I played another 7 Souls-Like games you've never heard of (AGAIN)

Nostalgaia's dev here. Awesome Review! super stoked you found time time to give it a shot, thanks for the attention sir. Very thoughtful and level headed review. Mad respect for that. A few thoughts: It's funny, I think we're suffering from pretty bad brand positioning in this case. Most people hear "satirical soulslike" and think we're satirizing soulslikes, which couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, the project is a love letter to Dark Souls and an attempt to take the narrative systems of that game and more deeply integrate them into gameplay, explicit plot, etc. The "satire" element refers to the project's narrative goals of exploring our cultures obsession with nostalgia. If you go into the project expecting us to go "hahaha dark souls lol ppffftttt" yer gunna have a bad time. Don't get me wrong of course. ultimately that's our bad if it's not clear.

I hope this series never ends

How to make a satirical soulslike is to have an enemy that winds up its attacks super dramatically and then never actually swings

The Last Hero of Nostalgaia feels like it would have been neat if the more experience and progress you made, the more fleshed out you yourself would actually become as the character, evolving from a stick figure to a proper 'hero'

Isn’t second half being less polished than the first half a staple of the souls serie at this point

Hey Iron Pineapple (and VaatiVidya), thanks for trying out the demo and sharing your thoughts! BTW, an "infinite shield lift trick" (as well as a "double shield space launch") is fixed by now. To anyone interested - feel free to play the demo and share your feedback! We are "sharpening the concept" at the moment and preparing to work on a full game.

I’m just super impressed by the art and animations of Moonscars. Whoever was in charge of that should be incredibly proud

For the Monomyth at 35:05, I think that’s meant to be a fairy ring, it symbolizes the presence of fairies and can be either good or bad luck depending on tradition.

Please tell me you deleted the footage of us getting stuck on this part for like an hour 15:41 our gaming reputation is at stake here

One of my favorite things about about this series is the developers of these games commenting on these videos it’s pretty wholesome

What I really liked about Monomyth was the fact that you found by yourself the cooking mechanics, and not having the game tell you everything. These things make it even more rewarding

Wow. That first game uses "Dark Souls" weapon lore system so much better than dark souls ever has. It actually turns the small tidbits on the weapon into a useful way to explore areas you may have not before as well as learn about the game through your own pace.

I'm never more excited about an upload than when I see one of these pop up on my feed. And you're churning these out like crazy! Definitely feels like Christmas

Last Hero of Nostalgaia feels like an honest love-letter to an era of gaming that's passed, but just barely. It's referential but at the same time earnest in making those references. I like it.

I love watching you realize that an immersive sim, known for the freedom and options it allows the player within the game, is giving you chances to play your way... exactly as an immersive sim is intended to be played... very excited for Monomyth

Monomyth gives an Arx Fatalis vibe, love to see an old classic game mechanic, like the interactions with objects.

Monomyth really feels like Arx Fatalis remake I’ve always dreamed about

monomyth is like an incredible throwback to arx fatalis. With all those little gimmicks you liked, absolutely have to play though arx fatalis. It's basically monomyth but AAA game level of polish. I don't know if you've played it before but dark messiah of might and magic is a definite must as well (and worth playing a few times for the multiple gameplay styles and endings).

The Last Hero of Nostalgaia was a pretty good game - I loved the remembrance feature and wish there were more NPC questlines that relied on that. hopefully Coatsink continues and improves on the next sequel (I hope) of this game. Edit: hey they are making a DLC for The Last Hero of Nostalgaia called "The Rise of Evil" I'm super excited for it.

"Togethaaaah" at 6:35 is most definitely a reference to Rykard