Ngl after that first video I am extremely glad to hear this game does actually get harder
@WackyToasterАй бұрын
Yeah, I played it myself after the first video (It was on my list for a while anyway) and heroic is actually hard. I had to level up a bit to get anywhere.
@KajtekBearyАй бұрын
Yeah, although talents make it easier on the other hand. Not by a long shot, but I kinda dislike them. But that’s definitely is not the hardest difficulty. Builder + 2nd Map + 2nd Flame + Heroic is really freaking hard.
@jerecakes1Ай бұрын
not to mention, seems like tyler isnt touching the metaprogression(talents) for an extra challenge too
@LavoyeАй бұрын
Slightly harder, but still easy. There are ways to make it harder by yourself though. The dev says there's gonna be a harder difficulty on release. This is early access, still a lot of things to work on, but it'S looking good.
@KajtekBearyАй бұрын
@@Lavoye it’s an amazing game with great potential, but yeah, you can feel that it’s on a very early access stage.
@KajtekBearyАй бұрын
Ah, a little pro tip, you can click the little sword button above the tower selection mid-level to illustrate how much damage each tower did
@TheHollowKnightInQuestionАй бұрын
>kills broodmother >'im afraid of his insides' >'his' >tyler, what do you think a mother is?
@argon7624Ай бұрын
Their species could reproduce in a way such that the males care for the eggs, similar to how wolf spiders carry their offspring
@artjack59Ай бұрын
@@argon7624 yeah but a male that cares for eggs is a father not a mother
@victorvirgili4447Ай бұрын
@@artjack59he can dream, JACK.
@KarkatrielleАй бұрын
hes trans and just sticks to mother as a title
@austinrimel7860Ай бұрын
@@Karkatrielle, yes! Trans icon :]
@KartaalАй бұрын
Just sitting here and watching the giant red exclamation mark on the talents button being completely ignored by Tyler. Poor talents button, you are a valuable UI element and lead to important game mechanics too.
@RyanDVA63Ай бұрын
Losing my mind over that
@eugorov13Ай бұрын
Underestimated the jump in difficulty and also didn’t make a “really good maze”
@jackalscry8173Ай бұрын
@@eugorov13bone desert will be far more difficult. At least if he doesn’t abuse black ice shard again lmao.
@drvinylscratch1936Ай бұрын
@@jackalscry8173 or discover earth quake towers in the desert. So much open space to make them overlap. Or discover embers+demon flame+mercchant
@kraykyleАй бұрын
Ikr, he's good at puzzles and noticing things, but he's played the game twice now without using it
@bobwilson00Ай бұрын
tyler in the first stage: omg i need area damage i cant win if i dont have area damage also tyler: refuses to build hammer towers because he doesnt like them
@ilse_22Ай бұрын
they feel trash
@goatnoodles9162Ай бұрын
"I need more area damage" "this hammer tower is dissappointing"
@goatnoodles9162Ай бұрын
well not that it matters the hammer tower does suck until you get proper support
@gayMathАй бұрын
*throws hammer away* where did my area damage go?
@deltamicoАй бұрын
Well it cannot target over walls where needed
@ottojablonkaАй бұрын
To be fair, the hammer was disappointing.
@wingdingfontbroАй бұрын
I mean, get like 3-4 hammers on a bend and they do work.
@neloy4200Ай бұрын
A few things to make note of: 1. Remember you can pick up block before a wave starts by pressing and holding on them so you are not committed to your first choice. 2.the game definitely expects some meta progression for heroic mode which ik ur ignoring on purpose but something to think about. 3. You can place towers on flat map structures like the bricks.
@kaogarooАй бұрын
I think he knows #3 37:50
@slowlylosingitaaaaaaАй бұрын
as someone who has been addicted to this game for the past few days a have a small tip about that first map, there is a whole area below your fire so you can actually curve the path all the way around instead of giving them straight shot to your fire
@ScuuurbsАй бұрын
No only that, but he could’ve placed his maze so that the side entrance would have to go out and meet up with the back force before heading towards his fire
@ChronoAlexАй бұрын
32:50 That has got to be the most unhinged thing he has said. Love it🤣
@arveerssonАй бұрын
indeed
@estenslopАй бұрын
reproductive difficulties
@walterhartman3636Ай бұрын
I'm not sure why Tyler doesn't explore the other crosspaths or think about his upgrades. Giving an ice tower +1 dmg when it does 3 already is worse than giving it 50% more attack speed. It's about 24dmg/sec(4*6/sec) vs 27dmg/sec (3*9/sec). Also if I'm not mistaken isn't it better to just build more and more ice towers over upgrading? Like on the first level he spends $40 to give an ice tower +1 dmg but he could just buy an ice tower that does 1dmg for $25. The only time it's worth upgrading is when you have boost tiles.
@greatdisnubАй бұрын
Pretty sure its not necessarily only 1 damage on top of 3, as the +1 gets rounded up +2 with buffs, so it become 30dps vs 27dps. Not to say it shouldn't be considered as higher firerate lends itself to better group killing, but not an obvious answer
@gadgetgecko1776Ай бұрын
I think it increases the base damage, meaning it actually increases the damage by more than 1 after the buffs are applied. when he puts the tower on the ice boost it gets +150% damage, rounded up to 200% to give the tower 3 damage. With the damage upgrade it becomes 2 + 150% which is 5 damage
@KuroroSama42Ай бұрын
6:30 Your area damage tower was the hammer one. It was doing ok, but isn't great against the fast wolves, which get out of their area too fast. And I think placing your hammer in a way that it hits 3 path tiles would make it quite a bit more effective. Kinda hard to do sometimes though.
@wingdingfontbroАй бұрын
Not only that but placing them in a cluster can both nuke and stun enemies.
@NikkalausАй бұрын
New aliensrock TD game, an unexpected video, but a welcome one
@Grimm_12Ай бұрын
This game needs some kind of tile that you can’t place anything on and buffs enemies that walk over it. This way you would need to adjust your maze in ways you normally wouldn’t
I think this is the fastest i’ve busted out laughing at a video because nothing could’ve prepared me for Hydrogen Tyler
@SuperDestroyerFoxАй бұрын
Snowball tower was the goat in this run
@dreamerofthornsАй бұрын
Snowball TD
@TurtleTracks-g1rАй бұрын
Man I kept hoping you'd check out the upgrades for the lightning towers, they've got ice upgrades!
@Dylan52meowАй бұрын
Yes! Make Emberward a full series! Your knowledge in tower defense games spanning all the way back to Bloons, this game seems perfect for you! And I've been loving watching Emberward content lately. I might have to pick this game up!
@theominouspigeonАй бұрын
he underestimated the hardness
@SuperDestroyerFoxАй бұрын
🤨 📸
@therealelement75Ай бұрын
@@SuperDestroyerFox... I'm down bad and that was not my first thought.
@channelofrandomthingsthata6269Ай бұрын
The hardness of what…? Please sir!
@theominouspigeonАй бұрын
@@channelofrandomthingsthata6269 Di- Dis game
@therealelement75Ай бұрын
@@channelofrandomthingsthata6269 of the game (good ending)
@ExzaktVidАй бұрын
Tyler: “See how well that fits in!” Also Tyler: “Aww, I’m gonna come.”
@OkinaMatara214Ай бұрын
made me drown in laughter
@Watermelon086Ай бұрын
Reproductive difficulties
@SwaeshyАй бұрын
how much better do you guys think tyler would be at a brand new puzzle game, compared to a usual gamer? i personally find it crazy how fast he grasps puzzle mechanics maybe not specifically in this game but you guys know what i mean
@zackbuildit88Ай бұрын
I think part of it is he's just so well versed in the genre that he has a LOT of knowledge and skills to pull from
@TurtleKwittyАй бұрын
So long as there isnt any visual aspect to the puzzle then he's great at them, yes
@myclamishАй бұрын
Hmm, I don't know what a "usual" gamer is, but I think Tyler is pretty good compared to a lot of other similar channels I watch. I think the only thing I can generally fault him for is like lack of observation sometimes. But other channels I'm constantly saying "that's not how that works!" into the monitor. It's hard to make a general statement though because I play a lot of new games so I'm pretty versed at picking up things quickly too, so my viewpoint is probably skewed.
@dreamerofthornsАй бұрын
Idk, maybe you should watch a bunch of his stuff to figure it out? A lot of his best series have begun with "I know literally nothing about this game and it came out like yesterday or something"
@jemtjinaton8042Ай бұрын
Yeah it hink hes generally better at strategy and puzzle games, but thats just him being smart i think and ecperiance The only thing slowing him doen is he doenst think enough about what would be better
@dead_line_insertnumberАй бұрын
The difference between normal and heroic is nuts
@nicrevenАй бұрын
The difference in the hard thing is nuts
@wingdingfontbroАй бұрын
The difference between heroic and sacred heroic is nuts
@LucasGleasonАй бұрын
The difference between women and men is nuts
@lachlanwu2838Ай бұрын
Sacred Heroic is much easier imo. Corrupted Tiles are not that challenging and you get so many relics and emberstones. By the boss in Bone Desert I had 10+ relics and killed it before he even reached the final carriage.@@wingdingfontbro
@wingdingfontbroАй бұрын
The difference between a walnut and a peanut is one grows on a tree and the other grows in the ground
@fromandtounknown6575Ай бұрын
The hammer is an absolute monster if you can stun or slow something going through its area Also, try to place it where the path takes corners so they have three spaces in hammer range
@superninja3464Ай бұрын
I like how the game calls him a hand full 😂 18:40
@greenapple9477Ай бұрын
Um, that was the game saying he's hit his limit of cards.
@diegomastro5681Ай бұрын
@@greenapple9477oh no your joke detector is broken
@greenapple9477Ай бұрын
@@diegomastro5681 Man, detecting jokes through text alone without the /s is not always easy.
@eyesuck6318Ай бұрын
hope to see more episodes of this game!! i love emberward for how unique each run is, have been playing it a lot recently lol
@TheRubySpider29 күн бұрын
As a tax accountant myself, I greatly appreciated the 1099 joke at 39:02
@lenkakucerova7235Ай бұрын
20:28 Irelephant lol
@megadeth116Ай бұрын
hey tyler, upgrading the tower seems more costly in terms of damage than buying a new one. Its good for towers on special tiles, but seems to be worse for normal towers
@jozimastar95Ай бұрын
32:50 this game is indeed hard
@hunghung9537Ай бұрын
The plus 1 dmg increase dmg from 4 to 5 which increase dps by 20%, while the other option increase fire rate by 50% which increase dps by 50%.
@againstallevens8512Ай бұрын
5:10. The hammer tower can be rotated. It is also one of the best towers in the game.
@boltgamr1029Ай бұрын
Can't wait until Tyler realises you can hold click on blocks you placed in between rounds to pick them back up if you dont like the placement
@FangedBeauty13 күн бұрын
man, what an awesome little game. Fell in love with it immediately. Thnx for the video.
@redvemrАй бұрын
sick game now that its hard please keep playing its really epic and sick like fr
@Unknown-cx3trАй бұрын
glad to see more emberward gameplay
@sneakk3366Ай бұрын
32:51 bro is 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂
@ColinTimmins27 күн бұрын
It took me a bit to notice that it was your fabulous editing that you were making those “twinkle stars” to draw the watchers attention to what you are talking about and explaining at any given moment. That’s some good dopamine! =]
@AmpVTАй бұрын
Not Me Getting the Alien's rock In Peglin (grinding for my own challenge), and remembering I haven't stopped to check you out. Good stuff!
@toonlink_v2Ай бұрын
51:55 The boss didn't die because it wasn't being targeted by anything, all of your towers were targeting the highest hp target and the grunt enemies had more hp than the boss lol.
@waterinferno2071Ай бұрын
It'd be cool to see the pathfinding have more mechanics too, similar to veggie quest. Nothing crazy, but maybe buttons and one way paths that can rotate to make for more doubling back
@splotchy_tomb755Ай бұрын
Roguelikes are so much fun, both to play and to watch! I wonder, has Tyler ever played shattered pixel dungeon?
@RedRoamsАй бұрын
Your editing is amazing. 1 hour shaving down any and all chaff. Thank you for your service and glad to find a new person to subscribe to
@wingdingfontbroАй бұрын
Oh just wait until you use sacred flame on heroic mode. That is another beast entirely. And as a tip hammers aren't entirely useless. Making a cluster of 3-4 of em on a bend can work wonders, and overcharging makes them even more busted because of the stun.
@deeeeniiiissАй бұрын
By the way you can set defaul priorities for each tower which gets saved between runs, saves you the trouble of targeting certain towers like the plant to go to highest health
@asdfghyterАй бұрын
I believe the range and fire rate upgrade does more extra damage than the damage boost on icicle towers on frost squares. 3 base damage + 50% extra fire rate = 4.5 damage per time unit, while 3 base + 1 damage is just 4 damage per time unit
@austinrimel7860Ай бұрын
More of this game! Yay!
@345sdfАй бұрын
Wow this game is really unique, props to whoever made this
@345sdfАй бұрын
really cool spin on the classic tower defense mechanic
@Alex_192.Ай бұрын
I think that black ice crystal makes frost pulse do massive damage because Chill gets replaced by damage and it lasts for 30 seconds
@masaiydАй бұрын
I wanted long aliensrock videos. I GOT IT. thank you Tyler
@Jack-qs6ghАй бұрын
OH and also big tip for using the altar rooms! When you have two of the same block, remove the one that doesn't have a buff on it as you will draw that buff tile more often.
@LenyntakaАй бұрын
The cuteness in this game just adds to the fun innit?
@entropete_Ай бұрын
SUCH a cool take on td games, I absolutely loved these first two videos, keep them coming
@michasokoowski6651Ай бұрын
upgrading fire rate by 50% for 25 instead of buying another tower for 15 💀💀💀
@aarongiroux5416Ай бұрын
the big dice tower is my favorite in the game, especially when you can get like 2-4 greater speed buffs together for it and then if ya get lucky get like 30-40 attack speed. get a treasure chest and then the fireball on every attack and it is just hilarious how strong it becomes for those 15 seconds
@sh0Ай бұрын
When you have two sources of enemies, try directing the closer one to loop back on itself to join in with the further one
@danser_theplayer01Ай бұрын
"This is.. very curious." I'll translate. "This is.. looking worse."
@AvenKataАй бұрын
Loving this game, wish there was more variety next time tho
@edsongvargas9538Ай бұрын
32:50WHATTT
@kamdenreedАй бұрын
20:28 "irrelephant" = cloutless elephant
@Jack-qs6ghАй бұрын
This game gets easier the more you understand how to build mazes. If anyone has unlocked the Demon flame and the Ember ability, you can do a towerless challenge - it is difficult but super satisfying
@-Cob-Ай бұрын
32:52 is soo funny lmao
@kraykyleАй бұрын
39:09 He unfortunately, likely does not. On a side note, justice for the editor, give him a raise
@EpsilonRosePersonalАй бұрын
I'd definitely be down to see another episode in the desert region. I do wish you at least tried the electric towers. They sounded interesting and I would have liked to see how they performed, even if you ultimately ended up selling them. Maybe in the next episode?
@LeonardBaker-tr4kcАй бұрын
This game uses a lot of the same sound effects as 20 Minutes Till Dawn It trips me up so much 😂
@benprange7689Ай бұрын
2:10 Killed me 🤣🤣
@PerfectZeroMusic_Ай бұрын
Broodmother: Strike me down and i will come back 1000 times stronger!
@DexTagАй бұрын
"I wanna disrupt the insides" is a wild sentence 24:40
@mcarrowtime7095Ай бұрын
Have you seen his jokes from peglin?
@xenochromaticАй бұрын
your my favorite puzzle youtuber
@table2.0Ай бұрын
*you are, or you’re
@IngoGarzaАй бұрын
@@table2.0 you're my favorite pizza place
@dukebuoys2814Ай бұрын
@@table2.0you’re mom
@victorvirgili4447Ай бұрын
-everyone
@Taib-AtteАй бұрын
@@table2.0 your my favorite puzzle you'retuber
@sonjahernandez8465Ай бұрын
i love emberward vids pls keep making them
@privcommentingАй бұрын
I loved the part where he used the all the electric synergy he had!
@PoweredByDucksАй бұрын
You can change your flame like you can with characters and they have unique characteristics
@Randomgamer-zo3ccАй бұрын
For ice towers on any damage boost, upgrading attack speed is much better than damage
@EvanG529Ай бұрын
52 minute video of pure dopamine
@starkad_91Ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this one. Please deliver more of it.
@azaroarazenkaАй бұрын
isnt the range upgrade path for ice towers just directly better even without any tile boost? between +2 range and +50% fire rate and +1 damage its at least guaranteed 4 more tiles of range for the former in a simplified scenario meaning at minimum 1 x 9 x 14/speed compared to 2 x 6 x 10/speed, which is an obviously better trade that only gets better with mazing. only time itd be worse is if you placed it next to your flame or enemy spawns in that 2 tile extended radius
@stupid1762Ай бұрын
I really like these longer videos, great to watch before bed
@eliasfatlandskjeieАй бұрын
Really enjoying watching you play this game. Here's to hoping for more videoes on it!
@VeganCheeseburgerАй бұрын
This looks great. I will wait for 1.0, though, because I am tired of playing half-finished games
@jojolt1467Ай бұрын
YES THIS IS WHAT I WANTED!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
@SmallpriestАй бұрын
Kinda reminds of the first time i played BTD 6 and beat the first map on easy and thought "this is so easy", then i tried the weekly challenge 😂
@weirdBattАй бұрын
38:10 you could've used one of the tiny blocks to create a 2x2 area with a damage boost for a snowball
@kirozen3094Ай бұрын
5:15 it can be rotated, clearly displayed in the tower q and e
@RodrigoTheHappyDogАй бұрын
This is a MUCH better showcase of the game. A bit of difficulty goes a long way to making this game appealing.
@alexanderfriberg8836Ай бұрын
The hammer tower just obliterated those wolfes, why are you so mean to it!
@Goolermanecola0000Ай бұрын
The rocket lightning tower has an upgrade that converts it to ice
@tsuki5993Ай бұрын
love seeing u play this game, i hope it becomes a series
@shub6539Ай бұрын
The channel has come full circle back to tower defense games!
@ponchocactus973Ай бұрын
Tip when using the damage boost and ice rune in the frost tower the range and attack speed are better since the dmage upgrade increaes damage by 50% when on a damage boost and on the ice rune it does 33% increase whilst the other upgrade is cheaper goves range and 50% attack spped which is better at higher base starting damage
@MathewSan_Ай бұрын
Great video 👍
@purplefanta7142Ай бұрын
Tyler have you played dungeon warfare? Its a fun tower defense with more than just damage towers. There's physics traps/towers that can push enemies into pits or water or crush them against walls and whatnot. One of the best tower defense games I've played in a while. This one looks great too, just figured you'd want to hear about it. It felt like a bit of a puzzle some levels, on top of that, I used the skill tree that focused on using ONE of each TYPE of tower for a huge boost. Which ended out feeling very good having the perfect spot for each trap/tower to beat each level. There's 2 Dungeon Warfares out and a 3rd in the making.
@kashifraja8451Ай бұрын
not me waiting for him to use talents
@MadManwithaSpoonАй бұрын
Seeing a maze building tower defense like this, I wonder if Aliensrock would've enjoyed the Sanctum games.
@jackalscry8173Ай бұрын
Hammer and axe towers can be rotated manually with the same button as blocks, but after being placed they are locked in that position.
@kimixachi94Ай бұрын
this game's fun! would love to see more playthroughs!!
@flockofwingeddoorsАй бұрын
Love this series! Would love to see a ton of these videos like you did with Peglin tbh
@spazzydog100Ай бұрын
Tyler decided violence, and so did the game.
@robertperry4419Ай бұрын
Had a lot of fun watching this one
@lingocenter3722Ай бұрын
I love all videos you put out. This series seems like a new favorite for me. Xd
@pyritepanxАй бұрын
Maybe the real lightning synergy was the friends we made along the way