Let's Play Nefarious - PC Gameplay Part 1 - Traditionally Un-Traditional

Unleash a little anarchy! Tired of playing the hero? Experience the adventure from the other side of the coin with Nefarious! Play as the villain for a change and wreak chaos as you kidnap princesses from five different kingdoms who alter game play in unique ways. Stomp on heroes through several iconic battles recreated with you as the boss!
Nefarious is a 2d-animated action platformer, where your objective on each stage is to kidnap a princess and then escape with them! Heroes will attempt to thwart you, and many things may not go quite as expected.
Key Features
Lovingly crafted 2d animation and illustrated backdrops.
Reverse boss fights let you fight the hero.
Globe hop between five different kingdoms and even more distinct locations.
Unlock several ammo types for your grenade launcher
Mix and match customization options for 10+ variations on your explosive punches.
Mystery and Intrigue, that if uncovered, unlocks a secret ending!
Engage in a comedic story exploring and deconstructing the video game trope of princess kidnapping.
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[@joshhano]

Hey guys! Nefarious creator here. Just wanted to say this episode has been a delight to watch. Great voices for the characters, perfectly in line with how I hear them in my own head when writing them. We just pushed up quite a few fixes to some of the bugs I've seen here, and a whole lot of audio. I'll be watching the rest of the series!

[@Cayden.1]

Josh Hano the creator of this kick ass and creative game!!!??? i never thought id see you here!

[@wanderbots]

:D Glad to hear it! I'm really loving the game so far and can't wait to see the rest of it/whatever you guys make next!

[@thiagoareias76]

Josh Hano i was just about to say that the voice acting felt perfect, but here comes the game creator and says it first

[@Ike_of_pyke]

Josh Hano you heard them get on a Nefarious RPG

[@sandyrootz6115]

As a platformer junkie who has played A LOT of Steam platformers, I can honestly say that Nefarious is quality. :D :D :D

[@justworks1200]

Crow: a true gentlemen when he kidnaps a person of royalty he doesnt lock em up........He lets them stay at his base and eat food from some top quality chefs

[@lynnusuk2092]

No one says villains can’t have manners

[@DanteSuper95]

A good villain MUST have manners. They are evil, not simple brutes

[@noahblair3020]

Most villains are like that

[@Deathbringer5581]

Professionals have standards

[@noisyphilosopherkrk522]

Agreed Regardless of profession Unless you have the power to back it up

[@ninjamaster9094]

Dash obviously is a reference to Sonic. Speed related name, has a needle on his body, you fight him in an eggman vehicle-esque machine, and "That's no good!"

[@joeygamer5387]

NinjaMaster909 and the fact that Crow calls Dash "NeedleNose" the original name of Sonic the Hedgehog and the first name of Sonic 4(Project Needlenose)

[@slime_sam4321]

*_T H A T S N O G O O D_*

[@wire3005]

Man dash and sonic are very similar *strange isnt it!!,*

[@slime_sam4321]

T h A t S n O g O o D

[@Mushboom37]

listening to her play the princess is kind of funny cuz of how he was just like "get over and do the princess voice"

[@failbird105]

You fail to realize, Crow is much more cyborg then you think, look at the armor on his upgrade screen, not only is his hand completely mechanical, but the armor itself goes straight down to the bone in some places.

[@lobosombrio0036]

actually he say at the end he made that armor and that pproctect him from any concusive damage force sooo he its only wearing a armor

[@ineedabetterpfp2485]

Lobo sombrio00 He made an armor that replaces a lot of himself. He’s not really wearing it.

[@derphunk5338]

Fun fact: Becky has plotted to kill Crow a number of times, and whenever she’s caught, Crow just rocks her pay.

[@JE-ky2ow]

What is a bug princess's castle protected by? a dragon fly. What do you call an atheist bug? a hera tick. What insect wrestled Cerberus? the hercules beetle.

[@shannonbateswillis5022]

Josiah Elliott I love your joke!

[@Princess_Loaf_]

“And that’s no good”

[@crystalgemgirl731]

Clever.^^

[@tlebron8426]

These jokes *BUG* me!

[@natanoj16]

The Queen of the divine bugs is also The Hera Tick.

[@dewaunwarren1]

Okay so I just found this today I'm 9 Minutes in and I'm loving the story. This is like if Mario addressed how much Peach lets herself get caught. This is awesome

[@korboozledtheone2280]

His name is dash, he says "That's no Good!" And the Vehicle is just like the first boss of Sonic 1

[@justataco1776]

I'm suprised you guys beat the Insektia level. You would think that, with the defenses there, you wouldn't be able to bee victorious.

[@triggykyun]

Get out

[@supremechaosbeing2696]

i will pay you to stay my good sir

[@Darkfiretiger]

Becky is going to be the final boss of the game, calling it now.

[@zigzoinks5493]

DFTGamer You're wrong and right at the same time.

[@Darkfiretiger]

Dammed morality gates in games. [Rant about poorly implemented morality gates deleted]

[@lianaeliado]

DFTGamer WRONG...wait...right...AH IDFK

[@Darkfiretiger]

Schrodinger's ending?

[@light9808]

Nope

[@doesthiswork1969]

What would have made this even better is if you played going from right to left. Since the hero always goes from left to right, wouldn't it make sense for a villain to go in the opposite direction?

[@wanderbots]

+Noah Picarelli-kombert Oh dude that would've been a really neat detail.

[@crystalgemgirl731]

Does this work? That's a valid point.

[@e.dnautilis1618]

yes but the the hero is chasing after the villain soooooooo

[@crystalgemgirl731]

Did you guys notice that when you started insect level, that in the background the citizins closed their windows and doors at Crow's aproach?

[@devinstepp7674]

those bees really tried to foil your plans

[@DSan-kl2yc]

You know what's old school fun. Making up voices when reading dialogue out loud with friends

[@fergabmmx]

This Game is why i subscribed to this channel Wander + Chell voice acting 10/10

[@keithgould8733]

purple is sort of a representation of darkness. darkness is evil.

[@zigzoinks5493]

Keith Gould Really?! I thought darkness was associated with everything that is good in the world!

[@hawke7471]

Purple could also mean Royalty. I love color theory

[@globin3477]

@@hawke7471 Royalty means darkness and evil.

[@slevinchannel7589]

Becky is great. Sad how the Comic went downhill so much... Sad...

[@CelioHogane]

I remember seeing a sketch design of this game EIGHT years ago.

[@joshhano]

Zounds. Where on earth did you come across that? That's about how long this has been stuck in my head.

[@CelioHogane]

Josh Hano Don't remember, i try to make games myself so i always im arround those type of forums for study and stuff, but i remember it looking really promising, the interactions between villain and princess sounded like a great funny idea. Ill try to get it when i have money (and actually gets released in steam, obviusly)

[@garrettwade1294]

Celio Hogane They made the game (the person who replied)

[@CelioHogane]

Yes Garrett Wade, it was pretty obvius.

[@Kevin-sx8wh]

anyone notice the Homestuck reference. Bluh bluh, All the upgrades. It's clearly Vriska.

[@CelioHogane]

What you call "Reverse platformer" Would be a Sidescrollet Dungeon defender.

[@DrMechano]

Really liking the LP so far! Looking forward to the next part!

[@Dwarfurious]

WHAT?! DWARVEN KINGDOM? YOU LEAVE OUR PRINCESS ALONE

[@ThePhatman1981]

a thorax is apparently the torso of inscets

[@Soultail]

ThePhatman1981 Contes yeah like the bust area of a female or the pecks on the male

[@ladylunaginaofgames40]

does that mean the bee princess rules with iron boobs?

[@chocowilly2990]

I'm a big lover of 2d plateform games, thanks for the discovery :)

[@garrettmcvicar3161]

That dash guy kinda reminds me of a certain blue hedgehog...

[@dylanwilson2209]

Sick video hope you get a lot of views and likes and so do I but keep up the amazing work and I love your scrap mechanics the best the war robbots I have been subscribing for an age thanks for the entertainment keep doing it

[@terradiamond767]

love your voice acting in nefarious

[@vaultpanda1222]

Ok wanderbots, I am just starting this episode/series and im loving the voices you are giving and shel is just right into it as well and its making it amazing. Tell me do you have any other series like this with shel and the crazy voicing?

[@sydneyrose6455]

I know I'm REALLY, REALLY late to the party but so far, I like this. I just found out about this last night and saw the good ending. I was confused and wondering if this was like Megaman combined with other things but seeing the X-ray and the Queen Bee's words has helped me realize those are humans and cyborgs, not robots. Oddly, now it reminds me of Mario games turned on their heads, very old Mario game where Bowser originally cursed some of the mushroom kingdom citizens into things like stone blocks and Peach had the amulet to break the spell, Warioland games, and such.

[@pd-uq5le]

a game where you play a villan like you decribed is called What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord? great game hilarious strategy game

[@huzai7083]

yeah i keep hearing that game, its on the psp

[@ekimmak]

I'm mildly annoyed you figured out the vinyl on the ship that quickly. It took me half the game to figure that one out.

[@madgizmo2212]

enter in When You're Evil by Voltaire.

[@Saiavinn]

"This is the life, you see~ The _Devil_ tips his hat to me!"

[@thatoneguy9582]

So, uh... completely unrelated to the video, but when I clicked on it, for some reason a glitch made me like every single comment. I tried to undo, but I thought "Eh, might as well keep it." So everyone (that posted before me) has a like now. You're welcome.

[@lele_25]

Oh sizzity snap, I feel like this is Mario when Bowser kidnaps Peach ( Sorry for my bad English)

[@Hermannex]

just realized dash is like a bee sonic

[@brainstorm623]

Seriously, someone needs to animate you 2 acting out the characters.

[@GreyKnightsVenerable]

You are my favorite letsplayer

[@wanderbots]

:D

[@victor-cz8cm]

I love this game I subscribe

[@hazardrider8317]

The second I hear the opening narration: "Oh hey it's Tomar!"

[@thebiolibrary5572]

Those canisters are grenades. Quick grenade recharges.

[@MrKirbymaniac1]

I did a double take when I saw Gashi Gashi's art.

[@zbarbied85z]

WHY ARE THEY SO GOOD AT VOICE LINES

[@DarkWh8]

Looks like a fun game!

[@noelbit9371]

For reverse game have you tried "evil genius" the game? It works that you operate evrithing from you evil layer.

[@MFG1243]

I'm calling it, Becky will betray them.

[@mouthwide0pen]

The thorax is part of the ribcage i believe.

[@Soultail]

i can make my name long and nobody will stop me it is

[@ziril3972]

ah man this is neat

[@The3rdFist]

This game has amazing writing

[@0sharkyshakes126]

The princess:only you would have the notes bad I would make a michel Jackson joke but the text says itself

[@JayDream77]

When the Bad Guy is trying to be mean but it goes wrong and he is kind

[@TSMSnation]

so when did they add each character having their own sort of voice tone sound? that adds a lot to the character of the game.

[@texasred9372]

This reminds me of the villainous cartoon

[@smievil]

on the thumbnail i could see a big hand, some purple colors and a little bit of yellow, thought it'd be something like rayman

[@kameronfrye9537]

you are riding in an eggman esque vehicle fighting a guy named dash... omg

[@shawthwf9630]

I like this game it's cool

[@TheAtemAndrew]

I really wish there was more voice-acting, really. I adored the game, though the only real issue I had with it was the 'optional' levels.

[@stormlordeternal7663]

they would be good voice actors

[@funtimepuppetfunneverends6708]

They were next in place on the child and maybe we can look at the same vehicles

[@Chrisy45054]

8:46 - 9:26 Why do I have a very funny feeling this is how it will go with Mario, Peach and Bowser one of these days?

[@Billrusselgaming]

aaaaawwww crow got a crush

[@coldandghostly]

If you like nefarious check out it's amino! Together we will take over the app, become a minion, stand with us in villainy!

[@lincolndog6502]

I wonder when this game was made

[@bunnicula7414]

I love the fact yur health is on the right and the heroes health is on the left.

[@TheZMoviesInc]

There is a game identical to the one you are describing called Castle Doombad by Adult Swim

[@smaug7958]

who is the guy in the purple armor @ 10:02

[@jennanguyen7832]

Can you do the nefarious comic dubs

[@heatherkelly5333]

29:06 i think thats the part of the insect army those giant dragonflys are probably like gunships and transport helicopters y else would there be troops

[@mr.facepalmfacepalm7759]

Hey I guess you could call Insectia THE BEES KNEES *Plays dumb music*

[@Kenthrex]

or just queen bee boss fight music (Terraria boss IF you dont know and bees knees is one of the drops)

[@icepl831]

dash=sonic of this game.

[@vegetaprince7805]

Apperently a thorax is the middle of the bee body so... bee chest?

[@Soultail]

Vegeta Prince breast plate

[@trinstonmichaels7062]

Trinston was here.

[@cadendains8106]

It only takes three hits to kill crow in the boss battles

[@NuckleBebop]

Very very very Earthworm Jim

[@anonymoustextingstories1258]

I wish there were more games where you are the villain instead of just a good or neutral character

[@shadaytaylor]

Señor Doggo! This is old

[@shadaytaylor]

Why we still here

[@Vigriff]

29:05 Those are dragonflies.

[@cowman3385]

What is a thorax

[@mystery5252]

“Scheming Weasel” is the name of a place of copy right free music everyone uses.

[@duck0724]

I am beating this cane while while watching this

[@belovedwarrior3192]

Wasn't this game supposed to also be on consoles? If it is what consoles was it meant to be on.

[@jardex2275]

It looks decent, but unpolished. I also can't help but feel like it's too Shovel Knight inspired. Sheet Music/Vinyls (namely, getting money from them), dropping money bag robots upon death, etc. I'm just scoping it out because Indie Box is releasing a collector edition.

[@pormpfspimperton6804]

I thought this game would be more fast paced

[@keloplays4126]

He really sounds lile the villain though

[@endlessboardgame985]

this game is after you quit playing or say the wrong thing

[@angelabishopfoodie]

16:08 MARIO REFRENCE

[@larsthememelord3383]

“I hate shields they’re annoying” shields are nice but not if they engender passivity

[@coreysmith3651]

It's a reference to sonic!

[@pyrogiant7283]

But aren't you the enemies?

[@HarmonizedHero]

i found out that this game was made by the people who made brawl in the family

[@Saiavinn]

you're kidding me!

[@francopichott9471]

Do not say its lame there is a giant robot

[@absolutegod4378]

I saw bill cipher

[@slevinchannel7589]

Becky is great. Sad how the Comic went downhill so much... Sad...

[@lolife8926]

29:04,29:11 YOU HAVE WINGS SO USE EM

[@emmettemmett4307]

Where did you get this game from I have bacon 🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓

[@wanderbots]

Steam, though it's on every console as well.

[@i_step_on_lego1791]

Spoiler alert! Crow x Becky is confirmed in the latest pages of the webcomic!

[@messagerscannerbot723]

When You Die You Lose Your Gold

[@mario0176]

her voice

[@silvianmagic5045]

Hi

[@silvianmagic5045]

@Mike UK mate this was a year ago what are you doing I already left like dude

[@bluntfishtrauma]

hi

[@ThumperMinerUnion]

34:04 Sonic Rip Off

[@destiny_9351]

first

[@zigzoinks5493]

Blue Kill No.

[@destiny_9351]

Hey