Look at this little dude (Halls of Torment) 

man they nailed that crusty 90's pc aesthetic

“I say a lot of things I agree with.” Truer words have never been spoken

As far as grpahics go, a stylistic approach is way better to future proof your game. Attempting to look "real" or "cutting edge" while good at first is a sure fire way to ensure it ages like milk. This shit is timeless

this game is like having the pogs fed intravenously

VS clones provide Egg the perfect banter platform. It's a walking simulator that allows him to go off on some amazing rants. 12/10 content, please continue giving poggs

Has it really been almost a year since the disease saga? RIP Lil Cesar.

I love the Canadian healthcare system chat. I (an American) had to get oral surgery and I was like "hey this is my first time having anything more than a cavity filling and I'm kind of nervous." And the dentist was like "no problem, here's a prescription for something that will get you so high you won't even remember that you're a human anymore."

The eating poison analogy nailed it

'I am your Gollum, you listen to me! You are my precious precious precious precious precious precious precious' just an insane outburst by nl

The Banter is immaculate. First we get tape to tape and now this ? Call me pogged

NL's war on medical practitioners cracks me up

Egg avoids movement speed buffs multiple times, has boots that increase speed in his inventory and then complains hasn't got enough speed.

30:35 took me so off guard i couldn't help but cackle

more of this pls and thank you

"How stupid is your average patient?" Very, very stupid.

This aesthetic reminds me so much of Dungeon Keeper, I miss loading up that CD rom

you haven't embraced childhood silliness because of your age, but because of your little one. It happened the same to me with my 2 nephews (I'm basically their father figure) and that was right after losing my father, and short before losing my mother, but you need to keep the silliness for them.

I'm so mad you tickled my balls with Greedventory, and now there's no more... But this is a pretty good replacement I suppose

they call 'em columns, but they're anything but

He’s extra cracked on this one 😂

Honestly expecting a food poisoning saga (Director's cut) after this

23:50 this is the best

Barrels and crates seem to have a chance to drop food which restores some of your HP. Might consider breaking those more to keep yourself healthy

A perfect George Costanza face in the thumbnail, I must say

27:26 it’s like that in America, too.

Please rinse me, father Northern

That constipated Joker thumbnail tho

I played this game for a couple hours but tbh it feels too slow. the fact that it's basically impossible to regen is also pretty bad cause once you get really low health the chances of the run coming back are really low.

I LOVE this game...

wow!

when i got my wisdom teeth taken out i got some real-ass pain killers but i had zero pain at all from the procedure. it was totally wild.

imagine getting chased through the halls of hell by your own diarrhea

3:36 This is exactly my sentiments about the Gollum game. It's already brought me more joy than 95% of all other games (I will not be playing or buying it lmao)

Is that Malf in the cage?

I rarely comment but this is, a game I would like to see more often.

"I think I'm over graphics" Based take.

BARRELS HAVE FOOD IN THEM RYAN....

I’m of two minds: One, why make a Gollum game unless you’ve got a specifically interesting vision Two: bad games are always the publisher’s fault

Gimme more 😮

did greedventory deded?

How is he quoting British child’s tv memes hahahaha just innocent men

Not learning cursive, how cells work and advanced math is how we (the US) ended up with a significant portion of our voters denying moon landings, vaccines and other testable truths. Besides, knowledge doesn't compete for brain cells, it increases connectivity and the learning process improves brain plasticity.

I've been gone for a hot minute, but this looks fun!

tomography tomobuddy*

I hope this series runs until the end of time

Dude just runs away from the mobs lmao

Based graphics takes

Regarding the opening rant, the specific style of meta-progression whereby you start future runs with higher stats through an essentially mindless process is indeed bad design. It's a sort of weird reverse-difficulty that doesn't acknowledge it's a difficulty system; your first run is essentially on hard or impossible (sometimes actually impossible) difficulty, and you win future runs not because your skills have improved or you've learned the systems, but because you're really now playing on a lower difficulty. Imagine such a system in something like Binding of Isaac, if your initial stats (movement speed, fire rate, damage, etc.) were half or a quarter of what they are, and you gradually increased them back to the intended level by accumulating 'currency' in failed runs. Except that you also don't know what the intended level was; are you 'supposed' to max out all of your stats or is it intended to be completable before then and maxing out stats is just for those who are struggling? No-one can tell. This is of course very different to meta-progression where you unlock more options and variety for later runs; more characters, items, even enemy types. It is also very different to objective/achievement-based progression, including the achievement based unlocks and the Well Keeper in Halls of Torment. Even if it still has the effect of making future runs easier, there is a fundamental difference between achieving an objective vs doing the same thing over and over until you get stronger. It's almost the exact same thing as grinding for levels in a JRPG, and the _need_ to grind has always been seen as bad design, _if_ it is required; optional grinding is also completely different.

25:02 holy shit the callout

Bring back DD2

Yo I played this for like 5 hours today please make this at least a 10- video Andy

I actually completely understand the graphics take. It depends on the game I guess, like I loved the beautiful open worlds of the newer Pokemon games or Zelda, but gen 3 rom hacks have a perfected charm to them that new stuff just can't match. +2 on that one for sure

This fuckin cat man screams too damn much these days.

Tenet stays pegged

You really gonna be out here saying a Doric column and Corinthian column are the SAME? Bruh

pegged eggy

NL it's harder because it doesn't have those cheesy op super weapons

Love you NL been watching you since I was in 9th grade now I’m dealing with this shitty thing called “ adult life “ Coulda warned me a bit 😂 Love you baldy, god bless

I get that the golem game is bad but the irony of NL playing his 50th vampire slayers clone and saying that no one asked for a golem game is rich.

The cope of playing DD2 without actually playing DD2 continues.

less go im the first commenter W yt notis

Wow. Canadian healthcare sounds great.

I'm almost already a bit tired of the game. Its absolutely brilliant. Its great. Its fine tuned dopamine. But i dont see a lot of variety. No weapon variety, always the same single weapon for each hero. The same few abilities / spells. The same x% more damage upgrades. No new mechanics thrown at the player during gameplay, no diverse choices beyond which % is better.. I dont know, it needs some serious expansion to sustain more than a few hours, tbh.

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Brotato looks like crap because it looks like it's from the worst era of internet humor. The one where there were a billion video game web comics that all involved just examining video game quirks with real world logic. "Bro, eating wall chicken would actually make you throw up. lololololol. You know how silly it is to walk into someone's house, smash their pots, and take their money? lolololol."

RU-vid frog here in need of some clarification from twitch heads, is wildfrost perma dead or just on hold? I've been waiting and holding strong after last episode but hope is beginning to waver.

Game has a lot of good things going for it, but does anyone else agree that the upgrades and skills are a bit boring and weak?

Alright NL, I've seen you rant about DD2 quite a bit and I have to tell you that your playthroughs were very unlucky. There is a large luck factor to the runs and some get luckier at the start than others. Keep at it, keep grinding meta progression and it will open up substantially. You've got it man don't limit yourself, I've seen you pull off greater challenges with more stacked against you!

I can’t believe after all these years of watching NL, his anti-column take might be my least favorite of his hot takes.

Daedelics "apology" is not an apology, the first sentence says "The Lord of Ring: Gollum", to me that means that there is no passion for anything from that studio...

that 22 minute run only took 33 minutes.