Don't Trust Anybody | Slay the Princess (1)

[@RaijinK]

Paige streamed this the night before he did and was saying she couldn't wait to see Woolie painstakingly overanalyze every choice and struggle to commit. It seems the Voice of the Contrarian was whispering in his ear even for that expectation.

[@jbark678]

Crazy Talk must be evolving

[@fenrir3097]

@@jbark678 It has been transferred to Pat Jr.

[@no_player_commentary]

@@fenrir3097 Crazy Talk Requiem is finally here

[@GoldLight73]

First Woolie betrays his own mind for a jetpack. Now he betrays humanity just to spite the narrator. What a hero.

[@PotionSmeller]

Fuck the Narrator. All my homies (voices in my head) hate the Narrator.

[@rikimaru700]

Oh Woolie, what a man you are

[@peterwhite6415]

Lets be fair, we all would spite the Narrator whos cleary not telling us everything and is trying to force us to do shit.

[@GoldLight73]

@@peterwhite6415 You're not wrong, but it's still hilarious that Woolie doesn't at least try to visit the cabin before going full contrarian mode. To be clear: not dunking on the guy or trying to say he's playing the game "wrong." It's just interesting to see how his mind works sometimes.

[@kode-man23]

@@GoldLight73 I went into the game thinking that the "meta" thing to do would be to actually slay the princess. Naturally, I botched it on the first try and wound up getting The Adversary right off the hop. My first play through consisted of The Fury, The Wraith, The Den, The Razor and The Eye of the Needle. I finished the game and said "how in the hell is this a love story?" haha.

[@zeemod1556]

Immediately tearing into a meta ending. Voice of the Let's Player indeed.

[@xinbutts]

Shout-out to the princess's va, Nichole Goodnight, for the phenomenal performance

[@rikimaru700]

She actually was on Woolie's stream when he played this

[@tomisabum]

Oh snap, is that who it was?! I was so distracted by recognizing the Narrator.

[@Kropothead]

@@tomisabumNichole and Jonathan Sims both put in some remarkable performances here, great voice work.

[@Homodemon]

"Gaslighting? Noo, you're just crazy!" : The Game

[@Dracobyte]

... OR IS IT?

[@leithaziz2716]

"I AM NOT CRAZY! You think this is bad? This chicanery? He's done worse!"

[@pirateking56128]

Only woolie would stumble into this branch of the game on his first playthrough.

[@joinsideke]

He didn't stumble, he charged head first.

[@1wayroad935]

That QA brain tingled immediately

[@riddlemethat5597]

Voice of the C Class Bug

[@felteair8042]

I feel like getting the Meta ending first kinda...ruins the game a bit. so much context missing makes for a poor showing.

[@AnarchicArachnid]

​@@riddlemethat5597"If you choose this option and stick to it , maybe the game will break "

[@melynxforce8918]

Reggie going "I can fix her" in less than 5 minutes... Never change :)

[@adams3627]

R.E.G. ENGAGE

[@PotionSmeller]

Viewers beware, reported sightings of Woolie "love is just chemicals" Madden in this playthrough. He might look and sound almost exactly like the Woolie you saw yesterday, but he is not.

[@TheDrLeviathan]

"Love is chemicals, and that's awesome!" Woolie yelled triumphantly, raising the chainsaw over his head while locking eyes with the princess.

[@PotionSmeller]

@@TheDrLeviathan "Do...combo", Woolie growls through gritted teeth as he instinctively grabs the pristine blade on his way to the familiar basement door. He knows violence is the only approach. He will just have to react better this time.

[@gatfatf]

"Forgive me, but the lab demands *e x p e r i e n c e* try and block this after the first stab" he said, as he attempted to discern how many different follow-ups he could chain together on her never ending corpse.

[@TheDrLeviathan]

Reggie burst into the room, eyes wide like a horse's during a stampede. He grabbed at Woolie, trying to stop him. Woolie turned his head slightly, saying, "All the armpits are doin' it for ya, huh?"

[@RazSofer-xh3qs]

How Woolie socially interact with a white woman simulation

[@Gloraxi]

I was watching the stream and he did almost every path until he finally did the nice guy path and didn't murder her right away. I laughed because I would have done the nice guy path first and was amazed how long it took for Woolie to even try to talk to the princess

[@TheDrCN]

@@Gloraxi Hey, look, he says it first thing in the video: this is a game with a stated goal, which is also the title. Are you going to play Jumpman and not jump? Are you going to play Punch-Out and not punch? Are you going to play Grand Theft Auto and not thieve automobiles in a grand fashion? Are you going to play Hitman and not hit people? We got a to-do list here: one slaying is to be delivered to one princess. Although, I guess he does also spend a lot of time trying to not slay the princess by every means except your mentioned good guy mode.

[@linkin7357]

@@TheDrCN If those game will have a suspect narrator nagging you all the time without giving a good explanation. I probably wont listen to him.

[@SoushinSen]

@@TheDrCN Trust me, that's the QA tester in him, in all of fellow QA testers such as myself. He even mentioned it briefly.

[@riddlemethat5597]

The reason Punch Mom never shows up on camera is that she's usually made entirely of swords.

[@muovikallo]

Woolie ruins the campaign DM worked on the entire weekend. For content.

[@tomisabum]

As a DM, nothing makes you prouder and more annoyed.

[@BL-9065]

I love how Woolie and Reggie take turns reading the dialogue options. With the whole "multiple universe selves" thing it makes it sound as though the Hero is either 1) having an internal conversation with the Narrator and Contrarian, or 2) gradually unraveling and mulling through these decisions in his head. Especially in moments like 29:13 and 35:02

[@1wayroad935]

Woolie - Voice of the Liar Reggie - Voice of the Rejected

[@BL-9065]

​​@@1wayroad935Woolie kinda fits the Contrarian imo since he seems to agree with him haha! (Not in a bad way ofc Woolie). As for Reggie I'd probably put him on Hero since when it's his "turn" to speak one of the dialogue choices they end up being the innocent sounding ones lol (or at least a few of them do)

[@Pompadourius]

They have gotten really good at alternating between lines. Even at the very end of this video with the "everything goes dark, and you die," where they split the line in half without needing to decide they were doing it. It's a nice touch, I really like when they do visual novel/text adventure LPs together.

[@BL-9065]

@@Pompadourius Yeah I mentioned that in the video after this one! I love how that was done with no discussion, they instantly knew they wanted to split the line

[@lunocura1118]

The Timecop rant was unhinged in all the right ways

[@decoysheep4148]

But seriously, you remember time cop?!

[@RougeMephilesClone]

So, this route obviously isn't meant to come first, but you may notice that there's a line acknowledging that near the end. I won't go into specifics, but there is an Easter egg related to it.

[@juanjuri6127]

it was a toss-up between breaking the game on the first run or I Can Fix Her-ing on the first run. always thankful for content.

[@TheCthultist]

Oh shit, didn’t see this one coming. Been following this forever on ManlyBadassHero’s channel. Woolie’s in for quite the trip… and Reggie’s in for quite the also being there.

[@juanjuri6127]

considering Reggie's... proclivities, i can see some runs activating his neurons to the point he reaches nirvana

[@TheCthultist]

@@juanjuri6127 Oh yeah. Yeah, this could get interesting depending on how far down certain paths they choose to go.

[@Xunkun]

Oh, yeah, that's the other guy I remember seeing LPing this.

[@riddlemethat5597]

@@juanjuri6127 Red Shepard (The Voice of the Smitten) meets The Perfect Woman.

[@tomisabum]

Manly out there fighting the Lets Play format good fight in the KZbin mines for sure.

[@KuroCartoonist]

Reggie always the voice of the smitten even going down the Woole's contrarian path

[@jadedragon216]

For once, Woolie not doing what the game tells him to do purposefully leads to content instead of bumbling

[@luckyday5721]

I did not expect that to be his first encounter

[@haski002]

Oh, I didn't know Johnny Sims was the Narrator for this! Gotta love that existential horror!

[@vidmuncher]

So THAT'S why the narrator sounded so familiar. Almost didn't recognize him without the surly bellyaching about the state of the archives

[@superbrian748]

Of course woolie would do this on his first run

[@jamesdempsey1330]

Reggie's First Thought : Run Then Jewels. Woolie's First Thought : LATIN HEAT

[@solardxgamer1692]

Woolie vs princess time. May dr umar protect him from the snow bunny

[@doublethrenody]

Voice of the Reggie: "Heart. Lungs. Liver. Nerves."

[@GigaGanon2]

Oh damn, didn't expect Woolie to play this. Excited to see this game get more exposure.

[@riddlemethat5597]

Oh awesome, Disco Disco Literature Club. I'm down.

[@TheYeetedMeat]

If you said that to Voice of the Paranoid, he would die.

[@yoriavila4308]

If this was made into a show, honestly this route would be the perfect pilot episode to the story since it essentially encapsulates what the story is about (sort of) without overstaying its welcome as well as giving a taste and contextualizes the events of what's to come, and Woolie just managed to somehow did found it first by goofing off.

[@1wayroad935]

Bought this the second it came out. Manlybadasshero's coverage of the demo last year did a lot to promote this game, deservedly.

[@frostymug5939]

Ah yes, The narrator would be Jonathan Sims, some viewers might recognize his voice from the popular podcast the Magnus Archives, where he serves as both narrator and filling the role of Jonathan Sims, head Archivist and Main character of the aforementioned podcast

[@ariloulei814]

Watching 2 different youtubers play this game is wild lmao. Woolie unraveling the fabric of reality from the start, where as the other unnamed KZbinr just went straight to stabin and didn't even touch an route like Woolie took.

[@BL-9065]

Woolie and Reggie are awesome aren't they

[@Toanon]

We get closer to Woolie Vs Umineko every day

[@blue6sub6remnant6]

Woolie and Erika on the boat, Witch of Truthing it up when?

[@mynaemismoos]

“Incremental progress!” That callback lol Disco Elysium is such a solid game. And that LP is one of the best on this channel. (This one is pretty fun so far too. 🙂)

[@johnnybuckshot9228]

The wooliebait here is metacontextual and incredible.

[@NEEDbacon]

Reminds me of when I first went through The Stanley Parable. I decided to play along with the Narrator, never fully trusting him. Up until the split before the final room, the "Exit". And deciding to ignore the Narrator and earn the ending where you 'die' and get to wander the museum that goes over how the sausage is made, so to speak. Interesting to see Woolie get the same kind of experience, though at least this game seems to recognize if you do this too early and go "There's other ending you need to see to even understand what's going on IDIOT".

[@Cthululululu]

Their faces as the Many Handed Form discussed boxes and images and shit were priceless holy shit

[@darkturnwabler]

Woolie is being the guy from biscuit hammer

[@Katy133]

Thank you for the playthrough, this looks intriguing! The voice of the narrator was really giving me a sense of "I know this voice from somewhere. It's hauntingly familiar." And then I realised: The Magnus Archives. The narrator is Jonathan Sims!

[@UnknownUserTumblr1395]

I swear to everything, this better be a full playthrough! Or a full series!

[@ZalaDa3rd]

He finished it on stream the other night so this is a full playthrough!

[@UnknownUserTumblr1395]

Thank you for the news friend. My job stops me from watching their streams so I didn't know that.

[@Rankerquat]

35:00 Wait a minute... If the message of this game is "Real people are more than just one-dimensional characters and loving someone means coming to grips with the contradictions in your partner's (and your own) personhood..." ...Then I'll be upset Woolie here got to the point so quickly lol

[@Rankerquat]

Me when I beeline the Alt path on the first date and accidentally perceive the girl as a mind-bending confluence of contradictions and indescribable existence: "I think we should slow things down a bit."

[@scrat9870]

I haven't played this game myself, but this reminds me of my first playthrough of VLR where I immediately stumbled into learning who the traitor was on my first ending, without any idea of what to do with that massive piece of information.

[@Dracobyte]

Believe or not, there are a lot philosophy and love themes/discussions within this game!

[@orzo93wporzo]

If they encounter YOUR BETTER, I bet that Reggie will become an eager devotee frame one

[@gmkgoat]

I was SO hoping that was going to be how that path ended and boy did they not disappoint. God tier 10/10.

[@thecatlurking]

After the incredible demo I'm so hype to see what the full version has in store

[@BetaXeeta]

Seeing this route after seeing it after the demo is WILD. It’s COMPLETELY different and it’s so… interesting.

[@jawwer00]

I literally bought and played this game 2 hours ago, and it was very intriguing. Haven't watched the video yet, but I want to see what Woolie's take away will be Oh he did the worst, but most overtly tempting run for the first run

[@killianseraphim]

Reset the clock on Time Cop

[@nubius]

That was great. I'm going to have to get this later. Thanks Woolie and Reggie for exploring this liminal space.

[@DoctorHam]

I can't believe I just finished up Magnus Archives to hear Sims in a video game

[@GanguroKonata]

Its so funny to see, frame one, deciding to pick the stranger path. Though it does make sense, of course youd pick the fuck off ending for goofs if its given to you

[@GanguroKonata]

47:03 reacted EXACTLY the same, I knew when that happened I was in for some good food

[@Ramizis]

28 minutes in and Woolie finally meets the effing Princess. Holy goddamn shit! LMAO

[@tymcdonald7195]

i've seen a few people play this game. woolie is the first i've seen to check the history even in a visual novel he labs

[@SeanDuffy-s5p]

I thought the Narrator sounded familiar, but then I saw the endless staircase and I knew this was a Jonathan Sims joint.

[@tomisabum]

"Okay, time to settle in and catch up with this..." BOLTS UPRIGHT FROM MY RESTING POSITION AS SOON AS THE NARRATION STARTS. "...Is that f'ing Johnny Sims?!" If ya'll haven't gotten in on that Rusty Quill's "The Magnus Archive" horror podcast game, you're missin' out. Add it to your cue.

[@RougeMephilesClone]

I called it upfront on Twitter. First run was either going to be Woolie (combative), Reggie (heroic), or miscellaneous (I was specifically thinking of this route), and it was the third. I'm keeping an eye on this playthrough, and I hope a finale can be reached.

[@hassanico9999]

Less than five minutes in and Woolie IMMEDIATELY goes mega-Contrarian. Yeah, that's the Woolie way alright!

[@TheCthultist]

You’re on a path, in the woods… You’re on infinite paths, in the woods…

[@NEETproxy]

Love this so far, hope we get all the way through it!

[@fernandozavaletabustos205]

Nice of you for playing this great narrative game!

[@angrybrony]

So...did they just woolie into the best path? Is it all down here??

[@masterxl97]

To no one’s surprise, today we learned that Woolie would rather end reality and float eternally in the void than have a prosper interaction with a white woman.

[@Dragonsmana]

Saw this on GOG the other day and was interested. Cool to see Woolie play it!

[@rogueishcharm]

Is that Johnny MF'ing Simms narrating this?

[@CountReguan]

Yup.

[@amf1435]

...the porn star?

[@Revealingstorm.]

This route is one that people really shouldn't experience first. Better if it's the second one or later. Dev should've made the turn around option only appear after the first run. Ah well.

[@joinsideke]

Sure, but then again, anyone familiar with choose-your-adventure type games should already know that the "say no to the adventure" choice always leads to either a joke ending or a meta ending. Usually you save that for later and want to get a taste of the actual game first.

[@RougeMephilesClone]

The "turn around" option is the source of several newcomer pitfalls. Not only does it get you one of the weirder routes up-front, it's a secret route mulligan if you time it "right" - or a secret premature bad end if you do it twice. The game mostly does a pretty good job of making sure the player can keep going no matter what happens, but yes, this option should have been locked at first to ensure players establish a baseline run up-front.

[@TheGoldenSilhouette]

Never touch yourself, got it. Thanks for the advice Woolie!

[@ExtraVictory]

I touch myself all the time but I don't know what happens in Time Cop

[@ryleycrowe6465]

HELL yes, very excited to see woolie play through to the credits

[@mctheplaywright]

Not getting to the Princess for a half hour is the most Woolie shit ever

[@s7robin105]

I played this the other day. What a wild ride and the amount of routes is actually insane

[@ThatOneGuy0006]

This game is wild, man. It reads you like a book. It sussed out that I was a furry and immediately traumatized me for it. I highly recommend

[@BL-9065]

I assume u found The Witch first? Lol that's one of my favorites too

[@MiloKuroshiro]

White Woman Jumpscare Simulator

[@pocenha]

Played that yesterday! Loved the game, i'm curious to watch the rest of this LP

[@grinstrashcan]

Ack, sad he didn't take the knife during The Stranger. Some funny options missed. Update: Lawd, he missed so much of dialogue in this route by picking action instead of [explore] options.

[@YorkJonhson]

Recently finished this game and loved it. Interesting to see someone fresh to it take things in a completely opposite direction from the first path I took. Hahah

[@CrazyKoopaCat]

i knew hed get this princess first.

[@peterwhite6415]

I cant wait to see what theyll do in the Thron path and the Tower path.

[@TAMAMO-VIRUS]

Did not expect Woolie to play this. I'm excited to see more.

[@thebigmystery7841]

Alternate title: Woolie and Reggie Speedrun Slay the Princess

[@TheSpookiestSkeleton]

I'm not tired of these kinds of narratives, but I feel like I'm supposed to be, I enjoy them while at the same time I roll my eyes at all this happening again, maybe that's some kinda meta statement on it all, that while I am familiar with these tricks no matter how many times I see them they never lose novelty. Try out "Who's Lila?" it's pretty good.

[@captainloquacious]

This is the sickest! Good Stuff Woolie!

[@kinkin5633]

I was hoping you’d play this. First episode did not disappoint 😂

[@El_Legante]

I wonder what other odd little indie horror / story rich game people might suggest to Woolie 👀

[@silvermushroom-gamifyevery6430]

*clears throat * Hot sibling sex! Hot sibling sex! Hot sibling sex!

[@TheHourglassoftime]

i loved this game! totally went in Blind and was amazed and scared at the same time

[@cornix5]

You ninjas are NOT ready for this shit!😂

[@garrettcarter5622]

Oh wow, Woolie did the objectively WROST WAY to be first introduced to the story first.

[@dduuddeechil]

39:27 is that an Audio Karate reference Woolie?!?

[@Proto-Blues]

Yes woolie, slaaaaaay! 💅💅💅

[@danielramsey6141]

43:05 there is no Ending, there is no Beginning. Only and infinity of Choice and Perspectives that She is trapped in…because “you” have to Choose. Perhaps they All can die in this form. And So Can you… Remember, you are the only one making the choices here 😊

[@jbark678]

Saw MBAH play it. Pleasantly surprised to see Woolie play it.

[@meatwadisgod]

Am I crazy or is the narrator also The Archivist from the Magnus Archives podcast?

[@nubius]

I had so much fun with this demo. This should be fun ^_^

[@SeaJayLY]

WOW I was not expecting Nicole Goodnight and fucking Johnathan Sims to be in this. Got a 1-2 punch of NoSleep Podcast and Magnus Archives. Listened to those shows a ton when the pandemic started. Good stuff. I had to pause the video when Sims began narrating cos god did I miss that guy sounding all spooky, so I guess I HAVE to pick this up now. (I was already considering buying this anyways, lol)

[@AnarchicArachnid]

*getting frustrated at the lack of the ability to to tell that contranian part of me to stfu during the fracturing sequence*

[@miss_editor]

YESSS, the narrator is the same as the main character of the Magnus Archives. This'll be good.

[@LucasCarter2]

Ever since I first saw this before its release I was keen to play it but have been putting it off. I cannot believe Woolie is playing this.

[@Dwags789]

It’s cool you guys are playing this. Would love to see you play their other game Scarlet Hollow once all the episodes are fully released.

[@RevenTH]

Reggie seeing a game do a Doki-Doki for the first time is fun

[@vidmuncher]

Great, we have that R.L. Stine "But thou MUST" narrator.....

[@LiterallyWhomstve]

Finally, it is the white woman's turn to be jumpscared.

[@cyberninjazero5659]

25:00 Remember Scarlett is sexy Crimson is deadly