Another Crab's Treasure - Nitro Ramble 

You realized the MC is a hermit crab but did you notice how well that works on a story level? The crab didn’t know what was going on with everyone below the waves because he’s a literal hermit.

"A shell? That's more of a snail thing!" *starts typing* "Oh he's a hermit crab!" *deletes comment*

The creators saw the sad but true fact about hermit crabs living in human garbage instead of shells and made a game about it, props to them.

the fact that he switches out his shell a lot is actually pretty accurate. the shells they use are actually from dead snails, so they don't grow with the crab, so when the crab grows bigger, it has to find a new slightly bigger shell. hermit crabs have even been known to form lines from biggest to smallest and trade shells down the line

Yo dude the turnaround is INSANE. Nitrorad fans eatin GOOD this week!

"Nitro Ramble" is such a good name. Hopefully, we can see some more rambles in the future. (Lunistice, maybe?)

You had me at ‘crab Soulslike’. You had me again at ‘you can give Krill a gun’.

You're allowed to make more Nitro Rambles as long as you keep flailing your arms around like at the end of the video

Giant enemy crab.

6:54 it’s like one line in the whole game, but leveling up is actually described as the opposite - you’re **purging** microplastics from your body to get stronger!

I saw a friend playing this the other day because it's on Gamepass both on PC and Xbox, I laughed a lot when be died because they made a pun in Spanish putting "Descanse en pez"(Rest in Fish) instead of "Descanse en paz" (Rest in Piece), so good points to Aggro Crab games for the translation lmao.

A lot of Crustaceans are some of my favorite animals so this game was a must buy for me. I’m actually having a lot of fun with it

James rambling about stuff he likes is my favorite rad genre

I love how much this video has the vibes of a guy you know being like "DUDE you have to check this out", your enthusiasm is infectious.

bruh I was like how have you never heard of a hermit crab? lol. you eventually got there.

I see that Sybil plush.

Ironic how souls games feel like you are underwater, but the one where you are actually underwater isn't painfully slow.

I feel like this is the kind of review every game maker wants. Someone so in love with your game they can’t say all the words they want say fast enough.

I love the implication that James never checks his e-mails, unless he's looking for game keys. Glad to know that other people hate e-mails as much as I do.

I love how you flipflop between your "analysis and reading" mode of voice and your "soulja boy excitedly showing you braid" mode of voice

you absolutely SHOULD have a nitroramble subseries. your passion for shit is infectious man.

man the nitro ramble formats great, please keep doing these extra vids!! down to earth james in the nitro rad styles super fun lol

The mental image of a crab walking up to Nitro Rad and going "Hey James... I'm the one." is so funny. Also, love this game's visual style~. Love cartoony stuff like this.

The fact that this colorful and cartoony romp got a T-Rating reminds me of all those T-Rated kids games from the 6th gen like the Incredibles Tie-in game or Smash Melee

Wait, these are the devs who made Going Under! I love that game tbh, it’s well written and a rly fun rogue like, which is lightning in a bottle imo. Nothing else like it that I’ve ever played. Nice to see their next game getting a positive reception

A giant enemy crab, you say? I hear you can attack it's weak point for massive damage.

I just love it when developers clearly define design pillars and stick to them until a gem comes out.

This review felt like talking with a friend obssesed with a new game but he just wont shut up and seems so happy and you feel happy about them having so much fun, 10/10 please do this again

yes. YES. The Crab Game. The Crab Game is MIIIINE!

Krill is a hermit crab. They're the only kind of "crab" that wears a shell like that. As they are actually their own whole family even if they are related to crabs.

Never I'd imagine that someone will make a Souls Like game. Where you play as a cute little hermit crab, and created this creative world under the ocean. Definitely gonna give this game a try.

4:36 I was about to say Nitrorad this isn't a Ty situation now come on people in Canada would know what a hermit crab is lol

love your content man so great to see you more often, Its like sitting down with you bud and freaking out about games with your best bud.

i hope you do more of these, one of my favorite "genres" of youtube videos is "person played game they liked a decent bit and now they want to ramble about it for 30 minutes" and your enjoyment is definitely infectious, makes me wanna give this game a shot as my darksouls gateway drug

That outro caught me off guard in probably the best way possible like goddamn never change mate

Nitro Ramble sounds really good for a series of unscripted ramblings also i love that James explaining the game just sounds like an insane man

So glad you decided to talk about this one. I've never been a fan of Soulslikes but this one is the brighter take that I've been hoping for

Now we need a Nitro and Brady ramble ensemble.

I quite like the name "Nitro Ramble" really sells what the video is (in the best way possible) Absolutely great just hearing you talk about something you are clearly excited about!

I'm super happy Another Crab's Treasure is so well received. Going Under is one of my favorite roguelites so I've been hoping for them to get their big break

My dude, this format of informal rambling is simply PERFECT lol. I'm used to your more formal and organized scripts with the occassional humor, and just the earnest vibes you give off in general (your Startropics video was amazing by the way). It is so nice to see a more consistently off-the-wall side to your videos, I can tell you really love this game and I can feel the love too! DEFINITELY do more of these 'rambles' stuff (I love splitting my sides with humor every now and again), and if I could subscribe twice I'd do it again.

I could FEEL this video coming. It's a NitroRad-core game, and I think it's me-core too.

Honestly I might not have guessed this video wasn't scripted if you hadn't admitted it. You are structured enough that i can hardly tell the difference. I would love more of these!

Can I just say I love the way Nitro Rad just drops completely random comparisons to games all the time, like Bloodborne to Mario 64, or like bringing up Silent Hill for the crab game. It always catches me off-guard but it's such a fun way to make things easier to understand. Also wow what a coincidence, literally just yesterday I saw a vtuber streaming this game and I had no clue what it was. She was in the middle of that cereal box cutscene too and I was just like ??? so I went to watch something else. It's great seeing this video come out just today though cause now I finally have some context as to what this strange game is.

I hope you do more of these nitrorambles. This was really fun to watch. This game looks like an absolute treasure as well.

Love the Ramble format! Hope to see more videos like this!

You have no idea how happy I was to see a new video and it´s about "Another Crab's Treasure!

Even without a script, your reviews are still super well made and full of energy!! Def gotta check this game out, looks awesome

God I love these! Your excitement made me smile all the way through, your love for this game is contagious and I’m definitely going to play it myself after this❤

These ramble videos are so fun lol. I love how expressive you get during 'em

Been hearing a lot about this game but not really any details, so exciting to see you talking about it!! I love how you go into details of game feel and how you pace your info, it really helps make it easier to follow. Finally played Anodyne 2 after seeing your video on it ages ago and its now one of my favorites, looks like I'll have to pick up this one too!

This is such a great video idea! I love hearing you talk about games because you provide insight other creators don’t. You’ve evolved your content as well, making sure even ramble videos like this have so much to offer. Every day I get a new Nitro Rad vid in my notifications I stop what I’m doing and watch. Can’t wait for more as always dude

The Nitro Ramble format works very well, man you should make more of this. Appreciated that you explained the Steam Deck performance a little, I'm happy to hear that the game runs well on it. I wanted to get one for a long time now. Anyway dude have a nice day.

I LOVE THIS MORE RAMBLES PLEASE. When you feel the need to because you pour out so much joy about a game like this it is such a JOY to watch glad your loving this game so much!

I actually like this style of video a lot, feels very natural and enthusiastic even though you clearly don't have as much written, would be really cool if you kept doing more like these for certain games! Great video as always

Love your usual videos with all your quality editing. BUT, I also really like these more freestyle review/looks at these other games. Gives me my dose of NitroRad and you (theorhetically) cover more games. I wouldn't mind if this was a norm; Nitroramble is such a fun title idea! Anyways, keep up the amazing work!!

This “ramble” style is great, don’t even trip dawg

This is such a great intro game to the genre. It's also the only genre where a Little Brother Assist Mode is welcomed

Nitro, just wanted to say LOVING the back to back uploads! I like this ramble format, you’re so effortless with how concise and refined your comments are, scripted or not. You also convinced me to get Corn Kidz 64 since I’ve been itching for a good 3D platforming experience! INDIE GAME REVOLUTION

absolute PEAK, very big fan of all these vids lately. really enjoyed this whole "nitro ramble" thing, hoping to see more of it soon!

That was a great video! Loved the rambling Like seriously, seeing you having fun is the best part of my week

This ramble sold me way more than any other video on this game would! Always love hearing you talk about things you enjoy in games.

Yo! Man loving the fact you are approaching this "straight forward" way of talking about games, really love just hearing you giving your thoughts without any scripts, really hoping to have this format more often

I didn't expect a video about my most anticipated game of this year, Crab Souls. I've following this one since it was teased as game #2. Been having fun with it so far.

I love these Ramble videos because we get to see you at peak levels of goof! It's so engaging, like a livestream!

I'm down for more Nitro Rambles. The production is still top notch incl. relevant video clips, so cheers for that. 🍻

Dude, love these videos, it looks like you are just having a good time and sharing keep it up

I appreciate the genuine excite you gave with this video, I already wanted it but you made me wanna play it more

I gotta say, I like that other devs are taking the idea of allowing tweaks to the Soulslike formula to customize your experience. One thing I loved about Jedi: Fallen Order (another good candidate for "baby's first Soulslike") is that you can tweak individual aspects of the gameplay like that. For example, if you're having a hard time getting parries down, you can adjust the timing in the options to make it more forgiving in that specific regard without changing any of the other aspects of the gameplay. Frankly, more games in general should have granular difficulty options like that. It's always welcome and I'm glad it's becoming more popular to include that as a feature. Your enthusiasm for this one is infectious. I wishlisted it on Steam before the video was even over, so good job reviewing this one, even if it is in a less organized fashion than your usual material.

NitroRamble is a really good name for this series of videos LOL id loooove to see more of this stuff, its awesome seeing you so excited for a game

Man, I hope you do more videos in this style. Your passion is infectious.

Awesome video! Once again: love hearing people go off about things they're passionate about. Recommended this to a partner who's into soulslikes, and am planning on grabbing this game myself. Good on you spreading the good indie word! 😄👍

Two nitro rad videos within a few days?! :-D And both on games I'm interested in getting! I don't have time to watch yet, but I'm excited to! Thanks for the uploads James!

Your enthusiasm here is infectious

James being unfamiliar with hermit crabs was not on my 2024 bingo list but here we are

love the title for these types of videos, nitro ramble is so fun also love the just jumping around the entire video LMAO got a great energy

Krill is actually a hermit crab since he uses different kinds of shells, which is honestly one of the coolest ideas ive seen in games with all the abilities they give you

man I love stories and games where you're tiny and stuff is made out of everyday objects, everything is recontextualized. lots of creativity in finding tiny equivalents to things and googling that option to get an op gun, it's just a realistic handgun tied to this tiny hermit crab and it's really funny. I bet nitrorad would have shown it in the video if there wasn't a risk of that getting it age-restricted or something

Didn't know this was from the creators of Going Under until I saw that Fizzle drinking machine in your footage. That's rad!! The fact that Agro Crab are the devs of this makes me want to try it out instantly!

Game Carcinisation: a form of convergent game development in which non-crab genres develop a crab-like video game.

We are super happy with Nitro Rambles happening. Your videos being high quality are great, but we really love you and your enthusiasm more.

You're so engaging when you're just shooting the shit about a game dude! Rock on, would love to see more of this format I think it's super rad

Everyone talking about the game itself, but even since i saw it i always was stunned by the menu. Its looks quite minimalistic, but on a deal this set of squares actually represents the "golden ratio", by which actual shells seems to be growing. Really nice details as i think.

I was losing my mind with you straight up forgetting about the existence of hermit crabs. It's a delight how much you like the game though, it's always such good fun watching people be that excited.

I love the sheer enthusiasm in this review. It just lifts my mood purely by proxy! :D

Honestly i personally like Nitro Ramble as a format a lot! I think your unscripted thoughts work really well and still sound pretty organized all things considered. Id love to see more of it in the future!

I just saw this game on Steam and thought "Oh, Nitro Rad is gonna love something like this", then I saw that you already uploaded a video about it lol

I've been following the development of Another Crabs Treasure because I played Agro Crabs, the developer, other game called Going Under. It's a really fun and colourful rogue like about working at a failing start-up. It's a fun romp, worth checking out!

Yesss, I love this game and already hoped you would play it and now you did! Im so happyyyyy!!

This was a really cool easy going video! Nitro Ramble seems like a pretty cool thing to fill out your schedule. Maybe not completely spam it, especially if it gets in the way of main Nitro Rad videos, but, whatever pays the bills!

Bro i`m just here to say thanks for Introducing these indie games since now i have my own income and i starting to explore indie games rn. Thank you and i really like your energy in this video

I think making more nitro rambles are a nice way to cover things in a quick way! Keep up the good work rad!

Love your ramble and all the love you show for this game

I like this format of video cause sometimes I wanna watch your content but there isn’t anything new for a bit so having this to fill the gap is nice. Also you should give Pepper Grinder a try I really loved that indie game!

I really appreciate how you help me discover so many games I otherwise never would’ve heard of

I love the vibe of this type of video! The enthusiasm is wholesome 😁

Love the idea of more casual stream of consciousness type videos, definitely helps tide me over till your next "proper" video. Good stuff as always.

Seems some of the artists that worked on this game’s visuals had a ton of fun designing everything in this game, from Krill’s itty bitty costumes to the packaging of all of the junk the underwater society is making use of. Some of the writing on the packages is especially amusing X3

This game sounds exciting and all, but the moment I saw the Sybil plush in the back, I couldn't stop looking at it. I have that exact same plush in my room.

Nitro Ramble: where I talk about games I just played but no time to make a script for I look forward to more