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[@dayrozo]

its crazy how nowadays 4$ game can provide more fulfilling experience than some AAA games

[@superghetto420]

I feel like they do too much. Sometimes simplicity conquers

[@ravenhadjen7745]

-some- *Most* AAA games

[@ouykcuf]

You just can't beat roguelikes. It's hard to do wrong.

[@WishNoMore]

100%, I'm a Destiny player and have been consistently disappointed with what could be an amazing game, then I realize I can just sink hours and hours and hours into games like Halls of Torment and YOMI Hustle like I have lately lmao

[@virgilknightley2668]

The main issue is that AAA games have just become interactive movies, but we already have movies. A lot of them. So why do we need games that forget they're games?

[@ChuckS117]

I love watching Asmon play this type of game. The way he hypes himself is hilarious.

[@chirpla3392]

treu

[@whaaghz7725]

​​@@chirpla3392trna

[@williamgrand9724]

He always almost beats the game then 5 minutes later he's surrounded by mobs taking damage, 5 minutes later he's almost beat the game again lmfao

[@nektohit1207]

If somebody look for similar gameplay, but in sci-fi environment, you can try Alien Shooter 2, it is old, but still good (and graphic is a bit better lol). Slaying tons of monsters in isometric view, but with more gameplay depth.

[@frenchgorilla4388]

He is in rare form with these long-dick roguelites

[@JustinCasualGaming]

it's just genius. you play an indie game after the launch of your indie game management company, elevate the game to meteoric heights as an example of what you bring to the table potentially to other indie developers, and then win. winners win man, keep up the incredible work.

[@MrRhoidRage]

Love the bot in the comments with an asspic for a pfp stealing your comment lol

[@joshholmes1372]

​@@MrRhoidRagesadly, that's pretty common on YT videos. They'll even take comments from previous videos

[@xKapnKrunch]

Winning like Charlie Sheen

[@MrRhoidRage]

@@joshholmes1372 ya I’m sure, just never scrolled far enough down in a comment section to notice

[@gaysfortrump2024]

@@joshholmes1372 what's the point though i don't get it. do you click on their profile and it's they have scam links in the description or something?

[@JapanStep]

If this ever gets mods/user maps, it could become a cult classic.

[@ManoloRibera070]

Oh man, that would be crazyyyyy

[@erwinpfeifer3680]

Stop trashtalk you noob

[@Insideman666]

Funny how little kids are going nuts over what is essentially space invaders 😂, goes to show how quality has dropped over the years fr

[@djtoxicdhg]

I can see it

[@kinh0t]

No

[@despoiler79]

Small trick btw... Always wait to lvl an ability to III before taking the next ability scroll, that way you can upgrade it right away. then wait to lvl 6 for next scroll. this game is easier with 1 or 2 ability maxed than 4-5 half buffed.

[@fdosufsachsen1727]

smll trick buy the priginal from the 90s

[@capital-j7891]

I'm so happy I watched Asmon play this game. I probably would've never heard of it. I've already sunk 20 hours into it in the last 4 days.

[@DarkflameEmperor]

It's a great game! First saw it in the rumblings a couple months ago but getting to see Asmon enjoy it is a blast!

[@nyccoyax3831]

I already beat it like 1 day faster than him :D im kinda sad theres just 3 maps tho.. felt like there would be 5 atleast

[@jagerbombed2725]

Same! More fun then diablo 4 haha

[@JungTutis]

Watching asmon play this raises my salami to a whole new level I can't believe that yesterday is tomorrow and everyone is that but it doesn't matter because if it was over there then it wouldn't of mattered God bless the all mighty meat sausage

[@sierinlang]

Man for 5bucks this game gave me more fun than d4 did... and i can play it on my steam deck anywhere in the house..

[@Thamer4life]

My first instinct when I discovered this game via asmon's first playthrough was immediately pausing the video, buying the game, and no-lifing the everliving hell out of it. I unlocked the shield maiden and the sorceress yesterday. Beat 20 lords today

[@tarael86]

For those wondering, the gloves at 32:20 are very useful when you're near end-game and you have a bunch of "3m dmg with artifact" quests to finish. The gloves will boost the damage of whatever artifact you're grinding damage for, while you turn your autoattack off as to not steal kills and damage from said artifact.

[@ProxCQ]

1:04:32 Dragon's Breath is absolutely OP, just don't turn it into incinerate. The wave is absurdly strong, it gets to the point that it basically wipes out the whole screen by itself.

[@saviourself687]

For noting, the secret to huge XP (getting the lvl 100 achieves etc) is to stand still. You can see the gems change from basic to higher level (blue>yellow>purple>cluster) and you actually get bonus XP for the gem evolution. Once you get enough damage to comfortably sit in the middle of the swarm, let 5 minutes go by and then sweep up the whole lot or get a magnet for huge jumps in level.

[@nyccoyax3831]

Isnt it just the game changing the visual of the xp bottle because theres too many of them at the same spot? Does it actually increase xp gained?

[@lancelot123a]

I'm glad he's showing that you can still do well in this game when you consistently make the wrong upgrade choices.

[@warcraftlake7]

once you get a few upgrades and good items the game becomes incredibly easy ,but also still fun.

[@lancelot123a]

@@warcraftlake7 my comment still stands with his first video, before he got any of that

[@buschleaguers75]

i bet you are a joy to be around lance

[@Khranes]

@@buschleaguers75 lance is speaking the truth

[@notkenoagain]

*Ackchyually* neckbeards, go outside

[@tweezy5804]

I am hooked on watching him play this, it is one of the most satisfying games I have ever seen him play.

[@spiguy420]

my go to strat is picking 1 secondary power, then develop it alongside the main, then wing it and farm near the magnet, then once the boss spawns grab it to pick all xp left over then bring the boss all the way near the well. once he's dead, put some item in there before touching the crystal.

[@stizzgaming4189]

Diablo 4 season 1 looks pretty good, glad they zoomed camera out and added mob density

[@cband8030]

Nothing feels better than hopping on this game at midnight, baked af.

[@finnmarr-heenan2397]

The warm embrace of a women is a close second

[@alex62965]

Haven't smoked in years but that sounds great 🤠

[@PoopSockJohnson]

True

[@smurfdaddy420]

​@@finnmarr-heenan2397nah this games better

[@finnmarr-heenan2397]

@@smurfdaddy420 respect king stay up

[@andrewpaul8732]

Wish he'd do these afk strat near a magnet. It's so satisfying hearing all the pick ups at once

[@snow_inc]

Possible hot take: But why would this get GOTY? It isn't innovative because Vampire Survivors clearly started this. (Technically it was some shitty mobile games) Only reason VS won GOTY was because it was a new concept that people loved.

[@lxrp_]

The fact that this game is like $5 on steam makes it even better. Super good fun.

[@joshua_J]

You need to remember garlic absolutely sucks!!!!! Get phantom needles and then upgrade them so they split and then upgrade them so they explode. Don't pick up an upgrade until your skill is at level 3 then wait until the skill is level six to pick up the next upgrade that lets you get the upgraded versions of them.

[@fordgtguy]

Asmon "I want to play games, not watch a movie." Final Fantasy 16 is his GOTY.....

[@silence433]

I liked the part where he died to the hydra and was totally cool about it. Day 3 recommending: For anyone who sees this and likes Halls of Torment, there's another game much in the same vein done by a solo developer called Spellbook Demonslayers. Very fun game, just started getting more updates recently, I definitely recommend it. The graphics are different than this old school and the music unfortunately gets old quickly but it's a solid game with the same mobbing, tons of abilities, more starting characters, and tons of upgrades and difficulty modifiers.

[@StandYourGround69]

So even though it starts with 0% crit, getting the 5% base crit perks does allow you to crit. Learned that using the Exterminator and built up to 25% crit on the flamethrower. Did massive damage.

[@janterri3539]

Exterminator has 1/5 the crit damage of most other characters so idk if that’s the best build option but I guess it still works because of the frequency of the flamethrower’s attacks.

[@StandYourGround69]

@@janterri3539 It slapped pretty hard. Took all the crit, crit damage, attack speed, and bonus damage that popped up. Was able to just strafe in a line and destroyed everything. The bosses all melted instantly.

[@nyccoyax3831]

I just beat the last two levels with exterminator, crit build, transfixiation did 10 milion damage

[@MMMHOTCHEEZE]

Exterminator with attack speed and base cit chance absolutely melts the 3rd level.

[@Peanutfiendsblog]

I still really want a VS mode game like this where you can send over monsters you kill (like tetris sending lines) to kill the other person.

[@AntiBellum]

Holy shit that would be so dope

[@HuNgerforrock]

There are some TD games like that. Maybe Legion TD if i'm correct

[@nathanielfuredi7053]

HаІІѕ оf Тоrmеnt > Diablo 4

[@96Logan]

I checked the vod and saw he streamed it yesterday, I was waiting patiently for this to drop and it's finally here! I'm so excited

[@jonasbagaric3573]

very cool of asmon to bring more attention to this genre, and particularly to this game!

[@blanket7031]

He played vampire survivors also if you didn't know

[@willychimp]

Props to the editor fast forwarding past the intermission/refreshments! 😂 43:58

[@comicsdude3166]

I don't need to crit I just need to win.

[@endless_sora]

Golem is without a doubt, the best trait. Upgrade him everytime

[@Magerquark]

This game is so fun, basically every character can feel OP when built correctly

[@fdosufsachsen1727]

like in th eoriginal

[@meaninglessbanter]

i blasted this game because of asmon. thanks, brother. transfixion is silly good. also, keep in mind if you get Level 3 Ability upgrade before you pick up an ability scroll, you are guaranteed at least one of the two ability upgrades for an active ability. also mained swordsman into viaducts, but after unlocking shieldmaiden, found my home.

[@Justintime2grow]

Wait until Asmon sees the double orb wall. It's glorious. He needs to stop picking that god damn garlic lol.

[@joshua_J]

Phantom needles are a ghost killer because they attack incredibly fast

[@MauBrSul]

I love Halls of Torment videos!

[@waffles8664]

You are more powerful if you stand in one place and don't move.

[@RainChip]

I've been playing for hours. I don't even play these types of games but this is just too good.

[@Cygnus-Phi]

I got it because of Asmon's stream, it's not even my type of game (I'll never play diablo for instance) but I'm enjoying it. AND it feels good to give AAA games and developers the finger.

[@mag51284]

To be fair diablo isn't a whole lot like this, its just a easy graphical style comparison to the old diablo games. Diablo plays more like League of legends in actual gameplay

[@MarcTingley]

Where can you get it? Checked steam and torrent sites.. nothing.

[@browniegames865]

Is this like another kind of vampire survivor?

[@PaladinJenkis]

"Guys I think I need a little bit health" Goes full damage

[@dustinmosley5965]

Asmond is such a troll, "why am i not leveling?" As he bee lines in the opposite direction of the enemies

[@audiogarden21]

24:36. Shield Maiden is the strongest char in the game imo. If you build up her defense and block she can literally wade through the hordes without a care in the world, and with 200% base crit damage bonus she already hits extremely hard so you 'can' build her very tanky, which is pretty dang awesome.

[@JumpingJacksism]

they dont drive cars in this game

[@audiogarden21]

@@JumpingJacksism Haha. Fixed.

[@zaboomofoo8755]

YESSSSSSSS!!! A new zombie sub type of game, so stoked to watch this tn

[@Armchaircavediver]

Excellent $4 purchase. Got more hours out of this game than my $14 McDonald’s shitty ass meal

[@kogdanetdeneg]

I bought a steam deck to play AAA games on the go, and here I am spending all my free time playing this instead. No complaints, but I never would've guessed it

[@LemonMan91]

Love watching Asmon do pretty much anything and this game is fantastic. Hope he plays Soulstone Survivors next.... my latest addiction.

[@stormos25one]

"Look at that, I'm out of control"!! hahahah absolutely love it!

[@masstarvation]

Asmon's the only one that can make it entertaining enough for me to watch it for 2 hours 😅

[@jlpowell51]

just a tip, area/cone size is pretty important when you always pick Radiance. The bigger you get that area the easier the maps are because things die before they can get to you. And for the ghosts that run at you when you're not looking you need crit. Normal hits always do 1, crits do much more and kill them quick.

[@mag51284]

You do know the damage is scaled based on how many enemies are inside like the clerics auto attack right? Smaller circle + higher attack speed is way more impactful

[@thedogswang]

Absolutely loving this content of halls of torment

[@TheApostle101]

Dave the diver is indie goty

[@NiiiiLO]

Just hopping on this game and watching 30 min fly , the joy and the satisfaction, OOOAH ITS SO GOOD

[@tripleraven]

Bought this game on the summer sale 4 dollars well spent.

[@LegitLord2000]

I want the Devs to change Transfixion to Transfixiation just as a nod to Asmon 🤣 Also False Blessing is now Fragilli, no questions asked

[@Leandros135]

this game is great. playing it on my steamdeck is just *chefs kiss*

[@marmalade024]

D4 goty Icant 😂

[@mysticflow467]

vampire survivors was my immediate thought on thumbnail, and on game start

[@LobbeWOW]

Now, the real challenge can start - complete the lightning stacking quest on the Sorceress, just got to apply 20 stacks of lightning within a single second on 1 target..

[@fireryrage]

Halls of Torment: Transfixion Asmongold: Transfixiation Halls of Torment: Forgotten Viaduct Asmongold: Forgotten Vividuct

[@austrianbeatboxchamp]

Definitely a welcome change to Diablo 4.

[@Illidor1]

Indie game of the year is 100% Dave the Diver. This game is good though I've been playing it a lot

[@muertecelestial9817]

Watched the first video he did, then didn’t sleep till I killed all three Uber bosses

[@jman29x]

Looks really fun! Great vid. So it's basically vampire survivors with better graphics?

[@zedb2216]

Imagine if asmon started going to the gym without saying a word, slowly turns into a sclupture whilst everyone scratches their heads 🤌

[@pepegaClap-ns3bt]

Bro refused to kill thousand of spirits like they are peaceful

[@corbin6304]

addicted to this game. Get Arcane Orbs up, get hella move speed like so much move speed its crazy. Get enough orb upgrades to get inner orbs. omg you just are a lawn mower at that point. Use those gloves that give you an extra orb. Always take the extra orb upgrade. I feel like I've had an orb appear because of the amount of move speed I was stacking.

[@Kn1ves0x]

Yo, play the 3rd stage, unlock the potion maker, use the well to get more potions per game, Memory + Double Trait upg pots are insane. Best game I've had so far was Exterminator + Fully UPG Radiant + Fully UPG Transfictiation + 1 level of Lighting strikes, Just apply every single debuff in the game, and affliction increseas dmg of debuffs, insta win ^_^

[@terokaarrela3120]

Start to smell like this game is on list of Mad Mushroom.

[@ceasursmoke1391]

wait untill you unlock all the characters, game becomes useless after as there is nothing left to do.

[@DonnyDeleto]

Would love to see the boy asmon on hades !

[@PandiTheBear]

Instead of getting a bunch of pickup I try to save the gathering claw until the end; if you walk around and kill barrels the claw buff will be shown like the default one that spawns. Loop back before the last boss and grab it. Edit: also didn’t notice he didn’t really do the shrines.

[@MagnificentErgo]

Awesome sauce, new vid to check out when I'm off work. Stellar!

[@bretputchel689]

Thanks for playing this game man!

[@tomasjonsson7141]

After 15h i finally beat the first dungeon =)

[@The.Pickle]

*YESSS* *BIG* *D* *TIME* :) I was hoping you'd do another episode of this, it's so good and your comentary is funny. I know it's more advanced but it's giving me a happy 90's vibe, of playing rpg video games with my friends.

[@titos2x]

Rings dont work as well on the 2nd level because enemies are coming from a much more linear position. Rings often go off the map and hit nothing else.

[@scottiefutch6073]

Get the golem, the imp ring, and the necromancer's clutch... then run the warlock again. lol. Focus on summons and damage... that thing is just ridiculously OP.

[@realAlpha]

finally more of this, im addicted

[@estebanguerrero682]

Just finished the last one, now the next one is here... Man, this feels like christmas

[@sorrowoo]

43:56 this legit lookes like Zack got possessed for a sec

[@alexanderprince9607]

18:00 Everyone spamming true has me dying lol

[@soulward6334]

Spirit hunters, rogue genesia, soulstone survivors, brotato, vampire survivors, binding of issac All the same game with a different coat of paint.

[@RPRsChannel]

*_Why is the Warlock doing Necromancer abilities?_*

[@ephemeral5298]

If you guys like watching a bunch of these types of games a youtuber called Sifd plays them. I watch him a lot so it seemed the best place to plug it.

[@LadyShoko101]

I love watching asmond play games like these

[@tOonisurfer]

Please more of this, so addicting to watch i dont care to play it.

[@bosszens569]

This is type of a game that I really want to play and getting mad on holiday from stressful works

[@rustyshackleford3316]

Baldur's Gate 3: Lol that's a nice game you got there.

[@Fade7k]

I was thinking the same thing xD

[@ghillieghost8627]

Saw ya play this. Had to try it. Worth the $4 for sure

[@warcraftlake7]

I will never understand why asmon hates multishot so much and always refuses to get it over anything else.

[@kendog0013]

Multishot cleric is actually kinda busted ive found from experience .. definitely overlooked by asmon for sure

[@shaunsmith4747]

Absolutely incredible I'm proud of you man.

[@PistolShrimpPimp]

Phantom Needles is probably the strongest ability. My DPS with it goes higher than any other weapon, even including primary.

[@user-ip6wq7vr7m]

As cheesy as this game looks , it looks fun as hell at the same time lol.

[@nyccoyax3831]

When i go to sleep and close my eyes after I play this game for like an hour or two, i can still see the monsters closing up on me in the middle and xp bottles flying towards me :D

[@aphorizem]

If he hadn't played this, I would have forgotten it ever existed because I saw it was coming out a while ago and never heard about it again.

[@jtjdt]

The controls are so tight, makes avoiding enemies perfect and satisfying

[@AmelliaKyusei]

for what i have seen so far~ the holy aura seems to be split damage deals massive damage to single target and splits it among multiple so if base damage is like 4k and theres 1 enemy it does 4k damage duh~ if theres 10 enemies inside the area tho it splits down 10 times to deal 400 damage to each... so the aura is useless if you end up in a scenario where you're massively swarmed with high health enemies. also i'd like to see Asmon try the game called "Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde" is a VS like with a whole ass skill tree, to get lost in.

[@Jukeboxcute]

This game is scary GOOD. The worst character imo is the cleric, but also the best character if u can survive upgrades.

[@DreamingConcepts]

1:14:58 that moment when you realize you had 8k gold and didn't buy the 5k revive.

[@IndignantCynic]

"Why would I play a girl?" >Literally just beat the level with a girl

[@0123vegeta]

Asmomd can you try the rokid max or xreal air. Your opionions are always straight fire and unbiased

[@tererere3877]

amazing, 2nd day of watching instead of actually playing it