Games I Played in April 

april felt like it was only 12 days long, but I hope you enjoyed it. have a great may!

These videos being delayed is kinda fun cause I can notice certain games in main channel videos being mentioned / used for background footage and assume they'll show up here in the next few months

Another Crab’s Treasure vouch. Basically a must play if you’re into souls-likes whatsoever which is something I pretty much never say outside of actual Fromsoft titles. And yeah, all of the shell mechanics are kinda brilliant.

I’m not huge in to cosy games but I absolutely adored A Short Hike. The ending made me very emotional, since I’ve had a similar experience

Another Crab's Treasure is definitely a sleeper hit. I feel like its always highly rated by reviewers, but I don't hear the "wider gaming community" raving about it.

Press F to pay respects for Raz's concept of time. He will be missed (for 2 months at least) 😔

Since you talked about Aggro Crab’s penchant for item durability: I really enjoyed that aspect of Going Under. It was fun constantly having to adapt to new weapons, and sometimes even try to grab a new one mid-fight. I think that works especially well in a roguelike, since you can’t hold weapons over between runs anyway. But every single time I’ve tried to talk to someone else about Going Under, they immediately go “ugh, I hate weapon durability. There’s no way I’d play that.” I would try to explain that it’s a roguelike. That weapons are plentiful. That, while empty-handed, your dodge roll would automatically grab the nearest weapon. None of it mattered. They’d just chant “hate durability” over and over, like they were jamming their fingers in their ears and going “LALALALALA”. :(

I would like to mention that Pepper Grinder has great art and animation. So good if you just want to see that

i always feel fear that we'll never get another video after the 'unless i decide to stop doing this'

You have a great May too!

I hope you never decide to stop doing these videos

I've really enjoyed Peppergrinder's demo. Replaying the levels over and over to improve my time is something I've been enjoying more and more in games.

I'm really excited to check out Pepper Grinder and also whoever animated that swinging pot of soup, HOLY CRAP 1:41

5:18 to add to that, I'd recommend Nine Sols. Not perfect, but it purposefully keeps the parry separate and a primary focus for the game. It feels horribly unforgiving at first, but feels like a breeze when you master what options it gives you.

Thanks Raz, I knocked out a chunk of my backlog in April - Signalis, Dagon, RE:4 Remake, Bramble: The Mountain King, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, and Helldivers 2. Another Crab's Treasure is going straight to the wishlist.

I was a bit taken aback by the pepper grinder demo, because it actually slows down the pace quite regularly with puzzle sections. The puzzles aren't hard to figure out, but require a bit of back-and-forth to see in what order to do what thing (such as opening doors that close other doors). I was expecting fast-paced platforming that flows perfectly if executed correctly, but instead I got that, and every two screens or so the camera screeching to a halt on a screen with a timing and ordering puzzle to figure out. I felt like saying, "False advertising!"

I always enjoy these videos

I am looking forward to every video of yours man, I always learn about games I've never heard of. The only game I'm familiar with from this video is Another Crab's Treasure haha. You've been a huge inspiration to me creating my own channel. Can't wait to see what you played in other months!

I have to play Another Crab's Treasure. Great video as always dude!

We love these videos Raz!

it's funny because I never even thought of Another Crab's Treasure as having "durability" as a mechanic - I always treated my shell as a sort of extra health bar. The fact that (outside of certain umami skills or hammers) your shell doesn't affect your damage output *really* goes a long way, since it's more *weapon* or *tool* durability that people love to complain about in games.

we already in may this year is going by so fast i already feel july coming

Yesss, I missed these videos! Happy may y'all

I've been seeing stuff from the developers of Another Crab's Treasure on social media and it looks as good as I thought it would be. Thanks for April's recs

love your stuff, raz! i hope you decide to keep doing this!

Nice video. I always like hearing about the stuff you're playing.

Yay April ^^ I love those videos!

We probably won't know until later videos, but I hope you're able to give Nine Sols a look someday. It's another souls-like combined with Metroidvania elements. I finished it last month and enjoyed the overall experience.

Nooo don't stop doing this... I loved it 8:24

Always great to see another monthly video! Yet another review for Another Crab's Treasure that's making me go... I should really play this. The Pepper Grinder gameplay mechanics are interesting, loved a similar movement system in both Gris and Ori.

I really like these videos I hope you put out more

your pepper grinder feelings were spot on

i enjoy this video series. Excited for May's video release.

Hey Raz, thanks for the vids. Truly appreciate your time and effort! I just performed a mass purge of all my YT subscriptions. Both your channels were on my short list of resubs. Thanks again!

ive been wanting to play pepper grinder it looks so fun :D

I’m glad you haven’t decided to stop doing this. : ) Thanks for sharing!

To anyone up for another kind of Souls-ish game with a creative and colorful world, some levity, actually really solid story, writing, voice acting and music like Another Crab's Treasure: Can very warmly recommend Clash: Artifacts of Chaos. It's a prequel to the Zeno Clash series, but this time with a third person perspective. It's a kind of 3D beat-em-up/brawler adventure in a bizarre monster world, but there's an element that may bring God Hand (to those who know of it) to mind: namely customizing your melee combat style. Has you finding different martial arts styles and Special/Individual attacks, of which you can assign two Stances to swap between and put three Special Attacks to Special Button, Special + Forward and Special + Backward. All stances consist of: - Combo string - Jump attack - Run attack - Charge attack - Sideways dodge attack - Forwards dodge attack - Backwards dodge attack so it's easy to remember. All stances have their own unique animation movesets and animation properties (like Spear dealing the longest-range damage of all Stances and being largely focused on enemies straight ahead of you, Lightning being the quickest and Muay Thai-like, Boxing being an all-rounder, Mammoth Stance being the slowest but also having highest raw ungus bungus damage with a lot of elbows, double haymakers, a dropkick, etc.) And you can swap stances mid-combo too. Some extra spice is that you can animation cancel by inputting a new non-combo move the *moment* your previous attack makes combat with the enemy. And instead of a Stamina meter, there's a Guard meter. Depletes by attacking, being damaged and by running and jumping, restores on its own by just walking and leaving it for two seconds. Instead of limiting your moves, as long as there's even a *little* bit of meter left, you only receive 50% damage of an incoming hit and less stunn. Instead of an immediate counterattack or stagger, parrying/defending makes enemies move slower for a few seconds AND can be used to immediately return projectiles. There's also a kind of Super State that puts you in first person perspective and if you deal enough damage without getting knocked out of it, it will deal a generally unique high-damage Finisher. Like goomba stomping, elbow breaking into a rib stomp with your own elbow, a Jojo punch rush with sweeping camera, and more. Like i said at the start of this comment, the art direction is genuinely amazing. Very colorful, has a kind of crosshatching filter (which you can turn off), there's rarely any humans in sight and it's mainly freaks, monsters and aberrations. Oh, and there's also a lore-important and nigh fully optional mechanic called The Ritual. Essentially, you can challenge sapient opponents to a special dice game before a fist fight, "bet" an Artifact, and the winner gets to spend their artifact. The use of this is that you cadictate a special condition on the upcoming fight. Like the opponent being forced to take a free hit, having to drink a poison that periodically staggers them, tying their leg to the ground with a length of rope to reduce mobility, having to slather themselves in something that attracts a flock of wasps, placing bait for a predator to join the fray, or even forcing them to become a Summon in a later fight. Music's fuppin' impeccable. The Boy Calls and Pseudo's Theme are only the second and third song in the soundtrack and they're beautiful and awesome. Writing, voice acting and story is good too. Very warmly recommend it.

Nine Sols is another game with a "block on release" parry mechanic (although it's a secondary parry).

I would recommend Another Crab's treasure to anyone who wants to start Soul's like. Really fun and not too challenging

The Pepper Grinder talk was interesting to me, as that's a game I was pretty interested in leading up to its release. I loved Celeste and did all the A, B, and C sides, and the Farewell. So yeah, really went all in on that title and I see what you mean. I have the two Ori games sitting on my Switch. I guess I'll see if I enjoy that Pepper Grinder mechanic in those games. Cause that base mechanic is really what drew me to PG.

if you want a platformer that utilizes the full capacity of its movement, then you should play rusted moss... specially with the expansion they recently released. its trully an amazing game that I think more people should play

Let's gooo, raz vid!

good july video

Pepper grinder's main mechanic is actually straight out of sonic colors.

another crab's treasure was so good. I... I have a crush on Krill...

Meanwhile me: Played Celeste, that one is my 2nd favorite game Still think Pepper Grinder is a Masterpiece, which I enjoyed every second. (Except for the Final Boss which was more of the Dark Souls Type feeling of extreme Joy after beating a tough Boss) I think it did great stuff with the drill while also confronting the player with new mechanics all the time.

i remember in the good old days back when i played a lot of fun, different games. over the past 2 months, i played 1 hour of the witcher 3, 30 minutes of no mans sky, and like 5 minutes of need for speed. :/ i feel old

Oh no he's gonna do what he did to rain world and do it to rain world downpour. This is great line up of games.

crab game looks fun

I absolutely loved Pepper Grinder.

I would really like to see you play Vacant Kingdom. Its a super goofy puzzle bullet hell game that doesn't get any attention. Thanks if you do:) Also your my favorite youtube channel, thx for being good

Father-Man is catching up

I have a question: Do you naturally end up playing 3 games in a month or do you do that for this channel in order for it to be consistent? Or do you play over 3 games each month but only choose 3 to cover? Great video by the way

I'll say it a little louder for the devs in the back SPRINTING DOESN'T ALWAYS NEED TO BE LIMITED

Pepper Grinder really does feel like a first game with third game concerns, chucking in distractions and "variety" when the core has so much potential. I don't know WHY a lot of platformers around the third entry go gimmicky but they do~

Your voice satisfyingly calm

Nice

Big recommend on for Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown since you liked Convergence.

Raz❤

Don't yet have a titanium watch

Dude i really wanna like your channel, ive watched you Iron Pineapples videos and you seem like a cool guy, I just wish you wouldn't compare indie games to other Top Notch classics so much, like, please just let the game be without comparing it to Celeste (one of the most ground breaking titles ever made), I don't NEED every game to be Celeste, sometimes I just want something that scratches that itch. The joke about also if "you're looking for a cool metrodvania that explores time travel, play Ori and the Blind Forest." Like, I get it haha. Those games are good. Comparison is the death of creativity. Sometimes I've not liked a game as much cuz of my expectations or hopes that it would be like X or Y, and not enjoyed it much, and then later in life, tried them again and been like whoa what was I talking about, now that i was hoping it'd be like whatever, its awesome! So, yeah. Your channel is really cool, I LOVE exploring indie games. I don't have as much time to play games anymore, but in my spare time I will just peruse the Steam store looking at them, so this channel is kinda perfect! It's just like... common man. It's just, you literally say with your own words that you don't wanna compare something to something, and then you do it. Just don't do it. Anyway much love, i still support your channel and will keep watching.

Wizard of League 2 Demo

What are you playing this month?

Wait it already has been april!?!?

so I was wondering if youve played the MGS games, but I dont see any way to check without going through all your videos.

Im getting this urge to replay both ori ganes for some reason, weird

Omg I'm so early ❤

*checks date* Something's up lol

Hello sir. How do you make this thumbnail. Can you help me with that please ? Is there any tutorial i can watch for that.

I don't know what to say, but I'm never this early so I had to say something.

hi raz

late april fools

time to see what raz thinks about convergence, praise him if he agrees with me, and flame him if he has a different opinion than me

I hate how the souls like genre is always dark and hard to see with very punishing death , we should have more cool souls likes

Not playing any AAA games lately?

convergence is good as a game on its own but its a bad league of legends story. Some characters act nothing like how they are supposed to, mainly Camile. Also because Arcane is going to be the main lore the entire game has been retconned by it. rest in peace Riot Forge

Crab Souls is fun but I don't think it gets out of the FromSoft shadow nearly as well as Lies of P does. Sure it's cute and colorful but it still feels like it relies on reference to other games to keep you amused.

But it’s July…

Really wish those videos were first on Nebula.. or at least added at the same time.

I don’t like the outro, leaves me with such a negative feeling

let me make it easy for you guys in this comment section. MOTHER 3

I like this vid. Hope you, your wife, kid, and family are well

7:20 The worst part of any game with item durability is the item durability.

2 months late dude

312 views in 7 minutes? Bro fell off 💀