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Congratulations! I hope the move went/is going well! It blows my mind a little when I see speed runs or no hit runs through the Technodrome. Doesn't seem like it should be possible but these people do it routinely and with ease. Yeah, once or twice I've started the Technodrome with lower level enemies in the first room, but it always switches back as soon as all the enemies are off the screen.

@@darkwolf2859 Pardon the delay, but while I'm mostly settled I still have a bit to do. But still I hope to see more of what you have to say on the rest of the Popful Mail run, which run you choose to watch next.

You probably had the better idea overall with how deadly the Technodrome was. Ultimately I just figured if I used too much I always had the option of refilling before I actually left. Gunna go watch some more Popful Mail now!

@@darkwolf2859 Alright. Hope you enjoy the rest of it.

Water physics and tough hit collision detection... NOT a great combination.

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! I was very worried about the lack of Atlas but luckily was able to sneak through!

Thank you, kindly! This was a great idea and, despite the pain, I really enjoyed it!

Haha I always loved it but I also always got slaughtered...

Hah, that makes sense. I can picture Don spending months building it and planning the big reveal of the super sophisticated name he came up with, and at the last second Mikey slapping a pizza sticker on the side and declaring it the Party Van. That jump at 1:54 is so insulting cause the other hard ones are obviously hard but that one feels like it should be easy so you feel like an idiot anytime you miss. This was actually the part of the game that I would generally get held up on as a kid. Pretty sure I never beat it once (without Game Genie cheats) cause I thought I had to do every single building and would just slowly die.

From a gameplay perspective, it's great. A really good challenge before the end game dungeon with some great items to gather throughout. Story wise? Totally insane.

Definitely was expecting to have a lot of death here. I thought it might be just as bad as the tower, frankly. Very happy with how this turned out! Could maybe have considered trying to kill MOST of the Xeobs and then turn on the Knoll's for optimum difficulty but I actually didn't think about it until this moment so... just a little late I guess.

Yeah, I like using Raph's strength, he's just tough with the limited reach and, frankly, I'm just not that good... I haven't had a chance to watch yet but I saw your new vids starting to come out; looking forward to finally getting some time to watch!

@@darkwolf2859 Raph is basically a "master character", or rather a character for "master players" for those who can really use him with the utmost efficiency. Basically he's the equivalent to "Knife Runners" for Resident Evil. Yeah, they will keep coming the next several days. I hope you enjoy it when you do.

Genuinely might be the easiest section of the game, at least in the context of this challenge run.

No question. I tend to play a little better when not doing commentary, but in general I take way too much damage when I play not to use all 4 turtles on a rotation in order to keep them all alive. Sounds good, I'll keep my eyes open for it/them!

Thanks! It's a really great game and I hope any fans of the game, old or new, can enjoy this run through!

What the heck is an R36S?

I'm glad someone on here recommended it! I missed it as a kid but really enjoyed it here!

I've never used an R36S, but I think it is a hand held system, like a gameboy or switch, that plays a lot of old/retro games. Could be wrong thought.

In hindsight, I suppose one final challenge I could have added would be not being allowed to enter buildings to rest during the war, but I'm not sure I could have survived that brutal grind after the white tower...

True, I shouldn't sell Indy so short. Those beads are pretty potent, so he does at least have something to show for his efforts! I already completed the recording, unfortunately, but I'll give it a watch! I don't think I did anything too special in my run through so I probably will have something from to learn from your play through.

It's actually not too bad if you have the Vaelan's Cube--that thing is insanely powerful against ghosts and goes through them like a machine gun. It's one of the hidden things that the game expects you to figure out, much like the correct way to defeat Scotia. But DarkWolf is deliberately not using it as a condition of his challenge run.

@strikezilla01 No question, it is one of the craziest spikes in difficulty of any game I have ever played. Obviously the idea is that you are supposed to use the Vaelan's cube, but it is not explained nearly clear enough in game. It never bothered my much because I have always known to use it, but trying to get through without it was miserable. For me, the snake spell is the biggest issue. I think I could manipulate the situation well enough to survive them hiding in the walls, but the snake spell is just so devastating and they use it so fast/frequently that it just cannot be overcome without at least a little bit of luck. I cannot tell you how drained I felt as I finally finished the tower on this run. I was genuinely shaking.

@mam162 Absolutely. The ghosts can bum-rush you hard enough to get a kill in even with the cube, but in general doing the 3rd floor with the cube isn't too much of a challenge, so long as you aren't acting foolish.

You say that now, but wait till you actually see it... Torture. I swear I look it up every time I play and then 5 minutes later I forget all over again...

It definitely was not for the faint of heart, but I won't pretend that I didn't love it.

No question that this, and all games, would be improved by more stooges and more alligators. Hence the amazing "Stooge Fighter" in Space Quest 6.

@@darkwolf2859 Well, I've been enjoying your LPs so far and am waiting for the final video on this. I appreciate how you actually try and play the games more efficiently and directly, without including a whole ton of "fluff". Do you have any other LPs for different games in mind? One comment I will make, this game is one of my favorite point and click adventure games, but I kinda prefer the OG sound font or whatever. Mostly because it has a few tracks that just sound better, but most of all having actual sound effects that don't sound like they're done with musical instruments. It's weird how those are tied together. Doors have a distinctive "datink" "dunk" type sound. And noises for splashes, among other things. I have dedicated playlists for my two runs of the game, team and wits you can have a look at for comparison on the sound side of things. (I use keyboard hot gets to really make it flow quickly, both for item usage and dialogue trees.) I'd be interested in seeing what you think of my other various playthroughs. At present I only have one actual let's play.

Conrad can be Arthur, Michael is Lancelot, Ak' Shel will be Merlin, and Kieran can be brave brave brave brave Sir Robin.

Exactly. Just the way they intended blunt handled weapons to be used...

Yea, brutal difficulty can be...well, brutal.

Oh 100%. Used to do that full loop around from Lower Opinwood to the Swamp then back through Upper Opinwood to sneak around the Larkon all the time.

I have, but similar to attacking them I very rarely do it. If I remember correctly, doing so avoids the war but still makes all the shop keepers hate you. Been a long time though so I might be wrong.

Still breaks my heart to fight the Gorkha. Always loved those guys.

I mean, it's not my proudest moment but...

Haha well, I wanted to make sure the challenge could live up to the name.

Lol given my personal hatred of Kieran, you can see why I failed to realize that was her goal! But clearly you are correct; she needed to support her fellow feline based lifeform.

The Cave Dwellers, the Pentrogs, and the Manthas can all be so brutal with their one hit kills, but man the deaths here were so painful...

It's amazing, I highly recommend it! Great right from the start and has a lot of replayability.

Had to get a clean video eventually. I would have been so devastated if that fireball killed us...

Someone in the past recommended the Eye of the Beholder series which I do hope to do at some point, but I don't honestly have much familiarity with the Conquest series. Is it also by Westwood?

@@darkwolf2859 No a serria series based on first Arthurian legend then followed by Robin hood legend in the sequel.

Hope you enjoy!

I would love that. 5 is a great game but there are several times when the camera work/mechanics/etc just aren't as sophisticated as they need to be. Plus, QFG in VGA just feels...right

Damn Paladin, always needing to be so high and noble...

Nope, Steam

No question. QFG3's fighting is disappointing, but 4's is much worse. It was a clever attempt but just ends up being too clunky to work in practice.

Either that or just a more straight forward joke/reference to when heroes win with some kind of brief speech. Or maybe a somewhat subtle reference to our victory with the Ultimate Joke?

I like that they at least did something, but that's one of the most disappointing parts of the later games. The Paladin just makes the Fighter redundant. I would get a lot of joy from continuing the series and enhancing the differences between the paths.

I think I convinced myself as a kid that he would show up there and now my brain refuses to believe it's not true.

Damn, I never knew that. I guess there isn't really any reason if you aren't a paladin, but still. If it's not nailed down...

Is it locked in the desk? I think I probably forgot to grab it.

@@darkwolf2859 it is in the glass cabinet above the domovoi you rehydrate.

Fair. I think I've always been too impatient to free Davy so I always do the cell first.

All 4 are my "favorite" depending on my mood, but this one is definitely the most complete.

Might depend on how long you can survive.

Oh wow, really? I don't think I ever thought to try that, thanks!

@@darkwolf2859 welcome

No question. Very difficult to do successfully on any regular basis.

Definitely a series worth trying, if you've never played.

This is the steam version and is the most updated one there (or rather the most updated one as of 2020) but there definitely might be more recent patches floating around that I don't know about and haven't used.