The Perfection of Dead Cells

Dead Cells is an action platform roguevania game and it's considered one of the greatest roguelites of all time. Let's talk about it
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Dead Cells is a 2018 roguelike-Metroidvania game developed and published by Motion Twin. The game was released for Linux, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on August 7, 2018. A mobile port for iOS was released on August 28, 2019, and an Android port was released on June 3, 2020. A PlayStation 5 port was released on June 29, 2023
Chapters
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Intro: 00:00 - 01:24
Creators: 01:25 - 03:35
Release/DLCs: 03:36 - 06:39
Inside a Run: 06:40 - 10:23
Item Variety: 10:24 - 12:46
Enemy Variety: 12:47 - 13:07
Difficulty Enhancers: 13:08 - 15:01
My Time: 15:02 - 16:30
Music Used
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Prison's Rooftop - Dead Cells
Theme - Dead Cells
Prisoner's Awakening - Dead Cells
The Merchant - Dead Cells
Credits - Dead Cells
#deadcells #roguelite #metroidvania

[@user-hi7vg1jz2w]

as amazing as this is, it does not change the fact that in australia there are 48 million kangaroos and in uruguay there are 3,457,380 inhabitants. so if the kangaroos decide to invade uruguay, each uruguayan will have to fight 14 kangaroos.

[@Burr_]

Good god

[@dzigizord6567]

imagine if koalas join kangaroos in the attack

[@jaynoyes8526]

You left out how absolutely amazing the music is

[@Burr_]

One of the best OSTs I've heard

[@aliakgunduz5718]

I find it fine, even good the ost but there are only 4 bangers imo

[@justinthyme5263]

it’s pretty mid for an indie game. play Katana Zero, shovel knight, hollow knight, the messenger, risk of rain 2, undertale, or like 100 other indie games for a better soundtrack

[@bandicootsauce4569]

Started a blind play-through of this recently. I don't expect to beat it anytime soon, but I'm sure having fun trying.

[@kulanjango]

I get it that the low amount of healing can be frustrating at times but I think that Dead Cells uses BossCells very good to decrease the amount of health flasks. The thing is that health flasks drop a bit with every BossCell while also making the game harder. So in this case you will get used to less healing, and you will adapt your playstile. At around 4BC there are no health flasks anymore between runs, but this does not mean that you can't get your health up: there are 2 food drops every biome (one from an enemy and one secret), food shops appear in some biomes at high BC, the rally system allows you to regain some health afther you get hit and a lot of mutations to improve healing. I really love to play with these different mechanics. I recently unlocked 5BC witch introduces the Malaise meter which forces you do adapt your playstyle and I love this. I highly recommend trying the higher BossCells, and if you are not convinced have a look at the video 'Why Dead Cells has Better Difficulty Design than Hades' by Pseychie, he explains this much better. Love your videos! This one got me back in to playing Dead Cells so big thanks for that!

[@luckyluke31813]

Dead cells is my absolute favorite game. When my friend asked me what the negatives were, I couldn’t awnser. For me at least, this game is flawless. The only thing I wished this game had was co-op mode. That would be cool.

[@MrMarlby]

You’ll love their next game then 👊🏻

[@justinthyme5263]

I used to like dead cells a lot, but once i beat the collector, i just couldn’t play it anymore. the main problem in my opinion is that you can choose your route, and there is an explicitly best route, and that best route has been in the game since the collector was added. I really think they should have just made all the stages equal in terms of scrolls and have the game randomly select the stage and/or let you choose between 2 stages.

[@Zachattack03]

This is my most favorite rougelike. Its so damn good, especially the art

[@Burr_]

Motion Twin did not disappoint

[@Maskeroff.]

Same. Aside from RoR2, it’s easily my favorite roguelike, not to mention one of my favorite games in general.

[@henrikivila2697]

FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T COMPLETE 5BC, THE GAME HAS THE "ASSIST MODE"

[@pedrovidigal923]

Yes but thats considered "cheating" and no one wants to win with that it ruins the fun thats why people dont use it

[@justinthyme5263]

just get good. i beat the collector in 2020 then they added assist mode after i stopped playing this game

[@thecreature7808]

i do respectfully disagree with the difficulty enhancer bit; if anything it forces you to look at your color choice, mutations, and routing more critically, because you're guaranteed healing via food and you can also mitigate some damage via rally which can be extended via mutations. the food shops available in certain biomes give some breathing room especially for less experienced players, at the cost of some scroll fragments or shop levels. obviously there is still an element of skill involved but i think it's less of an issue if attentive.

[@momodeath]

its amazing for a game to have so many positives, and the only downside you mention is skill related. I can imagine the people that love and have beaten 5BC is because of hard work and passion towards this game. Missed these long, lore-filled reiviews :))

[@gabriellemos2491]

On one hand, it sucks that you can only get the true ending on 5BC On the other hand, GOD does it feel good when you finally get the true ending For me, no changes are needed =D

[@Burr_]

I can't imagine the thrill of winning 5BC. I never see myself being able to do it, but still, this game is incredible

[@2265Hello]

@@Burr_give it time man lots of ppl thought the same way

[@cornekosmeier7780]

Great vid, this definitely is one of, if not, the best rougelike. Agreed

[@wuzi7049]

Difficulty has a pretty wide range. The boss cells are not the only "difficulty enchancers." There are many options that lets you choose an easier or harder time outside of the boss cells. And the build and paths you choose, and how you choose to play. All have an impact on how hard the game can be. You can have a broken build, an easy path, or just change some settings. Depending on the settings and ways of playing, it can make it feel like a different game.

[@sharkastic2633]

There's absolutely nothing wrong with playing at lower bc levels, but I would encourage you to progress through the difficulties even gradually. I think what most people get wrong about progression is saying that you need to rush to 5bc when you can work on reliably beating each difficulty before moving up. The game is designed with the end goal of you beating 5bc, but you can choose to ignore it or only start playing 5bc when you're 300 hours in and both of those choices are valid. I'd also like to mention just how great it was to see a nuanced take about the difficulty system. It's not something that I see really touched on at all due to the "0bc is just the tutorial" mentality that most of the active community has. I hope I didn't come off as too abrasive about progressing, just my thoughts on the matter.

[@2265Hello]

Pretty much agree with all of this. Imo Beating 5bc is just long term mastery of the game. It’s far easy though

[@54BiZZuRKS]

Screw roguelites... "Dead Cells" is one of the greatest games ever made... Probably.

[@sl1ppey]

I played Dead Cells a bit on release but for some reason it didn’t quite stick with me. I need to go back and give it another go.

[@Burr_]

I had the same feeling when I first played it. Played for 3 hours and than never got back to it until a few months later. I than proceeded to get quite addicted

[@Wyrmixx]

Happened to me as well. I was trying out roguelites for the first time and I dropped it almost immediately cause it didn't click with me. Now I'm borderline addicted to it

[@Mintcar923]

I’d describe it as Castlevania meets Prince of Persia on some heavy speed! Perhaps one of the most famous indies ever and arguably the best all around Rogue lite.. Hades is up there too tho

[@ImShinypokemon]

WHAT?! THEY CREATED MYBRUTE?! I PLAYED THAT GAME OBSSESIVELY ON HIGH SCHOOL! No wonder I love Dead Cells so much!

[@Burr_]

They created SO MANY games. I learned so much about them when making this video

[@2265Hello]

There is debate in the balls deep community of dead cells about weapon balance ie some weapons and skills/powers being too strong or samey or a lack of uniqueness. But it’s still a good game

[@jeffrodrequez]

Nice! Guess Dead Cells won (that was my vote) ;-) I have had DC on the shelf for a while, I tried it for a bit when I first got the game earlier this year but I just didn't get into it. Looks like I'll be putting it back into my rotation and giving it another go. Great Video as usual!

[@Burr_]

Thanks for always watching and supporting! I hope that you can enjoy it the second time around!

[@jeffrodrequez]

@@Burr_ Been bouncing between it and Oblivion Override for a bit today, enjoying both - similar games!

[@bboylinxcs]

Sadly this dev is known for being a believer in not releasing sequels. The game proves is the best with everyone's here updates even other game characters can't help but want to be in DeadCells lol

[@lacoleccionperfecto]

Best. Game. Ever.

[@aluninado]

Man, u need to play Ember Knights !

[@Burr_]

I agree. Hopefully will have more time since I finally beat Starfield and Cyberpunk 2.0

[@Carrington1961]

Nice that its on mobile

[@farles3486]

ты большой молодец

[@Burr_]

спасибо за просмотр и поддержку

[@nathanhendrickson790]

I called it a day at 1 bc. Maybe I’ll come back one day but for now I’ve seen all I need to see. As for the true ending, KZbin exists.

[@Burr_]

I agree too that. You cleared it once and enjoyed it. Smart to not make yourself hate a game

[@nathanhendrickson790]

@@Burr_ oh I definitely had a good time. So good even though it was on game pass I bought it and the dlc to keep it in my library forever! Dracula was even how I got my first boss cell (complete accident I didn’t know beating him would end your run with a win)

[@nathanhendrickson790]

@@Burr_ just for the record even though I had a boss cell I held off until I beat the main campaign cause I kinda felt like I cheated 😂

[@farles3486]

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[@odynzeyez6259]

I don't like considering this game a rougelike and much prefer the platforming action title

[@johndodo2062]

Dead cells is easily the best on the genre. I liked hades, morta etc, but cells has it all. Except for story, but the story in hades isn't exactly worth paying attention to anyway

[@allbeansedits]

First

[@Burr_]

Nice

[@D3vilxl3gacy]

Great game and great video

[@Burr_]

Thanks for watching as always

[@silentrocco]

When I think of the greatest roguelike games of all time, I think of NetHack… 🤷‍♂️