When A Devil May Cry Player Tries ULTRAKILL 

A Devil May Cry player finally reviews Devil May Quake. This is awesome

Funny thing about the Crayon analogy: Using a single crayon may SEEM like a waste of a perfectly good box of crayons, but as an artist, using a single crayon means I can focus on other aspects of crayon use, like how angle and force change my lines, which can be applied to other works to make my drawing better. I do all of my art on a Tablet, but drawing with a Pencil and Paper have absolutely helped me with my art. The same can be applied to character action games. Yes focusing on a single part of the game TOO MUCH will make it boring, but challenging yourself to say... Beat a mission in DMC using only Royalguard will inevitably help you develop as a player of that game, since you know that much more about the game from your challenge. This isn't to say that Using only one weapon is better than using everything in the kit, but limitations do in fact breed creativity.

Finally! Hakita really loved DMC, 3rd one specifically and one can see Ultrakill's inspirations from it. Ofc it is inspired by other games too but it's cool how Ultrakill was able to create something truly its own based on what dev loved to play.

what i also like about ultrakill is that it really doesn't force you to play a certain way. wanna play it like a classic doom game? (by being cautious and only Being aggressive in the open) you can do that! hate style and prefer efficiency? (Insta killing enemies or Just falt out killing anything that comes your way in the least wasteful way) You can Do that! Want to be Stylish? and laugh at your enemies who can't even hit you? (Dodging enemies in terrible ways that make them look like a joke) you can do that! really love the freedom it gives.

UnderTheMayo really made a fool of himself with Ultrakill didn't he

Ultrakill is such a Unique game and seeing the game come this far in popularity and be regognized by Devil may cry veterans is amazing the inspiration from dmc is clear and yet the game still manages too stand out so much with all the tech the game has too offer i cant wait for act 3 ,And btw the way in ultrakill in case you didnt know you can use the Whiplash too get an enemy close too you and jump on them ,YES you heard me right you can enemy step in ultrakill and pretend you are doing jump cancels lol

I just realized I said there's 6 guns instead of 5. lol I'm stupid Other stuff I got wrong: Shockwave is not based off of height. You just need to make sure you're holding the crouch button when you hit the ground, which will eat up a dash.

10:56 Thanks for shouting me out, Chaser! Feels kind of weird to see my video in someone else's. I've been watching you since the DMC4 days, and I just wanted to say that I'm so glad you're making more videos recently, and that you're expanding your content. Was really interested in this video, since you said you'd be covering it, and it did not dissapoint! I hope you keep making what you want to make, and not what your audience expects. For anyone who decides to visit my channel, I have some gameplay videos and several guides on ULTRAKILL. Tying into Chaser's point about bindings in the video, I uploaded a video about getting your binds right last week! Hopefully my videos are helpful, and feel free to ask about anything you need in the comments. My channel is really small, so I read every single comment!

It was only a matter of time, this was a good perspective from a DMC pro!

I relate to the part of not playing fps games at all due to thinking they're all the "same". I'm ashamed to say ultrakill was actually the first proper fps game I got but damn I got really hooked into playing it, thinking about maybe getting into doom one day.

Did you get all P ranks yet? Because if not, then man You are in for a treat of a lifetime. Also, fun fact about coins and shooting them: any hitscan attack works, which means you can, for example, send back the laser attack from a malicious face back into it. Or someone else. Or a core grenade

I'm always dumbfounded when people can look at a game like Ultrakill and think it isn't good at first glance. Visually so succinct, movement so pristine, clear thought put into every layered game mechanic, and it's just oozing with style. Always glad to see people change their mind on stuff like this, even if it makes me frustrated knowing others out there are making the same assumptions.

These thumbnails just keep getting better and better. Keep up the good work!

Oh god dude I remember that Dusk stream, you learned to parry with the sickles during the boss fight with the Duke Brothers. Gotta love this full-circle moment and I dig that you enjoyed Ultrakill! Kickass video!

Btw, in Cybergrind the rgb waves center around the last enemy in a wave!

Your music taste is impeccable in all these vids, and learning you got into ULTRAKILL through DUSK like I did and hearing DUSK's ost throughout this video made me sub.

As someone with 447 hours in Ultrakill, i should really give DMC a try

Crazy how indie game like this actually felt more like a video game instead of a movie or excel spreadsheet simulator.

0:43 bro really walked in front of you purely to block that coin shot

Glad to see you enjoy ULTRAKILL and cover its emphasis on player expression and enemy manipulation more than most reviews tend to do. It's refreshing to see this from a more action-game focused perspective (as opposed to the numerous FPS-based ones since this is published by New Blood after all). I'd list some unique interactions and tech but I'm way too late to the comments section to do that lol, most commenters seem to have covered that already

Omg moist so glad you played ultrakill!!!! Love your vids, charlie!!!!!

Been waiting for this one

great review!

Dude, I'm genuinely glad you're using the full kit of weapons and learning. It's so much of a dopamine rush and you'll need the full kit against the Prime Sanctums along with the joy of learning the patterns of the boss fight. Plus the secret levels are a fun treat! Way better than a certain Mayo's mindset

One of the problems I think when it comes to the whole crayon box analogy is that once again Fromsoft is kind of the source of the problem here but it’s not them really. It’s challenge runs or rather people who are so used to limiting themselves because they now feel bored that they didn’t overly restrain themselves. One of the most limiting factors for people is that first order optimal strategy where the creative nature of a game like DMC, Ultrakill, BOTW/TOTK allow you to take your time to learn, people generally will always fall back to old reliable and that can be a problem topic in and of itself. Some people have gotten off the optimal treadmill but loads of other people are still stuck to it.

My favorite thing about Ultrakill is just how much nuance there is to the weapons Example: The Marksman Revolver - Coin reflects bullet, pog - You can switch weapons after flicking coin. - Coin reflects the railgun laser - Coin can go through enemies. "hmm." - flick coin through enemy, shoot railgun through enemy to hit coin *+ULTRARICOSHOT* "hmm x2" - flick coin into Malicious Face's laser *+CHARGEBACK* this game is a literal dopamine factory when you pull this stuff off and I love it.

Another great video, Chaser! I was super pumped when I first played the demo for ULTRAKILL and saw how DMC-inspired it was. It even had Enemy Step! Must have finished it like 5 times. I own the game now, but since it's in Early Access, I thought I may wait a bit until it's pretty much content complete, but after watching this video I just can't wait anymore, gonna dive right in.

I got minor hand tremor, so I had always thought that I would never enjoy FPS like others, but Doom Eternal & Ultrakill completely changed my thoughts.

I've seen a lot of youtubers compare this game to other FPS such as Doom. Hell, I know this game from a video titled doom ripoff or smth. While there are some similarities between the two, this game blows all my expectations the second I get into it. And I'm starting to feel like comparing Ultrakill to Doom is really an understatement. So I'm really glad that I found a video that actually compares this game to the source inspiration, that I also try to get into lately because of Ultrakill (lol).

no hate at all to other reviewers, but this is one of the freshest reviews I've seen of ultrakill. relating to past experiences, expectations, talking about what you know best (character action games if im correct) and actually feeling like you're expressing your opinion. many recent reviews are just the same "you can punch the shells" and "coins are new". I think it's important to criticise and appreciate at the same time as well as tell the viewer what your perspective is influenced by. acting non biased is stupid, and acting condescending is even worse

It's interesting to see this through another Action game fan's eyes cause the time I spent I couldn't feel it out. Seeing how you approached it tells me that it has what I seek in action games but I guess it's moreso how it's presented (As an FPS and not Third-Person). Still a fantastic game and I think it'll always be great to go back to. This video did teach me about whiplashing coins and using the railgun on the coins. I do plan on going back to this now that I've seen someone else explain and give off good demonstrations with that "Oh I can relate to that feeling". Overall great video

Ah, a Darksiders fan. A rare and endangered species as of late

Thank you for sharing this, I can't enjoy FPS either, but now I can appreciate the fun part of these games.

bro the under the mayo callout at 12:55 got me rolling

Vanquish walked so Ultrakill and Doom could run. Doom Eternal and Ultrakill should be brought up more in the action game discussion bubble not just the usual Bayonetta and Ninja Gaidens.

ok i actually might get into first person shooters like i tried playing a few games like call of duty/far cry etc. but i rlly suck at them but i might check them out again and i'll definitely check out ultra kill that game looks rlly fun and good job my guy 🔥vid

One of the things I love about Ultrakill so much is that every time I watch a video compilation of someone showing off, there's always a moment in the video where I go, "Wait, you can do that!?" I've P-ranked every level in this game (with the exception of the Prime Sanctums), and I'm STILL learning new mechanics and tricks.

Man it's great to see you broaden your horizons and find enjoyment in other genres. And I'm glad to see you loved Ultrakill as much as the next person. Although I find myself getting jealous when I see others enjoying this game so much. The gameplay just looks absolutely amazing, yet when I hop on the game myself to start learning and experimenting, I just cant seem to stick with it. For some reason Ultrakill is a game that can't seem to hold my attention and that bothers me. It especially weird because I have sunk hundreds of hours into DMC 5 and Doom Eternal, So why can't I stick with a game like ultrakill? Anyway enough of the moping. I love the new approach to your videos, and keep up the stellar work!

as a fellow lifelong dmc fan, i had similar preconceptions of ultrakill and BOY was i glad i was wrong, game is freaking awesome. nice video

The way you described the game is EXACTLY how I felt playing Ultrakill for the first time

Ultrakill is the typa game that allows you to do some hilarious things like beating a boss with punch and parry or even stomping And maybe grabbing them to death with whiplash for 26 minutes straight (someone unironically did this) this just shows the perfection in design of this game being this open to players

You live streaming any of these sessions? Also very nice to hear your perspective since I've had a more inverse journey. I play DMC 5 casually for a while but didn't really go deeper, then play Ultrakill and got so hooked I've done everything currently available in game. Game was so good I went back into Dmc 3, 4, and 5 just to see how much better I can get. I'm not great but getting better. Either way I'd love to see the primes live if you are doing that!

Man’s has yet to find the slab revolver

i just got cybergrind highscore and i am pumped

i would love to see a player expression video

glad you enjoyed the game! since you love how weapons interact and since i saw how you have trouble dealing with some enemies here are few tips: - 4 coins + charged piercing revolver is essentially mini railcannon with lower cooldown - coins will always fly in same pattern, affected only by your velocity and camera angle, but that is consistent too, try creating muscle memory for shooting them - if you jump near the wall, try to slam and walljump shortly after, game will put you into weird state where it thinks you're falling for a long time with absurd velocity when you're really not (you can tell if you did that correctly by yellow particles around you), if you jump after landing in that state you will launch yourself into stratosphere, we call that slam storage, especially useful in cybergrind - all enemy hitscan attacks (like sentry guns precise shot) can be reflected with a well timed coin, game calls it chargeback on a style meter - nailgun is garbage compared to chainsaw launcher (high risk usage, limited use cases), swap both variants immediately after you find it (don't wanna straight up give you the location but i've heard electric druids might know something) - you can punch your coins with blue arm, when you do coin will hit nearest enemy, deal damage and launch itself up above the enemy still able to be shot, very cool combo which utilizes that is coin > punch > coin > shot - soldiers (blue&white enemy) are immune to all but red explosions, which means only effective explosions against them are nuke and mid-air rocket - street cleaners have weak point that instakills them with explosion if you hit it, the easiest way to proc it is to have them run at you, throwing the coin behind them and shooting it - use red arm, it not only creates shockwave, but also has (if memory serves) 3x the dmg of blue arm, which oneshots filths and strays and is very strong against all stationary enemies, ideally you want to constantly keep swapping between blue and red arm as you need - rocket launcher cannon ball can be shot for explosion, railcannon shot will make it red explosion (which also works on soldiers, i forgor) - filths and other weak enemies are annoying and not fun to style on, try getting them in one place and use single explosion to quickly get rid of them, my favorite is overcharged shotgun, speaking of which... - if you dash right before shooting overcharged shotgun you will create explosion during your i-frames and not take damage from it, handy in tight spaces it's obviously not all, but definitely what i would consider most important and/or easy to learn and remember, have fun in hell

The shockwave is not based on height. It depends on whether you are holding the crouch button when you hit the ground. If you just tap it you won’t do it.

The KnuckleBlaster/Red arm's shockwave can launch coins into the stratosphere and with that you can basically do an orbital nuke with the malicious railcanon.

First video I've seen of yours and I enjoyed it : ) From what you've said about player expression and movement I really hope you play melee Also, fyi, the malicious face doesn't take damage from explosions of any kind : (

I love when devs try an unlikely matchup for a hybrid. Also, a practical use for spinning the revolver? Count me in. That's Some Erron Black action.

i agree with the default control, but for ultrakill. i had to change the punch button from G to middle mouse button. makes it easier to projectile boost

I'd highly recommend the ULTRAPAIN mod. As someone who was extremely okayish at Ultrakill (mostly just used alt revolver and occasionally core nuke), it forced me to finally git gud. Also it's extremely well made, retains a solid difficulty curve, and V2 actually uses the Knuckleblaster. I haven't started Act 2 yet (mostly due to just having beaten Act 1 yesterday after railcoining Gabriel to death), but Act 1 was so incredibly fresh that it felt like playing the game for the first time again. You can even extensively customize everything it does in the config, including tweaking any of the enemy stats you want and saving presets of the config, which is a nice touch. Super cool mod, and I'm looking forward to the hell that V2's second fight will be with it on.

The slam's shockwave isn't about height, it's whether you're still holding the button by the time you hit the ground.

When railcoining a big enemy, the moment you first shoot an enemy when the coin is behind him causes a freeze-frame (very briefly stops time, it also happens with parries out of other things). This lets you quickly switch back to the revolver and throw another coin once you learn the timing, resulting in the railcannon hitting Enemy > Coin behind > Enemy > Newly thrown coin in front > Enemy

One thing I really love about this game is that there's basically no skill ceiling. You can practice all the mechanics and discover so much weird and obscure tech to the point where it feels overkill, but the game still rewards players who get that far with stuff like the Prime Sanctums, high Cybergrind waves, and eventually all the custom levels people will be able to put out. The enemy and environment design is also perfect, every layer looks unique and the shifts in tone when you go from one to another always feel amazing, and every enemy has a very distinct and memorable design (plus stuff like special visual and sound cues, like the beams that Idols make) that makes an arena full of them surprisingly easy to read.

finaly a Devil May Coin flip

Will you make a second video for P-1 and P-2? (And the up coming chapters?)

MANKIND IS DEAD BLOOD IS FUEL HELL IS FULL The Cybergrind gives me very positive vibes of the Bloody Palace, but unlike BP, CG is endless (unless you or your pc dies cuz of a billions of enemies on the screen eating your fps) , on the high levels it transforms into pure chaos, which is very challenging, this is where the competitive nature of it truly shines

By chance have you tried going for all P-Ranks? Theres some special levels you can unlock in gluttony and heresy via doing so, has to be the most fun ive had in a fps

Bro maxor made me wanna play this game

After slamming my head against a wall on 1-4 for over 500 attempts clocking at 3 hours+, I learned how to play the game. Thank you V2 Ultrakill, very cool.

You should create a similar video about Turbo Overkill

when you complete the game and perfect rank all the levels an find the secrets checkout the credits you will have a completely new outlook on ultrakill

you should maybe also cover vanquish next as its a cool concept but definitely could've been implemented better

I enjoy this game due it's crazy challenge.

14:34 i didnt have any expirience with ultrakill and still i was able to learn it pretty ok

Originally all the weapons would’ve had a 4th Variation (Yellow/Gold) but Hakita scrapped the idea. Curious to see what the those variants would have been like.

you can't give me a box of crayons and expect me to not eat them... come on

0:13 The gameplay is from Assault Spy.

ultrakill isnt just like a box of crayons, most fps games are a box of crayons, but ultrakill is the same box of crayons except you can use those crayons to create new colors to use

Ultrakill gave me some insane brainrot and P-Ranked Act I & II including the Prime Sanctums and it feels like a full game already goddamn Hakita

My mind was pumping nothing but pure dopamine when I started playing and then I went to dinner with my family and I was just so jittery with joy from playing ultrakill, and that’s why I think that ultrakill is the best game of all time.

This video is very needed. Explains my exact thoughts on these types of games perfectly. (Lets hope UnderTheMayo doesn't see it. Lmao)

Ay if you aim straight up when tossing the coin it will align with your crosshair for a second almost no matter what im not sure if its intentional but its useful

bros in for a treat for p1 and p2

im stealing the crayon analogy

Have you heard of Shady Knight? It mught be in your alley.

Have fun with the hidden bosses ita fun

if you have yet to do all the secrets 1. do a video on them if you do them i would love to watch that and 2. good luck on Sisyphus

Good video but god the background footage makes me cry

Considering what you enjoy in games you definitely should p rank acts one and two, then look for a secret door. Also record yourself when going though the doors for the first time, a live reaction would be amazing to watch.

the funny thing about this game, that it teaches you from 0-3 onwards (or 0-2 if you found the big secret), is that it runs on troll logic so "shotgun shots are projectiles > feedbacker can parry projectiles > feedbacker can parry shotgun shots" and "sharpshooter shots make projectiles go boom > v2's nailgun shoots projectiles > sharpshooter shots make v2's nails go boom" are completely sound trains of thought and because the devs are chads, even the unintended ways to style on things get to stay in the game, unless they're completely broken, like that one time the sharpshooter put the obama cube into obamacare anyone can do almost anything with any weapon (that isn't the standard piercer or alternate marksman), and the game is built around that freedom (translation: it hard)

My favourite thing about ultra kill is hit bullet to make bullet stronger

Man tried Dusk and dove into the Michelin star equivalent of shooters nowadays. Gotta respect that. Also, Dusk is the best shooter I've played since Blood in terms of...everything. You should play the original Blood. I have a feeling you'll love it.

2 things: 1. A correction: The sharpshooter doesn't get a damage increase from coins anymore. It did when it first launched, but that was so incredibly busted, it was fixed in less then a day as this version of the red revolver has able to shred the hardest bosses in seconds. 2. A little hint of what is possible with the coin too (I'll put it behind the 'Show more' thing if you don't want to see that) Coins can ricochet any hitscan attack. This includes the malicious beam or the sentries shot. Doing this is hard, but it instant kills anything below a malicious face I think and give you the style bonus '+Chargebback'

The idea of using a coin to find a hidden enemy is genius

as a ULTRAKILL player who has beat teh game and almost P-ranked the first chapter, im downloading DMC (the fourth one) rn kuz i think its epic too

The thing is with ultrakill, is that although there’s so many mechanics, the average player can easily play the game because all of the guns are powerful on their own. Sure, you can try some tricks, but you never have to go crazy with it if you feel like it’s too hard for you.

Have you tried Metal: Hellsinger Aka if doom was a Rythm game.

I think ultrakill's default controls actually aren't that good. It might be that there are too many buttons, but a lot are hard to reach, like pressing 5 for the rocket launcher or pressing G to switch arms. I think Hakita expects that players will decide how they want to play and customize their controls accordingly. For me, I wanted to make sure there was no skill cap set by my control layout, so I bound switch arm to Q because I don't use the weapon wheel, then I bound railcannon to Z and rocket launcher to X. The furthest I have to reach on my keyboard is to 1, 2, and 3 to access the revolver, shotgun, and nailgun.

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When ULTRAKILL was announced the idea of a stylish shooter was weird to me (in a good way). I've grown up on SP shooters and they were mostly about optimal gameplay, most of the creativity coming from the weapons themselves, rather than the mechanics. For Example - the ASMD shockrifle from Unreal Tournament could fit right into ULTRAKILL, due to the way it has two fire modes that interact with one another. However Ultrakill asked me to be stylish, which is something I've never seen in a shooter of that type. I mean - I've seen trick shot compilations of MW which are their own unique form of "styling" (Yes, a 360 no scope headshot is styling PRECISELY because it's going out of your way to be extra in the kill you deliver, when a simple zoom in and shot can get the same kill result). ULTRAKILL however is a weird one, due to the combination it presents: Devil May Quake. Quake, which is for most intents and purposes a very stale game when it comes to what you can do, but a really fun one when you consider its roster of enemies: Ogres with chainsaws that launch grenades that zone you, zombies demanding gibs to die, floating enemies, knights charging you for a melee hit or having a cone attack - etc. On the other side you have DMC - where again, you have different enemies doing different stuff BUT you have different tools of varying degrees of complexity to deal with them - dodging an enemy with a trickster dash is easier than Royal Guarding their attacks, but it's also less rewarding in terms of DT, style points etc. Which brings me to the last point. I find it weird how Style Meters were introduced as a way to nudge players towards different playstyles without forcing them. Sure, you could play it safe and use only optimal strats but you wouldn't get a high score. Yet nowadays they're seen as a negative precisely BECAUSE they're a soft nudge, rather than a hard one. Yet even DMC has hard nudges itself (at least it used to have them). Take for example the Enigma from DMC3 - everyone hates this enemy precisely because it requires certain moves/weapons to be countered. Same goes for Bloodgoyles which all require the same strat of being turned to stone first via gunfire or punish the player by multiplying if directly hit with melee. I guess high scores and clearing a level with high ranks is simply too Arcadey for modern gaming.

When are we getting devil may smile

Which game is the one that appears at 0:14 ? It looks fun

What is the game featured at 0:14 with Kazama? Looks interesting but I can't dig up any info about it. All my search results just return Tekken, which that doesn't look like.

whats the name of the game shown at 7:33 ?

There's something about Ultrakill that just encourages me to learn more, idk what it is. I've almost never felt this much of a reward learning DMC stuff. Maybe it's because i primarily play 5 and it doesn't really have a hard campaign.

I remember a friend told me about this. Shame it isn’t on console

the coin, oh man the coin, and you didnt even mention punching the coin which aimbots the nearest enemy, which is understandable cos this isnt a coin video but the COIN man, increasing the the damage boost the coins give to weapons that use it. fistful of dollar slab piercer through the enemy into the coin is my FAVE combo for quickly deleting cerbs and maurice...

Every. Single. Gun. Enemy. Or environment. Has. USE The sharpshooter revolver? If you time it right you can oneshot floating heads, since shooting projectiles makes them expload Or you can jump over an enemy and shoot downward to hit them multiple times Or you can just become a helicopter with a few multiwield powerups That is barely scratching ONE VARIANT of ONE GUN Also I bet we are going to get a new gun along with alternate versions of every gun (the revolver has a heavy hitting alternate which you can mix and match with different variations, and the nail gun has a saw gun alt which can easily stack up damage on a group or single enemy) ULTRAGAMING