Let's Play Medievil 2! [Starting Weapons Only] - 15 [Final] - Skellerman Runs Super Fast, Rescues Hands, Saves London

[QubicTom]

And now we start MediEvil 2! The sequel continues Sir Dan's story 500 years later, in the late 19th century. Some evil-doer has found Zarok's spellbook, started to bring the dead back to life and is amassing great power! In this game, we continue with the Halloween aesthetics, exploring instead modern creepiness and horror, like freak shows and vampires.

As with MediEvil the first, this playthrough uses only the starting weapons. I will still be going for 100% completion, so all chalices and other weapons will be collected, but their ammo will be thrown away. Of course, after the end of the game, these weapons will be demonstrated, and we'll get vengeance on every level and boss that gave us trouble :D

Ep0 - Opening Cutscenes Watch this if you're new to the game!
Ep1 - Dusty Dan
Ep2 - Naughty Necromancers
Ep3 - Engineered Elephants
Ep4 - Headless Horror
Ep5 - Fatal Fruit
Ep6 - Lost Limbs
Ep6.5 - Handy Dandy [Bonus]
Ep7 - Villainous Vampires
Ep8 - Dapper Dan
Ep9 - Sewer Snakes
Ep10 - Chrono Chair
Ep11 - Ripper Regrets
Ep11.5 - Speedy Dan
Ep12a - Shadow Spires
Sadness [brief delay with things]
Ep12b - Pragmatic Dan
Ep12c - Cathedral Collapse
Ep13 - Cowardly Dan
Ep14 - Weaponized Dan
Ep15 - Heroic Dan [Final]

Previous MediEvil info and episode links:

Let's Play Medievil, the landslide winner of the vote for the next Playstation B-Side! Medievil is a 3D hack and slash game from 1998, with a wonderful Gothic style, gorgeous atmospheric orchestral music and an endearing skeleton as a protagonist. With the halloween aesthetics and rich history comes plenty of gallows humor, making this silly romp of a game very memorable.

To make this playthrough more interesting (since there are plenty of other showcases of this game already on YouTube), I will be playing only with weapons found in the levels, which are all terribly weak. The weapons earned for collecting Chalices (essentially, by getting 100% in a level) will never be used in game, except maybe for demonstrations for viewers who haven't seen this game before. Looking forward to struggling through this old favourite of mine!

Episode List:
Ep0 - Opening Cutscenes and Story Watch this if you're new to the game!
Ep1 - Grim Graveyard
Ep2 - Malevolent Mausoleum
Ep3 - Sorrowful Scarecrow
Ep4 - Putrid Pumpkin
Ep5 - Killjoy King
Ep6 - Vile Village
Ep7 - Ghoulish Grounds
Ep8 - Acrid Asylum
Ep9 - Abominable Ants
Ep10 - Eerie Earth
Ep11 - Petrifying Pools
Ep12 - Lamenting Lake
Ep13 - Creepy Caverns
Ep14 - Gallow Gallows
Ep15 - Rotting Ruins
Ep15 Chalice - Reliving Ruins
Ep16 - Sordid Ship
Ep17 - Haunted Hall
Ep18 - Deathly Device
Ep19 - Zealotic Zarok
Ep20 - Wondrous Weapons Final!

Number of Copyright Claims by Bob & Barn: 2 (One for the track "Welcome to Gallowmere" in Episode 0 and one in Scarecrow Fields)

[Grounder]

Enjoying this so far!

You may want to edit and reupload episode 1, however, the cutscene at the beginning plays twice and the audio gets desynced as a result.

[QubicTom]

Enjoying this so far!

You may want to edit and reupload episode 1, however, the cutscene at the beginning plays twice and the audio gets desynced as a result.

I just checked both Episode 0 and Episode 1, there were no repeated cutscenes and the audio was perfectly synced in both videos. Was it a glitch on your end? If there is a problem I'd like to fix it straight away, but I can't see it

For anyone watching, I have a question: Am I only allowed use the Short Sword, the Throwing Daggers and Dan's Arm, or can I also use the Club, the

chicken drumsticks

and the

dragon armor

, since they are found in the game and not the Hall of Heroes?

[Grounder]

I just checked both Episode 0 and Episode 1, there were no repeated cutscenes and the audio was perfectly synced in both videos. Was it a glitch on your end? If there is a problem I'd like to fix it straight away, but I can't see it

Looking at it again, yep.

First time that's happened... :/

[nathanisbored]

I say use the club and stuff, as long as you find it on the way

Really neat looking game!

[QubicTom]

I've actually decided to just stick with the weapons in Dan's Crypt! The other ones we get are required for progression and will only be used for that purpose (like, I'll only use the club to break boulders blocking my way, and not as a weapon!)

Next episode! Remember to VOTE for where Sir Daniel goes to next!!
Ep2 - Malevolent Mausoleum

[nathanisbored]

so enemies don't respawn right? but youre not required to kill all enemies for the chalice, so I guess you dont get anything special for killing all enemies

[Grounder]

Man, the Stained Glass Demon looks awesome. I'd love to see how that design would be like on today's hardware... And if you point to Resurrection's take, you can leave right now.

Anyway, The Enchanted Earth.

[QubicTom]

so enemies don't respawn right? but youre not required to kill all enemies for the chalice, so I guess you dont get anything special for killing all enemies

Exactly. You don't need to dispatch every enemy, you just need to kill enough enemies for the chalice. Which may seem silly now, but if people vote for Scarecrow Fields as the next level, they'll see why having the option of running away from some enemies, especially when carrying weak weapons, is important! Also, being limited to only the weak Throwing Daggers, which have limited ammo, might cause issues getting the chalice in later levels when there are more airborne enemies.

Man, the Stained Glass Demon looks awesome. I'd love to see how that design would be like on today's hardware... And if you point to Resurrection's take, you can leave right now.

Anyway, The Enchanted Earth.

If you liked the Stained Glass Demon, there is plenty more to look forward to in this game. The halloween theme of the game stays very strong, and every single level and enemy is so memorable. No matter which level wins the vote tomorrow, it's going to be a spectacle!

Some links to neat art of the Stained Glass Demon. I hope some of the talented talkhaus artists try to make their own art of it too!

http://olgatarta.deviantart.com/art/Sta ... -343670370
http://jennissycooper.deviantart.com/ar ... -594390767
http://luketheripper.deviantart.com/art ... -131245015
http://fancington.deviantart.com/art/st ... -430636669

[QubicTom]

New episode! I have a new recording setup for this one, but I haven't quite worked out the best settings yet. The sound is a bit better in the JUMP video I recorded after this. Feedback is appreciated!
Ep3 - Sorrowful Scarecrow

VOTE for the next level!
a) Enchanted Forest
b) Sleeping Village
c) Pumpkin Gorge

[Grounder]

pumpkin gorge

[QubicTom]

pumpkin gorge

Done and done!

I'm secretly proud of today's "Gallowmere Newspaper Headline" thread title
Ep4 - Putrid Pumpkin

I've also recorded the next level, The Pumpkin Serpent, which is to be released tomorrow. Everyone is welcome to place a VOTE for the level after that now, if you like. The choices are:

a) The Sleeping Village
b) Enchanted Forest (specifically, the secret level within it)

[Grounder]

At this point, you may as well do the normal level and the secret level at around the same time.

Sleeping Village.

[QubicTom]

At this point, you may as well do the normal level and the secret level at around the same time.

Sleeping Village.

The Sleeping Village is now up on YouTube! However, I forgot to update the thread for Episode 5 yesterday, so here it is!
Ep5 - Killjoy King

The Pumpkin King fight went okay, the throwing daggers were more effective than I thought. But I definitely lost more health against him than I have since childhood, ha! I've recorded and processed up as far the

Inside The Asylum

, and that's when having weak weapons really, really shows!

[QubicTom]

New episode: The Sleeping Village
Ep6 - Vile Village

As of now, episode 7 and 8 are available on the channel! I'll still spread them out at a rate of one a day here on the talkhaus, though!

[QubicTom]

The Asylum Gardens:
Ep6 - Ghoulish Grounds

The next level is Inside The Asylum, the first level that really poses a challenge to the "Starting Weapons Only" restriction. It's just wave upon wave of enemies unleashed at Dan in enclosed rooms!

[QubicTom]

Inside The Asylum
Ep8 - Acrid Asylum

Looking forward to recording more of this tomorrow, as we'll be entering the midgame this week! There are two boss fights in a row coming up that I'm not sure can be done with just the Throwing Daggers as the ranged weapon!

[QubicTom]

New Stuff!
Ep9 - Abominable Ants

I've recorded the next episode too, which will be released tomorrow. It will feature the first Game Over. And the second... you get the idea.

[Grounder]

scaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam

[QubicTom]

scaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam

Huh?

The Enchanted Earth ft. the game over screen a bunch of times! Why did I insist on starting the level with only one Life Bottle? With only the starting weapons to fight Shadow Demons and the difficult bosses? This level actually required planning and strategy to get through it with all these conditions.
Ep10 - Eerie Earth

[QubicTom]

Pools of the Ancient Dead
Ep11 - Petrifying Pools

This recording was a bit of a disaster. Both the game audio and voice audio were desynced with the video, getting progressively worse until there were out of sync by about one second by the end of the video. I spent a while in audacity, listening to the audio while watching the video on mute, making changes until everything matched up. I did the best that I could - I hope the video is in a watchable state! :)

[QubicTom]

Oops, forgot to post this one! The Lake
Ep12 - Lamenting Lake

Next up:

DRAGONS

[QubicTom]

I made a stupid mistake at the very end of this level, and believe me, in the next episode I pay for it!!
Ep13 - Creepy Caverns

[QubicTom]

In which I pay dearly for last episode's stupid mistake! This level really creeps me out. The enemies here are not for the feint hearted!
Ep14 - Gallow Gallows

[QubicTom]

This went better than I thought it would, but then, disaster struck!
Ep15 - Rotting Ruins

I'm about to try recording the solution to the "disaster". This is also the first recording made while having to stay in my family home, where I will reside for the next two or three weeks. The internet here is super slow - last time I was here I tried to upload a Copy Kitty video and it took about two full days. I'll give update and delay notices on the Twitter thing (linked in the signature below).