I played 1 Souls-Like game you've never heard of 

For the past year I thought this game was a bizarre fever dream, now I find out it was actually real?

You can hear Vaati taking mental damage every time there's dialogue.

Ex-member of the production team here: I can confirm the writing of the main character was intentional, because when you think about it, it is not possible to allow players to make such profound decisions, so many times, with the main character not being mentally unstable / ironic about everything / fully existentially absurd. Mentioning of the Gok in the epilogues is a bug caused by you completely skipping the optional negotiations with the Ratkins where the Queen would be assassinated by Gok and his raticals. The game is intended to be replayed multiple times, in order to try different decisions and slowly put together all the pieces of the puzzle, but I understand, that it is not as pleasurable an experience as the devs wanted it to be, due to all those bugs. But, if it ended up good and relatively bug-free and you would be willing to play it more times, the whole story would start making more sense. It is intentionally written from a limited perspective of the main hero, though I admit that some characters and their reasoning could be explained way better. As for the bugs, this game is much too ambitious for such a small team (apart from the art team there literally just a handful of programmers and a single scripter), there is just too many paths the game can take and the game focused primarily on the melee combat with quite a variety of melee weapons with special abilities (whereas you killed everything with magic ) + you can unlock some weapons only when you choose a specific path etc. and in the end the bugs were just pushed in front of us, nobody having enough time to fix them because there was always something new that had to be added or fix something even more game-breaking. Alas we tried to make something monumental and worked really hard, so I am so grateful that at least you guys had such a good time.

I cant belive I watched a 2 hour video about such a game and was entertained the whole time. Its also funny that the Big Illvar rap video gave you more lore about Illver than the entire rest of the game because you just disregarded his questline but at the end just descided for his ending.

The idea of a character who's just afraid to say no to someone and just does whatever the last person asked him to is hilarious

The dynamic duo of Vaati being the bored, easily annoyed guy who just wants to get through this as quick as possible and Pine being an optimistic guy who sees the best in the game and assumes everything is working as it should be is what made this video for me. Honestly it's like watching Squidward and Spongebob interact with each other.

Honestly I love that Ilvar and the broken are completely missed and the only explanation we got in this video is cause they somehow avoided that entire faction. So the Rap is our only lore source here. That he was the one creating monsters to overthrow things to try and get the ship back together so he can leave. Also he's an alien who isn't human or anything and has lived here for the entirety of the fucking history of this planet? I like how there was another human character who was never encountered and somehow "GOK" disappeared from the plot but the post credits scene says he killed the queen, which must have been done quickly considering the ship just nuked the planet. Honestly, if it could have been kinda alright but I'm kinda glad it's janky. this was fucking amazing to watch.

01:40:29 - xD Big Ilvars chair scraping the walls, like I CANT! xD That's too good!

Kind of wild to hear the line "I'm not a racist, but..." in a fantasy sci fi rpg

I CANNOT believe that someone wrote into the story "and then the hero stops a war by arguing for his enlightened worldview and concludes that he should marry the queen" which then everyone immediately agrees to, then the hero gets to jump into bed with the queen, being told he is the ruler now, and *immediately* signs Feminism into law, earning the claps of every enlightened being in the universe. That is the MOST REDDITOR WRITING I HAVE EVER SEEN I LOVE IT

Holy shit, the Big Ilvar rap song was the single funniest thing I’ve seen in years. I was actually crying laughing and had to catch my breath.

I love how in almost every dialog Vaati is checking if he can jump into his death

I love IP’s contented “I actually kind of like this,” followed immediately by Vaati’s genuine discomfort

Ratinity = Humanity, as in the collective noun for the entire race. "Let the blood flow for all ratinity" It's dumb lmao

"This is the nation we inherited" girl you've BEEN the queen. for a WHILE

I had a pretty rough day today, and this video completely turned that around for me, at a couple points I laughed so hard my eyes were tearing up. Listening to you and Vaati experience this absolute fever dream of a game was amazing

"I'm no assassin....They don't call me the Exterminator for nothing!" Peak writing.

Ship: “don’t trust anyone” Proceeds to trust the last person they talked to

I love the dynamic between Iron Pineapple and Vaati. It's like honey and vinegar. IP is the honey, he always finds something nice to say about the game, then Vaati comes in as Vinegar and he finds all the flaws and things he doesn't like. I would like to see more episodes coming in that similar style. Great video, btw.

Having watched a ton of Vaati content on his channel (and loving how good he is at making sense of the lore), I gotta say him so obviously resenting this game and the snide remarks is absolutely hilarious. Great bonus content!

50:14 "Honestly that might be the end" I proceed to look at the time left on the video, my reaction was just a gulp.

The best parts are Pine desperately trying to get excited for the game and Vatti just being like "no" lol

So for that ghost boss, the gates were meant to prevent it from fleeing to the opposite side of the arena. You trap it between two gates so you can reach it (granted it stays still randomly anyways but)

Only while looking at the credits do I realize that this masterpiece of a game was made by Czech developers. I am so proud of my fellow countrymen.

Whenever IP finds a co-op Soulslike, Vaati has to prepare to cry.

I’m like 10 min in and already enjoying the dynamic of you trying to talk yourself into liking the game while Vaati begs for death lmao

Long time ago, Peeve and Oroboro made a run on DS1 together and was the most hilarious thing I can remember. Today, seeing you and Vaati play together, took me way back and made me giggle and happy beyond all reason. I really hope to see you two play stuff like this more and more as a dinamic duo! Thanks for this fantastic video ❤

The cut scene at 1:28:50 is so hilarious with Vati just silently hopping back and forth in the background. Genuinely one of the funniest things I have seen on your channel Pine and I've seen a lot of funny moments.

“I'm having a time.” Vaati has such a way with words.

That final "cutscene" (no spoilers for those who haven't seen it yet) was the greatest thing I've ever seen, and I only experienced it at the end of this video - I can only imagine what it was like seeing that at the end of an entire playthrough. Holy shit.

This has honestly been one of the most entertaining videos ive ever seen on youtube. Vaati and you are such a perfect pair for coop content and this game just encapsulates that perfectly. I loved every second of your downwards spiral of going from " what the f is that" to "Hay this is very good in a B Movie kinda way" While Vaati was constantly just "Are you high bro?"

I watched the full thing and I gotta say you definitely don't have to apologize at the end there. This was a great watch from start to finish. You and Vati make a great duo and compliment each other in discussion, humor, and playstyle. I would love to see more longer playthroughs of games from ya'll. This game was hilarious especially with ya'll breaking all the bosses and glitching out or dying over and over for dumb reasons lol. Definitely wouldn't have been as funny solo. Thanks for the great content!

Oh my god, the way the protagonist looks, his inseffurable attitude, dude, this isn't a souls-like, it's a YIIK-Like

The sparks when the fat guy's hover chair scrapes the ground while he's escaping solidified my opinion that this game is a 10/10

I appreciate the amount of "I just made a positive connection with this character, let's ruin it" options, very bold writing decision!

This is definitely a tribute to games like Limbo of the Lost and The Mystery of The Druids. Bizarre ass gameplay and nonsensical stories woven together with amazingly stilted voice acting. I'm hooked, ngl

So, let me get this straight, I'm somewhere that's not what I would call earth. I'm seeing FREAKING rat people. And, oh yeah, I'm talking to a hologram!

"you think it's okay because it's consistent?" Vaati eviscerating the dialogue

Not only did your honest review likely steer me towards V Raising, which I appreciate, but you also recommended a game that may not be my usual choice, yet you did not lie about it. After watching a two-hour video on The Last Oricru, I am now convinced that it is a must-buy for me. It could easily pass as a B-List movie, and some B-List games are actually quite enjoyable. I may not play it in co-op mode, but I am intrigued to experience it in single player. Your content, along with Vaati's, has truly influenced my interest in this game. I suggest creating more longer videos like this one as they provide me with longer entertainment while I work.

Just finished the video... What a wild, wild ride. I'm so glad you included all this footage. If nothing else, it was a comical pleasure watching you and Vaati make this journey together. Makes me miss the days of playing game with my brother back in the day. Thanks for the great stuff, as always. God bless you both.

you two zeroed in on "ratity" (which, others have pointed out is humanity) but I was still dying over "brathers" that flew entirely under the radar immediately beforehand. Friends, brathers, countryrats, lend me your big round ears!

Oh my God they made nazeem from Skyrim the protagonist. I can just hear him saying "You must not get to the cloud district very often"

"I know this video is way too long" bro if you made these 5 hours long I would still watch every single minute. This video was absolutely incredible, my sides hurt from laughing

LOVED this video! Do more like this; you and vaatividya just playing for 2h, i could watch that for a whole day!

Vaati's pause after IronPineapple starts talking about the post cred scene, followed by, "What are you even talking about," has got to be my favorite moment out of all of these videos.

The ending rap-scene that was straight out of a mid-2000's animated movie had me HOWLING

I don’t get to game much anymore so your videos give me the fix I need and it also gives me games to look forward to, keep it going man!

This collab with Vaati is so funny 😂 Vaati getting so fed up with everything and running around the cutscenes 😂 The rap ending 💀

Vaati's "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" when IP explained the rap/dance cutscene made me wake my children up with laughter. Nothing funnier than an irritated and confused Australian.

The claymation looks so cute. And the little swish XD

This was one of the most entertaining videos you've ever made, Pineapple. PLEASE more long format stuff!

Those cutscenes were so well animated at some situations! Which really leads me to think that is the main part of the game where the most time has been spent. And so many little mechanics! I think that they considered players to choose one side and stick to it. As we can see, everything is mixed and weird if you do not do that.

All this has convinced me of is that I would consistently watch you and Vaati do lets plays together. You bounce off each other so well

Pineapple talking to the boss at 43:13 and vaati just going “check this out” and leaping into action in the background genuinely made my side hurt.

Man... what a journey! Love this video format and I think it's even or more entertainable than your regular Steam Dumpster discovery thingy! Love your videos and keep up the good work 😁

I'm so happy you ended up uploading this footage. It was one of the most fun vids I've watched in recent memory. Keep doing what you do Pine

Going from hearing Vaati's sophisticated and soothing voice on his channel to now hearing him sound so apathetic and fed-up over this video game, is such a funny turn around. Props to him for being so patient for IP.

01:52:00 has to be the most unexpected cutscene I saw in a game ever. If you didn't record it, I wouldn't have believed you if you told me that there's Ilvar rapping and the broken dancing

This was such a trip. It really does remind me of playing those weird action coop story games that used to get made more in the naughties with my friends. This was a really fun watch. Great stuff

I love this video so much, Vaati seems like a such chill guy to play with! You are really good duo :)

The fun fact: If you resist annihilating the planet, Naborou people would kill the queen and try to attack rats to get rich life back, but fail and Ratkins would ENSLAVE small amount of Naborou people that left alive

As a train guy those locomotives in the mine section are based on real “smokeless” or pneumatic mining trains. It’s a weird detail to be so accurate, and the first time I have seen a mines section have you drive a locomotive instead of riding a car.

This was amazing to watch, this only have way thru but I'm loving every minute and wouldnt mind this form of vid again

I really love seeing your playthroughs with friends! This and Remnant 2 are some of my favorite videos that you’ve made as a result!

50:28 "I don't mind being subjectified" > Iron breaking into laugher into Vaati's "this guy is ALL OVER THE PLACE!...." was class.

17:28 I actually think that's a hilarious concept. It's like Two-Face from Batman where he leaves everything up to the toss of a coin, but he leaves his decision up to the zingers. If he can think of a fun one-liner, he'll do it. If he can't think of one, he doesn't do it.

Omg, it took me like a week to go through the whole thing, but I enjoyed every minute of it. This was SO good to watch. I'm absolutely down for more Jolly Co-op wth Vaati. I guess I need to now do a run with my Bro and do always absolutely the opposite of what people ask us to do.

Wow this was a fantastic watch, I would LOVE to see you two play coop games. What a blast, thanks for uploading.

I love their decision to have the MC just agree to do whoever the last person they talked to asked them to do. They basically just became "Yes-man" from New Vegas lol

_"Insufferable Twat: The Co-op Video Game"_ The unintentional humour is stellar.... seeing Vaati's hologram running around in the background of cut scenes, getting into fights & falling off ledges while Pine's character changes sides for the umpteenth time is too funny 🤣👍

That entire thing was extremely fun to watch, very well done on the editing! Hope you find another gem

i love the co ops you do with vacation. if you two did this more often and made a video this long I would watch it every time. you two have great banter with each other and it’s super entertaining

The post credit scene is some of the hardest I've ever laughed, I was genuinely in pain during that part from laughing that hard

The Big Illvar rap absolutely broke me. There are tears in my eyes.

This was a blast, and the two of you have such a fun dynamic. I would love to the occasional longer play of something you've dug out of the steam dumpster!

Pineapple, I believe there is no other person on earth that knows the souls-like market like you do. Could you do a video where you list your absolute favorites?

I laughed my ass off when the NPC simply stole his coop buddy's katana

i love the way that in every cutscene you can just see vaati fucking off and jumping around in the background

Im so glad you guys made a whole episode for this game. And Vaati is even here. Quality content.

This is my favorite video you’ve ever put out. I don’t think I’ve enjoyed watching a play through of a stupid game more. Please make more content with Vaati

"ratinity" is probably the rat-variant of humanity. Like "we fight for humanity"... but it's rats so "ratinity"- anyway, it doesn't matter. This game is wild for its dialogue alone.

please please please more longer content with vaati. this trainwreck was truly something special to watch.

The voice acting in this is beautiful. Also that outro to the game really makes me wanna play it

This was wild and so hard to watch sometimes. Thank you for sticking it out and finishing it.

this was the most fun i've ever had watching a youtube video. The whole thing felt like when you were a kid at a sleep over, you stayed up too late, and everything anyone says becomes absolutely hilarious. Thanks for this acid trip of a story.

i cant believe at 1:11:47 Iron Pineapple would drop the hard R like that

Tthat video was insane man loved it. The back and forth between the two of you and complete opposite view points and approaches was hilarious to see. I think we need a vaatividya B channel covering the lore of B games.

From start to finish i enjoyed every second! You guys are a great duo and i love your positivity vs's Vaati's completely valid criticism of everything. Not long enough video and was too funny, thanks for the upload

This protagonist is the new Detective Halligan from Mystery of the Druids. Always mildly perturbed his insane actions aren't immediately forgiven, and always ready to non-chalantly do things only a horrible person would do while acting like he's just gone to grab the meal deal at Tesco.

This plot is on the level of Neil Breen films. Just screams of a clueless main developer making a self-insert game.

I absolutely adored watching this, playing through uniquely bad games with friends is such a wonderful little adventure. Props to Vaati for sticking with this to the end in spite of having absolutely none of the hope that Pine had for it, and mostly likely having the worse experience as the player 2.

This is GOLD. Please make more videos like this!!

I love how the cutscenes are in real time. So the co-op partner can just run into frame doing random stuff

That "big ilvar" music video alone was worth the 2-hour lead-up to it tbh Also, i'm actually super curious now about what the other outcomes would've been because it does SEEM like the game has a lot of story variation. (again, SEEMS that way, it could be an "all roads lead to rome" situation).

Brilliant video. Enjoyable and laugh out loud. Great stuff

And this is why “better with friends” is a fact for most games. Great humor can make super jank entertaining. Especially when editted 🤣

1:09 Trust me, I’ve read more than enough LitRPG books to be VERY familiar with protagonists like that. Either the author has a plan for them, or it’s best to abandon ship and get a refund while you still have time

Usually I complain about games having no soul but this one had so much and lacked everything else. Game was like a fever dream.

As someone who has played V Rising since it first released on early access, it is very good. Its made by the devs of Battlerite so it has very smooth, fast paced combat.

I had to watch this over the course of a few days, but it was definitely entertaining