Can You Beat CrossCode Without Breaking Any Enemies? (No Break Challenge)

[@ohiosigmarizz2]

This is actually be the longest video you have made yet holy shiiiiiiit

[@Shyguymask]

I expected it to be around 15 minutes at first... don't know what I was thinking LOL. I was very close to having to split it into two parts.

[@MVGUY_ENTERTAINMENT]

@@Shyguymask Glad you didn’t lol

[@swordfish8857]

imagine if it was called part one

[@YoloYester94]

The grammar is making me cringe REEEEEEEEE!

[@OMGoobero]

Only 3 minutes longer then bloons history

[@sonicrunn3r895]

I was not expecting this video, but more love for Crosscode is appreciated, this is such a great game.

[@crossedout_wizzkill1015]

I just played crosscode and i agree with you

[@ASTC-Sinon]

It seems like such a fun game, I wouldn’t mind seeing a “low percent” type run where breaking is allowed but SGM tries to avoid it, basically how many breaks does it take to be CrossCode

[@Tippex_Official]

It’s funny that when you’re trying to not break them, they always get broken, yet the second you try to break them, it’s surprisingly difficult.

[@darthplague]

Alt title: shyguymask spends several hours of his life hoping the boss doesn’t break near the end

[@gabrielbottjen1189]

True

[@tomaszwroblewski1395]

And then baby pilars

[@sphereoffice7789]

@@tomaszwroblewski1395 Then, there are Manta rays.

[@samdabugg]

"Thats 27 minutes I'll never get back" Also me watching this 28 minute video: 👁️👄👁️

[@Burning_Marshmallow]

Would it be ironic if you spent 29 minutes making this comment?

[@99999bomb]

@@Burning_Marshmallow would be more ironic if you spent 30 minutes making this reply

[@Burning_Marshmallow]

@@99999bomb ah frick, I got caught in 30... +1

[@antomicx1]

It warms my heart to see more people challenge running this masterpiece of a game! CrossCode is a wonderful action RPG with an excellent story, amazing boss battles, great level design, and fantastic puzzles. For those who are on the fence about playing CrossCode, I would wholeheartedly recommend trying it!

[@MattyP0313]

Hardest boss in your opinion, my Hardest fight was the monkey and whale

[@petergaming4715]

Oh i did, finished it once and finished it again in plus

[@petergaming4715]

@@MattyP0313 gautham's ultimate experience

[@gregoriopescucci4997]

@@petergaming4715 nah if you have decent equipment (between 52 and 60) and use a bunch of consumables you accumulated through the game it's easy, I beat it first try

[@luckylaniang5574]

@@MattyP0313 the ancients

[@Phi_Lix]

You know the game is messing with you when the enemies themselves can mess up the challenge for you

[@jis11]

13:19 when the boss being stupid makes the fight harder.

[@Burning_Marshmallow]

When the boss beating itself makes it harder for you... sounds a lot like depression. Is the boss ok?

[@Crybill]

No breaking challenge also means you cant take a break.

[@kittykat5090]

now THAT would be an actual nightmare

[@Burning_Marshmallow]

But then you also can't break the challenge... which... he did.

[@kev3571]

Never heard of this game, but after watching this video 100% gonna try it, thanks for giving me something to do

[@wongyip7394]

Masterpiece ever Beat the crap out of almost all Triple A Rpg game in recent years

[@marsdragon447]

Good now tell your friends to! We need to spread the word! The Lack of promotional material and player base is disturbing...😥 BUT YOU can change that!!!👍

[@arthurthekyogre9155]

*_NOW DO WHAT'S THE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF BREAKS NEEDED TO DEFEAT THE ENTIRE GAME_*

[@Nuclearstomp]

Yeah this, minimum break :O

[@Nuclearstomp]

You never know. Maybe if enough people ask he would.

[@arthurthekyogre9155]

@@acake6654 it's a joke my friend

[@Nuclearstomp]

@@acake6654 F engaged

[@hagenaubram6341]

@@acake6654 he never said that, where are you even getting that from?

[@Powerate]

I'm speechless, finally this game is getting some attention, I hope you will take on other CrossCode related challenges.

[@hemz5882]

this got me into crosscode and holy shit,its addicting

[@itsnonyxx]

In fact, he didn't use glitches because he would "break" the rules. Good video btw. I will probably play this one.

[@1234pokemonrulz]

I just completed this game all because of this video. thanks for the showcase! Funny that it leaves off right before huge spoilers too, perfect video to recommend it to people honestly

[@minorcomet282]

Finally, after all the Communtiy Post Teasers, THE VIDEO IS OUT!!!!!!

[@Shyguymask]

The posts about classes in RPGs and gender-neutral robots were in fact hints to this video as well :)

[@Zepeup]

Honestly after that post about gender neutral robots all I could think about was Manlea.

[@IamaPERSON]

@@Zepeup who's that

[@avery-gee]

I'm a simple man, I see Lea, I click.

[@TheUnknown-kw3fl]

The title should be "how long can shyguymask play this game without using a mechanic that speeds up the amount time you spend on said game without going insane.

[@Mysticshade59]

What a timing for you and whoisthisgit to upload at the same time, both of you make very entertaining videos.

[@videnoja6721]

Awh yeas CrossCode recognition, its my favourite game of all time! Super excited to see this challenge, ill predict its impossible due to some bossbattles.

[@Nimta]

haven't watched yet, because I don't quite have time, but I thought I should say that I noticed that the length of this video is rather close to another "no breaks" challenge of yours and I thought that was rather amusing

[@justbwoop1261]

14:58 don't mind me, just a time stamp for the "Que onda!"

[@gabrielhernanacevedo1462]

XD

[@MegaMia]

thank you

[@rompevuevitos222]

I half attempted this because i was too lazy to break most enemies, i just tought "If i spam enough it will eventually die" I didn't count on the fact that i suck at bullet hells

[@emikochie2760]

I have to absolutely thank you for this video! It introduced me to CrossCode and I absolutely loved it so much! It is most definitely my new favorite game of all time!

[@nathanstrife8877]

Man, im worrying about you, i like these videos, but at what cost? Hope you doing good and take care

[@Shyguymask]

Don't worry I'm fine.

[@mario4154]

Found u thru this, love crosscode. Ended up watching all of your M&L challenges. About to watch a bunch else in a playlist til I snooz. Love your channel dog, keep doing what you're doing

[@TealZero]

Hey, one thing you can do if you're crazy enough to do this challenge,is DAC, or Dash attack-cancels. When you spam Left click, you do your Melee combo. When you dash (right click), you cancel the melee combo you're in. If you dash into the enemy, you don't move anywhere. So, if you spam the melee combo, dash immediately after the combo finishes, then spam the melee combo again, there's NO end lag. Free dps. Also this game is so good y'all get it

[@JayBoii]

Hey, shyguy I saw this video and immediately decided to get this game thank you so much for showing this it’s such a good game! 😃

[@Skyjengi]

Gotta love the tooltips as if anyone else plans on enduring this torture

[@anotherwea6692]

never heard of this game before. sounds neat. kinda reminds me of iji

[@inkree111]

This was painful to watch. Even if it is impossible, good job.

[@ACEYGAMES]

I'm remembering the end bosses and going "Yeah this is probably possible but it'd take longer then anyone has alive."

[@jamiemartin1798]

This video has actually got me into crosscode and I'm about to do my first real dungeon outside Bergen. Wish me luck! Update: I've finished the main story and have gotten both endings.

[@hagenaubram6341]

Same here, I wish I knew about this ge sooner. It's probably one of my favorite games of all time because it's so fun, and I live all the mechanics

[@therealmorganofficial]

The break joke at the end is the best 🤣

[@breme3757]

The real morgeman

[@frostlord1246]

Never heard of this game before but after seeing this, I want to try it myself. Nice work btw

[@lyzee1199]

Yeah me too, it looks fun

[@MHMega]

I can’t Reccomend it enough. This is one of, if not the, best game I’ve ever played.

[@hobez64]

I'm stopping this video halfway through to go download the game, so I guess that's a plus?

[@ryans3199]

Did you try this with a Pin Body build? _Your_ attacks might do only 1 or 2 damage, but _theirs_ might amount to a little more, just bouncing off your guard sphere. I don't think that changes how it goes with the pillars, though...

[@Shyguymask]

That could probably have worked well, yeah.

[@tiredko-hi-]

Shyguymask! Have you tried using pin body against the pillar? Edit: Tested. You can kill pillars as long as they attack you... The last pillar doesn't attack you until you break a color block...

[@flapjackgd937]

Yo holy shit, never thought I’d see anyone cover Crosscode! Easily the most underappreciated game I know and quite possibly my favorite, so glad this game is getting more publicity recently

[@thaiisfood]

Spoilers for the video I actually said “Noooo” out loud when he had to break the baby pillar, it seemed like the challenge was going so well so far Also overly tedious is worse than very annoying imho

[@lyoukeefen7199]

I really want to see a part two that is minimum breaks required

[@hagenaubram6341]

@@gamecavalier3230 I mean if he did his quests that wouldn't was much a problem. By the time I got to the first dungeon I was level 22 when I faced the boss. He was 18. I never grinded in the game at all and almost none of the miniboss enemies require breaking, atleast up to his point anyway

[@hagenaubram6341]

@@gamecavalier3230 I mean the only time consuming quests are the gather quests really since they are chance. Also he had spent really long times on some things he thought were impossible to do but won by being very lucky

[@Tippex_Official]

So I saw this challenge and went to check my Xbox because I swore I’d seen it before. And it was on Xbox gamepass. Needless to say I’m now gonna download it.

[@skye_Liz]

FINALLY I CAN WATCH THIS VIDEO NOW THAT I'VE COMPLETED THE GAME crosscode is such an awesome game im really glad you introduced me to it

[@shilohmagic7173]

Even if it hadn't been at autumn's fall, it is actually impossible to kill the big slime boss in so'najiz, since it takes zero damage unless broken, unless you get very specific conditions (that are extremely difficult and probably impossible in a playthrough without NG+)

[@deon6045]

You know... I'm currently at the part where you used the guard sphere to fight the mini boss in the temple mine, and I was just thinking that you should've put points into getting the skill in the guard portion of the circuit that reflected 30% of guarded damage back onto the enemy. Using guard sphere to not flinch, and reflecting that damage (which I believe bypasses defenses without causing the break bar to fill) would probably have shaved off quite a bit of time.

[@TheAdvertisement]

This is like fighting Omega Flowey without lowering his defense lmao. It does damage but it's quite the grind!

[@petergaming4715]

"140 quintillion dialogues aside" well in my opinion you can actually enjoy them, the story is awesome

[@VastPik]

dang, using the jump trick to skip the temple mine puzzles? apollo would not be proud... nah but for real, great video! I LOVE crosscode and it was awesome to see a video on it from one of my favorite youtubers! also nice job not spoiling any story stuff for those who might try out the game now!

[@mypetblackie108]

I loved this video and watched it all the way through :) I would love to see a follow up video of seeing how little breaks are required to beat CrossCode!!

[@FunctionGermany]

A macro? So Apollo *was* right after all!

[@nextella1652]

I bought this game because of how highly you recommended it in your others vids, just finished it along with its dlc after over 70 hours And gotta say, it easily went into my favorites, what an absolute gem of a game

[@cermitdafog7811]

WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW IGNORING THE MAIN MECHANIC OF A GAME THAT IS PRETTY MUCH REQUIRED TO BEAT THE FIRST FEW BOSSES BEFORE THE CENTURY IS OVER AND TO KILL ENEMIES WITHOUT WANTING TO KILL WHOEVER MADE THEIR AI WOULD BE THIS HARD! But seriously, this was fun to watch and I liked it a lot. Keep up the amazing work

[@zeipheil]

The more love CrossCode gets the happier I become

[@ShTHfan1]

...I wonder if Sergey still gives you the buff if you don't break Gastropolis-

[@thankfulguardian9033]

Amazing vid! Would be interested in a “how many breaks are required to beat crosscode” as a future sequel to this also if that’s ever something you wanna do to return to this game for challenges perhaps.

[@Shyguymask]

I don't see myself doing this. The main appeal was finding if it's possible or not at all, beyond that the gameplay doesn't have much besides simply mashing attacks for double-digit minutes with the Burn status there and there.

[@sensibledog09]

When you program a robot to throw grenades you would expect the creators number one priority to make sure the robot doesnt yknow kill itself, but nah Flamethrowers are way to cool to say no too

[@Doggggggggo]

actually glad that you didnt have to go any longer, for your own sanities sake, all the elemental virus things would be a nightmare

[@switchboxplays]

I remember watching this video on its release day not knowing what this game even was. After watching, I bought it and fell in love. Crosscode is so underrated fr.

[@abra_escaped]

Exact same situation for me! Absolutely amazing game

[@pizzabreadstic7533]

You play the most wildest games that I didn't know exist. Your the person that got me into this game and octopath traveler

[@abra_escaped]

I first saw this video within a few days of it being uploaded, and at the time I had been searching for weeks for a very specific type of game, an rpg with all the levelling and story and skills and stuff but with real time battles rather than turn based. Crosscode just happened to be exactly that. Bought it almost immediately after and now it's one of my favorite games ever! Thanks for introducing me to it!

[@meskonyolsen6657]

"Can you beat Friday Night Funkin (Hard) but your hp must be very low as heck (stay X_X)"

[@sphereoffice7789]

Yes you can. Just borrow Flippy's gloves and the challenge is not that hard.

[@Josuh]

Shyguy really giving some games the spotlight huh that's pretty cool, amazing work as always guy

[@TryHardGamerYT]

Holy crap, thank you for introducing me into this game. I saw ur video and I was like "hey, thats pretty cool" so I bought the game and now its one of my favourites. Top 5 probably. Thanks so much

[@EEVEE_fan16]

Magmanizer:*comes into the room* Shyguymask:"oh s*it here we go again"

[@kasumihimura]

This was possibly the least fun challenge you can do to yourself when playing this game.

[@joshuawadsworth6417]

I'd like to see you try to beat Darkeat Dungeon on bloodmoon difficulty with no hero deaths

[@mangoe19t95]

1:40 When the boss makes it easier by stunning itself for you-

[@ArcBread]

First time hearing about this game. Definitely gotta try it out. Awesome video, as always!

[@sauloaa1]

I love CrossCode, sadly KZbin didn't notify me when the video was released... No-Break challenge is a very painful one, you need to know what breaks an enemy and consciously avoid them, and I wouldn't be able to do it even if my life depended on it.

[@BillyBob-xx5jr]

Did you go into so much detail to make up for the run ending short, or did you just decide from the start you wanted to go into lots of detail for each annoying enemy/boss.

[@Shyguymask]

More of the latter.

[@BillyBob-xx5jr]

@@Shyguymask In that case I'm honestly terrified how long the video would be if you managed to go through the whole game, though I imagine if it got too long you'd probably split it into 2 parts.

[@radojerkovic3059]

@@BillyBob-xx5jr i don't think the last boss is even remotely feasible without breaks, if it ever got to that point, sadly.

[@alive2kill]

it's amazing the dedication and commitment you have for these challenges, i enjoy every single video you put out like this, thank you!

[@nik_senpai]

I don't really know about this game but it's good to hear this kind of game exist

[@edenengland1883]

i would honestly love to see another video on this game past that point, especially since you seemed to like playing even if we dont get a "no break" run, a minimum or 1 break run would still be awesome to see

[@lolpoyo4594]

Alternative title:CrossCode but every boss wears full netherite armor with protection IV and has resistance II effect

[@trashycannoey]

minecraft with every mob having resistance 6

[@sphereoffice7789]

That's just normal CrossCode. In this video, their armor is unbreakable. Get it? Because Uhh You're not allowed to break them?

[@TheTemplar127]

Seeing another video about Crosscode is incredible! This game deserve more love and attention than ever! Truly a hidden gem!

[@wirytiox1577]

Im quiting this video because i now want to play it. Seems pretty cool.

[@iceypino1086]

Watched the intro to this video Played the demo And now I bought the game

[@deportanuja7636]

Do more cross code videos please it is literally the best game😍

[@UnknownCleric2420]

I've only watched 20 seconds and I'm already considering playing this game.

[@cullenlatham2366]

Do it. if you still need to be sold, the newgrounds demo is still up (and doesnt require a flash emulator). The charming dialogue alone is worth the price of admission.

[@treehousegames7903]

This game looks awesome! How have I never heard of it?

[@tomaszwroblewski1395]

MaskShyGuy: after all those minuts i he dying Break: Bonjur

[@ISuckAtVideoGames4Ever]

How about an 'no attacking' challenge ? Ofc its an brand new save file 1: No shooting balls (Unless Needed for puzzles or special bosses/same for Melee) 2: The Run starts when u get ur first stuff that gives 'Pin Body' to damage ennemies without attacking or by pushing them in water (hey it aint our fault if they can't swim!)

[@Reffont]

So glad to see some crosscode love! Thank you for making this!!

[@marsdragon447]

Me who finds a content creator that makes even a small amount of CrossCode content: okay just going to hit that subscribe button now. (By the way I am probably going to watch some of your other stuff. it looks really interesting!) And this is a really great video. ❤️ Edit: (me realizing that this comment has had several grammatical errors for at least two months) PAIN!😩 It's fixed now...

[@TheHatShallDie]

"They're bloody worse" ShyGuyMask British confirmed!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!!!!!!!!1!1!/?/?????/////

[@Shyguymask]

I needed to find a word with enough oomph that wasn't a swear word

[@jmh8817]

I'm just glad you didn't have to beat the really crazy bosses while only doing 10 damage per combo string.

[@kildare2940]

I just finished this game and now I see this this game is a wonderful gem honestly

[@iceypino1086]

I was 10 seconds into this video and I immediately bought the game. After playing CrossCode, I do not regret my decision

[@chaoscasserole5990]

I bought Crosscode after watching this video. The only mistake I made was buying it on switch. The drift is unbearable when playing this game because of the precision required.

[@SeraphOC]

Yknow, this is the video that made me get the game, and when I did, I made a horrible mistake with getting it on Console, because it took a few months for the DLC to come out. Once it did come out though, I picked it up again and quite literally played for almost 48 hours straight.

[@syrusgrove8682]

Ok I feel like when the enemies break each other that as long as you don't attack them until they would take normal damage again that it is fine because you didn't take advantage of it the enemies did it and you just waited for it to be over and then attack them again.

[@Riley26]

My top favorite game being made into a ridiculously difficult challenge, tbh I suffered this challenge at the start of the game where I was new and have little to no knowledge of the enemies and lack of combat skills

[@heikaikki4824]

sergey hax: let me introduce myself.

[@ryanprjgamingchannel9437]

Yeah, i am pretty sure from the earliest records of the bosses this game was really meant to be hard and then you are increasingly encouraged to break enemies and bosses later on to not have a hard time... Then comes the pillar boss.

[@AA-rh5ee]

I really hope you'll do more crosscode challenges, even if this one was a dud.

[@randomsword10]

If you want a challenge that should be actually doable but still be super hard, how about using NG+ to start at level one but never gain any EXP?

[@dwanedibly8129]

I can't say I've heard of this game before, but after watching this video, I'm definitely interested. I hope you have some time to recover from the challenge, though.

[@ahomestucker]

why? why would u do this? i get doing challenge runs, heck i did a lv1 run of crosscode, but this seems kinda worse than doing it hitless

[@Aexils]

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[@pj-wille]

Apologies if this is covered in the video since I'm only at 8 minutes: Pin Body would've saved a decent amount of fight time I believe (though it doesn't work for several bosses and would require more healing items until you also get the guard power improvement). Well maybe you'll get lucky and the devs will let you piddle damage the pillars lol...

[@Shyguymask]

I tried Pin Body and it didn't really work. Many attacks from the Digmo for example knockback Lea and can't be blocked. Even then the one attack I could block only dealt back single digit damage with 35% pin body. Could maybe work against Magmamizer if you try to block as many fireballs as possible but there's still Frozen Star to deal damage anyway.