The NEW Scary Train Gamemode that ISN'T supposed to be beaten

FINALLY after a year there is a NEW GAMEMODE in choo choo charles! It only give you ONE LIFE however, so it will be quite the challenge.
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Music:
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Feriado - Cornelio
Backseat Rider - Lupus Nocte
Bianco Hills - SMS ost
Done Deal No - Harry Edvino

[@TwoStarGames]

GGs, now I gotta add Spiff Mode where everything is 10X harder

[@thickboi9652]

No way its the guy who made every horror game ever

[@MetaBinding]

Gotta make sure Charles spawns in faster for his first time. (like 4 or so minutes instead of 8)

[@captainb.mccrea5480]

W game developer, super happy I randomly found your channel

[@halomika4973]

How about halving the scrap amount you can find on the map and slowing down the train?

[@maiselph7456]

cover the whole map with the radiance of the sun

[@GurkenbauerTim]

The fact that a gamemode, which was designed to literally make you ragequit, still *wasn’t hard enough* for Spiff is beyond me.

[@SGRebooted]

Indeed 😂

[@username5155]

Even with *the literal sun* in his way

[@user-terraform]

It’s spiff he could beat it blindfolded.

[@plaguster]

Spiff is just built different

[@graceiouyce584]

If twostar does make an even harder mode, it should be called astral mode.

[@TheMarshmallowMushroom]

"designed to make you rage quit" is just another way to say "perfect for spiff"

[@ryanpittard7407]

Real

[@riv3rw4ter]

real

[@enchoont]

TRUE

[@randomguy-es3uz]

More like too easy for spiff

[@Lily.Hiragashi]

“It’s called replay-ability damn it” -spigg

[@BredloverX]

Truly a “You hear that? It’s him it’s him. Get to the gun. Light him up, light him up. He’s not taking enough damage, get some headshots” moment of all time

[@jackbloonisverycooltruefact]

DONT LET THE GUN OVERHEAT

[@KateCantDraw]

WE'RE COMING FOR YOU CHARLES!

[@Daddyfuker]

Now you have to save Eugene on Hard Mode

[@auraemerald8434]

It’s definitely Choo Choo ChOVER.

[@vergelanime9145]

Yes, Please!

[@Zero2kxl]

I genuinely don’t think it’ll be possible, but someone’ll probably find a way to save eugene.

[@Greg-fh7pm]

1 life, Charles doesn't disappear, Charles is very fast and the train can't be at less than 76% health. The true insanity challenge

[@RoxasOblivious]

Actually impossible unless he can stick Charles in a spot where he'll be permanently without dying

[@JUMPYCOOL]

The fact that Spiff beat this in 2 attempts shows that he’s good at train game

[@ryanpittard7407]

He almost did it first try, “nightmare mode” more like slightly annoying mode

[@soulunlimited87]

Spoilers

[@aname8106]

Fr

[@aname8106]

​@@soulunlimited87I know you ain't crying spoilers in the COMMENT section you aren't forced to view if ya hate em. They comment on whole vid

[@snkybrki]

​@@aname8106Some folk like to see how people react to what they see, as they see it. Besides, it's not exactly hard to type in "spoilers" and bring the rest of the text down.

[@HiImUnderYourBed]

Spiff almost managed to do it *first try.* That’s some skill right there!

[@ghostzeus5100]

and with collecting all the paints, if he wasn't going for them he would've probably managed to do it first rty

[@juliec.547]

It really is INCREDIBLE how close he got to doing it. I was on the edge of my seat the whole fight!

[@the-anonymouse]

Three more seconds and he would've honestly.

[@joshuam-vn9rd]

I died after coming out of the first mine, I had almost no scrap and I died I also tried to record it but it was a PowerPoint with 10 slides

[@alexdeville1110]

If he was using rockets earlier, he would’ve probably won

[@GelatinCoffee]

next he's gonna say "i casually beat charles hellmode without using the train" and actually make it look easy

[@TheChronova]

"i kept eugene alive through nightmare mode" comin soon

[@LucasGleason]

@@TheChronova(without train)

[@dedmos]

@@LucasGleason(blind folded)

[@doggosho3044]

​@@dedmos(no jumping)

[@xenon.nonexx]

@@doggosho3044(no moving)

[@Nova-sd4dj]

this difficulty is literal hell. huge ggs

[@TartagliaThe_11th_McDsEmployee]

Yeah only took 2 tries

[@Nova-sd4dj]

@@TartagliaThe_11th_McDsEmployee hes just built different. its still unfathomably difficult

[@ienjoyoranges]

a

[@T_Dude]

@@TartagliaThe_11th_McDsEmployee He’s also a speedrunner of the game and had to beat the game while saving Eugene. He’s also done a One Life challenge before, so this wasn’t supremely out of his depth.

[@RoxasOblivious]

I read huge ggs as huge eggs referring to Charles eggs

[@icetide9411]

I'm pretty sure Spiff makes up at least 50% of all of humanity's determination and willpower. This man cannot be stopped.

[@gameworldjt]

He's Canadian it makes sense

[@sholamakinde430]

@@gameworldjt always those damn canadians

[@JeanMarceaux]

The other 50 is chickeninja Remember, Spoff DID quit Post Shift 2

[@salmarcano8615]

david goggins

[@Vance415]

​@JeanMarceaux If Astral spiff and chicken ninja fought, they would destroy the world with their indomitable human spirits.

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

The new music in this mode is so incredibly well done. Changing stats to make everything needlessly hard is easy enough, but going through a whole atmosphere change like this is a good bit of work, but it's executed perfectly. The distant metal creaking sounds that so resemble the train horn is absolutely intentional, making you never feel safe. Even when he's not immediately after you, he's out there. He's waiting.

[@Mzoyagon]

This streamed the day I was doing my laundry. The complete whiplash from hearing people talk about Spigg's laundry was hilarious.

[@casev799]

What are the chance

[@Josh_R_3]

Spiff: "I never give up, never" Security breach chaos mod: "🗿" Spiff: "You know one thing. I always come back"

[@TheMarshmallowMushroom]

you should see superstar mode.

[@MasterAirscrach]

as a developer of the chaos mod, fuck chaos mod.

[@heheheiamderpmatter375]

The man behind the spiff

[@crazynedry5085]

@@MasterAirscrachbased

[@hitthere7722]

Chaos mod is it’s own bastard of a thing

[@kinggraham5183]

For that first final chase, I was on the absolute edge of my seat. The music and the editing of inflating the health bars as well as Spiff's utter silence as he focused yet slowly panicked, jitter clicking at the weapons and quickly switching back and forth, soon realizing that he was running out of options (as described by the terrific narration in the middle of it all), it all just made it so engaging to watch! That was cinema, every aspect made it perfect, and the smash (literal) straight into the next go with the all-in strategy and optimistic music/commentary works in great contrast. I don't know, I just had to leave a comment after seeing that part, I was so amazed to see Spiff basically just deciding he wanted this to feel like a miniature movie! It's incredible!

[@no-xi6zd]

ok

[@mellyKIWAMI]

ok

[@Emmalinezewyvern]

I love the wording and everything of that since the fact you got just “ok” twice is not enough (Talking as a person who likes words)

[@laserfoxpro]

ok

[@azlyzasaidin915]

Nice ok

[@TravisBroski]

I love how Spiff thought chat was overreacting/being silly about the Dexerto article until he actually read the title.

[@Brizzle12341]

With how much scrap is needed for the final boss, I'm convinced 100% nightmare mode is probably easier than just booking it straight to the end.

[@kittytechie]

curious how long it’ll take spiff to break the game

[@meawmaster8324]

Takes 2 seconds or less

[@themoocow7718]

Probably in a day.

[@The-ms2ub]

He already has in his previous videos on the game

[@businessman3606]

Trainless and saving eugene already made by him

[@erikarsov4365]

39 hours max

[@walugusgrudenburg3068]

I'm guessing the sun bug is something to do with the flicker effect slowly rounding up by accident, making it super bright over a long time. Since it only seems to be the flickering lights that have that problem, and it gets worse the longer you play.

[@theoverseer393]

You might be onto something. Hopefully it gets fixed next patch

[@Grace-53]

That would also explain why reloading fixes it; sets the buildup back to zero

[@ak26k]

I was looking for an excuse to procrastinate and a spiff vid is just what i needed

[@absolutecreature7217]

real.

[@elwynalderman3356]

TOO real, gm, new spiff vid

[@yatiri-does-quadrobics]

go do the thing you need to do

[@HalfEnder16]

i feel like no train nightmare mode would be painful to even do.

[@soyboydj6875]

Shhh don’t give him ideas

[@tbc1880]

​@@soyboydj6875nah i want more content

[@Yoob-yh5gb]

Corrcoem iib nightmares I meant to type something else but my keyboard was having a stroke so this will do i guess

[@crazynedry5085]

@@Yoob-yh5gbmood

[@halomika4973]

​@@Yoob-yh5gbCorrcoem iib esala nightmarane traibo Spiffico maxidan.

[@Gamer-it9hq]

Expected sequel news way more than an update, but definitely won’t complain

[@trollosgaming7724]

Titanfall community rn except the last part

[@Blip_OwO]

@@trollosgaming7724hello pilot

[@ABSOLUTERADIANCEMOFO]

​@@Blip_OwO"Trust me."

[@danielchin4198]

Train game took a year+ to make. So I’m guessing we’re getting news around christmas, with a much later release date.

[@TheUltimateShade667]

It's still just one guy making it. Right now hes working with another studio to get the game ported to all consoles.

[@j-rus5345]

Spiff's ability to accomplish whatever he wants in these games strikes again

[@anonbefallen4807]

TwoStar literally responded to his tweet by challenging him to save Eugine in NMM lmao. Soooo can't wait to tune into that stream!

[@zanemob1429]

We need a Spiff difficulty.

[@jarbarsi]

don't you mean... A SPIFFICULTY???? (like it was right there how could I not?)

[@toastdotexe]

A spifficulty if you will

[@assbeater204]

very spifficult

[@Twright4]

Spifficult indeed

[@lucasbruinsmc2913]

The spifficulty would make so that if Eugene dies you die from sadness.

[@Sanzionick]

this is crazy, props to you spiff, always torturing yourself for content

[@shadowmoth9158]

So excited for more choo choo Charles. Spiff if you see this you’ll never understand how happy I am this video was made.

[@hannahislop2101]

NO spiff dksent get tourted for the content HE TORTURES THE CONTENT

[@darkstar_xd]

He Did-it in 2 Tries...... Wasn't Really Torture for him.....

[@jaeusa160]

A lot more than 99% of players did not save Eugene, so I'm sure Astral Spiff has got this. :D

[@MeoKidoTV]

Your day can only be so bad when Spiff uploads a video over 50 minutes

[@thegamerhimself1459]

But that's 50 minutes of top quality content!!!

[@KJSBM]

@@thegamerhimself1459exactly! Your day can only get so bad when spiff is holding your day up :)

[@Maybee-jn1mz]

and thank goodness for that.

[@MaximeLafreniere433]

Now I see why it's named Nightmare... The gamers' ultimate weakness: intense sunlight. If you don't die ingame it tries to kill you IRL.

[@inv_hana]

And laundry

[@DamianTacoman]

True

[@abaddonarts1129]

I know it's actually quite hard and many people probably can't do this, but it goes to show how much work Spiff has put into practice when he beats it so quickly?? Like that looked LEAGUES easier than the challenge where he didn't use the train at all, and even had some long segments of running that could've been punished by Charles but didn't. I have no idea what they'll add to a (theoretical) harder difficulty, but it's definitely not going to stop Spiff.

[@CowGaming2]

spigg really is the kind of guy to think the hardest challenge in a game isn't nearly hard enough for him.

[@marriedgaming5800]

There is a small glitch/error I wanted to point that I encountered...if you die from the swamp monster, you are able to respawn. Unless it was a glitch when it happened to me, I didn't try to replicate it to be honest. I know there of course might be ways for people to use such a thing to their advantage though lol

[@furiouscorgi6614]

Don't you lose a small amount of Scrap on death?

[@marriedgaming5800]

@furiouscorgi6614 you do. At the time I wasn't sure if there were any strategies that would be made that could utilize doing this and making it take longer for Charles to respawn. But since then I have taken the time to beat it without utilizing this in any way lol. And let me tell you.....what a headache

[@jediofhyrule1218]

I don't know if I've ever been more emotionally invested in a video, that first run was heartbreaking

[@CosmicCrimson]

Since Spiff loves insane challenges, I made ideas that could make this gamemode even harder: - NPCs can now be killed by Charles if he spots them while in your area. If he kills an NPC, you can’t get the scrap from their quests. - Getting any type of damage causes a bleeding effect that darkens your screen further, and slows down your character. - Charles can now detect you from a radius if you run. Ever thought he’d be able to feel the vibrations from all your running? This also counts with NPCs running too. - Charles can destroy certain structures. If it’s made out of wood, you’re fucked now. Aaand, one last one, as the cherry on top - Any time you get attacked by Charles, a part of your map gets scratched off. (On edit, I’ll specify this. I mean Charles attacking you DIRECTLY. Not while being attacked from the train, but taking raw damage from Charles either attacking you in the wild, or attack you from the train when it doesn’t have any HP.) Have fun trying to find your way around the map, Spiff.

[@gameworldjt]

The wooden structures part probably won't happen because it'd be a pain to code for a single person (definitely doable, but like... It's just one of those things you never get around to starting doing because it sounds so intimidating, even if it's not necessarily as hard as you think it is)

[@Joural0401]

​@@gameworldjtit is as hard as you think

[@gameworldjt]

@@Joural0401 it's just a lot of work, not necessarily hard, just very time consuming, you'd have to split each the structure into a separate model as opposed to being a part of the map

[@DamianTacoman]

Great idea

[@Exile_Sky]

The main that enjoys the pain is at it again. I swear Spiff is just the video game version of that one lady that doesn't eat food unless the scoville level is 900,000 or higher.

[@Lemon-cm4nh]

Springle Bells was my favorite elf, it’s such a shame he passed on Tuesday 2057 after Santa forced him to fight a giant mutant spider train on an isolated island.

[@whoa4440]

44:52 Choo Choo Charles' special move, Throwin' it back

[@matthieudeloget8998]

Charles has the oath of throwing it back

[@DagoDuck]

I knew as soon as I saw the announcement trailer by Two Star, that you would be at it again. Great job at beating it!

[@captaincookie72]

That ending was definitely a "Time to log out of twitter for today" moment

[@metalapplesus]

What this game needs is a multiplayer mode, mostly so someone can act as a Eugene, swapping guns out and repairing the train while the first person always has Charles under fire. (Or just swapping paints constantly and forcing you to perish.)

[@alexhollinghurst3945]

That actually sounds pretty cool. It'd be a fun little challenge, working together to defeat Charles. But would the multiplayer be like Call of Duty (and other such games) where it draws a random person from around the world and you have to try and communicate with someone you don't know, or would it be like multiplayer on Switch games, where they're people you know and might be using the same device (it'd have to be ported for that, but still)?

[@metalapplesus]

@@alexhollinghurst3945 It'd likely just be joinable via steam, but the former sounds funny

[@fogzidepajret5968]

"That's just dexerto. I wouldn't worry about it- WHAT THE FUCK" killed me at the end there

[@akumuryuu]

This seems still way easier than facing gigaCharles.

[@enriquedeleon8612]

“Nightmare mode isn’t supposed to be possible” Spiff:you sure? *Beats nightmare mode Charles*

[@drgonserpent]

Even though there is still half the episode left which means there was no way he was going to win on that first run I still had hope

[@Vernafveik]

44:50 Charles mastered the forbidden manoeuvre: Parallel Parking

[@foxyops]

47:30 you REALLY need to make sure you aren't caught with your pants down when charles uses his ass shove attack

[@Bextie]

video came out at the exact moment i downloaded the update lmao looking forward to seeing spigg display whatever kind of derailed madness is in store for this

[@bigchungus6982]

Haha "Derailed"

[@gabbytabbyart]

Missed this game lol, can’t wait to see how ya did it Spiff :]

[@imaMONKE725]

56:42 spiff: i don't trust youtube's demonetization algorithm so im censoring it *proceeds to show charles face while dead*

[@ZeroTwo01006]

Banban: What kind of animal makes THAT sound? Also Banban screams in a monotone voice: HELP ME!!!

[@kixad6882]

The person who asked for a timer for their laundry is a mood.

[@djfebrezee]

Duuude that first run actually had me inches from my screen sweating, that was SO intense

[@AnInnocuousBlueCube]

Next week: Two Choo Charlie mode, where the designer just says 'F it, two Charlies, guns make you lose health, blindness every 15 seconds and the screen's upside down and mirrored.'

[@KenEvangelista]

When they said they designed to make it impossible to be completed, I was not expecting them bringing the power of the solar brightness. Kudos, I guess.

[@shreksophone0749]

KZbin: goes bat shit crazy if this isn't censored properly or to their liking Also KZbin: gives their golden child an unpaid vacation for threatening the safety of another KZbinr

[@PoyoDesuka]

Can't wait for "Charles' Revenge" mode where you have to canonically save Eugene.

[@vulpinitemplar5036]

I love when games have the optional extra difficulty where they throw balance out the window to give a potentially impossible to beat mode, especially when it is indeed beatable, got to keep the Ultra Nightmare alive, you know?

[@strawberrysangria1474]

Nightmare Mode: Where the light is more terrifying than the darkness.

[@jazzjanssen7680]

imagine playing scary train game just to be jumpscared by the radiance

[@b0ne_r3aper78]

from what i could see during the stream it seed like actually "killing" Charles gets you more time (around 6 to 8 min) and just waiting for him to lose agro and go away gets you less (around 3 min) but i can't be sure unless some actual testing is done.

[@toriburgess605]

This mode was MADE for spiff, dude. After trainless nothing short of making the game impossible to beat will stop this man.

[@gremoryblues7566]

I really start to wonder which challenge made our Spiff the most insane Between all the one he did...

[@GreenLobsterMonster]

Beating pizzeria sim blacklisted. Not even close imo. Being face to face with another clown got to him

[@gremoryblues7566]

​​@@GreenLobsterMonsterI don't know....saving Eugene was pretty insanity inducing too.

[@NottSaying]

chaos without balance patch

[@absolutecreature7217]

chaos mod is def the worst, my guy was in hell @@NottSaying

[@absolutecreature7217]

real @@gremoryblues7566

[@ytknits4892]

This was genuinely gripping. Fabulous editing, fabulous narration, and great strategy. Great job, Spiff.

[@AwakenedRAGEJustin]

Ok but I gotta ask…. saving Eugene nightmare mode 100% when? Especially if this wasn’t hard enough for ya lmao

[@Frogger25]

Finally tried train game last night. In fact peak. If Nightmare mode doesnt make me rage quit Im sueing for false advertising

[@The_court_jester9]

His reaction to the visual glitch two-star mentioned is amazing

[@TMD]

since when did your channel have memberships

[@leolol6865]

your editing and gameplay are *incredible* at keeping my attention . love seeing people flaunt their vast knowledge of games . very well done

[@BigHeadBozo]

ok now save eugene in nightmare mode

[@MrCheese270]

Eugene: dead and being mauled by Charles Also Eugene: Get some headshots!!1!!1!1!!!!1!

[@UsernameTaakenYT]

16:51 Here come the sun badadada Tbh the brightness of the lamps get me everytime

[@joxii__]

I just wanna say whoever did the captions did an impeccable job. I sometimes watch with captions and this video was just chef's kiss. Not just writing captions for what is said but even labeling who is saying it is so freaking good, let alone considering the video is just under an hour long and that same effort is put in throughout the whole vid. Major props!

[@Nessieascot]

Can i recommend voices of the void? It's a damn good game and can get you scared and laugh in a second of eachother

[@sole_survivor3014]

He better beat it and speedrun it.

[@mistingwolf]

I appreciate the new game mode, and the fact that there is a whole new music score to go with Nightmare Mode. That's dedication!

[@Kapparapa]

Spiff really is the indomitable human spirit personified

[@mattevans4377]

Nightmare+ : Nightmare mode, but every time you complete the game, it sends you back to the start, with a counter for how many times this has happened. When the counter gets to 10, you get an achievement, and if you want to get higher than 10, you now have to press continue, and it carries on infinitely, now being a contest amongst players for who can get the higher number.

[@sadfrick9373]

Damn I literally binged these episodes yesterday, this is amazing

[@user-dn5wu]

I was there for the stream, and holy crap the music is good. Also shout out to Two Star for such an amazing update. thx for fun vids spigg

[@AetherAPX]

40:55 ok thx for zooming in on that part. I didn't expect to see a whole chunk of HP deplete so fast as i didn't notice it in your VODS

[@soupcangaming662]

Shoo Shoo Spigg Survive the dedication of Spigg and his disciples. BELIEVER MODE Now save Eugene.

[@ohhadivist]

I got so invested in the first Hell Charles fight I actually jumped when I read "2 scrap" lmao

[@Scarpheon]

That reaction at the end was so genuine and perfect that I might use that as a sound SFX.

[@mrbruv4822]

I’m still watching the VOD but props to you for editing so fast spiff

[@lxnarr]

what is your pfp

[@brenudo997]

Watching Spiff play this around launch convinced me to buy and play it. Super cool to see it again, and see Spiff playing out the wazoo.

[@hitavi4965]

When I first saw train game on spigg's channel it was like 6 months ago and I binge watched every video in like a day and was left thirsty for more, so I'm so glad we finally get to see more Choo Choo Chuck

[@vaads7743]

Yoooo, I literally just watched the entire vod yesterday and now I get to watch an edited version of it, common spiffle ball W

[@alexisloading3258]

Spiff is that 0.01 of germs hand sanitizers can't kill

[@elias9956]

Spiff yet again being the chilliest dude ever

[@Ethereal.Fables]

That fact that Spiff almost beat Nightmare Mode first try has got to represent SOMETHING on how dedicated this nerd is and how well he knows his strats. Keep up the great work, Spiff!!

[@whatsthis8433]

I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS!!!!!! This is one of my fav games you’ve played so far!!!

[@keithlockyer691]

Spiff was literally on twitter for 20 seconds and it was enough twitter for the day

[@talbotpassant]

I saw the video from the creator on this and my first thought was: "wonder when Spiff is gonna beat this." glad to see I wasn't mistaken lmao

[@bluewind7988]

Even when being mauled to death by a train, Eugene still has it in him to tell you to get some headshots

[@dylanwarmington3044]

Perfect timing Spiff! I needed something to watch!

[@jeremiahowens9999]

I never thought if see this game again! Sweet! Hopes to this episode getting a million views

[@Fish_is_very_Fishy]

Spiff is the type of guy to master the most broken games 🤣Keep it up!

[@Drigallski]

Spiff videos are finally up to par again, good stuff.

[@user-tm8tw1kl9o]

we need a mode called 'spiff mode' and the description is just "because nightmare was too easy for him."

[@ramennoodles8041]

Thanks for the pickle jumpscare 39:09

[@PeppaPig-gg8jo]

Thank you spiff. This video is making my (boring) Wednesday better 🙏