I played 1 Souls-Like game you've never heard of
Summary
TLDRThe video script presents a detailed walkthrough and critique of a unique and buggy action RPG game, which seems to draw inspiration from the 'Souls' series. The game features a complex narrative with a protagonist who is both insufferable and psychopathic, contributing to a story that is as absurd as it is entertaining. The player embarks on a journey filled with sci-fi and fantasy elements, battling through various factions, and making decisions that significantly impact the game's factions and story. Despite the game's technical issues, including lag, glitches, and a lack of engaging combat, the experience is enhanced when played in co-op, offering a memorable and humorous adventure. The game's ending is as bizarre as the journey, with a choice that leads to the destruction of the game world, followed by an unexpected and humorous rap video featuring a key character. The video serves as both a critique and a celebration of the game's quirks, positioning it as a memorable experience despite its flaws.
Takeaways
- 🎮 The game 'Souls Lake' is a narrative-focused experience mixing sci-fi and fantasy elements, which the player found both buggy and hilarious.
- 😂 The player's experience was marked by humor derived from the game's glitches and the unlikable main character, contributing to an unexpected form of entertainment.
- 👾 Encounters with bugs were frequent, with boss fights often breaking in comical ways, affecting the game's difficulty and flow.
- 🕹️ The game features a unique combat system with potential for interesting co-op mechanics, although underutilized in the player's view.
- 👨🦰 The main character, Silver, is described as smarmy and annoying, which was a bold choice by the developers and a focal point for the player's critique.
- 🌟 Despite the game's flaws, the player had a great time, highlighting the importance of shared experiences in gaming, especially in co-op modes.
- 💣 The game's story is convoluted and absurd, with the player's character making inconsistent choices that align with the last person they spoke to.
- 🧙 The player's character gains immortality through a magic belt, which is a central mechanic of the game, allowing for resurrection after death.
- 👥 The game world involves factions such as the naboru and the ratkin, with the player's actions affecting their reputation and the story's progression.
- 🌌 The game's setting and plot are ambitious, with elements like an alien planet, a spaceship, and a quest for a mysterious Cradle driving the narrative.
- 🎶 The video includes a sponsored segment for 'V Rising,' a vampire survival action RPG, which was positively received by the player despite not being their preferred genre.
Q & A
What is the game 'Souls Lake' and how does it relate to 'Dark Souls'?
-Souls Lake is a game that is mentioned in the transcript, potentially inspired by 'Dark Souls', known for its challenging gameplay and deep lore. The reference suggests that Souls Lake might have similar characteristics, including the ability to roll around and jump over obstacles, possibly in a fantasy setting.
What is the main character's name in the game and how is he described?
-The main character's name is Silver. He is described as having a distinct look and voice, being somewhat annoying and not the type of character you'd expect in the leading role for a game like this. He is also characterized as making quips as if he's in a Marvel movie.
What is the significance of the 'magic belt' in the game?
-The magic belt is an important item in the game as it grants the wearer the ability to revive whenever they die, which is a key mechanic in the gameplay, allowing the main character, Silver, to be immortal.
How does the relationship meter in the game work?
-The relationship meter tracks how well the player's character is liked by different factions in the game. The player can occasionally make choices that affect the story, thereby gaining or losing points with these factions, which can influence the game's outcome.
What is the significance of the 'lightning rod' in the game?
-The lightning rod is a piece of forbidden technology that the player can grab and hide from the queen of the naboru. It seems to be a significant item for the mission given by the AI face labeled spaceship at the beginning of the game.
What is the nature of the combat in the game?
-The combat in the game is described as being rough and laggy, with issues that become more apparent as the game progresses. It involves both melee and ranged attacks, with the player character and co-op partner able to use special abilities and items like the Mana drainer and the fire katana.
What is the significance of the 'Cradle' in the game's story?
-The Cradle is a device that allows for DNA manipulation of creatures and was used by the space crew for terraforming the planet. It played a central role in the creation of the ratkin race and the subsequent conflict on the planet.
How does the game handle the concept of factions and their relationships?
-The game presents multiple factions, including the naboru, the ratkin, and potentially others like the broken race. The player's actions and decisions can affect their standing with these factions, leading to different outcomes and alliances.
What is the role of the spaceship and its AI in the game's narrative?
-The spaceship and its AI are central to the game's narrative. The AI guides the player character, revealing the backstory of the planet's colonization and the conflicts that have arisen. It also tasks the player with recovering the Cradle.
How does the game's ending unfold and what are the player's choices?
-The game's ending involves a series of decisions that lead to significant consequences for the planet and its inhabitants. The player can choose to support different factions, which affects the outcome of the story, including the possibility of becoming a king or queen, or deciding on the fate of the planet.
What is the overall tone and style of the game's narrative?
-The game's narrative is described as absurd, nonsensical, and heavily story-driven. It features a main character who is intentionally insufferable, which, combined with the game's many cutscenes and dialogue sequences, creates a unique and memorable experience.
Outlines
🎮 Introduction to Souls Lake and Game Overview
The video begins with the host introducing the concept of 'Souls Lake' games, referencing Dark Souls and the desire to discover lesser-known titles in the genre. The host shares their experience with a particular Souls Lake game that blends sci-fi and fantasy elements. Played in co-op with VOD, it was marked by humor and numerous bugs that impacted gameplay and boss fights. The game's narrative is described as bizarre, with a highly unlikable main character, and the host expresses mixed feelings about recommending the game despite the entertaining experience.
🌟 Sponsored Content: V Rising Game Introduction
The host mentions a sponsorship for the video, highlighting a game called V Rising, a vampire-themed survival action RPG with solo and co-op modes. Although the host has not played the game, they discuss its positive reviews and unique features, such as combat with vampire abilities and a current Castlevania event. The game is available on Steam, with a PS5 version announced for later in the year.
🕹 Game Mechanics and Early Progression
The video continues with a summary of the game's opening sequence, where the player wakes up in a monastery with no memory and is equipped with a magical belt that grants immortality. The player meets various characters, including an alien leader and two human companions also suffering from memory loss. The game's combat system and faction relationship mechanics are introduced, and the player's choices begin to affect the story's direction.
💥 Combat Challenges and Rebellion
The host and V engage in the game's combat, noting the difficulty and laggy movements. They acquire new weapons and discuss the game's mechanics, such as the lightning rod and the concept of respawning at a bonfire without penalty. The ratkin rebellion begins, and the players are imprisoned before being freed by a mysterious green character. They navigate through the game, encountering various obstacles and discussing strategies.
🤔 Character Dynamics and Moral Ambiguity
The players delve into the game's story, which involves a quest for a spaceship and navigating complex character relationships. They discuss the main character's unlikable traits and the moral choices presented by the game. The players find themselves switching alliances frequently, affecting their standing with different factions. The video captures their reactions to the story's twists and the game's dark humor.
🔥 Boss Fights and Game Glitches
The players encounter a boss fight with unexpected outcomes, including a one-shot victory and a glitch where the boss's body moves erratically. They discuss the game's unique mechanics, such as the amplifying shield and the strategic use of projectiles in combat. The video highlights the players' experimentation with different combat strategies and their commentary on the game's difficulty.
🛠️ Exploring the Game World and Puzzle Solving
The players explore the game world, interacting with NPCs, and solving puzzles, such as using a mine cart and dealing with broken cogs. They discuss the game's level design and the challenge of navigating through areas designed for the mine cart. The video captures moments of frustration and discovery as they progress through the game.
🏰 Politics and War in the Game's Narrative
The players navigate the game's political landscape, making decisions that impact the war between different factions. They discuss the game's attempt to tackle serious themes like racism and slavery while maintaining a sense of humor. The players express their confusion about the game's narrative direction and the moral implications of their choices.
👑 Royal Union and the Quest for Peace
The game's story leads to a royal union between the queen and the main character, with the players making choices that affect the kingdom's future. They discuss the queen's decision to change traditions and the main character's role in the kingdom's politics. The video captures the players' reactions to the game's conclusion and their reflections on the journey.
🤔 Confusion and Reflection on the Game's Story
The players express their confusion about the game's story, discussing the main character's inconsistent motivations and the game's attempt to tackle complex themes. They reflect on the game's unique approach to storytelling and the impact of their choices on the narrative. The video ends with the players sharing their final thoughts on the game's memorable and flawed experience.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Souls-like game
💡Co-op gameplay
💡Game bugs
💡Narrative focus
💡Character development
💡Game mechanics
💡Level design
💡Enemy placement
💡Game pacing
💡In-game politics
💡Cutscenes
Highlights
The game 'Souls Lake' is a unique blend of Dark Souls-style gameplay with a narrative that mixes sci-fi and fantasy elements.
The game features a protagonist that is intentionally insufferable, providing a bold and fascinating character study.
Experienced numerous bugs and glitches that led to humorous and unintended gameplay moments.
The game includes a relationship meter that affects the story based on the player's choices, influencing their standing with different factions.
Combat in the game is challenging and has issues that become evident as the player progresses.
The game's story is presented in a nonlinear fashion, which can be confusing but also adds to its unique charm.
Players take on the role of an immortal character with a magic belt that allows revival upon death.
The game world is filled with interesting mechanics, such as the ability to use partners as conduits for magic.
The game's pacing issues include long stretches without combat followed by intense combat sequences.
The game's ending is controversial and dark, with the player's actions leading to the potential annihilation of the planet.
The game's protagonist is characterized by a distinct look and voice, which is intentionally annoying and unheroic.
The game features a co-op mode that significantly changes the gameplay experience and introduces unique mechanics.
The game's narrative is heavily focused on dialogue and player choice, with a multitude of branching paths.
The game's setting and atmosphere are reminiscent of a space opera, with a complex backstory revealed through gameplay.
The game's difficulty settings, including a 'Story Mode' that slows down combat, offer a unique approach to challenging gameplay.
The game's conclusion features a twist where the player's character becomes a captain, with a decision that impacts the fate of the entire planet.
The game's final moments include a hidden rap video with a character named Ilar, adding an unexpected and humorous touch.
Transcripts
a Souls lake is a game that's kind of
like Dark Souls maybe that means your
character can roll around maybe you got
to jump over dinosaurs or maybe big
rocks just want to sit on you whatever
it might be I like to find Souls lakes
that you probably haven't heard of so if
that sounds interesting this is a bonus
episode of steam dumpster
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diving all right today we have the last
Ora crew this is a narrative focused
Souls Lake that mixes sci-fi with
fantasy and I played through it in co-op
with VOD last year honest to God it was
one of the funniest experiences I've
ever had with a game just a complete
fever dream I originally intended on
including it in a normal steam dumpster
diving episode where I highlight
different Souls likes but after
finishing it I realized that it would
never fit into a typical video because
there was just too much I wanted to show
and thus I put off editing it I finally
decided to just have it be its own video
so consider this a fun little bonus
episode now while my experience with
this game was incredibly funny it's
debatable how much of that was
intentional by the developers we ran
into constant bugs resulting in the game
breaking in hilarious ways for example
every single boss fight fell apart in
one way or another this was coupled with
a story centered around the most
insufferable protagonist I've ever seen
in a video game like imagine a smarmy
redditor got iseki onto an alien planet
that's what this game is it's very bold
and kind of fascinating and while I
don't think I can recommend it I still
had a great time laughing alongside a
friends I hope this video doesn't come
across as too disrespectful to the devs
because a lot of people worked hard on
this it had a budget it had a legit
publisher and there was still fun to be
had but yeah you'll see why we had the
reactions that we did I just need to
share my journey with you all because
I'll go insane if no one else knows
about this but first this video is
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the rest of the video okay so while
basically this entire video is just V
and me playing with our live reactions
the first hour of the game doesn't have
co-op and it's very dialogue heavy so
I'm going to do my best to summarize it
for you here if any of this sounds
confusing or nonsensical that's just how
the game presents it and I assure you
I'm relaying it to you in a far more
coherent way the first thing we see is a
cut scene of an AI face labeled
spaceship talking to us her message is
distorted and most of what she says gets
cut off but the key info we get is that
there's a mission we need to find her
and we shouldn't trust anybody that's it
we then wake up in a monastery with the
first thing we see being a muzzled rat
person scrubbing a floor then we're
thrust into a dialogue with an alien guy
who's the leader of the monastery he
tells us that we just woke up we have no
memories and that's time to quote repay
our debt by using our gift of
immortality which we have thanks to a
magic belt that allows us to revive
whenever we die important tangent here
this is our main character silver he has
a very distinct look and voice like he's
just kind of annoying and not the type
of character you'd expect in the leading
role for a game like this and he's
constantly making quips like he's in a
Marvel movie talking rats right this
probably can't get any weirder anyway
we're told to go prepare for training
and along the way we run into Brian and
Petra two humans who seem to in the same
situation as us and also don't remember
anything during these encounters we
start to get a feel for the dynamic
that's going on with the alien guys and
the rap people these two races are the
naboru and the ratkin and basically all
ratkin are being enslaved by the naboru
we're also introduced to this
relationship meter that tracks how well
we're liked by each faction one of the
main selling points of this game is that
it allows us to occasionally make
choices that affect the story and in the
process we gain or lose points with
these factions next we meet Tobias the
nburu in charge of training us he forces
us to fight a ratkin and here we get a
taste of how rough the combat is in this
game I'm not going to dwell on it here
but yeah it has issues that you'll see
more of later suddenly oh no the queen
of the nuro shows up unexpectedly it's
not clear why she showed up yet but
we're told to hide before she sees us
that we can grab a piece of forbidden
technology the lightning rod and hide it
from her I did this and put it in a
secret room nearby but yeah we're then
thrust into an interrogation with the
queen who asked us to snitch on the two
guys in charge about the lightning rod I
decided not to snitch and my
relationship with the nooro went down
then out of nowhere we're in another cut
scene in which the rat can begin
attacking and thus their Rebellion for
Freedom begins we're then thrown in jail
under the monastery along with Tobias
then a green guy shows up rips the door
off our jail cell and we're free who is
this guy who knows finally we reached
our first bonfire checkpoint and from
here I could invite V to join my game so
we got a ratkin rebellion something
about a spaceship something about a
green guy a lot of stuff going on and
our guy is not the guy to deal with it
but he's the guy we got enjoy the rest
of the video all right so we um
we broke up in a prison cell just like
every other Souls game yep and now we
got to escape let's follow this uh let's
follow this Blood Trail this looks
promising oh look there's a guy holy
[ __ ] scared me I don't have a weapon you
nether why it should be
here
oh oh [ __ ] here we go nice pick up I got
the lightning rod what'd you get I got a
fire katana
okay yeah sure go for that sounds good
okay um someone just dying in a dungeon
that we're supposed to help or something
where were we supposed to like give him
the lightning rod back maybe we should
get going I will need a weapon sure you
can have a katana luckily for you I did
my homework that was mine appreciate it
let's get out of here it's to for you
find out what yeah just disappeared from
my hand I'll just leave then I guess you
found you found your Co-op partner
no no dud come back for he's running dud
he's roll quick
[ __ ] surely you could be moving faster
short legs Master short legs and don't
call me Shirley dude I can't with this
dialog
please so much for
discretion so how about I go first and
clear the way for you now we got to like
murder all the rats no we just like
walked amongst them and they were so
friendly I know all right time to
die oh my God this combat bro I
forgot it's very laggy but that guy's
almost dead well I'm dead oh you died
it's okay I respa in 3 seconds press
jump to respa dude it respawned me at
the
bonfire I was about to revive you too I
don't know what that does wait that's
crazy is there no penalty for dying like
I can just like die and come back dude
every time I look at this guy I just see
that fire Katana that you gave him out
of my hand yeah wait why did I even give
that he didn't help us he didn't help at
all such an [ __ ] he did not help with
fighting at all he just took this like
cool weapon travel to the Fortress let's
go God this main character sucks he just
crashed the boat for no reason
okay oh sh what the
[ __ ] they added like electricity effects
cuz it's in the water okay that's some
nice attention to detail you know I
guess so just in case you want to you
know get back on the boat which they
clearly don't want you doing cuz they
they made that cut scene listen I'm
having a good time I think this will be
fun I'm having a time oh another cut
scene I want that weapon
was it a weapon yeah draining Mana
you've equipped a Mana drainer equip the
Mana drainer in your Shield slot say
convert Life Energy to Mana oh that
sounds cool so you can like suck the
life out of them into Mana all right let
me try this Mana drain
thing okay that's a neat idea I don't
have any like spells right now though I
don't
think oh cut scene man the cut scene a
this planet could definitely do with a
nonviolent communication crash
course okay so way I used these two
rings I lowered my strength and
dexterity to two but it was enough to
get my intelligence up to 12 so now I
can use the sparkling
scepter and get this it has a special
move where I can connect the user to a
target with lightning energy it creates
like a chain effect and it it seems to
imply I can cast it on you so I want to
try this okay I'm going to cast on
you it didn't work okay I'm me try more
time I'm going to cast it yep yep go go
go what do you mean did you see it no
okay I was connecting I was connecting a
stream of lightning to you and it was
damaging him when you got close to him
oh that was not on my screen do you see
it now
no I can see a little blue number above
your head which I assume is your Mana
draining ready I'm doing it
got one got two
nice I mean this is actually really cool
this is a cool idea like like using your
partner as like a conduit for magic and
like using like the positional using
your positioning to to mess with that
that's actually cool always keep the
enemy between me and you yep yep nice
nice and the good thing is they aggro on
you from this so like they didn't look
at me once during the whole thing no
that's genuinely like a neat mechanic
Tobias promised you would tell me about
some cradle how vital it is and I am
afraid that your search for the Cradle
needs to be postponed we have more
pressing matters to deal with but I was
I know Tobias accepted you as you shall
follow my kinky I like that what shall I
do mistress we need to solve one more
thing before we sa are you killing
yourself oh you're dead don't even res
me just let me die no do I'm not letting
you die
please no I'm actually getting more into
this game than we play you know like I'm
I'm loving
this dude the projectile moves look how
slow it moves I keep missing do you see
this do you see my orb or no yeah yeah
no I do the orb moves so slow I keep
missing all right go I don't think
there's something down there but go for
man I'll get bofus is
armor wait I think I sent an elevator
hit up you
did wait that's actually amazing hell
yeah oh that's
sick I just heard like fly past my
vision dude you were laughing I am so
[ __ ] smart look now we can take the
elevator and get the uh the loot down
here I don't think we're supposed to be
down here can you see the boss health
bar no yeah so I was down here while you
were talking oh I see it now the boss
looked at me and then just just it
backed away glitchy okay we're good it's
running away from us is that oh no no
it's coming can you see it yep I see it
it's coming I shouldn't have jumped down
here I'm going go back up the
ladder yeah good look
that oh Sho a
fireball check this
out it's okay I'm going to operate this
gate you do the zapping I'll do the
running around okay my Mana is pretty
low man drop the gate on it drop the G
on it oh [ __ ] that yeah yeah yeah go go
now okay wait no no no I'm I'm doing it
I'm doing it come on yes wait is he dead
yeah Victory it says wait you can
actually one shot him like that that's
sick as
[ __ ] he he's his body's following you
dude his body just slid over here oh
that's that's really creepy like cuz I
didn't see it move I just turned around
it was in a different space but I didn't
get anything from that yeah neither did
I oh he it's moving it's moving again
dude no dude it's moving it's so I can't
see it so can you only do that if it's
in Co-op like with the the gate yeah so
that so that gate thing I assume that
would have only worked in Co-op because
there's no way you could have gotten
into stand of the right place by
yourself
the
so
furry I'm going to get All Med evil on
your faury
ass listen honestly it's like
consistently like be movie tier you know
like it's you think it's okay cuz it's
consistent I think it's like it's funny
to laugh at you know check out the
shield we found it's called amplifying
Shield it says draws friendly
projectiles cast by another user when
locked onto amplifying user to the
amplifier and releases them where the
amplifying user is aiming with increased
potency I need what oh wait that's
actually sick as [ __ ] no no I get it I
cast my projectile at you and then you
redirect it with your Shield all right
cast your thing
oh it works wow yeah it went really fast
like I didn't even see the projec that
actually see that actually makes the orb
useful because it's super super slow
when I cast it by myself and I think
that's that's the reason it's slow it's
cuz it's to encourage you to use that
mechanic did it do more damage I yeah
know it does it does more damage too I
want to try this in actual combat yeah I
know this this is actually like a neat
mechanic I like
this God my game is extremely B now you
go my furry friend you'll be skipping
and hopping in no time did it so it's
interesting how right now we're
basically trying to be friendly with
everyone like I haven't had to made any
like hard decision on like betraying
anyone like we kind of just chill with
everyone you know yeah we just like
murder everyone and then become their
friends that's been travel to City beat
okay cool City sounds good w't we
supposed to go with liel though we kind
of just left her behind yo dude look
they're grilling you imagine having to
do that in full
armor yeah having to operate the grill
yeah why these guys have they're soaring
their Shields out just like staring at
the pot and the pans what are they
making is that looks like sausage but
like it's all coiled up for some reason
M maybe it's like a cinnamon roll you
know yeah it looks like a cinnamon roll
great well
building listen you're not impressed
this isn't from soft level uh World
building for you yeah I'm not I didn't
get that much environmental storytelling
from the cinnamon roll you just have to
reading enough item descriptions okay
human
we left you in prison yet you have freed
yourself and arrived here I agree it's
not much of a feat when you were
Immortal but it still wasn't easy to get
all the way what did you say Immortal
you yeah Immortal what's the fuss I
thought everybody knew oh my God he's
insufferable assured we wouldn't have
left you in that prison if we knew so
what should I do we need someone to kill
that rebellious ratkin General dancing
over there with such
overconfidence I Mighty B General on Dr
challenge
myalo of
Champions give me your best Champion to
F I'm no assassin good we don't need an
assassin it wants to fight our most
proficient warrior in a so-called wager
of Champions well they don't call me the
exter Terminator for nothing let's do
some rat killing if you succeed our
gratitude will be proportionately
generous what can I say I'm a sucker for
generous
proportions already dying to die for you
that we can arrange then take this as a
symbol of our trust and seek our
commanding Captain dude he's like so
insufferable that it's like looping back
around to like hilarious to me I
remember being like the evil people here
cuz like the rat people are like the
slave class and we're just like helping
the oppressors basically just cuz it's
like we've happened to come too yeah
he's like yeah sure would I initially
he's like I'm not okay with this and
then he's like they don't call me the
exterminator for nothing that happened
within 5 Seconds yeah that was like a
pretty Cavalier line for like like the
rat people are people but it's also in
character cuz he's just so such a I feel
like he's such an idiot that you're
right like it's almost inch character
for him to say that like he he just does
things based on whenever he can like say
some sort of Zinger or something you
know he's like that character in future
armor what is it zap branagan or
something God gives me those kind of
Vibes let's go kill this thing so what
I'm going to do is you're going to cast
your thing and I'm just going to keep
repeatedly casting the orb on you and
we're going to like two shot this guy
all right yeah oh we need to go back out
to the Courtyard I guess yeah silver you
made it oh yeah Brian we were worried
well go figure and Petra well she went
full revolutionary she says those rats
deserve their freedom and whatnot nice
to see that at least you're keeping it
real I mean don't get me wrong I'm not a
racist but it's quite obvious who
represents Lauren order here and we need
them her majesty wants you on their side
as well she sent me here to tell you
that yeah preaching to the choir here my
friend can we not help this guy cuz I
don't want to I don't want to help the
yo I'm not a racist but uh you know what
what team we're on
right God sh going on about how they
need rights or something you
know you you shall be the champion of
naboru all right ready let's do
it yeah we're shredding himot of damage
we're shredding
him damn he got wrecked that was so
fast I hold
we're going have a story moment maybe we
can like spare him or something maybe
this is our chance we can betray the
queen Redemption so you are righteous
and let me go fate of whole wraith is at
stake all right so kill him or let him
run away what do you
think I mean just yeah let him go all
right you are right the queen just
didn't give me many options go I will
take care of things here
we just keep flip-flopping to like every
faction back and forth and just making
everyone hate us
yeah may mar shine upon you meet me in
Old Minds if you want to talk I like
this guy's characterization of being
like so dumb that he
just he goes along with whatever the
most recent person that was highly
unsatisfactory Her Majesty wants to give
you another chance she sure has a big
heart so I just bring her majesty the
head of this rat and we're all kittens
rainbows and unicorns okay so now we're
on their side cuz he convinced us to
kill the rat
again okay then when the rat the rat
begs for Mercy again we're on the rat's
side again let's see yeah we just like
whoever whoever as did the last thing we
just a good point we should have killed
him I know you realize this guy's voice
like in his like Army kind of tone what
it does is like it works for you can
never tell if he's being sincere or
constantly sarcastic like it works for
both kind of like is he just dumb or is
he like being sarcastic just doesn't
give a [ __ ] it kind of works for both
depending on what choices you make like
he doesn't even know why he's here so
like this literally just feels like a
game to him he was given the respawn
glitch he just he's like a mortal just
chucked into a random just like oh [ __ ]
it yeah that's why it's like why is he
supposed to care about these people it's
been like in game time has been like an
hour like yep he's met like four
different Power factions I don't know
all right we're traveling we're
traveling to the bridge of Salvation are
we going to like die instantly walking
up here cuz this seems
dangerous this is fine it's not fine
dude it's fine I'm dead I died instantly
all right
well uh we could have taken there's a
left path by the
way I don't know what you're talking
about I'm going fine can you see where I
am I can did you actually make it
yeah still going all right I'm going to
try to follow [ __ ]
it I'm getting my ass kicked dude I'm
just running past
everything I'm coming I'm
coming where' you jump from here where
did you
jump oh wait you jump to the right here
I see it I see it that's kind of cool
that that's like an option like we
definitely we're not like we're supposed
to go to the left and not just run into
that it's just like entering storm Bell
from the front look at this guy do you
see him M big
ilar oh my God what is this character
design W you per chance help a poor
Trader out of this pickle young man well
what can I do for you Trader I will be
extremely grateful if you could provide
me with some means of
transportation like a crane and a
carriage all the damage is coming from
that
move hey man if it gets us throw faser
I'm happy about it I think what would
make it a lot more interesting to me is
like if it wasn't as simple as simply
locking onto you like if like imagine
this was like a shooter and I had to
like kind of like aim it and then like
you had to like aimim it and there's
like there's like more skill going on
rather than just like clicking the lock
on button yeah right oh there's a
checkpoint oh thank God is this like a I
think this is like a little watch
this oh what's moving oh I'm moving you
I'm moving you I did not expect that at
all I did that okay I'll move you back
you didn't do it like a second earlier
be
dead you know I'm impressed this isn't
breaking the game usually stuff like
that is yeah I know right very
inconsistent if you come to the corner I
can maybe lock on you you got to come
closer to me though I don't rely on you
9 I'm locked on I'm locked on ready okay
go go I'm doing
it there we go we broke the
Catapult well nobody here oh cut scene
are you seeing this yeah [ __ ] sounds
well time to
go my
me this guy's just going to die I can't
see anything my camera's inside my
character's head okay is it really tell
we wait guide me D I'm stuck in this
bathroom guide me okay okay uh turn
around turn okay yeah
go okay walk
straight okay you're good you're good
you're the door press a press a okay I'm
at the forade I saw the thing I saw the
prompt is it fixed no I just see a B Bar
just tell me where to lock
on you're not locked on me where is he
he's oh I can see you I'm locked on I'm
locked on
go okay okay hold on you died oh my God
I resp I'm still inside my head I'm dead
by the way there's no running animation
for you you're just walking for me
still so you're just walking really fast
really fast okay let's see if I can go
through this gate
yep here we go all right let's [ __ ] him
up oh what the [ __ ]
all right go go
go man this would be rough without the
magic he has so much health yeah do you
think we would be enjoying the game much
without it I think this would be
impossible without the magic he would
just be destroying
us I got a fatal eror it's okay you're
still here for me we we won we won it's
okay we got Victory even though your
game crashed by the way I noticed
there's a there's a donkey ring which
you might want it converts intelligence
to strength my intellect is minus
one your in minus one yeah feel like
that's like Cannon for this character
ready 1 two
3 I yeah the beam's really fun I like it
more than the orb spell even if it's
like a little less damage just because
like at least the positioning
matters about to die pretty tough
wow got it w he just wow see he destroys
you it almost seems bugged like they're
doing double damage or some [ __ ] imagine
doing this not in Co-op like this would
just be
unplayable see I also think you are
getting a pretty distorted view of the
game if we just go through the whole
thing like this like just using the orb
well yeah right I mean yeah single
player would be one thing and then
playing normally would be thing like
this is insane I'm reviewing this and
looking at this purely as the co-op
experience I understand that playing
solo would be way less fun and hly
unplayable anym how it goes I just got
this can't be the way to go dude this
guy is broken I couldn't even rest
there's like a portal at the end here
like to a different place do we want to
take it yeah go go go go I have no idea
what the what was the other way but here
we go Temple of the black modat I don't
know we're supposed to go this way I
don't remember the Temple of the black
black moon coming up in the
story The Temple of the black moon has
not come up no we're supposed to be like
finding the rat that ran away I have no
what are we doing here anyway we're
going to find a secret fourth faction
and like I don't know be extra
evil these skeletons have a good point
you know that Lich King he has some good
ideas he has some good ideas you know
Exterminating everything turning them
into skeletons I like it a checkpoint
right here should we take this
checkpoint like are we committing to
this [ __ ] area [ __ ] it all right
whatever I mean it might be just like a
side area I don't know or should we go
back and see what the other direction
had I don't know I don't give a [ __ ]
let's just keep going going beam
again so you actually don't need to use
your uh your Shield ability oh I'm
double hitting them see that does free
me up a lot wow the double hit yeah no
so using the the channeling thing is
definitely like solid when there's more
than one enemy yeah I looted something
but nothing happened so I think I broke
it again bro stop picking [ __ ] up
this probably really good too like he
had sick gear Al you see this volcano
axe oh dude bro you need to equip this
do you have the stats for it yeah the R2
will let you throw the axe like it's the
move that the boss had that we fought I
think all right check
it hell
yeah does look so slow
though you know what's interesting D I
bet I bet that would work with if I had
the shield you could like redirect your
axes wait can we try that it works it
came out me can do it hold on you're too
far
away it didn't work try it again it did
work but it's not the same try one more
time one more time come about matter
anything think one
more it's just not the same is it is it
just too slow is that the issue
yeah oh on me dude I just died instantly
every time don't worry I've got damage
now it's fine dude I'm stronger than you
now okay let's just take this nice and
slow this isn't that hard we're both
good at video games okay what no I'm not
I'm I'm entering a
crypt uh I found the mines there's a new
area did we get the axe in this area the
fire axe I don't know I'm assuming we
got it maybe we got it from the boss cuz
the boss had that same axe attack who's
this Silva oh my goodness you came I was
hoping you would show up what a relief
oh she's the one that was like don't
think the rmore the non-racist one
should we listen to her or remind her of
her Mission listen to her oh you want to
listen to her okay I hate this war it's
it breaks things I want to be convinced
by someone new but I don't know how her
majesty thinks that they were trying to
use us to overthrow the government or
something well she would surely deserve
to be thrown somewhere dark and deep if
the whes had told me we're after the
queen I would have been the first one in
line I mean all this killing it's insane
what the [ __ ] man it surely is still you
took the time to come here to do some
serious mushrooming your ratties she's
not even talking about
white can show the slur for a second
this is meant to be the non-racist one
he says that with the naboru our chances
on this planet are much higher so he is
with them I thought as much I am sure he
also told you something like well I'm
not a racist but he did well yeah
anybody who says that is a RAC rist
Silva you should know better she's real
I know I know the Keepers were also
trying to use us and now that [ __ ]
Queen in using Brian I also feel a bit
used honestly it just it just took one
trip to the city and one talk with the
queen and I found myself fighting the
ratkin general yeah man oh my told you
everybody a reflection of you as a
character not probably gu I wanted to
town next thing was helping her told me
to find him here and then we could
search for that silly cradle of yours if
you insist well it's the only lead we
have on how to get out of here so yeah I
will eventually insist I'll be your
insistence
sister so if you're headed to the J
anyway oh dude we we can get in we can
get in there's a get in button oh oh my
God wait wait can you get in wa I I
can't SL
down all right go what happens if I
don't get on um I don't know what do you
see do you see is this as Jank on your
screen as it is on mine we just killed a
spider I just we just were going forward
the whole time and I yeah we ran over
spider that was all that happened mine
was a side view hell yeah dude mine's
level and it looks like a maze and we
have no idea where we're going mhm this
is what I'm all about let's go um should
we get back in the mine cart or should
we walk around I'm down to get in the
mine cart again all right
we have the key right we haven't used it
so
onward I I don't know about you but I
got catapulted through the map into
nothingness and I'm in the middle of
nowhere and now I'm falling to my death
out of the map I lived I see you fall
how are you doing
all right all did we just wait did we
just lose the mine cart now was that it
are you still falling by the way yeah
yeah no I'm still falling I don't know
how long this will take but you can
probably see my distance getting further
and further away right yeah I can't even
look down far enough to see you anymore
the camera doesn't go that
low [ __ ] me then I guess we don't get in
the mine cart Jesus how do we fix this
like if it won't kill you surely there's
like a a fail safe if you fall they like
program that in right that's yeah surely
they that's like that's like video game
101 if you fall for 30 seconds it kills
you it's been 30 seconds so bit awkward
uh I'm sorry man it's just weird that
there was like physics involved to me
flying off you know like it was an
explosion and it propelled me away
through the map I'm kind of like that's
kind of impressive like you know in a
weird way do I quit out and do you inv
invite me again I guess that's the GU we
know it's we know it saves on my
character so it shouldn't be a problem
all right here we
go I I don't know what checkpoint to go
to though when was last checkpoint we
even
got oh [ __ ] was it back in the graveyard
yeah it was also I can't go I can't go
backwards by the way because uh the mine
cart went over tracks that were like
rails only and why did it explode how
was that a part of the story there was a
there was a metal door that we hit was
it broken now did you take damage like
what was the punishment uh well the
punishment is that the mine cart is just
gone it it just disappeared I think we
we just lost the mine cart now [ __ ] we
really got punished for I was like I
just want this to be over supposed let's
just get in the mine cart and then
anyway uh you can invite me now by the
way no I can't invite you because I
don't know where the [ __ ] go for the
next checkpoint I'm still I'm deep in
the mines and
[ __ ] so like I got to keep going a
little bit and hopefully there's one
nearby this is your single player
experience just you know soak it all in
just feel it all just really just leave
it man I'm feeling it this is a blessing
in disguise and this guy this guy's
review says great to have a benefit of
playing Co-op but it doesn't seem to
offer much benefit to
players wait he said it doesn't offer
much benefit to playing Co-op yeah this
guy so wrong I disagree I think it's
it's [ __ ] awesome fighting side by
side is always fun but what you gain
from the co-op only spells isn't worth
the extra setup Co-op spells are a nice
feature but it isn't the reason why two
people are playing the
game it's the only reason would you
agree with this guy's review though he
says magic feels discouraged since
getting Mana is a high risk
activity uh so I agree with that however
I've upgraded my will enough to the
point where like I I don't have to worry
about that like the the spell costs are
low enough that after investing into a
few points of Mana I don't need to use
that mechanic but I agree that yeah the
mechanic of having to run up and punch
them is is clunky as hell and is discour
this reviewer auth says as a positive of
the game no clear sense of right and
wrong lets you define what is right for
you yeah you know you can go with the
the girl or go with the I'm not a racist
guy there's no right or wrong listen say
what you will say what you about this
game like it it honestly is different I
would much rather play a game with this
kind of like silly cheesiness than like
just a game that like kind
of fails generically and tries to be
serious but just isn't entertaining do
you know what I mean like you can't deny
that like we we've run into quite a few
entertaining moments despite everything
yeah that's that's just True how's it
going by the way found that checkpoint
I'm running down a really long tunnel
because it was made for a mine cart
going 50 m hour yeah that's what I was
going to ask cuz they're going to be
like that thing was going fast you know
dude I'm just running down a long tunnel
without the M oh and there's usually
that's why there's enemies in there so
you have to like fight them if you don't
take the mine cart so there was no enemy
in that one
okay good okay cool wa ice you can spawn
mine carts in okay good we got a new
mine cart okay um still no checkpoint oh
I found checkpoint let's go do we want
to launch you again man [ __ ] it let's
go all right let's do it have fun all
right later
B I took fall damage it'd be good if
there was like a platform up top that
you had to like use the explosion to get
to she is dead
gone liil what happened oh pale Octavia
avenge her death AR raise those ravenous
rats are we talking about a baby
ratkin they kill and eat babies sure
hatred and revenge can make one Savage
but once a rat always a rat obviously
but still damn that's Savage what the
[ __ ] was all that that was nothing that
was just her being mad about like a baby
that died and she thought it was the
rats but probably wasn't like so much
the story revolves around them like oh
they eat children it's like and then the
rats are like no we don't and they're
like but they do no we don't they do
it's just that and then the characters
like yeah you're probably right they do
eat babies no they don't they seem ni
yeah he was like no what an idiot he's
like oh I guess once a rat always a
rat that's like legit what he said yeah
I know like our guy is legit
[ __ ] hell Donkey Kong we didn't
really think about which direction to go
did
we that's
true oh we were right hey he's
back honestly I'm rooting for that guy
well he just escaped us so what is this
guy
doing dude each of my tick is doing 522
that's
crazy you're getting a crazy amount of
Mana too like you can cast that for days
really I can't believe it has upsetting
that's like hey this is the wrong you're
doing the wrong thing here withp it
tells me that every time I try to do it
even though my intellect is 16 honestly
I find that really upsetting that an RPG
would tell you I find it upsetting as
well like that you're doing wrong
thing I agree it is upsetting that it
tells you like hey you sure you want to
do that do imagine Dark Souls at that
it's like hey we noticed you're on the
second boss and you haven't loved up
Health yet are you sure you want to do
that yeah you're um your V is like 10
but you keep complaining that the game
is too hard are you sure you don't just
a bit like you don't have to but would
you like some healing some reason I
thought that was like a prompt the game
came up with because we were just
talking about like wit STS to play to
yeah yeah sure thank you sorry leave
again would you like some healing
yes that's a lot holy [ __ ] wait I found
the mining drill you like the tools bro
I just got the mining Dr I got it I
guess yeah well we can summon a mine
cart here we just have to summon another
one so it can turn right instead right I
have broken cogs and it said you need to
find someone that can repair them so
let's head back it's not that far bro
it'll take us like 30 seconds you know
it's not going to be that simple no it
is watch it'll be it'll be fun the mine
guard's going to explode and I'm going
to fly off it says press a to leave I'm
so temped don't jump out I do it when
we're about to like still yeah do it now
man
wait you actually can just launch that's
actually cool it keeps the momentum
keeps the momentum yeah that's nuts
sapis repair me got him
almost I found him tried to have a
little tetet but he chickened out and
ran away and he also found credit to
them they did find the right voice for
for the dialogue they wrote maybe you
could help me to get him like it's
actually not just one or the other you
know it's actually they they're both
very consistently infuriating so it
almost feels like this dialogue was made
for that person specifically he really
is perfect for this role I found these
cogs they're broken right let me see
indeed as broken as a cog can be just
take the cart to the main hall climb to
the old furnace and make sure it's
operational you do the dirty work I'll
do the smelting oh maybe we are supposed
to C way up like upwards oh [ __ ] okay
yeah yeah let's keep going this way
surely we're close we've only been
running upstairs for 5
minutes check
it found it who put this here this is
such a video game thing but to put a
lever like up 10 stories of
platforming to make their furnace work
okay the button disappeared okay I'll
hit it burn baby burn yeah fire in the
furnace smoke in the sky yeah stop
getting into
it bad the dialogue is bad sweet and
theoru like us more I bring those four
ores of Molly Venom oh see good those
good work nice yeah I'm getting the hang
of that drilling thing and you'll be
happy to hear that we also need about 50
ores of pig iron right what just pulling
your leg land lobber I'll have
everything ready land lber just give the
and I can start smel you live in a
mine see like she like that's funny it's
just so
Random like red con's character he used
to be like a did you see that camera
like following the camera went with that
see that was an inspired directorial
Choice there it made me feel dizzy and I
hated it oh [ __ ] sorry
you oh no I can't can't get your
body that's fine I resit the thing
anyway right
so I can chill oh wait no now I can kill
myself too and then I can get back to
the yeah couldn't we just yeah we should
have done that from the start yeah just
don't die and I can respawn on
you but don't you lose your current no
you don't I only lose the currency if we
both that's crazy um so this is what's
supposed to work
now uh yes let's stick the Cog in fix
the
bridge all right okay cool oh here we
[Music]
go are we going to talk or are we going
to just fight that's it just wait why is
there two of them glitched out did you
see two of them I can't move I'm out
it's playing the same cut scene again
oh it played the same cut scene two
times in a row you again okay I can move
thousand deaths that was so weird
welcome we know about your burden the
enem is still attacking me while you're
in the cut scene go get up can can you
see
me will be fire suffering and death
wherever you go I'm nothing without your
take your death well new life will be
born I would love to do without all the
suffering and death any chance we could
step back and figure that out we just
want to take Freedom that is rightfully
ours your help would mean a lot to us
will you do right
thing wait so we said we're just going
to agree with whatever the last person
said to us right yeah our character has
like the memory span of a goldfish so
yes our character is loyal to no one
they just help whoever asks them to do
something fast yeah we'll help you sure
we all deserve Freedom o- 17
for a long time now it's time cut that
leash once and for all just wait 30
minutes we're going to be negative with
every faction we go back to bridge human
is with us get on CAU move it all right
so we're helping the rats
now we're riding the
carts we're helping the rats for now
okay so we're helping the rats and we're
going to find another rat who is in
hiding and convinc to join the fights
see this is one of those times where
like I don't know if if we're just like
confused about where to go or if like
the game actually bugged out you know
yeah I know right with these games you
kind of question that eh let's try going
right I don't think we've been right no
we would have gone right because I don't
think we have I think I think we only
went
left okay this is new I don't recognize
this yeah we're supposed to go deeper
into the mines okay well this is it
okay no no we're friendly with the rats
not remember
sorry forgive me I forget our
allegiances change every two seconds uh
can you unlock this those y a giant rat
in there do you wait wait it says you
want to open the cage and release mother
Yuna is that a rat yeah yeah let's fre
we got a free the rat mother thank
you enjoy your new found free be free
rat wait why was why was that rat
running on four legs I thought they
walked on two legs everyone on Steam is
asking like why doesn't this game have
like a map a guidance system and then
some people think you know it's some
games are just designed that way over I
mean like I feel like it's mostly linear
enough where like it's not an issue most
of the time but times like this it's
like I genuinely can't tell the game
bugged out or not yeah when it's that
question it's incredibly frustrating cuz
you don't know if
yeah hey here we go okay this is this
has to be him
who's
there that belt that can't be our Legend
they speak of human Messiah so he just
asked me if I'm willing to accept the
way of fire or refuse it I have no idea
what that means I'm just going to accept
it well I suppose knowing more about
your religion really can't hurt right oh
Mah it surely hurts
you will be borned and from your ashes
you shall rise
again
Brothers he's so easily persuaded that
he decided to like literally burn
himself to Ash let's go is it too late
for see that was it that wasn't that
bad oh wait oh
why did he agree to this why did we
agree to this know why you know why I
better get fire magic
whoa sick come over why did he keep the
hair though couldn't we lose the
hairstyle holy [ __ ] you were serious
about that rising from the ashes now I
give you your Pilgrim stuff oh here we
go or other marks of Marth if you wish
say no more free fiery stuff to make me
more powerful give it to me and yes
stuff is gift of marus for messiah but
we appreciate donations what we are rich
only in our mind and spirit down here
and material costs donation H all
religions are the same oh God I'll check
it out okay can I it's in his shop okay
can I afford it please tell me I can
afford it I can buy Superior flame staff
or Superior meteorite staff say
meteorite sounds more fun yeah that's
the more expensive one but it requires
30 ins which I don't have but I could
like I'm only six levels away so I could
I could get there eventually I'm just
going to buy it all right that was like
all of our money though so unfortunately
you get nothing now I will gladly go to
Bridge and my pack will follow together
we make fire fire for free okay go with
him okay I think he's going to tell us
yes let's go there's no time to lose
here we go we're going to go all the way
back to the bridge in the cut scene sick
I wish I did not come I not feel good
about this I know you think dra is a
Propet of Doom but at least hear him out
for your kin wait okay my options are
support drap or kill
drap uh that's extreme wait operating by
the logic we've been operating with we
got to follow whatever the last person
asked us to do right yeah so the the guy
on the left asks us to stick up for him
so yeah we'll kill Dr so you would
sacrifice the lives of your kin to break
those shackles oh another nooru like
that fire chooses you as our sacrifice
instead you don't control your heat trap
and now it shall turn you to
ashes cut scene death
really wow
yes I knew all just dude our our
relations went down by 50 I'm sure her
majesty will be thrilled the war is over
I will make her see the truth for I am
the light and fire I have ended this war
and she my our guys G completely insane
Brothers come we go to
mines huh you know I still thought that
we'd be fighting with them even if we
sided with them but then he just pieced
out well that was happened if we hadn't
killed him I think we scuffed the whole
rat quest line by killing him I think we
did oh well a lot of L cut scenes back
to
back
yeah did we win the war like did we beat
the
game honestly maybe that was the end our
hero no way Liberator of the naboru the
ambassador of Peace just remember we are
the queen and you are our subject
no objections to that your majesty I
don't mind being subjectified then let
this guy is all over the place he was
just the Messiah and he believed
it that was 15 seconds ago all right
that was a lot we became the Messiah we
killed the leader of the Rat Army we
completely botched that whole quest line
and we're now serving the queen again I
guess I still think that's the right
choice in you know according to
our principles and our character and how
he just goes along the last person asks
him exactly but it's funny so he sent us
to hunt down the rat guy we sided with
the rat guy in the mines we said we'll
find your kin and then we sided with the
kin who wanted to kill the rat guy but
that also achieved the aims of the queen
so we ended up doing what she set out to
do even though we told the rat guy we
wouldn't yeah we went about that a very
roundabout way I kind of appreciate that
like the game allowed for that in the
sense that like we didn't we never
committed to helping her but like I
think it's kind of neat that that
roundabout option to help her is still
possible like we didn't lock into her
early on you know yeah but you can't do
that without completely demolishing any
semblance of narrative or believable
character right like it's cool that your
decisions matter in that sense but you
can't make me the Messiah of fire and
then 15 seconds later I'm subservient to
this queen again well maybe remember
remember how I said that like the way he
delivered lines you can never tell if
he's being sincere or not maybe he was
just like being sarcastic there like
that might you know he was just playing
a role so maybe he the way we're going
he could still believe he's the Messiah
but he was just like pretending there
and like his his performance makes that
believable respect all right man
whatever whatever you say where does the
game go from here I guess now we figure
out what's going on with our character
in the ship and stuff like that yeah the
the main thing we were doing was we
werey we're going to help one of the
faction so they would help us find the
Cradle and the Cradle was like something
relating to getting back to Earth okay
I'm just kind of wandering around I
don't know where to go I'm just
wandering around listening to the gods
tell the rats that they're going to kick
their teeth in Jesus yeah we made the
ride call dude this is so Bleak I'm like
walking around town and there's just
random rat bodies on the ground yep no
we did the right thing yeah did we
really I think we're the Bad Guys now oh
wait I found the the fat Merchant wait
so he made it out well look at you our a
never weary companion we require your
services in a rather delicate matter um
I'm being given an optionz yeah my
game's not frozen I just can't choose
any of the options on the menu it's like
none of my buttons work oh great
uh I hope the game's saved time to alt
f4 literally after alt f4 my game's
stuck indeed your majesty wishes to take
care of her wretched semi- brother
regulus
we won the war and wear the crown yet he
dares to sit on our Throne sorry but
like the amount of combat we've done in
the last like hour has been
maybe 5% of the time we've spent playing
right yes like I I'm I want to play the
game yeah this game definitely has some
pacing issues where it goes like long
stretches of no combat and then it does
the reverse where it's like a bunch of
combat like the mines yeah exactly like
that was fine but yeah
all right okay bye
[ __ ] maybe I can just go without you
no I can't you have to actually walk
over here you
idiot that a hard jump dud it's not a
platforming game okay why don't they
have a gangplank let's go let's go to
the island now let's check that
Mysterious Island let's have a look
inside are you seeing this at all yeah
okay whoa SC
s hello Jason Jason um hello why' you
call me Jason that's your name silly
deck Officer Jason bunting that's a
pretty shitty name don't you like it oh
I you can't see it fine but every time I
get into one these diog things the
camera completely bugs out to the point
where I can't see either person talking
ever every time pretty much every time
yes first I'll need you to find me one
thing here on the ship fetch Quest what
thing it's a simple steady state solid
photonic matter deactivator all right so
we got to find the deactivator for the
ship AI yo I hope we get to fight like
robot spiders yeah like robot rats
yeah and it's like oh it' be so cool if
it was like the same enemy as the rat
but like just reskinned surely okay wait
wait robot there's
a we seen these before though it's the
same as the skeleton guy oh yeah it is
there's two more here wa oh
[ __ ] I'm sorry but these attacks are
just you can't interact with that no
human has its
reflexes maybe maybe it's just a lag you
know is it though I think it might
partially be
lag okay I don't know it is pretty
scuffed for me to know I'm the host it's
pretty bad though right like yeah it
is are we going up or
down like combat definitely isn't very
you know slow methodical watch the
enemies animations and like look for an
opening is it uh there's four guys on me
bro oh my god oh elevator all
right the elev is so glitchy I can see
that oh cut scene let me off cut scene
so this must be David our cryptic
Captain he absolutely deserves a moment
of silence [ __ ] what's that trapped by
AER don't trust her that's so him lot of
drama and no explanation of who that aah
was why she trapped him didn't the [ __ ]
say she had to remove him and wouldn't
that mean she is
aah what the
[ __ ] sorry he just queued up his attack
let it into me and I Come Around the
Corner into it did you explain why
there's like Killer Robots on the ship
at all I don't even know if they're
robots I think they might be the the
broken race whatever it's called I'm
stuck on the Ed screen by the way you
I'm in game I see you standing still are
you actually stuck on you died screen
yeah yeah so God damn I'm going
to I'm going to quit I mean just the
placement of enemies is
not remotely interesting I'm trying to
think of I'm trying to think if there
ever was like interesting placement of
enemies like Dark Souls will have like
you know some people approach you in
melee there's like an Archer above you
you know do you run up to the Archer and
kill him or do you take out the guys in
melee without while avoiding the
firebombs or the arrows or whatever this
game's just like sprinkling enemies
throughout and good luck like it's just
for the most part yeah there were like a
couple times that were ranged guys while
we were there melee but yeah that that's
yeah that's my issue with a lot of these
Souls likes is I think they
underestimate the value of like good
level design and like good enemy
placement to create interesting
encounters because if you strip the
combat down just to like its Basics like
you realize how it needs that level
design to remain engaging great job okay
I found
dear did you bring the
deactivator yes here it is I believe
you're now ready for the truth
absolutely I have a few questions for
example right now I there will be time
for questions after my presentation now
listen Okay this is a pretty long
dialogue encounter but the info actually
matters so I'm going to summarize it
real quick so originally our character
was part of a space crew of human and
neuru scientists sent to this planet to
terraform it and create a new home for
the niburu this included using the
Cradle which was a device that allowed
for the DNA manipulation of creatures
things went wrong when the niburu got
greedy and started using the Cradle to
create new creatures including the
sentient ratkin race then things went
extra wrong there was an explosion and
most of the space crew died still some
of the neuro survived while we the
player along with a couple other humans
were left in cryostasis then 350 years
passed where the neuro basically
repopulated and made this Kingdom with
the ratkin as a slave class and finally
after all that time we woke up out of
cryostasis with no memories and the
event of the game started so now we're
being told to recover the Cradle before
we're allowed to leave the planet but
before we can start that the AI asked us
to upload her code to a different part
of the ship oh can I take a break and
you just text me when you find a
checkpoint yeah that's
fine I cannot stress enough how many of
the exact same enemy I've had to kill
just in a row okay here we
go uploading the code for the ship
[Music]
well done Jason we're getting things
back to the way they should be my
control of the ship has now been
restored now that you've earned my trust
I have your next task for you the Cradle
the
cradle that traitor David took it and
locked it away in large statues here on
wardia which are in fact holographic
containers find the statues use the
deactivator bring the Cradle back here
got it are you up for it I'm your man
okay let's go to Coast set a course to
the coast all right please checkpoints
oh my God is that checkpoint yes I mean
I'm kind of glad you got like a little
bit of a single player Taste of the game
the good news is I got this uh this new
staff so I got I got this Fireball ooh
and then I also got this that's
sick oh nice that's like what the r guys
were doing yeah dud check out my
projectile yeah man that's awesome oh
person Sila oh great how could you uhoh
all those innocent ratties oh [ __ ] so
much blood on your hands there was a war
I didn't have any choice that's what you
think I didn't have any choice that's
your excuse we always have a choice
silver I should have known men are all
the same I am sorry no you're not but I
will make you sorry you are dead to me
now dead look I said I'm sorry there has
to be I'm done talking about
it I said I'm sorry man I just genocided
the rats what is happening I'm
sorry I don't know ow
I want nothing to do with you what was
that what was that about what was
that wait I genuinely just touched her
head button which how what does that
even what is that
even and then she continued along the
same lines so it clearly didn't have the
impact that he wanted it to
have he just dashed through it do you
see that was that animation the enemies
move so quickly and so janky that like
genuin every time I get hit like I don't
feel like it's my
fault yeah almost every combat inter
direction we have is just us going like
wow what was oh wow what was that also
what are the did you see that guy's
animation which one they just they're
just like spitting
arrows from their
mouths wait let me see they're just like
he just stands there and gets ready to
do his like [ __ ] then he just like
dashes in with a million attacks there
it
is
[ __ ] oh it's not I died to die too
yep oh yeah man we should really keep
our distance not everything respawns
they do oh there's invisible people yeah
that's a new that's fine I wasn't
watching enemy animations anyway so this
changes literally
nothing I can't hit I can't hit him oh
look at this narrow corridor
okay so we're getting somewhere now
swear to God if this door doesn't
open okay okay yeah and we're back where
we started let's go didn't you to put
out a tweet about that today YouTube
just have to say like let's go oh
clutch yeah know some guys I don't know
what your comment was on that no the
comment was they're like wait what was
it was very it was very funny the way he
worded it did you feel cold out no he he
said so is it just a ru rule that no
matter how nerdy the YouTuber they have
to say yo let's go clutch Etc so he's
saying I'm I'm too nerdy to be saying yo
let's go I also leveled up my healing
spell so I got you great well see you
sound sarcastic but this imagine if you
were a full healer and I had to tell you
I'm low on health every single time
ready check this out I'm full on health
now so I'm full on health but check out
how good it is I can't for one Health
okay okay let's let's heal
I'm not getting
healed it healed you one it
said is it not healing maybe the step
out this is the one you were bragging
about wait let me try again try walking
into it
now oh yeah no it work that time it just
bugged
out why is this game so buggy dude all
right okay this is definitely a boss
room I see your weapons floating by the
way
Hey listen Maybe there'll be like some
creativity like the spider boss we can
like use the
Environ okay we have to fight a
ghost all right here we
go there's some buttons in the room
maybe we got to hit the
buttons D you're really hyping this up
yeah okay I'm hitting the button let's
see what it does okay okay you can put
gates up okay maybe we get to like
impale them with the gate like last time
maybe it's just the same thing
yeah hting the button see it raises the
gate there oh my
God and the room is slowly filling with
water we don't have much time wait is it
actually no the enem is just bugged in
the corner so I know you're having fun
with these mechanics but if you want to
just come here and shoot him okay I
think we could win all
right I'm going to lock on you
ready yeah all right let's go
is he actually just stuck you you really
wanted this game to be good you tried so
hard wait no he's moving he's moving
he's coming around okay he's
moving uh he's just I think they broke
the boss with the stuff they put in the
middle the map yeah he can't get to us I
don't
understand yeah okay I'm going to block
on you again let me know you're ready
all right again let's go yeah yeah
yeah dude what is this
yes game
play oh no he's attacking the wall watch
up
okay
Victory well that was that was something
I think the gate was supposed to
function the same way it worked with the
spider fight where you like just impale
them with it maybe even if that's the
case I you impressed that they reused
that no I'm not all right let's continue
sorry man so funny thing I when I was
looking up a video for this game there
is like a story mode difficulty right
yeah I've seen that so the way that
works is it like it makes the game go in
slow
motion what
yeah so you can you can actually Dodge
things the animations make sense but
it's like so slow it looks like
ridiculous
so are we playing on the like
recommended difficulty or is this like
super hard mode I mean this was the
default difficulty it's called like
darker something which is like a dark
souls reference dark it's just called
Dark difficulty that's not a Dark Souls
reference yeah I think it is though if
you're referencing Dark Souls in your
difficulty settings you're doing it
wrong I think it is a Dark Souls
reference though because it's clearly
Dark Souls
inspired and using the word dark like
famously has no difficulty settings you
can't reference them in that yes you can
they just did it man all right this is a
volcano level okay see like volcano to
me that signals like we're getting near
the end of the game right yep Bow's
Castle final
level I think that's a Mario reference
and this is like kind of cool level like
not actual play playable wise but
visually it's cool yeah visually it's
interesting so would you say this is
better or worse than all size so far I
mean in purely in terms of level design
we've just been killing like the same
two types of rats so I'm not like
thoroughly impressed yeah I know I will
I will say this guy actually honestly
this guy has like some of the only
animations that I felt like were
dodgeable and slow and methodical and
like yeah cuz like it's actually
telegraphed he's animated yeah he
doesn't attack and you can like see when
the attacks and come out and move away
and then he's he's he's kind of bugged
okay he's kind of bugged but depending
on everything is I actually wanted to
call this guy out earlier cuz I was like
you know they're capable
of decent animations it's just why is
this the first one I've seen the entire
game how are you going to shorten this
down I know dude I have to cut out like
everything or like this part's going to
be like [ __ ] like a 40 minute long
it's going to be a whole ass video just
of us playing this game if I include
like even just the key
moments yeah I don't know how I'm going
to Ed this down you have to [ __ ] oh
did you see the flame of the r reolution
burning hot did they say Revolution not
a pretty sight are you trying to
interfere with our
voting well I'm mostly just passing but
it's too late to change just passing
through killing everyone here if you try
something I'll make you regret s day
your ship brought me to
terraferma what I didn't oh you were in
the cargo space traveling like a proper
rat I wouldn't use the r word around
here too much
if you'll want the r is wrath the r word
called it the
ratu wait is rat a slur I'm confused
well he's allowed to use it so dude I'm
so confused by like the politics of this
game and what they're trying to say I
know right and then like all the female
rats are just regular rats yeah like
what is this the males are like humanoid
ones human yeah I don't like that it you
the one from the mindes war brings anger
and more war and many thof died now
everybody think gawk is the only one to
pack us I want Le to die not more you
bring better leader I thought you said
you don't have anybody else Yi he fight
dra for pack leading we get to go back
to the [ __ ] mines no do you bring
please who's Yosi Yosi was the guy that
made just all
firey that's Yosi right he went back to
the
mines okay but so we have to reconvince
this guy again to be the to help us
they're playing the exact same story arc
out
again they are playing the exact same
story arc out again like it's about a
leader who wants war and then we have to
go and get the other guy to like stop
the leader who wants War
but they're justified in wanting War
because they're being like eradicated so
it's weird that's a side quest right I
think so so let's just keep going thew
I'm so confused about that is it like is
it because they're ratkin versus rats so
like rat is a slur and ratkin is the
correct term is that what he's getting
at they call them so many different
names in this game there's another one
I'm forgetting there's another there's
rats here
attacking okay you can't say that like
sorry there's ratkin attacking look how
many enemies there are there's so many
and they're just like so many can we go
round let's just pretend like we're
playing like football we're just like
running through the
backline ducking and weaving
uh-huh dude that worked so well wait
what's this what open it for some reason
it might be important okay no I think
it's a shortcut
shortcut died you don't get eye frames
when your opening [ __ ] how big is this
area let's just run past
everything go go
go dude it's still giving me the warning
about like not leveling up Vigor or like
it's saying like anytime I try to level
up life will or Vigor it's saying we
strongly recommend not doing that even
though my intellect even life yeah no
even though my intellect is already
level 28 it's still saying yeah maybe
not you know finally
welcome okay what hello ascended one
came here for the show and you would be
regulus the first the first of what I
thought the noboru had a queen for now
and let's not squabble about my sister
the theater to come deserves silence the
vote is about to
start oh well I guess we failed the
quest of getting the other guy now oh no
we don't have to go to the mines that's
really irritating though like that they
actually wanted us to backtrack like
three areas back to talk to a guy and
bring him back just to like do this like
no yeah that was just a that was a hard
no and like I said like there the same
story beats thank you for joining me
it's nice to have someone to share the
outcome of my meticulous planning rers
you have chosen ve you have chosen blood
and Terror that Swift severe indomitable
Justice now let the blood flow for the a
cause of
ratin
ratin this reminds me of like myy old's
TV shows are so blatantly mediocre the
director certainly deserves Paw Patrol
they're like that's Pome inovations will
be
appropriate so many puns on that exactly
the same when I am the king you will
have my extensive support I am sure you
have the right answers we will talk
soon okay so we're going to join him cuz
he asked us to and he's the last person
we talked to what word were they going
for with retin
Mutiny no know they're fighting for
retin so I think it's like eternity
maybe or like it's something good um
like Prosperity
eternity something like that I don't
know yeah retin like retin like
Revolution like Revolution I understand
okay Revolution that's fine retin
I mean even Revolution isn't great
because Revolution it's just the a no I
know what it is and then yeah yeah it's
a it's got to be
Divinity but retin so of divine it's
like rat that would be rat
vinity whatever I think I'm fuing losing
my
mind this is cool like the the water
hitting the volcano's Edge and creating
all that steam looks pretty yeah we're
getting close man feel
Captain's Log how do you think it's
going to
end I don't know I hope it never
ends okay oh
boss here we go is it just just a random
bird boss what wait cast your thing cast
your
thing is this actually the boss there's
no
way no it's not him it's not him course
not going down okay here we go you ready
no no no no no let's talk cheese okay
what's the plan listen we've come this
far without defeating a boss properly
ever so let's do something fun we're not
about to start now you want to like
climb up on this yeah yeah okay wait can
we oh can you make that jump that would
actually be huge I don't think
so what about like you can get up on the
railing I think it's like a little risky
but I think we can maybe get on it like
here that's not y yep yep you can no you
can make it see oh what he's probably
just going to still hit us up here no we
got that yeah yeah right okay I'm aiming
my Fireball yeah okay I think that'll
hit him okay hit an invisible wall also
we don't know who this guy is like
there's no cut scene or anything let me
go let me
investigate okay
okay wait come back come
back holy [ __ ] okay we're good we're
he's walking away he's walking
away [ __ ]
I'm coming back dude he moves so my
Fireball moves so slow that he's slow
walking away and my Fireballs are still
missing there we go he's not even
reacting walking back he's still walking
back it's not he's not
reacting he's turning around now so he
might spare him offended one is of AR
was poorly instructed my apologies that
was the whole fight I didn't expect you
this early May iquest two minutes of
your very precious
time very satisfying to see you again
ascended one I didn't expect you this
early I know what you seek and I can
help you to obtain it that was
surprisingly honest we have a common
goal why would I hide anything from you
I suppose there is a catch in it no
catch I just need to become the king to
be able to help you to the fullest
extent which means the current ruling
Monarch unfortunately needs to
disappear to be candid she only has
herself to blame if she had chosen a
husband then what then the naboru would
support her alone she is weak okay my
options are accept to kill queen or
refuse we're accepting right you know
you know what to do I know what to do
honestly I can't wait to get off this
God forsaken Planet no offense I feel
like we're making all the choices to get
like the worst ending
possible like we [ __ ] everything
up we've betrayed everyone every turn
please proceed with the utmost
discretion now the sewer entrance is on
the right of the gate sure I will leave
her severely damaged I'll discreetly
drain the life out of her I enough keep
your sharp wit for her majesty feel free
to wise crack her to death I will wise
crack her skull open no worries I got
this oh my God our guy is so [ __ ] he's
actually a
psychopath he really
is he's like a psychopath who just like
goes on he sounds like such a reditor
doesn't he
like dude he is this is like there's
like an isekai where like redditor wakes
up on other planets with like the
inability to die and he's like all
powerful he just goes is around like
making jokes about everything and
genociding people so we have to go back
and either kill her
or if she starts dialogue with us it's
just game over and we have to take her
side yeah we're going to kill her unless
she gives us the chance to take her take
her back and then we'll be like yeah
sure hey what's up Queen welcome Silva
how are we standing we are exhausted by
this wall me too your majesty as well as
many others that's why regular sends me
to kill you
of course that's the only thing he knows
kill me and relieve me of my duties to
this ungrateful Nation wait so she asked
me to kill her I'm confused now do you
have options right now yeah I have
options to kill her or let her live um
uh is she asking us to not kill her like
are we are we going with
her there's like a technicality we could
take here where it's like she said kill
me so it's like her character
misinterprets that and like didn't
realize she was being sarcastic just
murders
her okay uh or should we I know she's
she's being sarcastic I I think I I
think I think I want to let her live cuz
I like the pattern of us just like going
along and just switching constantly so
I'll let her live just to keep with that
sure sure okay I don't believe changing
the queen would be the
answer what is
happening you seeing this human I see
you strayed from the script and I see
you are very observant end this
unnatural state of things give the
nation a king our people deserve we
presume you mean
yourself I don't really see a queue of
bows at your door so yes I am willing to
make this
sacrifice we would rather die than marry
you you pig as you wish guards seize
this blasphemer and not so fast silence
a alien you have no say in this matter
nonsense I might be an alien but I do
have eyes and a heart and I can clearly
see and feel that your nation is divided
your feelings are irrelevant you traitor
then let me present the facts gathered
by me an
impartial Jesus it is obvious that this
Schism is making their boru weak and I
for one second your opinion good Her
Majesty should indeed make an effort to
unite your nation by honoring the
traditions and accepting an appropriate
husband and such a husband should have
the respect of the noboru people it has
your nation loves himself do we share
this vision of course this is a logical
conclusion that I can support even if it
comes from a backstabbing alien leech
please then there is a simple and
obvious solution that will make almost
everyone happy your majesty why don't
you know mile hero who your nation of
that
rat
you
indeed well yes of course it is the only
logical conclusion far superior to
marrying my half-witted half brother let
me just say this you will pay for this
guards Retreat back to the
Citadel oh they're walking away
slowly they're
retreating here we are no not here
oh
God
Sila your majesty wait now we're in
another Cene now we can talk your
suggestion forced regulus to show his
real intentions about that guy what do
you mean now we can talk that guy just
got thrown off the
building we will need your services one
last time before we join our hands in
marriage what shall I do relieve us of
those Abominations
with pleasure and capture regulus all
right we're finally ready to get started
this does feel very unique to like
siding with her this like the situation
we're in so like I can't yeah I'm a
little curious like what would have
happened if we had sided with the rats
or if we had signed sided with regulus
you know like they could have played out
differently I'm just a bit confused now
cuz like the stakes seem so low like if
it was the rats it's like they're
fighting for like the survival of their
species and now it's just with her it's
just like yeah I want to be Queen more
than my brother does okay so the bus
room has two like circular sores of
magic energy going back and forth slowly
in the
middle I reckon we can lure him into
them I I agree let's let's let's
actually try to engage with the gimmick
here
okay all right let's use the saw blades
all right all right is he can he be hurt
by it see if he gets
hit no nope it doesn't work on
what the what was that we need to find
some way to cheese it otherwise it's not
a real Victory stand on the Thrones
okay are we good can he get us okay go
no he can get us
yes uh wait maybe the railing maybe the
railing hold on this fire D the railing
the railing Works come
here how'd you get up there no I fell I
fell [ __ ] I'm on the railing I'm trying
I'm trying man he's on here
oh he's fine I'm I'm on I'm on uh okay
the railing it's working kind of no wait
wait you're alive you're alive just stay
there I'm locked on I'm locked
on do it I'm doing
it might be out of railing where's he
going he's still getting hit go go go
I'm
trying wait he's on you he's on you he's
missing oh no this isn't you're going to
have to hit him you're going to have to
go on the outer railing Pine
It's Tricky keep walking in keep walking
in okay
no wait no it I'm
good wait it's working it's working I'll
be back wait for me no it's working I
got this I don't need you I can't see
his health bar but I'm assuming he's
still taking damage oh yeah he's only
got one/ thir left
perfect we did it let's go right here
filthy traitor I'm still Roy blood d am
you welcome our future king yes we have
decided the ceremony is about to start
we hope you are ready all right here we
go this is what it was all for it was
all so we could marry her every decision
decision we made led to this yep even
though we betrayed her like multiple
times kind of we have gathered here at
this date time to celebrate the sacred
Union God between her majesty Adriana
the first and silver the human hero who
saved us from the ratkin threat by
killing their General your majesty now
it's time to prove you know how to rule
over the Nabor oh
[Laughter]
no we do not get a sex scene at the end
are you
serious our tradition priori izes the
male ruler over female no matter if he
inherited the crown or not so I should
now rule instead of you such is our
tradition well that's hardly fair
Traditions now you understand why I was
postponing the marriage for the last
possible moment right well since I am
the king now let's change that tradition
so this will be my first and last Royal
Decree nebor women will be equal to men
now hey our guys progress consort
included we even though he killed a
whole R simply like to put things right
and honestly still a step forward you
know gender equality is definitely not
my dream job you got it half enough on
my plate already I am looking for some
sort of artifact from your old Legends
it's inside a globe or or an orb or just
something roundish there is such a thing
and it is not far it is right above us
where it should be always overseeing the
Ruler all right here we go I'm at the
top I'm interacting
with wait a
second we came all this way together you
I'm doing it you got the cut scenes with
the queen you get
everything yes hand me hand me the orb
all right I'm here it's a VR headset I
have the Cradle you have obviously
located your orb
successfully why would you look so Grim
I just still need the other half of the
Cradle lowely do you know the
whereabouts of the second half they have
the same statue at the monastery so I
guess the other half is there then let
us help you with that too how generous
of you your majesty
anything I could do for you in return
actually yes the next logical step for
us would be to arrange peace with the
ratkin right after crushing them in the
war well that's very Noble of you but
also a little late we never wanted this
war we were attacked and simply defended
our nation and people a nation built on
slavery and Injustice yes exactly yes
now we have realized that now she
realizes it's a nation we have inherited
but we would like to better it no more
Wars no more slavery no more hatred we
want peace on Ward where is this coming
from will you help us wait hold on she's
actually just ending slavery out of
nowhere like that's awesome but that
makes no sense for her character no hav
you figured the Riders just right
whatever is convenient to them there
must be someone else we need you to find
that war monger
his sole existence is a threat to peace
sure I'll rattle regulus's cage see if
he has something to say about that well
we just go down so take the elevator I
guess is that the very bottom you think
it says deactivated I can't take it
awesome it's actually at the bottom so I
legitimately can do this I'm pretty sure
I [ __ ]
fell don't wait no I'm I'm Stu it's okay
I'm stuck on the wall I'm stuck on the
wall
what how are you
alive I rested wait how am I
alive I press I press respond I died and
it respawned me here all right whatever
I don't understand what's going on
anymore take it maybe the villains have
too much time on sorry no problem and
then I was you can tell her that I had
everybody wrapped around IL oh well you
won't get another word out of that's
fine wait he mentioned ilvar dude wait
itv's the merchant was the merchant
behind it all the random Merchant the
random fat Merchant was actually behind
everything see that that's kind of a
Twist it's not satisfying though cuz you
could not talk to him you know yeah what
if you missed him it took some effort
but regulus claims that ilar is
responsible for the war should I bring
him in for questioning yes absolutely we
never trusted that alien you're under
arrest ilar for orchestrating the whole
War apparently welcome our never ending
friend you bring unexpected
company well when in Rome do as the
Romans do we're here to arrest you
gentlemen I am sorry to inform you that
I have prior engagements I need to
extend to
PR what
of
course
uhoh oh no an enemy we've killed like a
thousand
times all right that was fun well at
least we get to fight him twice oh The
Thrill of the hunt where is he he didn't
exactly leave his calling card but I
would say at the temple why would you
assume that this is such a weird
postgame event
like everything's just lost all gravitas
and meaning at this point like we're
just doing like chores it feels like
right also I like how our character just
assumed that he ran off to this Temple
for no reason whatsoever he's like yeah
he ran off to the temple like this is so
far away from where we were how'd he get
here we were here briefly and it was
never explained and we just came here
and then we went into a mine and this
Temple was just here no one ever
he just went underground why wouldn't
you assume he's like in the sewers or
something yeah his one defining
characteristic is that he's fat and
can't move on his own so how would he
make it three zones away like all right
any whatever man let's just let's fight
him let's go kill him also I'm so
confused who is like what is the broken
faction did we even encounter them at
all during the whole game we didn't no
it's just like the bird people they're
just like fod for you to kill but like
they're important they're like fighting
on behalf of like certain NPCs but no
one have explains why yeah we must have
like missed that entire or maybe if we
SED with regulus that would have counted
with siding as siding with the broken
cuz he was like aligned with them yes
master I will prepare your entire broken
Army what is happening so maybe maybe we
could have actually sided with elar and
he's like the leader of the broken you
know mhm so cuz we [ __ ] up that quest
line right yeah so there's like a lot of
there's like some lore in story we we
could have done oh [ __ ] except like
we skipped that part yet our character
still
knew everything about Ila and where he
would go all right here we go wait let
me
heal boss fight yes no uh I'm locked on
okay they're swinging blades all right
I'm locked on to this guy
okay I maybe we can cheese him
but I can't hold I want to see what he
does he's like I think he's oh he's
reviv iing the enemies I'm
dead I got hit in the face with an axe
maybe we shouldn't have seen what he was
doing all right I'm back all right let's
do
it I walked into a trap
again what trap are you even is even
here what am I getting hit
by dude every time I walk in the ax just
just hit me like even though I don't
even see The Swinging axes so oh you
can't even see them apparently yeah
there's like three swing a
oh but they're like bugged or something
and you can't even see them so yeah I'm
locked onto this one
guy oh look wait I oh I can push it if
you push the button it makes the axes
go well I mean I can't see the axes so
okay wait wait if you can low is wasted
on me if you can lure him down to the
middle I can maybe hit him with axes
well I'm sort of hitting him towards it
okay yeah keep hitting him down I'm
hitting the button nothing okay never
mind the button's doing nothing it's the
button's
broken just [ __ ] him up
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up I was really trying I really
was no fun allowed man
sorry victory yeah look he's got like a
[ __ ] whole organ thing oh dude see
that classic villain why wasn't he
playing it like it would have made more
sense he was like playing it and like
stuff was happening you
know why did I run okay then all right
that's fun check out those lasers you
think they're
deadly wait did you see them like rubber
band yeah yeah it just tickled me a
little bit oh [ __ ] what the hell why did
it hit
you come on you can get through these
maybe we should grab the checkpoint
before we bug the game out see I'm so
like it blows my mind that I've played
the whole game as a mage and like we've
explored a decent amount but I've only
found two stabs like the whole game I
have two magic staffs and a healing
spell those are my only magic abilities
the entire game going full magic build
and it's enough but it's like man
there's like why isn't there just a
little more variety like what I thought
I killed all the invisible guys I killed
two of them I was dude one of these guys
just floating and walking on air do you
see this yeah they're just glitching all
over the place man all right I'm running
it's so first we're going to see if
there's a gimmick let's try to engage
with the gimmick let's try to meet the
game where it's at if we can't figure
that out then yes let's choose it so try
and meet the game where it's at and then
try to meet the game where it isn't if
that failed okay I think this is the
actual final boss okay so it's like
shooting us we can like take cover
behind this okay it broke never
mind there's a rock here you can't shoot
through the rock okay well I got to move
forward it's okay you meant to break
those because then it creates a
poisonous gas cloud he look I'm safe
yeah I'm safe over here okay he doesn't
know I'm here it's fine okay I'm locked
on let's have fun is he not hitting
you is he really not hitting
you did he really bug out that fast wait
hold on on my screen he's hitting you
it's not hitting you at all though no no
he's aiming over there for me oh yeah no
it's tot bu out though should we I lock
onto him or should I try to get it to
work uh I don't know walk up to him see
what he
does I'm curious
does he have any other attacks oh yep
okay see he he has attack maybe I broke
him out of it all right now we can have
fun all right he's going to shoot me now
nope he's gone back to shooting he shot
me oh what can you come get me but on my
screen he didn't even hit you yeah I
don't I don't
know yeah I'm resing you but his
lightning ORS are homing towards me but
they're still missing this is so scuffed
this is incredibly scuffed
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what do okay whatever all right try
again just
just and my screen is just shooting
nothing we did it yeah
who man dude what genuinely every single
boss is bugged out I think no more fresh
meat for you [ __ ] what the [ __ ]
what a line I think remember the door
that was like closed on top of the cages
I think that's just open now can you
confirm that uh yeah I'm there I can
close
it how about let not do
that did you actually close it dude it
better open
again can you imagine if
I what if I died after I close it though
I think it would actually soft lock the
game if you died
there oh wait wait wait wait what let me
just test something let me test
something stay on this side though stay
on this side what if I did
this yes we could soft flck the game
like
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that if we do that it would actually
ruin the game if I had done that it
would have been over okay actually
that's why we're here we came back to
the monaster because the monastery had
that same giant statue that was going to
give us the other
half oh it's ilvar what the hell could I
Prevail upon you to look the other way
my friend perhaps tell those guards
upstairs you couldn't find find me maybe
even take me on board Your Vessel you
surely wouldn't leave a helpless
desperate old man stranded on an alian
Planet am I right we have to listen we
have to listen cuz that's how we operate
yes our options are kill him or ask for
reward ask for reward I want to know
what's in it for me I didn't take you
for the one interested in such deals
well all my money which is not much now
I must admit now go so they don't become
suspicious up
there that was so
Random okay well we have that guy on our
ship now even though we were hunting him
down all right also he only gave me
1,800 gold to put that in perspective
that's how much I paid for my ring when
we were in the city that's like nothing
damn I feel like for taking such a
immoral choice you should at least be
rewarded a bit more but hey maybe that's
that's what the game's saying it crime
doesn't pay you know is this where we
started the game we're at the start of
the game you remember this remember all
the good times we had in here man feels
like an age ago this is it yeah our
Royal husband we were worried did you
managed to apprehend that traitor ilar
I've combed through this place but he's
nowhere to be found that's highly
unfortunate you might leave this planet
soon since what you seek should be right
here we were just wondering do you
really want to go we have grown rather
fond of your
presence I'm the new captain of the
human crew you know the aura crew they
said it we have a mission to accomplish
anyway all right let's get the thing
anymore I'm I'm assuming you can't see
this I can actually here we
go give us the Cradle y it looks like a
Zelda thing going to say Zelda too yeah
I have observed the extraction in a you
have helped us resolve an imminent civil
war with my half brother you could have
decided to kill us but instead you chose
to trust our rule we will do our best
not to upset your faith in us and strive
for peace and prosperity for all so now
she's going to like free the slaves
everything's going to be peaceful cool
did you notice that her her character
completely changed when she got married
though like that was what made her be
like you know actually we should free
the slaves and actually peace is good
they just offloaded her warlord
Tendencies onto a different character
and then she was cool cuz he could
absorb those character Tendencies from
her this has been some exciting writing
I think we're going to have a choice
between putting the Cradle back where it
belongs or like giving it to the AI and
like I'm assuming giving to the AI is
like she's going to betray us it's
heavily implying that do you have the
Cradle
I have the Cradle very well then it's
time to leave please head to the bridge
and let's prepare to depart shouldn't I
put the Cradle in its container no I
mean not now not yet doing that would
turn me off this world has been
compromised Beyond Salvage it must be
purged Oh no just to be be sure by
purged you mean destroyed yes
annihilated oh my golly so this ship can
destroy an entire planet Fu that's way
more than I was hoping for give the
order already Captain I can't wait to
witness such a
feat hold on hold on I mean [ __ ] the
Atkins sure but you can't wipe out
everyone just
to silence I can't think straight when
you're all talking you don't have to
overthink it Jason
it's part of the protocol simply I know
man they're being pretty convincing here
your hands you were just a cog in the
machine a porn in someone else's game
nobody will blame you just our mission I
don't even know what our mission is you
only ever told us to get the Cradle so
if you want me to focus on the mission
tell me first what the bloody mission is
with pleasure show me your Captain
material authorize the
destruction then I can disclose more
details but that doesn't make any sense
life really does Jason I waiting oh okay
you have the choice now authorize the
destruction of wania or forbid the
destruction of
wania I mean I mean
bro the AI giving us [ __ ] life advice
on what constitutes life is just
listen I mean and even Jason was like
I'm overloaded with this I can't think
straight guys I think he would be pretty
convinced by this point to destroy all
life that he just just because just
because the AI told us to even though
they've they've given us so many hints
that this is clearly the bad choice and
they're misleading us and also it would
undo everything we did in the world we
helped get peace we helped the kingdom
and we can just kill everyone all right
so I guess I'm authorizing it right yeah
sounds good we got to show her we're
Captain material all right let's do it
all right I give up I hereby authorize
the destruction of wenia one planet more
or less who cares hold on just a second
are you crazy wiping out an entire
planet and you've lost it it's part of
our mission Brian whatever that is you
have heard the lady surely you won't
object to that well
no yes [ __ ] this [ __ ] I I don't know so
many innocent naboru I mean what have
the naboru and the ratkin ever done for
us right let's just get this over with
dude this is crazy final confirmation
that you are the one Jason Captain Jason
also she's like feeding his ego which I
feel like of us all he does have like a
really big ego sure everybody is jumping
for joy now I just need one more
confirmation from you Jason mere
formality it's a two-step verification I
have to pick it again they want to make
sure I'm really sure I I want to destroy
the whole world just be clear from the
story perspective our character is
agreeing to destroy this planet even
though he still has no reason to do so
like they have not explained why we're
doing this they like no reason at all
has been given to him he's just doing it
because he was told to do so that's it
because he'll be the big captain man we
have that was like usually in video
games there's like some level of like
okay you should do this for X reason
like there's some level of justification
but here there's genuinely nothing other
than I told you to do so follow
orders all right yeah destroy the world
confirmed if anyone still disagrees
they're free to stay and be obliterated
Mutiny
seriously well done Jason again
preparations to start the ship we take
off immediately once in orbit we
eliminate this abomination of the world
it's the only way to be
sure yes I just want to go home see this
is this is what I was waiting for we're
going to get a [ __ ] awesome ending
now this will be sick it's going to be a
sick cut saene plan exping we were
leaving the unlikely crew of
Misfits and
honestly we did it I have never seen
anything so terrifying all those hopes
and dreams gone and oblique
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I've also seen anything so
beautiful damn and then it was time to
go carry on with the mission I knew
nothing about save my life or the Cradle
or the universe how the [ __ ] should I
know well let's get cracking
Petra remained on wania with her ratkin
unaware that the entire planet would be
annihilated she died instantly and
practic practically painlessly
damn practically so there was a bit of
pain involved but you know Brian resumed
his job as pilot of the ship unaware
that the queen was assassinated by gawk
he regretted that hydia died along with
everyone else but managed to overcome
that sadness repeating his favorite
Mantra orders or
orders
sick but it's it would like explain
everything if we chose this option as
well like that was actually a compelling
reason to do what we did the explanation
all denti of wania reached Ascension as
their disintegrated selves left wania
and rejoined the cosmic
Continuum
incredible what an
ending that's it he he ended the game
with or whatever I don't [ __ ] know
like that's me man that's that's
literally the experience of playing this
game yeah let's just do it who [ __ ]
cares like it's like he's actually
playing a video
game you got that apathy from him oh so
I don't know if that's like a genius bit
of writing to write a character like
this that's so apathetic and
Psychopathic cringe it's almost a master
class in writing but I don't think it
was intentionally done so I think it
maybe it was though cuz like it's it's
so it commits pretty hard to like just
this irreverent writing and like who
gives a
[ __ ] I don't
know yeah I'm not sure because the
character confuses me cuz he's he is
this
cringe psychopath reditor guy but his
voice actor does like a phenomenal job
bringing that out as well so it's not
like it was just the writing like they
really like they did create almost an
icon character in him in the sense that
no one
would I've never seen anything like it
before yeah it's I don't think it's
intentional so I think it I think it is
like maybe not to the extent that it is
but
like I mean how is it not intentional
you know like he's clearly
insufferable like they can't be that but
it's not funny it's not well written
it's not like actual witty dialogue but
you're right that it's insufferable who
intentionally creat such an insufferable
character I think they did I think they
honestly just intentionally made
insufferable character I guess okay so
funny thing I'm still running around the
ship wait you're still running around
the ship yeah I've just been looking at
credit this whole
time wait I can go through the fog wall
that the robot was at okay dude I guess
do anything happen what there's an
elevator here oh I'm getting a different
cut scene what she's she's [ __ ]
glowing red and evil wait maybe you get
this oh no wait maybe it's something
after the credits you're supposed to see
it's a boss fight what I'm in a bus
fight alone I'm in the credits man do I
wait maybe I wait and you can no I can't
control my
character that's incredible dude we
missed out on a whole bus fight I mean
that would have happened if we defied
her I guess yeah damn it it's cool
there's like all these claw machines
like going around the arena
and wait that sounds kind of cool damn
it but I can't move my character now so
I think it's caught on that I'm not
supposed to be here wait I'm getting C
scene hold on hold
on was it her we
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[Applause]
be oh my God I'll tell you
after
onom but IL was so lonely started making
money on aboru and the radkins finally
got to realize it really wasn't
happening wasn't making monsters became
his one Obsession armies for the future
in a New Direction cool dreaming
thinking of the old days had a spaceship
to get him on his
way old
days going to destroy
V that's that we do
it has a lot of money all eyes are
staring at his body big ilar scheming
plans and weapons cash his life was just
a big
party because he Lo the world he sped
giv treachery a world you to you my to
get in the end
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Al dress
that's who we are not what he seem L
whatever g
g I'll be
back so you didn't see any of that no
dude it was an honest to God Rap video
with ilar as the rapper and the broken
break dancing what are you talking about
you missed that dude I need to show you
I need to show you my share my scre you
that was honestly that what are you even
saying those AR not a real that redeemed
the whole game for me man that they're
in on the joke they are in on the joke
they must be then maybe I changed my
mind that was
insane what was the context isn't he
there was no cont he was dead it was
back on earth like in the temple there's
no context were they meing on us cuz we
chose the [ __ ] ending like do you think
everyone gets that I don't know do you
think everyone experiences their game
with what you just saw I hope so
everyone walks away with that as their
last impression what the [ __ ] okay I'll
be honest you say that you're on the
joke I see something
different I don't know dude this is too
ridiculous I could I think they think
this is very
funny I think it's funny in a different
way let's let's share our final thoughts
review for the game okay I mean normally
I would talk about like the game play
right but there was so many cutcenes and
talking sequences that you almost like
it's a story driven game in a heavy way
so you kind avoid it and if you skip
through the story you're getting a lot
less game I feel like yeah no the story
is half the game for sure like that is a
big that is like the selling point yeah
so we have to talk about the story I'm
of the opinion as like as whack and as
Jank as the story was I was still
entertained by just how consistently
absurd and nonsensical it was was and
how ridiculous the main character is
like I've never seen a character that's
so insufferable as the main character
that like it's it's fascinating and I
think they they pull it off incredibly
well I'm assuming they were going for
that like they must have been but like
it's it's fascinating that they did that
what I call this a good story no but is
it like an entertaining in the way that
like be movies can be you know kind of
yeah yeah I think some point you put it
pretty well which is that it's like the
room of video games like this is
something you play to laugh at it but
whether that was what they intended or
not I don't think it is because I think
like the bones here of this game like
there's potential for a really good
story like there's this book called The
Eternal Champion by Michael morok I
think and it's basically this story it's
like a guy taken out from across time
and space to like fight as a champion
for like two factions that hate each
other and like it's presented seriously
with like a serious main character and
everything and it you know it goes
across themes of like genocide and
whether they're good guys are actually
good guys or not but then this game
takes that and it just has this like
insufferable cring Lord
Manchild psychopath as well a psychopath
in the sense that like he flip-flops on
every major decision potentially so you
can't take anything seriously that he
does up to the very last moment too so
it's it's a trick and I don't know if
that's what they were going for but it
is an achievement but like okay but
here's the thing don't tell me you
weren't entertained right like you were
entertained by that right when I
accepted the absurdism of the game yeah
like you said it's so I've never seen a
game go for this type of thing that it's
just kind of fascinating in its own
right and like any good be movie like
it's better with friends and yes so is
this game I don't think you could do it
alone okay as for the combat I think
what I'll say about that is the melee
combat is so janky it's such a mess I
appreciate the ideas with like the co-op
stuff and how you can like do the chain
lightning and just the fact that there
are Co-op abilities that interact with
each other I like those ideas a lot I
wish there were more of them other than
you know I went through the whole game
with two spells I wish I had more than
that yeah there were pluses to the I
mean the good side of the game is like
it looked pretty nice visually at times
like the sweeping Vistas looked good and
like but then the levels were poorly
designed like the game was trying to do
too much the factions didn't matter the
RPG stats told you to stop investing in
certain stats and that you're doing it
wrong yeah and then the multiplayer
makes your deaths not matter the
multiplayer crashes all the time the
combat had like no flow or methodical
action yeah and that's on top of just
like the countless bugs We R into which
were like game breaking at times we like
reboot the game reconnect all that stuff
it was pretty rough I think we can agree
on one thing though what's that it was a
video game
hey it's now present day pime so here's
a few more closing thoughts I've been
sitting on the footage of this game for
about a year and in that time honestly
playing this game with VOD has remained
a fond memory for all the flaws for all
the Jank for all everything it was a
really fun time and I think that does
mean something obviously a lot of that
is because it's Co-op but you know what
there aren't many co-op games that are
like story focused RPGs so kudos for the
death stre attempting that in the first
place and also I want to highlight how a
game like this is kind of a relic of the
past in terms of budget and scope like
these days we typically see Indie and
AAA and a game like this is kind of in
between that based off the amount of
people that worked on it and I'm just
guessing the budget you know so it's
cool to see a game like that can still
exist even though sadly I'm sure this
game performed very badly um in terms of
sales and stuff and if nothing else the
devs really did make something memorable
so that does count for something anyway
if you made it to the end than thank you
very much for watching I know this video
is way too long I know but I really
wanted to give you the full experience
of this game it was just too weird for
me not to do that and uh yeah I hope it
was entertaining I have another video
planned this month so keep an eye out
for it and as always take it easy
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