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"Well i don't respect their culture either, so i'm gonna rob their crypt" - basically any player action in games in a nutshell
@GrayFoxHound93 жыл бұрын
they somehow made Skyrim a tight traditional RPG, made the best representation of a city since Daggerfall and crafted a pretty good narrative. Big fan of Enderal.
@alphabromega8593 жыл бұрын
I'd say the best city would be Novigrad. Especially the poor district.
@Gniew23 жыл бұрын
@@Gniew2 I think he means in the Skyrim engine. And in that regard, Solitude with the Enhanced Solitude and Enhanced Solitude Docks mods. The entire city turns into a mini-Novigrad, extending from half-way to Dragon's Bridge to half-way to the Solitude Lighthouse outside the walls and doubles to triples in size inside the walls.
@mortemtyrannus88133 жыл бұрын
@@mortemtyrannus8813 Thanks for the recommendation!
@Gniew23 жыл бұрын
The narrative is basically a rehash of Mass Effect, almost to a T. If you played ME before, you realise it pretty quickly and from then on the whole story loses it's appeal because you know what is going to happen next. The only real difference is the scenography. I was sad and disappointed when I realised that.
@dzejrid3 жыл бұрын
@@dzejrid A ME is a carbon copu of 3 previous Bioware games. I cant complain
@alphabromega8593 жыл бұрын
The "child" voice actor is most likely an adult or at least adolescent female instead of a child. 99% of child voice acting is done by having women change their inflection.
@booradley68322 жыл бұрын
The German voices are a lot better. Got many professional speakers, all for free
@carstenbellazon2702 Жыл бұрын
So they were given a toy box made by Todd Howard and made a story with the toys they found
@themidnighttrain30453 жыл бұрын
that's an oversimplification of modding but yes.
@TheBard19993 жыл бұрын
Not really, I'd say by using the toys they found and bringing some of their own the lads managed to craft enderal.
@sebs-shenanigans3 жыл бұрын
Yeah
@themidnighttrain30453 жыл бұрын
Remember when gamers used to believe that Todd Howard was one of the good guys in the gaming business, now his a meme.
@ronb71892 жыл бұрын
@@ronb7189 when you're balls deep in such vast businesses. Being good or bad stops being important. The cash you bring in on the other hand...
@sebs-shenanigans2 жыл бұрын
Honestly reviewing Enderal critically is such a tough job for me. Because every time I find something I don't particularly like, or I have a minor bug take me out of the game I just can't stop thinking about the fact that this thing is free. Like, there are games that cost 60 bucks and take like 10 hours to complete. Enderal easily gives you over a hundred hours of (mostly) professional level content. Not to mention the fact that the DLC for the game was also free. Like, how can you compare that to anything else on the market rn. Is it the best game ever made? No. Does it have the best and most original story ever made? Also no. But it sure does an extremely good job at being an amazing game filled with unique characters, a solid overall plot and quests that will make you cry and question your entire existence. And once again, all of that whilst literally not costing a single penny. Even with all of its flaws, Enderal is and will remain one of my favourite games of all time, thanks to a dedicated and a hard working team wanting to tell their story.
@crow__bar2 жыл бұрын
Enderal plot blew my mind to be honest i really like it and its enderal being free is crime
@carver86092 жыл бұрын
What is also cool about enderal is that the development is very active. They frequently make bugfixes. I am 100% sure that surai patches bugs on this game better than Bethesda does
@issintf9252 жыл бұрын
I truely feel many of its problems are due to the limitations of the engine. But just how I feel about New Vegas, it doesnt stop me from loving it
@chase_h.012 жыл бұрын
Let's be honest the soundtrack is the best ever
@nicolasbouchard6331 Жыл бұрын
Enderal would be what Skyrim was meant to be all along if it was made by a large enough studio with a big budget. It's unfortunate that as you play you can always see the parts where they had to cut corners.
@ZorotheGallade10 ай бұрын
Nice to know Ondusi the scroll guy is still canon in this universe
@alexr.m.63823 жыл бұрын
Lmao yeah
@Warlockracy3 жыл бұрын
I've been binging your reviews for the past two days, a very underrated and entertaining channel, hats off to you :D
@Br0leg2 жыл бұрын
Right? Such a "human personality" too. Usually youtube reviews/video essays feel so fake, but warlock videos sound like i just handed my best buddy a beer and asked if he's "played anything good lately"
@lefaplefaplefap7 ай бұрын
Me too!
@Ellimist0007 ай бұрын
Also, I've heard that SurAI are now working on a third game built on Unreal engine. So we might experience Vyn in new shades soon enough
@sebs-shenanigans3 жыл бұрын
Sadly, it's not an RPG at least. I'm not sure it's going to be the same world either, and the main writer has left the company to do his own stuff. Still - I'm looking forward to it HARD. It has the potential to be as excellent as Enderal.
@SephonDK2 жыл бұрын
@@SephonDK wait wot? Far as I knew it was set in Vyn as well, on one of the continents mentioned in lore. Maybe I'm wrong though
@sebs-shenanigans2 жыл бұрын
@@sebs-shenanigans The only thing I'm not sure about in regards to the above points is whether it's set on Vyn or not. I simply don't know. But I do know it's not going to be an open world RPG in the vein of Enderal. It's too much to take on for a tiny studio - the Creation engine, while ass, was an easement for them to do massive stuff like Enderal and Nehrim. While Enderal's cult following is massively loyal and wants to give them all the money, it's still just a niche release. Personally I just want some investor to give them a big fat check so they can go the path of Obsidian. But as is - niche, skilled team building a game following a great cult game. Not something that necessarily gives them money beyond landing some great jobs in the industry (which happened for a lot of the team, deservedly so.)
@SephonDK2 жыл бұрын
@@SephonDK for that I'd say one thing, patience. If these lads can prove they can create an independent game that sells well, their team can slowly start growing in numbers. Eventually they can reach the size of a proper openworld dev team.
@sebs-shenanigans2 жыл бұрын
@@sebs-shenanigans oh god I hope so!
@SephonDK2 жыл бұрын
It is insane the amount of effort and research that you do just for a single, about one hour, video
@emanuellopes61663 жыл бұрын
I love how enthusiasts are the main driving force behind role-playing games evolution
@Denis-lp3pz3 жыл бұрын
In some way RPG fans never never stopped being dedicated nerds that can put entire lifetimes into it. Who cares if Todd Howards was in the chess club, that is the kind of token trait to be accepted, but not what makes a real roleplayer.
@HappyBeezerStudios4 ай бұрын
It's been like that for some time now for most forms of art since we started to get into late capitalism. Music for instance, it used to be that every single development in music was done by studios based musicians, sometimes hugely famous (The Beatles) and sometimes not so much (The Velvet Underground), but regardless they all had capital behind them. Now it's random individual people that post their music on the internet.
@brunoactis11043 ай бұрын
My jaw dropped when you revealed that all the stuff you covered was only Act 1.
@fearjunkie3 жыл бұрын
And there are two more quests in Act 1. It’s a huge game.
@Warlockracy3 жыл бұрын
"I never expected these feels from a video game" Me, a Planescape Torment Fan: First time?
@mrp81712 жыл бұрын
Enderal, for all its faults and flaws, has me enamoured. Ever since I first played it years ago... The emotion, the fear, the intrigue it made me feel hasn't waned. It's very exciting to know when new people try it and hear their opinions.
@artrosis563 жыл бұрын
Two minutes in and you already got me laughing
@chainsofgames3 жыл бұрын
Warlockracy is the Civvie 11 of video game mods. Keep up the good work!
@ifoundjesusonthetoilet70553 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Warlockracy3 жыл бұрын
He's more like the tehsnakerer of video game mods but with a bit more brevity imo.
@Oversensitive-S-poster3 жыл бұрын
He's kind the warlockracy of youtube channels@@Oversensitive-S-poster
@jiaan1003 ай бұрын
@@Oversensitive-S-postersnakerer takes a lot of inspiration from warlockracy. Of course they're all derivatives of hbomber while civvieis a derivative of mystery science theater. Civvie literally had the same idea I did. I gotta admit his lore building was better with his diabolical uncle and modern black site idea where mine was more sci Fi.
@josephmatthews7698Ай бұрын
@@josephmatthews7698 I'm sorry, TehSnakerer takes inspiration from Warlockracy? Do you know how long TehSnakerer has been making KZhead videos? He's been around for quite a while. And I wouldn't say *any* of them are derivatives of hbomberguy - their writing styles, subject matter, editing techniques, etc. are completely different. Even when comparing their videos about games, they have entirely different approaches to how they critique them. Utilizing long-form analysis does not make them derivative of someone else. And while Civvie did use MST3K as *inspiration* for parts of his gimmick, calling it "derivative" is reductive when his channel is so much more than that. I just can't believe how certain you come across while being so off-base.
@gabby30364 күн бұрын
Arcanum is my all time favorite setting for an rpg
@DaoistYeashikAli3 жыл бұрын
Arcanum owns dude
@Warlockracy3 жыл бұрын
It was such a well done version of a fantasy world set during a Victorian-era Industrial Revolution. It's still to this day fairly unique. We have a modern-fantasy setting with Shadowrun, but I'm surprised there hasn't been another crack at the "What if D&D went through an Industrial Revolution/Napoleonic Era" type game. Think The 80 Years and Crimean Wars and African Colonialism... only with Orcs, and Dwarves. :P How would complex geopolitics and a massive history that'd have to be written and fleshed out effect a fantasy world with magic and dragons? Arcanum was a step in that direction... but no one ever took the next step and ran with it. Most games that do are in that fairytale area Warlockracy talked about, like FF7. It has radios and electricity and trains but it really had no impact on the story or even the feel of the setting, one could cut all of that out and with minor rewrites it'd make almost no difference. A fantasy game set during an equivalent of WW1 would be fascinating. But the amount of backstory to really give it the feel it'd need would be *staggering*
@planescaped3 жыл бұрын
Loved Arcanum, the combat is really what holds the game but the setting and the narrative execution is just brilliant. Troika games was really something else, they really didn't last long and they were only able to release like 3 games but each of those games was crafted by devs who really cared.
@ronb71892 жыл бұрын
@@planescaped I'd love to make a series of games based around that setting; start with like a Skyrim game, then move onto like a Victorian/Industrial Revolution game, then end the series with the WWI game that's been setup by all the other games, with decisions you've made in previous games shaping how the third game goes ala Mass Effect's choices
@Paul_Vaughn9 ай бұрын
@@Paul_Vaughnwelp, get you a couple million buckaroos and get to work.
@josephmatthews7698Ай бұрын
The most direct translation of Wiedergänger I could think of is revenant. Its literal translation would be "Again-walker", so revenant fits best.
@JarlFrank3 жыл бұрын
@@himlensvapen Ayy!
@JarlFrank3 жыл бұрын
this channel is criminally underrated
@Aereo403 жыл бұрын
I love how you review games and mods - it's so unique and interesting, maintaining a comedic flow while also providing excellent feedback on the way these games actually work on a minute to minute basis. I've been watching some of your videos from oldest to newest just to see the evolution, and this two year old video goes hard today. Thank you for making my day better :)
@manhattan20034 ай бұрын
I wouldn't mind if Skyrim's books were voice acted. Voiced by Dagoth Ur of course.
@yeti112 Жыл бұрын
Man I just finished it, and I just have to say you have a really awesome style of... I want to say either editing or pacing but I guess they go hand in hand. I'm glad I didn't watch this while cooking or something cause I definitely lost track of time. Cant wait to see you tackle the side quests but at the same time I gotta finish them all on my end!!
@NarsMcain3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Warlockracy3 жыл бұрын
Enderal, now thats a game i need to play... maybe after i finish morrowinds main quest
@MadAlienArt3 жыл бұрын
Skyrim is my playground, Morrowind is my home.
@aquariandawn47503 жыл бұрын
I remember once suddenly stopping for 10 mins in the middle of burglarising a tavern to listen to The Wayward Wanderer through a wall, with moist eyes. That was great.
@legion9992 жыл бұрын
I absolutely loved enderal, got a good 120 hours out of it just doing the main questline and a good portion of the side stuff. I can definitely see where other ppl are coming from when they say it's too exposition heavy but at the same time I think it's justified by just how much content is there in the whole thang. Also thought that point you brought up with the two axis, creativity vs technique, was super neat. It did really feel like I was playing a book sometimes. Though I really liked that about it :)
@mplaysstuff3 жыл бұрын
The Dorian Grey Eat The Rich side quest didn't quite come together for me. If there has been a pattern of behaviour with extremely wealthy and powerful people dying shortly after getting their portrait by the enigmatic recluse I think that's the kind of thing that'll get the extremely pious Enderaleans erecting a witch pyre by victim three.
@BobExcalibur3 жыл бұрын
it's one of them "Enderal is a fairy tale" things
@Warlockracy3 жыл бұрын
Warlockracy says they die after a few "days" but the lady says "moons", which means something like months, so it would make a bit more sense that she wouldn't be caught.
@convenientEstelle Жыл бұрын
Yeah, it would be the same as them dying a few months after they commissioned a famous carpenter to renovate their balcony. A string of coincidences, but not exactly damning.
@ZorotheGallade10 ай бұрын
Even more so if all these deaths are due to seemingly unrelated incidents. For them to connect it to the paintings there needs to be a plausible relation.
@HappyBeezerStudios4 ай бұрын
@@convenientEstellemisunderstanding “moons” to mean “nights” instead of “lunar cycles” is understandable.
@zf99034 ай бұрын
Mechanically, Enderal is great. Pros: -Getting XP from enemies no matter how they die means you are rewarded all the same for killing them in unconventional ways, such as throwing them off ledges or having them step on flaming oil or other traps. You don't have the nagging feeling of "Yes that was good but I didn't hit them with my sword so I got no experience" when you actually outsmart an enemy -Perk trees make some specific playstyles like summoner or werewolf much more appealing. Unfortunately some others like unarmed fighter aren't supported. -Quality of life personal chests everywhere help you take a load off your backpack, which balances the absence of permanent followers -Loot and area difficulty are mostly fixed, with only bonus rewards being rolled from time to time. You don't miss out on scaled items by getting them early -Spells scale better with skill level and have different version of each, meaning you don't have to give up on your stream lightning spell once you start casting Chain Lightning -Armor sets with large bonuses to a specific playstyle let you stay ahead of the difficulty curve even before you can afford the crafting needed to create endgame gear -Carry weight is upgraded via ice claws, which means you don't get screwed out of carrying capacity if you don't upgrade stamina -The bank gives you a steady trickle income of money once you make a high enough deposit and a desirable target for burglary once your lockpicking is high enough Cons: -Learning skills from books getls very expensive -Limited Crafting points means you have to choose between crafting and utility skills like Rhetoric and Lockpicking -Perks with multiple levels are rare, which menas you won't have much to spend your points on once you've gotten all of the ones you need for your build -The Arcane Fever mechanic feels like an afterthought. By the time you reach Ark you can grab ingredients and craft Ambrosia in bulk, and since Ambrosia efficiency is fixed you can never level up Alchemy and still be able to spam healing potions with the only downside bringing about one ambrosia per 3-4 healing potions you have. -A lot of quest-related places have rough railroading or stonewalling to ensure you don't stray from the intended path
@ZorotheGallade10 ай бұрын
Thanks for making this video. I loved every second of this game, and I am glad to see others having fun with it too.
@issintf9252 жыл бұрын
There's a mod for Skyrim that turns all the books ingame into audiobooks, think it conflicts slightly with the reverb mod though. It's okay outside but inside the volume is way too loud and I couldn't find a slider to turn it down. It's pretty good though, you can carry on with your adventures while the voice narrates the stories. I think of it as your character remembering the book they read the night before as they set out for new adventures.
@townwitchdoctor55382 жыл бұрын
I played through Enderal but stopped playing because I grew dissatisfied with a few things you'll eventually (probably) mention in later parts of the series and never beat the game because of it. However I love the leveling system, the world and everything else. The music is probably my favorite part, love to see these videos from you. They're very cozy to watch.
@ryang14803 жыл бұрын
My advice: Finish it. The ending is easily worth it. Trust me. It's like the top 5 game endings of all time in my opinion, and I've been playing video games since the mid 90s.
@kimkimpa51502 жыл бұрын
Well... his choice was correct if he realized what was going to happen and wanted to avoid it. One could argue that the best ending to the game is to not play the game to the end. But if you think of it as a novel and separate yourself from the content, just like with a book you keep reading because you want to see what the story is going on.
@Ilwenray852 жыл бұрын
Damn I love your reviews. I could watch your videos for hours
@Devio2913 жыл бұрын
Always a good way to end my workday when Warlockracy posts a vid.
@Andrew_Ryan_Says3 жыл бұрын
Great video, love your review style, very refreshing and unique. Keep up the good work!
@MrOllie79123 жыл бұрын
This channel is severely underrated.
@pendantblade63613 жыл бұрын
Tell me where you rate YT channels and I will consider voting.
@ahenathon3 жыл бұрын
@@ahenathon You click the like button and post the video on relevant discord channels.
@BobExcalibur2 жыл бұрын
@@BobExcalibur I do not use discord. I am a lower level nerd.
@ahenathon2 жыл бұрын
your uploads delight and entertain me, thanks for the content.
@GeneralKitten3 жыл бұрын
Too bad you can't, like, play it twice. The twists are so good, but you kinda get everything out of the game in a single playthrough. It IS a massive game tho. Just not fit for that skyrim-ish "oh I am a simple town khajiit don't mind me" kind of gameplay. But the plot. Oh boy. The twists and turns are just brilliant.
@mercs78493 жыл бұрын
I played it twice and the second playthrough you understand all the foreshadowing and hints so much better, you'll go 'ohh right that's what that is/what that meant!' There is way more replay value here than skyrim
@MonotoneGaming3 жыл бұрын
Totally! The world is shaped around the main and side quests and the "chosen one" main character makes the roleplaying part minimal. Such a shame!
@DanTheIsh3 жыл бұрын
yeah the only real replayability is to do it for trying different builds the plot itself is hard to do again
@YuiFunami3 жыл бұрын
Yep
@zenoist21013 жыл бұрын
also since the enderal lore is evolving with stuff like the latest book that retcons some stuff on purpose
@YuiFunami3 жыл бұрын
sheds a lot of good light on a mod I dropped halfway through the tutorial. Perhaps I'll give it another try. great vid as always
@Glogdome3 жыл бұрын
Another great video. I had a bit of trouble getting into Enderal but this definitely makes me want to give it another shot.
@ApocalypticRadish3 жыл бұрын
My favorite mod and favorite youtuber combinded.....can't wait for more!
@statuz69473 жыл бұрын
Such an underrated channel, keep up the good work bro
@waffles63953 жыл бұрын
What a great channel, showing me a side of modding and role-play games that i never knew existed. Easily as good as the other deep dive game review channels.
@jori_44303 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Warlockracy3 жыл бұрын
Sweet mercy! I am very pleased by this commentary. I am not sure if I remember the last time I found something so brilliant in clarity coupled with hilariously sublime in the choice of words.
@induspherix Жыл бұрын
this video, much like exploring a game world, felt like i was being immersed in a whole new experience with each scene change. subbed.
@nejrunia43343 жыл бұрын
Thanks!!!
@Warlockracy3 жыл бұрын
>mentions Age of Decadence I hope that means we can expect a review on this at some point
@JarlFrank3 жыл бұрын
For sure. But I’ll prolly first need to make a historical vid about THE DECLINE of olden style RPGs in order to provide context for AoD.
@Warlockracy3 жыл бұрын
@@Warlockracy Of course! AoD isn't thinkable without the prehistory of Vince D. Weller and his disappointment with THE DECLINE.
@JarlFrank3 жыл бұрын
I really like your takes on mods
@mariomachadovieirabisneto46123 жыл бұрын
this channel is brilliant.
@zerotalent24703 жыл бұрын
great work, as always!
@spongekeks3 жыл бұрын
I actually enjoyed this mod a lot. The story was pretty cool and the atmosphere was amazing.. anyways, thanks for the video. Cheers.
@misterkefir3 жыл бұрын
Dude you here? This causes confusion and delay...
@sapiensfromterra51033 жыл бұрын
@@sapiensfromterra5103 I like RPGs. Glad to see you're also a man of high culture.
@misterkefir3 жыл бұрын
@@misterkefir Me too, best genre really. Good taste in "non game-related" content you have! :D
@sapiensfromterra51033 жыл бұрын
I found this channel yesterday after some youtube magic and a few scoobadiving into the fallout 1/2 mods search, and oh boy I love you man. Keep it up, i want to see you with sseth and mandalore on the same throne!
@b.r.59813 жыл бұрын
Thanks!!!
@Warlockracy3 жыл бұрын
Love the video! I'm amazed by the amount of work put into these mods.
@marba_78493 жыл бұрын
Totally agree with Age of Decadence being in the top tier with how it tells it's story. If any game deserves a Warlockracy video, it's that one. Also love that you take swing at the writing in Baldurs Gate 2. There's a reason I always go solo whenever I replay that game.
@Callaxes3 жыл бұрын
I just found this today and haven't really played much but it looks awesome! Can't wait to hop in!
@kitsuneking45732 жыл бұрын
Ohh yes im soo excited for your next Enderal video. I could watch this video for another like 2h
@lop90ful12 жыл бұрын
I love this game so much. When I first discovered it I played almost 20 hours without pause finished also half of the side quests and when I became a Keeper I decided to sleep. Next day my save file was corrupted and I didn't touched it for two months. Loved every minute of it!
@Ezekiel_Kleyer2 жыл бұрын
Warlockracy, you crack me up so hard. Your deadpan sarcasm/sass has me LOL-ing for real. A friend of mine worked on this game, but I never got to play it. I was shocked to see his face in 22:20 on the right-hand side (black and white head), under "Gesucht wird Max Schönenbluts"
@uamsnof Жыл бұрын
another fantastic video man
@TisMeBc3 жыл бұрын
Oh hells yeah, I love these vids
@papabaer60693 жыл бұрын
Excellent review!
@zafelrede48843 жыл бұрын
Enderal is definitely the best German RPG. One of my favourite games of all time even.
@GamingYooler3 жыл бұрын
Someone's never played Gothic.
@josephmatthews7698Ай бұрын
@@josephmatthews7698I have and I stand by what I said.
@GamingYoolerАй бұрын
First I learned I have no classes and then you upload a video? Christmas has come really early it seems
@ShallowContrarian3 жыл бұрын
Love your videos Warlock, but not a big fan of Enderal - as few people mentioned, it has way too big reliance of cutscene incompetence, the play on "you can't change anything bubba", but it has some good character characterization and background lore. Not fan of it's main story and villain, but overall, it isn't bad. (BUT AOD IS, ELEVEN FUCKING YEARS). I love that someone already mentioned Gothic, love that game and Risen even more. Hope these two big mods will be released.
@Karwelas3 жыл бұрын
I just discovered your channel and loved your take on one of my favorite games. The question you asked at the end may be answered for you if you do a quest you can get from Frostcliff Tavern. All you have to do is listen in on a conversation and the quest begins. This quest is a new one added by the dlc . If you do this quest, and I highly recommend it, make sure to read the relevant book that you find at one of the many locations to which you have to travel. The castle in the Dark Valley, is home to a book called The Book of Kadath. I believe this is the only book on the subject of who is behind the cycle, in the game. I also believe there is only one copy as I haven't been able to find it anywhere else. Whether or not you believe what is in the book is up to you, but it makes a lot of sense to me. Also, if you want to do a charming little quest involving a ghost pig by the name of Cuthbert, read a notice in Duneville I read that the mod authors were kind of upset that almost all of their quests had questionable endings, to say the least, and they wanted to do one that ended in a way that makes you feel really good. It is kind of aggravating as you have to literally walk on a tightrope in order to talk to the quest giver in Duneville and I'm afraid of heights, so there is that. By the way, you have a new subscriber. Great job!
@carolthe13th603 жыл бұрын
I love that Pillars reference! Hope you make a video on it your stuff is great!
@christiangezledelacruz59722 жыл бұрын
your reviews are awsome
@irigarth3 жыл бұрын
I first played Enderal years ago, it still gives me chills to this day. Freaking brilliant!
@Gitshiver Жыл бұрын
Now I really need to play this and that Oblivion "prequel" mod
@gronndar3 жыл бұрын
There is a Morrowind pre-prequel but I don't recall its name
@LuccaZa3 жыл бұрын
There are two of them actually. SureAI website has both.
@Warlockracy3 жыл бұрын
@@Warlockracy Every day is a school day!
@LuccaZa3 жыл бұрын
@@LuccaZa Arktwend (2007) is quite good [not on the level of Enderal, or even Nehrim, though]. At least, first half of it. Second one kinda drags on, and there is a lot of plotholes. . You will meet some important character from Nehrim, though and gameplay, including RPG part, is interesting. I had a lot of fun just exploring the map. Myar Aranath (2005). This one, I couldn't get to properly work. There is english translation, but it is kind of broken; I got races from vanilla Morrowind, instead of the Myar one. Story was pretty bad and is not really connected to the further games. If you can get it to work in english properly, or you just know german, it may be worth to try.
@inquerion88673 жыл бұрын
WOOOOOOOO thats what we've been waiting for thats what its all about!
@CaptainChloroform3 жыл бұрын
Love the imagery you use to represent red madness in this review.
@muttipi3 жыл бұрын
Literally started playing this a week ago!
@lyr1kn1563 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this!
@alecbeck75453 жыл бұрын
Such an underrated channel. Keep up the good work!
@ytera81303 жыл бұрын
Hearing these names and plot points, all I can think is that this mod really could've done with being less generic fantasy. All the good qualities of the mod hardly can keep my attention with MMO level writing.
@Steven-cf1ty Жыл бұрын
Watching your videos makes me want more classic style rpgs nowadays
@andrewp.48522 жыл бұрын
I don't know if you'll see my comment but I've been binge watching your content, at first I didnt vibe with the style of your videos but after watching more and more I've fallen in love with how unique it is and notice the sheer amount of effort you put into these that I couldn't help but subcribe and create a list of these mods and place some of the games you review on a wishlist. Keep it up you're awesome I've already started reccommending your vids to my friends.
@sunset74243 ай бұрын
I have have 320+ hours on this game and I play a different build each time. I love the characters in this game so much. They feel almost real. I love how much attention they gave to the romance arc and how much detailed and perfectly written the DLCs are. I heard many people say that this game doesn't have much replayable value but they are wrong. It hits so different when you play it again. That Ahh moments when you realise oh so this is what was happening. There is so many hidden things in the game. I love this game to the core.
@bonbonbot8444 Жыл бұрын
a bit late to the party here but like damn. Even with this games flaws it truly is one of the best games that exist on the creation engine. Its just soo damn GOOD
@plebicite3704 Жыл бұрын
Whenever I boot up a video from you I can never tell whether or not the next 30 seconds will have funny moments of you fucking around in the game or a careful analysis of the history and culture that these video games exist in providing insight into both the game and the real world
@joshuagrahm36072 жыл бұрын
I played Nehrim and some Enderal before, should find the time to finish it. My favorite part from the games is the the dungeons. They are just so creative and unique!
@StalkerOfTheZone3 жыл бұрын
Try Arktwend (2007) for Morrowind too. You will met some important character from Nehrim...
@inquerion88673 жыл бұрын
You must be one of the few gaming KZheadrs who I always gladly watch a 50 minute video. Keep up the great work!
@joaofrizzera77983 жыл бұрын
Yeah, baby! That's what i've been waiting for!
@Minglesmoot3 жыл бұрын
you are an inspiration. cheers mate
@treesaretough3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Warlockracy3 жыл бұрын
Enderal is great! Beautiful world, nice quests. What breaks it is the "chosen one" main character. Don't think I like that too much
@DanTheIsh3 жыл бұрын
It kinda flips the chosen one component on it's head by the end though. Chosen ones are supposed to be special hero's who save the world. [Spoilers]: Yet you're just a pawn who plays into that role in order to end it.
@PrimusGladius3 жыл бұрын
@@PrimusGladius Teenage me would have loved that archetype. Right now, I would have loved to play it as a merchant bodyguard, as a town butcher, etc. Being the protagonist just don't fill it anymore, I don't know.
@DanTheIsh3 жыл бұрын
@@DanTheIsh Now that would be true freedom in roleplaying. I myself always liked the idea of being the everyman. Picture a grand narrative unfolding in a world, yet the hero is some NPC you interact with sparingly, while your own story is the real tale of the game.
@PrimusGladius3 жыл бұрын
@@PrimusGladius The idea of a world that is not handed to you nor is it design to support the choices of a few chosen ones. Exactly what I've been looking for on an Rpg, of late. That world building that makes you feel like "there is much happening around you, not all is on your level".
@DanTheIsh3 жыл бұрын
My favorite thing they did was the magic. To start off, I didn't know what to expect from this, so I started with the good old stealth archer and on the side, I specialized in Psionics (Illusions) and Entropy (Conjuration) since I needed allies to help in fights and I really liked that some Psionic spells can do things like paralyze targets on top of doing damage. Anyway, I eventually found myself struggling to do enough damage with the bow so for the heck of it, I used some Psionic spells and immediately fell in love. Turns out there's tons of amplifiers aside from enchantment that make spells much stronger. I loved that I was able to have fun and enjoy a build aside from stealth archer, especially a magic one.
@phoenix05892 Жыл бұрын
I'm definitely going to give this a try--after my massive gaming backlog is shaved down a bit
@minerman601013 жыл бұрын
I've been waiting for this one, though im gonna have to watch this after I have finished it.
@mooulkadi81293 жыл бұрын
He only goes as far as the main city, the second phase of the main quest and a few side areas. Still, best to enjoy it fresh.
@BobExcalibur3 жыл бұрын
@@BobExcalibur Exactly im at half of the game right now with 66 hours and I absolutely love it.
@mooulkadi81293 жыл бұрын
Just finished the game today! Time to watch this review, I loved the story
@mooulkadi81292 жыл бұрын
@@mooulkadi8129 Glad to know you had fun.
@BobExcalibur2 жыл бұрын
"I am somewhat suspicious of 2D people" One of many gems I got a proper chuckle out of. Keep up the good work brother! I only just stumbled on to your channel (by way of the dark and winding KZhead road I found your Vampire the Masquerade video a few days back) - I have since made it a point to peruse your entire catalog... Not to ride your jock, but I'm glad I did, your content has proven to be genuinely entertaining. I'll say this: you seem to really enjoy the content you are making... I hope that's true! Obviously I have no real insight into your thinking or what it was that compelled you to start doing these, but I have always maintained a man's love of his craft shines through his finished products... All of that is to say that (selfishly, I admit) I truly hope this is something you enjoy doing and that you find a way to make your living doing it... Because I REALLY want to keep watching more of these!
@joeycaprio60918 ай бұрын
Another banger
@ld20903 жыл бұрын
this mod is doing the lords work
@frederickevans70973 жыл бұрын
I remember this being one of the first games Warlockracy got me into downloading before I started trying Morrowind because of him too. Enderal truly is a fantastic game. Almost flawless in fact. I truly loved my time playing this game and learning its ins and outs. SureAI really did something special.
@ArkayeCh Жыл бұрын
man i have got to try this mod
@jackhammer24923 жыл бұрын
I was watching some random Elder Scrolls videos too and have been low key following your content . I am not going to 100 percent call you the greatest unheralded reviewer ever like many people have hehe as some videos just don't quite do it for me, but your Elder Scrolls stuff is generally interesting The Oblivion review of Nehrim, I really liked but that game seemed annoying to play and I think I weirdly like Oblivion better than Skyrim. (Morrowind is amazing but I just can't seem to get it set up again in a way I'd be satisfied or I am lazy) This video just something, about it made me really want to try this total conversion out and I am really liking it. So thanks for giving me a new open world Elder Scrolls like game to want to try out again. I already had SE free on steam and well this conversion is free too. It can still be hard as eff at level 11 and I liked how I was eating apples and barely clinging to life fighting just wolves early on but other than a ton more ramblings it does seem like the only way to survive early on is to use lightning in one hand and a sword in the other or switch it off to a two handed sword at times when you get some summons. So keep up the good work, you got a sub from me too! Also the comments about how much people love this game are so overly dramatic but there are some legit wild moments early on.
@notyoursavior783 жыл бұрын
"enderal maybe better than even gothic" send me a friend, telling me about your review. we both were .. well.. we disagree heavily :O Anyways, I've to watch the video to say anything further (and I wanted to play Enderal + dlc again as well to see how my memories hold up). It's a bold statement!
@Superschokokeks3 жыл бұрын
I mean the main plot in gothic kinda sucks...
@legion9992 жыл бұрын
This game sports the single best in-game book series I've ever had the pleasure of reading ever, called The Butcher of Ark. I've actively hunted down the volumes of that book.
@TrojanPiece Жыл бұрын
Wait. Three years ago??? I've followed you for over three years now? Oh my god. Time flies fast
@Superschokokeks10 сағат бұрын
Its a damn shame that they cant really get legally paid for this. Unless it on creation club... but i digress
@PokeWeekly2 жыл бұрын
I’m not sure where the comment thread about Morrowind smugglers using teleportation went - maybe it was on the Tamriel Rebuilt video actually, would have fit here though - but I wanna say yeah this would be an excellent plot point for a quest mod or something like that, the fact that mages and criminals don’t seem to link up much isn’t immersive. A quest to change this could be really minor, but especially as a Master Thief who uses teleportation multiple times a day I should be able to implement that. Also want to say the Enderal teleportation seems very cool, I assume NPCs using it is all scripted but it’s a nice touch. This video was a very interesting look at the mod/game!
@ruben78012 жыл бұрын
You know... those black-outs at the beginning where you just lose conscience are intended for the message: "you are not in control of your actions" and at least for me, worked pretty well to understand what this game/interactive novel was going to be and that my character was just the protagonist of the story the author wanted to tell and I was needed to keep that story moving forward but certainly was not going to be what I would call my own and roleplay/write my own history. Edit: Because of that, when the story foreshadows things I understood and believed them. Just like when I read books and connect the dots in the argument.
@Ilwenray852 жыл бұрын
32:46 In the West Channel there is a light projector that is an intractable exhibit that credits it’s creation to Barnabas the Mechanic
@liltick10210 ай бұрын
The first game I played in german in years.. Great game!
@VDMoronique3 жыл бұрын
"I'm having second thoughts about giving the bio weapon samples to the government" Hilarious line!
@NomisIsGozulike2 жыл бұрын
I didn't even watched the full video yet, just read the comments and ended up subscribing.
"Well i don't respect their culture either, so i'm gonna rob their crypt" - basically any player action in games in a nutshell
they somehow made Skyrim a tight traditional RPG, made the best representation of a city since Daggerfall and crafted a pretty good narrative. Big fan of Enderal.
I'd say the best city would be Novigrad. Especially the poor district.
@@Gniew2 I think he means in the Skyrim engine. And in that regard, Solitude with the Enhanced Solitude and Enhanced Solitude Docks mods. The entire city turns into a mini-Novigrad, extending from half-way to Dragon's Bridge to half-way to the Solitude Lighthouse outside the walls and doubles to triples in size inside the walls.
@@mortemtyrannus8813 Thanks for the recommendation!
The narrative is basically a rehash of Mass Effect, almost to a T. If you played ME before, you realise it pretty quickly and from then on the whole story loses it's appeal because you know what is going to happen next. The only real difference is the scenography. I was sad and disappointed when I realised that.
@@dzejrid A ME is a carbon copu of 3 previous Bioware games. I cant complain
The "child" voice actor is most likely an adult or at least adolescent female instead of a child. 99% of child voice acting is done by having women change their inflection.
The German voices are a lot better. Got many professional speakers, all for free
So they were given a toy box made by Todd Howard and made a story with the toys they found
that's an oversimplification of modding but yes.
Not really, I'd say by using the toys they found and bringing some of their own the lads managed to craft enderal.
Yeah
Remember when gamers used to believe that Todd Howard was one of the good guys in the gaming business, now his a meme.
@@ronb7189 when you're balls deep in such vast businesses. Being good or bad stops being important. The cash you bring in on the other hand...
Honestly reviewing Enderal critically is such a tough job for me. Because every time I find something I don't particularly like, or I have a minor bug take me out of the game I just can't stop thinking about the fact that this thing is free. Like, there are games that cost 60 bucks and take like 10 hours to complete. Enderal easily gives you over a hundred hours of (mostly) professional level content. Not to mention the fact that the DLC for the game was also free. Like, how can you compare that to anything else on the market rn. Is it the best game ever made? No. Does it have the best and most original story ever made? Also no. But it sure does an extremely good job at being an amazing game filled with unique characters, a solid overall plot and quests that will make you cry and question your entire existence. And once again, all of that whilst literally not costing a single penny. Even with all of its flaws, Enderal is and will remain one of my favourite games of all time, thanks to a dedicated and a hard working team wanting to tell their story.
Enderal plot blew my mind to be honest i really like it and its enderal being free is crime
What is also cool about enderal is that the development is very active. They frequently make bugfixes. I am 100% sure that surai patches bugs on this game better than Bethesda does
I truely feel many of its problems are due to the limitations of the engine. But just how I feel about New Vegas, it doesnt stop me from loving it
Let's be honest the soundtrack is the best ever
Enderal would be what Skyrim was meant to be all along if it was made by a large enough studio with a big budget. It's unfortunate that as you play you can always see the parts where they had to cut corners.
Nice to know Ondusi the scroll guy is still canon in this universe
Lmao yeah
I've been binging your reviews for the past two days, a very underrated and entertaining channel, hats off to you :D
Right? Such a "human personality" too. Usually youtube reviews/video essays feel so fake, but warlock videos sound like i just handed my best buddy a beer and asked if he's "played anything good lately"
Me too!
Also, I've heard that SurAI are now working on a third game built on Unreal engine. So we might experience Vyn in new shades soon enough
Sadly, it's not an RPG at least. I'm not sure it's going to be the same world either, and the main writer has left the company to do his own stuff. Still - I'm looking forward to it HARD. It has the potential to be as excellent as Enderal.
@@SephonDK wait wot? Far as I knew it was set in Vyn as well, on one of the continents mentioned in lore. Maybe I'm wrong though
@@sebs-shenanigans The only thing I'm not sure about in regards to the above points is whether it's set on Vyn or not. I simply don't know. But I do know it's not going to be an open world RPG in the vein of Enderal. It's too much to take on for a tiny studio - the Creation engine, while ass, was an easement for them to do massive stuff like Enderal and Nehrim. While Enderal's cult following is massively loyal and wants to give them all the money, it's still just a niche release. Personally I just want some investor to give them a big fat check so they can go the path of Obsidian. But as is - niche, skilled team building a game following a great cult game. Not something that necessarily gives them money beyond landing some great jobs in the industry (which happened for a lot of the team, deservedly so.)
@@SephonDK for that I'd say one thing, patience. If these lads can prove they can create an independent game that sells well, their team can slowly start growing in numbers. Eventually they can reach the size of a proper openworld dev team.
@@sebs-shenanigans oh god I hope so!
It is insane the amount of effort and research that you do just for a single, about one hour, video
I love how enthusiasts are the main driving force behind role-playing games evolution
In some way RPG fans never never stopped being dedicated nerds that can put entire lifetimes into it. Who cares if Todd Howards was in the chess club, that is the kind of token trait to be accepted, but not what makes a real roleplayer.
It's been like that for some time now for most forms of art since we started to get into late capitalism. Music for instance, it used to be that every single development in music was done by studios based musicians, sometimes hugely famous (The Beatles) and sometimes not so much (The Velvet Underground), but regardless they all had capital behind them. Now it's random individual people that post their music on the internet.
My jaw dropped when you revealed that all the stuff you covered was only Act 1.
And there are two more quests in Act 1. It’s a huge game.
"I never expected these feels from a video game" Me, a Planescape Torment Fan: First time?
Enderal, for all its faults and flaws, has me enamoured. Ever since I first played it years ago... The emotion, the fear, the intrigue it made me feel hasn't waned. It's very exciting to know when new people try it and hear their opinions.
Two minutes in and you already got me laughing
Warlockracy is the Civvie 11 of video game mods. Keep up the good work!
Thanks!
He's more like the tehsnakerer of video game mods but with a bit more brevity imo.
He's kind the warlockracy of youtube channels@@Oversensitive-S-poster
@@Oversensitive-S-postersnakerer takes a lot of inspiration from warlockracy. Of course they're all derivatives of hbomber while civvieis a derivative of mystery science theater. Civvie literally had the same idea I did. I gotta admit his lore building was better with his diabolical uncle and modern black site idea where mine was more sci Fi.
@@josephmatthews7698 I'm sorry, TehSnakerer takes inspiration from Warlockracy? Do you know how long TehSnakerer has been making KZhead videos? He's been around for quite a while. And I wouldn't say *any* of them are derivatives of hbomberguy - their writing styles, subject matter, editing techniques, etc. are completely different. Even when comparing their videos about games, they have entirely different approaches to how they critique them. Utilizing long-form analysis does not make them derivative of someone else. And while Civvie did use MST3K as *inspiration* for parts of his gimmick, calling it "derivative" is reductive when his channel is so much more than that. I just can't believe how certain you come across while being so off-base.
Arcanum is my all time favorite setting for an rpg
Arcanum owns dude
It was such a well done version of a fantasy world set during a Victorian-era Industrial Revolution. It's still to this day fairly unique. We have a modern-fantasy setting with Shadowrun, but I'm surprised there hasn't been another crack at the "What if D&D went through an Industrial Revolution/Napoleonic Era" type game. Think The 80 Years and Crimean Wars and African Colonialism... only with Orcs, and Dwarves. :P How would complex geopolitics and a massive history that'd have to be written and fleshed out effect a fantasy world with magic and dragons? Arcanum was a step in that direction... but no one ever took the next step and ran with it. Most games that do are in that fairytale area Warlockracy talked about, like FF7. It has radios and electricity and trains but it really had no impact on the story or even the feel of the setting, one could cut all of that out and with minor rewrites it'd make almost no difference. A fantasy game set during an equivalent of WW1 would be fascinating. But the amount of backstory to really give it the feel it'd need would be *staggering*
Loved Arcanum, the combat is really what holds the game but the setting and the narrative execution is just brilliant. Troika games was really something else, they really didn't last long and they were only able to release like 3 games but each of those games was crafted by devs who really cared.
@@planescaped I'd love to make a series of games based around that setting; start with like a Skyrim game, then move onto like a Victorian/Industrial Revolution game, then end the series with the WWI game that's been setup by all the other games, with decisions you've made in previous games shaping how the third game goes ala Mass Effect's choices
@@Paul_Vaughnwelp, get you a couple million buckaroos and get to work.
The most direct translation of Wiedergänger I could think of is revenant. Its literal translation would be "Again-walker", so revenant fits best.
@@himlensvapen Ayy!
this channel is criminally underrated
I love how you review games and mods - it's so unique and interesting, maintaining a comedic flow while also providing excellent feedback on the way these games actually work on a minute to minute basis. I've been watching some of your videos from oldest to newest just to see the evolution, and this two year old video goes hard today. Thank you for making my day better :)
I wouldn't mind if Skyrim's books were voice acted. Voiced by Dagoth Ur of course.
Man I just finished it, and I just have to say you have a really awesome style of... I want to say either editing or pacing but I guess they go hand in hand. I'm glad I didn't watch this while cooking or something cause I definitely lost track of time. Cant wait to see you tackle the side quests but at the same time I gotta finish them all on my end!!
Thanks!
Enderal, now thats a game i need to play... maybe after i finish morrowinds main quest
Skyrim is my playground, Morrowind is my home.
I remember once suddenly stopping for 10 mins in the middle of burglarising a tavern to listen to The Wayward Wanderer through a wall, with moist eyes. That was great.
I absolutely loved enderal, got a good 120 hours out of it just doing the main questline and a good portion of the side stuff. I can definitely see where other ppl are coming from when they say it's too exposition heavy but at the same time I think it's justified by just how much content is there in the whole thang. Also thought that point you brought up with the two axis, creativity vs technique, was super neat. It did really feel like I was playing a book sometimes. Though I really liked that about it :)
The Dorian Grey Eat The Rich side quest didn't quite come together for me. If there has been a pattern of behaviour with extremely wealthy and powerful people dying shortly after getting their portrait by the enigmatic recluse I think that's the kind of thing that'll get the extremely pious Enderaleans erecting a witch pyre by victim three.
it's one of them "Enderal is a fairy tale" things
Warlockracy says they die after a few "days" but the lady says "moons", which means something like months, so it would make a bit more sense that she wouldn't be caught.
Yeah, it would be the same as them dying a few months after they commissioned a famous carpenter to renovate their balcony. A string of coincidences, but not exactly damning.
Even more so if all these deaths are due to seemingly unrelated incidents. For them to connect it to the paintings there needs to be a plausible relation.
@@convenientEstellemisunderstanding “moons” to mean “nights” instead of “lunar cycles” is understandable.
Mechanically, Enderal is great. Pros: -Getting XP from enemies no matter how they die means you are rewarded all the same for killing them in unconventional ways, such as throwing them off ledges or having them step on flaming oil or other traps. You don't have the nagging feeling of "Yes that was good but I didn't hit them with my sword so I got no experience" when you actually outsmart an enemy -Perk trees make some specific playstyles like summoner or werewolf much more appealing. Unfortunately some others like unarmed fighter aren't supported. -Quality of life personal chests everywhere help you take a load off your backpack, which balances the absence of permanent followers -Loot and area difficulty are mostly fixed, with only bonus rewards being rolled from time to time. You don't miss out on scaled items by getting them early -Spells scale better with skill level and have different version of each, meaning you don't have to give up on your stream lightning spell once you start casting Chain Lightning -Armor sets with large bonuses to a specific playstyle let you stay ahead of the difficulty curve even before you can afford the crafting needed to create endgame gear -Carry weight is upgraded via ice claws, which means you don't get screwed out of carrying capacity if you don't upgrade stamina -The bank gives you a steady trickle income of money once you make a high enough deposit and a desirable target for burglary once your lockpicking is high enough Cons: -Learning skills from books getls very expensive -Limited Crafting points means you have to choose between crafting and utility skills like Rhetoric and Lockpicking -Perks with multiple levels are rare, which menas you won't have much to spend your points on once you've gotten all of the ones you need for your build -The Arcane Fever mechanic feels like an afterthought. By the time you reach Ark you can grab ingredients and craft Ambrosia in bulk, and since Ambrosia efficiency is fixed you can never level up Alchemy and still be able to spam healing potions with the only downside bringing about one ambrosia per 3-4 healing potions you have. -A lot of quest-related places have rough railroading or stonewalling to ensure you don't stray from the intended path
Thanks for making this video. I loved every second of this game, and I am glad to see others having fun with it too.
There's a mod for Skyrim that turns all the books ingame into audiobooks, think it conflicts slightly with the reverb mod though. It's okay outside but inside the volume is way too loud and I couldn't find a slider to turn it down. It's pretty good though, you can carry on with your adventures while the voice narrates the stories. I think of it as your character remembering the book they read the night before as they set out for new adventures.
I played through Enderal but stopped playing because I grew dissatisfied with a few things you'll eventually (probably) mention in later parts of the series and never beat the game because of it. However I love the leveling system, the world and everything else. The music is probably my favorite part, love to see these videos from you. They're very cozy to watch.
My advice: Finish it. The ending is easily worth it. Trust me. It's like the top 5 game endings of all time in my opinion, and I've been playing video games since the mid 90s.
Well... his choice was correct if he realized what was going to happen and wanted to avoid it. One could argue that the best ending to the game is to not play the game to the end. But if you think of it as a novel and separate yourself from the content, just like with a book you keep reading because you want to see what the story is going on.
Damn I love your reviews. I could watch your videos for hours
Always a good way to end my workday when Warlockracy posts a vid.
Great video, love your review style, very refreshing and unique. Keep up the good work!
This channel is severely underrated.
Tell me where you rate YT channels and I will consider voting.
@@ahenathon You click the like button and post the video on relevant discord channels.
@@BobExcalibur I do not use discord. I am a lower level nerd.
your uploads delight and entertain me, thanks for the content.
Too bad you can't, like, play it twice. The twists are so good, but you kinda get everything out of the game in a single playthrough. It IS a massive game tho. Just not fit for that skyrim-ish "oh I am a simple town khajiit don't mind me" kind of gameplay. But the plot. Oh boy. The twists and turns are just brilliant.
I played it twice and the second playthrough you understand all the foreshadowing and hints so much better, you'll go 'ohh right that's what that is/what that meant!' There is way more replay value here than skyrim
Totally! The world is shaped around the main and side quests and the "chosen one" main character makes the roleplaying part minimal. Such a shame!
yeah the only real replayability is to do it for trying different builds the plot itself is hard to do again
Yep
also since the enderal lore is evolving with stuff like the latest book that retcons some stuff on purpose
sheds a lot of good light on a mod I dropped halfway through the tutorial. Perhaps I'll give it another try. great vid as always
Another great video. I had a bit of trouble getting into Enderal but this definitely makes me want to give it another shot.
My favorite mod and favorite youtuber combinded.....can't wait for more!
Such an underrated channel, keep up the good work bro
What a great channel, showing me a side of modding and role-play games that i never knew existed. Easily as good as the other deep dive game review channels.
Thanks!
Sweet mercy! I am very pleased by this commentary. I am not sure if I remember the last time I found something so brilliant in clarity coupled with hilariously sublime in the choice of words.
this video, much like exploring a game world, felt like i was being immersed in a whole new experience with each scene change. subbed.
Thanks!!!
>mentions Age of Decadence I hope that means we can expect a review on this at some point
For sure. But I’ll prolly first need to make a historical vid about THE DECLINE of olden style RPGs in order to provide context for AoD.
@@Warlockracy Of course! AoD isn't thinkable without the prehistory of Vince D. Weller and his disappointment with THE DECLINE.
I really like your takes on mods
this channel is brilliant.
great work, as always!
I actually enjoyed this mod a lot. The story was pretty cool and the atmosphere was amazing.. anyways, thanks for the video. Cheers.
Dude you here? This causes confusion and delay...
@@sapiensfromterra5103 I like RPGs. Glad to see you're also a man of high culture.
@@misterkefir Me too, best genre really. Good taste in "non game-related" content you have! :D
I found this channel yesterday after some youtube magic and a few scoobadiving into the fallout 1/2 mods search, and oh boy I love you man. Keep it up, i want to see you with sseth and mandalore on the same throne!
Thanks!!!
Love the video! I'm amazed by the amount of work put into these mods.
Totally agree with Age of Decadence being in the top tier with how it tells it's story. If any game deserves a Warlockracy video, it's that one. Also love that you take swing at the writing in Baldurs Gate 2. There's a reason I always go solo whenever I replay that game.
I just found this today and haven't really played much but it looks awesome! Can't wait to hop in!
Ohh yes im soo excited for your next Enderal video. I could watch this video for another like 2h
I love this game so much. When I first discovered it I played almost 20 hours without pause finished also half of the side quests and when I became a Keeper I decided to sleep. Next day my save file was corrupted and I didn't touched it for two months. Loved every minute of it!
Warlockracy, you crack me up so hard. Your deadpan sarcasm/sass has me LOL-ing for real. A friend of mine worked on this game, but I never got to play it. I was shocked to see his face in 22:20 on the right-hand side (black and white head), under "Gesucht wird Max Schönenbluts"
another fantastic video man
Oh hells yeah, I love these vids
Excellent review!
Enderal is definitely the best German RPG. One of my favourite games of all time even.
Someone's never played Gothic.
@@josephmatthews7698I have and I stand by what I said.
First I learned I have no classes and then you upload a video? Christmas has come really early it seems
Love your videos Warlock, but not a big fan of Enderal - as few people mentioned, it has way too big reliance of cutscene incompetence, the play on "you can't change anything bubba", but it has some good character characterization and background lore. Not fan of it's main story and villain, but overall, it isn't bad. (BUT AOD IS, ELEVEN FUCKING YEARS). I love that someone already mentioned Gothic, love that game and Risen even more. Hope these two big mods will be released.
I just discovered your channel and loved your take on one of my favorite games. The question you asked at the end may be answered for you if you do a quest you can get from Frostcliff Tavern. All you have to do is listen in on a conversation and the quest begins. This quest is a new one added by the dlc . If you do this quest, and I highly recommend it, make sure to read the relevant book that you find at one of the many locations to which you have to travel. The castle in the Dark Valley, is home to a book called The Book of Kadath. I believe this is the only book on the subject of who is behind the cycle, in the game. I also believe there is only one copy as I haven't been able to find it anywhere else. Whether or not you believe what is in the book is up to you, but it makes a lot of sense to me. Also, if you want to do a charming little quest involving a ghost pig by the name of Cuthbert, read a notice in Duneville I read that the mod authors were kind of upset that almost all of their quests had questionable endings, to say the least, and they wanted to do one that ended in a way that makes you feel really good. It is kind of aggravating as you have to literally walk on a tightrope in order to talk to the quest giver in Duneville and I'm afraid of heights, so there is that. By the way, you have a new subscriber. Great job!
I love that Pillars reference! Hope you make a video on it your stuff is great!
your reviews are awsome
I first played Enderal years ago, it still gives me chills to this day. Freaking brilliant!
Now I really need to play this and that Oblivion "prequel" mod
There is a Morrowind pre-prequel but I don't recall its name
There are two of them actually. SureAI website has both.
@@Warlockracy Every day is a school day!
@@LuccaZa Arktwend (2007) is quite good [not on the level of Enderal, or even Nehrim, though]. At least, first half of it. Second one kinda drags on, and there is a lot of plotholes. . You will meet some important character from Nehrim, though and gameplay, including RPG part, is interesting. I had a lot of fun just exploring the map. Myar Aranath (2005). This one, I couldn't get to properly work. There is english translation, but it is kind of broken; I got races from vanilla Morrowind, instead of the Myar one. Story was pretty bad and is not really connected to the further games. If you can get it to work in english properly, or you just know german, it may be worth to try.
WOOOOOOOO thats what we've been waiting for thats what its all about!
Love the imagery you use to represent red madness in this review.
Literally started playing this a week ago!
Thank you so much for this!
Such an underrated channel. Keep up the good work!
Hearing these names and plot points, all I can think is that this mod really could've done with being less generic fantasy. All the good qualities of the mod hardly can keep my attention with MMO level writing.
Watching your videos makes me want more classic style rpgs nowadays
I don't know if you'll see my comment but I've been binge watching your content, at first I didnt vibe with the style of your videos but after watching more and more I've fallen in love with how unique it is and notice the sheer amount of effort you put into these that I couldn't help but subcribe and create a list of these mods and place some of the games you review on a wishlist. Keep it up you're awesome I've already started reccommending your vids to my friends.
I have have 320+ hours on this game and I play a different build each time. I love the characters in this game so much. They feel almost real. I love how much attention they gave to the romance arc and how much detailed and perfectly written the DLCs are. I heard many people say that this game doesn't have much replayable value but they are wrong. It hits so different when you play it again. That Ahh moments when you realise oh so this is what was happening. There is so many hidden things in the game. I love this game to the core.
a bit late to the party here but like damn. Even with this games flaws it truly is one of the best games that exist on the creation engine. Its just soo damn GOOD
Whenever I boot up a video from you I can never tell whether or not the next 30 seconds will have funny moments of you fucking around in the game or a careful analysis of the history and culture that these video games exist in providing insight into both the game and the real world
I played Nehrim and some Enderal before, should find the time to finish it. My favorite part from the games is the the dungeons. They are just so creative and unique!
Try Arktwend (2007) for Morrowind too. You will met some important character from Nehrim...
You must be one of the few gaming KZheadrs who I always gladly watch a 50 minute video. Keep up the great work!
Yeah, baby! That's what i've been waiting for!
you are an inspiration. cheers mate
Thanks!
Enderal is great! Beautiful world, nice quests. What breaks it is the "chosen one" main character. Don't think I like that too much
It kinda flips the chosen one component on it's head by the end though. Chosen ones are supposed to be special hero's who save the world. [Spoilers]: Yet you're just a pawn who plays into that role in order to end it.
@@PrimusGladius Teenage me would have loved that archetype. Right now, I would have loved to play it as a merchant bodyguard, as a town butcher, etc. Being the protagonist just don't fill it anymore, I don't know.
@@DanTheIsh Now that would be true freedom in roleplaying. I myself always liked the idea of being the everyman. Picture a grand narrative unfolding in a world, yet the hero is some NPC you interact with sparingly, while your own story is the real tale of the game.
@@PrimusGladius The idea of a world that is not handed to you nor is it design to support the choices of a few chosen ones. Exactly what I've been looking for on an Rpg, of late. That world building that makes you feel like "there is much happening around you, not all is on your level".
My favorite thing they did was the magic. To start off, I didn't know what to expect from this, so I started with the good old stealth archer and on the side, I specialized in Psionics (Illusions) and Entropy (Conjuration) since I needed allies to help in fights and I really liked that some Psionic spells can do things like paralyze targets on top of doing damage. Anyway, I eventually found myself struggling to do enough damage with the bow so for the heck of it, I used some Psionic spells and immediately fell in love. Turns out there's tons of amplifiers aside from enchantment that make spells much stronger. I loved that I was able to have fun and enjoy a build aside from stealth archer, especially a magic one.
I'm definitely going to give this a try--after my massive gaming backlog is shaved down a bit
I've been waiting for this one, though im gonna have to watch this after I have finished it.
He only goes as far as the main city, the second phase of the main quest and a few side areas. Still, best to enjoy it fresh.
@@BobExcalibur Exactly im at half of the game right now with 66 hours and I absolutely love it.
Just finished the game today! Time to watch this review, I loved the story
@@mooulkadi8129 Glad to know you had fun.
"I am somewhat suspicious of 2D people" One of many gems I got a proper chuckle out of. Keep up the good work brother! I only just stumbled on to your channel (by way of the dark and winding KZhead road I found your Vampire the Masquerade video a few days back) - I have since made it a point to peruse your entire catalog... Not to ride your jock, but I'm glad I did, your content has proven to be genuinely entertaining. I'll say this: you seem to really enjoy the content you are making... I hope that's true! Obviously I have no real insight into your thinking or what it was that compelled you to start doing these, but I have always maintained a man's love of his craft shines through his finished products... All of that is to say that (selfishly, I admit) I truly hope this is something you enjoy doing and that you find a way to make your living doing it... Because I REALLY want to keep watching more of these!
Another banger
this mod is doing the lords work
I remember this being one of the first games Warlockracy got me into downloading before I started trying Morrowind because of him too. Enderal truly is a fantastic game. Almost flawless in fact. I truly loved my time playing this game and learning its ins and outs. SureAI really did something special.
man i have got to try this mod
I was watching some random Elder Scrolls videos too and have been low key following your content . I am not going to 100 percent call you the greatest unheralded reviewer ever like many people have hehe as some videos just don't quite do it for me, but your Elder Scrolls stuff is generally interesting The Oblivion review of Nehrim, I really liked but that game seemed annoying to play and I think I weirdly like Oblivion better than Skyrim. (Morrowind is amazing but I just can't seem to get it set up again in a way I'd be satisfied or I am lazy) This video just something, about it made me really want to try this total conversion out and I am really liking it. So thanks for giving me a new open world Elder Scrolls like game to want to try out again. I already had SE free on steam and well this conversion is free too. It can still be hard as eff at level 11 and I liked how I was eating apples and barely clinging to life fighting just wolves early on but other than a ton more ramblings it does seem like the only way to survive early on is to use lightning in one hand and a sword in the other or switch it off to a two handed sword at times when you get some summons. So keep up the good work, you got a sub from me too! Also the comments about how much people love this game are so overly dramatic but there are some legit wild moments early on.
"enderal maybe better than even gothic" send me a friend, telling me about your review. we both were .. well.. we disagree heavily :O Anyways, I've to watch the video to say anything further (and I wanted to play Enderal + dlc again as well to see how my memories hold up). It's a bold statement!
I mean the main plot in gothic kinda sucks...
This game sports the single best in-game book series I've ever had the pleasure of reading ever, called The Butcher of Ark. I've actively hunted down the volumes of that book.
Wait. Three years ago??? I've followed you for over three years now? Oh my god. Time flies fast
Its a damn shame that they cant really get legally paid for this. Unless it on creation club... but i digress
I’m not sure where the comment thread about Morrowind smugglers using teleportation went - maybe it was on the Tamriel Rebuilt video actually, would have fit here though - but I wanna say yeah this would be an excellent plot point for a quest mod or something like that, the fact that mages and criminals don’t seem to link up much isn’t immersive. A quest to change this could be really minor, but especially as a Master Thief who uses teleportation multiple times a day I should be able to implement that. Also want to say the Enderal teleportation seems very cool, I assume NPCs using it is all scripted but it’s a nice touch. This video was a very interesting look at the mod/game!
You know... those black-outs at the beginning where you just lose conscience are intended for the message: "you are not in control of your actions" and at least for me, worked pretty well to understand what this game/interactive novel was going to be and that my character was just the protagonist of the story the author wanted to tell and I was needed to keep that story moving forward but certainly was not going to be what I would call my own and roleplay/write my own history. Edit: Because of that, when the story foreshadows things I understood and believed them. Just like when I read books and connect the dots in the argument.
32:46 In the West Channel there is a light projector that is an intractable exhibit that credits it’s creation to Barnabas the Mechanic
The first game I played in german in years.. Great game!
"I'm having second thoughts about giving the bio weapon samples to the government" Hilarious line!
I didn't even watched the full video yet, just read the comments and ended up subscribing.