Grounded - The Great Spider War

[@trogdor8764]

Jon: *Accidentally whacks ant with a mallet* "OH! I'M SO SORRY!" *Whacks it again* "I'M SO SORRY! I THINK I JUST ACCIDENTALLY-" *Whacks it again* "DECLARED WAR ON THE ANTS, WHICH IS A SHAME-" *Whacks it again* "BECAUSE I LIKED THE ANTS-" *Tries to whack it again as it runs off*

[@ManyATrueNerd]

NO WITNESSES

[@harpoonlobotomy]

That sounds like a Mitchell and Webb sketch hah

[@AssassinLupus7]

This moment is the exact reason I had to check the comments on this one.

[@xaosbob]

@@ManyATrueNerd - This part had me rolling, imagining seeing the moment from outside, Willow shrieking in your voice as she pummeled the poor ant. And then at the end, with the ladybird/ant war...I was in flippin' tears. Thank you for ending my night so happily, Jon.

[@anondescript1134]

Lol! :D

[@soulsearcher9620]

Less than ten minutes in. "I've made a mistake. I've made a mistake. I've made a mistake." I do love Jon

[@thebpphantom]

Really surprised we didn't get the "Early access, not feature complete, diddly diddly dee."

[@TyroDreamscape]

The weird depth of field blur for things ten feet away is, in fact, just how Jon sees things with PER as low as he's dumped it for the sake of CHA.

[@ManyATrueNerd]

Weirdly, this is with motion blur turned down as far as it goes - they just made the decision that blur and depth of field were an essential part of the game aesthetic.

[@ChulioRCHulio]

@@ManyATrueNerd Not sure that I like forced motion blur or not that changegable FOV

[@nateg452]

@@ManyATrueNerd they did the same thing with outer worlds. Weird decision I don't know.

[@134Waffle]

Many A True Nerd You can actually edit the settings file in your computer to turn it off but it definitely ruins some of the immersion, you don’t feel as small.

[@AmartharDrakestone]

@@ManyATrueNerd So they still think that games are movies...

[@pontifexcellence6648]

“A game where spiders are massive and you are tiny” *NerdCubed has left the room.*

[@silverschannel8578]

Even if Dan is as big as a giant he'll still run away screaming when presented with the smallest cutest spider

[@bluehero-96]

*Nerdcubed has left the country... again. He may have even left the planet*

[@splatooey9015]

Hes played This game, I believe its one of his videos this week

[@damianfry2080]

@@splatooey9015 what channel? He's got 3, 4 if you include his dads

[@5Andysalive]

It has phobia settings that change the look of spiders. Some think they look even more terrible with some of them.

[@trogdor8764]

Jon, that spiderling just finished you off. The beetle is what wrecked 95% of your health.

[@johnholland5419]

It was a bombardier beetle. The ones that generate natural gunpowder to shotgun acid out their backsides at any threat at the cost of having real legs

[@ianmiller6040]

@@johnholland5419 With a natural superpower like that, they don't NEED legs!

[@DucksAreNotWhatTheySeem]

Anyone else notice that spider beneath the leaves at 34:00. That was some good ole fashioned horror movie timing and I'm living for it.

[@AssassinLupus7]

The one that ended up directly below Jon when he was jumping around the tree? Edit: Yep. Went back to check, and that's the one. That made that an unintentionally funny moment.

[@DucksAreNotWhatTheySeem]

@@AssassinLupus7 it was great.

[@quinndavis4575]

Podcats play this game and it's just three hours of Dan crying and screaming because spiders

[@Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan]

I don't understand being afraid of spiders in video games. I had literally hundreds of spiders around my pool. I'd kick the rocks and 30 spiders would run. I've never seen anything like it.

[@quinndavis4575]

@@Mantis_Toboggan_TrashMan I'm scared of Minecraft spiders I don't know what to say

[@kingoftherodeo87]

34:00 -1 perception paid off. Huge spider in spider lair... NOPE!

[@L11ghtman]

Jon’s Bloatfly Fallout PTSD making him prejudiced against the gnats was very funny

[@bobbys332]

Has bow, notes he doesn't know how to find thorns for arrows, tries to shoot spider. Jon, buddy, that was bad even for you.

[@megamihestia4049]

Jon: Accidentially bashed an ant with a hammer. Jon: I'm so sorry. Jon: decided to finish the job anyway and keep bashing the ant. Jon: failed to finish the job

[@alexblackmore7744]

Love that he didn't notice the other even bigger spider DIRECTLY below him at 34:00 as he was looking around for the first one and stating how it didn't appear to be hunting him.

[@TenderbitsGames]

YES! Please play this with Dan & Matt, so many opportunities for hilarity! Dan will enjoy the building as well. Also, as you get better gear, spiders become manageable for a solo player. Remember to analyze everything, even grass planks and weed stems for more base options. Multi-story bases is available for purchase from BURGL, which unlocks stairs and grass floors. There is a lot to explore past the "ending" when you meet BURGL, and I for one would greatly enjoy watching you, Dan, and Matt explore the tiny world.

[@richardlawson5929]

My daughter and I greatly enjoyed the ladybug / ant war in your workroom. :D

[@g10118]

The environment design is excellent, very well executed concept.

[@MegaMisch]

Ah spiders, famous for loving dry grass and not being any good at climbing.

[@yiasemi]

Build on top of the baseball that twig wasn't just for sap. Then you can scout around for a spot for a bigger base. I love how you made all the mistakes we all did first time out. I was laughing by the end because I knew what was coming.

[@sanicyack1691]

Jon becomes tiny and murders all his friends in tragic mallet accidents

[@IlljayGT]

This video was hilarious. I love it when Jon gets to interact with AI by more than just shooting them. I hope this comes back when it's completed.

[@kevsvids1000]

Orb weavers don't usually walk around and hunt in the grass. They're called orb weavers because they craft big beautiful spiral and orb shaped webs. Then they wait for their food to come to them. You usually find them under your eavestrough or deck overhangs. They're also very territorial, and you wouldn't usually find two of them together, unless it's mating season, and a male managed to get onto a females web without getting eaten.

[@BarbarianGod]

28:55 I think that first robot "tayz.t" is usually hostile and will attempt to kill you, so no worries there

[@Goldiloxz]

Jon crafting a bow to hunt the spider then completely forgetting to craft arrows and ending up tossing the bow at the spider is the 1 perception I'm here for

[@jamessawyer9816]

I feel like they could’ve made the grass look a bit more like a lawn when they zoom out

[@elfbiter]

You need truckloads of arrows (from thistle) and lots of sniping to deal with the spiders at first. Then you can use their parts to make a better bow and repeat the procedire.

[@MrNetWraith]

This was fun to watch. I'm not a huge survival sim guy, but this game looks fun, and it was funny watching you tinker with stuff. I really hope you'll do a sequel to this video, because I'd like to see you continuing to uncover the world this game provides. Just three bits of advice: thistles would be the giant weeds with the purple flowers, try spending more time grabbing & analyzing stuff to see what you can unlock, and next time, try building multiple bases and/or bigger bases, because you're clearly going to run out of room for all your stuff.

[@mrcheesemunch]

It seems like a really cool game that's honestly incredibly wasted on being a derivative survival game. The setting is so damn cool and the spiders especially are terrifying, this would make a great open world game in a larger setting, an open world game with some co-op functions and/or multiplayer modes would be awesome. Especially if it was a little on the spookier side rather than whimsical and fun. Imagine a section where you have to trudge through a "massive" forest and there's just huge spider webs everywhere and countless dead bugs they've sucked dry. Add in some tree climbing mechanics and you could have some epic battles where you're trying to knock them and other insects off so you can glide huge distances. Damn that would be cool.

[@Juliett-A]

Ants aren't hostile unless you piss them off or leave meat laying around and then may god have mercy on your soul.

[@mrcheesemunch]

Fun fact, ants will have something of a grave yard in their nests...it's more of a trash bin I guess but they carry their dead off to a specific part of the nest so as to not leave corpses laying around.

[@blarg2429]

I've read that scientists doused some live ants in dead-ant pheromones and their un-doused siblings went on to forcibly dump them into the corpse pile repeatedly 'til the smell faded. I know they're ants and all, but I gotta say they're dumber than I'd've expected sometimes.

[@LarsaXL]

This made me buy the game and it's amazing. Nice to see this video after playing the finished version, all the small improvements are noticeable. So rare to see a big game these days that feels properly made and finished. Runs just fine on my 6 year old desktop.

[@nojourneywithin]

I cant wait for the glorious spider war. And the grown men screaming. Especially that part

[@KashouWannabe]

This just makes me want to be a Inner Space inspired game be a thing.

[@BRUXXUS]

That would be awesome!

[@-KFirefly]

I'm not into survival games too much but this somehow makes it different enough for me to enjoy. Thank you for showing this Jon :)

[@asbestosfish_]

Two men are camping alone in a forest. The first man brought a cooler of beer, and is somewhat inebriated. He says to his friend how relaxing it is to be out in the wilderness. His friend asks him to be silent for a moment, and to listen to the sounds of the Forest, the first man asks why they were supposed to be silent, to which the second man replies that everything the two of them heard in that moment of silence wanted to kill them.

[@1995butters]

That was hella clever!!!😂😂😂😂Nice save on the door! That honestly was VERY HUMOROUS . Thank you for playing games 😁

[@AspenBrightsoul]

Jon is a Variant human with the lucky feat.

[@FilmPeak]

Throwing the bow was one of the most hilarious things I have ever seen! You can waponize that clip to win wars!

[@mircasta]

goes after current final normal boss with first weapon you get in the game. yep id love to see a live stream of this

[@MrKJDavies]

LOVE this game, played it for a few hours on my pc last night and then my brother seen me on it earlier.. he liked the look of it and got it on his xbox pass so we've spent the best part of 6 hours building an epic base and teaching him how to play :)

[@torgranael]

Those spider are utterly horrifying! I want to play this but definitely with arachnophobia settings the first time. Can you imagine if they did 'Living Room' dlc, with some of the larger, fluffier spiders? Just having that thought, I'm not going to sleep well tonight.

[@rustyshackleford7170]

Someone probably already said it, but that purple flower is a thistle. Great video, as always.

[@SirMoribund]

You can solo a spider fairly easy once you get the perfect block down. Block just as they attack and you take no damage. Also, the Ant Club weapon is a game changer.

[@garmtpug]

I'd love to see you, Matt, and Nerd3 play this! That would be really hilarious!

[@DemonStink]

Needs Nerd3 to join you in this, and Matt so he can be sacrificed.

[@bluehero-96]

I'm imagining Jon and Dan wearing grass skirts and muddy body paint, chanting incoherently around Matt, tied to a spit roast late at night with spiders closing in.

[@courtneyolivo4811]

We have another iteration of "I've made a mistake I've made a mistake I've made a mistake!" 😂😂😂

[@JolleBaad]

Hey Jon. I feel like you could've/should've mentioned that this is an early access game at some point 🙂 Liked the video either way, and hope that you'll pick it up again as more content is released.

[@mvhuninn420]

Ya i was expecting the not feature complete diddley diddley dee

[@Ifellasleep23]

I enjoyed this more than most survival games

[@joshuachristopher6444]

“I’ll just slurp until I can slurp no more, excellent.” Oh my god Jon

[@StarstruckAries]

Don’t underestimate the smoothie station, it’s where you can make basically free healing items and specific buffs.

[@Sublimeoo]

see's purple thistle flower... wonders where to get thistles

[@fourpage]

This game is gorgeous and it looks like a ton of fun!

[@leod.v.3854]

Perception -1 strikes again as jon tries to use a bow when he didnt make any arrows and missed the obvious clues such as there being nothing in alternate ammo types or the game straight up saying 0 in the arrow icon thing when he had the bow. But i will say it was pretty ingenious to use the bow it self as ammunition even if it did miss

[@anondescript1134]

When you mentioned spiders not climbing, it kind of exposed a glaring issue with the games lifeforms. *All* of them can in RL climb just fine. So once you realize that and see everything only crawl on the ground, its kind of an immersion killer.

[@Jkilla1371]

19:51 "Oo, weed!"

[@nessesaryschoolthing]

19:50 "Ooh, weed!" I don't know if I'm immature, but the delivery of that cracks me up.

[@CJGangsta5]

Straight up blazed hahahahah

[@Dierbolical]

About time Jon played this I expected him to play this like 5 days ago

[@dan1986ist]

This is so totally Honey I Shrunk the Kids the game, or has that vibe.

[@razzorj9899]

This game is really fun super excited for new content coming out eventually

[@thelorgisticalrussian5763]

I am so sorry that I could not finish this vid because I have serious arachniphobia so next time if you do continue this as a series pls turn the arachniphobia setting all the way up and keep churning out the great content

[@cybergeek11235]

john, the "water" by the tropico puncho landmark is *juice*. probably highly sugarized (cuz 'merca) juice. from a JUICE BOX. surely you have juice boxes in the uk?

[@ellaisplotting]

Cartons of juice, but yes. They are typically for children, however, and it's been a long while since Jon was a child.

[@MrGhosta5]

The game needs a lot of work especially in the tutorial. i got spawn camped by a soldier ant and died over 10 times trying to reach the field station. the game didn't tell me i had to scan a stone to learn how to make a stone axe so i ended up scanning the wrong items and had to wait overnight because the scanner is solar powered.

[@MrWizeazz]

“Bad music means... bad” 😆 -Jon

[@gamerboi-rm7po]

hey jon! i wanted to say thanks and I love you’re content you inspired me to buy and play all the Rome Total War games, love your content and continue producing, please!

[@gamerboi-rm7po]

although that’s a little outdated

[@criticalmaz1609]

Some people could probably play this game WITHOUT a war between ladybugs and ants breaking out in their living room. I don't watch those people.

[@Jaxvidstar]

4:37 That ladybug doesn't look like the dog from King of the Hill.... 51:15 No, the trick your missing Jon, when it comes to base construction is several. One look for high ground for a building location. Two, build a base for your well, base. Three Glock9 is doing well in his single player grounded series.

[@scbtripwire]

"Raw gnat meat." Never in a million years. Ew. Also, I'm conflicted; you were outwitted by a gnat, but did manage to find grass.

[@HRPufnsting]

24:55 Aphid honeydew is basically aphid poop, some ants will actually guard and harvest aphids for their dew.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

Yep! They keep them like we keep cows, but they drink their dew like we drink beer!

[@John...44...]

Great idea for a game! Definitely need to see multiplayer!

[@Lonnloven]

I absolutely loved this video, both the gameplay and your reactions to it! I hope the game will return to the channel. It seems like a fun game for a livestream as well as co op with friends!

[@MyriDog]

Tiny, tiny war never changes.

[@lettuceeatbacon1746]

Patrolling the garden makes you wish for a microwave dinner. Also, Rimworld 1.2 with Royalty DLC. Add Vanilla Plants Expanded and Vanilla Brewing Expanded for that British Tea Empire.

[@cryoladd8225]

How is it that you talk about Obsidian so much and play this game, but have never played the Pillars of Eternity series or Tyranny??? All 3 amazing games by Obsidian that you would absolutely love (just as you did Fallout and Fallout 2)!

[@josephfutrell5619]

I know he has played Tyranny and put out a video on it, although I can't seem to find it on the list

[@cryoladd8225]

@@josephfutrell5619 Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention! After a bit of digging I found that he made two! I am so giddy now. Still, I wish Jon would do more full CRPG series. Especially the ones I mentioned but also things like Planescape: Torment, Disco Elysium etc. Treat games like that more than just one-offs At least we'll be getting a VtM:B series soon... hopefully.

[@Ajax8237]

As a Scot, I am deeply pained by the fact that Jon doesn’t seem to know what a Thistle is.

[@gingershrimp4024]

The full game is out now and we need another part

[@ryanbrewis6990]

Jon's famous lack of perception actually serving him well at 34:00. Maybe for the best.

[@juliajs1752]

The game reminds me a lot of Supraland. Yet another one which might be fun to watch Jon play!

[@AragonBattleBorn]

Hey Jon I found this message on reddit about caves in Grounded. "Explore the one under the leaf by the lil shovel where ya put a marker, dive thru the water and you can sneak some air behind equipment in the flooded lab. The cave continues to some fun for ya... " People were calling him a "Monster" for sending a bunch of Noobs there... Sounds like fun... And shouldn't be a problem for a "Genius" like you. >_>

[@TheRealCamelT]

This game looks great

[@zalonthewolf7212]

Jon, I demand a Jon and Claire Grounded playthrough -together!- :D

[@willreaver1425]

This would be a good game for community streams

[@jennymay9793]

Jon realizing this is a better with friends they can be the decoys lol.

[@minscandboo9749]

Grounded, featuring the *Giant Enemy Spider*

[@mrfurious018]

Do the British call Ladybugs "Ladybirds" or am I just mishearing him?

[@sarahhillary7698]

travis chamberlin that is correct 🐞

[@blackguardharper7005]

Coccinellidae is a widespread family of small beetles ranging in size from 0.8 to 18 mm. The family is commonly known as ladybugs in North America and ladybirds in Britain and other parts of the English-speaking world.

[@T3aoclock]

Bird, bug, whatever - considering that the Swedish name for them translates to "key-maid".

[@Boundertree]

In Dutch they are called 'lieveheersbeestje' which directly translates to 'little animal of the Dear Lord'

[@free_gold4467]

@@Boundertree Nice.

[@jacksonslimak9075]

Please play more of this game

[@SleepyChloeFist]

I tried to play this game, but large bugs terrify me. I couldn't get past the ants and dust mites in the beginning. Game looks fantastic

[@Assassin42481]

Wonder if you'll ever be able to visit the house. That'd be badass

[@loveless8241]

33:28 There's a massive ass spider web over there. There's a massive ass spider web here as well! THERE'S A MASSIVE ASS SPIDER! -this game, probably

[@brycevo]

This has very grounded gameplay

[@blarg2429]

That pun is an embarrassment to us all, and for it you're getting grounded.

[@MrWizeazz]

Please continue with this play through

[@Smi7h1sH3r3]

also, the scariest thing about getting shrunk down to bug size is that bugs, to my knowledge, are some of the few animals that eat/rip their prey apart while they are alive...... huh, maybe this is going to be good? perhaps it's been the saturation of "survival" mechanics coming into everything but mostly being a survival against annoying survival mechanics than anything........I think the trouble is that they are trying to make a "realistic" mechanic in a time frame that is completely unrealistic. 12 hours may have gone by in-game, but that was maybe an hour in the real world but in a totally surreal fantasy setting, perhaps it seems more acceptable that the character can cut down trees and carry huge logs (grass) and stuff.......I don't know where I'm going with this, but this looks interesting basically!

[@XOIIOXOIIO]

How does an eyepatch increase your attack? Seems like it would do the opposite.

[@martintaylor1701]

"bochilism"? Googling brings up a concerning number of people who think that's how you spell botulism.

[@richardl1708]

Also botulism wouldnt be in water like that

[@martintaylor1701]

@@richardl1708 Apparently contaminated soil is a possible source....or the player character might just be a bit dumb - either of which I could accept. I just get more annoyed than I should at the lack of spell-check though.

[@richardl1708]

@@martintaylor1701 I was thinking botulism needed to be in an anaerobic environment, could be wrong!

[@martintaylor1701]

@@richardl1708 My extensive research (2 minutes on a search engine) suggests you're probably right.

[@danielk3612]

Early access game. Might be fixed.

[@mrslinkey2819]

PLEASE BE A SERIES

[@rdbuddy1882]

I'm so sorry but continues to try and murder the poor ant 😂😂😂😂😂 too funny

[@free_gold4467]

I like the look of this.

[@sharkofjoy]

23:29 "Add food items suitable for a maillard reaction" um game I'm a gnome living in a grass hut drinking dew and eating raw mushrooms. Just tell me to cook some food over this open fire

[@kabobawsome]

Old friends? I really wanna watch the Podcats try to take down an Orb Weaver. They'll fail miserably cause Jon is so imperceptive that he only counts for half a fighter and Dan is so arachnophobic, he'll probably just be crying in a corner somewhere, but I want to watch!

[@Chalkcs]

Hearing Jon call them Lady Birds instead of Lady Bugs gives me hives

[@jinjrbred]

Ants scare easily, but they'll be back, and in greater numbers!

[@mastergame1311]

It reminds me of the "rats" maps from the Counter-Strike series. These are good associations in my book.