So I Tried Ultrakill, It's Pretty Good

Ultrakill is a Doom like that has become quite popular while still in early access. It's the game the most people have requested and so I did a blind run, I have some thoughts, so lets get into it.
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[@retr4y562]

Minos: "You know how to parry... Don't you?" V1: "Uh... Maybe." Minos: Haha. *Time to Learn.*

[@ThroarbinGaming]

I really do need to learn, lol

[@eloise2319]

I understood that reference!

[@loj2252]

@@ThroarbinGaming F (the key)

[@Freddie_06]

@@loj2252 I'm not gonna sugarcoat it

[@sleeper6548]

13:06 in my first playthrough like a year or two ago, when i first fought this boss, and saw the challenge "Parry a punch" my reactions were "YOU CAN PARRY THE PUNCH?!!!" ever since that day, i have parried everything, even my mom's shoes

[@tabstabstabs.]

the chosen one

[@samthefaustmain4068]

One time a kid was playing football (soccer) and kicked a ball straight into my direction, i parried it, i swear i saw the style bonus amd everything

[@tabstabstabs.]

@@samthefaustmain4068 one time i woke up really disoriented and i swore for just a second i could press f to punch

[@mr.e7005]

I remember who you're talking about, and I actually did that by accident. I repeatedly died trying to continuously parry

[@catonawatermelon8]

blue glow:

[@Xenomorthian]

Massive respect for somehow going through the game not parrying yet finding the infamously tough bosses easy

[@CorruptTypes]

i never parried my first time playing and still beat minos

[@Ignatiusussy]

@@CorruptTypes well minos only has a handful of parriable attacks in the first place and only in the first phase, so it really isn't necessary.

[@maxmusterfrau]

​@@Ignatiusussyparryimg minos is a great way to get free heals, do some damage and stop his combo though, his second phase is still parriable even if hes a lot faster

[@Ignatiusussy]

@@maxmusterfrau Second phase isn't parriable except the orb thingy

[@randomnameiuse34]

That only applies to Violent, and I'm not so sure this guy would be playing on Violent considering it was their first run @@Ignatiusussy

[@abfg616]

9:25 There actually are blue skulls scattered around the level, you just accidentally found the secret path to skip the puzzle.

[@Luckyninja0987]

There are actually four skulls in that level funnily enough

[@Freddie_06]

@@Luckyninja0987 I've only seen three. I had to take Hank apart again to open the door

[@Luckyninja0987]

@@Freddie_06 one in the boarded up room, one underneath the floorboards near the table, one behind the bookshelf (you have to push it from the side), and one through the glass in front of Hank.

[@Freddie_06]

@@Luckyninja0987 I didn't know about the bookshelf one... Huh. One learns something new every day

[@Zer0cip]

​@@Luckyninja0987 I KNEW THERE WAS ONE BEHIND THE BOOKSHELF! I TRIED TO EXPLODE IT SO MUCH BUT IT WOULDN'T BUDGE. I SAW THAT GLOW 😭

[@thediam0nddrag0n78]

Fun fact: you can parry your own shotgun pellets

[@umapessoa2496]

Ultrakill fanbase trying not to backseat challange

[@spectoestis3106]

*_S H U T U P_*

[@chryspyr]

Ultrakill fans letting new players discover cool tech by themselves challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[@tntmaxter8607]

​@@chryspyr Ah yes, let someone discovery jump storage without playing a 100hr, sometimes backseating is not bad.

[@weeabooze655]

@@chryspyri agree with Maxter. Like bruh, let the community teach the entrants. We don’t want to gatekeep shit

[@furgel7717]

I've heard more people refer to it as a DOOM-like, but it's more akin to Quake with its movement mechanics. 15:34 the mechanic is called hard damage. While you can heal from blood from nearby enemies, to prevent you from being able to just facetank everything a part of that damage is so-called "hard damage" which greys out your health bar. You cannot recover health in the hard damage range. Hard damage disappears after a short time (4 seconds of not being hit IIRC) and the higher your score is, the shorter that duration is, with it being entirely non-existent on the highest style rank. Using the grappling hook does not damage you, but will inflict hard damage if you're missing health, as to prevent you from easily healing by hooking in a small enemy. I have a hunch that you didn't read a bunch of the terminals, they actually give you great tips on enemies and bosses. Such as how it's better to conserve stamina against Gabriel 2 by using sliding to dodge his tripple attack rather than dashing.

[@abfg616]

7:50 the levels are broken up into layers, the notation being layer-level. So level 1-2 is the second level of layer 1. The first 4 levels are the prelude, and are considered layer 0.

[@romarkgaming2009]

correction, theres 5 levels in layer 0

[@DONUTDONUTDONUTDONUTDONUT]

Tip for the coin, it inherits your momentum, so as long as you don’t move in a different direction after it is thrown, hitting coins is just muscle memory. Also you can punch it to have it target the nearest enemy, then bounce into the air so you can hit it again. Plus if you shoot the coin when it flashes it splits and hits two enemies. Additionally the coin can be activated by any hitscan attack. That includes the railcannon. You can actually hit a boss with the railcannon multiple times with this technique, but it increases your damage either way.

[@TheStrangestLad]

The reason you struggled with Gabriel 2 so much is because that's very much a battle of parries. If you learn the timings, his healthbar can MELT.

[@awesomeboss3634]

to clear you up on the level thing, everything before limbo was the prelude and not a part of hell, so it doesn't have a level transition telling you what part of hell you are going to. (at least to my memory) edit: after watching the full video i can say that yes, parrying is a big part of the game but i don't blame you for not trying to do it as the timing can be a bit finicky at times, but the high damage and full healing of parrying cant be undermined. For the secret bosses you heard of, i recommend trying to reach them because they are.. very fun.

[@cosmicdragon2996]

When he said that shotguns was his least used weapon made me cry😢 Cause the shotgun is perfect for gaining blood

[@uberlord983]

I'm pretty sure Prelude not having the same level UI as the rest of the layers plays into the lore running in the background of the game. But that's another VERY dizzying topic for another day.

[@partywumpus5267]

also fun fact: parrying was recently made a lil easier in the new update :) (mostly makes parrying projectiles easier)

[@hersical]

@@cosmicdragon2996 " h a v e f u n "

[@Agentmonkey09]

@@cosmicdragon2996 Well to be honest i went into the game with 0 spoilers so i didn't use shotgun at all since overpump took half of my health and core's reload time was too long so i mostly used pistol and nailgun and railcanon. As i said this was my first time playing it now i use shotgun more than any weapon due to how good it is.

[@T_Man]

I hope you do the p-ranks and the levels they unlocks. . . Also the secret levels. Ultrakill has a lot of contents packed into it, and its always a joy to subject people to it :)

[@FIDGETSPINNER193]

I still hear the "CRUSH" of Minos in my nightmares. Not Sysiphis tho, probly because I was WAY more used to the game and so pissed about eveery other enemy before him that all I could think was KILL.

[@CorruptTypes]

@@FIDGETSPINNER193 fr

[@PixelKingStudios.]

The dev hakita described the game as devilmayquake

[@ThroarbinGaming]

devilmayquake, that's kinda funny

[@PixelKingStudios.]

@@ThroarbinGaming its a real website

[@mkk1323]

Why the shotgun is my favourite weapon: -Parrying your shotgun causes an explosion, which makes the shotgun good at close and far range. -when you switch between the 2 different shotgun types and immediently shoot, you can shoot with the shotgun every 0.2 seconds -the green variant of the shotgun can instakill virtues and mindflayers if you do it right (It's easier to do with the grappler). -when you shoot the grenade of the shotgun with a malicious railcannon shot, you can create a f*cking nuke. btw. the statues are called cerberus beacause every enemy is being named by V1 ( the Robot you play as) and the 2 cerberi protect the door to hell just like the 3 headed dog. Also the fact you only used the nailgun for V2 hurts me.

[@WindingDreams]

Ultrakill made me a completionist cause I enjoyed the game so much. I never hunt for secrets or top scores in any games but in ultrakill I got em all. :)

[@lemmy4965]

lmao same bro i went out of my way to 100% each level just because the game is so fun, even on repeat playthroughs

[@mis4vr877]

Seeing the gold layers in level selection makes my peepee hard

[@EMan-xj5cz]

Yeah same (still working on being a completionist for other games)

[@Emeraldym]

Cool video. I will say that ultrakill indeed is a game that hides alot of content for those willing to go beyond "the meat" as you put it. Id wholeheartingly recommend just exploring some of the levels very slowly and just look for secrets. Or you can look up a tutorial for the secret weapons and levels, i wont blame ya

[@ThroarbinGaming]

Yeah, I've heard there's all kinds of stuff you can find when you really dig into it, really neat how it has that and yet I played the whole thing and was quite satisfied. Games like that have so much replay value

[@uberlord983]

I personally adore that you can "skip" the 1-4 puzzle, since that in of itself is a puzzle. However, its a puzzle that the game doesn't explicitly tell you about until after you've beaten the level once, under the subtlety of the Challenge. And even then, it rewards you for thinking outside the box, by going beyond the drone-like thinking of "The things, go get them.", & looking at where you can apply what you have in your toolkit to achieve a myriad of results.

[@hmmm.74]

I know everyone is saying this but its for a reason, this is great gaming content. I dont know why your so unknown. Trust me, one of your videos will hit the algorithm and you'll blow up.

[@ThroarbinGaming]

Maybe someday, we'll see

[@Acenthus]

@@ThroarbinGaming that day is today lol

[@UnhingedBunny]

Ok so. No hate at all. But there IS a puzzle with blue skulls in 1-4 CLAIR DE LUNE. You found the secret challenge way of getting to the V2 boss fight. The skull locations are... through the paintibg of gabriel in the main room, under the floor boards in the dining room, and in the room where that numbered slab is theres a window above the door that you can either go through or destroy (i forget which.) So no the developer is not mean you just didnt know where to look ♡ (and sorry if this isnt the first time youve seen a comment like this)

[@ThroarbinGaming]

oh no that's fine. Someone else mentioned that there were skulls. I searched all over and never found them but did find that one method for getting to the fight. Genuinely thought I was being trolled but I guess not, lol

[@Bruj_momnt]

Bruh you can just jump to the window and skip puzzle part

[@solisruben296]

@@Bruj_momnt that's..... the point of this conversation. the creator of the video didn't know how to solve the puzzle at the time, they just found the secret way accidentally

[@lagoofysilly]

@@ThroarbinGamingparry pleaaase it hurts im dying now!!

[@OkayCool1]

to answer some questions you had (and some tips): the first 5 levels were prelude, basically 0-1, 0-2, ... 0-5. the gameplay tutorial after the real tutorial. they're not part of hell yet, so they don't appear on the "layers of hell" screen at the start of each level. you can use the two shotguns for shotgun swapping: fire the shotgun, very fast afterwards switch to the other variant, and it fires faster that if you only used one. repeat as long as you like for basically double the fire rate. shotguns can parry, shoot when you would punch to parry. does not work for certain attacks, mainly any projectiles. if you punch immediately after firing a shotgun, you do a projectile boost, one pellet will fly faster and explode on impact. this was originally a bug, but the dev, Hakita, decided it was a feature and kept it in. the flamethrower enemy has a flammable tank on their back, shoot it to instakill them. this is very easy if you throw a coin behind them and shoot it. speaking of the coin, yes, it increases damage for the shot you fire at it. it also does a little sparkle after it's been thrown. shoot it at that moment to split the coin and hit two enemies at once. it's a very amazing feeling of getting two instakills on two street cleaners (flamethrower guys) with one coin. coins can also be shot with the railcannon and any other hitscan from enemies like malicous face or sentry (sniper robot) to get a chargeback. this instakills malicious faces and deals a lot of damage if it hits anything else. the grappling hook "whiplash" (and taking damage in general) builds up hard damage (grey color at the end of your health bar). if you've lost health, hard damage builds up and you can't heal hard damage until it disappears after a few seconds, OR if you rank up in style seen on the right side of the screen. also ranks S through SSS lessen the hard damage buildup, and ULTRAKILL rank completely negates it all together. HOWEVER: whiplash does not build up hard damage under water OR when hooking onto grappling points, so they are a "free" method of using the whiplash. to get better style, use different weapons, the weapons become "stale" after some use and will result in less style now a few hints for secrets, not spoiling any of course ;) first, the gameplay changing ones: in 1-4, you saw a button with roman number 4 on in, you were playing the 4th level, I wonder where the rest of the buttons are... in 4-3, there's a certain room in the dark halls, leave the torch at the end and come back for a surprise here's just fun secrets: in 3-1, there's a peculiar little bridge in the wacky stairs room, perfect act 1 and you'll find something very interesting in 6-2 there's a little hole near the door before Gabe, perfect act 2 for a similar surprise (do the first one first tho) every layer (excluding 3 and 6) has a secret level, they change the genre of ULTRAKILL for that level. 0-2, you need to vent like the sus impostor in the hit game among us 1-1, if you throw a coin into a [REDACTED] and make a wish, you might just find a secret 2-3, like previously in the layer, there are electrical boxes. attack the powergrid and explore 4-2, there is a button on the outside with a face on it, that opens a wall with said face on it, within is a relic, bring it high up, then follow the brightest star south. 5-1, you need to vent like the sus imp- oh wait, I made the joke already uhh.. enjoy ULTRAKILL ;) hope my wall of text didn't bother too bad :p

[@thewolfhearted5542]

those secret level hints are probably the best way i've heard someone describe them! ill have to use those for my friends in the future

[@OkayCool1]

@@thewolfhearted5542 thank you ^^ I am honored :D I tried to make them easy to understand, without spoiling the whole thing :p although bigger spoilers would be what's in the secrets

[@femi7631]

I highly suggest reading about enemies on the consoles at the beginning of a level, it tells you about their weaknesses. ULTRAKILL is a very experimental game so I suggest switching weapons and trying different weapon combinations, you'll be fascinated once you find out what you can do with the coins

[@cursedvessel1119]

Watched through the whole video without feeling bored one bit, this is some S-tier content that deserves more attention!

[@Gabriella117_]

commenting this before finishing the video you can punch the shotgun bullets (+PROJECTILE BOOST) by punching and shooting at the same time you can dodge the overpump explosion (and any attack thats dodgeable) with dash because it gives you i frames for a second or two there are switches all throughout the limbo layer, after activating all of them go to 1-4 and you'll get the alternate variant of the pistols, i'd say which one is the best but you should mess around with the alt variants instead and find which one suits you the best the knuckleblaster's shockwave can instakill a group of filths shotgun + KB is a good combo for dealing damage at melee range, M1 + F + E + M1 + F and then repeat quickswapping between the shotgun variants lets you skip the cooldown you can punch the coins after the violence update, parries have become easier after getting the whiplash and beating 4-4, go back to the level and near the start there will be a door which is open just a little bit with a blue skull in it, use the whiplash to grab the skull and then the door will open. after that fire the electric railcannon at the water and a another door thats nearby will open which contains the nailgun's alt variation the sawblade you can use the nailgun to deal with maurice (aka malicious face) or whiplash to it and then use the shotgun + kb combo sorry if some things i said dont make sense, my grammar just sucks lol

[@TheStrangestLad]

I'm glad to see you enjoying the game!! One note though: parrying becomes VERY important later on, including parrying your own shotgun :)

[@butcholsen3237]

great video! always nice to see a fresh perspective on something that has been as analyzed as ultrakill

[@apieceofcheese8870]

as someone who 100% this game on the hardest difficulty, this video was absolute fire. shame he didnt play layer 7.

[@mixednarwhal]

At the time of recording this he said only 2 acts had been released

[@aCreativeNamee]

Same, also hope he p-ranks the levels so he also can get ptsd from simple words

[@sansundertale6544]

​@@aCreativeNameeJUDGMENT

[@Pinupopinion]

2:40 Don't worry, you're the first person I've seen who actually used the knowledge they just learned. Every other first timer completely forgets that glass is breakable.

[@cheese3996]

Love your casual content bro! I skimmed through your other videos and loved them too. I've seen too many playthroughs of these games with knowledge going into them (not that it's a bad thing) but yours is a fully blind one, which I love! Earned a sub from me!

[@sleeper6548]

16:26 But the double gun first appeared in 4-2 or 4-1, did you miss it there?

[@spectre7095]

he probably just forgot they existed

[@RedstoneAnimatesandmore]

considering the reaction in the actual clip i think he definitely didn't miss it, he just forgot about it in editing

[@ABoyWhoMakesMonsters]

5:50 *Tip:* If you punch WHILE shooting the shotgun, it makes bullets go faster, and explode on impact, also with the core eject, if you eject the core, and shoot it with a malicious railcannon, it creates an explosion that deals massive dammage, also you can swap between shotguns on each shot, which can help gun down enemies faster, pair this with the whiplash and the shotgun becomes much more useful! *Edit:* If you use pumpcharge on full, and shoot mid-dash you don't take the damage from the explosion

[@TheTransformersFanEver]

watching someone new come into ultrakill and enjoy it is always my favorite thing. oh and yeah, there is a strategy to make v2 a pushover. just as a hint, you can punch your coins when they flash.

[@docmcmoth]

Great review! I hope you come back to it soon, it just got updated with 4 new levels with new enemies and a spectacular boss, plus made parrying a little more lenient. Once you get the hang of weapon swapping, grappling, and parrying, the game steps up to a whole new level of fun where you just whip around arenas and blast apart enemies while weaving through their fire, and really makes you feel like the unstoppable force V1 is. I'd also recommend checking out the lore! The terminal entries for all the enemies contain tons of juicy things, and I found myself excited to read up on new enemies whenever they appeared. There's also books scattered about in certain levels that foreshadow bosses, give hints for puzzles, and recontextualize certain events and fights

[@Inspekard_bruh]

6:21 the terminal estry for the cerberus says "Although they do not resemble the mythological three-headed dog, this name was chosen due to their nature as protectors of Hell. However, it’s not yet known why some stay dormant despite provocation"

[@john_etc]

Glad you had fun with the game! The style community can be a bit overwhelming but even as a casual there’s thing you can try that are absolutely fun Just remember to read the weapons descriptions, if you read something like “this weapon shoots X and that can react with Y” and you read another weapon that says “this shoots Y” they totally work together TL;DR, if you ever stop to think “wouldn’t be cool if” about something in ultrakill there’s a good 90% chance that it is possible

[@vulnerablegirl]

Honestly, one of the best reviews I've seen from a casual perspective. Great stuff.

[@rockman7005]

great video man. I hope your channel takes off, because this is some high quality content. Also, in the limbo boss level there are actually 4 blue skulls you can find, they are just obnoxiously well hidden and you found the secret way before any of the skulls haha

[@VaclavRytina]

Fun fact: you can punch your shotgun pellets by pressing f right after firing them, making them explosive and giving you bunch of style

[@David111IsHere]

This is a great game, glad you played it :). It has a lot of secrets that usually reveal new weapons or bosses, but sometimes lore, and since I mentioned it, ULTRAKILL does have a pretty good story. Of course it's not biblically accurate but it doesn't need to be, it has it's own twists and interpretations on existing figures. You can also mess around in sandbox to figure out a lot of really interesting and unique interactions between weapons (and enemies) and it's something I really appreciate. It's a top 10 game for me and I love getting better at it since the combat is so fun and fast.

[@thelonelylump4015]

Great video! You should definitely get good at parrying though, parrying is sometimes required for beating an enemy as it can stagger them to open you up for free damage. Parrying also gives you a free full heal

[@TheLazyWitch]

this video embodied my emotions of playing ultrakill for the first time and i love it for that.

[@ry_er]

Bosses like the leviathan and king Minos are more like spectacle battles which is why they seem much easier :)

[@sethpratt4296]

5:40 if you shoot the explosive shot it will make something happen we like to call a "Nuke"

[@_antlers.]

its really interesting to see someone new to the game fully dissect it after watching many many playthroughs and playing the game for hundreds of hours

[@catcryt1765]

i am honestly super impressed you got that far without ever parrying

[@nexerkarigum4031]

ultrakiull have a ton of hidden lore that is not only deep but also well though out

[@AlexDoubleAU]

Enemy tips and/or fun facts: Okay so the Swordsmachine boss has 2 phases If you skip the first encounter (by already having the shotgun) you have to fight both phases back to back on a single checkpoint As for the streetcleaners (flamethrower guys) you can instakill them by shooting the tank on their back (easiest to do by throwing a coin and shooting it when it's behind them) V2 can take damage during his intro animation in Limbo. Exclusively from coins (shooting with revolver or punching them) Angels, just like Jesus Christ, take extra damage from nails The P-bosses WILL compress your pp, and teach your limbs how to file restraining orders against you

[@LethalOlive]

You can read lore for enemies from the terminals at the start of each level the terminals also give you enemies weaknesses you could also get more information about your guns just go to info below any gun that you select in the terminal loved the video.

[@ThroarbinGaming]

Really? Guess I just saw guns and being an American that's all I could keep my eyes on XD

[@eloise2319]

Even the terminals' existence has an explanation lol It has a surprising amount of lore for a super fast paced shooter.

[@raddelydackelydack]

Your gameplay makes me so frustrated witg not parrying at all but at the same time shoutout to you for somehow beating the gsme without parrying

[@Acenthus]

5:58 yeah without the other shotgun mod it doesn't have much value, however you can parry your own bullets as you fire (known as projectile boosting or p-boosting for short) from it which causes an explosion way faster than the core eject, this can let it have better mid-range value and extreme crowd control if you get good at it. As far as heavy damage goes, if you get the green shotgun mod you can quickly swap between the blue and green and shoot, holding shoot and pressing your mod swap button. This shoots far faster than usual and results in insane close range damage, good for high health targets that aren't a major threat at close range, or if you just want to tank them for a bit since you'll get all your health back from them (excluding hard damage). 12:58 fun fact dashing actually gives you I-frames if done correctly so dashing is a completely viable way to avoid an attack instead of parrying 15:26 basically to summarize, when out of water grappling an enemy will replace your lost health with hard damage, hard damage heals over time and heals faster with a higher style meter 17:28 issue with gabe's rematch is it kinda assumes you've learned how to parry and manage your stamina really well by this point in the game, with just dashing you can't evade him very well since you'll run out of stamina too fast so sliding or parrying is supposed to be the replacement which can be much harder but rewarding This game has a lot of tech to learn if you really want to push it to the limits and discover the secrets of how to be a true killing machine, hope to see you get better over time and get better at murdering :D EDIT: Gonna actually put a TLDR of tech I feel is important to learn early on. Slide Hopping - Slide, jump, slide when you land, jump, repeat, this will keep building you momentum and let you go hella fast, scales with fall height as well as momentum. P-Boosting - Hit your own bullets as you shoot the shotgun for a quick explosion with no gravity or range limit. Shotgun Swapping - Shoot with blue mod, keep holding shoot, press swap button, repeat. Extreme close range damage. Slam Jump - If you ground pound then jump you can jump extra high, this scales with how long you've been falling. Rail Coining - When a high health enemy is stationary or taunting or whatever, throw a coin into/behind it, shoot your railgun through it to hit it, then throw the rest of your coins to get 4x the damage of one railgun shot. There's a lot more than that but that's what I feel is the most important to know.

[@bigcrazyclaw]

Ultimate backseater

[@rielzedrielzed]

bro the shotgun is my most used weapon 💀

[@Acenthus]

@@bigcrazyclaw I'm a huge ultrakill nerd, I feel like this stuff is vital to getting great at the game and not much teaches it unless you get sucked into the full community so I figured I'd just make a massive comment

[@Acenthus]

@@rielzedrielzed probably my second next to the revolver, shotgun swapping + p boosting shreds too hard to not use it.

[@rielzedrielzed]

i use it for p bosting, nukes, and chains on big rock head @@Acenthus

[@BleachWizz]

that's a good thought at the end, I recommend just playing for fun and when you reach them you make a video abt it

[@CelestialSodapop]

Here are some tips for the shotgun, as its actually very good. 1. While it is bad at range, and most useful point blank, this means that it is very good for doing lots of damage and getting lots of health with the same button click, very useful against tanky enemies. 2. It pierces weak enemies, it will mince crowds of filth. 3. The core eject is a grenade, not just primary fire that explodes.

[@userunp]

Reading the terminal gives a bunch of strategy information about enemies

[@taru3374]

On the puzzle one that you're confused by, there were two solutions you figured out. One of them. The other one was finding all three of the skulls

[@thecatlover2615]

I'm only about halfway through the video, but I really love how you went into the game blind and at your own pace! Though I noticed some things that you might not have noticed when you played and you might have fun messing around with them! For one: You can parry basically any projectile, even your own shotgun pellets if you time it right! Two: The green nailgun variant can be overheated, and right clicking while its overheated causes it to launch a huge burst of red hot nails, doing lots of extra damage! And, you can use any hitscan weapon to hit the coin, including certain attacks from enemies! Plus, you can punch those coins to knock them into enemies to line up the coin for a shot right above their head to deal much more damage! Apologies if you already figured all this stuff out, but I'm super passionate about the game, and wanted to share what I've learned, and cool stuff from the community too! Edit: Nevermind it looks like you figured most this stuff out already! Super happy to hear you're enjoying the game!

[@ikcikor3670]

From Weapon Terminal > Shotgun > Info button > Advanced Strategy > "The slowness of the condensed heat projectiles may seem like a detriment at first, but this means that a well timed punch with the Feedbacker arm can hit them, parrying one's own shot for far greater accuracy, speed and damage."

[@woahmamaawoogahonkahonka]

Great video! I love ultrakill. Surprising to see you’re such a small channel. You should absolutely try Noita. It’s not the most popular, but it’s a 10/10 game to be going into blind - it’s built entirely around rewarding experimentation. I won’t say too much, but it’s my favourite game of all time.

[@jimmybane5352]

I love your videos, I would like to see later 7, and maybe p ranks of the levels for ultrakill, it’s a great game :)

[@The-one-who-drives]

The whole downside with the grappling hook arm is that if you have any unhealed damage it turns into hard damage (gery hp) which can't be healed and goes away over time, this was added to stop people from just constantly spamming it

[@jamesjdog]

Humanity is Dead, Blood is Fuel, Hell is Full, This video Slays !!

[@etlttc353]

"i didn't understand why thing isn't like how i imagined" also didn't try to figure out through the lore entries in the terminal

[@aether1284]

Ok so, the first 5 levels were the prologue, on Claire de Lune, there are skulls, and you can parry most projectile attacks (coins, shotgun pellets, rocket launcher cannonballs mainly) and can use coins to "chargeback" enemy hitscan attacks (though very hard to time right)

[@heathbroome6202]

With the shotgun. If you shoot and punch at the same time, you can punch the bullets. Which makes the shotgun so much better.

[@smithbabies7886]

Fun fact: Hitscan can effect certain projectiles. This varies based on both the thing being shot and the thing shooting. Yes, friendly fire exists. Also, anything with the funky orb skull texture can 100% be parried. Other things without it can all be parried, but if it has the skull you can punch it.

[@clockwork_mind]

I showed the game to a friend of mine, and after a few hours of playing he expressed the same opinion about the shotgun, that its effective range seemed so limited that it wasn't super useful. He liked the sound, but not how it worked. And I said, "oh boy do I have a secret for you."

[@IRules2244]

To answer some of your questions. The first area is considered world zero because you aren’t actually in hell yet. So the game starts at 0-1. Parrying is very important as it heals you to max, and is very lenient. It’s often easier to parry attacks than it is to dodge them. Most notably the bosses. You do know you got a secondary melee attack right? Right after the first V2 fight? It might be more fun than the base one if you don’t like to parry The whiplash doesn’t build up damage unless you grapple to enemies. Also, it doesn’t happen when underwater, so if you only used it in that level, you wouldn’t feel any effects of it.

[@ThroarbinGaming]

Oh I'm sure parrying is important, lol. And yes, I did know of the secondary melee attack, it was pretty neat. I also totally forgot to try to use the grapple outside of the water levels

[@RapidProbably]

This review is quite good. I’m glad you didn’t get back seating and spoiled of mechanics because this game is has a BUNCH of tech. One thing of note is that your parrying with the blue fist not only hurts others but also heals you up to the grey in your hp bar. The second Gabriel fight a point of minor frustration for you is heaps easier if you get down when to parry and when to dodge. Overall you did pretty good when it comes to actually playing and making a solid review.

[@memesfromtheforsakenworlwi9218]

ok, huge respect for doing all that without what I would consider essential tech.

[@LikeIGiveAShit]

This right here is a video, a pretty good one at that

[@ThroarbinGaming]

the video of all time

[@joshuaronhovde8649]

This has probably been answered in other comments but the prelude is considered layer 0 so the levels go 0-1 through 0-5 and then limbo is layer 1.

[@JayBirdToxic]

i find it funny when you said something about good strategies for killing bosses and i thought of the V2 coin punching strat

[@aberrationon3734]

I am so happy that you had fun witht the game on standard, while not engaging in any of the tech. It shows how great this game is, even without the internet. But I am telling you, you would give it a 10/10 if you would learn a bit of tech and played for all perfect ranks, especially on the violent difficulty, around which I'd say the game is balanced. I most definitely did not first try any boss. Just to give a few hints for a more fun experience with the game: you can quickswap between shotguns, you can shoot the railcanon in coins, and when the coins shine, if you hit them in those 4 frames, they hit 2 enemies instead of 1. Also, the blue arm is definitely the most creative tool in the game, aside from money, and you should go in the sandbox and try to parry anything you see, takes a few minutes to see the greatness of this game. One last thing, YOU CAN RIDE ROCKETS. Edit: oh yeah, great vid!

[@figo5862]

13:39 in the game lore, gabriel has became the judge of hell quite recently to take place of king minos (the guys whose corpse you fight in lust layer) after he tried to make a renaissance on the lust layer and had been stopped by gabriel and the other angels

[@AccessDen]

8:10 The first few levels were the prelude, aka the tutorial area. The level names go layer - level, i.e. limbo is layer 1 so 1 - and then 1,2,3,4 for each of the four levels in limbo (if i recall prelude is layer 0, hence you moved on from 0-4 to 1-1). 9:40 In 1-4 (first V2 fight) you can find the three blue skulls in the rooms and will infact get a sneak peak at the boss as he stylishly slides away from you, I think it's meant to build tension. 14:40 The insurectionist kinda relies on you being able to parry at this point IMO, those flashes of light exist to tell you: "hey, bet you can't parry this!" so that you can then go and parry it. 15:30 The "health penalty" is "hard damage" (damage you cannot heal with blood, you have to wait for the gray bar to go away) is only for grappling onto enemies, when you have missing health, and you're not underwater. Its quite severe if you spam the grapple in violent but from what I've seen hard damage hardly accumulates on standard so it makes sense that you wouldn't really feel it. 18:00 You can parry a lot of grabriel's attacks, parrying is a key mechanic and, given that you've gotten this far without it, suggests to me that you should consider playing on a harder difficulty (and also learn parrying :)).

[@the-answer-is-42]

Regarding the shotgun, of you shoot and then parry at just the right moment, it becomes a rocket launcher instead.

[@lavahunt54]

Tips for the game: you can punch you own shotgun bullets to pasically have a grenade gun Parrying is NECESSARY it fully heals you can one shot enemies and it works as a defense mechanism The sharpshooter gun's right click attack can shoot enemy projectiles to create big explosions If you wanna go for P ranks (get all S ranks without dying) you can press tab twice to see your ranks The coins are the most op weapon in the game, and can be shot with the electric or malicious railcanon to deal massive damage

[@eltrolololol2563]

You just gained a new sub!

[@FrogVoid1]

bro never parrying and still being able to beat the first 2 acts is crazy lol

[@BuhUhNuhUh]

It pains me to see him not having a seizure with his weapons

[@kindaperson]

Tip : to hit a single coin almost every time with the marksman, try looking a bit down then look straight back up then pressing shoot. You should hit it in the middle of its arc and hit an enemy!!

[@Aergia2283]

i haven't finished watching the video yet so i'll give you some advice i don't know if you know or not. you can parry your own shotgun shots so they move faster and explode on impact the door before v2 with the IV highlighted has an alternate version of the revolver the green variant of the nailgun (gatling gun) can fire a lot faster when the orange bar fills, these nails are also attracted by the magnet you can shoot the coins with the railcannon you can punch the coins if you shoot the shotgun core eject it will make a big boom (even bigger with the red railcannon i believe it's more fun to find things on your own (at least i had a lot of fun experimenting) so i won't say any more, hope these help and hope you discover all the fun things there are to do

[@MonopolyClue]

Tip: If you have any buttons in your mouse key, i would bind them to the fist controls to make it quicker to parry at any given occasion.

[@goldenstranger291]

heyo heyo! Just incase you didn't know, the second nailgun fires a boatload of nails at once when you right click (if the nailgun has overheat)

[@catcryt1765]

15:30 btw, the downside is that it sorta rapidly reduces max hp down to your current hp using a mechanic called "hard damage" i cant explain it well enough myself, so i reccomend checking the wiki if you're interested! also you can rapidly swap between shotguns to cancel their reload animation :P

[@mcgamescompany]

Search for the secret missions too, some you might need a guide to access them though (unless you have a lot of time). Also, after you are comfortable with everything you saw and did in the game, try seeing a speedrun (specifically P-rank all layers). They're crazy

[@angelmario8754]

13:35 This is part pf the in-game lore, the game is inspired by the dante's inferno, and Minos is the judge of hell, bit if you saw in the lust layer boss health bar, ypu could tell that Minos isn't exactly alive to do that job anymore, who got killed by gabriel and took it's place

[@equinox-XVI]

I'm gonna drop a bunch of hints for cool stuff you can do without explaining exactly what any of it is. 1. "You can punch non-hitscan projectiles to parry them and it will cause an explosion." (Hint: I didn't say 'enemy projectiles.') 2. "Coins seem to ricochet anything hitscan. Wait, how many things is that again?" 3. "The core eject shotgun causes an explosion, but its kinda small ngl. I wonder if there's anything to give the grenade some more firepower." 4. "Nails are attracted to magnets, but is that the only thing attracted to them?" 5. "You can catch up to rockets pretty easily while they're frozen. They even seem to have collisions as well. Might wanna test that though by standing on it."

[@Spiderella3959]

Nice video! Enjoyable narration, looking forward to a video on Dark Souls if you ever make one!

[@ThroarbinGaming]

Yeah, a dark souls video will come out at some point. Nearly completed the game but will probably be a while before I can get the video out

[@Somethinorother.]

The game doesn’t give you experience with those funny numbers next to each level. Those numbers represent what level your on. For example, the first level in hell proper is 1-1. The first number represents what layer your on, in this case Limbo. The second number represents what level of the layer your on, from 1-4 on most and 1-2 on the last two of each act. The prelude (or tutorial) is a separate act entirely and all levels in it are christened with 0. Hope this helped!

[@cakosmess]

7:42 the first 5 levels are levels 0-1 to 0-5, as they take place outside of hell and are more of a tutorial

[@TheBlafman]

tip, the feedbacker is your friend. You love the feedbacker, marry the feedbacker. It will let you parry everything. and I mean everything.

[@aarepelaa1142]

For parrying enemy attacks you get a full heal and stamina, stamina being essentially your dashes. I have honestly no idea why the game doesn't teach this essential mechanic about parries as soon as they introduce them. Also you can take a look at enemies in the terminal for strategies that might tell you a few game mechanics every now and then The grappling hook only affects hard damage(greyed out part of the health bar), it's health you cannot recover from blood for a while it's just there to counter you face tanking every enemy, it goes away faster the higher your style, on ULTRAKILL style meter you cannot get hard dmg but you also lose some style if you get hit so you can't face tank much even with a lot of combo going on. Essentially it makes it so you can use the grappling hook just fine at full health due to the hard dmg only affecting your missing health pool, but if youre missing hp it will deal hard dmg up to 50, also you only get hard dmg from grappling enemies, not the grapple points.

[@user-if4vf2pk3u]

Hearing this man say that the shotgun wasn’t useful and was his least favorite gun physically hurt me, on top of that he never discovered projectule boosting😭😭😭

[@ZeahExile]

The difficulty from this game comes more from the grind to get perfect ranks, rather than the encounters themselves (though they can be).

[@Kuiruben]

8:10 you can fire a coin behind it and it hits the gas tank which causes a 1hit kill explosion :)

[@Zika0-0]

You have got alot to learn.

[@vexywat14747]

when shooting the shotgun you can parry the bullets that you have just shot if you punch almost instantly after shooting, parrying makes things explosive and so the shotgun is pretty good at mid range if you 'projectile boost'

[@vexywat14747]

also the levels are numbered with 'layer of hell'-'level number' so in the prelude section (first 5 levels) are 0-level number and in the first layer of hgell its 1-level number

[@bluezee333]

15:25 the hp penalty for using whiplash (grappling hook) is you gain hard/gray hp this lowers your max hp

[@Corenebubae]

"Using the nailgun kinda made v2 a joke" my friend speedrunners made v2 less than a joke

[@sentryicl]

For the level thing the reasoning is those first levels that ended with cerberus were 0-1 to 0-5 and then limbo is 1-1 to 1-4 so its not an actual layer of hell, more like an intro aka entering the madness..

[@Smthn_Wicked]

Oh boy, I can't wait for *Something Wicked This Way Comes.*

[@juicegirl2696]

there’s a secret boss if you’re willing to get a Perfect rank on every level. Don’t die/restart and get S rank in every category. If you want 😉