Is Warhammer 40K: Darktide FINALLY Worth Playing?!
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- čas přidán 12. 10. 2023
- After almost a year, Warhammer 40K: Darktide has gotten the most important update yet. Introducing a new talent tree, perks and a plethora of other improvements. Today we're checking it out to see if the game is finally worth playing after it's rocky launch..
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After almost a year, Warhammer 40K: Darktide has gotten the most important update yet. Introducing a new talent tree, perks and a plethora of other improvements. Today we're checking it out to see if the game is finally worth playing after it's rocky launch..
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Fun fact: the beast of Nurgle isn’t actually trying to kill you, it was trying to play with you, but most of the times when they do this they end up accidentally killing their “new friend” by infecting them with diseases or just crushing them on accident.
They soon become depressed after having a bunch of playmates die. Eventually they will cocoon themselves and turn into a rot fly, a creature that has nothing but hate and anguish in its heart.
In short beasts of nurgle act like giant puppies
Show them steel! Show them contempt!
Why did you tell me this 😢
@@slipperyquark3885 do not pity the heretic. purge the heretic in the name of the emperor!
@@slipperyquark3885join the father nurgle so you can play with them
@@bobertastic6541agreed,it is a demon of nurgle and should not be given sympathy for its existence is a abomination
Character wise, the reason why there isn’t really any unique playable characters is because you’re a bunch of convicts and penal troopers sent to the meat grinder. Lore-wise, this is a universe where people die in their billions everyday. Also there’s the joke that if you’re a named character in Warhammer 40k, then you’re someone overpowered
ah yes, a Space Marine with a name and not wearing Helmet
Although every completed mission proves you are overpowered, so having some named characters would still fit
@@RyukagiRenAh yes just like brother Sa'Kan from the Salamander
Facts, look at WH40K: Space Marine/Space Marine 2. Named character? Overpowered as FUCK
And how does this matter at all? Its not like were constantly recycling characters so it doesnt matter who they are... vt2 chars brought so much soul to the gam3, dt chars just bring millennial writing to the game.
To be fair, the characters in Darktide were suppose to be regular people, a drop in an ocean. Makes it feel a bit more on point setting wise. Also the combat in Darktide is also a bit better since you're actually encouraged to use your ranged weapons on things other than specials
yeah i agree it too, but he said he didn't know much about 40k so i was kinda expecting him to say that, since all of my friends that also didn't know much about 40k also said the same thing about the characters customization XD
Darktide*
What you say doesn't serve as an excuse.
I think the character customization was more of a fan service to people who actually study the lore and to flex in world immersion for the iykyk people
Nice
From a lore perspective, playing a custom character fits with the setting rather than a named static character. This is basically due to the situation you’re finding yourself in, as an essential penal legion member for this Inquisitor that controls the ship you’re on. The average life expectancy for a Guardsman, the standard infantry man for the Imperium, is seventeen hours. A penal legion member, even less. And to give further context for what a penal legion is, it’s a formation of convicts and other people attempting to prove their worth again and fight for their freedom to atone for their sins to the Imperium. You atone those sins by dying for them.
Compacted with the introduction scene with the Interrogator, following the tutorial, there’s a whole bunch of other convicts that have been brought in alongside you. There are a bunch of your characters, all out for the same goal. It helps show the grimdark nature of the setting a bit better, with that additional context.
exactly. named characters with terminator grade plot armor would be so out of place in this game. you are but a screw in a machine, expendable and essentially worthless to the whole machine. the npcs (hadron etc) make you feel like you are truly meat for the grinder that is the imperial war machine, and it just works perfectly.
I read the first sentence and immediately got immersed in the lore wtf is this franchise
@@sebulba69Its grimdark. Its realistic, there's no good versus evil, but there's fight for survival in nice free for all on galactic stage with enemies within and enemies without.
I really disagree with this. In reality, Darktide is a game about 40K named characters. You're just a normal human (or abhuman), but you have a Name and you eventually end up joining an Inquisitor's retinue - that effectively makes you superhuman in this setting. You're not actually the cog in the machine you're told you are at the beginning - at least by level 30, you are the kind of character that would have a Black Library novel written about them.
Yeah i know nothing about warhammer at all. But the scenario was pretty easy to understand when i played. This is a brutal and unforgicing empire. And somehow their enemies are even more brutal. So us criminals, the lowest of society must fight to regain honor. That is of course, if we even surivive. I mean these battles are so brutal that they're just sending random soldiers to fight.
The biggest problem with Darktide for me personally is that a lot of the missions end up feeling the same after completing them for the 500th time. I hope eventually they add entirely new areas, hell, I wouldn't mind if we got missions on different planets.
Other planets tainted by chaos bullsheet
The missions specify what planet you're on, so there is hope
I'm not too sure how well missions on other planets would work, given how space travel in 40k is, but I certainty wouldn't mind some levels in say the Ash Wastes, or the Hive spires. That could certainly change the feel of things.
was it related to AI director of the game?
Bring back Chaos Wastes!!
As someone who's always loved Darktide, despite its flaws, this update has been AMAZING
Hell Yeah, Bruwah
We're eatin good right now
We’re finally out of early access with this most recent update. Hardly praise worthy if we’re being honest
It's facts... Ogryn is life Ogryn is love
Darktide more like danktide
Advice for Daemonhost by the way, it only attacks people who attack it. If you think your squad isn't good enough to kill it, just let one person take the aggro. Also, while the Daemonhost is horrifyingly powerful, you can actually cheese it with ogryn. Grab a shield, get aggro, and hide in a corner while planted. The host will only attack you until it eventually leaves, or your team kills it
You can also cheese the daemonhost with damage.
couldnt you nearly 1 shot it with the fanatic?
@@fistimusmaximus6576 A properly built Zealot with a strong thunder hammer *before* this update could tear off half its health. Now? Haha. You can instantly kill a daemonhost.
really? lol ive not played in ages will get the update to check it out! was bored of bleed spec so any excuse to use the hammer.@@senounatsuru6453
Zealot can give invincibility temporarily to teammates or tank it briefly.
Game was always worth playing because the gameplay was rock solid. Update #13 now adds build depth and allows classes to play multiple roles. The future is bright.
True!🎉
well thousands of reviews on steam disagree with that.
Not for me. It wasn#t even was complete when it was released. The whole crafting system was missing.
Lmao gameplay was never rock solid and still isn't my guy
i wish it still had a single player campaign like vermintide
As an Oygren main, i felt so much pain when he threw the box of grenades on the ground rather than hitting the mutant with it.
It now also explodes on the ground if you have the upgraded version
Ogryn always win!
@@marcusmeins1839 Rocks are my speciality. Mutants BEWARE!
@@detroitbecomesurvivaltrain7813 wait do you specifically have to throw them on the ground to make them explode? I just thought the exploded regardless of if u hit a enemy or not.
@DevilSlayr no it blows up anyway
In some defense for the more basic characters rather than what's in L4D2 or Vermintide, that's in line with 40K. Most people are pretty much nobodies, all of the players are just nobodies being thrown into the meat grinder that is endless war. Having characters that were more unique would push against that vision and idea. It has its faults yes, but it's very much in line with 40K.
Agreed. Even so I thought they did a good job with a lot of the voices and there are some great interactions. I understand where he’s coming from but if u know 40k the established characters would seem off.
Makes sense. I'm probably just biased towards Vermintide
It also frees up more party comps that way. Every party combination is viable to. But the 4 man Ogrynp arty is absolutely hilarious!
@@demoulius1529 Four Ogryns is absolutely terrifying.
@@TheActMan Understandable, it's a great game.
Awesome vid, I finally gave this game a try last week and gotta say those first couple games were rough but once my friends hopped on and joined the fun went through the roof
The Warhammer 40k lore is INSANELY AMAZING. I recently started seeing the story and a CZcamsr called Luetin09 explains it with some much detail and engagement (he has a dedicated playlist). I’m just 5 videos in and already looking forward to more lol
You have begun on the path of no return
Btw tip, you can stagger the daemon host if you have a zealot with the preacher skill, it pushes him back and keeps him from attacking if you are nearby
Ogryn with slab shield can also tank her.
@@goffe2282 nothing like cucking a hoost.
@@DreamingVoid it’s an area deterrent and Darktide’s witch. There’s always an alternate route and it only appears at malice difficulty or higher. Rare on uprising. There’s also barely any complaints from players.
@@DreamingVoidits a way to challenge players, only one per map, it forces you to also watch where you are firing.
@@DreamingVoid and it's also funny watching a host getting stuck on an oversized roided out toddler holding up a dinner tray
The issue people have with the way levels are designed is that they feel the same, and it's because in many cases, you will go through the same areas visited in previous levels, often from a different direction, on your way through the level. You are on Atoma Prime, and it actually makes sense that you would use the same routes through areas. Cool concept, but from a gameplay perspective, it makes many of the levels feel very similar. I put in 200 hours but the end game grind wasnt very fleshed out yet so a lot of people dropped it waiting for new content to be added.
Thry could totally add a couplee of missions in a space ship (or multiple space ships for different aestethics) much like Deathwing did, the regular imperium cruiser is quite different from a mechanicus ark. Even some caves for a mining complex could do the trick or maybe an outpost a few kms away from Atoma
the thing that i don't like is how enemies hang out in places where they don't look like they belong
@@nahuelleandroarroyo A mission where we have to go through the slums to find a warp portal that leads to a nearby densely forested shrine world where we then have to travel through, stop the heretics' efforts there, and then destroy the portal on our way, back would be a cool sequence for a level. It would justify implementing village/forested scenes into the game.
@@snazzyjovialwyrm3314 I love this idea but I worry it would be sudden given the lore context. Yes, I know Darktide is VERY FAR from lore-accurate already, but in my head it makes sense that you're walking through slums and factories filled with dust and shit because you're a disposable soldier sent to do just that, clean the shit.
I agree. We need more maps. It is just getting too damn stale
At least the class variety kinda helps but it's like a band-aid
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The mods for this game are crazy and I highly recommend them. There is a mod to fix the scoreboard you mentioned. There even is a mod that let's you customize your weapons which is basically an extra feature for this game. Or a mod that lets you scream "FOR THE EMPRAH". There are so many of them that it feels like I'm playing a different, even more improved game.
You no longer need the "for the emperor" mod, you can do it by default now.
EMPRAH
But don't you need to play in a "modded realm" which prevents you from playing with people who have no mods installed? Cause that was the case in VT2 too, right?
@@VioIetteMolotov No, there is no modded realm for Darktide.
@@VioIetteMolotov You can play just normal with a modded game, there is no modded realm. All mods on Nexusmods are legal as far as I know. The rules from Fatshark about mods are basically: Mods are fine, as long as you don't change the game for other people. For example, the scoreboard I mentioned, only you can see it if you have the mod, not other players if they don't have it.
Never been into warhammer, but Darktide is really fun to me.
Darktide is a great introduction to the universe. Then a month later you get addicted collecting plastic
I barely knew that much when i started playing 2 weeks ago and now i wanna know more, its so damn fun.
@pokecat909 happened to me the other way around actually lol. I started watching people build and paint minis on CZcams, got all hyped outta my brain to do the same, and got so addicted to it that I just fell head over heels for everything warhammer
I happened upon Luetin09's 40k lore videos 3 years ago. Needless to say, I know way too much about demon legions and the fucked up shit they do now.
@@allthatisherelol I feel that on a very, very major level, my friend
Compared to launch, the player characters seem to have more... character. There are longer conversations with more back-and-forth. There are implications that they sometimes hang out and interact outside of the missions, and that they frequently talk to each other. I think just like Vermintide, we're going to get more and more conversations and each "personality" or "voice" for a class is going to become its own character. For example, my bodyguard ogryn has I think two conversations calling the male seer psyker voice his favorite person of the bunch.
Loose cannon vet also gets along with all the ogryn. The female judge Zelot also loves the professional vets. The seers also begrudgingly respect the judge.
My absolute favorite newer interaction is a major lore drop:
Why was the ogryn counting his fingers on the dropship?
Well, because he wants to be sure they're still all there. There are lots of thieves around, doncha know?
@@spamhere1123 "what does 'abhuman' mean?"
"It means you're absoLUTELY human, big man!"
I had interaction where my Zealot decided that he should no longer judge Psykers by their abilities alone but by the deeds they achieve with them. Which was wild because of all the personalities in the game I think I picked the one that hates Psykers the most. I think that if you have a Psyker who does a good job several times in a row it can trigger that sorta character arc and I wonder if it happens with other class interactions.
I also wanna see same voice actor interactions. That would be hilarious.
Yeah this dude just got paid and barely played the game lmfao. Once you ACTUALLY play the game your character and other characters start growing as people. In the ship itself all the soldiers treat you like trash, but once you hut lv 30 all the soldiers start to respect you. Some vendors gate your character, other love your character, in the games itself the banter between the different personalities are also like very charming and unique.
One slight caveat, the special function existed on weapons in Vermintide as well. Saltzpyre's rapier can shoot his pistol (that has unlimited ammo but has insane damage falloff), Kruber spear and shield can do a poke attack while blocking but uses stamina, etc.
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@@donsly375 No
@@mage0534 but my brother in sigmar
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Its nice to see more horde/co-op shooters such as this and deep rock galactic get the attention and love they deserve. This genre has serious potential and it really hasn't peaked in interest since left for dead and maybe back 4 blood
Edit: ROCK AND STONE
ROCK AND STONE
@@caozinhopirata DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?!!?!
Yeah, yeah, rock and stone.
IF YOU DON'T ROCK AND STONE, YOU AIN'T COMING HOME.
Mabye because most of them can only really be enjoyed with freinds, shutting put single players
Not only is there a block button with the ability to push attack when you hold it but there is a dodge button, You can use both at the same time. Use them.
No.
dodging is for cowards.
I prefer to simply die, like a man.
@@MoodyManMoobsdodging is for people who like to live. cant block a plague ogryn. or a mutie. or bullets. unless you got the shield.
@@MoodyManMoobs Good luck never doing damnation
I loved Verhimtide but as a Blood Angels player on the table top I was so freaking pumped for Darktide. It released in a rough state but the updates have been great and the game is definitely in a better place than it was at launch. The music is top tier and the visuals of fighting in a hive are freaking great.
I 100% agree we need the score board added to this. With that said you can mod the game to have it but FatShark can and should add it. I hate playing with people that think it shouldn't be added because of mental health or whatever reason they state. It's needed to know if you should change spec and or change characters because your playing a certain character or spec wrong.
I did enjoy the stat screen a lot, it went a long way to seeing certain builds work in either crowd control or special or monster focused killing. Sad to see that gone
I don’t think we need a government
Agreed, wanna start a Revolution?
We absolutely need a government. Not a boot licker to be clear, but no government essentially leads to anarchy with is undeniably worse overall. Better to have a government of some kind. What we need is a serious government restructure, by the people and for the people. 1776 part two!
Power of the people 💪
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Totally agree, btw.
“I’m 13 and this is deep”
I did notice I started missing the more varied and aesthetically pleasing environments from vermintide. It’s nice to see a tree once in awhile.
everything is supposed to look like a massive cathedral, factory and a military outpost all in one at all times that's 40ks art style
@@ratdoesgaming in the Imperium hive cities anyway. There’s obviously a vast array of environments throughout the 40k universe however.
@@AegisAuras yes, but atoma prime, where this takes place is literally a hive world, emphasis on *world*
the natural flora has long decayed since the hive cities around the planet were built and the world became a toxic cesspool of fumes and waste.
@@shadowsketch926also the only places on the planet that may have any sort of plant life are at the top of the Hive where they are artificially maintained.
@@goodolboston4522and that part is only for the nobility or very highly important person, our character even cant dream stepping foot on it
I do appreciate playing as particular named characters like in the left 4 dead series, but i think the character customization is quite unique in darktide, being able to pick your planet of origin, your backstory and listening to how they react to others of different walks of life is pretty awesome, i think ive had character interactions where they ask about the planet my character is from and none of the other characters knows what its like but mine. Ive never seen any other game do that before. Plus ive had several laughs over the psykers lines when he has the high pitched crazy voice. The voice actors really gave it there all and i think the diversity deserves some praise here.
i was just searching for warhammer 40 and see a video of you, now im happy :)
As a someone who played in the beta and has all four classes maxed to 30, and as a big vermintide fan, I agree that the end-mission scoreboard is sorely missed in DT. It was always nice to know how well i did in a match. Lootboxes arent that big of a deal in DT atm, bc you make and customize weapons/trinkets a lot easier in DT, although trying to find the perfect blessing on a weapon to compliment your build can be difficult but not impossible. Anyways, glad to hear you're enjoying the game, its one of my favs atm.
You can download a scoreboard mod
@@awhellnah__dont be a wanker over a minor grammar error
Veterans would just be crying at the Scoreboard these days
that's dope, didn't know that. ty @@Paronak
*whomp whomps in psyker void strike staff* lol@@alexlyster3459
At 7:55, Dj khaled doing the pinegroove shuffle made me spit my pepsi and laugh to tears. Bravo 👏
Love the vid nice job would you consider doing a playthrough for re 4 remake separate ways or have you've played it already?
An important thing to note about Warhammer is that there are two warhammer universes. *Warhammer Fantasy* and *Warhammer 40k.* Vermitide is set in fantasy, while Darktide is in 40k. They share the same Chaos Gods (Khorne, Tzeench, Slaanesh, Nurgle). But, are set in two completely different universes.
Feel free to correct me, i know the basics and isn't very well versed in the grimdark future :v
The emperor protects
You are infact correct.
With the latest update I'm loving the game. They reworked the classes, adding 2 specs (plus the original one) for each class in the game, effectively adding 8 classes in a single update. It's now much more replayable than before.
Funny how I just started playing this yesterday, and now act man uploads this 😂
Thanks bro. Saw this video said ok ill download it again. Yup its worth playing now.
I'm so happy to see the act man loving vermintide and darktide. Such fun games. Darktide is finally shining now and I hope it only gets better
agreed i especially love the new talent tree
It shined during the beta, each update made the game better. New talents are cool but made all classes much stronger so hopefully we get a higher difficulty soon.
I actually like the character creation and making individuals rather than all playing the same static heroes. For me that makes the environment feel more immersive.
Agreed
The problem is the character creation doesn't really matter. The only thing that changes dialogue is if you choose Cadia as your home planet. Nothing else.
@@LordVader1094 Not really. There are a few personalities for each class with their own voicelines and actor. The Cadian one is the only unique one to a starting planet though.
It's a good idea, but they couldn't realise the system. Only a few of the voices are up up to snuff, there are too few voice lines, most of them are disconnected irrelevant banter and the choices you make in the character creation have no influence over the lines spoken because they don't exist. Except Cadia Background: Single line mentioning it.
@@Warmaka agreed. the whole rpg elements in this game are not even worth mentioning and were ultimately a waste of resources. They should have gone with a fixed character system like v1/v2. But this would only be possible if darktide has an actual story but it doesnt.
The soundtrack is by far in my top 10 list of favorite soundtracks. It's so perfect
Every so often I stumble across one of your videos and I'm always a little taken aback each time because I always forget how much you look like Dustin Diamond (Screech from Saved by the Bell).
You have much to learn about the 41st millennium.
The game was always worth it, the update itself just gave us a lot more to chew on ^-^
Nah, dull monotonous corridor maps are a major reason why the count dropped to 2k before the update. Hardly worth the money.
@@bobhill-ol7wpme when tetra isn’t sunshine and rainbows.
Saying the game was always worth it is definitely a stretch. At launch the game was shite and Fatshark deserved the criticism they got. EDIT: Though I admit the soundtrack was an absolute 10/10 banger from day 1.
Respectfully disagree, this game was a broken mess with sparce content for over half a year after its launch. There was fun to be had, but what we had was nowhere near worth its price point. I'd say now it's closer to being worth it, though it still needs a few more new maps before it crosses that finish line for me.
"just gave us a lot more to chew on" agree it gives goals and purpose mostly on skill progression, hope they drop a massive content like missions next or chaos waste-like
I somewhat disagree about the cast just because the voice acting for each different archetype is top notch, especially the Zealots and Ogryns, absolute perfection. I do get what you mean about a specific cast though. Set in stone characters would help bring more personality to the overall narrative being told.
Also fun fact (and SPOILER) for those who don't know:
The traitor among you in the cutscenes is the Commissary vendor and after level 30 when she is revealed to be a traitor she is turned into an Attonment servitor, new character model and all. Pretty freaky stuff. On brand for the inquisition though not going to lie.
I hope you dabble into more 40K Act Man, Bricky and Luetin09 are probably some go to recommendations if you want to get a grip on how crazy and wacky the 40k universe is.
The story is so bad and so poorly presented that I didnt even realise the traitor had an actual physical presence on the ship until reading your comment.
Yeah big agree, I would have been pissed if I did not get to make my own character
The cast is the same as vermintide with the same vibe just in an different univers. I dont get why people say it was better in vermintide. They are the same people lol
@canniballistic555 I agree that the story itself is so poorly conveyed to the player that unless they're taking in every detail of the cutscene (and committing it to memory), only then who the traitor is will make sense.
Even then, it's still a poor narrative because it's the same cutscene with different members of Grendyl's main agents telling you. "You're not good enough. Prove your worth."
What's worse is that your character does not speak to these agents barring one time during the prologue and during gameplay itself.
They can easily overhaul the narrative being conveyed here while having our custom characters, this was the shortcut they took to get the game out, which sucks because they got DAN ABNETT to work with them on it.
One of the greatest 40k authors and his work used seemingly as an outline to fit a really piss poor narrative.
@teeman7137 Not necessarily, and it's the part I agree with Act man on. On the one hand, the voice acting and overall distinct character archetypes for each class are well written when considered in their own separate from the games overall narrative.
However, by their own choice, with custom characters, it is one of the factors as to why the overall story has taken a major backseat in this game. None of the choices in the character creator affects your presence in the narrative other than a few voice lines of banter with the agents during missions.
That said, it doesn't mean it's impossible for this to work. it's just that the effort needs to be put in.
With a distinct cast of characters, it's easier to convey a narrative because you have established characters with one backstory each, their own motives, and personalities. To do that with Darktide, you need to apply that to 4 different classes and then the 3 archetypes for each class, and after that, make sure it doesn't interfere with any potential chosen aspects of the character creator.
“Do these stairs go up?”
You’ve earned yourself a silly sub my friend. Loved vermintide and this update shows great potential. Loving it with friends.
That nightsider track goes crazy! I listen to it when I work out
I've heard about Warhammer for so many years now but have never played it at all. So it's great to see an indepth look into all.
If you value your wallet, don't get into the table top game lol. (but do it anyways its fun)
Nothing in depth about the setting here.
This game only scratches the tiniest sliver of the surface of 40k. The rabbit hole is an endless abyss from which there is no escape.
@@m3gapanda533even in debt do I serve the god emperor of man kind
My biggest gripe with darktide is that Fat Shark still hasn't added single player with bots a year after launch when it was promised at release. Despite this there have been dozens of shop updates over the first year of release.
Solo play in this genre makes no sense to me. Just go play a single player game, the best coop shooter(DRG) out there even acknowledges that bots are not the intended gameplay experience, and gives you a drone buddy instead.
@@sealboy1211 Vermintide 2 had it, so why not Darktide?
@@sebbo59 this is fair. I came too hard in my comment anyways. What’s not for me is for someone else.
5:05 “If I don’t got a weapon I’mma pick up a rock and when I bust yo ass I’mma continue to rock.”
- RIP Nate Dogg lol
Another thing I love about the weapons is that even the different variations of the same weapons still lean towards a certain playstyle. Then there is there is the eviscerator chainsword... use the eviscerator chainsword.
Brother act, you honor WH40K with your presence. More WH40K please!!!! I’d love for you to hop into this franchise
(Sea of Thieves re-review and or Deep Rock Galactic review please)
Definitely a Vermintide 2 review at some point!
@@TheActMan Hell yeah! Keep up the good work brother. The ActMan never disappoints
@@TheActManI second the deep rock galactic
Never thought I’d see a Warhammer video by Act Man. Eating good
Welcome back to the Ad man
Love your take on what would improve Darktide, definitely feel lost on what missions I should be doing so I just do quickplay and usually get the same missions multiple times, miss the loot boxes that pushed you to challenge yourself in getting the tomes and grims, and I also miss the scoreboards.
Really love the new class system though.
Having tomes/grims be entirely optional is a double edged sword.
One side is it trivializes them and they're just there for Melk's weekly challenges and a bit of exp/cash.
Other hand they're not a somewhat manditory mechanic and people aren't getting butthurt if public queued randoms aren't looking for them.
I rather have them be timbits like in Darktide than a leaned on mechanic like in Vermintide.
I literally just got off it, my boys and me are loving it. Thank you gamepass🙌
Just started playing darktide a week ago and have been having so much fun
the idea that your characters may look generic and there's no fixed characters is what i also like on darktide. Creating your own character and them interacting towards each other every game makes it feel like you're character has been through a lot and is expressing his/her experiences through dialogue. and the idea of you being a ex-prisoner that is now earning your rights through fighting in atoma. The mission select is also a feature i like because i like to imagine thousands of prisoners being dispatched in atoma and fighting their way, of course some doesn't survive so more ex-prisoners get deployed.
Nothing will beat fighting along side a ogryn named Ballfart. Can't get that anywhere else.
In its current state, Darktide really is in a good place. I'm excited to see they've kept up with it.
The class update did a lot to create more depth to leveling but what really made me come back was the update that made a weapon or item drop after every mission.
No longer is it optimal for progress to wait for the gear shop to refresh.
My brother and me are playing this atm he's a big gamer am an in and out gamer but I CANT wait to play game again tonight hope my bro ready to play for next few weeks !! 😁
I still believe that Darktide requires the same mechanic in Vermintide where you can play by yourself with ai teammates that you yourself designed (that being other characters on the account) before it can be on-par with Vermintide.
Ohhh they don't have that in Darktide? Is that cuz it's online only, right?
At the time of this comment, yes. But they said they were supposedly "working on it" last December. Alas, not so much of a whisper on the wind about it can be heardd about it now.
@@TheActMan It really shouldn't be. It just makes it unfun when you don't have exactly 4 friends with it installed who are awake and free for a while.
I will forever love Warhammer 40k. Whether its the table top game, the lore, or the various amounts of random games, this franchise will stay in my heart till I die
Do these stairs go up? I loved that little insert at the end there. If you know, you know 😉
Aye man you got me to download and finally play the ace attorney games. Just beat episode 2 and I'm loving it, thanks act man!
I kind of like the characters in Darktide because even though they aren’t their own characters they can be your own characters. Like you can make your own story around their personality.
Completely agree. Plus it’s kinda harder to pull off Vermintide personalities in Darktide when a human or Ogryn are just a tiny cog in the infinitely large machine that is the Imperium of Man
My sentiment exactly. One of my favorites is the Pro Vet knowing all the Codenames of the Special enemies so when they kill one they go "Traxis-Minoris 33 eliminated". But I play lose Cannon, which goes "Traxis-sumthin'sumthin dead!" or "Traxis... (mumble) ugh, whatever. Tracker's dead!".
I fucking love this.
Yes I prefer this to over the characters of vermintide
great so I get to pay for the game AND do all the character development work myself!
@@hooktraining3966 BAHAHA, holy crap that's the funniest cope i think i've seen yet. good job, good job.
I'd like to thank Fat Shark for making lore accurate Psyker hatred real with assail, watching my buddy playing Zealot desperately attempt to get the abhor the mutant penance done at lower difficulty with an Assail Psyker on the team is like watching Sisyphus push the boulder. The scoreboard would surely add more fuel to this fire and I think it'd be really funny if Fat Shark brought it back.
Been an on and off player since launch, and, although this update was great for being able to change playstyles I feel that they could've also added some new Penances (achievements, some being class specific). I'm literally one achievement from having nothing left to chase on my Veteran, I'm done with all his Redacted penances and I just want some cool, new, cosmetics to chase and earn. Other than that and crashes still happening and a few bugs here and there I'd say its a really fun game.
For the Emperor!
One of the best things in Vermintide 2 was when me and my friend started measuring who performs the best, pushing ourselves pretty far.
Darktide is a rad game to play but it still needs more missions so badly. There just isn't enough variety yet.
PS: You can cheese the Daemonhost if you have an Ogryn with a shield. Use the special attack (default X) to enter Bulwark stance and the host will wail on the shield until one of you dies. But bulwark stance takes no stamina and makes you take no damage, so it won't be you dying first.
For new players on PC it's mouse 3
I’ve been having a blast with the game, it definitely needs a little extra tuning and about double the levels/missions, and a huge increase in the base game cosemetic variety. But when it gets that it’ll be the best co op game in a long time
Should be noted that a few annoying things and missing features are available via mods on PC like scoreboard, true level (every level achieved past 30), music selector in the Morningstar, etc. it’s also an incredibly easy game to mod
Damn act man been following you for a while little friendly reminder got to be on your game yo I don't even really play video games anymore straight up and knew and was playing that shit couple years ago just saying for an active gamer like yourself got to be looking for those hidden gems keep it up and fight strong for the emperor
I've been playing this since day one and yeah that was rough compared to noe even if I was enjoying it due to the simple joy of playing as a guardsman and just dealing with problems by applying plenty of Lasgun to them. It is much better now which is really really good to see and i am hopeful for more to come, especially more missions and areas as we're in a massive city and they can add plenty of unique areas due to that alone.
Now even The Act Man is making a 40k video. It's like the universe wants me to join 40k.
it does, join the ranks, grab a lasgun and purge the alien, the mutant and the heretic. For the Emperor!
I too would like to have a score board in the post game screen. They could actually provide the best of both worlds with a system where you can only see the stats for your strike group. (The people you queued up with aka your party for those who don't know)
I really want the individual score screen now
Few things I want Fatshark to add.
The Scoreboard.
Shared Trinkets like in Vermintide.
The Loot System of Vernintide.
A reason to fight the Daemon.
More gear sets that promote gameplay over bonkers achievements and playstyles that force you to play a certain way
if u are on PC you can get a scoreboard mod. Your point still stands ofc, but just in case you want a temporary fix
daemonhost is super fun to kill just for the sake of it lol, a reward would be nice but that would also lead to randoms triggering it at stupid times
@@FakeAccount- I agree it's fun, but 9/10 your team won't fight it and will go out of their way to stealth around it and not even attempt it because it has no value. It's a risk for no reward.
i actually prefer to custom characters compare to the scripted ones, because nowdays making a preset characters arent very relatable to me and i often find them annoying
so making my own little lore and stuff gives more to the game in my opinion and its really cute
i agree. characters nowdays dont have the same charm or writing as old game characters either. look at l4d2 compared to back4blood. the characters in b4b are terribly written and annoying. so id much prefer having custom characters.
They weren't terribly written though in vermintide and now they are in darktide
@@robertsnead2319 The preset personalities aren't terribly written in Darktide. You're high on some crazy shrooms if that's what you think.
@@robertsnead2319 they arent. they simply have very minimal writing. what is there is not bad though.
@GreatBigMitch compared to v2 its falls short though
Patrolling Nevada central almost makes you wish the act man would make a video on madness project nexus
First full priced game I have bought since the L4D2 in 2009 - wish I had waited for a sale, but due to peer pressure and how good Vermintide 2 was I thought what the heck. Clearly the game was released 12 months too early thanks to the suites! Well done to Fatshark for walking the walk, but to be honest it still needs new and different location maps, new characters and character skills. They are getting there!
As someone who regularly carries my teams through the tide of nurgle filth, I wholeheartedly agree with added a bloody scoreboard. I had a game where something bugged so that when my team all died, they spawned at the start of the level. So I tried to finish the final encounter, got through the first part but got shanked in my kidney as zealot without until death. That solo run was like an extra 15 minutes of me trying my balls off. Wish I had a scoreboard to flex the kill count 😮💨
Love the 40k universe so I was gonna get this game regardless. But definitely needs more maps, to me that’s the most noticeable thing along with having the same shoot the tentacle and blast the eye situation.
Great timing. I was just perusing Steam reviews wondering how it was without the sweaty glazed glasses blinding people’s reviews, so your take on it is perfect
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only act man
A counterpoint in the scoreboard conversation: I love the decision to not include one. Why? I don't get to play these games with friends very often, so i queue up solo most of the time. You know what playing with randoms can be like, with people wandering off, racing through the levels at top speed just to get through them as fast as possible, etc. Although I can see the benefits, I also feel having a scoreboard provides additional impetus to play in ways that aren't beneficial to the team in the spirit of chasing numbers. I personally feel much more focused about fulfilling my role when I'm not concerned about how I'm doing numerically.
Bro just close your eyes, just don't look at the numbers bro, it's that simple.
yeah i agree with that. the numbers do lead to bad teamplay. Though some badges at the end would be fun.
As someone who mains Palpatine Psyker, I completely agree
@@jellomello2683not true, not everyone is the same.
@@Stefanius058 yeah obviously but there is a trend
I said this in a community post but just because you are sponsored by company that "allows you to speak your mind" doesnt mean your arent influenced by said sponsorship. Companies will not work with you if you end up trashing the game and calling them out on their practices. So there's an expectation of grace and pulled punches when money changes hands
This is not a secret.
This is why I don't often take these kinds of sponsorships because I either end up not liking the game, or I don't have full creative control of the content. I was offered a very good deal to stream Overwatch 2 and make a video on it buuuuut you guys already know what I think of Blizzard...
@@TheActMan fair enough. I think dark tide is a game that is worth discussing and appreciate the waiting to play when it actually got proper fixed rather than launch which was bare bones. I'm glad you rejected overwatch 2 and the trash fire that is blizzard. I guess coming off your payday 3 response left me feeling like you had taken money to praise a game that was broken and unplayable. I still appreciate your content and understand the need to get the bag.
@@EricDrinksWater it's not a secret but people tend to hide behind the " while I am sponsored, I am allowed to speak my unfiltered thoughts"
To avoid being called a shill.
I saw it on gamepass but didn’t think much of it, but now me and a couple buddies are installing it cause this game looks really fun
I would very much appreciate a video on the Shadow of Mordor series. It's my favorite game series, and I'd like to hear your thoughts on it
I gotta say, I am loving darktide… I am hoping they have more content as time goes on. It’s so fun
mods are something you should definitely download for darktide, they improve your experience and add stuff like scoreboards that show you how you did and healthbars for enemys
"I don't know what is happening in darktide" Yeah welcome to 40k 😅
Hey bro! Another great video. Love your channel. I was wondering if you've played Armored Core 6. I recently beat it and fell in love with the game. Would love to hear your impressions. Peace!
Yes it's a bit grindy. But if you peel it back and get around to learning everything it's rewarding. Enjoying my time with it gonna play it for a lot longer.
I think the Cast vs. the Customs boils down to people really wanting to Role-Play in the Warhammer universes. It was one of Darktide's most requested features. What annoys me is there is no Novels based on the group from Vermintide which I think Black Library (Games Workshop's publishing wing) are really missing out on, considering how fantastic the Gotrek & Felix, and by extension the Gotrek Novels are. I get it player expression might not match up to "Lore Accurate" Vermintide, but the characters have fantastic dynamic and have that good Warhammer brand of macabre humour.
my brother in sigmar, can i coom in you
I have been completely addicted to this game, and has been the reason i have dipped my toes in the lore of 40k. The atmosphere and world design of this game is just awesome.
dude...we have the same dresser. im not even joking i saw it in the backround and just started going back and forth between mine and his
Another 40K game I think you would like is BOLTGUN. It's heavily inspired by classic DOOM and has great shooting mechanics!
Also dawn of war 1 and 2, since The Acting Male is a big RTS fan.
SPACE MARINE!!! Best game to be introduced to Warhammer 40K. And with Space Marine 2 coming out soon, shits only going to get more insane! 😎
I picked it up on sale recently and I really like it. I probably wouldn't have liked it without the class revamp they recenty did. The talent trees are a joy to play with. I recommend everyone give the game a try, especially if you liked Vermintide.
I actually prefer Darktide because the tome/grimoire mechanic is different. I mostly play with randos so I really didn't like dealing with them in vermintide. Besides it's too much for my small brain to remember where all of them are. I just want to fight hordes and bosses. But I agree with the other criticisms, I would definitely like a scoreboard to see how I perform.
Make an Act Attorney video about Sniperwolff Exposed. Need this more than ever
13:25 you can physically hear actman resist the urge to say "a sense of pride and accomplishment"
The game is so fun to play! Got me into the entire Warhammer 40K universe as well.
Played this game during the beta, clocked in a lot of hours. thinking to myself ''damn, the full release is gonne be crazy''.
but it was pretty much the same thing, kinda burned myself out on the beta.
Playing a little bit again here and there after the patch and its very ejoyable again. Seems to be in a decent state.