Solasta: CotM - Inner Strength DLC Review
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- čas přidán 14. 11. 2022
- Talking about the big update and DLC that just launched for Solasta: Crown of the Magister!
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Gonna restart my Last Valley campaign. A Dragonborn paladin will be enlisted in my next party. For a noob like myself, Solasta has been an excellent starting point for my journey into the CRPG world.
I really enjoy this game and supporting this developer. All of their DLCs have been fairly priced, imo.
New campaign would be fantastic! Lost Valley was way better than the main game, even with a certain gamebreaking bug. A final campaign that uses all the game's features, old and new, would be a good way to wrap up the game.
Wrap up the game? Noooooooooo
Personal preference is a funny thing. I found myself enjoying the main campaign way more than lost valley. I also would love a new campaign though. For me, the ideal would be a campaign with a little bit more of choice and options like Lost valley, but with quests with a little more depth (my main problem with lost valley)
just release full tools for homemade campaigns.
and the lvl cap increased
It's a pretty nice DLC and very fairly priced, a lot more options and opportunities to roleplay, something new to throw at the two already existing campaigns. I was surprised by how well the controller support works, feels kind of intuitive. Much better than with Wrath of the Righteous where I always feel a little stunted when I play from the couch, but that might just be the fact that I put 250 hours into that game on keyboard and mouse, so muscle memory plays a role there too.
By the way, both Steam and GOG have a sale on Solasta and its DLC to coincide with this release. Worth checking out.
The Gameplay in this game is so damn good that it makes me not care about the visuals or the writing. it's so fun
same, but imagine if this had the class depth of the pathfinder games and the cutscenes of a bioware game!
@@Antonin1738 baldur's gate 3 aims to be THAT game
@@Antonin1738 let a indie title be that, the game is good an fun, dont have to be more than that.
I recently finished Solasta and I enjoyed it. I like the idea of one additional large DLC campaign. I wouldn't mind playing it again but I'd like a new campaign before doing it.
One thing you could look at is the custome stuff. Most of it is pretty short but there are a few that are pretty massive.
@@Blasted2Oblivion where would I get something like that?
How is the main campaign? I’ve only played the dlc one to completion.
@@SPSteve The dungeon creator is where I find all of that stuff. It even works on console as long as the player made thing only uses in game assets.
@@Flagonborn It's good, your party finds the Crown of the Magister and your quest is to find the missing gems that belong to the crown. What I liked about the game is that it's a basic D&D adventure without all the extra stuff. It's essentially a dungeon crawl but I don't think that's a bad thing. I have 78 hours in the game so there's enough play time to feel like I got my monies worth and I didn't get bogged down in it like I have in Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous.
I've played this game more than I'd like to admit now. I'm loving the new classes, bard has been great utility so far, monk has been solid tank/dps hybrid, and warlock is a warlock.
Hi Mortym ! Just a word from France to thank you for your work (your videos about Solasta brought me into your channel...and this into Pathfinder WotR...) and to give you more support !
See you tomorrow for my morning routine !
I was just looking for some more updated thoughts/review on Solasta before I pull the trigger on the latest sale. Thanks for all your hardwork, hopefully 100K is right around the corner!
Get it. The custom content from creators make it a far better buy with much greater replayability in my opinion than Larians Baldurs Gate 3.
Must buy for me! Plus, I still have not played the second official campaing, so now this is the best moment to do it :)
It is just getting better and better.
Bard and Warlock are two favorites for me so I'll definitely have to get this!
Yeah that's why I got it right away and am playing the lost valley again with all my favorite classes, just wish I had a gnome to do my bard but I did a half elf
Really am anxious to combo warlock and druid for repelling blasts into spike growth.
@@jeffdietz630 you can do it with just warlock pact of the tree. They get spike growth. I had to make a group of all 3 of the new classes + dragonborn pally. Im really liking Monk so far
Hi Mortym! Been following Solasta: CotM for a while. Seems the devs have added a lot of cool stuff since the release of the base game. Very interested in this game, but I might wait until a bundle (game + DLCs) to purchase. Thanks again for an awesome video.
Steam, right now. Until Nov. 22. Big discounts
Nice to see that the Dragonborn race made it into a video game, you do not see them that often, sadly. This addition made me bump up this game in priority to get to play.
I had a goblin warlock in tabletop that got to take short rests while sleeping in a backpack. Was a good time
That is the single most adorable thing ever.
Much better DLC here than Primal Calling was. But I'm not sure how much of that is down to quality and how much of it is down to me personally enjoying the class picks more.
Yo, Mortym! Really enjoying the DLC so far and still tuning in to each of your videos. Always great content. If we do get that final campaign, would you be open to showing off a Warlock build video? It’s your favorite class so it would be cool to see your own personal spin on it
Yeah maybe :)
They need to add multi classing. Having that would greatly enhance replayability as the multiple combos that could be made would keep people playing.
This a thousand times this
Already bought it. I want to support the devs because for me Solasta is really really good and I hope they will give us something even better in the future.
I've been interested in getting into D&D5e. I have never played the tabletop RPG, in any version, but I binged games that adapted the ruleset a lot. Perhaps playing Solasta, if it's such a faithful adaptation of rules-as-written, could serve as a good starting point for someone like me. I do kind of worry, though, because one of my gripes with NWN and NWN2 (3.0 and 3.5) was how attribute values only counted even numbers (due to the modifier system), rendering all uneven values a waste. I prefer when every point matters to some degree. The games also had a lot of focus on just getting the necessary attributes to hunt down the feats you wanted - it made them feel like you were encouraged or even forced to metagame a lot to plan out the right builds ahead of time.
It's one of the main reasons I always preferred AD&D 2e. But that edition also has its problems, in that you were instead forced to really specialize in your stats, depending on your class, because stat benefits increased exponentially at higher values, while they offered almost nothing in the mid-to-high range. A fighter with a strength value of 15, for example, was at a severe disadvantage as compared to one with 18 or higher.
Basically, how does it feel to play D&D 5e as compared to 2e and 3e, in this regard? Does it still encourage metagaming to a greater degree, and are uneven stat values still pointless?
a full on expansion to the game. Including New areas to explore like the other alliance states, new races like the tiefling for example.
I played this one blind in co-op and we had SO much fun with the gameplay and the personalities of our characters! The way the game generates their attitudes is brilliant, imo, and more developers should incorporate that. Like, the player character in Baldur's Gate 3 feels completely bland comparing to any of the four here.
It's a very different approach to gameplay, so I would say it's difficult to compare. In Solasta you create your entire party from scratch, they interact with each other and have their own personalities. In BG3 the main character has like 3 lines in cut scenes, and other than that they just make general remarks while exploring. Although I must say that they can be very immersion-breaking at times, because they're 100% portrayed as a "good" character, they make comments about saving people or express sympathy. My evil drow cleric wouldn't say "I wouldn't wish that fate on anyone" when encountering a bunch of dead humans. Because she would, in fact, wish that fate on many people, lol. But the game is still in early access, perhaps a "personality" choice of the main character will by included when the game comes out.
Also, Solasta's writing in general is pretty cheesy and the characters kinda sound like you're playing with a bunch of friends and just having fun roleplaying in a silly manner, which I think is a super fun concept, but completely different than in BG3. In BG3 the writing is much more serious and very professional, the characters are well-written and feel more believable. So again, VERY different narrative approaches.
Been playing some other stuff and totally forgot this dlc was coming out.
Hope They keep updating especially the dungeon maker
Looking forward to what mods will come out taking advantage of dungeon maker upgrades. Dungeon maker functionality sets this head and shoulders above BG3 in terms of replayability imo.
What I would like to see is more creation mode expansions
More level cap extensions
And finally a new dungeon
But that is just in a perfect world where they get enough support to keep chugging at it
How do you put out videos every day?! Super impressive
I"ve been a huge fan of the Tree warlock. I love the druid's spell list but dislike playing a druid. Leather armor only and leather armor being fairly rare/crap in solasta is painful. That combined with the druid focusing too much on wildshape imo makes classes like Greenmage/Mana Painter/Tree a lot more appealing than druid itself.
I am hoping they keep making new campaigns. I love the game.
Guess I know what I'll be doing this weekend.
I played a bit a few months ago but the game never really hooked me- now that I can use a monk and warlock I am pumped to play.
I'm on xbox and played a new game with random who brought their old characters with all their old gear and stats can anyone tell me how?
Tons of bug fixes to some past class features too.
Did they add spells for the Warlocks? Can we send out Hunger of Hadar at low levels to obscure areas and trap enemies inside by standing at the edge ready to push them back with repelling blast?
They added spells for warlock and bard. Eldritch blast ofc and hellish rebuke. Im not lvl 5 yet so I dunno about hunger of hadar but im assuming its there. Bard has vicious mockery which is op giving something disadvantage every turn if they fail.
No Hunger of Hadar, but they did act Warlock spells, invocations and pacts. They cannot use all 5e rules as they only licensed the basic set, so much is homebrew. Nevertheless, Warlocks are great fun to play.
Oh wow, I only just discovered your channel while looking up reviews and overviews to see if Solasta was good enough to buy all the DLC for over $40, and the very next day is the actual review for the new thing. xD
I was super excited to see the Dragonborn DLC since the monstrous races outside of Tieflings are usually largely ignored by videogames in favor of what I personally find as the "boring/generic" races. And now I'm glad to hear that it's worth it. I might just have to grab it now while it's on sale....
Gotta say though, the thing that really won me over was the campaign maker. I really can't wait to see what fans make with that down the line!
Suggest looking at Silverquick modules. I played his slaver modules and am halfway through his Temple of Elemental Evil. Great nods to old school ADnD.
@@jeffdietz630 Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check them out! I am a new D&D player, joining a few years into 5e, so I don't know much about AD&D, but it sounds great regardless~
Vel does excellent modules, albeit his Leverage one is much harder than most. His Explorer one is absolutely huge, and great fun . I also recommend The Foresaken Isles campaign by Artyoan, another huge 40 hour campaign.
@@Cervando Sounds excellent! I'll have to put those on the list as well. Man, I'm so glad I happened across this game on accident on Twitter. xD
@@DigitalxGamer The Discord for Solasta has a section just for announcing new modules and another one for mods, amongst others.
Controller support? Does this make it Steam Deck ready?
No, the game still gets like 10fps on steam deck
@@MortismalGaming I’ve played it on steam deck and it works pretty well for me
is greater invisibility still broken?
Does it have multiclassing yet?
I hope they add an undead race
Interesting.
Lore Bards sound like fun to play, as their class ability to pick a limited number of spells from 'any list' means they can have class uniques such as Divine favor (Paladin), Hunter's Mark (Ranger) and/or Eldritch Blast (Warlock) and be crazy versatile. I'm especially looking forward how Divine Favor (+1d4 radiant to attacks) is going to interact with a spammable multihit cantrip like Eldritch Blast. It's also Force damage so it can slap ghosts around like it's no one's business.
New campaign 👍🏻
I wouldn't mind a beefy final campaign but I wouldn't say no if they decided to give us Gnomes, Tieflings and the Artificer class on top of it. Go out with a bang I say.
You're in luck, they just revealed the new big campaign DLC earlier today, and it will come with both Gnomes and Tieflings too!
@@Phimeek Oh shit for real?! Nice!
Edit: Just saw it on the steam page and I'm super excited! I'm a little sad there's no Artificer being added but I'm super excited for Tieflings.
Channel your inner strength and play this game!
Oh is THIS what you've been dawdling with while I'm waiting for your Dragon's Dogma 2 review YOUNG MAN!
just kidding I'll buy it for $10 after they finish the game
Looking forward to your astute opinion when you get around to it, though! :)
I really would love to see them add human variant and variant of other races too. :(
Would be nice. And Tiefling and gnome!
@@wallchris75 Yeah! Also all the feats. ^-^
They stated they cannot add Human variant, as they don't have the license for it, only the basic ruleset. It's also why they have so many homebrew rules. However, the mid community is very active, not sure if they have done a human variant, but check out the Discord.
So I wonder if this will be more steam deck friendly now controller support is here
A bit but it wont fix the rough performance
All glory to the Algorithm
I am once again asking you to review Geneforge
711 nice
Been playing it just to learn how to play bard, warlock, and monk in 5e. So far, really enjoying it.
It would be great if they were to release 1 more campaign to build my "perfect" party, now that I have experience with all the different classes and races.
Oh??? I have to run another campaign
Do you think we will ever see a complete physical edition on consoles?
Physical? Unlikely. Sadly we are drifting away from physical.
Anyone know if you can do a fan made adventure and then continue on to the main campaign?
No each campaign is its own save.
No cross overs.
@@malaficusYou can reuse characters from completed modules in a new one, assuming they meet the level requirements. On completion, you get a screen which allows you to export your characters or not. If you choose to save and export, they are added to your pool if characters and can be selected. They retain all their abilities and skills, and gear, but not any custom equipment that has been made in the DM. For example, you can take an existing weapon and customise it, but unless another module has the same item with the same name, it will disappear. The only other issue is that you will forget all recipes you have learnt.
You can't export characters until you complete either the campaign or a module, but you can finish one and then use the exported characters to start a new one, assuming they meet level restrictions.
man, I really should get this game. How's the coop?
Pretty good
Multiplayer is a blast. You can have up to 4 players, controlling 1 character each, or as few as 2, who have 2 characters each to control.
Thanks man
I keep buying their dlc but I also never ever finish their game lololol.
free comment.
I bought the game last night, and so far, am quite underwhelmed. The combat is also so slow, that its bordering on boredom. Not only that, like Pathfinder, the amount of dice rolls below 3 are statistically improbable. I am jot joking when I say 4/5 of my rolls are between 1-3/20!
Press the space bar during enemy turns to speed it up
Can anyone recommend campaigns here? I’ve tried to play the game before but the main campaign was a bore to me so I would love to see a good homebrew campaign
Temple of evil and Against the cult are the two I have played. Both are adaptations of classic D&D modules, and I enjoyed both of them. Against the cult has more roleplay as there is more investigation going on (nothing super complex though) and Temple of evil is a big dungeon with cool backstory. There is also a campaign about slavers (sorry, don't remember the names, but should be easy to find), that people says is pretty good, but didn't got the chance to play yet, it is in my list though
@@puchalamanca scourge of the slave lords is the one u mean?
@@PedroFerreira-ne3jv Yeap it is this one
Try the Forsaken Isle and Shadows of Brightreach.
Of everything this DLC added, the feat that auto identified magic items is my single favorite thing. It's a small detail but I no longer feel restricted to making one of my characters an ID checker.
Just buy the wand of identity they added, 5 uses a day.
@@Cervando That is even better. I will do that.
You said it. While new content is great, without a new campaign added along with it, this one is a pass for me.
Have you tried user developed modules? Some are very entertaining.
@@jeffdietz630 I have tried a couple, but they didn't entertain me as much as the dev created ones.
Try Silverquick's as he has recreated many classic tabletop modules. Vel does excellent ones too, Explorer is 40 hours long and great fun. The Forsaken Isles is another great module too, again a huge campaign.
@@Cervando Thanks for the recommendations. I may give those a check to see if they are up my alley.
Great expansion in general but I'm disappointed in the design for the dragonborn. Like all other typical models, it's just a human frame with a wonky lizard head glued to it.
I bought the base game on launch and I've never played it. I almost never do that. I don't know why but I've never got the urge to play this, even if I love CRPG's.
But still no hexblade
Yeah limited by SRD
There is a Pact of the Blade however.
You keep saying "rules as written" and "homebrew" and I guess Im dumb but arent those literally polar opposites? So its rules as written unless they dont feel liek it then yay new/different stuff? Just seems weird to keep describing this game as "rules as written" when it... has a bunch of nonwritten rules and changes to written rules...
There is balanced homebrew and unbalanced homebrew.
His term used in this instance means that there are some subclasses that were made by the developers themselves. Or it refers to the community contest for subclass ideas, which then the developers made a final balance pass. You can use these subclasses or not. Mostly these subclasses draw inspiration from the world of Solasta.
Not sure about how balanced they are, in general these things can go in 2 ways if they are balanced; slightly underpowered (preserves the initial class's power) or similar in strength. Either way, these subclasses greatly increase the value of the game.