Shovel Knight - The Queen of Hearts and the Joker

[Jesuiscontent]

There has got to be a way of turning off Steam notifications.

It's actually pretty easy

[randoguy101]

rao, you really kind of have to use those relics you keep getting!!! baz would probably have been a lot easier if you used those anchors while he was swinging around instead of jumping directly into him.

I realize you do that with pretty much every game ever but still

Using any items ever is dishonourable !!

it mostly just seems silly that rao spent all his money on mana upgrades but only ever uses the fishing rod

[Razzling]

I would suggest getting the gold armor if any of the other armor effects aren't appealing to you, because it's stats are exactly the same as the regular knight plate but with extra fun and flare

also the fire rod is super useful like forever so feel free to fry people with powerful magic

[SAJewers]

There has got to be a way of turning off Steam notifications.

I know in OBS you can do a Game capture instead of a window capture, and it won't grab Steam notifications. There might be something similar for the software raocow is using.

[Konork]

There has got to be a way of turning off Steam notifications.

It's actually pretty easy

There's also a couple other options that might be more useful and are just as easy.

[Piter Lauchy]

Hasn't raocow stated in a Meat Boy video that he doesn't mind the notifications and in fact kinda likes them?

[Alice]

Hasn't raocow stated in a Meat Boy video that he doesn't mind the notifications and in fact kinda likes them?

Yeah, he has. Though they seem to annoy the viewers more often than not.

[Piter Lauchy]

Hasn't raocow stated in a Meat Boy video that he doesn't mind the notifications and in fact kinda likes them?

Yeah, he has. Though they seem to annoy the viewers more often than not.

That's a shame. I find them kinda charming. Odd word to use, I know, but there.

[Ditocoaf]

Haha, wow, that level went by quickly. Though that's probably because raocow didn't find any music sheets or the area where the item was hidden. He was on full-steam-ahead mode today, haha.

[EvilBloodGnome]

I don't know if anybody else has brought it up, but if you want steam notifications to stop popping up during recording it is pretty easy. Here's a visual guide.

[Nimono]

rao, you really kind of have to use those relics you keep getting!!! baz would probably have been a lot easier if you used those anchors while he was swinging around instead of jumping directly into him.

I realize you do that with pretty much every game ever but still

from what I can tell, raocow seems to be treating the game like he does Mega Man, where he refuses to use "boss weapons" (relics in this case) unless necessary, preferring to be "buster-only", or shovel-only in this case. The game sorta encourages this with that achievement for not getting any Relics, but...unlike Mega Man, the levels are designed to MAKE you use the Relics while still being possible without, so I think raocow's eventually going to give in and start using them once he feels it's necessary for victory.

[jayScribble]

rao, you really kind of have to use those relics you keep getting!!! baz would probably have been a lot easier if you used those anchors while he was swinging around instead of jumping directly into him.

I realize you do that with pretty much every game ever but still

from what I can tell, raocow seems to be treating the game like he does Mega Man, where he refuses to use "boss weapons" (relics in this case) unless necessary, preferring to be "buster-only", or shovel-only in this case. The game sorta encourages this with that achievement for not getting any Relics, but...unlike Mega Man, the levels are designed to MAKE you use the Relics while still being possible without, so I think raocow's eventually going to give in and start using them once he feels it's necessary for victory.

I think raocow's main problem with secondary/boss weapons is resource management: if he's going to use one, he'll overuse it until it runs out, exceptions being gimmicky ones, such as the fishing hook in this game. It's his all-or-nothing mentality with the sub-weapons that just turns him off using them until it is required, such as the treasure/gem stages, not helped with the shared mana pool. That, and his expectation that levels can be beaten with the basic arsenal and only using that, which is true in Mega Man games.

[jayScribble]

Double postal rostal ghostal.

Let's see how I mess up Swiss German this time.

[Razzling]

a dig man vs a dig man the ultimate showdown

imo a lot of the relics in this game aren't even that good, like the dust knuckles in this one are completely useless beyond the few set areas thats designed around them

also has raocow broke that wall right above the door in the room with the punny toadfrog, theres like treasure in it but i cant really remember if he did

[SAJewers]

Pretty sure you can fish up your money, raocow.

[jayScribble]

I remember the Dust Knuckle being good against the knights with the attack going through their shields when they block.

[Miyuron]

also has raocow broke that wall right above the door in the room with the punny toadfrog, theres like treasure in it but i cant really remember if he did

Yeah, he did that in the second video.

[Voltgloss]

So is there a point to that alchemy coin relic? And if so, what?

[Willhart]

So is there a point to that alchemy coin relic? And if so, what?

It turns enemies into more money than they would normally give.

Mole Knight's level had some clever use of the Megaman tropes. The green gelatin is always fun to play with too.

[Garlyle]

I'll contest that the relics are bad. A couple are definitely less useful than others (Alchemy Coin), but there's actually quite a few places where they're useful (Check out the speedruns of the game if you're curious about things like the knuckles)

[Ozzy Ment]

On the topic of 4-legged insects: They have to have 6 legs at some point during their life-cycle. There are some butterflies for instance, that only have 4 legs as adults.

And it's true some of the relics have limited use, but the Phase Locket, Flare Wand, and Throwing Anchor are super useful.

[Ashan]

The only armor I've ever used in this game is the one that lets you do a charge shot after doing a few pogos. The rest seem pretty useless. I've seen the magic one used in speedruns, but I play these games way too tank-ey to be able to use that effectively.

Also: on relics, the

propeller dagger

can be super useful in platforming segments. You can basically fly with it if I recall correctly.

[Bean]

Mole Knight's stage is okay, but man, I didn't remember much from this outside of getting the knuckle upgrade here when I was watching raocow play through it. I even forgot about the gelatin gimmick until I saw it happen. Guess this one didn't really stand out to me back in the day. The battle, on the other hand, is fast and frantic. I like that you have to keep up with a boss that gets faster at digging and flying through the stage. Plus, if you don't dig him up in time during that one attack, he gets an invincibility deal.

[Grounder]

HOW DOES MOLES KNIGHTS

[Zygl]

raocow you should really use that charge slash in the bosses at least, when Mole Knight was just kinda flying past you like that you could've been charging up slashes... I think. I forget if you have enough time but if so that'd have been super good.