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My one complaint about this part of the game is that it takes a while to get around, since most of these areas were originally designed as linear levels; but I like the movement in this game a lot, so that's less of an issue than it might be. Still, there's significant room for improvement. And yes,...

It's probably not the first time this has happened, but I'm amused by the fact that tonight's thumbnail has zero Sonic characters in it.

The Demon General is a pretty tough fight, good job getting him down in just a few tries. And yes, there is a thing if you keep going with the shopkeeper instead of opening the cabinet. Things are pretty different now, I'm looking forward to seeing how you handle the shift. Also, I stumbled on https...

Attacking projectiles is a storebought upgrade, so it's never necessary to get past something. But like most of the upgrades, there are places where it's really useful. Also, I feel like this area is a good demonstration of how open this game's platforming is; it expects you to cross wide gaps, and ...

The conversation if you check the cabinet while the shopkeeper's gone continues if you keep examining it. You probably would have gotten a good laugh from seeing that keep going, but oh well. You can probably look it up in somebody else's playthrough if you're curious.

To be less vague, for people wondering what raocow overlooked: When the vine monsters show up, you can use them to Cloudstep and get enough height to hit the boss. This knocks her to the ground and stuns her, letting you get several hits without a problem. Also, if you manage to get to this point wi...

Personally, I think you'll do fine without the Quarble upgrade - you're not dying a lot, and there's a pretty limited range of things to spend your money on. By the time you die enough that the savings pay for the upgrade, you'll probably be out of things to buy. If you have 400 shards, the better p...

There's no reason to worry about how much money you have on hand when you die, you don't lose any from your wallet. It's all lost from what you collect while Quarble's with you.

Forgot to put a link to the latest video when I updated the title yesterday, but that's taken care of now.

Most worlds aren't very long, but fair warning: the shopkeeper isn't out of lengthy conversations. I don't think you'll mind them if today's video is any indication, but just be aware that you'll be spending a couple of minutes in there for most episodes. Movement feels really good in this game, and...

"So it's a double-jump, but it's fueled by violence."

We're off to a good start on the commentary, I think.

I played through this game last year and concluded it was one of my favorites. Looking forward to this playthrough! Also, it turns out to be tough to search for famous messages without just getting lists of quotes. Searching for telegrams specifically yields better results, but I'm still not sure I ...

"You know what to do when you're on fire, you gotta stop, drop, and roll. Roll is not in this room, so you're gonna have to stop and drop at the very least. But we're looking for a dropship, so you might not be able to do that yet, but at the very least, Data, you can stop. That is the least yo...

KobaBeach wrote: ↑1 year ago i was partly hoping no one would post here so i could meme about it despite enjoying this game's whole vibe

And now your fragile dream has been shattered.

I just tuned in for the final episode after ignoring everything else. Anyone got a transliteration for the script, assuming it is a cipher? I tried to back-transliterate it from "Seraph" and "Boki" but the other strings don't seem to match up to that. I saw somebody mention it w...

This really is a fun game. For all that it looks like chaotic explosions, it's actually one of the most strategic action games I've played. I remember when I first tried Hard Mode in one of the earlier versions, nearly every boss seemed overwhelming to the point of being impossible; but once you und...

Oh yeah? So are you saying my parents are pulling out the swords I put in stones out back?

I'm glad nobody spoiled this for raocow, it really was a great moment. In my case, I got to feel an extra bit of satisfaction when I encountered this fight. A few years back, I had popped into the Copy Kitty chatroom and there was some conversation on what it was building towards. I mentioned that a...

Tomorrow should be fun to watch. I'm not going to say anything more than that.

Just for the record, the checkpointing is weird in the original Lymia fight too. If you get to the electromagnet phase and die, you restart there but Lymia damages you. I think that may require multiple deaths on that phase, too, but I'm not sure. My best guess for why the checkpointing works this w...

In a previous version of the game, (before it went on Steam) an automatic level was the reward for finishing the last level on Hard Mode with Savant. I don't remember if it used similar mechanisms to this one, or if they're completely different. About all I remember is that Savant was actually visib...

I was very much looking forward to your reaction to this world. Your disappointment when Savant quit Melon Dog made the joke there even sillier.

And the game definitely isn't done with the surprises.

This fight really drives home how the Yoggvals manage to feel distinct even though they're just using variants of the same core attacks. It's basically a test of how well you can switch up your strategy based on which one pops up next. I remember having a pretty tough time with it, but it's satisfyi...

I had similar problems dealing with Curse. What I ended up doing for the last stage here was just memorizing the inputs from the required curse to the button, which is a relatively safe place to wait it out. Still took me several tries, although that might have just been for Boki.

So a thing about how you're changing this up: Boki and Savant's final chapters diverge very significantly. Without giving away any details, I feel like it would work best to do Savant's entire final chapter and then Boki's. The alternation you're doing now should be fine for this chapter, but I don'...