FIRST RUN of NEW Risk of Rain Game (Risk of Rain Returns)

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[@polan7429]

people genuinely dont know this is a remaster and its amazing

[@snorpus]

really? i haven't seen a single person say that personally

[@rupertholmes5828]

It's practically not LOL, love it.

[@polan7429]

@@snorpus saw plenty around the time of upload lmao, like "cant believe theyd choose to go back to 2d again" and along those lines

[@theroninryuu]

Personally I liked ror2 more than 1 but Im still gonna get and play RoRR

[@polan7429]

@@theroninryuu yeah ror1 is great, just was saying some people dont realize its not a "new" game

[@horsesteam9173]

Monsoon in the OG risk of rain (and risk of rain returns) is so much more difficult than RoR2's monsoon. It just ramps it up to eleven, you can't spend excess time on a stage on the first loop otherwise you'll find yourself running away from a 60+ enemy deathball, which in turn means you'll need to spend longer on the stage resulting in more enemies spawning. It's brutal

[@TechyBen]

Had 60+ enemy death ball on "easy" (Still under 5 mins on time) on the second level, was doing no damage to them as I fired/alpha struck as Commando. Seems off.

[@stevered9659]

Multiply player is obviously easier for reasons. But man the birds are just run enders

[@CheeseCurdCommunism]

2D is 1000x harder for sure. The mobility is so challenging some times haha.

[@hikarikouno]

It was also because you had to kill every enemy to continue. In RoR 2 and this you can leave the hard (non-boss) enemies behind, but having to kill every enemy that spawns on the teleporter event meant you were definitely gonna feel the difficulty.

[@Haunting_Hyena]

Stage traversal is definitely one thing I wish they had improved rather than preserving. Especially the rope-to-rope jumping sometimes being necessary. Definitely have to re-learn how to play this. I forgot how brutal the original was. I also feel like they greatly reduced loot spawns. I remember them being a lot more plentiful.

[@viis]

Agreed. Traversal feels so cumbersome coming back from ROR2, and there definitely isn’t as much loot as there used to be, at least from memory

[@Alienoiable]

"I forgot how brutal the original was." for what it's worth, Risk of Returns is actually waaay harder than RoR1. Dunno if they've changed the scaling or something but it's way more brutal than RoR1.

[@thesolargamer9751]

Idk what they did but damn your right my main killer are the ror1 elites volitle and speedy (yellow and orange) kill me so much since I like playing acrid :(

[@HalFromTartary]

I’m actually finding RoRR way easier than RoR1. I’ve made way more progress in one day of playing it that in the original. Maybe it’s the alternative controls and the sprites being more readable.

[@luminousdelight5097]

@@Alienoiable the main reason for that is probably the addition of new enemies and new behaviours for existing enemies, like theres much more threats while in the air unlike in rorr like flying lemurians being able to attack without being on the ground

[@jackgordon1826]

I think the biggest learning curve coming from ROR2 to RORR is realising that you can’t substitute healing for mobility in Returns like you can in ROR2. The 2D nature of Returns limits you to two directions of movement, killing clumps of enemies often involves having to double back on yourself through the group and can result in damage which would be avoidable by strafing in a 3D environment. Unfortunately RORR feels much more rng dependent for items which doesn’t help when you need some form of consistent healing

[@plzletmebefrank]

I would argue that your dash/dodge skills are much more damage mitigation compared to normal movement.

[@kiiwikiori7542]

I'd argue its balanced by your utility usually giving you invulnerability. Save those dodge rolls for... Dodging.

[@MrRickeo]

Sounds like a skill issue

[@stevered9659]

The item is RNG. But a lot of it is just game knowledge, like knowing when to run and how to dodge. Flying enemies in this game are the absolute worst tho.

[@plantplayer303]

@@stevered9659 1. Map knowledge is also useful, same with the game zoomed out. 2. Pilot counters those pesky bastards perfectly.

[@Bullwark_of_the_Week]

Some of the elites in RoR1 get additional abilities as time goes on. Volatile elites launch homing missiles, Frenzied elites teleport and Leeching elites heal nearby enemies. On Monsoon they all get these abilities at the start of the game.

[@plantplayer303]

I think its on rainstorm since the beginning.

[@andrewevenson2657]

As someone who played a lot of ror1, I can not express to you how massive of a visual overhaul they have done to the game. I think they just started from scratch, no reused assets. It’s pretty amazing. And tons of new content as you said, but there is also an option to disable new content and play the way the first game played. Side note, they made the boss fight more difficult in the most wonderful way. Super shocked the first win I had.

[@withers102]

The skins are likely because of multiplayer. There's probably more to unlock maybe? But having multiple skins helps people find who's who and ads a little but of flavor!

[@k90v85]

there are

[@Dinglesnorf]

There are more skins that can be unlocked via providence trials. How many is what I don’t know

[@CarmenLC]

there are hidden skins even

[@lolhuman25]

Ah yes woolie, you get to experience explosive elites now, it's one of the elite types that they didn't carry over to ROR2. Also interesting how Greater Wisps seem to have a set attack range like the small Wisps in this, their attacks had limitless range and were hitscan in the original. Just like you said, there's so many things that vets can look at and point out the difference with the original. Edit: Lemurians can climb ropes now, nothing is sacred anymore.

[@brillcrafter7417]

yeah, the moment I saw that lemurian climb the rope and my reaction was just oh shit, that will catch me out soo much

[@tarot1919]

Why are you acting like he never played the first game

[@lolhuman25]

@@tarot1919 I mean, he doesn't seem to remember details like that.

[@noobtablet101]

He beat the first game many times and has some videos on it lol

[@overthepower8286]

tbf he confused a mortar with an atg mk1

[@JackDemonXD]

I believe Huntress is the only one that changes attack "side" based on where enemies are, all the others need you to be facing the direction you want to attack

[@HakenRPG]

That is ass, is there a setting to change that?

[@dragonhunter2343]

Commando's special is different with enemies on both sides but I think that's the only non-Huntress move that is specifically different based on enemies positions.

[@mandalorianmanic9525]

I'll keep it a stack, RORR deserves to be held up as a monument of Dev's love for a game. It is gorgeous. Beautiful new art style that still pays deep respect to the original. The fact that they keep the old music with fresh remastering could not have been a better choice (with a couple sneaky new tracks tucked in there, as far as I've heard so far) while also pushing the original design of the game to new heights by adding in beloved mechanics from RoR2. (Survivor alternate abilities.) Everybody I've tried can attack while moving (good change) and the preservation of old items and the addition of new ones is a delight. It feels like rediscovering RoR1 all over again. And, of course, the final boss fight. Providence is classic as ever but there's some new surprises to be had. The credits tied it all together for me and had me sitting through the whole thing. The credits track is incredible. I also want to just call out that after beating Providence, the music stops and it just *rains*. Sent chills down my spine. Amazing game, I'll be spending plenty of hours here.

[@natedawg3614]

1000%

[@relaxitsdax]

premieres in 44h is wild

[@shaunroberts2037]

Was replaying ROR classic in anticipation and yeah, the game scales REAL fast. So ROR 1 feels far more punishing without all the RNG mitigation available in ROR2 Speaking of RNG mitigation, I was kinda hoping printers and scrappers would make it into RORRRRRRR, cause they would help ease the difficulty but I also expected them to not get backported

[@Ggigothydra]

Wait didn't they say that they are in it? I guess il find out for myself.

[@Kolon01]

My man fell asleep on the keyboard for a second there

[@shaunroberts2037]

@@Ggigothydra Havent seen scrappers yet myself, but they do have some other shop types to help the player out

[@numb950]

Hopefully the remaster gets modsupport and people will make a mod for it ^^

[@AbsoluteUnit333]

Well there's a drone scrapper that scraps your drones into items. The one I found gave only greens so it's pretty good. Finally a reason to buy drones.

[@rex_yaldabaoth]

Yeah, from what i remember, ror1 scales roughly twice as quickly as ror2, it's insane trying to stay ahead of the curve with how big the stages are. And i dunno if it's still like this, but the fact that you have to kill every enemy in a stage before moving on could sometimes mean a post teleporter game of hide and seek trying to find the one enemy you missed, wasting huge amounts of time.

[@jamesforest4053]

Yeah they changed having to kill every enemy, definitely for the better

[@dantelokesten]

It's really enjoyable to see Woolie struggle on RoR1 because movement is way more limited so you gotta really think about where you go and use ropes. I got jumpscared when a lemurian used a rope, it's joever.

[@blitzboy2934]

The very first thing I’m doing tomorrow is buying RoRR. I’m considering doing it before I even leave for school so I don’t have to wait for it to download. I just know the game will be awesome. I forgot just how good the music is.

[@gideone9802]

Same

[@pyrethistle7551]

Rip

[@mlalbaitero]

​@@pyrethistle7551was it not awesome?

[@pyrethistle7551]

@mlalbaitero i said rip bc rorr launched at 2:00 and they said they were gonna download it before school and at least in canada school starts a like 8:00

[@Li1ith_]

rorr is like 500 mb so its a very short download

[@cata1yct]

Most people don’t know this, but one of the biggest issues with the original ror is that by the time you reach the 40 minute mark the game’s engine could not handle whats happening and usually results in crashes

[@MissHell99]

Game looks incredible as someone who’s been following ROR since the first game. It looks how I remember it looking to me when I first played in middle school

[@andrewevenson2657]

It looks so incredibly different to me I barely remembered half the stages at first lol. But I love the way it looks

[@Xelthias1]

With balista, if you are moving, the shot will always go to the nearest enemy like your normal attack. If you stop moving, it will go in the direction you were moving last. There's a lot of funky stuff about animations and the way your survivor moves compared to RoR1. Not bad but different.

[@andrewevenson2657]

With all of huntress’s attacks, if there is no enemy at the same level as you, her attack will go the way that you are running. Otherwise, even if an enemy is far away, it should shoot towards them if they are at the same level. But based on my gameplay, it seems the game is a little picky about what counts as being on the same level as you, which makes it feel janky.

[@cheetoberry]

Me and my friend lost it when you were in the Gearbox stream LMAO. As someone who's only played ROR2, RORR was... interesting. Its a lot more difficult than Risk of Rain 2 imo, but so fun. Providence Trials are also really cool.

[@doremiancleff1508]

I like how this game feels like original, but looks different. It have that weird "Yeah, that's how game always looked" while it's not.

[@kyle8971]

ROR1 had no mercy. Time was SUPER important. You could get away with spending extra time on stages in 2, but in 1 if you got lost, that could cost you a run. With fewer item spawns as well....RORR is going to be brutal. I can't wait.

[@dextroyer2085]

Even more happy that the damn dlc is finally here for us console bois

[@SethizFTW]

and they teased a new DLC on PC

[@OVAH9001]

​@@SethizFTW i imagine they would release both dlc's on console at the same time, it would be funny if they didn't though

[@Potato_Kuna]

Let's go switch :>

[@rsantellan1973]

​@@Potato_KunaW

[@mundomain2673]

what a surprise to see Mr. Woolie's face on the festival of gup stream !

[@Crayssius]

Watching Woolie play this and not know a lot of the items makes me feel old.

[@ethakis]

I didn't play the original game very much, but I remember stage traversal being something I struggled with a lot. Also, the game was just really hard. RoR had no mercy.

[@timklafke4712]

YES finally some new risk of rain content for my boy woolie. I love the risk of rain woolie videos, and finally there is another game to play (sort of, i know this is a remaster but there is so much new and changed shit)

[@MrRukrio1]

honestly find it hilarious that if you are crazy enough, you can change the enemy's damage to 999% of base and play RoRR that way.

[@TacoBoyVR]

im really excited for you to make more videos on this :)

[@Kyle-hf2hk]

ROR1 is one of my top games of all time, and this release was my most anticipated game this year ever since they started releasing teaser videos for it. I liked 2, but 1 will have a special place in my heart. Shouts out to Hopoo! Returns is absolutely amazing!

[@hamnugg6153]

So abt huntress's aim, her specific aiming towards enemies is unique to her and its only enemies that are at the same elevation as her

[@MinecraftLovesSteve]

Bought it day one, played it the very next day and its so great. The menu is so crunchy it tickles my brain

[@maniandbeano]

As soon as i bought it, went in with commando(on easy because I knew coming back from 2 would be insane) and beat providence first run with Commando, but holy shit. Providence felt much more difficult than in ror1, but it was so fun. Just 2 drones and a dream, and my second run I'm going to do Monsoon with my boy sniper 🙏🏾

[@kiiwikiori7542]

There are unlockable skins from certain Providence Trials aside from the four basic ones you get. I unlocked a black and red "Shadow" skin for the Enforcer last night.

[@plantplayer303]

I don't really like Providence Trials, but i guess it can be good for people not having much time/not wanting to grind and lazy/heard achievments.

[@danteti1225]

MAN I LOvE your content!!! the energy you got since the start of the video OMG I was vibing since the start of the video KEEEP IT UPPPP💜💜💜💜 AWESOME CONTENT!!

[@actionturnips]

Love that the idea is the first game with emoluments of the second really bice

[@red5robb1]

not being able to turn while holding the shoot button is a major issue for me, it doesnt feel natural as well as the auto shooting the other way from where im holding. controlling the character just feels...bad which is not a good thing

[@justinbarton717]

Yeah that's why I couldn't keep playing the original, not being able to shoot the opposite direction you're moving is just so dated

[@sonnyankau9239]

agreed. might buy the game & put some hours into it if that can be modded away. feels so outdated.

[@MrComet101]

@@justinbarton717but you can do that in this game, no?

[@heavenlyokami4635]

Yeah i hope they add some form of accesibility settings to fix it :/

[@novainfinite787]

@@MrComet101 i havent found a way to do it at least

[@hamishfox]

Oh man I am so hype, this is one of my favourite games of all time

[@lefkash]

this really brings me back, can't wait to play this

[@Chokoboh]

You wanna know which character was really OP in the first game? I dunno if it's still the case, but if it isn't nerfed then the Loader is really stupidly strong.

[@jordannoell4222]

Huntress was S tier because she was the only one who could move while shooting, loader was solid, and chef was phenemonal.

[@plantplayer303]

​@@jordannoell4222 huntress now just keeps her normal speed, but she is amazing either way. Just beaten the game with her.

[@lnlsun]

Some enemies can climb ropes and ladders now? That's a huge change!

[@ARClegend]

As a longtime ror1 player, hearing Woolie forget about missile elites and calling mortar tubes atgs hurt my soul

[@kgadz1]

I felt the classic controls felt better since the mouse seems to not do anything and makes it actually a bit confusing. Anyone else feel that way?

[@cosmosiumkitsune7010]

New ror 2 dlc hype tooo

[@quadrupleheart]

Skips the tutorial, immediately doesn't know the controls. Classic

[@nathanbrathwaite3997]

We had the exact same first run lol,mountain shrines are not to be fucked with

[@ekagaurangadas]

The Huntress shooting is the same as in the first instalment

[@ViktorTrifonov_]

I always wanted to get into RoR but tought it looked hard (talking bout the 1st one ) and now that I see this I love the looks and bought it, any guides or tips I can see somewhere for beginners?

[@deur3598]

This game is hype!

[@Wisper200]

The hitscan enemies are so rough to deal with in this game lol

[@Ordracusmaster]

The reason ror1 is harder than ror2 is the same reason you die more at the start of terraria than you do at Minecraft , a whole dimension or 2 just nonexistent 😂

[@actionturnips]

LOVE THE FIRST HAME

[@moroi3397]

I literally will implode. I need this in my bloodstream NOW.

[@numb950]

Can't wait to play it looks great hope the multi-player actually works

[@JulioCesar-nm4hn]

It works 🎉

[@MrAskmannen]

Played a multiplayer game yesterday, it worked well yeah

[@numb950]

I've played a few games and the multi-player is a little buggy but it works and the game is fun

[@kapsaysin]

Bought rorr and honestly it's been pretty fun so far. My favorite is huntress right now.

[@plantplayer303]

Huntress is strong. Just beaten the game with her for first time.

[@justApigeon.]

If you haven’t, make sure you change the zoom scale in your settings. Thank me later.

[@jelloman8476]

Hey Woolie, do you think you'll be willing to try out the new Alien Hominid Invasion game? I played it a bit and it was pretty good at implementing rogue mechanics and got pretty challenging after a while. I thought you might be interested in it.

[@plantplayer303]

tbh Alien Hominid Invasion feels kinda weird. Its a good game but its not exactly your normal campaign like game (too short) and its not roguelike/lite either. I bought it on release, and while it is an amazing game that i reccomend but i think it may be not worth its full price.

[@123456Luck10]

1:30 "golden huntress" *selects a green huntress*

[@cancerguy5435]

Still holds up after all these years lol. Do recommend playing on rainstorm difficulty tho, monsoon is unrelenting in this game. Maybe they have changed it here to be slightly less punishing, but it's not that fun of an experience in the original imo.

[@jordannoell4222]

​@@Odyssey636In RoR1? Lol it wasn't even about skill it was about if you got lucky and got a red item stage one and completed stage one in five minutes. I beat monsoon with every character in 1 and it always boiled down to getting lucky with goated loot in the first two stages otherwise you were gonna get creamed in stage 3 and 4.

[@plantplayer303]

​@@Odyssey636so you think running out of mana every few minutes when you try playing around with powers in Dishonored is fun?

[@UbrShadow]

It then takes this man 7 hours on stream before he beats providence

[@kalekidsav]

Yo have you heard of the secret character robomando? It’s a whole process to unlock him but he’s a lil windup toy commando robot. He can open chests for free

[@ButtSmash]

first sponsored vid i ever watched completely

[@QTpitarianne]

My fav thing so far is that Sniper fucking SLIDES now so is far safer when changing up a shot

[@bobloop5169]

11 minute magma worm its crazy, this game hard asf 😭 imagine rally point delta 11 min and a magma worm spawns and its a lot harder to dodge attacks in rorr then ror2.

[@Brixxter]

The game is way better on controller. Makes aiming seem far more natural because there's no cursor.

[@wimbledofy]

you could also just do keyboard only

[@plzletmebefrank]

​@@wimbledofyYeah, which honestly is how it feels like it was meant to be played.

[@plantplayer303]

​@@plzletmebefrankbecause this is how you played the game when it came out in 2013. Keyboard or controller.

[@nooby32xl]

I played ror1 last year and got used to RORR easily, its good

[@Jujuk3you4L]

YOU ARE THE TUTORIAL WOOLIE WTF!

[@Anto_85571]

I'm having an issue, where the game is locked on gamepad controls and I don't have a gamepad. The mouse still works, but none of the keyboard buttons are getting a response in the game. I can still tab out and stuff, so I don't think the problem is with my keyboard

[@JnJGaming]

"Imma use gold huntress" ... Whos gonna tell him?

[@sandorrclegane2307]

Idk if it's because I'm used to playing Glass + Infusion in RoR1, but I'm finding Returns pretty hard lmao I played for like three hours yesterday and didn't manage to complete a single run haha

[@colelewis2482]

we are so back

[@zeldef2128]

How do we get a wider view on the screen so we can see far more ?

[@Evan-iq5xf]

Wow rorr looks awesome

[@HeDaHammies]

14:23 I’m sure you know this now but that was an imp not Harry Potter with the invisible cloak

[@aidenmclaughlin1076]

This game fucking slaps dude

[@plantplayer303]

Agreed. I just beat it on huntress rainstorm.

[@aidenmclaughlin1076]

@@plantplayer303 Yeah bro I played for like 10 hours and I’ve only beat it once 💀

[@matias011]

That music theme is from Terraria !

[@itsmejb]

theres the tiniest amount of lag after attacks that just keeps your character from turning around. jank that shouldve stayed in the original

[@ye-ym5jo]

Daaamn i Love this game so much , i mean the first version, that was really really hard game

[@TurteVentus]

since they fixed the universal coding for consoles update , when do they get the new dlc ?will it be the same time as the Pc version ?

[@budge7074]

So happy the game came out on my birthday! Best b day ever

[@plantplayer303]

You have the same day of birth as my Dad. Tough he turned 55 yesterday.

[@chupacabra2311]

Shoutout to the guy who typed in the chat even tho there was no stream

[@gamingmanlet]

I've been having so much trouble with this game in comparison to the first one. Don't get me wrong it's a lot of fun but on my best runs I've only been able to get as far as temple of the elders

[@lazylonewolf]

Oh man, IIRC you do NOT need to stay near the teleporter while it's charging.

[@Yogarpg]

This game is AMAZING RoR 1 was already good, but the remake is on another level

[@ZenfuseYessir]

Woolie keep it up!🎉

[@DeuceDevious]

I always hate when streamers take forever to intuit game controls... especially when they brag about not needing a tutorial. The huntress can KITE sir. She fires in the direction you're walking, and then you can continue to fire In that same direction while walking in thr opposite. It resets when you stop shooting.

[@onxiaftw]

The game is brutal

[@HellBrYnger]

reminds me of Loderunner in a way

[@XD_S1M]

When it starts raining again 😟😟

[@danpetros5547]

I wish they kept the design of magma worms a little bit closer to the original i dont know why but it feels off xD

[@Alpha00Fox]

Forgot the 'Vs' in my search but found an interesting channel.

[@Isaiah9277]

Does the dlc drop at midnight?

[@mudalad1215]

ROR3 coming out in 4D

[@eallanen]

I've been a supporter of Risk of Rain. If you are a fan of rogue-like games, then support the whole franchise. It's amazing.

[@theduke3778]

Aiming seems a bit annoying as you can ONLY aim at the enemy once they get right beside you.

[@Yakasabi]

Yeah pretty rough for a m&k i had to immediately plug in a control for my brains sake

[@stonaraptor8196]

yeah already thinking of refunding. I love RoR 2 for it's combat. RoR 1 has none of that, doesn't even have aiming lmao.

[@haiperbus]

​@stonaraptor8196 the skill expression in ror2 was never about aim, it was movement and prioritization, and then kept adding things to make the game a cakewalk.

[@toastedt0ast878]

@@stonaraptor8196 lmao ror2 is a cakewalk. you dont even need to aim just click and things die. ror requires you to actively dodge and think about your placement in order to survive

[@jordannoell4222]

​​@@toastedt0ast878True but also there is a lot more rng shenanigans in RoRR, especially with the more aggressive scaling and teleporter spawns make or breaking early game. Hell some TP placements have them on a 5 ft wide ledge and ALL the enemies and boss are gonna spawn there. It is basically an instant loss if you don't already have a nuke build.

[@yarisher3127]

WAIT ITS ALREADY OUT??!?! I THOUGHT ITS NEXT YEAR

[@Jempai]

Streamer read ability text challenge difficulty level: Impossible

[@AdamEdenhofer-lu5mx]

woolie a monsoon boy

[@jaimdiojtar]

a great thing it shouldnt crash as of with the original game made in game maker, taht game crashed a lot of times if you had thousands of enemies in screen

[@youknowdingo656]

this guy is the king of yapping

[@c.a.a.n7874]

It definitely feels like Ror1 with a hint of Ror2 influence