First VICTORY on MAX DIFFICULTY (Risk of Rain Returns)

[@Woolie]

HP BAR ABOVE CHAR = Settings > Controls > Accessibility Options (idk why it's under there lol)

[@thespine309]

this tip alone makes watching the video worth it lmao

[@mcawesome9705]

holy shit thanks

[@crispiestcrisp7451]

How do I switch to mouse aim???

[@Woolie]

@@crispiestcrisp7451not available yet (patch is coming)

[@Hopoo_Games]

HE DID IT BOYS

[@Tomiliofri]

hopoo we love you

[@Woog_Lord]

Omg hopoo *gups*

[@dameepboi4129]

HOPOO

[@theextremeloader1]

UNDER 21 HOURS??

[@Br0ck3n]

HELLO THERE

[@lazylonewolf]

21:33 It's super nice that they put the original sprites next to the remade versions so it's easier to compare. They even made sprites in the original version's style if they were a new enemy in Returns.

[@iluxa-4000]

The fact that phase 4 of Providence has a theme that's very similar to Mithrix's is a very nice touch

[@jonathantruong7069]

I agree that track is sick, I think it was in the trailer too, so hearing it again got me hyped up the same way

[@Dj-ms5ro]

im pretty sure thats cause mithrix’s theme is a remix of coalescene

[@rhodey_37]

It's the other way around, but yeah, the similarity between their themes is really nice

[@irshkashirkle]

You actually hear that leitmotif in all the final boss themes (including voidling, in the very beginning of the song). Started in ROR1 and has been present ever since, really hoping the False Son has it too.

[@mroofity6594]

@@Dj-ms5rowe did not listen to the same song lmao Its a remix of Double Fucking Rainbow and Precipitation

[@andrekeith3836]

Fun fact, on first stage, ideal strat is to activate the teleporter at under a minute. Enemy scaling doesn't happen until one minute has passed, so you can lock the boss into 1400 health, and basically guarantees a sub three minute first stage if you're collecting items efficiently

[@numb950]

This game is so hard it feels even harder than the old version played 6,5h today love it

[@ivanromashko6511]

I haven't played it, but looks way easier, especially with % dmg reduction? Nothing like that in ror2 where half of the enemies can literally oneshot u. Yes they are easier to evade, but Providence looks like a joke compared to mithrix.

[@Judeisntcool]

THIS GAME IS SO GOOD, THE MUSIC AND STAGES AND ENEMIES ARE SO COOL THE 2D SPRITES ARE SO AMAZING TOOO AAAAAAA

[@chysero8636]

I AGREE BUT WHY ARE WE YELLING?!

[@RottenHeretic]

@@chysero8636 FOR THE DRAMATIC EFFECT

[@PoyntFury]

Excuse me, Mr. Streamer, this isn't really max difficulty because you didn't have damage dealt set to 10% and damage taken to 999% 🤓

[@teamok1025]

Bruh

[@justaminstrel]

they made the Providence fight so sick

[@Oni_Evergarden]

The OST during the boss on Temple of Elders might have taken over Once in a Lullaby as my favorite RoR track. It's called Surface Tension Returns, it fucking slaps so hard. (Plays at 9:33 for the curious)

[@mentlegen3887]

Chris Chris and all those associated with the sounds of these soundtracks genuinely deserve awards. It's such a seamless and creatively abundant fusion if electronic and rock elements, with lead instruments ts and guitar solos that ooze emotion. My favourites from the series are the raindrop that fell to the sky, monsoon from this game, and surface e tension returns (god I love music in odd time signatures )

[@legendphantom1692]

I want this game as a 3D so bad

[@dezeroneuf7519]

Play Risk fo rain 2 ?

[@rancidraw]

shit game, he wants a man's game in 3d @@dezeroneuf7519

[@mentlegen3887]

Risk of rain returns....2!? Lol. We are getting DLC for risk of rain 2 so you will be getting more 3d ror content soon anyways✌

[@legendphantom1692]

@@mentlegen3887 I saw that too lol it's amazing.

[@abdmar5425]

You wont believe what im abt to say

[@snottytoe6957]

I have only 4 hours in this game and got my first monsoon win as Acrid. I don't know what it is, but Acrid is just so fucking good, he is my main in ror2, and I guess he is my main in RORR now.

[@dasfaq6260]

He was what i allways played back in the day, and he was my first monsoon win aswell. I think hes so strong because you dont need to attack, you can just focus on movement.

[@drakonlegend4452]

I don’t know if it’s the same thing as RoR, but loader on OG RoR is literally immortal

[@dasfaq6260]

@@drakonlegend4452 Yeah i noticed that too when i was playing co-op, loader was solo carrying like they had a god run, when they barely had any items.

[@ethanos__]

Are the maps always the same, like same map but different item locations?

[@dasfaq6260]

@@ethanos__ there are several variations of each map, and items and teleporter locations are allways randomized.

[@FrostRare]

I really appreciate that you used the drone box the whole run. The most underrated equipment imo. The drones in this game can really do your dirty work if you put them to it. Too bad you didn’t get a laser cannon or flame drone. Those boys slap.

[@ultimate3000]

I hate it when theres a risk of rain one day, then it doesnt rain, and the risk of rain returns the next day

[@Danyocus]

This victory was brought to you by prophets cape, hermits scarf, and teddy bears..but mainly prophets cape

[@Set666Abominae]

You can find “baby Vagrants” on the final stage, that sadly don’t drop items. Same in the original RoR.

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

Anybody else feel like they always win as huntress and engineer and never as anybody else?

[@r33ject75]

I love how that made the smallest state capitol a final boss

[@someidiotonline3053]

Watching him try to aim with his mouse not knowing that you can't is pretty funny

[@universalperson]

Providence in original Risk of Rain: I'm only using 5 percent of my power!

[@mrblondeful]

Just a ROR God. Well played.

[@SneakyShadow10]

Woolie just wanted to say you're looking really healthy! Keep up the great work :)

[@duumguy6219]

@15:07 if you jump to the top left its an invisible walkway, and that leads to some weird geometrical outlined shape. there is another in the snow map in the middle somewhere

[@phoenyxtori234]

that scream when the imp overlord gets launched XD

[@blunot6941]

23:11 the music was listening to the emotions in woolie's voice ;-;

[@buddyboygaming1437]

I can’t wait for the ror returns best load out videos!!

[@DarkPillWarrior]

Every time he talked about the repulsion working with the cape I had to sigh, since you take 1/6th damage when it is up instead of blocking damage.

[@aidenmclaughlin1076]

11 hours and I’ve only beaten it twice lmao

[@lordniloc101]

POGGER IN THE CHAT

[@clown429]

I think this game more then ROR2 is far more dependant on luck with items. You can get 5 reds from bosses or 5 equipment.

[@draysmusicalshtposts6340]

1 was always harder than 2 and if im being honest Returns monsoon feels harder than 1s monsoon!

[@OvAeons]

I have had some cases where the boss portal was on an area, AND surrounding platforms, only about 6-7 character sprites wide. Almost every time it was just insta death

[@JadedJasantha]

As someone who's been on RoR since the beginning, it's been a joy watching you dabble with the first game and give this remake attention. I can't wait to see if this game will lag at 100+ stacks of Barbed Wire like the original did xD

[@CrimsoniteSP]

Man, trying to watch this on my phone at work is impossible. I definitely feel like I might need to watch some guides for this game. For as much as I love RoR2 and all my experience on it, going to RoR Returns was both refreshing and frustrating. For once, on Monsoon, I was not only challenged but at a point where I couldn't DPS anything, couldn't run from anything, couldn't dodge anything, have encountered a few bugs, and kept dying on Stage 2. This game is beyond different from RoR2. In RoR2, items don't matter nearly as much. So long as you got good skill, you can pretty much beat the game with no items. RoR Returns? It seems like items are everything and my RNG luck is so dog water it's a meme in my friend group for the past decade.

[@Anawesomecow818]

this is risk of rain 1, which was very different from 2. Ror1 was much less forgiving than 2. I would say 1 in 4 runs is a god run in ror2, and 1 in 20 runs is a god run in ror1.

[@CrimsoniteSP]

@@Anawesomecow818 Well yeah, different games but same core gameplay. I feel like I'm at the point in RoR2 I can complete any run. I'm normally on Stage 4 5-7minutes in. In RoR1 so far, even the most basic enemy is a threat and Elites spawn by minute 2

[@owenthornton5731]

My #1 peice of advice as both someone who played the og risk of rain and has been playing returns is to be as fast as you can. I pop teleporter as soon as I see it regardless of the items I have and I'm usually leaving the stage within 2:30 and 3:00. The time scaling in this game is much higher than risk of rain 2, so 5 mins per stage is too long to be staying for. Good luck!

[@CrimsoniteSP]

@@owenthornton5731 I leave stage 1 by 3-4 minutes if I can. In RoR2 I'm used to popping tele in the first 20-40s

[@Anawesomecow818]

@@owenthornton5731 ya in RoR1 you bum rush to later stages and then snowball items before you fight providence. The game is fundamentally harder than ror2 since it’s a 2d platformer rather than a 3d looter shooter

[@poppyfrancis7338]

Repulsion Armor was so good to me in RoR1 and I'm happy its exactly how I remember it being in Returns

[@everyonebear6769]

man this game is kicking my ass i can hardly get past stage 3

[@SolusEclipse]

I cant even beat it on drizzle

[@gumdropmeadowz]

I like the tuber addition - Beautiful pixel animation on that chomp. Love this game.

[@ralkia]

I think the remaster is awesome but I still really think the game would benefit from having directional crosshair aim

[@irshkashirkle]

I agree, though there's an argument to be made that it would stray too far from the original

[@ralkia]

@@irshkashirkle For sure. It'd have to be a toggle in settings

[@irshkashirkle]

@ralkia yea, I think that'd be the best of both worlds, just more options. Having not played the original and a nearly 1000 hours (according to steam), not having a sprint button threw me for a bit

[@rafitosz]

maybe make it an artifact that you dont have to unlock?

[@СергійСавелов]

31:09 well, I've seen a streamer that shuts up when there's dialogue in game only once. And it was so long ago that I don't even remember the game that streamer was playing. So, basically, this comment is an answer to every streamer who asks: "do you hear that", and the answer is: No, you're always louder than a speaker by a lot.

[@GeeNo_]

As someone who played more RoR 1 than 2, this has been really fun to see!

[@mudbrain6904]

this is my first risk of rain and honestly it was worth the buy. SO FUN

[@dawgconsumer1071]

I have 5.5 hours and I can’t beat the 3rd level 💀

[@Ardadraws]

im like 99% sure that providence's final final phase circle laser thing is based on Lotus from MapleStory, knowing that these guys were huge fans of the game and put tons of nods into the original in the form of items and secret maps. love these guys, they made a banger game

[@Flump-Master]

Ngl I don’t think Monsoon is worth playing in this game on a regular basis. It’s way more luck dependent than it is in ROR2, and it’s genuinely a bit of a miserable time. Rainstorm’s balanced way better

[@lukasxss1794]

Like they say in the game

[@Flump-Master]

@@lukasxss1794 yup. Most folks in the ROR2 community basically see Monsoon as the default difficulty. Basically throwin this out there as a warning to say that this is actually fuckin brutal and to not expect it to be anything else other than soul-crushing lol

[@xpload]

Are we going to get a RoRR item tierlist?

[@miemsliva4464]

Feverishly waiting for more ror returns content from you mister woolmie

[@leejesm]

3:25 your R arrow isn't getting canceled. It's getting skipped because inputs don't buffer, I think. It's actually really annoying. I'll play Enforcer, and I'll be constantly shooting, and I'll realize I have to SHIFT. I'll stop shooting, press it, then continue shooting and it'll just get skipped over, if I'm at the tail end of the shooting animation. Because of this, sometimes I SHIFT and I THINK for a split second I was too early and press it again, and behold, now it's on cooldown. If I was zoomed in it wouldn't be a problem; I could see my character animations more clearly, but I ain't doin' that. the "abilities HUD" in the Accessibility Options is so good for this (why is it in Accessibility?).

[@Avi.Mp4-pp6tk]

the difficulty up bell sounds like the plants vs zombies bell

[@nickmagnusson9676]

Dat belch was op, respect. Child and parent are not new for ror1 or 2

[@halfbakedgaming69]

ABOBA

[@KnightlySymphony]

I see why everyone praises Chef. Just played him for the first time and recommend you use him Woolie. He’s too damn good.

[@crowbar4441]

Tougher times is reskinned armor plating with a buff I am correct

[@JackWoodham]

My favorite baby-faced streamer beat my favorite game on monsoon, wow I am loving this game.

[@ISawTheTvGlowEnjoyer]

risk of rain 3 before void update is crazy

[@Otaku_Sama]

monsoon first win with my boy engi love to see it

[@dolphin1143]

Why does his game look so zoomed out

[@irshkashirkle]

You can change your zoom setting in the menu, zooming out helps a lot

[@ikeabob]

How do you get the good descriptions for items? 1:09

[@dexterity494]

tough times is basically +14 armor btw

[@elijahlarson1582]

what option puts the health bar above your character? I've been looking for it in-gam and can't find it.

[@SmexyPancake]

its in the control section under the accesibility options, very weird

[@Woolie]

Controls > Accessibility Options (idk why it's under there lol)

[@8-bitblitz9518]

I'm sad about the crit glasses nerf but it was to be expected I guess since you get 10 of them in RoR2 and then any more than 10 is useless 18:56 also that was legendary and badass

[@luigiwiiUU]

whats the nerf

[@elfrangofrito]

It's not a nerf. The crit glasses always had those stats in Risk of Rain 1. They were actually buffed in the sequel.

[@elfrangofrito]

@@luigiwiiUU It's not a nerf but I think they mean how the crit glasses only stack 7% crit chance instead of 10% (the first crit glasses you get gives you 10% though) The thing is, the glasses weren't nerfed from Risk of Rain 2, they were kept the same from the original Risk of Rain 1

[@8-bitblitz9518]

@@luigiwiiUU +10% for every crit glasses to +10% on the first crit glasses and +7% on any others after the Soldiers syringe also got nerfed from +15% to +12% and predatory instincts kinda got reworked so getting more of them doesn't add to the buff stack cap but instead increases the amount of atk speed on crit ATG also got a rework so stacking them adds to activation chance instead of dmg Stats: 10%(+10% for every ATG mk 1 in stack) chance to activate on hit does 300% dmg ATG mk 2: Same as mk1 but has a 7%(+7% per ATG mk 2 in stack) activation chance does 3×300% dmg Edit: I forgot to put in that predatory instincts is no longer ugly

[@8-bitblitz9518]

@@elfrangofrito I still call it a nerf since it was reverted back to its worse original form

[@gibarel]

The game is worth just for the fact that you don't need to port forward to play multiplayer, the rest is bonus.

[@mailcs06]

2:44 Oh this viewer thinks Overloading Magma Worm is still the worst Magma Worm in this game. You sweet summer child.

[@ericingram1119]

I did say the lava turtles were brutal.

[@cheeseymoon2848]

If i play huntress i win, anything else its a struggle lol

[@gameknight1971]

Now do it all negitive artifacts (no glass), always hit prestige shrine, 999% damage taken, 10% damage dealt, with robomando.

[@Ralphopotamus]

They brought untouchable back.....

[@lulufly9482]

This games is outstanding STILL

[@allidoiscook66]

All baby’s beat it on huntress for their first time.

[@nedthepillow5454]

i literally don’t know what to do against greater wisps lol

[@greentlemann6378]

Hey guys, hear me out What if Mountain challenge on the ship?

[@receivethelearn]

My first monsoon win was with Acrid

[@mistahburpfractal]

I used to play rir1 a lot but I can't tell if I'm trippin or not but the game seems way more difficult than usual. I know it's rng with items but it spawns a fuckton of enemies with elites early on and i literally can't get them all.

[@Sirjames101]

yeah it is way harder then ror1. ror1 had better movement despite what people say. it was way more precise but definitely took some time to learn.

[@Ozinarg]

It is. Less chest spawns overall, nobody spawns in the early difficulty, and then it ramps ***hard***, way too fast to keep up with.

[@elfrangofrito]

I think the major culprits are the bigger map sizes and the more aggressive new enemies that the remake add. Try to toggle off some of the RoRR content in the game's settings and see if the game gets easier

[@mistahburpfractal]

ill give it a shot, they are, if anything, some strong ass mobs@@elfrangofrito

[@Iron_Cutlass]

"Yea, I dont need to remake the song, yea, this one is good" (12:20) ... well yes ... but also no. The music is remastered and on Spotify it seems like the baselines and percussion are a lot more expressed compared to the original.

[@Metrackk]

New final boss fight want me to play Terraria again eh

[@OSeanSanO]

Will this eventually come to console? Kinda crazy how it went to switch but not everythinf else

[@trevorflanagan4873]

We already had ROR2. But what about ROR^2?

[@Атом-ы9м]

i cant even complete third stage

[@KakashiSFS1110]

is it bad to say that this game is actually easy? maybe im just accustomed to platformers. also, can we make ropes easier to climb? XD

[@switterbeetvids]

i hate the cremator. he has ended more of my runs than any other boss

[@blasteroid1721]

How do you get the health bar above your character?

[@sortacoolmaybe]

It’s a setting in the accessibility tab

[@bambiboutch]

Sorry to be uncultured but is there a proc chain mechanic or only in ror2?

[@justincahill6936]

When is this getting released on console

[@Baiselaired]

Holy fuck it's beautiful

[@MadamApocolips]

How do you get the health bar above your character? I havent found that in the settings

[@justaminstrel]

I think it's somewhere in accessibility

[@fpfishey]

Yep just go to controls and there’s a button for accessibility settings

[@legolorian3271]

Played for 3 hours on rainstorm as a seasoned ror2 and even have 15hrs in ror and could not win lol

[@luizbento6240]

Lets goooo

[@IfEyeAm]

aboba

[@SnowyGoat]

Aboba

[@yukeaa]

Guys how can i activate the health bar on my characters head?

[@ThunderChunker_Adept]

Can you loop runs in Risk of Rain Returns?

[@mnadhil1932]

kinda, at 12:00 you see the game asks you if you want to "loop" or go to the ship

[@ThunderChunker_Adept]

@@mnadhil1932 thnx!

[@UbrShadow]

ABOBBA

[@anthonyiodice]

9:44 Why the hell that imp overlord heal?

[@elfrangofrito]

There were Mending elites nearby the boss, they can heal any enemies nearby them

[@Haunting_Hyena]

So far, Cremator has felt very poorly designed.

[@cristiandepaulasantos9504]

in my opinion, providence's fight is wayyy cooler than mithrix's

[@lefkash]

I FUCKING LOVE how difficult this game is, much harder than I remember it being, but holy fucking shit this goes hard

[@nezzu2656]

Because it is more difficult than the original. The maps are bigger and certain elies like Overloading are tougher. Their zap range is much further.

[@girish9242]

Providence needs a buff

[@mickeyboi1921]

Pizza bros

[@punchoponcho5238]

Aboba?

[@pHixiq]

Wait…how tf were you shooting one way and moving the other ? 🤣

[@mr.simple5586]

Ayooo pog