The Rules Of The Game Have Completely Changed! - Patrick's Parabox

[@Aliensrock]

**VIDEO SPOILERS BELOW** Patrick's Parabox Review, starting with what I liked: - The mechanics of this game started as mind blowing and somehow got crazier with every new world. Miraculously, the puzzles manage to be digestible despite working with impossible paradoxes. - The game masterfully teaches without words, almost to a fault. Every single level gives a crumb of knowledge to the player, which adds up over time. Over time, I was amazed at how much I had learned without feeling any struggle. - This is the perfect puzzle game to introduce to people new to the genre. The vast majority of the puzzles are easy but smart, and concepts are often reminded to the player without them realizing. I believe anyone can beat this game, as long as they're interested by puzzle solving. - Several of the game's gimmick puzzles made me laugh, always a great sign of clever puzzle design. - I appreciate how the text based puzzles worked a different part of your brain, and forced you to completely understand the mechanic, not just visually. I'm glad there weren't too many, as those could get old quick. - I finally got to solve rewarding individual puzzles in the Challenge section, most of my favorites could be found there. - I'm torn between liking and disliking this part - but there was no large-scale difficulty curve. There was a small difficulty curve within each world and each world minus Challenge was the same difficulty. It's certainly interesting. - Custom level integration is simple, and provides nice bonus fun for dedicated players. - Soundtrack was nice. What I didn't like: - While I was constantly impressed by the mechanics, rarely was I impressed by individual puzzles. It felt more like being along for a ride rather than being in the driver seat yourself. All the a-ha moments were handed to you by the game. - The game could have had 10-15% fewer puzzles while still maintaining a gentle difficulty curve and exciting mechanics. I think the crumb of knowledge many levels provided was simply too small. Levels could have been merged and still accessible to puzzle game novices. - Several levels were simply tedious to solve, unfortunately. Not tedious to come up with the ideas for, but rather in the execution of the ideas. Most could be cut as they weren't necessary for teaching either. Overall Rating: 8/10 (Great)

[@danieldavid3766]

Well, I guess you did have to post this eventually.

[@jeremymcdowelltx]

Yeah he mentioned it in his most recent video

[@zeo4391]

Nice 👍

[@puffie6969]

Epic

[@neoxus30]

The cup drops two more points)

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

Remember, you can zoom in and out boxes by clicking on them. You can also press '7' to view all boxes at once (this is important in the custom level pack Outside)

[@brighthades5968]

Press 7 again to view text mode! I commented that on one of his other videos Edit: seven likes :)

[@SunVee]

@@brighthades5968 7

[@brighthades5968]

@@SunVee Yes

[@patricktraynor]

Thanks so much for playing, glad you had a great time, I had a blast watching! :)

[@oceanjogging5238]

Patrick

[@niklp6116]

Dude, your puzzles are insane! I love how careful the game teaches you about the puzzles, level design is neat, no filler puzzles at all, and every new puzzle brings slightly more to the gaming experience 😍 Thanks!

[@yahoo5726]

Dude, you have made some of my favorite puzzle games ever!

[@SanityInAnAmazonBoxShorts]

U ARE A.M.A.Z.I.N.G

[@Aliensrock]

I'm going to tackle some custom level packs before giving my complete Patrick's Parabox review. I bet the custom levels will make the game feel like a much more well-rounded experience.

[@BobBob-ye4vz]

my head hurts

[@trinityy-7]

your head WILL hurt, ive seen some and it’s nearly impossible to follow

[@IcelyPuzzles]

Glad to have brought attention to them because they're really good! one of the original commenters who brought them up saw them from my own playthroughs of these packs. Looking forward to them!

[@BobBob-ye4vz]

@@trinityy-7 i’m surprised this is the first time

[@trinityy-7]

@@BobBob-ye4vz retrieving infinity from the void really is hard to follow

[@The-EJ-Factor]

20:50 “I thought all my problems would be solved right now, how are they not?” Spoiled kid when he doesn’t get his way

[@gizmosandgadgets5751]

2:00 *performs a uniquely switched move* (entering the recursive level while not against a wall) “I don’t think I need to greet this like a switcheroony level”

[@relja6838]

5:46 "something within those *tiny* levels is actually gonna matter" I feel like tyler forgot the clicking on boxes to look within them mechanic

[@Thk10188965]

never really learned it I think. Did it once went 'huh' and promptly forgot about it

[@pvic6959]

@@Thk10188965 he does that a lot with a lot of mechanics in a lot of games lol still entertaining tho (when not frustrating when you know the simple thing hes missing because hes usually good about it lol)

[@000Dragon50000]

That third level with the spiral was different because you couldn't just push the centre level up and over into the top goal.

[@Ganpan14O]

Plus you have to enter it once to get the block away from or avoid moving it to the edge

[@windowsmoke]

"this is gonna take a while to get used to" *gets used to it*

[@natchu96]

gets so used to it that he forgets how normal levels work immediately

[@IcelyPuzzles]

The ability to change the game rules is really cool and it's a bit more flexible than shown here - a custom world called No Entry just came out where entering boxes is disabled but you can still exit (there was also a small one called Mind where possession came first). Great that you're going to do custom levels for this game!

[@Patashu]

someone needs to make 'No Thanks, I'm Full' where you can't eat lmao

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

How about the opposite to that, No Leaving or No Exit

[@KusaneHexaku]

@@JustAnotherCommenter isn't that just normal Sokoban then

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

@@KusaneHexaku No because you can enter boxes.

[@Patashu]

@@JustAnotherCommenter There isn't a way to make blocks unexitable but it would be interesting

[@Khaim.m]

7:40 Did Tyler really finish the game without ever learning how to zoom in and out?

[@psigreen3864]

Yes, and it has absolutely killed me the whole time.

[@Nobody-iz1qd]

No, I'm pretty sure I recall him using it. I just don't know why he doesn't. Maybe he forgot?

[@psigreen3864]

@@Nobody-iz1qd He used it once, and promptly never used it again

[@vinsplayer2634]

@@Nobody-iz1qd He used it one time in the tutorial.

[@vinsplayer2634]

He finished the whole game without learning to press 7 to play text-levels without text.

[@huhneat1076]

I love that these appendices are here because they feel so natural. It's not even a wacky gimmick, it's just "what if this game worked a little differently"? It doesn't overstay its welcome and it shows the possibilities of could-be mechanics

[@_ZeroMaximum_]

This puzzle game brings the 'Just think inside the box' quote to a whole other level.

[@matthiasnokkvibragason3267]

You mean outside of the box right?

[@The_Lucky_King]

think the box

[@ianmorse9381]

@@matthiasnokkvibragason3267 The beauty of it is: the box is recursive, inside and outside are the same thing.

[@pvic6959]

1:15 "probably wont be super long" me looking at the 30 min run time: lol

[@furretwalky]

28:03 finally, patrick is happy :)

[@Patashu]

:)

[@supersmashbghemming6445]

:)

[@anothrnoml]

;)

[@arronalt]

:)

[@torreywhiting5402]

c:

[@carsonrobey9691]

Hey Aliensrock! I am PFC Robey in 1-1 ADA, Army. Anyways when we go to the field our commo guy Riggs up and old tv for football and KZbin. And we huddle around and watch your videos to keep us from heatstroke because Okinawa humidity sucks! Me and my squad were hoping you could do another video about BTD 6 because that is our favorite. If you see this please let me know! Thank you for what you do, without you we would have a lot less morale after filling sandbags!

[@thompsonnoel]

Love how in the appendixes they give you everything you wished you had when you got stuck in the rest of the levels just to inflict more pain on you.

[@CMP7778]

Ugh these appendix levels are both amazing and terrible. I can't wait to see Tyler play them! Keep up the great content! (I am also excited for the elite vortex run)

[@Alice1apple]

Vortex on cubism only has 1 (?) day left sooo…

[@CMP7778]

@@Alice1apple it was probably recorded shortly after the normal one

[@Alice1apple]

@@CMP7778 maybe

[@kaan5585]

Loved watching this entire series. I actually played through the entire game before watching it. 2:10, If you're wondering what that mechanic did for this level, you couldn't push the recursive block in the center.

[@eternaldreamerofsleep]

24:59 - Patrick is shift and shift lmao

[@syndere6755]

6:40 is a certified tumble thing and you cannot convince me otherwise. Also reminder that you can zoom in on blocks.

[@wandarivera3729]

28:48 unsolving 🤣🤣🤣

[@Toprak135]

**reads title** Yes, that is what Appendix is about. 19:45 That’s what i call the player character too. It is his parabox, after all.

[@nif4345]

sameeeee

[@Ryanandwhpsh]

13:23 that level is a shape of a key LOL

[@humanperson2375]

Have you noticed that the menu levels have the up down arrow, because you enter the box if its not against a wall, rather than pushing it

[@nif4345]

Nice idea man

[@brighthades5968]

no that's the world select :)

[@yagmurugur9904]

definitely one of my favorite series on your channel so far! absolutely loved the extra levels, glad to hear that you will be doing custom levels and the series isn't ending here. thank you tyler! :)

[@justthomas2488]

Tyler you can always use ur mouse too see what’s in the tiny blocks..

[@benatkielski9898]

pro tip for 7:35 using the main mouse on a block that has another layer will let you see whats in it.

[@victor_e_dafeet8218]

25:15 the reason they are moving farther is because of the order the boxes move, before you were separating the boxes on the inside so they weren’t pushing each time I believe. It’s hard to tell since it’s so small but it’s definitely due to the order the boxes move

[@pixelator5312]

i was surprised there wasn't an appendix world that let you enter a block if there was a space anywhere, not just in the center

[@Patashu]

I think the main reason why not is because: How would you resolve ties?

[@pixelator5312]

well, the side levels with even-numbered block grids run into the same issue, and they just prioritize one side

[@xthought9430]

Me at 20:40 : yeah move it over there to not do anything Me at 20:47: AHAHAHAHA

[@imbw267]

Unlike the human body, this game has three appendices!

[@furretwalky]

24:53 PATRICK IS MOVE AND YOU?!

[@Yokozai]

This has been one of my favorite series and I'm excited for the custom levels! Thanks for making such great content Tyler! Shoutout to Ben for editing these videos so well!

[@pikminman13]

i waited the whole game for that inner push mechanic. paid off.

[@υηκηοωη2467]

imagine if there was world where you have a void block (not empty block) and also there was void recursion... AND THEN YOU CAN CREATE INFINITY PARADOX OUT OF VOID

[@AshenDeltas]

come on guys, Tyler is so close to 500k, and he really deserves it.

[@calvinbarbanell2449]

25:18 The other direction would have worked, but when you tried it, you didn't position the yous correctly and actually only ended up with one self-push instead of two.

[@gamercat1186]

In the hubs for each map area the same rules from 2:00 apply.

[@wolflight25]

I need to know if he can internal push the block containing the set of levels for the internal push out of the bottom right there.....

[@knightofthenorth926]

Same!! I wish I could test it myself!

[@walugusgrudenburg3068]

You can't. A careful eye may notice that the lack of stamps in the top-left indicates that the Appendix blocks, surprisingly, do not have their own modifier.

[@pigoupig_3249]

It has been an amazing game play-through, an amazing puzzle game, would maybe even say a masterpiece of a puzzle games

[@FoxSlyme]

28:48 unsolving XD

[@pittagiiya]

Hmm, I never thought about solving the push-around-void level in a way diagonally flipped to the way I did it. But of course it works... As for the self-pushing 3-patrick level, I think you had the same problem I did; you think you've aligned it correctly but actually the innermost patrick is 1 space off vertically. Also, that last level stumped me too. And I was equally upset at how "easy" the answer was.

[@CielMC]

Couldn't you click on the boxes to see what they look like in the level with tiny green blocks?

[@jacobcain9008]

I guess in this level you gotta think inside the box.

[@mw2zorzest]

Of all things, this game was incredible at teaching the player, you don't get stuck not because it's 'easy' necessarily, but because the game is fantastic at teaching new mechanics and transitioning between them/combining them. It's not a hard game per se, but it is very fun and rewarding to complete the puzzles.

[@warpedmine9682]

Guys i got an idea we need to mix baba is you with patricks parabox with portal 2 we must do it

[@darkener3210]

I cant wait to see him play the (Outside) Level pack

[@mochithepooh5368]

In one episode didn't you click one of the box so you can zoom in to see inside the box if it's too small?

[@sangchoo1201]

try some custom worlds! (can be found on this game's discord) I recommend, Outside, Teleport, Travel, Nest

[@goldennugget2984]

Patrick got tired of the box's shit (Patrick became stronger)

[@Patashu]

GG! Enjoy custom content! I'm hoping to see Butcherberries' Outside, slabdrill's Teleport and hutthutthutt's Travel

[@drcgaming4195]

man i love the delicious meals game "om nom nom, very tasty" makes patrick sound so cute lol

[@maximiliancoleman9578]

In appendix 2 Tyler says “you can push by exiting even by pushing out other cubes!” When he literally did it in the previous level

[@olivergobrrr2935]

Inner Push sounds like a manuever you do when you have a stomachache and need to go to the toilet

[@alexanderwales7870]

What a wonderful puzzle game, thanks for the playthrough.

[@jagpreetsingh6711]

19:13 if you do that also tell how to use custom levels (just in case)

[@vinsplayer2634]

You should play the custom world 'Travel'.

[@Silvergrooves42]

Appendix priority 9 might be my favorite level of the whole game so far. Haven't completed the whole post-game yet though.

[@BotSupportIronValiant]

what a wonderfully wacky game, definitely will watch custom levels when you do those. still sad we haven't gotten any more Baba is You though

[@scottpickett1819]

Yay another Aliensrock upload :D

[@yamko7989]

24:37 baba is you vibes

[@Drachenbauer]

Level 2 changed, because you enter the tiny world in the center instead of pushing it around

[@camyron]

I wonder if custom levels could include the appendix new rules selectively, like having a box with exit push & some things inside, but the exit push box is inside an otherwise normal level.

[@acearachnid]

i think Tyler forgot he could click the levels to see closer inside

[@OrchidAlloy]

You can tell that the programmer really had fun making the appendix!

[@qldarkabysslp]

great series thanks tyler!!!

[@petergriffin6002roblocks]

Pink cube completes complicated puzzles

[@meapyboy12345]

Im not even joking i got a Parabox ad before this

[@noface7842]

...I am sooooo screwed

[@ViIvaNunner]

i kinda wish they combined some of these

[@Jabozanator]

I will gladly watch two 15 second unskipable ads get that bread Tyler.

[@furretwalky]

CUSTOM LEVELS SOON HELL YEAH!!!!!!

[@APerson-14]

I love inner push

[@kekevids134]

When will Baba come back?

[@ju-yuanchueh8444]

There needs to be a time travel mecahnic in the game lol. It could work like you get one self to get a block into a goal that unfreezes other self or something.

[@nice3294]

This was an incredible game

[@upsidedown-pug1974]

custom levels are mind melting (if you play the one by hutthutthutt... I'll just say *have fun* )

[@Obstagoon862]

I don't think you did the three gallery levels, as I've looked through the whole playlist and did not see you do them.

[@hunterk1575]

The third level was new because the block you came out of (recursive box) could not be pushed

[@discordscript62]

HOW MUCH CONTENT DOES THIS GAME HAVE-

[@wandarivera3729]

28:42 logo

[@ironbunky]

this released while i was on the end of the last episode. fun.

[@TheBobmBoy]

I assume Battle Bands is coming up again soon? I really wanna see more

[@AndGoatz04]

Holy shit staying up past 11PM has benifits (i'm really early)

[@calvindawerecat9995]

U were also erly

[@sebastianvine1621]

Have you played 5 step steve and n step steve? They are quite similar to these games but they are web games.

[@sy-py]

Guess what

[@lucy101]

When do we get more Baba? 🥺

[@L4Vo5]

GG!

[@GarrettHoward22]

Day 559 of telling Tyler that he never finished his minecraft series and that he should finish it. Bro you can push from inside the box lol

[@frujey]

Day 244 Think inside the box (Didnt flow as well as i thought in my mind but whatever)

[@NStripleseven]

Day 519 of agreeing Yee

[@TonOfAshYT]

I could be wrong and might have just missed it, but it is kind of dissapointing that none of the main game levels utilised every single mechanic learned

[@purplfox00]

Using paradoxes would be hard to implement into a level you need to cycle

[@pittagiiya]

@@purplfox00 not really... but imagine adding every appendix rule on top of everything else. sounds like a nightmare

[@Spiritgaming4life]

Epik

[@FlazuelJr]

This game is confusingly fun

[@briansun9261]

cool

[@Crazycam425]

19:28 me to!!!!

[@flamesdiamond]

Baba is you reference

[@calvindawerecat9995]

Cool

[@danthiel8623]

Interesting

[@korbenhill9688]

A solid block is simply a level filled with walls

[@leemccain]

Ok i always forget to do it on my other account so here we go Day 16 of the *C U P* 🥛

[@Olimarfrompikmin]

O n e h u n d r e d a n d t h i r t e e n t h

[@chanthachalmers8798]

Now I can die peacefully :)