No Rest For The Wicked makes a stunning first impression (Early Access Review)
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No Rest For The Wicked is an ambitious melding of influences and aspirations - part aRPG, part souls like, part survival game and with far more story presentation than any of those genres are used to. Despite being in early access, No Rest for the Wicked is so inventive, so engaging and so polished that it feels like a genuine game of the year contender in the making.
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Video written and voice by Ralph P.
Edited by Austin B.
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So with the weapon durability, it doesn’t outright destroy your sword you spent time upgrading and enchanting, it just de-equips and you can repair later to be able to use again. Weapon degradation was only ever a problem when you lose the weapons after they break fully.
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I like my balls au natural, Ralph.
MOON is also being really good about listening to community feedback. I’m consistently seeing patch notes that directly address some of the Early Access players biggest pain points
What's so crazy to me is how quick they've been on these hot fix patches. Amazing to see them consistently working on the game.
Put 40 hours into it so far. To think this early access release is effectively just chapter 1 of the game… it’s going to be INCREDIBLE
Yeah it’s great but they really need to fix skill requirements for weapons and resources are so scarce
Nice
This game is going to be great it’s all I’m playing right now until Elden Ring dlc
So this game is going to be long? Or did you just play multiple characters or something so far? I was kinda hoping for a smaller experience since I lack time
You can probably get through the early access release in under 15 hours but I’ve just been trying different builds, farming stuff, doing crucible runs etc. It can be much much shorter if you want it to be.
what i really love is how fast they fix their problem & how active the developer talk with player for feedback. Moon studio really deliver it now
Lets go AUSTRIA BABYYY Amerimutts could never
This studio really goes all out in the art department 😍
And somehow still delivers on gameplay. Very impressive
over gameplay, they show off the scale and art but you have to walk in it, it take 10 minutes to get item in storage.
@@Vertutame a complaint? in early access? interesting!
@@coreyhansen9711 well yeah that's how things get addressed.. something has to be said they can't read our minds
Imagine saying something about a game and people get mad.. it's not like we have had tons of ealry access games that don't want feedback and fail .. huh I wonder how they get feedback if you can't voice your issues or concerns!!!
I'm one of those guys that got hooked and sunk 100+ hours into a game that only has about 15 hours of content. It's such a good core game. I had almost no expectations for this game, I liked Ori but not enough to buy the sequel so when I got my hands on this I wasn't sure what to expect. Turns out, a Wicked good time. I disagree with a lot of the gripes people have and it sucks to see the reviews are so low because of some of those features. It takes about 10 deaths for your gear to break and it cost maybe a silver to repair which you get from selling 1-2 items. I really didn't think it was a big deal when in every Fromsoft game you lost ALL your currency if you died twice. I almost never had my gear break either because if you're opening up every chest you find, you should be drowning in repair kits too so you don't even need to visit the blacksmith. This felt like people coming in expecting a Diablo and got met with a souls-like instead. Wit the teleport system, I think this is a case of only having Act 1 available. When you get to town "fast travel is unlocked" and the menu looks like it's meant to show more than a single location. I think they're going for an approach similar to Dark Souls 1 where you upgrade the teleport system throughout the story. There's just only the one act atm so you can't see that. I have a lot of thoughts on the game, but I'll leave it at that. There's a lot this team has going on, and some of it is extremely ambitious. I wish I had the skillset to apply for a job because I would love to learn how they've delivered something so extraordinary without having a catalog of games like studios behind most souls-likes. It's really something special.
I agree with all of this.
Helpful review mate!
Totally agree!! BUT!! You posted this 2 weeks ago, after the patches to lessen durability degradation, lessens repair cost, AND increase repair powder drop rates. It was a bit heavy handed at release. People don’t update reviews though, which sucks. Apparently a developer taking feedback and applying proper fixes *in early access* isn’t worth celebrating to them. Don’t let the negative reviews get you down. When 1.0 hits, we will be the ones who can sit back and say “bro, I liked it before it was cool” hahaha
It's incredible they managed to make the camera work with this perspective, considering the verticality and the constant obstruction of the view by the environment.
I personally really loved the platforming. Finding a cliff that you can leap off of and land 50 ft below in a pool of water just really sold the verticality
I LOVE verticality. Unrelated, but so many open world games feel flat, until I played Elden Ring with towering architecture (castles, legacy dungeons etc.), natural landscapes (crossable, climbable rock formation, mountainous areas etc.), and underground places tombs etc. it makes the world really rich. I can't wait to play this when it hits 1.0, not an open world, but definitely welcoming the explorable, backtrackable, maps.
@@somebodyoutthere enjoy! it’ll be even better for sure by 1.0. and yeah its not open world, but it’s dense enough that it feels huge and sprawling
Indie games have become what AAA games used to be.
Moon Studios is shaping up to be an absolute behemoth among indie studios. Crazy ambitious CEO who's also a developer himself said he'll revolutionize ARPGs and he's actually doing this.
While I appreciate the enthusiasm, this won't be redefining a whole lot. Unless this somehow breaks the industry open and draws in so many players that it is literally undeniable, this game will maybe give inspiration to new developers who will take winning formulas and evolve it. Because the first impression is mixed, it's really not off to a good start.
this game need to be renamed to "No Rest for The Weekend" because is so addictive
This is the type of ARPG that i like. Real time combat with precise button prompts instead of just clicking on everything multiple times in hope that it dies
What else is even like this as far as ARPG’s? All I really have experience with is Diablo, POE, and Last Epoch
Really don't want to start knocking down trees in my spare time again, but this looks like it'll be worth it.
same. after 30 im going to put it down for a bit...what a game!
I've been doing that in Pacific Drive. At least here there's, yanno, a benefit. XD
After 43 hours played, it's totally worth it. GOTY contender
That's one of my gaming preference changes as I get older. I'll only cut down a tree for the very best games now. Survival games waste time in the wrong way for my old ass. This game looks like it might be the exception.
They released a few patches that addressed some of the biggest issues regarding resource gathering, tools, and general equipment last much longer in terms of durability and the time you spend actually cutting down trees has been shortened a lot. Day one it was tiresome but after starting a 2nd playthru yesterday with the patches they've released I can confidently say it's not that tedious.
YES. What I love most about this is how completely ITSELF it appears to be. That's the hallmark of genuine creativity: carving out new spaces of possibility when the old ones aren't adequate to your vision. This isn't a ripoff of anything else, even if there are elements of this and that. I'm excited for the final product.
Imagine a world in which you make 2 award winning pieces of art, than have to release your next project in early access because you have no money. That sure would be a bad time to be alive... Just imagine.
We love a capitalist hellhole
Yah they also had a falling out with Microsoft so have even less access to funds. I do think for a game like this though, and especially a first foray into this genre, early access is probably the way to go regardless of how much money they have. You really want to get this right, especially with such a solid foundation.
They have to do early access after Microsoft dropped them when it turned out that the studio founder and creative director Thomas Mahler was a sexist and toxic asshole who verbally abused his employees. Still Boss of the Company btw.
Why did that happen? Were the first 2 ori games not sucessful, or did their budget way eclipse what they earned?
@@TheGamerUnknown There were allegations of workplace issues and high turnover related to that, Microsoft decided to pass on game 3 (this one)
I like that the dev team is experimenting with unconventional ideas. I wish more would take these kinds of risks.
Main reason I want to play this is because of how incredible it's going to look on a 4K OLED TV with HDR. Ori games are beautiful and so is this. It's good to hear that the gameplay is shaping up although I'll probably wait for a couple more updates.
This looks so incredible. Instantly became my most anticipated game
You can sidestep the repair cost by attaching a Rune (you can buy in the city) on a weapon. Then you just need to build to 150 focus and use the rune to repair everything for free D:
This is why I always keep a standby weapon with the repair rune so I can use focus to repair my stuff instead of paying for the repair cost.
I was really disappointed when Moon said they weren't making Ori 3 next, but this looks fantastic. Looking forward to playing it.
Man, I really love that you upload really in depth reviews, and not rushed reviews like all other channels, I really appreciate it! The wait is always worth it!
It looks fantasic, and i like the pacing, going to have to give this a look. You had me at 4 player coop.
I usually don't feel very drawn by isometric perspective games, but I just might check this one out at some point... Looks beautiful
Hoping the 1.0 isn't too long off... but they can take their sweet time until it's fully ready and us console owners can get a banger straight out of the box.
This is my favorite game of 2024 and it's only locked to the first act. You guys are in for a real special treat once this game ships in the best possible state
It's a blessing in a way, 1.0 should have so much more content and the best gameplay and QoL features compared to EA... I'm too impatient though :p
Sold! Looks amazing.
I love stellar blade and all, but this is this years highlight for me, im waiting for a full release
i swear that first cutscene of this game sold me. The voice acting and the animation. Its like a movie. i hope theres a lot more story.
Always nice to see a studio that wants to make a good game to start, and then provide added content to keep you coming back. Most studios would be trying to sell you on their DLC pass before providing anything playable.
Like we did with Ori? Why so cynical? 😩
@@thomasmahler That wasn't meant to reflect on this studio. Everything I've heard about Ori is excellent (certainly visually beautiful), and this sounds better... if maybe still not really my thing. I was mostly commenting on other studios. I'm not a fan of trying to sell 10-years of DLC for a game that hasn't found a real audience or created a demand for that kind of support. It makes more sense to first make the game, and if demand exists and people like it, then you support it for ten-years. Ideally, with reasonably priced expansions that add features and content people actually want. Developers always seem to want the GTA5-like cash cow without the foundations to make it work. The old cart-before-the-horse adage.
So glad you covered this game! For anyone who hasn’t played yet, until May 2nd the game is $31 instead of $40. Also if you’re struggling with durability you should buy the repair rune, it fixes everything on your character. Early access is already incredible and this is just act 1 which is insane to me ❤
It's $36, just fyi.
Don't steam prices change depending on where you live?
Depending on your steam region it's also only 17$ right now
Its only $31.31 on one of @Skillups Sponsors page greenmangaming
@@ObiGynKenobi It's $31.99 until May 2nd if you buy it through a content creator's affiliate link, such as Ms5000Watts. They have a list of all the content creators on their Discord as well
definitely looking forward to the console release. Glad to hear everyone is loving it on early access so far ✌️
Hope you're good Ralph! Much love to you ❤
I CANNOT WAIT for this to come to console! I've been so excited ever since this was announced
Grats on 1M subs.
I am beyond impressed and in absolute love with the game. Addicted!!
gorgeous looking game. wanted to play it for the visuals alone.
The visuals- probably one of the greatest art design and world building it’s so beautiful to look at. Cant put my finger on how the hell did they make it look so good
instant buy and love. it needs some love to get better but I join the journey
I love Ori and Moon Studios work so I am really looking forward to this, up there with my wait to play Hornet.
The way they have worked donating materials to your local township is awesome, I remember in will of the wisps they had a similar mechanic and it let you access certain parts as you progressed through the wellspring. Nice to hear they added a similar thing here
Lies of P, Stellar Blade, and now this all managing to nail combat on their first outing? AAA has no excuses anymore
Lies of P made me love souls game again. What a masterpiece that came out of an unknown studio
I have never accepted excuses from AAA
Two of the games you mentioned aren't cheap games, people are still going to be willing to hold them to a very high standard.
Lies of P is a triple A game.
@@Leee275 it’s not about the price. It’s about AAA studios publishing garbage games while charging 130+ for deluxe versions (then more microtransactions)
I was already sold for when it hits consoles, but nice to hear my observations reaffirmed 😎
Staying away for now, but both Ori games are amongst my all time favorite and I can't freaking wait play this on release date. This looks absolutly incredible.
Oh man, I'd already purchased this but I've been really torn as to whether to jump in during EA or just wait for 1.0 but I think you've sold me on jumping in now, even with all the widely reported performance issues. It looks absolutely incredible. Just hope my PC can run it.
Officially on my radar and wish list. I look forward to seeing how the game turns out at 1.0.
Once they get it more optimized Im excited to play it. I have an AMD Ryzen 9 5900, 16 gigs of ram and and RTX 3080, and I can barely hit 50 frames when I run it at 1080p and nothings going on, and it stutters hard when stuff gets going, making the combat feel even tougher when theres random delays. They have DLSS as 'coming soon' in the settings so maybe that will help
Having to manually activate the anchors when you're traveling away from town oddly reminds me of rock climbing when climbing lead and having to place anchor points and clip in your rope while you're climbing the rock face.
I loved both Ori games and looking forward to more games from this dev studio
I hope they will not dumb this down listening to users feedback. It's fine if they put an easy mode, but I really hope they keep their vision about fast travel, healing items, ect
So excited for this
Counting off the top of my head, there are 4 biomes, not counting the end-game dungeon as it's own, nor the city. Repair cost can be pretty brutal early on when you are learning things, but before the first boss it's free. And it could be argued player knowledge can do a LOT. By the time I beat the first boss, I did so wearing only my weapon and shield. Everything else had broken, I'd run out of food, and was frustrated enough to see if I could actually beat him like that. Also, repair costs are pretty much a non-issue from about level 11 on. By then you shouldn't die too often, and you'll have enough drops you don't need that you can sell to get money. (DO NOT sell the 'popcorn' icon. It's important later on.) Also note to this is a level based, and gear based, game. If you are struggling against a boss, or particular enemy group. Just don't. Turn around, walk away, go somewhere else. You may find a new area you haven't been yet, or you can fight enemies that might be easier for you at the time and level up a bit. I'll be surprised if full launch is more than 1 year off from how solid it is so far.
I have played this for about 18 hours now. Love it. Not a great experience on my steam deck though, had to use my main computer.
Easily one of the most underrated dev studios. They take something known and done and they find a way to make it feel so new and so fresh and somehow they just do it different and better.... and now I need to go play the Ori games again.
This looks amazing, can't wait to play
It is now, I thank you sir!
I havnt had this much fun playing a game in a long time.
I like how the game looks and it looks very interesting I will definitely keep an eye out for it!
My favorite part if the game is the level design. At first i enjoyed having a reson to go back through the early areas for crafting items to get the build projects going, but now that ive got all the level 1 projects completed i am finding it tedious to try and farm the stuff for the level 2 buildings. I also dont have a house yet and i am begging for a second chest for my crafting materials. Also would love a shared chest system for crafting, going back and forth to the rookery to craft things is tedious.
I am absolutely in love with your reviews Shillup. Literally NOBODY can craft a review like you. I’ve watched multiple reviews of this already, and not one has done as good a job as you have. You’ve got that true Aussie Spirit. Punching way above his weight, and doing us proud. Love ya mate.
Looks absolutely incredible
I might try it once co-op drops
I'm actually super stoked for this but waiting for that 1.0. Which I'll also be doing for Hades 2. I have plenty of games to play until those hit.
The game is hard and addicting at the same time. Last night I just cleared echo knight (final crucible boss) for the first time after 70 hrs.
Nice! I bought the game last weekend and really love this game. Well worth the price despite early access. Have total faith in Moon Studios.
I hope full release comes soon.
Game is great! I really enjoyed this early access and I hope we can get fist/knuckle/claw weapons since our character can punch right from the start.
I hope we get a nice 60 fps release on consoles. from the pc version I can tell that this is a pretty cool game, great physicality
I absolutely loved both Ori games & this is coming from someone who hates platforming games. I still have the soundtrack on my phone & listen to it from time to time. Great to see Moon Studios have made another great passion project. Just like with Arrowhead's Helldivers 2, you can tell by the sheer quality of the game when talented & creative artists make something they are passionate about.
Good review ❤. Ill chk it out eh .
I've got about 12 hours in the game so far and I absolutely love it. It's got some rough edges still but damn this game is stunning.
Other than some quality of life stuff and the uneven performances at first, after 20 hours, I’m loving this game. They also update it quite often, granted it just released.
this looks superb this shot up to the top of my list of games i’m excited for
I cannot wait to bite into this game, fully immersive myself into the world once it releases.
Looks good honestly, this game co-op would be nice
Loving this game so far! Two of the biggest esrly complaints I've seen (durability, and limited healing items) are both able to be completely mitigated just a couple hours into the game. If you like to back-track, farm, and gather a lot, you will never run out of food since you'll only ever need it in a pinch since you can use your focus to heal nesrly a third of your hp, and also gain life steal and passive regen just a few hours in.
I agree, although I think dark souls perfected the healing item mechanic. I think an estus flask-like thing would fit perfectly in this game. But this could be the new “git gud” meme.
A mechanic becoming redundant isn't a great argument against it being frustrating to begin with. I agree with your experience; I also found the healing to not be a constraint after gathering momentum, but this still doesn't save it from being a misplaced mechanic in a game of this style. I have practically infinite healing items against later bosses, even though I never need them, when an Estus system would allow for better resource balancing, such that you always have some healing charges when struggling with a fight, but never so much that healing becomes trivial.
@@Chopzi11a While I think Dark Souls perfected the healing mechanic for that type of game, No Rest for the Wicked is not really a 1 to 1 comparison. It definitely borrows a lot from Souls, but it makes some drastic changes. Enemies not respawning, the difficulty of normal enemies, the focus on exploration/gathering, etc. All of these things mean that the estus flask method wouldn't really work here.
Enemies never respawn after you kill them, really?
@@AlekBro Enemies will respawn when the map part you explored before goes back to the fog of war, respawning and often changing types of enemies.
The gear durability degradation on death mixed with the non-replenishing healing sounds brutal as hell.
Ok Diablo, needs to watch it as this looks insanely good! Fresh new take on ARPG!!
So it's dense? I kid of course, just made me chuckle. Love the content as ever
Yeah that alchemist cave was a pain in the ass.
Even though I must wait until the full release of this game it has inspire me to play the Ori Games.
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First impressions are lasting ones. and the lack of no Keybinds is a lasting impression. So, please tell us how brilliantly those keybinds work??? No way this is Stunning!!!
I’ve imagined playing a game that looks like this…probably most of my life. Visually it’s a dream come true. Can’t wait to play.
What a cool looking game, though I FOR SURE intend to wait until it's fully out!
I don't really like soulslikes but im pretty excited to play this looks like a good combination of styles and genres good video as always shill up 👍👍👍
Don't fool yaself though it's 100 percent souls hard
I won't play it because of that. The more I see of this game the less I want to play it.
@@hkr667 to each their own man I think it could be interesting I'll wait for the full review tho and I'm not even sure if it's coming to console but it probably is
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God I really want this game but I don't wanna play it in sections. I will be patient and enjoy everything the game has to offer
I was already really intrigued with how beautiful the gameplay looked, but I wasn’t expecting the cutscenes to be that gorgeous and cinematic. 100% a must play for me.
The art direction reminds me of Vanillaware games like Dragons Crown, Muramasa, and Odin Sphere.
Looks like a mix of Elden Ring and V Rising, which is a combo that should see more interpretations in the years to come.
Another Crabs Treasure is just as amazing for an indie title. Please play it so more can learn about it.
Disagree with your interpretation of the special abilities. I have used these definitely as part of my complete strategy. I have flame throw to give me a ranged attack and then a spinning attack to stagger and gap close, roll into my standard combo and unleash a massive damage combo. Put some points in focus and you can deal a whole lot more damage with the rune abilities.
lol the manscape ad had me laughing, creepy and awesome at the same time!
Aha! I knew there was 'This Game' hitting Early Access this month that I really wanted to play, but I could never remember the name of it! Maybe it's jut because when I hear the title, I immediately think of Borderlands. Seldom do I participate in Early Access, but this is the kind of project I'd make special exception for.
This is such an amazing looking game. Can't wait for 1.0, not only for console release, but for co-op so we can tackle this together with my wife 🙏 They have made so many terrific choices so let's hope we also get local co-op, good luck MOON!
Since last update repair cost are almost unnoticeable
Beautiful looking game 💡
Really enjoying it so far, looking forward to the future of this game. Did you encounter any performance issues? I constantly get knocked down to 25-30FPS in some areas, running a 3080 and a Ryzen 7 5700x.
Ori in VR using VorpX is something else. Normal pancake Ori is beautiful but in VR... Can not wait for this one.
Those items with buffs but also big nerf tradeoffs sounds a lot like Returnal.
Remind me of the original X-Men legends and Marvel ultimate alliance games