THIS GAME WANTS TO BE BROKEN - Crab Champions Is A Perfectly Balanced Game with no Exploits or Bugs
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the player dives into the chaotic world of Crab Champions, a game that encourages breaking its rules. As a crab with a gun, the player battles through levels, exploiting systems to become an unstoppable force. With each victory, the player amasses power-ups and upgrades, leading to a hilariously overpowered character that dominates the game. The video is a celebration of the joy found in bending a game to its breaking point, culminating in a triumphant defeat of the final boss.
Takeaways
- 🎮 Crab Champions is a video game where players control a crab fighting enemies to gain power.
- 🇮🇪 Developed by an Irish DJ known for the song 'Crab Rave', the game encourages players to exploit its systems.
- 🔥 The game features a risk-reward system, with players choosing between safer and more dangerous paths for better rewards.
- 💰 Players can use in-game currency (purple crystals) to buy upgrades and improve their character.
- 🛍️ Shops provide opportunities to buy upgrades and increase maximum HP, with more options available as the game progresses.
- 🔋 The game's balance can be significantly altered by exploiting mechanics, leading to overpowered characters.
- 🎲 Luck plays a crucial role in the game, with high luck stats increasing the chances of beneficial outcomes and rewards.
- 📈 The player's character can become increasingly powerful, to the point of being unstoppable and invulnerable.
- 💣 The game's progression allows for a snowball effect, where efficient play leads to exponential increases in power.
- 🏆 Defeating bosses and clearing levels become trivial as the player's character becomes more powerful.
- 🎉 The game's design seems to embrace the idea of breaking the game, offering a unique and entertaining experience for players.
Q & A
What is the name of the video game discussed in the script?
-The video game discussed is called 'Crab Champions'.
Who created the game 'Crab Champions'?
-The game was created by an Irish DJ who made the song 'Crab Rave'.
What is the main objective of the player in 'Crab Champions'?
-The main objective is to play as a crab and fight waves of enemies and bosses to become more powerful.
How does the player progress in 'Crab Champions'?
-Players progress by clearing islands, defeating enemies to drop purple crystals, and using these crystals to buy upgrades in shops or from chests.
What is unique about the developer's approach to 'Crab Champions'?
-The developer encourages players to exploit the game systems and break the balance, which is unusual as most developers do not endorse such behavior.
What are some of the upgrades available in the game?
-Upgrades include 'Trick Shot' for more damage when hip firing, 'Big Shot' for larger but slower shots, and various other abilities that enhance the player's combat capabilities.
How does the 'Lucky Charm' item work in 'Crab Champions'?
-The 'Lucky Charm' increases the player's luck stat by 5% each time they clear an island without taking damage, which enhances the likelihood of luck-based mods triggering.
What is the significance of the 'Relic' chests in the game?
-Relic chests contain powerful items that can significantly alter gameplay, such as the 'Ring of Luck' which increases the player's luck stat and the 'Ring of Deflection' which provides additional protection.
How does the player's luck stat affect the gameplay in 'Crab Champions'?
-The luck stat increases the chances of favorable outcomes, such as not taking damage or getting extra rewards from chests. A high luck stat can lead to a snowball effect, making the player increasingly powerful and immune to damage.
What is the final outcome of the player's run in the script?
-The player achieves an infinite scale of power, becoming unstoppable, unkillable, and capable of dealing infinite damage, effectively breaking the game due to the high luck stat and efficient exploitation of game mechanics.
How does the player feel about the game's balance and the developer's intentions?
-The player feels that the game is perfectly balanced in its own unique way and appreciates the developer's intention to allow and even encourage players to break the game, finding it entertaining and rewarding.
Outlines
🎮 Introducing Crab Champions
The video begins with an introduction to 'Crab Champions,' a game developed by the creator of the song 'Crab Rave.' In this game, players control a crab equipped with firearms to defeat waves of enemies and bosses, collecting purple crystals for upgrades. The unique selling point of the game, according to the narrator (the Spiffing Brit), is the developer's encouragement for players to exploit the game's mechanics. The game is compared favorably to 'Vampire Survivors' and 'Risk of Rain 2' for its fun factor and the empowerment of players to become overwhelmingly powerful.
🔄 The Cycle of Upgrades and Power
The narrator progresses through the game, emphasizing the cycle of collecting upgrades and becoming increasingly powerful. Different types of chests offer various upgrades that enhance the gameplay, such as the Lucky Charm, which increases luck after flawlessly clearing an island, leading to a cascading effect of becoming more powerful. The game's balance of risk and reward is highlighted, alongside strategies to exploit the game mechanics for advantageous outcomes, like selecting weapons and upgrades to maximize damage output and efficiency.
🛒 Exploiting the Shop and Encountering Elites
In the third segment, the focus shifts to exploiting the game's economy through the shop system, where items can be bought at a discount and sold for profit, demonstrating a form of in-game capitalism. The narrator discusses encountering elite enemies and navigating through different biomes, each offering unique challenges and enemies. Through strategic selection of upgrades and exploiting the shop's economy, the player's character becomes significantly more powerful, effectively handling elite enemies and progressing through the game's increasingly difficult challenges.
🚀 Ascending to Overpowered Status
The narrator describes becoming extraordinarily powerful, reaching a point where enemies pose no challenge. With high luck and damage output, every encounter results in an abundance of loot and easy victories. This part of the video highlights the game's mechanics allowing for significant power scaling, enabling players to become unstoppable forces. Despite the introduction of new, tougher enemies in each loop back to the starting point, the narrator's character grows even more dominant, illustrating the extent to which the game can be exploited for power.
👑 Achieving Infinite Power and Immortality
In the final stretch of the game, the narrator reaches an almost god-like state, becoming immune to damage and possessing infinite resources. This section discusses exploiting the game's luck mechanic to achieve an unstoppable status, effectively making the player invincible. The culmination of the adventure is a battle against the final boss, King Skull, which is effortlessly defeated. The narrator concludes by expressing gratitude to the game's developers for creating an enjoyable experience that rewards players for pushing the game to its limits, signifying a satisfying end to the exploit-filled journey.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Crab Champions
💡Exploit
💡Unstoppable Overpowered God
💡Risk and Reward
💡Luck Stat
💡RNG (Random Number Generator)
💡DPS (Damage Per Second)
💡Immortal
💡Infinite Scale of Power
💡Game Breaking
Highlights
The game Crab Champions encourages players to break and exploit its systems.
Players take on the role of a crab fighting enemies to become more powerful.
Killing enemies drops purple crystals used for purchasing upgrades.
Clearing an island rewards players with a chest containing upgrades.
The game features a risk-reward system with choices between different types of chests.
Players can exploit RNG to gain advantages in the game.
The game allows players to become an 'Unstoppable overpowered God'.
Players can increase their luck stat, which affects the chances of favorable outcomes.
The game's shop offers various improvements and upgrades.
Players face elite enemies that provide high rewards upon defeat.
The game's balance can be manipulated through luck and exploit mechanics.
Players can achieve a state of invincibility by stacking certain modifiers.
The game's final boss, King Skull, can be defeated with ease due to the player's overpowered state.
The game's developer seems to have intended for players to push the game to its limits.
The game's balance is intentionally broken, providing a unique and entertaining experience.
Players can achieve infinite health, damage, and money, becoming an unstoppable force.
The game's ultimate goal is to defeat the final boss and achieve the title of champion.
Transcripts
oh no video game developers you don't
want me doing this you really don't
hello there ladies and gentlemen this is
crab Champions a video game created by
the Irish DJ who made the song crab Rave
in this game you are a crab who must
fight waves of enemies and bosses on a
quest to become more powerful it might
seem simple and standard but this is one
of the greatest games I've ever played
for one simple reason the developer
wants you to break the game as you might
know I the spiffing Brit break video
games for a living it is rare a
developer is actively encouraging you to
exploit their systems and destroy the
balance of the game so what happens when
exploiters and developers work hand
inand well you're about to find out so
let's hop on into the first level and
I'll quickly explain the game very
simply I am a crab with a gun and there
are other crabs and slugs running
towards me killing them will drop purple
crystals I can use these purple crystals
in shops to buy upgrades every time I
clear an island a chest will appear and
I can get an upgrade from the chest it's
basically like vampire survivors if it
was actually really really really good
and fun well okay you know that game is
good and fun but there's just something
wonderful about crab Champions similar
to risk of rain 2 this game is not
afraid to let the player become an
Unstoppable overpowered God and that's
exactly what we're going to do so there
we go first island cleared very easy
enemies of course and we get ourselves a
damag chest in it we can pick up various
upgrades like say trick shot so we do
more more damage when hip firing and
less when aiming big shot so our shots
are bigger and deal more damage but they
move slower or snake shot where you know
your shots aren't going to hit anything
uh we're going to go for trick shot
because like most YouTubers playing an
FPS game there is absolutely no way I'm
going to be able to aim we then get a
choice of which level to go to next we
can either go for a damag chest in an
arena or a spike chest a spike chest of
course has a higher value reward but I
lose 33% of my health this might sound
dangerous but don't worry this entire
game is basically just all about risk
and reward W I'm also deliberately
playing with a weapon called the orb
launcher a stupidly fast firing weapon
that does a very nice amount of damage
so yes there we go the island is cleared
and our lovely Spike chest appears only
cost me 132 life but we can pick up some
upgrades this one here is very useful it
basically means for a short time after
eliminating an enemy we don't use
ammunition it doesn't directly increase
our damage but it increases our output
and I like that right next up we're
going to go for a speed upgrade out
actually just walked into an explosive
Barrel that's kind of on me oh and also
there is a way you can technically
cheese this game a little bit which is
that when you unlock things in the lobby
using keys you can take them into your
run provided it's the first time you've
unlocked them in my case that means I've
entered this run with landmine shot
which is a legendary ability which as
you can imagine is going to make this
run a fair bit easier but I'm going to
pick up Rapid Fire for increased fire
rate and then oh I love the luck chest
but I also love The Relic chests these
are both two good choices fine we're
going to go go for the Relic chest okay
so quite simply we have uh some enemies
heading towards us and we have to
survive for 36 or so seconds uh which
can be quite spicy indeed oh my goodness
there sniper crabs sniper crabs are the
worst sniper crabs are very very
dangerous there we go we can clear them
up a bit and I survived the hoorde
wonderful jeez we're down to 82 life but
it's okay oh we can pick up a hard
target that reduces incoming damage and
a relic chest chests contain free more
loot choices that's kind of incredible
or dashing reloads your weapon also very
good I'm going to go for the coral
amulet now of course because I'm killing
things quite reliably I basically never
need to worry about ammunition for a
little while basically means I don't
have to necessarily worry about
reloading my gun which massively
improves my DPS output and oh my
goodness there's a lot of pumpkins jeez
all right but there we go level cleared
we get a random upgrade of some kind
jeez we have a lot of choices now I'm
fantastic we can go for windup meaning
that shots deal more damage for each
shot fired until I stop firing but as I
am unlikely to reload I am unlikely to
stop firing right okay now we just keep
on shooting and there we go we're doing
20 damage a shot now which is vastly
improved over where we previously were
there we go fantastic we managed to
survive four and we get ourselves an
epic chest with a superior upgrade
option right and now that we've cleared
out enough levels we actually get to go
into the shop the shop is a wonderful
place for rest fite and also just
general gameplay cheesing the shop is
run by this lovely crab here Tony in
Tony's shop we can buy various
improvements and up UPG grades we can
increase our maximum HP and if we have
more crystals we can roll for more items
it's all very nice but after Tony shop
we must face an elite this is a
high-powered enemy in our case it is an
elite lightning crab pretty spicy indeed
because if he hits us we would not be
doing too good unfortunately for him I
shoot very quickly and he is very easily
killed all right we get ourselves
another epic chest what is this double
tap chance for shots to deal damage
twice I like that yeah we're going to go
for that that's Madness right into the
next biome we we go we're now into the
ice World which means we get some new
enemies all of the enemies get more
powerful and we get some new
environments to fight them all in uh but
most importantly I'm doing more damage
so life is good and now yes instead of
just doing a basic six or so damage per
shot we're up to doing about 30 which is
a very nice a good Improvement and oh my
look at these relics gain an extra
portal Choice after each island is
amazing skill ring is amazing ring of
value is incredible and duplication ring
is also great all of these relics are
amazing my good that's right let's grab
the portal ring more choices more good
right okay we're going to go for the
luck chest this is a splendid idea trust
me uh luck in this game is basically
just a way to manipulate the RNG and if
you know one thing about survival like
games it's that cheesing the RNG is
always the most shf fired way to destroy
any semblance of balance now this is the
item I've been looking for the lucky
charm luck is increased after flawlessly
clearing an island and luck based mods
are more likely to trigger basically the
more flawlessly we play this game the
better we get get which as you can
imagine can get pretty cheesy because it
just continuously reinforces endlessly
doing well time for a section I like to
call science with spiff we've just
picked up an item called the lucky charm
it's an item that increases our luck
stat by 5% each time we clear an island
without taking damage this does not add
5% luck as that would be balanced and
normal instead it increases your current
luck statistic by 5% this means with
four Lucky Charms you more than double
your luck stat every five Islands as you
can imagine this gets very broken very
quickly just like this video in the
algorithm if you give it a like go on do
it I believe in you right anyway we can
now go into the shop once again this
time with a little bit more money than
last time and uh the shop has been
improved quite drastically with far more
options but these options can get pretty
cheesy because as you can see this perk
here has a 75% discount meaning I only
need 290 crystals to buy it but as I
said this game wants to be broken so I
can pick up the speed demon park for 290
drop it on the ground and sell it for
581 this ladies and gentlemen is
capitalism four crystals to roll I'll do
that because when we roll we get one
thing that yes has a 75% discount so we
can buy that drop it on the ground and
sell it and make money okay right I'm
pretty happy with the upgrades I've
gotten so into the elite fight we go
where we must fight some kind of uh
spooky big crab oh my goodness it's a
mad poison crab from the looks it okay
no it's an lightning crab and the oh the
worst kind of crab but luckily I'm able
to do a good amount of damage to it so
um it should be dead relatively soon
there yes perfect all right into the
next biome we go we're now into the
deserty sand biome fun and spicy full of
slugs and fire ants and just generally
big mean enemies that just want to do
fire damage to you which is not the kind
of damage I like oh my lucky charm
increased my luck by 5% yes that's
really good Cy Vortex what grenades
explode into C vortexes is that's kind
of crazy do I grab that I mean I kind of
have to I really have to just because I
could sell it for so much money let's go
get a luck chest hello there Mr slug now
the problem with my luck stat is the
more that it increases anything that I
have that has an odd of firing for
example my landmines is going to get
increased now eventually this will lead
us into a situation where every time a
bullet of mine hits an enemy a land mine
will just be summoned out of th air on
top of them um which as you can imagine
pretty bad especially when I'm shooting
as fast as I am and my luck has just
been increased by a further 5% so my
luck stat is up to 165% very nice uh
what do we do next I think we go to an
economy chest why not oh my goodness
look at all of the landmines we are
dropping yes oh this is brilliant you
don't even need to worry about crowd
control or AOE we have landmines and my
luck has just been increased by 10%
because of that love amazing we're going
to go for another luck chest Island but
this one is flawless meaning if I take
no damage I will get a second reward
chest come on come on come on there we
go go just dodge and move Dodge and move
1 second left and we did it w luck
increase by 10% and two economy chests
life is good oh wait no we just got free
luck chest okay right um no we're going
to go for another lucky charm as it
seems horrifically broken chance to get
an extra chest when flawlessly clearing
an island well that's probably good yeah
let's go for a chance to get an extra
chest and then ooh a Flawless Relic
chest potentially we got to go destroy
all of the enemy nests okay right I see
this is the enemy Nest all right I did
it unfortunately I did take some damage
so this is not going to be Flawless but
there we go we cleared the island one
Relic chest for us oh there's a purple
Relic ah yes gain low gravity movement
this is quite possibly the most
overpowered Relic in the game currently
this is simply because now that I
moveing low gravity uh the enemy AI
hasn't been updated to actually deal
with that uh meaning that uh it is very
hard for them to hit me which as you can
imagine pretty useful indeed for me
there we go we cleared the island lovely
and we did it even flawlessly Splendid
my luck is increased by 15% okay double
economy chest time what do we get all
right I'm actually just going to grab
24,000 crystals uh for when we go into
the shop that's going to be good all
right so we're in Tony's magical Giga
shop uh we're once again money shot ooh
gain crystals when damaging enemies I'll
actually buy that uh normally I'd sell
it but why not I'll keep it and then
we're basically just looking for any
luck based trigger like say streamer
loot is great ah double vision here we
go chance to get an extra chest after
clearing an island of course the more
our luck stats the better this is going
to get Crystal dividends yes that just
increases our money every time we clear
an island and then I'll sell this High
Caliber for some additional cash roll
again another lucky charmal we're going
to buy that but I need to buy another
lucky charm there we go I think we
should be good for some combat against
the enemies now in terms of my DPS
output it's pretty good at the moment
we're up to about 2,000 this is very low
for the standard of this game I have to
kill this Elite lightning crab
unfortunately for my Elite lightning
crab friend uh I should be able to very
easily defeat them yes and there we go
oh my crystal dividend have given me an
extra 338 and have I spawned some
additional chests is there a chest in
the floor would seem that way right I'm
going to pick up another double vision
there we go so we've increased chance of
getting a bonus chest and then oh I can
just pick it up again why not right okay
we're now into the final environmental
Zone the lava land so to speak it's
pretty good the enemies here are
normally a little bit more dangerous
unfortunately for them uh I never stop
shooting the more I shoot the faster I
shoot and I now shoot out landmines
various Dag ooh an ant actually did
manage to hit me with a shot how very
annoying despite my lovely low gravity
Shenanigans where I can quite literally
almost fly around this map um which as
you can imagine pretty useful and double
vision has given me a second chest
lovely uh shot steal more damage why not
all right and then I'm going to go for
another luck based chest because it's
just simply the most powerful thing in
the universe right let us uh clear all
of the enemies that are in front of us
on my lucky charm has increased by 20%
and double vision is giv me an extra
chest so I have three chests to pick
from oh this is going to get very silly
right uh ring of luck luck just
increased by 75% yep we'll do that luck
isn't up to 500% rare treasure enemies
have a small chance to drop loot when
eliminated well I mean come on you know
that's just going to get horrifically
abused we have a 1% chance for an enemy
to drop loot when eliminating them but
of course all of our other luck
statistics actually increase that chance
of firing so uh this is only going to
get worse there we go double vision gave
me another extra chest now the problem
is the enemies just can't hit me up here
I'm I'm just kind of like a bit beyond
their reach which it's unfortunate for
them because I can kind of operate like
the US Military and just drone strike
from afar ah very cheesy indeed oh my
goodness and of course our lucky charm
has increased our luck again double
vision gave us some extra loot gold dice
luck heavily increased oh dear this is
going to get very silly now of course
we'll get the golden dice this increases
my luck by further 150% right my luck is
now up to
871 we'll grab all of these wonderful
Legendary perks because they're
fantastic right let's go try and NAB
this Relic chest and do it flawlessly
cuz then we might get two relics okay
damage output very much improved over
where it previously was ah and you're
The Last Enemy brilliant we get a bunch
of extra money and oh of course we get
two additional Relic chests thanks to
the Double Vision we're going to pick up
ring of protection cuz in the very least
we can sell it for a lot of money but
the other thing I'm going to grab is the
ring of deflection and I'm even going to
drop the Ring of luck because I don't
actually think we need it anymore simply
due to the fact that we're generating so
much luck on our own all right there we
go we've done fantastic all right into
the health room we go uh we've got a
rush now so we got to survive a hord of
enemies for quite a while but I think we
should be okay with this uh it's mostly
the don't do damage thing that I'm
trying to worry about but look at all of
these items that are hordes of enemies
are dropping for us this is oh God this
has gotten too broken this is too broken