 What's up everybody I'm TheMangoos, you are awesome and today I'm talking about Hood, Outlaws and Legends. This is a new game by Focus Home Interactive. Hood is an interesting mix of third person player vs player and player vs environment. The game does have cross play matchmaking, but you currently can't send invites cross platforms so you will play against other consoles, but you can't make a group with someone on PlayStation if you're playing on PC. I've been busy as hell with work and appointments lately, but what time I've had to myself has been spent playing this game, I am absolutely hooked. Hood provides opportunities for a variety of gamer types to excel. Are you a twitch reflex no scope aim god? Take Robin or Mirian and dominate fights. Are you an old washed up has been like me that lost those skills a long time ago, but you still have a mind for strategy? Then hop on John or Took and call the shots for your team while staying focused on objectives. Today I'm going to go over the basics of the game, give you my thoughts and then show you a full match so you can decide for yourself if this is something that you're interested in. For now the main game mode is 4v4. You pick from four different legends based on characters from Robin Hood. Little John is my personal favorite. Each legend brings a unique skill set to the group and a well balanced team is your best path to success. The two teams load into one of five maps populated by NPC guards. Your goal is to silently make your way across the map, assassinating any guards in your way and eventually find the sheriff. Once he's located you need to pickpocket his key. After you have the key you locate the fault, open that up and grab a chest of gold. Then you take the gold to one of the very six extraction points on the map. Once the gold is loaded you need to winch it up notch by notch until you eventually have the chest. That all sounds easy, but remember there's another team of four players attempting to do the same thing with the same objectives. While there are two teams there's only one sheriff, one key and one chest of gold so you can kill the enemy team members and take the objective for yourself. For example maybe they get to the sheriff first, but you can still kill whoever has the key, take it and unlock the vault for your own team. Sounds pretty simple, but there's much more depth to the game which is something many people playing it don't seem to understand. When making your way through the map you can simply fight the various guards and kill them, just straight up 1v1 carnage, however it's much more efficient to assassinate them from behind. When you fight the guards or otherwise alert them they of course call in more guards, all the gates in the area drop and worst of all the enemy team is alerted to your position. There are various types of guards as well, you got simple soldiers, crossbowmen and knights. Soldiers and crossbowmen are pretty easy kills for the two melee heroes but the knights can be a bit of a pain, especially if you have to fight a large group of them. The sheriff is also a constant threat. He continues to roam around the map after you pick pocket him and he really zeroes in on you when you have the chest of gold. The sheriff is like Jason Voorhees, very slow and predictable but tough as hell and if he catches you, you're dead. You can take him down for a short period of time with gas, smoke or explosives. The vault's general location is shown to your team when you pick pocket the key, but the key holder is the only one that knows the exact location. If you're in comms make sure to let your team know where it is. After you get the vault open it's time to carry the chest. The two melee legends, Toc and John, carry the chest much faster than Mirian or Robin so you always want to have at least one melee on your team. You have multiple extraction points to choose from and most teams will attempt to just get to the closest one, but we found that taking the chest all the way to the point closest to your home spawn is the best strategy. There are spawn points located around the map that can be captured, but your initial point will always stay the same. It's especially important not to alert the guards when your team has the chest since that will tell the enemy team right where you are. Try having one of your bruisers carry the chest while one person watches his back and your range and stealthier teammates take out any guards in your way. The final step is to winch the gold out and this is where the game usually turns into a clusterfuck. The two melee legends can winch the gold out faster but it still takes some time and the enemy team can swoop in while you're cranking your last notch, team wipe you and win. Even if they did shit else the rest of the match they win if they get that last notch. You do get gold for each step you complete and each notch you winch so it's not a complete loss but man it hurts when that happens. The winch portion of the game is usually where you have the most team fights. The sheriff always makes his way to the area so you have him trembling around taking you by surprise and the guards respond so unless your team is super alert you will get spotted and the enemy team will know where you are. This is my only complaint with the game. Yeah it's not a total loss when the enemy team gets that last notch but god damn if it doesn't feel really bad. The main goal is to get the gold and even if you lose the match you can still get a pretty good sum if you performed well. You choose how much gold to give to yourself and to the people. Gold is used in the hideout to buy perks, outfits and weapons skins. You have three slots for your perks that are unlocked as you progress and the perks can greatly increase your effectiveness but often come with some kind of downside. Combat uses a stamina system performing different actions that depletes your stamina and you can't do shit once you run out but sit there and wait for it to reach in and get beat in the face. You also have an ultimate meter that fills up as you play. Getting kills, assassinations or carrying the chest fills that meter faster. Each legend has a passive ability, different gear they can pick up around the map and an ultimate ability. Robin is a sniper that excels at taking out guards from range, one-shotting enemy players with headshots and providing cover while you winch. He does have limited amount of arrows so you will need to find resupply points around the map. He can melee with his bow and he can perform a leaping punch with from the sprint but it's not very effective against, say, a jawn. He has a dodge for his defensive option and that is pretty nice. His trait allows him to tag targets for longer and his gear is a flashbang that blinds enemies and man is it bright on your screen when you get blinded. I'm betting they're going to get some complaints about that and they might change that around to just darkening your screen or something. His ultimate is an explosive arrow that's great for taking the sheriff down, blasting high health enemies and interrupting the winch. Marianne is the assassin that excels at pissing me off. She's quick and can assassinate from any angle. She has some kind of punch dagger that she uses for melee. She has a rolling attack if she may lays from sprint. And she also has a wrist mounted crossbow that gives her some range options with single fire or three round burst, three bolt burst I guess you should say. She does need to replenish her bolts just like Robin. Her gear is a smoke grenade and that obscures vision and gives you a great way to get stealth kills. Marianne's ultimate is that she goes invisible until she takes an action. You can still see a shimmer of her outline if you're paying close attention, but when you're in the middle of a fight it's pretty common to suddenly get off by Marianne. She also has a dodge for her defensive and it's a little quicker and takes a little less stamina than Robin's does. Took is the healer of the group. He regen stamina faster than the others and uses a flail with both a light and heavy attack. Think what they actually call it is a sensor like the incense spreading things that they used to use but anyway it's a flail. He can also perform a heavy attack from sprint. The heavy attack is medium range, stuns and it's very effective. He can also block and parry attacks. His gear is a gas grenade that prevents people in the area from regaining stamina. His ultimate is an AoE heal that also reveals any enemies in the area. John is the melee specialist. He can open up gates to allow his team to pass through blocked areas, but just be careful if you drop it on them they will die. He wields a hammer with light and heavy attacks and can also perform a leaping hammer attack from sprint. He can also block and parry. John's gear is an explosive grenade that can be used on the sheriff or to interrupt winching. His ultimate gives him crazy health and stamina. My biggest complaint for him is that when he walks it looks like he's touching cotton and desperately trying to find a bathroom. As you can probably tell I've been really impressed with this game. It's a refreshing mix of PvP and PvE that encourages teamwork and strategy. There are of course a few things that I don't like, the winch finish being one, but the positives massively outweigh the negatives here. If you've had your eye out for something new and different, then I highly suggest giving it a try. It's available on Steam, I don't think I've mentioned that yet. I'm going to go ahead and show you guys a full match, so stick around if you want to see that, but if not, you guys have a good one. Fair enough, fair enough. God, here. That's why you always listen to your priests. Celtic priests, I'll get them. Will you tag them? I figured I'd get the, you know. Well, no, killing gets me all faster. Oh, that too, yeah. Robin can't help but be accurate. Did you see that? Get the, get the knight, you know. I don't know if that works. Shit, did you see that? I hate both of you. Yeah, okay, assassin, anyone gets any, anyone's old faster. I know, mine's more useful. I agree with that. Crossbowman here. Fair. God, here. Actually, yeah, shoot the guard because... We'll get the fuck out of the way, you fat ass. Oh my god. Oh, shit. God damn it, man. You guys, yo, shoot the guard. Yo, okay, it's standing my way. I'm laughing because I want to assassinate. I vaulted the fucking wall. I was wondering how that... Oh, shit, there's a guard right over there. What was that? And then I hear Raven go, God damn it. He was talking to me. No, he fucking, he's like, yo, shoot the guard. Right there. I shot and then he just walks right in front of my arrow. Oh, man, I'm crying. Holy shit. Don't make me talk to my friends, please. King, I'm telling you, man, we're number one in friendship for a reason. Okay. And welcome to the, to the discord. Oh my god, dude. I'm with... We're... Are we just... Stay out of the way. I don't... No, we don't even know where the fuck he is yet. Unknown, alerted. Uh, yeah, get him and I'll rush. There you go. One crossbow down. I love that. That is one of my favorites. Someone's got to go back and clip that. I got him. I got him. I got him. I got him. Yeah, it's still one of my favorites. There he is. Uh, looks like there's a... You got him. Okay. You had me worried for a split second there. Yeah, I'll get this guy. Oh, I thought about vaulting over the wall instead, but... Oh, that portacus almost just killed me. Yeah, it did. Now I must have watched it. Oh, he's facing destruction. He's definitely looking at us. Yes. I'm like, man, the ball's on this dude. Uh, that's the church. Of course it's in the church. Okay. Oh, the other side of the map we go. All right, I'm going to bring my new boyfriend. Okay. Do you want to bring him with us to the church? Yeah, I'm going to bring him with me. You guys should go on the bridge to the portacus. I'll... I want to watch this. Are you kidding me? This is fun. Oh, they're right there. All right. He's almost dead. Robbing down. Sheriff? Oh, no. Yes, it wasn't me that died to the sheriff for once. I thought we had a connection. All right. There's a robin alive over there. Careful. Where? It was on the other side of the bridge. Like where I'm in. Nicely. Oh, yeah. I'm dead. I don't know where you are. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, where you're at. He's coming up on you. He's coming up on you. He's not dead. He's not dead. Yeah, it's going to be. I got B if you guys want to continue into the church. There's... Oh, shit. Oh, I did not know you were behind me raving. That's what I just said. Yo, let's go get B. We still have the key. What's going on here? Yeah, I got it. Nice shot. We got somebody in the fucking weeds over here. Oh, I see them, man. We avenged you. Nice swing. I did it through supervision. The teamwork. Is that the way you told me to swing my hammer? Man, I don't know if I could have done it without you. Are you guys still all right over there? What's going on? I don't know what you're talking about. I'm by the church. Wait, I hear a boat. The guard on my way. Yeah, I just heard it too. He's right here. What the fuck? He's just right here. He could have assassinated us and he didn't. Hey, behind us, behind us, behind us. Oh, what? You got the guard? No, just a two right there. Can you see him? What room in the church are we going to? Is that where? No, I see the robin. Honestly, that's three. Oh, fuck. I'm just robbing right behind you. I got you. There's a Joan creeping up. There he is. There he is. Impact ultimate arrow. Oh, damn. I was trying to pop it. Take there's a robin right here. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. Let's go say I'll fucking. What? Parried him. No, I'm in the middle of the game. I'm eating it. I missed. Hey, Duke. He really wants me for some reason. Okay. I'm sorry. Where did we determine that? Did you just shoot him in the face while I was executing? Yes, I did. It didn't kill him. I got. I got. Oh, they're whole team right here. Actually. Oh, sorry. I know it's going to build. You're fine. You got him. I need arrows anyway. You said the vestibule vestry. What floor? Zero. So it's right here. I'm sorry. Yeah. I was just hung. Oh, found him. Is it help out there? This is awkward. I got him. I got him. All right. I love that between the arrow pull and your between the arrow pull back. Oh, you want to see? Oh, these rag dolls, man. I can't. They're so funny. I have to show. Dude, I have to. After this game remind me, I got to show you what happened to that Mary Ann when I fucking killed her. Oh, I saw it. She skyrocketed like she took off into space. All right, wetlands. Get your your hike and shoes on. We're going all the way across the map. As soon as my alt's built, I'm dropping this. Okay. Got me. Unfortunately, they keep spawning back at A. Okay. Can you? Is that a Marianne just saw? Okay. My goose is with me. Cool. I'm right here with you. Yeah. Door door. They're in here with us. That's what I thought. Right? Let's go down here. Go down here. Bottle and that get downstairs. Robin's dead. Alt's ready. I'm dropping here. John right behind me, but keep going. Robin and two or outside running in now. Come down here. Come down here. I'm not here. We're good. There's a grenade coming down. No, no. Say, say, say you're good. Comment down. All right. John's like half health. I scared him off for now. I don't think this is the way to the wetlands. Well, it's not, but we're here. Um, we go out this way. No. This is this door open? No. All right. Yeah. Oh, okay. Come here. I know. I know where we're going. Come here. There's this door. Follow ping. It's right here. This is an accident. I'm watching behind you. I'm watching behind you. Thank you. This is an accident. I got an alt ready. Oh, Raven, have you seen how to opens the door? No. He uses a key in unlocks it. Hey, you want to go bridge or savage? Actually, let's go right here on the side of the bridge. Oh, service tunnel, service road. Well, this one, yeah. He opens it like a savage. With a key? Yeah, with a key. Oh, he just opens it like a. That's what the behind us behind us. Behind us, King. Keep going. Keep walking. I got your man. You watching it? I got. Yeah, I'm dealing with people on a. Watch out. They're trying to drags at us from up top. Yeah. Rub it into both down. The left. Sweet. No. Left, left, left. Sure, sure. It's all distracted. He moves slower than you do, even with chest. You're fine. No, no, no, no. I fucked up. No, go, go, go, go. I'm going to wetland. I'm dead. There's another guy right there. Watch out. He just ran past you. Oh, no. All right. Drop it and then crouch here. We'll try to ambush them. Unless you're marked by Cheryl. Yeah, I'm revealed by Cheryl. Oh, I'm dead. There you are. Oh, holy shit. Thank you on my level. You're welcome. Oh, yeah. Are you still revealed? Yeah, I'm just going to walk. Yeah, keep going. I'm hiding in the flowers, I guess. I think we're far enough away that they can take A, and it doesn't really matter anymore. Yep. Dude, that was funny. His character model tackled you, and I literally hit him with the R, too. Get the fuck out of here. Wait, I can't shoot through this. Oh, my God. This game is what I was robbing on day. That's a hitbox, huh? Yeah, the little fucking gap. Yeah, they're literally made for me to poke out of it. It's like, all right, robbing down. I'm going to go back for B. All right. Why? Just in case it cuts off their spawning. Okay. Keeps them a little bit further away. No, I think you're too good to be that far from us. Two of them are just spawning right in front of me. Woo. Yeah, that's what I mean. I got this, dude. Don't worry. Okay. The door's still open. Nice. Oh. Oh, and then a fucking John comes up. All right. There's three of them on me. There we go. Let me go. Oh, there's a dog right there. I got him. I got him. I got him. All right. There's two robins and a half. I do not have him. He's got me. I got him. Or not. No. No. This guy's unexecutable. There we go. Hey, they're trying to grab you right now. Threat me. Threat me. Threat me. That guy's about to have a bad day. Get hammered. You just flail him right in the nuts. Yeah. There are John's coming right there. Coming down. I have three of them on me. So just whatever you're doing, keep doing it. I'm going to heal here in a second. Just to. Where did John go? He's right up here. Both robins are on me right now. Yeah. He's on the bridge here. I'll deal with that. Holy fuck. You just keep. All right. They got there. Where's he at? I don't see him up here anyway. Yeah. I don't see him up here anyway. Right there. There he is. Nope. Right there. He's on us. He's on us. He's on us. I'm alive. Oh, he's going to kill me. I'm going to stick your grenade on him. Nice. I'm dead. Hell yeah. Nice. We got one more. I got a robin. I got killed by let me go crazy. 96. Fucking AOL got me. Are you guys okay over there? Or is there still one up? I got sniped somewhere. Did I kill one? No, I found him. Yeah. King's on. And there goes his head. Oh, wait, that's real. I was totally about to try to walk. Let's push it. Let's push it. Push. I'll keep an eye out on the up top. Or do they have C? They do have C. Yeah. That's how they're getting back so fast. Yep. Up there up top. Up top. Up top. Both of them. Just killed him. Nice. I'm bolting down. I missed a John. John's on me. All right. I'm coming to help. I'm just going to keep cranking. Just keep cranking, dude. Crank away. I got one robin. I'm busy right now. Oh god, I'm getting hit. Up top, up top, up top. I'm keeping one robin distracted. Got him. I'm adjusting position. I got killed by dark exodus. I got killed. I got a kill while I was flashbang. That was kind of nice. The robin's almost dead. Do you want me to get me? Sure, got me. There's Crank. Crank, Crank, you and me mangers. Let's go. You got it. Oh, I got this. Yeah, you got it. GGs. Flashbang me. This has got to be your guy. Last win. Nicely done. And then go.