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00:06Alright, so I got my hands on something a little bit different recently.
00:09It's called O3 Hollow Descent, and it's an indie game that is currently live on Kickstarter with about 15 days
00:16left in its campaign.
00:18It's a top-down roguelike bullet hell shooter.
00:21Mother, I'm detecting structures ahead.
00:27There are signs of life.
00:30Now, before I get into it, this is actually the start of something new for the channel.
00:34I'm planning on doing a series of indie game demo streams.
00:38My main focus is hopefully going to be games that are actively crowdfunding, Kickstarter, that kind of thing.
00:44Because even a small channel can help a game get in front of people who might not have seen it
00:49otherwise.
00:50Now, I understand that I might need to branch out beyond crowdfunded games if there isn't enough to work with,
00:56but we'll see how it goes.
00:57The streams for now are going to be over on Twitch.
01:00I don't want to bug you guys here if you don't want to see streams, so I'm not doing YouTube
01:04as of yet, but we'll see.
01:05I might do that as well.
01:07I'm also working on locking down a regular schedule, and I'll keep you posted on that as well.
01:11But this is the first one.
01:13O3 Hollow Descent.
01:14In this game, you play as a lone astronaut dropping into a hostile alien planet.
01:19No backup, no safety net.
01:20Just dungeons, relentless enemies, and bullets absolutely everywhere.
01:24It's dark, biomechanical, surreal, and built by the dev Simi over at TA2 Games Studio.
01:31I streamed the demo, and look, I'll be honest, this is not my usual genre, so what you're about to
01:36see is a learning curve in real time to begin with.
01:38After dying a bunch, I do get the hang of it, and I'm able to complete the dungeon.
01:42I'm just going to play a series of clips from the stream, so you can get an idea of what
01:46to expect from the gameplay as I was experiencing it for the first time.
01:50Afterwards, I'll give a little bit of a description on my final thoughts.
01:56Steam, yep.
01:57That's where I got this from.
01:59So, new game.
02:10This is giving me, like, Ghosts of Mars vibes or something.
02:15Oh, yeah.
02:18So, I guess now we're getting into it proper.
02:25Ah.
02:27Oh, man.
02:29Okay, let's try this again.
02:34So, I definitely don't consider myself, like, a hardcore gamer.
02:40I don't know.
02:42I play a lot of games, but I'm not, like, exceptionally gifted at shooters and stuff.
02:58Oh, finally.
03:01We're finally getting somewhere.
03:03Okay.
03:06Really, what sort of piqued my interest with this game is, um, the whole aesthetic that it has going for
03:13it.
03:15Oh, no, no, no, no.
03:18I'm kind of a sucker for, uh, space and, uh, space and horror.
03:25So, how was it that I was sucking so bad to begin with and now I'm doing okay?
03:30Is it the gun?
03:36I don't know.
03:37I don't know if the aiming is difficult or if I just, I'm just that terrible.
03:44So, yeah.
03:45It could be kind of odd aiming.
03:48It could just be that I'm terrible.
03:51I don't know.
03:52I'm willing to accept that it could be either.
04:03Aeon, Scourge, Scourge.
04:10Okay.
04:11So, this door.
04:11Yeah.
04:12So, I guess this is a boss fight.
04:17Oh, man.
04:20Come on.
04:31Oh, no.
04:32Okay.
04:38Come on.
04:39Shoot, shoot, shoot.
04:44Okay.
04:48I don't know what happened.
04:49I guess I ran out of ammo.
04:57Oh, no.
04:59Oh.
05:01So close.
05:02That could have been very bad.
05:10So, final thoughts.
05:12Is this my usual kind of game?
05:14No, not really.
05:15I'm not typically a roguelike or top-down gamer, and my aim is apparently questionable.
05:20But did I have fun?
05:21Yeah, I did.
05:22It was nice to just run around in an old-school style game for a bit, instead of the giant
05:27everything, all-at-once AAA games that I've been playing lately.
05:30I think the strongest thing O3 has going for it right now is the style, the vibe, the art direction.
05:37I really like this dark sci-fi vibe.
05:39And so, the style definitely clicked with me.
05:41Like I said, the game is currently on Kickstarter with 15 days to go and sitting at around 40%
05:46funded.
05:47If this looks like your kind of thing, now's the time.
05:49I'll link the campaign in the description.
05:51The Steam demo is also free right now, so there's no reason not to just jump in and see if
05:57it clicks with you.
05:58I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this one, and like I said, link's below.
06:02Please give the video a like if you enjoyed it and want to see more of this kind of thing.
06:06It definitely lets me know that there's interest in it.
06:09If you'd also consider subscribing to the channel, this is a brand new series, but I hope that I'll be
06:14doing more of it.
06:15On the channel, there's a bunch of other things like game reviews, retrospectives, and gaming news, so I'm sure there's
06:20something there for you.
06:20But thanks so much for taking the time to watch today, and until next time, take care.
06:51Bye.
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