ROAD ROLLA DA - Overflow! Bizarre souls! (WillPending 04/15/2022)
0In today's record of Overflow we check out another of a handful of wonderful Dark souls inspired games! Soulslikes can be pretty hit or miss, and when you add that to Itch's already hit or miss nature you get a pretty wacky variance in quality! Bizarre souls leans more towards the self aware joke end of the spectrum, so I don't need to feel quite as bad about my criticism! For starters, the dev clearly made the game exclusively for the sake of their youtube channel (a la Dani) which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I think it shows where the devs heart lies. It could certainly be argued that your sole reward for completing the game being a subscription link to their channel cheapens the experience a bit, but hey! Who am I to judge. As far as gameplay goes, I wasn't a huge fan of the stand engage/disengage mechanic. It made things extra clunky and your attack delays are so brutal compared to Dio's that the only real safe engagement was via time stop. Also yes I had technical issues so I couldn't hear the audio the entire time. My b, I know it was a bit loud!
Overflow is a regular segment I run on my stream where I play a large sampling of various indie games all at once! I try to remain respectful, but my first priority is making sure I'm being entertaining which can sometimes potentially come across as demeaning towards the games I'm playing. To make it clear - Games are hard to make. I have also publicly released multiple games of my own. I never want to discourage or demoralize upcoming developers in any way. I enjoy playing rough, unpolished, amateurish games! If I'm ever giving real negative criticism of something, it's because I enjoy it enough or see enough potential in it to want the developer to flourish in the future. Everything else is played for laughs, so try not to take anything too personally!
Game inspired by Dark Souls and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
You can find the game here!
https://alexblackfrost.itch.io/bizarre-souls
This video was streamed live on my Twitch channel. I play a variety of mostly indie games, but in general don't like sitting in the same spot for too long, so things get mixed up pretty frequently. I try to put a focus on the conversation and banter of the stream, so hopefully that's something you find entertaining regardless of what I'm using as a backdrop!
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https://www.twitch.tv/willpending