CO-OP PIRATE RATS? 7 Things You Need To Know About Curse of the Sea Rats (Sponsored Content)

[@Dollightful]

I loved the after-the-end-slide banter! That was unnexpected, haha 😁

[@JWest8606]

I'm a bunch of the voices in this!! Yay for it appearing on outside Xbox 😁

[@Banquet42]

Excellent work

[@WILDMUSTANGX]

Naginata. Akane's weapon is a naginata, which is a Japanese glaive (curved sword on a stick).

[@SpoonOfDoom]

"I don't know how durable a rat is" As a DM who had his rat NPC killed by a player, I can answer this: not very.

[@UltimaLestat]

As a rat owner, I can confirm that rats can be surprisingly resilient sometimes. They love being thrown, and they heal wounds super-fast, so they're actually a great fit for video game protagonists!

[@sovietbear1917]

As a rat owner and lover of animals in people clothes, this is an instant buy for me (even though I'm awful at platformers)

[@Tyr_Magnus]

Looks a lot like Dust: an Elysian Tale. Which is actually really good.

[@tba113]

"Buffalo Calf" appears to be based on a historical figure known as Buffalo Calf Road Woman, of the Cheyenne. She was a contemporary of the legendary Crazy Horse, and fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn. Cheyenne tradition holds that she was the one to unhorse General Custer during that battle. ...Though that would have put her well after the Golden Age of Piracy, which had ended more than a century before the historical Buffalo Calf Road Woman was born. Maybe it's best to take a game about pirate talismans turning people into rats with a grain of salt, rather than as a fully sourced historical record.

[@SidereusOfTheFallen]

even when they're "out of place" the history references are always welcome, imho.

[@weneedaladder8384]

Feels like a missed opportunity, not calling the spider rat an Aratnid.

[@bosslycanroc5598]

I Kickstarted this and have been hyped for ages. Massively happy to see my favourite KZbinrs playing it!

[@Herowebcomics]

Omg! A hand drawn platformer with sea faring rats?! This is awesome!

[@foxfireinferno197]

Akane's weapon is called a naginata.

[@DraigoDragon]

Pirate rats Is making me think of a game where rate are on pirate ships but the place In question Is just a massive bathtub.

[@OmegaSpider227]

I'm so glad to hear The Great Mouse Detective get a shout-out! That movie is such an underrated gem!

[@Growly.]

3:09 and I thought it was M. Channail starting up his potion industry again

[@fallenpalladin]

Don't forget The Rescuers Downunder

[@frodobaggins7710]

This game looks adorable, and I'm always down for a decent Metroidvania

[@hans-joachimtenhoope1744]

They should wear hats with 3.14159265359 written on it, they would be forever known as pi-rats.

[@syntheticderangement]

7:24 - The weapon Akane uses looks like a naginata.

[@BlueLoneWolf527]

Hard agree!

[@AlbertusDeLosCorpus]

Calling it PiRats was either a missed opportunity, or a deliberate dodge. Either way I am disappoint.

[@mar_speedman]

Look, we already have the pie rates of the Caribbean, we don't need Pi rats as well!

[@starscreamsniper926]

I know that said "we put the rat in PiRats" in Muppet Treasure Island but they should've used PiRats in this game

[@ZackC]

IIRC the developers mentioned that it was already trademarked.

[@dominichoughton8119]

I'm sorry, but you failed to answer the most important question: How are the rat physics? Games are back, everyone!

[@jekebe4858]

This game just seems like an OXboxtra madlib. It's a _pirate_ (Andy) game with _cute animal characters_ (Ellen), some armed with _Dark Magic_ (Jane), where you have _Dark Souls_ (Mike) exploration options, but be warned you may experience _skill tree regret_ (Mike) or existential dread when encountering _spider_ (Ellen) bosses. As a ratroidvania the usual advice applies: _Don't be a Dob_ (Luke).

[@ka-mai]

Pretty sure Luke has played tons more of both metroidvania and soulsborne games than Mike tho

[@jekebe4858]

@@ka-mai Absolutely true since he's actually completed more than one Soulsborne game and Ellen definitely has with her Souls academy series, but Mike is the one who brings it up at every turn for any game that has X-mechanic or Y-difficulty. XD

[@xstarsystemsx]

i really like the character designs.

[@simplesimon4561]

"I don't know how durable any rat is" ~ Andy. Well don't forget about Pizza Rat, mammoth durability and dexterity

[@riksweeney]

Giant spike pits in Metrovanias: "Come back when you have an air dash or double jump ability" Giant spike pits in Soulslikes: "Suffer the damage because up yours I'm a Souslike"

[@timidwolf]

Looks like one spicy rat caper! 😉

[@gustonzimasheen]

4:49: I'm assuming Flora Burn, judging by her actions, is also a "Do Not Care Witch"?

[@anon_y_mousse]

This looks like fun and I like the art style and it definitely does remind me of An American Tail. I like these kind of cutesy games where they have rats as characters.

[@marhawkman303]

I was hoping for more inspiration from Secret of NiMH. Oh well, close enough I guess.

[@anon_y_mousse]

@@marhawkman303 I feel like the overall aesthetic is more akin to An American Tail because of the brighter and more cheerful color palette, but I can kind of see the Secret of NIMH in several of the rats' faces, too.

[@marhawkman303]

@@anon_y_mousse yeah, definitely doesn't have NiMH as the main inspiration, but... every now and then...

[@wbfaulk]

​@@marhawkman303 Both _An American Tale_ and _The Secret of NIMH_ were directed by Don Bluth.

[@marhawkman303]

@@wbfaulk hunh, never noticed that, interesting to know!

[@TimEd.o7o7]

Playing it for hours on steamdeck on a plane and not getting bored sounds liks an absolutely good start for this game.

[@DMBLaan]

I'm pretty sure that "spear" is called a naginata

[@boostergold4057]

I missed the green couch. Glad to see it again.

[@Icam_here]

looks interesting, i wonder if there are places only certain characters can go or if they can all go everywhere

[@Erthshade]

The one question I have after having seen another youtube group try a preview build some time ago... does the multiplayer still have that awful friendly fire?

[@eliottdewitt893]

I love Andies beard, it just looks better every year

[@patdo777]

What's Johnny's background/waiting music doing here?

[@freestatefellow]

This feels very Redwall or Everdelle. I might have to check it out!

[@gigiroelant7299]

This video is giving me nostalgic Show of the Week vibes 😌

[@oliviawolcott8351]

it also reminds me of Redwall, and also earthworm jim and Rayman, playwise.

[@LegendaryTalesandTrails]

This is amazing and all. But where is RE4R episode 3?

[@motbus3]

Love ox team for being open about sponsored content. About the game, I know it is a game for children, but the gameplay looks too simple maybe a bit more of work in stage design and more polish in the combat was necessary.

[@matthewbarratt4935]

How's the rat physics?

[@Jon7763]

this game is reminding me of Dust: An Elysian Tail

[@Ghost-Mantis]

I would be delighted if at the end of the game it turned out that this was a sequel to the 1997 game Claw, as they both give similar vibes. Claw along with Bio Menace were the games that got me into gaming.

[@arcane4138]

PI-RATS, why is that not the title?

[@gwishart]

To avoid the wrath of MGA Entertainment; who already hold the trademark on "Pi-Rats" in the US and several other countries.

[@thalandor46]

"Huh, they only played with 3 out of 4 player coop? I wonder why they didn't just invite Ellen to play with them..." [13:44] "Ah! Well then."

[@Space_Noise]

This game is awesome!

[@codydoxey2497]

Tails of iron would be another ratroidvania type game. This looks interesting I'll have to check it out

[@BlueLoneWolf527]

There's a Japanese female samurai with a naginata?! Now I'm more than curious about when and where I can play this intriguing game that definitely gave me Rescue Ranger vibes just from the title card! (It's not a spear as it's slightly curved much like the swords it's based upon and it's not a pole-arm/glaive as there's no real axe-like shape or sharp hook for snagging armor/people in a fight to get them in range of other blades) Though the naginata's origins are a little fuzzy, it was used mostly in warfare by common soldiers before it became a more sophisticated martial art for women. Usually nobility meant to guard their house during crisis. Even better is the inclusion of a Chinese 'ghost', really rounds out the cultural mishmash of the Pirate Age.

[@mascadadelpantion8018]

This looks cool

[@leafandryly]

So you were pirates in the Caribbean, going back to England, crash in Ireland, and have a Chinese ghost mentor? The hell is this game?

[@kunegund9690]

An accurate portrayal of the diversity of pirates. Plus, the Armada washed up on the Irish coast because of a bad wind.

[@leafandryly]

@@kunegund9690 is it accurate? I'm genuinely asking, my knowledge of Caribbean pirates is very limited

[@kunegund9690]

@@leafandryly Well, it's about the only bit that is! But basically, pirates would take whoever could sail and were willing to have a share of the risk and rewards. So it's not too weird to see four different nationalities in one boat. Pirate History Podcast is a good bite sized history lesson. He's just started on ancient pirates too.

[@tomireland3644]

Metroidvania with co-op Beat-me-up elements? How long is the genre term going to get though and with what names? Streets of Metroidvania? (sounds more an album of lofi bests to explore to) MetroidVaniAxe? (I enjoyed golden axe but this sounds less image and more Animaniacs crossover... Though that'd also be fun 😂) Anyone else got suggestions?

[@dannogsus2184]

I came to this video from one of Johnny's old streams and you guys are using the same music as they do for their waiting screen

[@walterthorne5782]

its totally a Naginata (polearm) not a spear.

[@esteban280889]

is it on game pass?

[@cognitivefailure]

Once again Mike compares a game to Dark Souls. Drink!

[@ShadowDrakken]

so, it's Mice and Mystics with Pi-rats in the style of Dust: An Elysian Tail...

[@deathbykonami5487]

Oh that's one of my favorites, Dust: An Elysian Tail is so underrated and needs a sequel.

[@jdwylde7]

It’s amazing the difference in American content vs European. The title says sponsored because it’s required to by law. Here they pretty much allude to it and they’re good.

[@ASLTheatre]

I expect there will be a reference to Guybrush Threepwood somewhere.

[@ravenshadow6992]

PiRATS! 🐀🐀🐀

[@deannelson7027]

I bope to see this on the channel.

[@issiemerry]

does it have rat physics? if so games might be back

[@LlorDrei]

Between the the name of the amulet, and the location, I wonder if this has anything to do with St. Patrick.

[@madisonmcclure8243]

Stay back, son! That title pun is cursed!

[@sacrilegiousboi]

We've gotta see you 3 play this! 3 ways to play 💖

[@fabianlaibin6956]

Is it just me or is the video a bit overexposed?

[@crunchybanana6489]

You had me at “Irish”

[@LiorDerei]

for the love god why there's no dodge roll in this game, what's up in the latest metroidvanias?! it makes the game sooo frustrating

[@Michael_Lindell]

6:34 Would 'du-rat-ble' be more apt?

[@PhantomJokerX]

Ahoy ahoy!

[@coyoteone6197]

The game actually looks pretty good, but did anyone else get kind of an...unenthusiastic vibe from Andy in this? Which is notable because this seems like his sort of thing.

[@guuspot923]

So... It's Ratpunk 1777 ?

[@MathiasDemo]

Would be cool to see a crossover with Claw.

[@DigimonTamerfreak]

Yes

[@davidricebowled]

Ratmetroidvania? Ratroidvania, surely.

[@ANonymous-fq5ky]

Does anyone else feel like the lovely Ox people need something like a swear-jar, but for Dark Souls? 😛

[@slagarcrue85]

Can’t believe the msde a female Native American female rat pirate character. That was a big risk the developers could of been easily targeted and verbally harassed and labeled and slandered a racist. Just like Kirby’s daddy was before smash ultimate was even finished and released. That’s pathetic and unacceptable.

[@Turtles21]

Yuo*

[@starscreamsniper926]

How dare the creators of Curse of the Seas Rats not call the game PiRats. Missed opportunity to use this pun.

[@Michael_Lindell]

(Sponsored Rodent)

[@willyum3920]

You can tell this is sponsored content because they had to be nice about the term Ratroidvaniathe Having said that, this is probably the only channel where I really watch their sponsored content

[@the204cool]

Seems repetitive. Same 3 hit combo for the entire game with minor variations

[@benprins8240]

Is the game worth it? How long is the campaign? Is it challenging? So close to buying this.

[@Amaranthyne]

I know you all like Disneyland, but have you ever gone to Knott’s berry farm? America’s first theme park with a not insignificant old west section.

[@40Kfrog]

Oh look! It's 1997's Captain Claw, but with worse animals.

[@StudioHappyboy]

I hope the game plays well, cuz what I’m seeing here doesn’t look great🤷🏻

[@layzboi8908]

Hmm somehow I can tell which playable character was there least favorite.

[@jamesanthony8438]

Finally, a new game on xbox that I _want_ to play! =) It's a pity that it doesn't have _online_ multiplayer. =(

[@RidireOiche]

This game claims to be set on the Irish coast and the four playable characters are a hollywood native American, a british/american coloniser, a Trinidadian slave, and a token asian warrior stereotype all working for an english with the goal of getting a pardon from that english who in all honesty likely deserves what ever happened to him. Not one Irish player character, that stage Irish merchant and granny are better let slide without comment or the expletives needed to elaborate would have this comment shadow banded by KZbin. Who's dumb idea was this game. If you cannot incorporate your setting in your narrative why not set it on the American coast and swap out the witch for a voodoo priestess. At the very least that would fit better with the characters backgrounds.

[@kunegund9690]

Plus, look at the women. Sexy belly dancer lady, old gnarled witch, sexy First Nations lady. The only decent one is the onni bugeisha. I'm sure they have just as good personalities as the guys, but c'mon, it's the 20's, not the 90's.