Wartales - Open World Sandbox Medieval Mercenary Strategy RPG
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- čas přidán 28. 08. 2024
- Wartales gameplay with Splat! Let's Play Wartales and check in on a game that I feel is developing nicely. Build up a mercenary company, craft, fight, and make your mark in a dark gritty world.
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It’s so damn surreal to me that I’ve been watching you for almost a decade now… I was in high school when I first started watching your letsplays and first impressions. Now Im a grown ass man with a kid, but still loving your content. Keep up the good work man you’re awesome.
Yup, that's how time works
you wont be a "grown ass man" until at least your mid-40's.. thats how it works
@@hyro3292 Good luck to our cells doing that without time.
@@raidermaxx2324 lmao i was a grown ass man at 16, the moment i paid for my own place and provided for my son made me a man not some age limit by some yok coddled untill he was 45 xD
@@SiNestEr691 some would argue that the fact that you made a child, while STILL LITERALLY a child yourself, is an example of HOW NOT TO BE A" grown-ass man" .. nice try tho buddy.. But no grown ass man father's a child at 16 like an overstimulated hillbilly.
This is the direction many people me included hoped that cRPGs would go.
I like me some JRPG for the spectacle but grew up on things like baldurs gate so having proper party management and a way more engaging core loop intrigues me.
Honestly, back in the day we all wished for better graphics. Little did we know that graphics would cost us a soul of the game. Nowadays I hate when people compliment graphics because I know it's a shallow, shell of a game coated in gold. Glad to see this game has depth, a rarity nowadays.
“Pretty girthy early access”
You have a way with words Splatt
Sushi place got me, too. I had just cashed my check and wanted my new girlfriend to try sushi because I thought she would like it. We ordered and when I added a tip to the check it was pretty much my whole check, lol. Good news is she liked the sushi and, apparently, me too as we're about to have our 23rd anniversary.
It's paid off, that's what's matter after all.
Was waiting for 1.0 release and watching this game myself, but after seeing this and how awesome this has become, I just threw money at them and said yes, thank you for a great job, and keep going. It is important to support indie games and developers, seriously. A lot of us know that big games at $50, $60+ starting price points are riddled with garbage, poorly optimized and overly monotized. Then indie games come out for $40 or less and we often wait for a sale, seeing them as offering less, when often they offer more or the same and less shady - worthy of lifting these small guys up!
The problem is you're conditioned into indie games being £10-£20, so when its £30 its like when a scummy AAA game is charging £60 instead of £50 or whatever crazy price they charge for half finished games nowadays, I also think people are burnt out on Early Access, you'll get games like Valheim that buck the trend due to social media influence but most won't get that
On the boar being in prison in the Middle Ages putting animals on trial was a thing. This was in a time when animals were frequently communally owned, and the legal theory of owner liability was not yet established. So if an animal got loose and damaged a person's property or ate their crops they would put the animal on trial to decide an appropriate punishment. It also encouraged the communal owners of the animal to make restitution rather than risk it being sentenced to death. Also, animals were regarded more highly and people were regarded more lowly at that time, what with humans being as much a lord's property as his horses and livestock were.
This game is really worth the money they are asking for. I played the game 3 weeks prior to the Gosenburg update and currently waiting for more updates to hit. I got ~ 92 hours worth of playtime out of it with 2 proper runs + one "learning run".
8:53 my man splat, you made me laugh here. Good times, liking your tangents and the gameplay. Keep up the good work!
One of the best Turn Based/Exploration games out there. Medieval setting with no fantasy elements... It is like Wasteland 3 and Bannerlord had an inbred baby but a good looking baby.
No fantasy? There are giants rat and ghosts...
@@silviogiacomelli1806 Think he mean realistic elements. Believable to real world. No magic.
@@silviogiacomelli1806 Just like real life
Yeah I love in medieval history where people trained mules to be mercenaries.
@@tonymorris4335 Same here.
I believe this is not the first time I hear the legendary tale of the unagi date and I still do not know how this man survived the encounter.
WHAT HAPPENED, SPLATTERCAT??
He had far less Ramen and weed for the next few weeks
My guess is he went overdrawn with a brave smile and called his dad as soon as he was alone
A mercenary rpg that actually has crafting? Sign me up! Having a war pony sounds dope too and I'm all for them dopes.
Had a lot of fun with this game earlier this year, I'm going to wait for a couple more updates before jumping in but yea, very fun game.
Thanks for the review! At first glance I though it was just a better looking battle brothers and instantly shrugged it off. But after watching your video, I really want to play it! Thanks again.
It’s better in many ways it just lacks some features as it’s unfinished as the tournament thing or doing anything else to earn money other than trading or doing quests.
The idea of making it as the master of a horde of boars hyped me way way more than I would have imagined xD
Amazing level of care to details, makes for a very immersive experience.
Can't believe they're development co-op . Always wanted to play co-op bannerlord type game.
I'm always glad to see you revisiting games that genuinely catch and keep your attention. With the amount of play time you put in to sift through so many, I'm sure it can make you burned out or jaded sometimes.
This game has so much potential if done right, a little rough around the edges but with a bit more animations in camp and elsewhere along with more voiceovers and ambient medieval music and fleshing out mechanics could turn this into a must have for fans of the genre like me. maybe with more stories and quests that involve kings and queens and so on.
This game could be dope.
This is easily one of the best EA games I have ever bought. I have just over 200 hours in it.. the community is also full of helpful people.
In case the developer is watching - just clicked over to Steam and purchased. Looks like an awesome game and these videos help put in perspective the few negative comments on Steam.
Dude! WTH, you ended in the middle of combat! Now I have an OCD itch that will never be scratched! Aside from that, great review and video, I can't believe it's already been 12 months since the last check in.
I put this on my wish list the first time you showed it a year and a half ago and it is really looking great since then. Still waiting for the full release though. Thanks for showcasing this one again.
Pomp ooooooo huh uuiu
It's just great to come back to Splatters channel from time to time to appreciate the random stories just like on 8:02
The second coming of RPG Christ!
I just watched your video on Wartale from a year ago and was sold on it and here you are doing another video on it and I'm so stoked!
Too bad I'm also agrown ass man and barely have time to properly nerd out on glorious games... That's why I appreciate I can sit back, relax, and watch you do the heavy lifting of the initial learning curve.
I've been itching for something with good RPG mechanics and exploration, looks like I'll have to pick this one up
Ooooof... regarding the Sushi story. I feel ya, man. Also be VERY CAREFUL with the "pay by the plate" sushi places. The individual plates might not cost that much... but they add up quickly if you're just grabbing plates.
Yeap, pretty much that story had more horror plot than most of today horror's games.
But looks like it paid off.
If i understand correctly, he call her "his wife" after all, did not he?
@@alexkatc59 Yeup. But then again, she may have married him out of pity.
This game captured my attention already with the first demo a long time ago. I never forgot about it and surely will play it, when it finally comes out.
Made a system of pitons to avoid paying the border toll between Cortia and Stromkapp. 10/10
Pay what? You get the border pass for free after completing couple of quests.
You are a blessing for gaming community
That animation at 10:25 was all I needed to be convinced to get the game. Its not like one of those games where its just a static animation where characters just swing at the air and effects happen. They put effort into this game!
I wouldn't say that Battle Brothers is harder exactly, it's just that in that game so much of your success is determined by RNG that it can often be frustrating as all hell when you lose a unit because 5 of your attacks with a 70% chance to hit each all missed while an enemy landed 3 of their attacks in a row, each with a ~40% chance of hitting. And poof, just like that you lose your best character that you spent the last 20 hours building up. The lack of significant RNG is one of the best things about Wartale's combat system IMO.
I like RNG. Predefined values are just a puzzle.
I think that Battle Brothers has a lot more unfair random scenarios you have to learn to build around by just getting your party wiped out, because until you learn the counter they're unwinnable. Wartales has some gimicky stuff like this but I feel like it's more forgiving. A good example I think is how Battle Brothers handles geists and the undead vs Wartales' supernatural stuff and it's fear mechanic. In battle brothers, if you don't have a good resolve sergeant to rally your guys and good dps guys that can carve their way to the geist before they panic your whole army the undead just wipe your whole party when they run since they get attacks of opportunity. In this game there's supernatural things that can panic you but if you kill one your panic counter goes down and the boss that gives you panic every turn can be hard to deal with, but when your men panic they just insta-route off the map and don't suffer attacks of opportunity until they're dead
Wonder how it compares to StoneShard
BB SUCKS. That game is asinine.
@@ItIsYouAreNotYour You believe people can attack you five times in melee and completely miss? Stick to puzzles and not fights.
I played NWN2 for years splatt,loved the game and the idea of hopping on other peoples servers that they had made.
Splat, don't forget to make fish hooks!
Congrats on 800k subs there Splat! This game looks awesome as well. Like this is my type of game.
Thanks for introducing me to this game! Now just to wait for that 1.0 release!
I was thinking about sitting on this game. Until I heard it was girthy
Oh my 😏
Ba dumb pa tiss
I got some interesting google images results trying to find what girthy means
Hmm. Got the same idea until I heard it was wet.
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A mercenary strategy game with camp mechanics and the possibility of camp followers sounds fun. Not everyone in an armed hobo band is a frontline fighter, you need all sorts of odd dudes. Leveling up the dude who tends the horses and makes arrows sounds neat.
I'm no fan of minigames, so I think the constant fishing/mining/crafting minigames would get tiring after a while. Is there any way to opt out of them? Autofishing?
I've been playing it a couple weeks now and I love it. I'm a terrible manager apparently but its fun!
Glad you covered it, I’m loving wartales rn. The city is really cool. And in a way brings more nuance to the towns and the wilds.
Hear me people - Wartales will set the bar for the genre.
I love that you show real millennial-gamer knowledge and taste. NWN2 was an amazing RPG no one ever talks about. I think becoming a scripter on a server for NWN1 was actually what started my career as a developer :D
This game reminds me of Microprose's "Darklands" from 1992. Set in Late Medieval Germany it used a similar group travel around the world and turn based combat where you allocate your characters to attack particular enemies then it would continue the fights in real time until you paused to give your character a new instruction
A solid game that I was unaware had this update! We may never get Battle Brothers 2 but this is a worthy successor
Been playing this for a while now love it.
I caved last week and finally picked this up. I haven't touched it, yet, but definitely looking forward to it soon.
Dang, this game is gorgeous! I looked up the developer; it's a 48-person studio which I think puts it pretty clearly in the AA space.
It's so weird. I just watched some Wartales videos last night and now you've released a new Wartales video. Such a weird coincidence.
I played a game like this. It was a flash game that took place in a dystopian desert and you ran around trading and fighting.
Totally agree with you Man bought it a a while ago amazing upgrades also man in the camp you give every person a job improves things
Need to complain that because of this review I only went around 3.00 am and am so much happier lol
Had my eye on this one since it popped up on Steam and while I have a pretty strict no early access policy, this has tempted me many times! I really can't wait to see how this ends up at 1.0 and with future content!
Also, we need a Battle Brothers sequel. And Splat needs to cover Dwarf Fortress :P
I have played it both in beta and early access I can easily call it fully playable now. Beta was better for me since battles wouldn’t last long. Nowadays it became way more difficult something similar to battle-brothers where a death of a companion is inevitable. I cheat a lot by making saves before each battle and still I get stuck and abandon quests because I put too much effort leveling up and equipping all of my current 14 companions
@@zerovikings5852 That's great to hear (except about cheating you big cheater!! 😜). I'm really looking forward to it more and more!
Gosh i hope this games modding potential is present. This game would have a second coming post launch with warhammer/game of thrones mods
Great game. One of my favorites in the genre. High replay value too and i got about 600 hours put into it. Recommended strongly if you like this type of games.
Was waiting for you to make a joke about “Wart Ales”. Will check in next year when you cover the game again for a Wart Ale joke.
Been following this one for a while, just waiting for a sizable sale. Mount&Blade + Xcom + Battle Brothers = Yes.
Nothing like mount and blade……
Yeah I was wanting to buy this but on principle I won't pay 70.00 for AAA games and 35.00 is too much for early access.
I love this game, thanks for showing me it before
It's a great game I picked up on your last recommendation and have enjoyed tremendously. You're wrong on some things, but that's to be expected with as far as you got. Importantly, you go into battle with pretty much your whole troupe. Even if that's 30 creatures (tame animals ASAP. You only need a rope to take them and they are useful.) Larger squad means larger enemy count, but you need at least as many people as there are professions (the civilian skills, as you put it.) There's so much in this game, it's amazing.
I love this game so much. Doing rogue backstab builds are so good
You don't need to buy the Arthes border pass: you can rappel down to the backside of the gate from the mountains of Tildren that overlook the left side of the gate.
Hey Splatt, don't forget to make fish hooks.
At first it looks like Battle Brothers, but in fact it is closer to Legends of Eisenwald, at least on strategic scale.
Legends of Eisenwald? YES :D
(I mean I have never managed to finish Eisenwald, but still... YES! Good game.)
Coming back to the comment secion to BEG YOU for more episodes of this amazing game. LOVE it!
Bought this game because of SplatCat's recommendation; had to come back to this video because I couldn't figure out why the game had no linear main questline. Now I see why!
I've heard about it but it didn't come to my mind that this game would be something this big and complex. I'm amazed.
Wait until Splat finds out that eels are fish!
This game is strikingly similar to Bannerlords which has real-time combat as opposed to turn-based which harkens back to my days of table top RPG games like ICE or ADnD.
> Be a bandit, make a living out in the wilderness robbing random passers by
> Some well armed men come and kill all your friends. Somehow you survive, but are put in chains.
> You get taken to the nearby prison. Not great, but at least you are better off than your friends. Perhaps you can just wait out your sentence and then be free again.
> You're introduced to your cellmate - he's a wild boar, and not in a metaphorical sense.
Looking really good. I'm in same boat. Wanna wait until it comes out!
This looks amazing! Thank you so much for such a fun review.
Full series. Full series. Give us a full series.
picked this one up based on this video, really great game. I've got about 30hours in now and still goin pretty strong w/ the game keeping my interest. My best suggestion to anyone jumping into the game is to change the difficulty setting to be static, instead of grow with you/your party. By choosing static, it's a much more "area level" based game/experience and i very much preferred that over the alternative.
Picked this game up about a year ago. Played through the first act, protecting a realm from refugees who turned to banditry because they convinced themselves they were entitled to their host's property and carried their mindless civil war with them.
I left them alone where they behqved, cleared them out with extreme prejudice where they didn't. Gained a commendation for my service to civilization and felt real good about how I handled the situation.
Headed into act 2 and it instantly turned into a shallow slugfest. Also the rat colonies are important but awful to clear out. They always coat me more to fix up after than I gained by clearing them. Havent picked it up since
I did the exact opposite.. helped the refugees overthrow the hosts.. funny how two people can see two different things as "good" haha.
As you were telling the sushi story I was in and out of sleep. I was dreaming that I walked in to a sushi restaurant. The sushi chef threw a sushi bento box at me and I missed catching it. I dropped and half way threw my phone in real life as I woke up
If you are on the fence about this game or have been keeping it on your radar for sometime, BUY IT NOW. I am hundreds of hours in, so many things to do, and when it comes out of early access the price is going to go up. The devs listen to your comments and they follow and update their roadmap on a quarterly basis. It's worth it.
I'm guessing there are fish other than mola molas that get called sunfish, but I really want to believe you were fishing as a kid with a regular rod and would just pull in mola molas.
Wartales is fun but I was really not a fan of how every character you find is hardlocked to a specific weapon and type of armor.
Don't disregard the names : they are valiant supporters and it gave pretty heroic names !
The pig in jail is because in medieval times animals could go to jail and be executed for crimes. True story.
On my current run I got a bear from the jail about 1 hour in. When you are Lv 1 and 2 having a bear in your team is pretty badarse. Except he snores in camp and upsets people. Oh well.
i bought and started playing this shortly after i watched this, ran into a group of ghost wolves and ghost boars, got absolutely destroyed, would recommend not fighting them until your entire party is like.....lvl 6
I have seen this game before and it is very interesting, some day I WILL buy this game, looks so good!
Wait - Splat doesn't have a Tinker?
Make a character a Tinker, assign to workbench each camp and you get free repair materials. Stuff you need constantly in game.
Combat in this game is - in my opinion - all about min/maxing the turn order system. Important thing - again in my opinion - is to trap enemy archers in close combat as soon as possible. The difference in damage from them shooting you at range and then punching you in melee is massive.
Also Also, running makes your fatigue go down quicker. Run out of fatigue and you have to camp. When you camp your teams expect feeding. So running everywhere? Not really worth the effort. There are other upgrade perks that give faster travel speed.
Also Also Also, make some fishhooks.
There is no way that this will ever be topped as my favourite gameplay comment ever said:
"Unfortunately my spearman has now been shivved in the face, as a side effect of having speared a guy"
Kinda makes sense to market this as an immersive RPG like Kenshi rather than a Battle Brothers type game
Those inventory icons are straight from the Witcher 3. Still, looks like loads of fun though.
Using "lamp" as a verb puts you in god status. Cheers!
This looks like it could be a blast. Thanks for the video.
17:56: i know why the pig is there... you see criminals in jail tend to die sometimes ... and sooo ... the pig takes care of the bodys
Oh! Hey Splat - don't forget to make those fishhooks.
NeverWinter Nights was awesome and so fun to make maps and quests! I miss it.
bought this like a year ago. it's alright. saw the update, it's alright. it's nice to play this once in a while but then...early access games, man...
Splatty, you need more fish hooks
Wait I just realized this is by Shiro games? The creator of Northgard and Dune? Imma put this badboy in my wishlist man. Aside from the beautiful gameplay and graphics itself, the developer is proven and tested.
I've been looking at this game for quite some time. I need to play it already!
32:39 - "I enjoy Crab"
Well of course you do, why wouldn't... wait... WHAT??!!
Legend has it he's still washing dishes to this day to pay for the unagi
Looks really good, but the price tag is scary
ive been waiting for 1.0 to give this game another go, but its so dam good. one of my favorites of the genre for sure
had my eye on this one for a while, might be time to grab it.
I have a request if you see this, Splatt.
I almost exclusively game on my Steam Deck nowadays and would really appreciate some kind of info on how each indie game you play works on that device. Steam has been doing a pretty good job of going through their library to playtest Deck compatibility but I would rather hear it from someone who has played it - especially when it comes to menu/inventory heavy games.
Tbh, I don't know if you bought a Deck but if you have, please consider a few words each vid to cover it.
Cheers.
Hey man! Nice content i've got this game in my wishlist for a while, thanks for the review! Are you going to go try Ixion in two days when it's coming out?
lol "I'm too heavy, I need to sell some stuff to lighten up"..............proceeds to sell flowers. hahahaha
This looks so excellent. Really eager for 1.0. Hopefully it gets a console port, I'd love to play this on my PS5 with my partner!