Only 2.5% of Players Have Beaten This Game... Here's Why

[@deshtom]

The fact that a game so deep and cool and expansive and fun and cute was made by a SOLO DEV is so inspiring ngl.

[@Zel-Veraan]

We're in the era of solo devs right now. Lethal Company and Crab Champions are two really great games both made by a singular human.

[@AdamDj-ic3kr]

Wait a second,a hard game,made by a solo dev,with cute girls?guys, i think we found the next touhou

[@erkot000]

​@@Zel-Veraan Did you mean crab game?

[@Zel-Veraan]

@@erkot000 nope. Crab Champions is a roguelike third person shooter developed by Noisestorm, the artist who made Crab Rave.

[@CassetteGlitch]

@@Zel-Veraan IIRC both Fear and Hunger games were also made by a singular dev!

[@3dini]

this game feels like the dev did a few savage raids and was like "but what if it was the entire game?"

[@deatsu]

im pretty sure the dev is a high end raider on ff14, so, yes that is exactly what happened

[@FlickTakFlakAttack]

I do wish Criterion Dungeons ended up like this in FFXIV. A mix of what they are currently with Deep Dungeon mechanics (in regard to pick-up loot). Hell, if they use PvP skills, they could easily scale it up for ability-changing loot like the opal/sapphire/emerald/ruby upgrades.

[@deatsu]

@@FlickTakFlakAttack yea thats how I wanted the new deep dungeon to go, more roguelike, more ambitious, and less .... potd with a new skin

[@RitzyBusiness]

Bro 4 of us ultimate raiders had trouble with hard mode 😂

[@micaheiber1419]

@@deatsu But I like the pain of solo running a new PotD. Guess you could always intentionally skip loot. That would be a fun run.

[@trashkuun]

As an FFXIV raider, I already know that the mechanics and aesthetics were heavily inspired by the game. In fact a friend was trying to sell the game to me before it's full release by just describing it as "FFXIV, but 2d and roguelike" and honestly I was sold so fast.

[@ThatVia]

There are lines on the floor

[@KitsuneRogue]

@@ThatVia _sometimes the lines are circles_

[@FerretBomb]

As a WHM, I can only recommend this Disposable Pointy Stick "don't stand in the fire, idiot" training aid highly.

[@sur7969]

this is just vierra savage raid simulator

[@nunyabiznes7446]

"two players is probably the game at its simplest-" [shows what seems to be an elaborate alchemy diagram / cat's cradle made of lasers]

[@kapadocia-sama3449]

one player is a hellish bullet hell, two/three/four players everyone must play perfect, but there is less spread patterns when you have only one buddy so its significantly easier to coordinate in very tight spaces, because arena is always the same size

[@mountainbeast4907]

It's just ff14 with an all viera party

[@mensalveare9130]

So a normal WR prog?

[@kaidynj2535]

just daily roulettes in a nutshell

[@ericcarneiro374]

The dev themself(?) admitted to have inspirations from XIV

[@Hon3yWa5p]

Fun Fact: This game is a sequel to a game called "Maiden and Spell" which is essentially a non-roguelike, single player version of the game. Maiden and Spell is inspired directly by Touhou Project, which means that "Lunar" mode is a direct parallel to the "Lunatic" difficulty. Due to the notorious difficulty of the "Lunatic" difficulty and it's legacy on the Touhou community, there's a good chance that the "Lunar" mode was specifically designed to be almost impossible.

[@youtubehandlesux]

But the lunatic difficulty is designed to be beatable by ZUN himself though, except Touhou 8 which has reduced difficulty for his wife

[@netanelaker4437]

I KNEW I recognise this art style! Maiden and Spell is a masters, can't recommend it enough.

[@aninkanamator]

Somehow, I feel like if this game was made by a big company, all of the bun girls would be a lot more anime

[@RyudanX]

Considering this game was heavily inspired by Final Fantasy XIV (the dev admits they played a ton of it over the years), you are not far off the mark.

[@AgentOracle]

If this game was made by a "big" company, all the bun girls would be less attractive.

[@chubbyanemone696]

​@@AgentOracle?

[@TorManiak]

​@@AgentOracle That only depends on which "big" company. I mean, any company that makes enough money to be famous across a wide range of people can already be considered big. For example, you cannot really call Hoyoverse(the ones making Genshin Impact) a small studio in any capacity with how much money they're raking in selling Gacha mechanic while still getting a lot of people playing their games and popularity beyond them.

[@aninkanamator]

@@RyudanX I never said they would be attractive

[@TehNoobiness]

"...it feels like a choreographed dance routine while having a cannon pointed at your face..." Ah, so you liked the Avy fight too.

[@faloughasch9239]

Maybe it's just me My voice, my face, my personality What would I have to be? If it's for you then I would change my every thing...! When I look into the jade lakeside My darkened silhouette is all that I can see But soon I'll shine, just as bright as you And then you'll see me NGL the lyrics go hard

[@Parrleey]

Love the video, banger as always. But uh, I noticed you missed something very important about the game; the soundtrack. It is CRIMINAL it wasn't at least mentioned. The whole game has a S tier track, especially Emerald Lakeside.

[@redking36]

I recommend the One Step from Eden soundtrack as well, same composer (Steel Plus).

[@Eevee_Eevo]

You’re completely right abt the emerald lakeside tracks! The action vocals are so good, def one of my favs

[@Spyke114]

A glowing review and doesn't even mention the great soundtrack or the fact that it has local multiplayer and remote play enabled so that you can get your friends in on your runs without them owning the game. Also the character interactions are genuinely very funny (to me) AND YOU CAN PET THE SHOPKEEPER CAT! There's seriously not a bad part of this game.

[@farmofalltrades9282]

if i had a penny everytime an ultrahard game with bossfights built around bullet hell mechanics was themed around bunnygirls i would have 2 pennies, which isnt much but its weird that it happened twice. And both this and Rabi Ribi as super fun games to boot.

[@pointyyou]

Tevi exists too, made by the same guys who made rabi ribi.

[@mikamizui]

I think legacy of lunatic kingdom deserves a honorable mention!

[@PikaPenny17]

I havent played it so I am not sure how well it fits this, but maybe Rabbit Hole counts.

[@Stardust_Seraph]

aaaaaaaa I'm so happy to see Skooch reviewing this game I've been anticipating it for so long now Additionally very important information: You can pet the shopkeeper :>

[@IoFoxdale]

"Now I'm going to say my most hated and most beloved zones," Me, instinctively: Yeah Dragons and Frogs.

[@puenboy1]

Frog is also suffering, but to good music

[@rokazeravas4904]

Good god the moment you said Red Darkhouse, i felt that pain. My favorite area though has to be the Scholars Nest. The moment the boss time stops you and gives you her next three attacks that you have to then play out is a really cool feeling when everyone does it perfectly Though you had mentioned difficult coop games? Idk if youve heard of it, but there's a roguelite coop called Ravenswatch and that's pretty difficult with an interesting skill ceiling for each character.

[@rokazeravas4904]

Edit (because I’m on mobile): I see you already talked about Ravens Watch in another video lol

[@kalandillon8320]

One detail I love is that each area is set up to teach you the bosses mechanics before you fight the boss. For example, the crow boss (my personal favorite) has a teleport mechanic forcing you to position yourself somewhere that will be safe for where you teleport. But you know the boss will do this because an earlier enemy you fight in the same area uses this on you in an easy to dodge pattern. They do this for nearly every single mechanic in the game. Plus, a lot of these mechanics are special to their own area and won’t appear in other areas (with some exceptions)

[@shimari5107]

ah, multiplayer touhou

[@tico-mia4813]

you're so wrong for that

[@unrealredist4124]

Th3, 9, 19 I forgor if it was 3

[@rainysunday9664]

​@@unrealredist4124 to be fair Phantasms(and Fightings) are 1v1

[@feacvtpar]

multiplayer touhou is previous game from this game's developer - Maiden & Spell

[@Evan-mt7bc]

Red Darkhouse is also a bit of a problem because of all the Stage colors in the game, Red on Black is ironically the least contrasting color on a black background (The others being Blue, Purple, Yellow, Green and White) while also being the most bullet hell stage.

[@teereee_official]

There's actually an option to change the colors of the boss attacks, there's one for "Magenta Standard" for maximal contrast if boss attacks aren't visible enough for the player.

[@WikiJippo]

@@teereee_official Whaaat, I need to try that. Thanks for informing people

[@pentagonofpeople]

The funny thing about the dragon boss, is that she doesn't bring any new mechanics to the table. Crow boss has timestop, mouse boss has you chasing around adds, but dragon boss? It's all the exact same stuff you just saw with the regular enemies in the zone. Just layered on top of eachother in the most obnoxious, sensory-overload ways possible

[@Licherous]

been playing this game for the last week or so of release quite a bit, it's really flown under the radar, and nice to see someone get more than a few thousand views on their video about it. Hopefully it brings more in to play as it's really satisfying

[@Zel-Veraan]

6:42 I'mma be real, Skooch: I see you upload, I watch. It doesn't matter what new thing it is you're talking about, I just like hearing you talk about stuff. Keep up the great work.

[@Zel-Veraan]

Also, this game looks like TouHou had a child with Undertale. I'm buying it.

[@zariosmation3462]

@@Zel-Veraan How much money does it cost?, seems pretty cool

[@Zel-Veraan]

@@zariosmation3462 $15 on Steam.

[@ARandomDragon56]

Just a heads up, in the options you can change the colors of all the attacks in various sets! Be sure to look at that. Also, this game is 10/10

[@flightfather7329]

Gloomhaven is a Fun unique Co-Op game on steam based off a RL board game. I found it fairly challenging and it has aspects of rogue-like games i think you might enjoy.

[@Nixitur]

What I like about this game is that if you're doing the mechanics correctly, the big walls and circles of bullets just pass you by and you're fine. But even if you don't do them right, you can still be a bullet hell sicko (positive) and _just dodge them anyway._

[@yamiraguero5541]

Very few games i look at the screenand have absolutely no idea what is going on, im goin to have to check this one out.

[@bug5654]

Everyone knows there's only one raid mechanic: Don't stand in fire. Bad Rogue: It's so warm here in the fire!

[@Ducktagon]

LET'S GO RABBIT AND STEEL

[@gentledragon]

Watching that red dark house part made my brain giggle. Let me explain... I have always enjoyed bullet hell games for reason, and have always been good at them. A friend brought over a game called Mushihimesama that he had been obsessed with for days. I watched him play once before he handed the controller to me, and I beat the high score that he had spent days setting. Then there was Ikaruga which I fell in love with to the point that I could eventually beat it in a total of 11 lives. Eventually I took a test. Not some online IQ test that takes 20 minuets and tells you that you are a genius, but a timed test with more questions than there are minutes to complete the test (I think it averaged 30 seconds per question) and it mainly focused on spatial reasoning, pattern recognition, and logic. I wasn't taking this test for myself, but I was curious about my results and asked the person at the end what my score was. He said that he couldn't tell me my exact score or which answers were right or wrong, but he told me that I had the 2nd highest score he had ever seen, because one time somebody handed back both tests to him with 100% perfect scores. This game seems to be the same shape as my brain if that makes sense. Like if this game were a puzzle box with holes my brain would fit in the Rabbit and Steel shaped hole (and the square hole obviously, because everything fits in the square hole). I was watching red dark house and feeling that with enough practice I can do this. Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to sell my friends on a game called Rabbit and Steel about cute anime bunny girls in a punishing rogue-lite co-op bullet hell.

[@YTThatOneGuy]

These fucking Rabbits got Hands bro

[@WH40KHero]

As an experienced raider myself i can see one big aspect of MMO raiding thats been vastly simplified. And thats the "trying out mechanics" part of the encounter. This game always has clear indicators of what one is supposed to do when, it even spells it out in big flashing colours what you must do exactly. Usually MMOs do not do this. Their mechanics are sometimes quite veiled, and it is up to your team to find out exactly what to do when, memorise it and then execute on it. Which is an interesting choice, but a welcome one. It should probably reduce the time to learn bosses from hours to days to...well, hours.

[@annabunni64]

The bunny girls is why I'd believe someone telling me it would be one of the hardest games around. games with bunny girl protagonist are often the hardest. See: Bunny Must Die or Rabi-Ribi or some Touhou games.

[@rskolokrs]

The game is great, the only bad thing is that it needs a proper training level. Tons of fun and hard as nails

[@princelaharl664]

I think someone needs to introduce him to Final Fantasy 14 if he wants to experience more of this game.

[@ThatOneAsianKai]

Funny thing is that the dev does play FF14 and was inspired by savage raids and ultimates

[@venumus1]

Ff14 raids are a fucking joke with massive wind ups and telegraphed hit boxes and there is no heat progression

[@sonawhite8813]

​@@venumus1what is heat progression?

[@venumus1]

@@sonawhite8813 gear auto correct is stupid

[@TheDapperDragon]

​@@venumus1Someone hasn't seen the absolute joke that is Mythic raids

[@soprettymuchthatsthewayitis]

Love this game :) also wanted to say that the actually first lunar clear with 4 players was done by cheesing the game and giving the entire team permanent invulnerability

[@Flufficuss]

If you want to see how insane Lunar gets one day because you're bored, if you join a Lunar mode run with 4 people already in it, you can just spectate their run. And uh. The ones I spectated went to the dragon place, which, I think, is the genuinely hardest area. And OHMYG-

[@TheDoomlord7]

Been grinding Lunar solo, gotten to the final boss of some of the zones a few times. If you don’t get a good item in the tutorial zone resetting is required as even with 100% uptime certain characters cannot meet the damage check.

[@crumy5329]

I never thought skooch would make a video about one of my favorite games that has come out of recent. Also hello from the 2.5% of players to clear hard.

[@kirbino141]

Oh so its a touhou game!

[@AdamDj-ic3kr]

No, it's a touhou game but the bosses figured out bullets are no longer enough

[@antoineguerrier2965]

@@AdamDj-ic3kr Oh so it's a Touhou game!

[@AdamDj-ic3kr]

@@antoineguerrier2965 .....yes

[@sebk_sr]

That would suit its predecessor more I guess

[@Eevee_Eevo]

I feel like saying it’s a touhou game sells it short… all of the different abilities and combos of loot you’re able to rack up make the game feel way different :P

[@someoneusedtobeknown2645]

5:29 They really got that toad scream after that interaction.

[@BunbunZoe]

As a FFXIV Raider this game was a must-buy and honestly it was exactly as messy and chaotic and fun as doing a new fight in XIV... definitely can recommand that game!

[@crowdemon_archives]

With shorter prog session lol

[@lightning4743]

I'm just putting this out here right now for anyone that just heard of the game and wants to try it I've played the game non stop from its release and sometimes with some friends for fun and I am also very experienced in bullet hell games as I've played them for almost my entire life and it took me almost my entire 150 hour playtime to be able to beat lunar difficulty solo (the one after hard mode) but don't be discouraged the game is hard but fair the mechanics are easy to learn and with some dedication I'm sure anyone can beat lunar difficulty, just be warned enemy mechanics changes dramatically when playing with more players so gl to everyone and don't forget to enjoy the game and stay calm as in the end this isn't just a bullet hell game its a rouge lite :))

[@justinwhite2725]

Operation tango is a fun coop game for 2 players. Highly reccomended. It relies on players only having half the info and needing to describe things to the other player.

[@KiraYamatoinX10A]

Fun fact, you can pet the merchant cat.

[@Nonexistility]

I am fine with everything but that *"Haha changed your location!" ALWAYS* THROWS ME OFF FROM MY TRACKS 😭😭😭

[@LeafDreams]

yeah, I do agree about the visibility of mechs, I play FFXIV and cleared most savages and ultimates being the shotcaller, and some mechs should need different animations\colors to see it better, like when a Laser will rotate, it only shows arrows and the colors of it always the same as the AoEs\Boss colors, while in FFXIV when it's rotating clockwise the arrows has 1 color, if rotating counterclockwise has another color, so some QoLs would be pretty nice on this game. found this game just yesterday and I really did like it, I like both FFXIV and bullet hell games, this is just perfect, just need improvements of the mechs' visibility as said here. (and heck, I always seen FFXIV as a bullet hell game but it's disguised as a 3D game with mechs lol)

[@nemesissombria]

Someone had a bit of inspiration from Tohou

[@Enocia]

This game is 2D Final Fantasy 14 raiding, and I love it

[@christopherdyson1158]

Still havent gotten around to playing this. Loved Maiden and Spell.

[@njstudent155]

A bit late to go and say this, but really straight forward answer to title of this video is just: (super TLDR: people don't know the story exists) To beat the "game", all it *actually* takes is to have a run where you clear outskirts, 3 main zones, final zone, then final boss. That's it, u can 1 and done it on multiplayer, get carried, and win (this does actually happen). To beat the *STORY,* you actually have to do all the side stories for each character in the game, and then beat the final boss, and then do some other stuff. The game doesn't really TELL you *ANY of this, or show you how to find these things, even though all the features are there.* Also, the story can *ONLY be done on singleplayer* (unless you play local multiplayer), so yeah. That's about it. No difficulty or nothing, you can beat the story on casual.

[@Syphe07]

Idk if skooch is gonna see this But if you want something similar to this *terraria* with mods can provide an experience that you may be craving Calamity infurnum + fargos souls mod is maybe something you would enjoy, based on what was in this video

[@pedrorocha6044]

if you've played FFXIV, this is basically a 2D roguelike version, very fun!

[@Fipul30]

Thank for showing this gem to more gamers! This is awesome for Ppl who raided back in the day but dont have time to grind out an MMO and find 10+ ppl for Raiding every week.

[@ZachBlackforest]

I've legit been enjoying Rabbit and Steel recently! Favorite rabbit's for me would be Sniper rabbit (Go green hair for the full Bucky'O'Hare experience!) and Ancient rabbit, because her orange skin has a bird!

[@SylphieChan]

If you havent already, GTFO is an amazing 4 player multiplayer co-op game about stealthing, shooting, and dying so very many times.

[@beastamer1990s]

I think " *RED DARK* house" is meant to be dark, and red

[@Haxentrick]

Yes I'm late... But at 15:48 if you didn't know you can change the attack color in the settings. It helped me a bunch to understand certain attack because I just couldn't see them.

[@Aldenfenris]

Actrually, for the 'mmo raid like' there is this game called mini healer. It's... interesting, played it a bunch. In that game you play as the healer for a 4 person party and have to try to keep them alive. You can tell the party which enemy to target first, but otherwise it's mostly deciding the optimal healing, dealing with debuffs and interacting with boss mechanics by making sure to stand on the right spot. Game has hit a pause in development due to the dev having RL issues last year but seems that work is being done once again.

[@sunfeatherX3]

I love you skooch. You bring me such fantastic games for my brain. Roguelike doesnt scare me, it inspires me. The genre makes failure easier to take. Even though I fail more often. Genuinely you have a knack for these kinds of videos and keeping my attention. Super adhd and easily discouraged. Gonna give this a look! And they have a DEMO?!? games with demos are automatically given big points

[@WikiJippo]

A lot of roguelikes a big problem though: Making you start from scratch and go through stages that aren't challenging to you anymore. It makes them addicting when you just start them, because it's fun to make a build and stuff, but that mechanic can become a hassle once you have to go to the same tutorial stage for the 100th time without any challenge just to pick up your starting build.

[@ChozotheBozo]

Rabbit and Steel needs MORE COVERAGE! It's such a fun game with friends!!

[@zachday1516]

bought the game after watching like 3 mins, 10/10 played it with 4 buds from my ff14/wow raiding team. absolute class.

[@justinboggin9086]

The best part about all this is Renalie is somehow also cute, as a dragon, that kills you harder than any other boss.

[@thedeeplydisturbedcat4754]

Difficult coop: Ravenswatch Synthetik GTFO Ready or Not Barotrauma Other coop: Monster Hunter (old & new) Deep Rock Galactic God Eater Exoprimal Rainbow Six (pre-siege) Divinity Baldur's Gate Wasteland The Ascent Castle Crashers

[@elo2coon434]

Endless dungeon on the hardest difficulties with a coktail is an interesting experience

[@junosch2097]

Personally I recommend you and your friends to play "full metal furies" (not furrys tho). It's a fantastic game with fun mechanics and also decently hard and a puzzle game. Loved it with my friends, hope you give it a try ^^

[@crisonline143]

I love raiding in ffxiv. This game looks perfect for me

[@triplespearmint]

Theres a market for raid mechanic-lite games

[@cachotognax3600]

If you want some recomendations on coop games i recomend "Lovers in a dangerous spacetime": despite the cute aesthetics the game's quite challenging especially on hard, requiring your team to coordinately and quickly move between the ship's control stations. Local coop only but remote play together might work for you.

[@nezunskyfire292]

I would probably say Mini Healer is the first "MMO Raid-like", but this one certainly tops it.

[@HydroSparkles111]

I would love to see you and your friends play Overcooked 2! It's silly fun and gets fairly complex the later you get

[@justinwhite2725]

1:34 you forgot that while doing that you also have to maintain your dps rotation because if you dont kill the boss in time on hard it's game over.

[@Randoomios]

For challenging co-op games i can recommend: Both Payday games, GTFO, Serious Sam (first and second encounter). And for 2-player co-op i can think of: N++, battleblock theater, super cyborg, and maybe synthetik: legion rising.

[@joaopeixoto6224]

the game seems to have too much eye candy and visual pollution, makes it all confusing and challenging to see which attacks are from where and what they do

[@tomatazoo]

As a day 1 rabbit & steel player, thank you skooch for making the game known to more people

[@murloc0518]

There actually were "MMO Raid-like" games on roblox a very long time ago , that one BALLER meme came from one of those old games.

[@Nixahma]

RABBIT AND STEEL MENTIONED

[@deatsu]

so fucking happy to see this game getting the attention it deserves

[@MoxInaBox]

This gives me life considering the solo dev was highly inspired by FFXIV raiding, especially older content like the E8S or Edens 8 Savage fight with Shiva. I wouldnt be surprised if there's a light's rampant mechanic snuck in there somewhere 😂

[@crowdemon_archives]

I'm told there's a Pantokrator somewhere, of all things. 😂

[@tigerisorangeone7070]

a decently challenging co-op game is deep rock galactic (ROCK AND STONE!) there are four classes and tons of areas to explore, challenges to unlock and complete, its four player co-op where you fulfil what the company wants you to do and shoot bugs. incredibly fun

[@YellowNeon]

Not sure if you played it but Pico Park is an 8 player co-op platformer on Steam. It can be a really fun challenge trying to get multiple people to cooperate on a level

[@alexcat6685]

20:56 Risk Of Rain 2 and Returns both work in comparison and challenge while being great Rougelikes. DeepRock Galatic's Dwarf lifestyle as a game. Gigantic, the Ramapage edition now adds unique enough Moba gameplay that it hopefully help cure you're trauma.

[@AuraArondight]

Sounds like something the hardcore 2hu crowd would enjoy. The Reisen enjoyers in particular.

[@beamslashc677]

Can you add some way to support the devs in the description their website or steam page etc the name isn't even in the title or description either. I know now its called rabbit and steel but I had to replay the video.

[@JoshuaPAMployee]

Well you see the secret to hard mode is to have played WAY TOO MUCH TOUHOU! 🤣

[@dman29495]

this game slaps. I been playing it for a couple weeks now.

[@shiina4826]

im SO happy to see more coverage of this game

[@Kujaguy]

Can confirm that the entire dragon zone is harder than the actual final boss of the game

[@shmulay5891]

I'm sure you've heard about Helldivers 2, but I can't recommend it enough! It's a fantastic co-op game that is also very difficult, but not quite as cute as Rabbit & Steel. I guarantee that it will have you and your friends screaming in no time.

[@alecciarosewater7438]

coop recommendations hrm Hammerwatch is a cooperative dungeon crawler. Crawl is a competitive dungeon crawler. Regular Human Basketball makes players work together to operate a basketball robot. Barotrauma makes players work together to operate a not-spaceship

[@baitposter]

It's great for getting your friends into raiding gameplay without a prerequisite 60-hour MMO grind

[@arrowb.8438]

GTFO, Ready or Not, and Hell Let Loose are all fantastic shooter-esque Co-op games.

[@captaindystopia]

literally bought the game now, thanks skooch, love ya

[@Odemasus]

I put this game alongside "Rabbit Hole"! They are such a games to play if you wanna go bnuuy mode

[@Chestnnut]

Mate I am amazed you managed to sell me on a game that short circuited all motor skills just from watching clips of it, good video. from ur ask at the end, I've played a lot of Vagante with a friend. Definitely way slower of a roguelike than this and probably leans more to the frustrating part of difficult, but somethin keeps pulling me back into it. Also Duelists of Eden came out a couple months ago and the original game was always too fast for my brain but a deckbuilding mega man battle network type fighting game is sick as hell and closer to Rabbit & Steel's speed (also same composer as this game) o7

[@WikiJippo]

Vagante is great, but really need some checkpoint system. I think there might be one in the mods section but I haven't look into it. It actually made me stop playing it without mastering all the stages and bosses, just because it's so frustrating to go through the first 6 stages every single time just to get to the parts that are actually challenging. The game also incentivizes lots of scavenge hunting around every stage for loot and gear, which makes the lack of checkpoints even worse.

[@xilverknight155]

SKOOCH PLAYING RABBIT AND STEEL?!

[@bendonatier]

You know Skooch, if you wanted you could always try final fantasy 14 for your co-op experience. Yes there is a jrpg's worth of content before the end game hard stuff, but it's a story worth enjoying, especially if you have folks to meme through it with. All of the raids are done in such a way that even the ten year old ones can still be done at roughly the difficulty they were run from, you can do 2/3rds of the game for free, including the first three raid series, and once you get to the end of that free trial, you'll have access to "ultimate" raids, what are generally considered some of the hardest, and best designed co-op experiences in gaming, with their "prog time" the amount of time spent practicing, measured in weeks and months. For what it's worth there's also no pay to win, gatcha or predatory monetization.

[@Sybir.]

My vid reactions: 1. There's more in the Witch & Spell series?!? 2. Skooch's unintentional Touhou roast... 3. Skooch is still very entertaining to watch.

[@ephraimcarter7918]

There is a boardgame called Hellapagos which I highly recommend. It's only about 20$, and it's a co-op game until the food runs out and you have to decide with player to kill

[@sarbe6625]

I have been able to solo this game on normal multiple times to make sure I've had a route through each area atleast once. And so far I have only been able to defeat the first area boss on hard mode solo by the skin of my teeth once when I happened upon a particularly good build.

[@reliuskaiser]

Secrets of Grindea. I recommend Secrets of Grindea. It very good. Plays very well~ it's four player co-op and has both a story mode and roguelike mode that are BOTH co-op! I would recommend more people play this game. It's a lovely game that deserves to be seen. If you like Legend of Mana, Link to the Past, Hades..just..so many inspirations that come together to make a great game. I would love for Skooch to play this.

[@mayysgy]

I don't know you at all but the fact that a big creator made a. video about this game is awesome, the more people that know about this masterpiece the better

[@LimboEffugiumWritter]

The hardest part of this game is to convince your friends to play with you... And what deals the most damage is the emotional impact when they refuse