Chat bet their existence on me liking this game (Emberward)

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[@jacobwumbo827]

He traded his ability to manipulate objects in his head for movie trivia knowledge.

[@sonoskay]

This legitimately made me laugh.

[@Clockworkmelon]

and I'm loving it

[@makytondr8607]

To be fair, he has said many times that he’s bad with visualization.

[@_Zeruca]

I lost so many braincells watching him play this game

[@liammccarthy3845]

I'm not even five minutes into this video and this man is already building the worst maze I have ever seen.

[@Doomclown]

I unironically enjoyed him saying "maze me" while he built a straight hallway, I love NL warts and all.

[@dalton-at-work]

we watch for the rizz banter not the gamer skills

[@derekfield4164]

Wait till you get to 7 minutes and see his "maze" lol

[@callumdixon5177]

Someone teach NL the difference between a maze and a funnel

[@Youwanttodream]

for real for real

[@squigglytext]

No never I wanna see where this goes

[@hendrixfr]

Watching him play any td game is so painful

[@Godwilla39]

I know I will get flamed for this, but how are you supposed to create a maze when the game auto-directs the mobs to path of least resistance? My understanding of “mazes” is that they have false paths, which are irrelevant when the computer will automatically path them to the shortest route.

[@RedvBlue23]

You make the time it takes to get through it longer by making them go up and down and not just in a straight line@@Godwilla39

[@eamonntee]

29:30, he briefly figures out what a maze is. The moment the pressure is removed, he forgets entirely.

[@marti_n0]

this is the equivalent of those mobile ad games where they are so incompetent at the game that they make you want to play it

[@RedzeeTV]

thats how he gets ya

[@BC-yl3qb]

bros only just figured it out… this is the NL way

[@jorma8567]

reasons i have 200 hours in dead cells slay the spire etc etc.

[@Atrayus1984]

I have bought 3 games now because of this lol. Great games tho lol.

[@vynashe4442]

The creators of those ads took notes from NL

[@mysticdustz7115]

Watching NL completely forgo making a maze gives me immense pain He’ll have the perfect setup for a maze then just build the other way at the last possible moment I’m losing it

[@samuelbunkly2527]

I'm convinced he's playing wrong just to entice engagement.

[@popparock6506]

and not use ANY buff spots, no slowing towers, then give arcane boost or coin boost to towers NOT on a buff spot.. he'll get the hang of it after a few more.

[@Frostafarian]

He definitely got WAY better by the end of the video though

[@eggcouncil4474]

@@popparock6506 yeah he'll lose once and give up and say it just wasn't fun lmao instead of learning

[@MrVovansim]

The lad from the ad strikes again.

[@LexanderMiller]

Oh no. Another game where NL has to use his spatial reasoning…

[@Sterlonian]

Oh yes. Another game where NL has to use his spatial reasoning.

[@Clockworkmelon]

​@@Sterlonian+2

[@FelixPisecker]

first 2 shapes down and the path is exactly two blocks longer, you love to see it

[@liber2350]

I love the depth this game has. You can focus one path to thin the waves out, just bunch all of them together and blow them up at once. I also love how you can always do everything, you can even spend money you get mid waves for powers. I can see this game being really really difficult and really really fun at higher difficulties. Really cannot state how much I cant wait to see more

[@Dukegroundflyer]

loving all the NL variety content recently

[@EleventhFloorBelfry]

The line "Even you didn't give up until college" goes hard for us gifted kids.

[@murmur9811]

🤓

[@peterhobo]

"Gifted", more over inflated ego from unearned praise

[@mitchellhoward3209]

​@@peterhobothey're often called gifted classes bro, they aren't just independently calling themselves gifted as an ego thing, it's an actual term.

[@ojnabieoot]

Kinda funny how many gifted kids grew up into adults that don’t seem to have NL’s informed viewpoint on what tends to happen to “gifted” kids when they get older…. In high school I aced AP Calculus. In college I started *tutoring* calculus and realized I didn’t understand the subject at all, I was just a reliable little monkey at doing derivatives and integrals. I needed to do a lot of close reading and thinking to understand why calculus was actually true, and not just a little math game you play to get college credits. I think in most cases “giftedness” is about kids who have a temperament (and a few shallow cognitive skills) for doing academic work without getting bored or tired. Not an unimportant trait but hardly a “gift,” especially since most kids can be trained in that stuff. It’s certainly not “intelligence”! A lot of smart kids understand school is dumb and refuse to do the work out of sheer cynicism.

[@peterhobo]

@@mitchellhoward3209 There are gifted kids, but he's not talking to them. They actually learn how to work hard. He's talking to "gifted" kids who were told they were smart and excelled without effort until university when real education began.

[@MrMoorfrosch]

He do be kinda stupid with it, huh

[@lemonplays-gaming]

I see shapes on the title screen. I know NL is screwed.

[@Zarithos]

NL is the king of (banter) "Play poorly and frustrate your viewers into wanting to play the game." I swear an 8 yearold has a better understanding of what a maze is.

[@ishmari14]

This is why NL doesn’t read comments.

[@Zarithos]

@@ishmari14 I literally just called him the king of banter, before teasing him? Grow up and get a spine. His twitch chat is/was worse you fool. You: "Don't bully my content creator so he can see my comments in the comment section waaaaah" Cry harder.

[@ZeeSnippy]

Both statements before are true

[@maxcepec9886]

at this point it's like these ads showing someone failing primitive game puzzles to bait children into buying, but instead it's 1 hour video of someone actually failing that baits adults into buying

[@acepie413]

NL is the reason this game is so easy. you can basically beat it by just not even mazing and just spamming towers because the devs knew that individuals with spatial reasoning on the level of a toddler would be playing it great game though, looking forward to the pogs when NL finally figures out how mazing works and when the devs add higher difficulties

[@frop0n]

Watching NL play this game has to be one of the most painfull experiences i had to endure this year, 10/10 would watch again

[@cheqers_]

Score has a very "Ants go marching two by two" sound to it

[@newrev9er]

He has the spatial reasoning abilities of a deaf bat.

[@roelofftan8814]

the first 10min really had that commercial vibe where someone plays a game horrible wrong and you want to do it the way its supposed to

[@joeblowgoes]

nl playing a game with shapes while he has his spatial disability is really inspiring

[@jacobwumbo827]

NL would absolutely not trap the Minotaur with his maze. Theseus would love/hate him.

[@Gitridocfhskaoajabshdud]

I’m convinced he’s doing it on purpose at this point

[@unearthlyexperience]

NL not understanding what a maze is is so pog

[@Q_z_]

NL + spacial reasoning game = another game im going to play for myself to confirm its not as hard as Ryan is making it look 😂 the chatter definitely knew what he was recommending, great watch!

[@cyberclaw2128]

I had to stop 20 minutes in for the exact reason that top comment listed. Man needs to learn the difference between a maze and a funnel, he keeps putting the blocks along the red line like their boundaries for the enemies. Bro put them ACROSS the red lines, BLOCK their path. That is how you redirect them and force them to take a longer route aka building a maze like everyone says.

[@Blackobluna]

Call me the Repentless Maw the way I'm in a whole Denny's menu

[@Lich_V.]

Clash of Clans looks way nicer now and they thankfully got rid of all the ingame purchases it seems

[@d4670]

The moment he cracks the maze sauce he’s going to pop off and it’ll be a rain of pog

[@shreddedcheese8604]

watching this guy is like watching those mobile ads that make it look so easy but the guy still messes it up so youre so angry that you buy it yourself just to do better

[@tomguglielmo9805]

When egg learns, people that are banned in his chat still follow, and cant help but love his caked up posterior and +2 banter..

[@ifailfyianame1819]

Classic NL selling us games because “we could do it so much better”

[@joehemmann1156]

NL: "Magic previewers are always comparing the new set to things from like 92. Bro, there's a climate crisis and you're using 90% of your hard drive..." Also NL: knows every actor, writer, director, and release year of every movie made since 1990.

[@Redninja27YGF]

You can tell he didn't play Element TD on Warcraft 3 or any of the TDs but he didnt actually do bad! Once the difficulty goes up then the maze complexity really matters.

[@Javierm0n0]

Real ad guy energy and i love to see it.

[@BurT-hc7hf]

Alternative Title. “grown man edges to UI sound design”

[@4ftermarch]

@9:14 I feel seen.

[@MrSaturn012]

“Even you didn’t give up until college” hitting a bit too hard

[@liquidplague9763]

I finally recognized NL for who he is. He’s the real life version of The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight from the Fox The Tick cartoon. The clues were always there. “And so he says to me, 'you wanna be a bad guy?' And I say, 'yeah, baby! I wanna be bad!' And I says, 'surf's up, space ponies! I'm making gravy without the lumps!' Aaaaahahahahahaha” - Northern Lion 2023

[@sathrielsatanson666]

You deserve a raise for referencing one of the bestest cartoons evah.

[@vegioil7642]

21:50 *sees a maze* "i don't know what i'm looking at here"

[@thehero9267]

Amazing quality for a demo Definitely playing it on release

[@piotrdy9615]

Demo's fragments are by definition top quality to make you buy lol

[@MinCalm]

Shapes are this man's nemesis.

[@kodylucier206]

As a long time magic nerd, who has a notable overlap with falling asleep listening to this man. I am here for the MTG hot takes.

[@sathrielsatanson666]

Ditto. Too bad I have not followed MtG since Urza's block so I have no idea what he is talking about 😂

[@justrightgaming3333]

I cant wait for the "Bully to Cop Pipeline" video essay.

[@charlesgrove6905]

Idk whats better the fact that its an ongoing bit that NL has a learning curve on every game he encounters even what would be immediately obvious such as building an actual maze or the fact that he downplays this with just a random do ba do ba do ba do. Keep doin you NL its pure gold, you've nearly perfected the form of baiting your audience to play something because they think they can do it better than you. The video being tagged as clash of clans might be too much on the nose though haha.

[@kensw87]

the pain, my eyes, my brain, i cannot take it. he is forcing me to the steam page. the power of this content is too strong...

[@TheThursty100]

Just got a starter set with a poison gate thingy and just straight pieces. NL would've probably pogged out of his gourd with the funnel of toxicity

[@Thedragonkey1]

Northamptonshire viewer here, that shout-out to Wellingborough had me pogged up big time!

[@mitchmay3867]

15 minutes in and I know his tile placements are going to drive me insane

[@gungy_vt]

"Created account and followed on the same day, kinda sus, they're probably ban evading" Let this be a lesson to youtube viewers, if you're gonna go watch on Twitch, wait a week before following.

[@annoy4nce648]

Northernlion the kinda guy who didn't have that one toy where you put the shapes into the holes as a kid

[@stranger5891]

take a shot every time he says cooking

[@TreesPlease42]

takes me back to Defense Grid and Prime World Defenders

[@tb4076]

8:51 bruuuhhh that fuckin burn off the top of the dome

[@vmp916]

Theory: the recipe for the highest pogs per minute games are ones that cater to a hybrid of type A and type B viewers. Enough strategy to appreciate but a skill floor that is low enough for chat to argue with NL and for him to push back.

[@dudekazoo]

Love the look of this game.

[@neffffffffff]

i've never seen anything like this in my life before

[@macrors]

"Even you didn't give up till college" Ouch

[@bulletproof844]

OMFG!!! Has this man ever seen a maze?!

[@NihongoWakannai]

"We're in a climate crisis, are you really gonna use your brain to remember random MTG cards?" "Anyway, does anyone remember that one specific scene from home alone where the kid goes onto the ice skate rink? The overdubbing is so bad in that"

[@wilypueo]

Damn you described my high school and college life perfectly. XD

[@carlosdemare1599]

NL has never seen a maze before

[@warpseer]

NL always thinks, and acts, outside the box

[@Fuzzydicee]

Bro made a funnel and called it a maze, this is the same guy who makes the mazes for childrens menus

[@KrischKrisch]

There's SO MUCH wasted space. Especially when he places those 2x2s IN THE MIDDLE of a perfect 4x2 so only one of 'em fits. Infuriating... I love this man!

[@StrangeC330]

NL plays like those mobile game ads that intentionally do the least optimal thing on purpose

[@slowtie89]

The most cursed tower defense gameplay of all time

[@Holden_P]

That mtg rant was surprisingly on point

[@busmansam4491]

The most space challenged man on the planet

[@Kocorochan]

I'm in so much pain.

[@MrMapacheco]

he's psycho mazing

[@dynamo47]

3d Tetris nice

[@SemiIocon]

A shapes game? That can only be good.

[@xXTheKingEmothXx]

I have never felt so motivated to buy a game just to be better than NL

[@FilmFrog1]

how can he be so smart on random facts nobody cares about but fail at making a maze

[@jackblade8796]

How can he remember 132 digits of pi but not know how to read facial expressions? The answer is idiopathic toe walking

[@bryankopkin6869]

Im gonna gourd

[@douglewis7946]

Full parasociality here, but I was *losing my mind* when he didn't put the S-block over the T-piece at 44:10. He coulda clinched up that section AND activated both buffs AND THEN HE TRIES EVERY OTHER BLOCK, THEN GIVES UP AND DRAGS THE S-BLOCK TO A DIFFERENT POSTAL CODE AUUUUUU

[@douglewis7946]

*and then he says he's gonna put down a frost tower and he puts down a basic tower instead I feel like I'm goin crazy*

[@bukkfrig]

27:20 "... there was no chicanery involved..." Yup, about sums it up.

[@Aledharris]

I would do a lot better if I worked a little bit but instead I’m going to play civilisation 4. This is so accurate.

[@imdsyelxic]

11:35 she pippi on my path til i'm long

[@HoverMelon2000]

This game looks so fun!!!

[@austingoldinger7943]

I can only imagine how many nerfs they will make for the full game

[@BC-yl3qb]

I don’t think it’s that deep

[@terry535]

Choke ≠ Maze

[@ryandurham972]

He was so right about gifted kids LOL I’m lazy as hell

[@kippensnor4198]

NL kind of sounds like Frank Gallagher at times and i’m all for it like at 29:53

[@Erynash]

I'll watch the full game

[@sonoskay]

NL clearly never played winter maul wars.

[@aaahelpaaa9664]

my man

[@petezzz]

Fine, I’ll play it myself

[@KyleKasper1331]

clearly my man never played WC3 mods like Gem TD

[@Atrayus1984]

"Zig zag"

[@OpinionatedSkink]

Where have I heard the sound effects from?????? It's bugging me.

[@BikoFactory]

51:51

[@mirkwood11]

🔥

[@littlej211]

Are you kidding me wit these mazes 😢

[@holyscythe]

It’s the guy in the ads

[@EXC0s]

he is not beating the shape rotation allegations

[@rmatt53]

Wc3 tower defense players got resurrected just to die watching this. 🙏

[@johnzenc1984]

Why don't more devs do difficulty like Slay the Spire? That way everyone can enjoy a casual experience and those who want a increasing challenge can get into it.

[@pyramear5414]

Having mechanics be easy to learn can be tricky as a dev, since you already know all of the mechanics. It takes a lot of testing to see what is easy to grasp, and a lot of newer devs don't know how to properly test their game. There was a documentary about Valve talking about how they trained their devs to recognize how to make accessible game mechanics; you don't get casual-yet-masterable for free.

[@sathrielsatanson666]

I don't know what you are talking about. Binding of Isaac, Monster Train, Hades, Roguebook - most rogue-lites you can think of have difficulty settings.

[@GEM4sta]

IMO it's an incredibly lame way of doing it.

[@Zanaki113]

Bro doesn't play TD games, and he def doesn't design funnels, leave the man alone lmao, he's doing good for a new player.

[@ihave2cows]

dog there is litteraly no other way to describe what he did on the first level, he took a scenario where the enemies would have to move in a semi-circle to get to the goal and put all of his turrets on a straight line instead.

[@Zanaki113]

@@ihave2cows yeah, on the first level of game he's never played before, and he still won pretty easily.

[@ihave2cows]

yeah, because the difficulty is clearly made to be unlosable at the start. The only way he could have done worse is to not play any towers.@@Zanaki113

[@Nowolf]

@@Zanaki113 That's because it's the first level of a game. I'm pretty sure you could do literally nothing with the walls and still win.

[@Zanaki113]

@@Nowolf Yep, almost as if it was designed to let new players experiment and learn at a new player pace. 😏

[@Ascendingashes]

Uh oh. It's another one of those "he plays so bad lemme buy it so i can prove to myself i can do it better" type of games lmao

[@DrNukeDukem]

Watching NL focus a single path is actually giving me anxiety