterday I'm about 1/3 through. First of, I'm happy to see it I'm not the only one experiencing performance issues! I also had a lot of those lag spikes and was concerned, it might be my PC struggling. I also had an issue once, where the loading screen got stuck and my game wasn't saved. Lost about 2-3h of gameplay :c Other then that, I really like the new mechanics and unique spin, this game introduced. I like, how instead of new weapons provide a change in gameplay in Dark souls, another crabs treasure does this by having these different types of shells, thus armor being the medium. I am also a bit sad, that we can't change our fork, but it's made bearable by the shells and their magic system. Generally, spells being tied to different shells, that can be found anywhere in the world, proved a far more dynamic way of tying magic into the fighting system. A also really enjoy, how blocking and parrying play a much more prominent part in the combat system, which is something I really like (and also had the pleasure to play with in lies of p). Other than gameplay, I can agree with you, that the story and delivery is very comedy heavy, while being taken seriously. I also love all the blatant references to other pieces of media 💀 I'll see if the game can maintain this enjoyment all the way through. But overall, I feel its a really solid indie souls like. It's worthy of the title 'souls like'

Xbox gamepass always rocks my world ❤

One of the best games of the year

“A fresh lick on paint on a solid foundation” what does that even mean? 😂

Good video I didn’t even play it but but never gave it a thought cause the people word but maybe if it’s 4 dollars I’ll try

*long thread, but hey. this game needed a good story* a simple way they could have fixed the story is to delve deeper into you being a freelancer in the first two chapters. you work for the city, but also strangers. destroy blockades, destroy spawn points. each time you return you LEARN new lore in the world, you're told you are not alone, that what you do does changes things. imagine you destroy a blockade 8 missions ago and now someone talks to you saying that it helped them. there are rumours of plans, but you are NOT the main character. you are alone, even with the people around you. you make more money being alone, or to use other people. slowely increasing that moneypool, paying of debts that only seem to increase more and more. you're hoping for something big, a big mission, and event. the people in town look at you as if you are not truly needed. then chapter 3. a group within the city, other freelancers have done something bad.nthey had used their time to blockade some fo the roads which send you in, but you learn its the same weapons you used. following the path you and two others find themselves having found the same clues. wihtin, you find some of the freelancers that are missing, attacking you, before defeating they stir up some monsters. you return to town and report. something is wrong. the other freelancers that were breaking the blockades did not return, as you go there you find only their corpses. the town is shocked, they needed them to protect them. their only choice now is to seek help from outside the town. this leads to, whats supposed to be the big bad. chapter 4, these new ones sometimes mess up your missions. the moment you try to clear them, they come in and do it, making you lose profits. thney start to annoy you, you do more missions, but they always seem to be able to mess up some of them. your debt stacks up and its mentioned you can work for them, just for the time being. once more, you are a nobody, as these new ones seek to fight big bad monsters. they also want to know what happened. gaining some respect along the more important ones. however in chaptper 5 you get a choice, either pay of your debt by joining or continue doing this. but the moment you want to take it, alarms go of. the big bad attacks, but something is wrong. half their supplies are blocked by traps. their army seems to be attacked by beasts. they tried to sneak in... but to no avail. something happened. its the freelancers, the moment you get there to see, you see it. and this is where you can choose to tell, or follow the crumbs. if you tell, you join the leader you gained respect with. which ultimatly result in you either fighting the big bad, or making things worse. if you join the freelancers, you find they do not seek peace, just control of the town and as many weapons as possible so no one dares fight them. or you join the town, fighting of the freelancers and the big bad. your choices gain you respect in some of these factions, joininbg you in the end with them being there, and weapons. there is no true bad thing, its the choices you make that make it so. the true bad is not a powrr, or unstable functions. its the one who wants to make money by creating a mess. the freelancers get framed for some reason the empire finds themselves untrusted by the locals. the city steers with food problems and water poisoning due to negligence. all problesm that need solving... but there is only you. maybe it is smart to... you know, join a group? which creates the problems and conflicts above. what this game needs is a false sense of direction thjat makes you either regret what you did not choose, or hope that it was the right one. you do not learn what is right or wrong those are YOUR reasons. if you choose a different faction over another, they see lesser of you, bnut your choices could still influence them.

Hoping this IP gets bought and brought back to life or perhaps someone can work on private server version, I’d support the cause

Starting to like youtubes new algorithm. showing me so many great videos from smaller creators

I was telling everyone about this game and sharing how excited i was. I refused to admit that it just didn't hit. I finally accepted it once I was always playing alone

I had never felt more disappointed to hear that a game I genuinely enjoyed was canned so soon after its release. I genuinely loved every single one of the 60 hours I played Anthem, and I think that if it weren't for the time it came out and the shape that it launched in, it could have worked. Maybe it wouldn't be *great*, but I've played Destiny 2 for 1,000+ hours, so that speaks volumes to my taste. It feels wrong to mourn a video game. Even moreso it feels wrong to mourn Anthem out of all of them. But man, the sheer joy that I got out of dashing around as an Interceptor? That. That's something I'll mourn for as long there isn't an Anthem 2.

Anthem wasn’t exactly my wake up call, because I’d already checked out of the bs AAA games push. For me it was Halo 5. But I think this game serves as a sad remainder to many to learn to never believe the hype. So disappointing that it feels like we an get Anthem-like game every single year.

Great video! The problem in my opinion with the game was lack of apeal, for me i always saw that game on the store, always wandered what it was about, but never proceded to buy/watch/search or do anything related to the game.

Did we deserve Anthem 2.0? No, we deserved Anthem. It was pretty impressive for being created, by all accounts, in 15 months after Mark Darrah was brought in to finally give the team some direction but should it have been pushed out? Nah. They should have taken the hit, taken the responsibility and not relied on the 'BioWare Magic' to bail out incompetent, money hungry executives. This is one of those games that will always be referenced when talking about a complete flop due to greed and a lack of understanding.

Man it feels like way more than 5 years. This game kinda hurt me, I loved parts of this game but it just couldnt deliver on the loot and mission loop for me.

Awesome video man! This is an actual hidden gem, can't wait to see more! Edit: I hope the next vid is a little less painful than that plat, either way, amazing stuff

I had a friend who hyped this game up like crazy and he was so sad when it released haha. I always wondered what happened to it. Great video!

To be fair, with so many +1'5h video essays on videogames critiquing them, a 4 minutes review feels refreshing

Great review!!

I agree with you that not everything that shows cops is outright copaganda(hope i got that sentiment right). BUT i think this is one, because of the way the LSPD are shown as a beacon of morality in a city so far gone... not the point of the game, sure, I just feel iffy about it. I'd be lying if I said wasn't having the time of my life ramming an Ikea BLAHAJ through a locked door (love that mod) :D I approach this game like an episode of a cop show, like a guilty pleasure.

If they wana cry about them useing A.I to make Pokemon. They should just say they dropped Acid and came up with it

I think the story would be better told from a perspective of a detective. Swat officers do not handle investigations, they come in to wrap things up at the end of one. They try to hint you on the ongoing investigation but that's as much as they can do. If this was a story of police corruption and coverups it could be told form this perspective but they play it straight.

what a great video! i hope it gets more attention :)

Wow, you really are radically misinformed.

bro great vid! looking forward to more!

great video essay, hope this one gets the attention it deserves

This was a masterfully created side quest. I was in absolute shock after I realized that V was gonna literally nail Joshua on a cross.

This quest legitamately had me sitting in silence afterwards and just pondering. It is a rare occurence when a game breaks me out of the flow state just to make me think.

Ready or Not has a mission where you take out a pedo furry streamer. Best game ever. No arrests are ever made on that mission.

I don't think you quiet understand how difficult it can be for a cop to understand if a suspect is a threat or not in a situation. especially if there's third party civilians nearby screeching "police brutality" or whatever worsening the situation, have seen suicidal suspects basically need to be tazed and get a dog sent on them because the crowds wouldn't let the cops de escalate. the animations of the civilians pulling out their phones and such as if it was a gun is also intended to show such difficulties, and if they had more time and resources they would probably make them verbally abuse you too, because they do that, even if you're a SWAT guy clearing the fucking building. A cop's and especially a SWAT's job is to protect their own life and then yours while fulfilling their job, which is why the 21 foot rule exists for cops and if they have a tazer or other less than lethal weapon ready then they always have another guy with a lethal one ready to magdump if the less than lethal fails, because half the time they do that. you implying that the value of life is being diminished or "gamified" in this game I find ridiculous, RoN has been one of the most humanising and dehumanising games i've seen in years. (examples being some of the suspects being genuine monsters and yet you have to arrest them not shoot them since they don't resist, and some maps such as the nightclub one showing dozens if not hundreds of phones calling from family wondering if they survived the incidents) RoN even delves into something that can vaguely be seen as internal conflict, such as fighting the Ex-military veterans who are doing what they are doing because they are no longer sheltered. Many cops are ex military and I would wager the majority of them in the US are very sympathetic to veterans. (meaning they would probably react very negatively or remorsefully discovering that part of the plot) I don't think its fair to call it copaganda due to that and the humanization in the story of a lot of the others. keep in mind RoN is also set in a world where organized crime is skyrocketing, depicting a struggling city rotting even more from crime and radicalized and desperate people. the story very much intends to make you feel like the bad guy but a necessary one, like idk someone disciplining their kid or dog or something. I can only speculate but I think that may be why you think this is "copaganda" like.

3:08 quick correction, the streamer didnt kill his mother that was from the fake swatting call made to police prior

10:18 just like your video, I think RoN started out with intentions to be something other than what it is now. Unlike videos though, games take a lot of money and a lot more time to make, but development issues, the game almost switching hands a couple of times, over-promising of content/release dates, switching engines at one point, and probably a lot more behind the scenes drama we don't and probably will never know about are all what I think likely kept this game from achieving really any concrete artistic expressions or stylistic fidelity. If you watch the old trailers, you'll notice they are pretty unique, well made, and show us glimpses of the creators original visions that were begging to be well executed. The newest trailer, however (the one they showed at the most recent game awards I believe), is a lot more basic and palatable, being geared towards a larger demographic of consumers and making the game look more like a run of the mill action shooter than a tactical one. This is a perfect example of the fact that the devs weren't cut out to make what I believe they originally wanted to, should have, and ultimately probably couldn't, cuz again, games are really expensive and really hard to make. They had to get the game out sooner the additional year or 2 it likely would have taken them to turn into a masterpiece allowed, likely due to financial deadlines, burnout, and previously made promises + nose diving player counts and general public interest in the project. At the end of the day, I'm satisfied with the compromise they made by finishing and releasing it when they did, and I'm kind of amazed it didn't die in early access like a lot of other games do. But I also can't help but wish it turned out the way it was meant to. I highly recommend watching Void's AMAs if you want to know more about the game and the incredibly talented people who made it. should be on their youtube channel

I get the feeling you're about to blow up my dude, this is super professional.

Child predator, sexual harasser, and Discord mod.... All equally evil.

I think the problem with 7:48 as a comment fails to really understand that your perspective as a swat officer cannot cover these things. While these are true problems when it comes to our life, these topics can also feel exhaustively off-topic when the game focuses on YOU in the position of a member of the SWAT UNIT, trying to handle the abusive nature of the criminal world that some SWAT face. There's also a lot that seems to be missed in terms of saying that it only dips into these topics, when the story itself in commander mode actually has you follow a trail with a few different branching storylines. SPOILERS AHEAD HERE... The major overarching story is that they're following a sex trafficking operation. They get little bits to go off of as you start out, but eventually you get a LOT of information, and even arrest a few people spreading illicit materials. There's also a shipment on Hide and Seek with a mark on it that if you open it, an FBI agent gets pissed at you over the radio, suggesting an even bigger picture on the final level itself. It has no problem implying that these issues that you're trying to correct in game are the faults of our own system. Also the streamer may be swatted for an unrelated crime, but that detail is there not only to make a discord mod joke, but to actually establish a link to what I mentioned previously. He is also supposed to be arrested. Not killed. It's a main objective that is required for you to actually complete all objectives successfully. The game tries to really push the idea that you're supposed to be doing everything you can to avoid casualties, as you CANNOT S rank unless you apprehend EVERYONE. that means going in and risking you and your men with pepperballs, flashbangs, and more to try and get suspects to surrender. The game is pushing you to try and go above and beyond and be the best you can to earn that S rank. While you can definitely make note of what Ready or Not Misses by chasing that S rank, don't forget what actually achieving the S rank actually means. The game itself has a core philosophy that the onus is on you as a leader to improve the city by taking the right action. Each rank is not just a score, it's a definition of how you have personally performed that job. I think a lot of it is simply a matter of perspective on how you interpret a lot of what the game features, so in one way it makes sense that it can seem almost silly that someone's life is equated to -50 or -200 points, but when given a chance to envision what it means in totality, it can be a more necessary value.

nice video, will have to finish (got busy) definifnetly hooked