Game reviews and first impressions.

Casual gamer and content creator focusing mostly on short(ish) First Look videos and Game Reviews. My favorite genre of game is Role-Playing Games - Witcher, Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect but I do enjoy the odd Tactical Turn-Based combat game (XCOM, Wartales) and more recently I have really developed an appreciation for Survival RPGs (VRising, Enshrouded, Valheim) as well as indie games.

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Rusted Ground

Hello everybody,

I don't write here too often but when I do....you better believe it's important!

Some of you might have noticed that the playlists have dissappeared a few days ago, this was partially my fault, partially youtube. I won't go into the details just know that I have now recreated most if not all the playlists.

There are 2 things that I want to touch upon:
1. If you have bookmarked a playlist in the past, just know that the link will not work anymore since I had to redo the playlists from scratch
2. If you're one of the few Youtube viewers that actually checks the description of videos, you'll notice that in some of the videos where I've put the "link to the playlist" - that won't work anymore (as per above).

Thank you for those of you that reached out and notified me of this situation!

That's it, thanks for reading, let me know if you have any questions in the comments.

Cheers,
RG.

7 months ago | [YT] | 10

Rusted Ground

Hello all,

Edit for week - 01-07 July - No BG3 content this week either. Videos will resume on Monday - 8th of July

Sorry for the short notice but there will be a bit of a break in the BG3 content this week. Super busy with work and on top of that, I got this fellow over the weekend so things are a bit hectic.


I will try to be back with the uploads next week but I will keep you posted here if I don't.

Have a wonderful week everyone!!

1 year ago (edited) | [YT] | 4

Rusted Ground

Hello everyone,

For those of you following my BG3 playthrough I just wanted to let you all know that there will be a 1 week break in the series. Netstorm and I haven't been able to get together and record due to very busy schedules on both our sides but we should be back with a new episode on the 22nd of April. Both of us are excited to continue the story so hope you'll bear with us.

Thank you.

1 year ago | [YT] | 4

Rusted Ground

Hello everyone,

Hope you're keeping well. I wanted to make a quick post to say that tomorrow's BG3 video (29th of Dec) will be the last one for the year and there will be a short 2 week break in between this video and the next. Both myself and my buddy Netstorm are taking some time off and we plan on coming back with more videos from the 15th of Jan 2024.

Thank you very much for your support so far, I want to wish all of you a Happy New Year, all the best and may 2024 be a prosperous year for everyone!

RG

2 years ago | [YT] | 4

Rusted Ground

Hello everyone,

The God of War blind playthrough has concluded, it was an amazing run – the story was great, the characters were top notch and it did feel quite strange to finish the game. At the time of recording the last video I thought to myself – what now? That has happened to me a few times before with the Witcher 3 series as well as with the Red Dead Redemption 2 playthrough. You get so attached to the characters and the story that once it’s over it feels like there’s a void there.

I want to thank everyone that has followed the series, hope you enjoyed it, I certainly did.

So what’s next? Well, at the moment I have a few games that I am playing and that I plan on making some videos on. There will most certainly be a few “Checking out” videos coming your way in the next few weeks and I’m still uncertain about committing to a longer let’s play series. I’m currently playing VRising with some friends and I plan on making a video about that and there are a few indie games that have caught my eye and I want to try them out and show them to you.

Having said that, for the next week and a half things will be quiet on the channel. There are some IRL things happening that prevent me from editing videos in the next 7 to 10 days so once that’s done I will be uploading again.

Thank you very much for your support so far, hope all of you are keeping well and until next time, happy gaming!

2 years ago | [YT] | 5

Rusted Ground

Hey everyone, hope you are keeping well. Just wanted to update you on what's going on and what's in store for the next few months on the channel.

We're getting close to fiinishing the God of War blind playthrough - I actually finished the game about 2 weeks ago and I have all the videos lined up with the last episode coming on the 25th of May. For those of you that are still following the series, I hope you're enjoying it.

I've been playing a bunch of games alongside God of War and for some of them I made the Checking out videos. I really enjoy making those videos because it gives me a chance to try out new games and share them with you. And maybe for some of them you will also want to try them yourselves so the Checking out type videos are there to give you an idea on what you can expect from these games without being full on reviews.

As the God of War series comes to an end I'm not really sure if I should get into a new blind let's play or not so I was hoping for some feedback. There are a few games that I'm really looking forward to playing this year but most of them are smaller games. I'm looking forward to the new VRising DLC that will drop next week and also there is a new Tactical RPG that will hopefully launch later this year called The Lamplighters League which I am really looking forward to playing.

The plan for the next few months is to try out more games and make more Checking out videos. There will also be a few shorts coming your way and maybe even a few full on reviews. I normally try to make reviews on games that I have actually finished since that offers me the full experience and I can then touch upon all the aspects of a game. With the summer coming however, it'll be more dificult to commit to finishing games. But, we'll see.

All right, that's it from me for now, hope you are all doing well, would love to hear what games you're playing and/or are excited to play this year.

Until next time, happy gaming!

RG

2 years ago | [YT] | 3

Rusted Ground

Happy new year! I hope 2023 will be a good, productive year for everyone.

I haven't posted regularly on this channel for a while and I would like to change that in 2023. I really enjoy recording videos and posting them on YT but 2022 was a very busy year for me in real life. My girlfriend and I bought a home and we spent most of our free time working on making it our own. I did play a few games in 2022 but I didn’t really have the desire to post any videos on my channel. I do enjoy recording and posting videos on this channel and I would like to try and be a bit more consistent starting this year. I have a few ideas that I would like to pursue when it comes to the type of content that I want to put on this channel.

The types of videos I’d like to upload are:
- Game reviews for the games I play;
- First impression videos/First hour of gameplay;
- Long form blind playthrough videos for story rich games;
- Shorts – 1 min reviews or fun moments from various games.

Last year I tried to diversify the content by uploading short review videos of the games that I enjoyed playing. I would like to continue on this path and I’m looking into creating more review videos on games I play. I also tried to dip my toes in the Shorts section with 1 minute reviews of games I have played in the past. I found the editing process for these videos very fun so I would like to continue this also. Last but not least I want to dive into some story rich games and upload my blind playthrough videos for those of you that watch this type of content.

My goal for 2023 for this channel is to be more consistent.

To kick things off I have already recorded a few hours on a very popular story rich game which will become a regular series on the channel and I also just finished a 1hr session on a very new and cool game from a small game publisher called Bethesda Softworks ;).

I will leave the thumbnails for both videos in this post just to give you an idea of what to expect. First video will be up tomorrow 29th of Jan.

Looking forward to what 2023 will bring!

Onwards and upwards!
RG

2 years ago | [YT] | 4

Rusted Ground

Hey guys, long time no speak!

Just wanted to drop this in here since I've seen my Gloomhaven review video got some traction. For those interested in the game, Gloomhaven is FREE on Epic Store from today until 29th of Sept.

Go and grab it if you want to try it out. I personally like the game a lot and am looking into possibly doing another video on it looking at the DLC content that came out since I last played it. It's a cool solo game but I love playing it co-op with friends also.

Cheers,
RG

3 years ago | [YT] | 7

Rusted Ground

Hey Everyone,

Thank you for those of you who dropped by the stream yesterday. It was great to see some faces from back in the day, gratefull you are still subscribed to this small channel. Going back into Mass Effect felt great. The game is so good!

As I said at the end of the stream I will be going back in on Thursday 20th of May. I have scheduled a stream already, you can click on it to set a reminder for when I go live if you want to. Hope to see you there on Thursday and I wish you all a great rest of the week!

Cheers,
RG.

4 years ago | [YT] | 3

Rusted Ground

Hey everyone, Mass Effect Legendary is out now! I have said this before and I will say it again - I CANNOT WAIT TO DIVE BACK INTO THE MASS EFFECT UNIVERSE! I have already downloaded the game and I am SO READY!

However, I will not start playing it just yet.

Here's the plan - I will be streaming Mass Effect Legendary, ON THIS CHANNEL starting Tuesday - 18th of May from 8PM UK time.

There is a lot of hype around the game, every gaming youtuber and their mother will be on this so, I'm thinking, we take it slow, steady and precise.

Mass Effect is my most viewed game series on the channel and it's so amazing for me to be able to come back to this universe and re-play it.

This time around I invite you to meet Rusty Shepard, a female Earthborn that survived extreme situations and overcame physical torments and psycological stresses that would have broken most people. During one of the missions she was on while in service, things went terribly wrong and she is now the sole survivor of her squad. The only one left to tell the tale!

I hope you will join me on stream to play through this together. I'll put up an upcoming stream link so you can have an idea of when I go live in your timezone.

If you are playing this game already, let me know in the comment section what you think about it. I know there are a few of you out there who have played Mass Effect more than once so, I'm very curious to see what you think of the new Legendary edition.

Stay safe, have a great weekend and I will see you next week!
RG

4 years ago | [YT] | 6