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 Edmund's (and Tyler Glaiel) newest release, The End is Nigh, is available on Steam for purchase! This follows a bit in Meat Boy's footsteps, but with a more classic adventure platforming sort of feel. You play as Ash, some sort of gooey post-apocalyptic recluse, who finally has to leave his desecrated apartment to construct a "friend" from scratch using "tumors" you find scattered about. Classic Edmund! Watch me descend multiple levels of insanity trying to complete as much of this game as I can handle. It's not particularly long from what I've seen, but trying to be a completionist will take its toll if I go down that dark road. Consider this more of a "let's look at" or a blatant advertisement than an informational playthrough, as is the tendency with blind gameplay! I may have Platinum God'd Isaac, but this is going to be a wholly different experience! Episodes: -Cartridges: 20—Fallen Fantasy Fallen Fantasy 19—Ash Climber Ash Climber 18—Flea Market Catastrovania, Dig Dead 17—Yard Sale Mortaman (unbreakable!), Blaster Massacre, River City Rancid -Main campaign: 21—Namesake (Nevermore) 16—Remedy (Acceptance) 15—Torment (Ruin) 14—Affliction (Blight) 13—Malaise (Gloom) 12—Discomfort (Anguish) 11—Stage V (Tumor collection complete) 10—Excise (Tumor collecting) 9—Spelunking (Golgotha) 8—Hollow Knight (The Hollows) 7—Header (S.S. Exodus) 6—Avian Ascent (Wall of Sorrow) 5—Mad Machine (The Machine) 4—Retrograde (Retrograde) 3—Divine Judgment (Overflow) 2—Arid Advancement (Arid Flats) 1—The Beginning of The End (The End) The full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5nBsKgB1S6OTMc4kVXILnjB8YbYnexgS These will be uploaded weekly at ~6PM CDT (coinciding with my Binding of Isaac walkthrough series). TEIN on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/583470/ that ivy guy fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Sep 25, 2017 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ0n0kgZu1M Moving onwards through the next area. This time I actually manage to find a decent amount of collectibles! The most fun part of this is watching the death counter increment each time we see the main menu.
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Jul 15, 2017 23:59
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8RiqNLadKo For once I actually grab every (regular) tumor in the area on my first go. We come across an interesting crossroads here that probably determines the course of the game—who wouldn't take the road less traveled?
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Jul 18, 2017 00:01
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE9sfTW7cn0 Taking the rightmost path of the Split, we explore Retrograde, a place with an interesting aesthetic and lots of, uh, "environmental hazards".
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Jul 19, 2017 23:59
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Was a bit busy yesterday so this video will be delayed to tomorrow. It doesn't help that this world was quite a hassle to finish!
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Jul 22, 2017 00:00
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YE3XRsA5Jg Without any further delay, here's one apparent endpoint of the game; The Machine. A uniquely extra-long and non-linear area, this was a blast to explore!
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Jul 23, 2017 00:00
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Tombot posted:This game looks nuts, and really sadomasochistic/depressing. Pretty much like all of Edmunds games now that I think of it. None of my recording sessions have been more than an hour... yet. The endgame turns all this up to 11, so be looking forward to that. But yeah, despite outward appearances this game is actually extremely fun!
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Jul 24, 2017 00:14
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LwXVlNVeHQ Starting the upwards route from the Split, we traverse the Wall of Sorrow, aptly named. Lots of bird-like creatures make it an interesting place to work through.
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Jul 25, 2017 00:01
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get that OUT of my face posted:Psychedelic Eyeball's review of The End is Nigh is subtitled "I Wanna Be the Meat Boy" because of its reliance on precision platforming. He wasn't that big of a fan of it, got a big ol' "eh" from him. He streamed it but I think an LP format is much easier to watch, so I'll make sure to catch up with this in due time. Thanks! Yeah, I've noticed almost everyone seems to be simply posting VODs straight from Twitch; most of the time I end up editing out at least a third of the raw footage simply because it's needless failure, a luxury that you can't get from those. He makes a lot of good points there. I haven't really been thinking critically, mostly because I haven't tried any of the life-based stuff yet. At the very least the standard game is a blast to go through. that ivy guy fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Jul 25, 2017 |
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Jul 25, 2017 20:36
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X02Otipb1To Time to grab the head of our deceased friend! The S.S. Exodus area is seemingly even more challenging than the Machine, although somewhat more linear. However, I find quite a few detours for secrets ranging from the mundane mega tumors to a completely new Unknown area.
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Jul 27, 2017 00:00
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjxpzVggUYo Sorry for the late posting—here we take the final of the three paths down into the Hollows! Some tricky enemy hopping and annoying boiling water make this a bit of a pain to navigate, but nothing we can't handle. I actually full-clear this area, grabbing every mega tumor and the cart.
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Jul 29, 2017 01:58
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmHk1YjRmsQ Wrapping up the last of these worlds, we grab a fly-infested torso from the depths of what appears to be hell. After this one I intend on going back and rounding up all those bits and pieces we missed before proceeding with the story!
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Jul 31, 2017 00:01
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:I like this game a lot and it's gotten like no press. Thanks for the LP! Right? And I've only seen one other episodic LP like this (and a relative surplus of twitch VODs). Thank you all for the support! This latest video should provide a good deal of closure, tying up a lot of loose ends. Now that I know the ins and outs of finding secrets, we've gone and cleaned up every tumor, cartridge, and Unknown level from those first two worlds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW477DGCK10
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Aug 2, 2017 00:11
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corn in the bible posted:did you buy a loving ad for this yes, where else would those four replies have come from 
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Aug 2, 2017 00:19
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Grapplejack posted:Are you going to suffer through the acceptance cart? I'm not even sure which one that is but it would be nice to at least clear every cart level once, even the horrifying glitched ones which we will stumble upon soon enough!
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Aug 2, 2017 04:37
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33flUItsJL8 Wrapping up the rest of the tumors. Some of these are abnormally tricky for where they are in the game! Next time, we'll finally assemble our "friend".
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Aug 4, 2017 00:01
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:It's cool to see which things you blow through that I spent forever on, and vice versa. That mega tumor where you had to climb up a tower of clouds through poison gas took me a million tries. It seems like distinguishing whether or not a place is safe from poison is pretty tricky for a lot of people. The gas hitboxes are pretty weird too which doesn't help.
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Aug 4, 2017 06:09
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnWfJgQaEgg Well, here it is. Anyone who may have thought this would be the end of the game is in for a wild ride! Somehow, a second nuclear winter was unleashed upon the land, and now we have to navigate a much tougher version of the game, using our previously gathered tumors as lives!
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Aug 6, 2017 23:52
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Mraagvpeine posted:Hey ivy guy, would it be okay to show off at least one of those games you got from collecting the cartridges? I've got these in mind after I get the actual ending!
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Aug 8, 2017 00:19
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym9_04fUQ7c The second world in The Future is a bit of a break from the sudden difficulty spike in Anguish, although those little meowing, charging lumps can be a pain. We're getting a pretty massive cartridge collection!
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Aug 9, 2017 00:06
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMnN0rHUBDs And so we've reached the Future equivalent to the Overflow. Instead of acid water and poison gas, we just have fish and some friendly faces. These fish are deceptively nimble though, and won't hesitate to track you down, making a lot of these puzzles relatively tricky!
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Aug 11, 2017 00:00
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oqhewSdu4Q Well, this looks like the penultimate level of the game. The difficulty of secrets and the levels in general sort of hits a spike here, so pardon my anger for a bit here... The level design is actually really reaching a peak though, with a multitude of new gimmicks and things that work quite interestingly together.
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Aug 13, 2017 00:00
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Carbon dioxide posted:It looks like there might be secrets off the top of Ruin 19 and 20 which you can reach with proper mine jumps. I gave these a quick shot just now, but it looks like the pipes you might be talking about are specifically designed to be non-grabbable. The jumps might technically be possible, but it doesn't look worthwhile. Samizdata posted:Hope I am not getting obnoxious with my YT comments. At this point, I am afraid your sanity is so tenuous, I don't know WHAT will happen! Absolutely not! As far as comments go, the more the merrier!
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Aug 13, 2017 19:20
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9es3Ie20_Pg This is it! I had figured out the two-way level design earlier, but this game-over timer is a whole new layer of fun. It may be possible to both get the cartridge and complete the remaining levels before the time runs out, but I'm not of that caliber. We also get a sneak peek at the true final level of the game! Next time I'll begin doing the cartridges.
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Aug 15, 2017 00:02
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Mraagvpeine posted:I don't think that's wind pushing you, but rather gravitational pull from the glowing ball. Speaking of, I wonder what that ball looks like as the timer goes down and the screen starts shaking. And I'm glad you're going to go play those cartridges. I'd hate it if you tried to play that final level without any lives. Interestingly enough, the orb doesn't change at all, and you can see the glow approach from the left side of the screen even while the orb is there. I also found that if you jump into the orb when it's too late, you can get a game over and interrupt the lives-running-down animation. that ivy guy fucked around with this message at 02:27 on Aug 15, 2017 |
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Aug 15, 2017 02:24
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tzSm4Jh35I Sorry for the relatively muted commentary, I was pretty sleep-deprived for this one. Anyways, here are the first three cartridges: Mortaman, Blaster Massacre, and River City Rancid, from the first three worlds of the game. Each of the four "achievements" attached to them earns a bonus "extra credit" tumor, which is used in that Secret Place we found earlier. Although I got Unbreakable (no death) on Mortaman, Unbreakable doesn't look very practical for the future carts as they are a great deal more difficult. Plus, it doesn't even earn you a bonus tumor!
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Aug 17, 2017 00:07
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Samizdata posted:On the other hand, you said they all map to Steam cheevos, and you can have PROOF of your utter madness! (Good viddy BTW.)
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Aug 17, 2017 05:53
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC4t32nba9M Two carts this time; Catastrovania and Dig Dead from The Hollows and Golgotha, respectively. These are certainly following a similar "difficulty curve," if you can call it that, to their equivalent overworld levels.
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Aug 18, 2017 23:59
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Yeah you could make up for any tumors you missed in the main game with cart tumors theoretically, in order to unlock the final stage.
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Aug 19, 2017 06:08
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Eopia posted:Who wants to bet there's an achievement or something for clearing that cart that breaks when you die at the start of the game on your very first try. That's what "Streaming Mimi" in the screenshot is!
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Aug 19, 2017 20:08
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Samizdata posted:Speaking of carttalk, seriously disappointed in the fact that all the carts work right off, and there is no "pulling a cart out, blowing on the leads, returning the cart to the slot and repeating as necessary" minigame. Also it should require a computer microphone or you can't 100% the game.
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Aug 20, 2017 00:00
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Yeah I've just taken an annoyingly unnanounced break. I doubt I'll be able to do daily uploads for a while but expect stuff this weekend!
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Aug 26, 2017 00:55
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Ingenious move to cut down recording sessions to a manageable sub-1 hour duration: Just play one cartridge! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEE9-mPvVt8 Of course then the finished product is a mere 16 minutes. Action packed, though. This cart is pure platforming, no enemies at all (the overworld from which it came, The Wall of Sorrow, had plenty of birds) yet it manages to be very tough.
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Aug 28, 2017 00:05
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnma_6aFFlI The cart from world "seven" (the last cart I actually got, but the game goes in the order of golgotha, ss exodus, and the machine) is a somewhat underwhelming one, using only the standard turrets rather than throwing in some bouncing cannonballs to the mix. Regardless, it's cleared with about the same amount of effort as the more recent ones. I went less heavy on the footage cutting, so as to artificially extend the length of the video.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iEZicXr_DY Straight to the ending in this one. With 28 tumors in hand, Nevermore felt just right in terms of difficulty. A cool little touch in how that one NPC had mentioned "something about a fingernail," and now we see that anecdote in the "true" ending!
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Sep 25, 2017 00:02
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