Holocure - Save The Fans! - Steam Free Games: 1

[@shadowtheimpure]

I love seeing people get slowly drawn into our little rabbit hole, and HoloCure and other Hololive fangames are great infection vectors. Every item and enemy is a reference, either to character lore or to events that actually happened on streams. Those of us who are in deep see the items and chuckle at the memory.

[@kaedesmith]

It's nice that its still accessible for those of us who have no idea too! I'm just loving everything about it.

[@schizomaru]

"I am gonna play for just 30min"... sure😁

[@kaedesmith]

Haha, I've maybe clocked in a few more hours since then!

[@davidwusoftdev]

I love to see people discover hololive through holocure. It's such a great game! The new update is coming next week too!

[@yellowdragon101]

I never expected this little Hololive Vampire Survivors fan game to get as big as it is when it first came out. Somehow when it was released on Steam, people who knew nothing about vtubers were exposed to it, and found it to be a solid entry of the genre - making it quite popular. If you're interested, the dev also made another fan game, HoloxBreak: a side scrolling beat 'em up featuring characters that will not be in Holocure for some time. And if you have any questions about any of the references in the game, I will likely have answers. P.S. The title and stage 1 themes are chiptune remixes of Super Smily Story (pretty much the theme song of Hololive) and Suspect, respectively. The "chest song," Ochame Kinou, is not a Hololive original, but years ago the members did a cover of it as an introduction to them all (the roster has expanded a bit since then however).

[@kaedesmith]

@@yellowdragon101 it's great to see it at the top of the list. Thank you

[@ODDnanref]

I mean, we are at Gen 4 of Hololive. So Update 0.7 might be where they come in. We already have promise and I think Justice and Advent should release together for thematic reasons.

[@x149te]

My favorite Survivors-like game. For 2 reasons: 1. Enemies. Most games of this sub genre making swarms as threat. They surround you and beat by numbers. In HC most enemies coming in waves. And since second stage every wave is puzzle. Reminds Undertale a little (in the end of stage 2 hard game doing Sans final attack). 2. Characters. 30+ characters, every one of them have unique weapon, 3 skills and special attack. Thanks to that every character has her own build. And dev aiming to add all 80+ characters

[@kaedesmith]

Last night I discovered the farming and fishing. I can't believe how much is in this game! I'm so invested now

[@x149te]

@@kaedesmith look forward to october update. Dev said "2x mini games" and "update is so massive that it is whole add-on and game in the game".

[@V972]

@@kaedesmith to clarify about puzzle waves -- you saw a glimpse of that with that skeletons wall at the beginning.

[@kaedesmith]

​Ah nice. I'm definitely going to do a second video on this cos I'm loving the game SO MUCH!

[@蔡民傑-t7y]

hololive is a Japanese company that hire people to become vtuber. This fan game originally started as a fun project where the dev want to make a vampire survivor parody. Later the game blow up when one of the hololive member play it on stream, the next update should be coming in this October. Everything in the game from the items to the music is a reference to something in hololive ,the golden man you see during the game is the CEO of hololive .

[@kaedesmith]

Oh wow, thank you for the information. It's a really fun game and I've been playing it on my off time

[@蔡民傑-t7y]

​@@kaedesmithyou're welcome

[@TheWayOfTheWott]

there's quite the surprising amount of depth in this game! it starts you out slow, but eventually you start unlocking things like: Specials: A special ability unique to each character that charges up. Collabs: Combining two weapons together to create a new powerful effect, and combine them in your weapon slot to make room for even more weapons.) Super Collabs: Combining a collab weapon with an item to create an even more powerful effect. Stamps: A separate upgrade system to each character's starting weapon. etc. i do think the strength and addictiveness of the game's core gameplay loop completely separate from its existence as a fan-game is what's really made it so popular. glad you enjoyed it!

[@unattributed1641]

Tye rabbit hooe goes very deep with this game. Yes, there are synergies: two layers of synergies. There's also the special attack, whic you haven't gotten yet.. AND there's a whole other game: HoloHouse, where you can go fishing, raise crops, decorate you apartment, and more. The amount of content is insane. I've got over 200 hours in the game so far. And, there is more still to come (the dev recently dropped some hints about the update).

[@kaedesmith]

@@unattributed1641 yeah I'm slowly discovering it all now! It's incredible

[@ODDnanref]

17:46 That is an InvestiGator. Quick tip, you can always aim. So it makes it easier to flee while dtill dealing damage. Skills don't take any slots and their adavantages sre above your average weapon/item uograde. Though they shape your character playstyle. You are doing great for a first time player. Some funfacts. The books have a hit limit. So they will dosapear after hitting a number of enemies. Calli used to be less powerful. Her damage quickly got left behind by the scaling enemies, well at least her main weapon's damage. So after a long time in a run she would almost never proc her Death skill.

[@kaedesmith]

@@ODDnanref thank you! I thank Vampire Survivors for preparing me for this

[@TaIathar]

Keep in mind that some of the "free" games on Steam aren't games. They're DLCs for games that already exist. Oh also, fair warning. Phantasy Star Online 2 is an MMO that uses a spyware-based anti-cheat run by a company that is willing to sell your data. If you're not planning to play it long-term, I'd avoid it entirely. It's also extremely data-heavy (100+ GB), and uninstalling the game, doesn't uninstall the anti-cheat, which then continues to spy on you. This anti-cheat was only added to the game a couple months ago.

[@kaedesmith]

@@TaIathar aye, I did see that. Luckily when searching you can refine it by games only

[@TheWayOfTheWott]

14:40 that would be the face of Tanigo Motoaki, or YAGOO (a nickname accidentally given by a talent misreading "Tanigo") lolol

[@ThiagoABarbosa]

Welcome to the Hololive Community. Know that we will support everyone who is interested in this "world". Feel free to ask questions and we will try to answer them as best we can. Please note that simple content can have a long and even confusing history. It is many years of content and many members . If you happen to be interested in getting to know the girls, there are many clips and videos talking about them in general and even in depth. I wish you a safe journey and remember, when you dive down the rabbit hole keep your head close to your chest. The journey is long and full of happiness. 😂

[@RodneyABrubaker]

The game type is now called bullet heaven.

[@kaedesmith]

@@RodneyABrubaker ohh thank you! That does make sense

[@omenofthephoenix]

some similar games are also called arena survival I think too (ones that are less about filling the screen with your own attacks perhaps)

[@uzunaruMelonness]

@@omenofthephoenix Ironically, the next Holocure upate hints an arena

[@Solus749]

still officially bullet hell, bullet heaven came in part from a youtuber who wanted to make his own mark on a genre he played alot so he decided to call them bullet heavens ( name of youtuber is wanderbots btw ). There are still alot of bodies moving towards you you need to shoot or avoid, it essentially works the same way as those 2D spaceship moves up/right and fight boss games and ALL OF THOSE are bullet hells.

[@purpleguy319]

Hololive pretty much consider this game free advertisement.

[@awesomecow7264]

Also, the resolution can be changed with arrow keys. Just a heads up as it can go for much higher resolutions. Also, each vtuber has 3 skills, which are separate from your items and weapons. They also have other stuff you can find in the shop. Not sure if you have found it yet.

[@endernightblade1958]

maybe this has been resolved since, but everyone has the same issue with the resolution - the way to change it is to input left/right or a/d while it’s selected. yes, it’s stupid, and i hope the coming 0.7 update changes that

[@theveryaveragegamer9865]

-Reads healing ability -doesn't take it -wonders how to get healing Just... how.

[@kaedesmith]

@@theveryaveragegamer9865 it was my first time playing this game and it was very overwhelming, lots of info for my ADHD brain to try and understand 😂 great game though, can't stop playing it!

[@TaIathar]

When you say "is there a name for games like these?" Yes, they've been dubbed as "reverse bullet hell" which is a subset of bullet hell. Hopefully Steam adopts the tag someday.

[@ColdRoland]

Your name is very likely not Kaede. You sound more like coming from eastern Europe, going by your accent. Maybe you're putting on a Persona for your videos? You're kinda like a VTuber without having the means to comission an Avatar.

[@kaedesmith]

@@ColdRoland I'm Scottish lol. Kaede is my screen name, just like I doubt your name is "coldroland". You ever played Killer 7? That's where I adopted the name from