This game doesn't get nearly the attention it deserves, so I'm glad to see there's still some amazing content like this on it. And I would absolutely love to see you beat the DLC at level 1! A suggestion, I found the music volume at certain points to be a bit too much louder than your voice's, mainly at the intro and outro. Maybe it's just me though.
Hi Smurfykins, it's great to hear from you! It was a lot of fun to chat with you during the CrossCode Twitch streams. Thank you for the well wishes, I hope you are doing well as well!
This video was very well done. Didn't show too much fluff, while also keeping everything important! My biggest criticism is just audio balancing. The music was a bit loud compared to your voice making it not the easiest to hear what's being said. I would also love to see this continue into the DLC epilogue. There's a particular attack from one of its bosses that I was only able to survive using Karma Scale. The best moment was easily tanking Shizuka's Ether Snipe with Guard Sphere. One of the highest damage level 3 combat arts from one of the hardest bosses in the game survived at level one with a level 1 _neutral_ art. The runner up is probably pause-buffering parries, since it's actually canon that Lea can react to input much faster than most people as seen in the instances where she's given decently long messages that she can process in a fraction of a second. So pause-buffering is actually kind of canon!
That ether snipe thing being bested by a guard sphere seems like the kind of thing that would be entirely missed until some random Joe smogh pulls it out during the cross world pvp world championship or something
22:35 In my opinion, guard sphere alone keeps the neural skill trees relevant throughout the whole game. Whilst it doesn't work for EVERY attack, the sheer wealth of damage reduction for 1 SP is something that I immediately admired on my blind, casual playthrough. I'm not as fond with its upgraded version, blade sphere (too expensive for my playstyle) but I still love how even the neural skill tree has unique moves that none of the other elements have direct comparison to (excluding iron ball to wave's, but to get the rickoshet effect requires tier 3 if i recall correctly and functions differently on hit, so it's a bit of a stretch.)
guard sphere was really useful, i would not stand a chance against son of the beach without it *seriously, he is annoying as hell, instantly cures himself from status effects while creating an elemental shield, hits like a truck, and rages like crazy at the final phase*
Two skills I never really appreciated in my main playthrough until far too late were Guard Arts in general, and the Wave HP-siphoning throw arts. Game was very challenging and these would have made my life much easier if I'd explored them earlier on.
Man, I would give everything for this game to be more recognized, what a beautiful game I love how every character is written, especiallu Leah, man I love Leah, what a gorgeous character development. Truly enjoy your video, keep it up man ❤️
Thank you for the compliment, I am glad that you enjoyed the video! I agree, CrossCode is such an amazing game and I wish more people knew about it as well. CrossCode has an excellent story and great gameplay from start to finish, and I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys playing action RPGs like the Dark Souls series or puzzle adventure games like the Legend of Zelda series.
i love the editing where you changed some character's dialogue, honestly funny, and this taught me level 1 doesnt seem as hard as i initially thought. super cool i wish i used guard arts more for the more bs attacks i couldnt figure out how to dodge
I've been playing Crosscode for 3 years or so now, but it was only just now, hearing you say "Sephi-sloth" that that was supposed to be a pun off the name Sephiroth, with THE BIG ASS SWORD wooshing right past my head this entire time lol.
Thank you for the compliment, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video! It's really cool that you completed 100% of CrossCode, I haven't done that for all of the achievements yet! I plan to make a level 1 challenge run summary video for the CrossCode DLC as well, it will just take a while to create because most of my free time is dedicated to developing a demo for Heartwell (an adorable souls-like action RPG with retro graphics, platforming mechanics, and a branching narrative). I'll still continue to work on the challenge run summary videos when I have the time, it's just that creating the Heartwell demo is my current priority because I've been working on it by myself for over two years.
“I’m gonna beat Crosscode at level 1…” “Oh come on, equipment matters more anyway-“ “…and defeat every pvp battle! And Shizuka!” *bows head in reverence* “HE IS THE ONE.”
- Thumbnail game is on point! It's eye grabbing with the adorbz Lea picture, and some decent short textual clues about the video's contents. - Footage and background music are good. I like the fact that you include written information on screen (also the subtle jokes are adorable). The usage of music, including the way every song punctuates a different part of the video, is good. - Writing is good. Informative, straight-forward, and enjoyable. I learned a lot about the parts of the run from before I started watching your streams, and I finally found out when the "birth" of the pause buffering parry strats took place! I just wish you mentioned the amount of tries every boss/duel took, but that's a minor detail. - The comparison between O&S and Ape&Whale is one I do mentally everytime I get to that part in the game. Glad to see it mentioned here, lol. - I feel like you spoke a bit too fast at times, especially in the intro. Doesn't make it impossible to understand, but it does feel like you're rushing up a bit (mostly just the intro though). - I think the footage would look better without the stream overlays, but it's pretty much impossible to remove them, so it's okay. Overall, I think the video is really good. Well edited, informative, fun to watch. There are problems, but they're minor. I wish to see more of these in the future. I'd love to see a breakdown of the VICIOUS Di'orbis fight in the DLC in this style if possible.
Thank you for the detailed feedback and compliments! Yeah, in hindsight I can see how the intro voiceover could be a bit fast at parts, though admittedly that was the first set of lines I recorded for the video. For the later sections, I decided to speak a bit slower, so that might be a better pace overall for any future videos.
I know it's an old video but it's really cool. I got all steam achivments and I got sad since Crosscode has become my favorite game but your video inspired me to try some challange runs, so thank you.
This was a fantastic watch. Crosscode is such a deep game, and I loved seeing the different strategies you employed at every turn to make a run like this possible.
4:20 Winning the temple mine race is simple~ Get to the end in under 90 minutes. The better question is, how you did that, and that probably comes from knowing the puzzles :P ( as usually the main way ppl get stuck and run out of time is a puzzle they cant solve quickly) ( The other times are: 60 minutes first half of the 'cold' dungeon; 50 minutes the second half the 'cold' dungeon (which means only the second half the temple matters for the race lol) 60 minutes for both shock and wave dungeons (heh, this time my nameing scheme does still work with perfect understanding lol.) and... some.. amount of time for Grand temple first half, 30 minutes second half. ) 13:00 something of note: shielding in this game is very, very overpowered. if an enemy has a natural shield, it can survive sergy's hacks easily 25:30 ?? There is a checkpoint at the halfwaypoint? albiet its the only checkpoint but its much better than none... or, did you just do this to yourself..? unrelated but my favourite NG+ combo is sergy hax + PREPARE TO HI!
Really enjoyed the video, I’m currently in the middle of a new game+ run with 4x damage, diet, zero healing, and no mercy. It was weird watching your level 1 Lea taking hits better than my on level lea in some spots
I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, and that sounds like a really interesting challenge! If I had to guess, the 4X damage modifier is probably why you are taking more damage than I am despite having better base stats than my Level 1 Lea and full access to all circuit tree upgrades.
Omg I loved this video so much!!! The pacing, the editing, the humor, the narration- all of it was great!! My favorite part that got me hooked and felt like you established your own personality in this challenge video opposed from others is the edited dialogue boxes- it's so fun!!! I literally go out of my way to pause and rewind the video to see what I missed, cause it's always worth it!! It's such a harmless addition, too- if the viewer isn't interested in them, they're not forced to like it. The video moves on without them and it's just- perfect. I've been meaning to watch it for a long time until I finally beat the game!!!
This was fucking awesome !!! You put in all the interesting bits in a small concise format. Glad to know people are still playing this game to this day. What was the name of the song in the intro?
Thank you for the compliment, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! For the intro, I used the Title theme from the 2013 tech demo of CrossCode. Search "crosscode title (techdemo++, 2013)" and it should appear near the top of the search results. I felt that including the 2013 tech demo intro theme in this video would be a cool reference to the early days of CrossCode's development!
i recently did a "get on my level" run at like level 99 but didn't have the ascended equipment so i was stuck with equipment 30 levels below the enemy level. i thought that a level 1 run would be impossible but surprisingly, it doesn't look like the difficulty is *much* different. though the damn wiccat sections are infinitely harder thanks to no clone dash wave arts or dash arts in general. i will take on this challenge now! thank you for the boost in confidence
I don't think that it's possible to clear the DLC as a level 1 in crosscode. 1: Super Apollo 2: Super Dungeon Boss 3: DLC gear scales with level and stat requirements skyrocket.
Regarding your points about completing the CrossCode DLC at level 1 (spoilers below)... 1. Winning the Apollo duel is optional, and I wouldn't be too invested in winning it at level 1 because most of the DLC gear scales down due to our low level and thus isn't helpful. 2. Di'Orbis is possible to defeat at level 1, but it is very involved. Going over everything that went into defeating Di'Orbis at level 1 will be a significant portion of the DLC video. 3. While ascended gear is not helpful at level 1 due to the scaling, the Thrashing Ripper is essential for the hardest mandatory boss battles (especially Di'Orbis) due to its incredible melee damage.
I love this kind of video. Also really happy you did a challenge run of one of my favourite games. Hope you can do more crosscode challenges in the future thank you.
Great video, I did not realize how cracked guard sphere was, also, there were times I dodged ether snipe, however it was very inconsistent, you have to be dodging when shizuka begins aiming it, which is completely impossible to predict. Also the dice enemies in vermillion wasteland are pronounced rng, you can't change my mind
This was really entertaining and fun to watch! Shoutouts to Guard Sphere for saving the entire run, the absolute MVP. Thanks for covering this game, it definitely needs more attention as it's such a masterpiece. Lea! Thanks! Bye!
Speaking of Guard Sphere... When i started playing this game a few weeks ago and early in the game saw that the options to upgrade your shield were real and strong, starting with Guard Sphere and the Solid Guard modifier, thats when i realized this game was special (gameplay-wise).
I was honestly surprised when I didn’t see the thousand symbol at the end of your subscriber count. Seriously, how do you not have 100k plus views on this?
This is genuinely amazing, I loved this game when I first played it. But MY GUY YOU REALLY TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL. HOLY SHIT, that was a journey. Great job. amazing iob
Thank you for the compliment, I'm glad that my video could introduce you to CrossCode in a meaningful way! CrossCode is one of my favorite video games of all time, I'd strongly recommend it to anyone who enjoys playing action RPGs. It's very well designed and has a great story too!
i went full turtle in my build for my normal playthrough, the adept gloves are so worth getting and upgrading later because with upgraded ice circuits you can just hold block and parry most rapid attacks like apollo's homing barrage
A full turtle build sounds like a lot of fun, and the Adept Gloves are amazing once they are upgraded! For a No EXP Run, however, you can't unlock the best Ice Circuits for improving guarding because most of the Circuit Points in CrossCode can only be earned from leveling up.
Now take that file, complete all the quests, and then edit it so you can get XP again. Then you can do the challenge "How many monsters do I have to kill to reach level 99?"
nice video! if you want another cool challenge for crosscode i recommend a minimum break run. shyguymask did a video to try to see if its possible to do it with 0 breaks, but the raid pillars need to be broken. I managed to do this challenge myself and only really had issues with chapter 8 and the final boss
Thank you for compliment! That no break challenge run video from Shyguymask was awesome! It's a shame the raid pillars ended the run, but it was still fun to see what it took to get that far. Out of curiosity, what issues did you run into with chapter 8 and the final boss during your minimum break challenge? I have to imagine finding ways not to buildup the final boss's break gage would have been a challenge unto itself. Thank you for the suggestion, but I don't foresee myself doing another challenge run on a game I've already finished a challenge run for (at least for now). I'm currently doing a challenge run of Elden Ring, and I'm excited to do a challenge run Trails of Cold Steel 2 after that!
@@antomicx1 a lot of the enemies in chapter 8 were either forced breaks(like the manta rays) or only beatable with pin body (anglers and shocats), as well as the bosses of both the wave and shock temples needing to be broken
@@antomicx1 oh right final boss part 2 was theoretically possible with 3 breaks due to the body of the elephant not being immune to shock for some reason, probably a bug, but shock does far too low dps for it to be reasonable. Part 1 can be killed with burn with 4 mandatory breaks
@@tigeryasou3860 Interesting! Defeating the final boss in only seven breaks would require a lot of patience, and the same goes for defeating enemies by using only the pin-body modifier.
Another easy way to cheese the first couple apollo fights is to use first cut to knock him out of his stronger attacks. Thats what i used in prepare to hi mode anyway
RUclips: You encounter a video that has 23 phases with *no* checkpoints, what do you do? Me: Drink sweet berry tea, pause counter everything, and leave a like.
Indeed, it was by far the longest boss battle in CrossCode at level 1! I've never died during the Ultimate Experience boss battle, so I'm not sure if there is a checkpoint at the halfway point. Since it took almost an hour to beat though, I don't want to test it for obvious reasons.
The "Ultimate Experience" does have a checkpoint at the transition going into Mr. Gano- I mean, Elephantè. I haven't done any labbing for what may or may not invalidate this checkpoint, so I would err on the side of caution and G i t G u d
I've seen another comment mention this, but the music was too loud for me to be able to focus on what you're saying and hear your voice properly. Great video though
I love how there's so much about this game I never knew.Such as, you can win Emily in races if you're fast enough, and you can make a bunny cosplay, wow. xD I love the attention to detail n this game! XD
It's true that you can win the dungeon races against Emily, but the bunny costume was just an edit I made for this video. Nevertheless, CrossCode has an amazing attention to detail and a ton of references to other media as well!
@@antomicx1 Then you do know how to make very good edits, congratz! XD It folled me pretty damn good. And yes, it seems it's possible to win, I think the game has some sort of counter to see how long you take it. Anyway, thanks for the clarification, again, you do have some pretty good editing skills there mate. :D
Did you really play the whole game without knowing what guard sphere did? That thing carried me through so many scary fights, I love it so much more than proximity blast
Yes, in my normal playthrough before this challenge run, I hardly ever blocked and I never used guard arts. Now, I can't imagine playing without Guard Sphere because it's incredibly effective at reducing damage.
@@antomicx1 fair enough. I'm at fault for forgetting dash arts exist for combat purposes instead of just faster overworld movement, never learning how the parry type guard arts work exactly, and completely forgetting perfect guards were a thing. Maybe in a second playthrough if I ever do one... On the topic of good guard arts, wave's repel field is also very helpful
@@abra_escaped I'm kinda the opposite, I've done like 3 dash arts total in my ∼200 hours of playtime and all were on accident. On the other hand I loved Royal Guard + Riposte builds as perfect guarding and especially parrying in CrossCode has got to be one of the most satisfying things ever. Definitely not needed to abuse quick pausing like Antomicx used in their video, I do that myself sometimes to a much lesser extent to give myself a breather or instaswap elements
Amazing video! I'd definitely love to see the DLC done as well, wonder how that would turn out :3 Anyhow, you've definitely earned a sub from me for some great, high quality content about one of my favorite games ever :D
You can actually dodge Ether Snipe with Amber Strike, a level one dash art in the electric tree, and it's consistent too. other dash arts might work as well
Thank you for the compliment! I have not seen the SGDQ2023 CrossCode speedrun. Were some new strategies discovered recently to save time during a CrossCode speedrun?
This run was a showcase in abilities. There is no menu glitching involved, which is nice. The combat was super impressive, especially the Experience fight!
Another another note: the main challenge in this is not being able to get any combat arts, because you get most(not all, but certainly most) of your actual combat stats from equipment.
I was thinking of doing a Level 1 game because of how much I ove this game and I found this amazing video about it. The final move of Shizuka, the snipe thing... can it really not be dodged? Maybe I'm misremembering but I swear I've dodged it in the past. Regardless, AMAZING VIDEO. I loved every part of it and it's definitely gotten me interested in trying out the challenge... And even moreso because I want to try my hands at the final boss with this! And I mean the actual in-game final boss. Final note: Emilea4EVER INDEED
I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, and you should totally do a level 1 run if it interests you! I'm unaware of any way to dodge Shizuka's Ether Snipe, much less if it can be dodged consistently (one lucky dodge isn't enough to win the PVP battle). Regarding facing the in-game final boss at level 1 (I'm assuming you are referring to Di'Orbis), feel free to refer to my stream archives of playing the CrossCode DLC at level 1 if you want some tips about that. I haven't made a challenge run essay video about the DLC yet, but I can tell you from experience that defeating Di'Orbis at level 1 requires a lot of preparation and practice. It might not be as long of a fight as the Creator, but Di'Orbis is easily the hardest mandatory boss in CrossCode (and I would argue that its more challenging than any boss I've faced in FromSoftware's Soulsborne games). The learning curve for defeating Di'Orbis at level 1 is insane, but it's also the most satisfying battle to win in the entire game. I'm glad you picked up on the Emilea4EVER easter egg, it was really fun to edit that into the loading screen and Shizuka's pause menu dialogue!
@@antomicx1 Oh, I'll definitely refer to that then, sounds cool asf. And Di'Orbis is the ENTIRE reason I want to try my hands at this challenge. Every time I fight him and win a side of me asks for MORE. Knowing it can be done makes me even more pumped to try!
@@BillErak iirc I've managed to perfect guard the entire snipe with my Royal Guard + Riposte build a couple times but it was unreliable, you can also dodge by dashing normally but it comes down to timing before she does the art and whether the dash is off cooldown (could have maybe depended on being in the middle of a dash when she does it, even?). Outside of that I've seen another comment mention T1 dash arts giving instant s, or you could tank the art by switching to wave element (elements give resistance to themselves, although I'm not sure to how big of an extent at lvl1 since a bunch is skill tree related) I know this comment is 7 months old just wanted to give my own 2 cents
So just starting the video, and i'll go to the end you can count on it cuz it sounds very interesting... but the music might be a bit too loud compared to the voice, I can barely hear you above the high pitch notes :p
It's not in-game, I edited that dialogue into the video as a funny reference to Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Fun fact: the character portrait used for Lea in this part of the video is from the CrossCode April Fool's update.
@@antomicx1 Ok, I knew the text stuff was edited in, but wasn't sure about the portrait for Lea. I remember it being an official thing at some point, but wasn't sure if there was a bonus code for it or something. Good work editing that in!
At the part about Shizuka's aether snipe, I was expecting you to use a different method. The fire and ice dash arts, even their level 1 versions, provide I-frames for their (short) duration. And when the I-frames end you're standing nowhere near where you started. So I assume if you timed it right you could bypass even that attack. I did a playthrough with the infinite SP and 1-hit-KO modifiers and leaned heavily on those dash arts for almost every single boss. Though to be fair I had the liberty of spamming them and did enough damage that she probably never got to use that attack.
10:29 I almost beat apollo with a completely different gear setup. I maximized brawler instead of shooter and didn't have adept gloves. I got all the way to the last phase and died to the homing attacks. 21:44 I recently learned that attacks will still damage your shield even if perfect blocked. Tried blocking this and it broke my shield near the end of the attack because my defense was too low.
It's really impressive that you got that far in that battle with a brawler setup! Yeah, Apollo's homing volley attack is vicious, but it is avoidable with the right positioning and dash timing. I wish you all the best with your future attempts to defeat Apollo!
Honestly, this is less of a "can YOU" and more of a "can *I*" beat CrossCode at level one. It's not, like, a question to be *answered* but a personal challenge to oneself that other people have already done, and will do again, frequently. Or maybe my sample size is unbalanced due to being in the official CC discord.
Fun fact: So'najiz is canonically pronounced "so nice", because waves are so nice. ~🌊
I loved the joke dialogue you snuck in to the footage!
This game doesn't get nearly the attention it deserves, so I'm glad to see there's still some amazing content like this on it. And I would absolutely love to see you beat the DLC at level 1!
A suggestion, I found the music volume at certain points to be a bit too much louder than your voice's, mainly at the intro and outro. Maybe it's just me though.
It's not just you, the music was too loud for me to hear his voice as well
Hey man, Smurfykins from Twitch here - was great to witness this LIVE hope you are holding up well. Keep being you, bro.
Hi Smurfykins, it's great to hear from you! It was a lot of fun to chat with you during the CrossCode Twitch streams. Thank you for the well wishes, I hope you are doing well as well!
So I am overleveled. Huh
oh thank goodness, i found this video again. crosscode changed my life, i'm so glad people are still talking about it!!
This video was very well done. Didn't show too much fluff, while also keeping everything important! My biggest criticism is just audio balancing. The music was a bit loud compared to your voice making it not the easiest to hear what's being said. I would also love to see this continue into the DLC epilogue. There's a particular attack from one of its bosses that I was only able to survive using Karma Scale.
The best moment was easily tanking Shizuka's Ether Snipe with Guard Sphere. One of the highest damage level 3 combat arts from one of the hardest bosses in the game survived at level one with a level 1 _neutral_ art. The runner up is probably pause-buffering parries, since it's actually canon that Lea can react to input much faster than most people as seen in the instances where she's given decently long messages that she can process in a fraction of a second. So pause-buffering is actually kind of canon!
That ether snipe thing being bested by a guard sphere seems like the kind of thing that would be entirely missed until some random Joe smogh pulls it out during the cross world pvp world championship or something
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In my opinion, guard sphere alone keeps the neural skill trees relevant throughout the whole game. Whilst it doesn't work for EVERY attack, the sheer wealth of damage reduction for 1 SP is something that I immediately admired on my blind, casual playthrough. I'm not as fond with its upgraded version, blade sphere (too expensive for my playstyle) but I still love how even the neural skill tree has unique moves that none of the other elements have direct comparison to (excluding iron ball to wave's, but to get the rickoshet effect requires tier 3 if i recall correctly and functions differently on hit, so it's a bit of a stretch.)
guard sphere was really useful, i would not stand a chance against son of the beach without it
*seriously, he is annoying as hell, instantly cures himself from status effects while creating an elemental shield, hits like a truck, and rages like crazy at the final phase*
Guard Sphere is insane, especially when you realize that enemies cannot cancel you eating while you're guarding.
this mf said rickoshet
Two skills I never really appreciated in my main playthrough until far too late were Guard Arts in general, and the Wave HP-siphoning throw arts. Game was very challenging and these would have made my life much easier if I'd explored them earlier on.
shielding in this game is very, very overpowered.
if an enemy has a natural shield, it can survive sergy's hacks easily
Man, I would give everything for this game to be more recognized, what a beautiful game
I love how every character is written, especiallu Leah, man I love Leah, what a gorgeous character development.
Truly enjoy your video, keep it up man ❤️
I thank you from the bottom of my hearth. I LOVED this game and always found sad that so little people knew about it. Great video, you made my day
Thank you for the compliment, I am glad that you enjoyed the video! I agree, CrossCode is such an amazing game and I wish more people knew about it as well. CrossCode has an excellent story and great gameplay from start to finish, and I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys playing action RPGs like the Dark Souls series or puzzle adventure games like the Legend of Zelda series.
i love the editing where you changed some character's dialogue, honestly funny, and this taught me level 1 doesnt seem as hard as i initially thought. super cool i wish i used guard arts more for the more bs attacks i couldnt figure out how to dodge
I've been playing Crosscode for 3 years or so now, but it was only just now, hearing you say "Sephi-sloth" that that was supposed to be a pun off the name Sephiroth, with THE BIG ASS SWORD wooshing right past my head this entire time lol.
This video was incredible! I just 100%ed the game and really wanted to see something like that. I would love to see the DLC this way
Thank you for the compliment, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video! It's really cool that you completed 100% of CrossCode, I haven't done that for all of the achievements yet!
I plan to make a level 1 challenge run summary video for the CrossCode DLC as well, it will just take a while to create because most of my free time is dedicated to developing a demo for Heartwell (an adorable souls-like action RPG with retro graphics, platforming mechanics, and a branching narrative). I'll still continue to work on the challenge run summary videos when I have the time, it's just that creating the Heartwell demo is my current priority because I've been working on it by myself for over two years.
“I’m gonna beat Crosscode at level 1…”
“Oh come on, equipment matters more anyway-“
“…and defeat every pvp battle! And Shizuka!”
*bows head in reverence*
“HE IS THE ONE.”
Excellent video and gameplay man! I just picked this game up. 5 hours or so in and i'm loving it.
Great video, man! I enjoyed every seconds of it.
Thank you for the compliment! I'm glad that you enjoyed the video!
You just earned a new sub, I love this game
Can't wait for project Terra as well
- Thumbnail game is on point! It's eye grabbing with the adorbz Lea picture, and some decent short textual clues about the video's contents.
- Footage and background music are good. I like the fact that you include written information on screen (also the subtle jokes are adorable). The usage of music, including the way every song punctuates a different part of the video, is good.
- Writing is good. Informative, straight-forward, and enjoyable. I learned a lot about the parts of the run from before I started watching your streams, and I finally found out when the "birth" of the pause buffering parry strats took place! I just wish you mentioned the amount of tries every boss/duel took, but that's a minor detail.
- The comparison between O&S and Ape&Whale is one I do mentally everytime I get to that part in the game. Glad to see it mentioned here, lol.
- I feel like you spoke a bit too fast at times, especially in the intro. Doesn't make it impossible to understand, but it does feel like you're rushing up a bit (mostly just the intro though).
- I think the footage would look better without the stream overlays, but it's pretty much impossible to remove them, so it's okay.
Overall, I think the video is really good. Well edited, informative, fun to watch. There are problems, but they're minor. I wish to see more of these in the future. I'd love to see a breakdown of the VICIOUS Di'orbis fight in the DLC in this style if possible.
Thank you for the detailed feedback and compliments! Yeah, in hindsight I can see how the intro voiceover could be a bit fast at parts, though admittedly that was the first set of lines I recorded for the video. For the later sections, I decided to speak a bit slower, so that might be a better pace overall for any future videos.
There are two things I love: Breakdowns of challenge runs in gaming, and Crosscode videos.
I'm pleased to see this video combine both of them.
8:34 wait a moment, do they really ask this kind of question, or did you edit them in?
"At the end of the video:" Nevermind, I got my answer.
I'm glad that you noticed the edited dialogue, that was a lot of fun to add to the video!
I know it's an old video but it's really cool. I got all steam achivments and I got sad since Crosscode has become my favorite game but your video inspired me to try some challange runs, so thank you.
This was a fantastic watch. Crosscode is such a deep game, and I loved seeing the different strategies you employed at every turn to make a run like this possible.
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Winning the temple mine race is simple~
Get to the end in under 90 minutes.
The better question is, how you did that, and that probably comes from knowing the puzzles :P ( as usually the main way ppl get stuck and run out of time is a puzzle they cant solve quickly)
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The other times are: 60 minutes first half of the 'cold' dungeon; 50 minutes the second half the 'cold' dungeon (which means only the second half the temple matters for the race lol)
60 minutes for both shock and wave dungeons (heh, this time my nameing scheme does still work with perfect understanding lol.)
and... some.. amount of time for Grand temple first half, 30 minutes second half.
)
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something of note:
shielding in this game is very, very overpowered.
if an enemy has a natural shield, it can survive sergy's hacks easily
25:30
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There is a checkpoint at the halfwaypoint?
albiet its the only checkpoint but its much better than none...
or, did you just do this to yourself..?
unrelated but my favourite NG+ combo is sergy hax + PREPARE TO HI!
Really enjoyed the video, I’m currently in the middle of a new game+ run with 4x damage, diet, zero healing, and no mercy. It was weird watching your level 1 Lea taking hits better than my on level lea in some spots
I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, and that sounds like a really interesting challenge! If I had to guess, the 4X damage modifier is probably why you are taking more damage than I am despite having better base stats than my Level 1 Lea and full access to all circuit tree upgrades.
Omg I loved this video so much!!! The pacing, the editing, the humor, the narration- all of it was great!! My favorite part that got me hooked and felt like you established your own personality in this challenge video opposed from others is the edited dialogue boxes- it's so fun!!! I literally go out of my way to pause and rewind the video to see what I missed, cause it's always worth it!! It's such a harmless addition, too- if the viewer isn't interested in them, they're not forced to like it. The video moves on without them and it's just- perfect. I've been meaning to watch it for a long time until I finally beat the game!!!
I love the edited text bubbles lol, and love Crosscode even more
I was surprised to learn about the guard sphere.
you are good enough at entertaining and narrating.
subscribed!
This was fucking awesome !!! You put in all the interesting bits in a small concise format. Glad to know people are still playing this game to this day. What was the name of the song in the intro?
Thank you for the compliment, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! For the intro, I used the Title theme from the 2013 tech demo of CrossCode. Search "crosscode title (techdemo++, 2013)" and it should appear near the top of the search results. I felt that including the 2013 tech demo intro theme in this video would be a cool reference to the early days of CrossCode's development!
Ohhh cool I didn’t know that
i recently did a "get on my level" run at like level 99 but didn't have the ascended equipment so i was stuck with equipment 30 levels below the enemy level.
i thought that a level 1 run would be impossible but surprisingly, it doesn't look like the difficulty is *much* different. though the damn wiccat sections are infinitely harder thanks to no clone dash wave arts or dash arts in general.
i will take on this challenge now! thank you for the boost in confidence
I don't think that it's possible to clear the DLC as a level 1 in crosscode.
1: Super Apollo
2: Super Dungeon Boss
3: DLC gear scales with level and stat requirements skyrocket.
Regarding your points about completing the CrossCode DLC at level 1 (spoilers below)...
1. Winning the Apollo duel is optional, and I wouldn't be too invested in winning it at level 1 because most of the DLC gear scales down due to our low level and thus isn't helpful.
2. Di'Orbis is possible to defeat at level 1, but it is very involved. Going over everything that went into defeating Di'Orbis at level 1 will be a significant portion of the DLC video.
3. While ascended gear is not helpful at level 1 due to the scaling, the Thrashing Ripper is essential for the hardest mandatory boss battles (especially Di'Orbis) due to its incredible melee damage.
I love this kind of video. Also really happy you did a challenge run of one of my favourite games. Hope you can do more crosscode challenges in the future thank you.
Great video, I did not realize how cracked guard sphere was, also, there were times I dodged ether snipe, however it was very inconsistent, you have to be dodging when shizuka begins aiming it, which is completely impossible to predict.
Also the dice enemies in vermillion wasteland are pronounced rng, you can't change my mind
Really proves how much depth and variety there is to even the core systems of the game. Well done and great video.
This was really entertaining and fun to watch! Shoutouts to Guard Sphere for saving the entire run, the absolute MVP. Thanks for covering this game, it definitely needs more attention as it's such a masterpiece. Lea! Thanks! Bye!
Since I see that neutral art guard when I play the game, I realized that's SO broken
Such an underrated game, the music in the game is nice too.
Speaking of Guard Sphere...
When i started playing this game a few weeks ago and early in the game saw that the options to upgrade your shield were real and strong, starting with Guard Sphere and the Solid Guard modifier, thats when i realized this game was special (gameplay-wise).
Will definitely watch part 2 with the DLC.
I was honestly surprised when I didn’t see the thousand symbol at the end of your subscriber count. Seriously, how do you not have 100k plus views on this?
This is genuinely amazing, I loved this game when I first played it. But MY GUY YOU REALLY TOOK IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL. HOLY SHIT, that was a journey. Great job. amazing iob
very cool, all the references were a nice topping as well
Awesome video, you really did an incredible job!
Thank you for the compliment, I am glad that you enjoyed the video!
Amazing video man, glad to see some new crosscode content on youtube. Keep it up!
Thank you for the compliment! I am glad that you enjoyed the video!
Goddamn good video, really enjoyable despite me not playing cross code and not knowing some of the details in the game
Thank you for the compliment, I'm glad that my video could introduce you to CrossCode in a meaningful way! CrossCode is one of my favorite video games of all time, I'd strongly recommend it to anyone who enjoys playing action RPGs. It's very well designed and has a great story too!
I really liked hearing how you picked your equipment
Thanks!
Truly an underrated masterpiece gamse
Man... can't believe you beat crosscode at level 1. I couldn't even beat the ultimate experience at level 66 without tuning down its damage
loved this video, haven’t seen much crosscode content but would like to see the dlc in this format
I like crosscode and I like the video. Great job man
Thank you for the compliment, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video!
i went full turtle in my build for my normal playthrough, the adept gloves are so worth getting and upgrading later because with upgraded ice circuits you can just hold block and parry most rapid attacks like apollo's homing barrage
A full turtle build sounds like a lot of fun, and the Adept Gloves are amazing once they are upgraded! For a No EXP Run, however, you can't unlock the best Ice Circuits for improving guarding because most of the Circuit Points in CrossCode can only be earned from leveling up.
I personally prefer to use perfect guards against everything but bosses and out damage everything
21:42 I blocked that using Karma Scale 😆😅
22:37 I’ve been using that as a way to survive attacks until I cleared the element load
Karma scale would work too, but parrying is super satisfying. That's really clever, I never thought of using guard sphere for that purpose!
@@antomicx1 I did it cause I built around my inability to dodge attacks, I could take a hit, but obviously not too many
I appreciate the emilea joke lmao
Excellent video, I would love to see a DLC one as well!
Now take that file, complete all the quests, and then edit it so you can get XP again. Then you can do the challenge "How many monsters do I have to kill to reach level 99?"
nice video! if you want another cool challenge for crosscode i recommend a minimum break run. shyguymask did a video to try to see if its possible to do it with 0 breaks, but the raid pillars need to be broken. I managed to do this challenge myself and only really had issues with chapter 8 and the final boss
Thank you for compliment! That no break challenge run video from Shyguymask was awesome! It's a shame the raid pillars ended the run, but it was still fun to see what it took to get that far. Out of curiosity, what issues did you run into with chapter 8 and the final boss during your minimum break challenge? I have to imagine finding ways not to buildup the final boss's break gage would have been a challenge unto itself.
Thank you for the suggestion, but I don't foresee myself doing another challenge run on a game I've already finished a challenge run for (at least for now). I'm currently doing a challenge run of Elden Ring, and I'm excited to do a challenge run Trails of Cold Steel 2 after that!
@@antomicx1 a lot of the enemies in chapter 8 were either forced breaks(like the manta rays) or only beatable with pin body (anglers and shocats), as well as the bosses of both the wave and shock temples needing to be broken
@@antomicx1 oh right final boss part 2 was theoretically possible with 3 breaks due to the body of the elephant not being immune to shock for some reason, probably a bug, but shock does far too low dps for it to be reasonable. Part 1 can be killed with burn with 4 mandatory breaks
@@tigeryasou3860 Interesting! Defeating the final boss in only seven breaks would require a lot of patience, and the same goes for defeating enemies by using only the pin-body modifier.
Great video! Looking forward to more like this in future if you've got it
Another easy way to cheese the first couple apollo fights is to use first cut to knock him out of his stronger attacks. Thats what i used in prepare to hi mode anyway
Great video, the only thing is the music was ñouder than your voice at some times
Thank you for the feedback! I'll try to keep that in mind when I'm making challenge run videos in the future!
good video mate, hope to see more of you in the future
RUclips: You encounter a video that has 23 phases with *no* checkpoints, what do you do?
Me: Drink sweet berry tea, pause counter everything, and leave a like.
Do the DLC! Yey! I don't want you to suffer eternally at all!
That was a joy to watch!
Apollo: YOU CHEATED YOU ARE LVL 4!
Lea: *Is LVL1*
Also Apollo: SHUT UP YOU'R JUST A CHEATER!
What an enjoyable watch
I hope you do the DLC, this was a fun watch
Thanks! I'm currently working on the DLC video, and I hope to have it ready in the next 1-2 months!
awesome video.
that's it, i've got nothing else.
Now this truly is, The Ultimate Experience!
Great video! Sure, DLC part is welcome!
Doesn’t the ultimate experience have a checkpoint at the halfway point?
And wow, an hour long fight, yeah, that must have taken a lot of endurance
Indeed, it was by far the longest boss battle in CrossCode at level 1! I've never died during the Ultimate Experience boss battle, so I'm not sure if there is a checkpoint at the halfway point. Since it took almost an hour to beat though, I don't want to test it for obvious reasons.
The "Ultimate Experience" does have a checkpoint at the transition going into Mr. Gano- I mean, Elephantè. I haven't done any labbing for what may or may not invalidate this checkpoint, so I would err on the side of caution and
G i t G u d
I watched this video just to see what apollo would say
Good content indeed, keep it up man!!
Thank you for the compliment! I'll try to make more challenge run videos with this level of quality in the future!
I've seen another comment mention this, but the music was too loud for me to be able to focus on what you're saying and hear your voice properly. Great video though
Don't mind me, I'm just here because it's CrossCode.
Crosscode is underrated
no circuit or small stat buffs from levels makes it hard.
I love how there's so much about this game I never knew.Such as, you can win Emily in races if you're fast enough, and you can make a bunny cosplay, wow. xD I love the attention to detail n this game! XD
It's true that you can win the dungeon races against Emily, but the bunny costume was just an edit I made for this video. Nevertheless, CrossCode has an amazing attention to detail and a ton of references to other media as well!
@@antomicx1 Then you do know how to make very good edits, congratz! XD It folled me pretty damn good.
And yes, it seems it's possible to win, I think the game has some sort of counter to see how long you take it. Anyway, thanks for the clarification, again, you do have some pretty good editing skills there mate. :D
Did you really play the whole game without knowing what guard sphere did? That thing carried me through so many scary fights, I love it so much more than proximity blast
Yes, in my normal playthrough before this challenge run, I hardly ever blocked and I never used guard arts. Now, I can't imagine playing without Guard Sphere because it's incredibly effective at reducing damage.
@@antomicx1 fair enough. I'm at fault for forgetting dash arts exist for combat purposes instead of just faster overworld movement, never learning how the parry type guard arts work exactly, and completely forgetting perfect guards were a thing. Maybe in a second playthrough if I ever do one...
On the topic of good guard arts, wave's repel field is also very helpful
@@abra_escaped I'm kinda the opposite, I've done like 3 dash arts total in my ∼200 hours of playtime and all were on accident. On the other hand I loved Royal Guard + Riposte builds as perfect guarding and especially parrying in CrossCode has got to be one of the most satisfying things ever.
Definitely not needed to abuse quick pausing like Antomicx used in their video, I do that myself sometimes to a much lesser extent to give myself a breather or instaswap elements
great video!
Amazing video! I'd definitely love to see the DLC done as well, wonder how that would turn out :3
Anyhow, you've definitely earned a sub from me for some great, high quality content about one of my favorite games ever :D
You can actually dodge Ether Snipe with Amber Strike, a level one dash art in the electric tree, and it's consistent too. other dash arts might work as well
Spheromancer Antomicx, I demand a video on the DLC!
Worry not, Spheromancer Nerevar! I'm currently working on the DLC video, and I hope to have it ready in the next 1-2 months!
this happened to my buddy eric once
20:26 Based Username
Stunning. Hey. Did you see the SGDQ2023 Crosscode speedrun? It was bonkers in a different way
Thank you for the compliment! I have not seen the SGDQ2023 CrossCode speedrun. Were some new strategies discovered recently to save time during a CrossCode speedrun?
This run was a showcase in abilities. There is no menu glitching involved, which is nice. The combat was super impressive, especially the Experience fight!
I feel so ashamed of not being able to beat any pvp battles in my first playthrough 😭😭
Yes, so many people have done this, it's an option in NG+
Another another note: the main challenge in this is not being able to get any combat arts, because you get most(not all, but certainly most) of your actual combat stats from equipment.
bro you forgot infinity spiral drill is used for farming item. Try finding the tremor engines and its sidequest for the assault modifier
@0:47 Emilea4EVER indeed!
blessed guard sphere
I'm sorry... YOU CAN BEAT THE APE FIRST?!
yeah, Dark Souls. SO deep. SO difficult and deep.
I was thinking of doing a Level 1 game because of how much I ove this game and I found this amazing video about it.
The final move of Shizuka, the snipe thing... can it really not be dodged? Maybe I'm misremembering but I swear I've dodged it in the past.
Regardless, AMAZING VIDEO. I loved every part of it and it's definitely gotten me interested in trying out the challenge... And even moreso because I want to try my hands at the final boss with this! And I mean the actual in-game final boss.
Final note: Emilea4EVER INDEED
I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, and you should totally do a level 1 run if it interests you! I'm unaware of any way to dodge Shizuka's Ether Snipe, much less if it can be dodged consistently (one lucky dodge isn't enough to win the PVP battle).
Regarding facing the in-game final boss at level 1 (I'm assuming you are referring to Di'Orbis), feel free to refer to my stream archives of playing the CrossCode DLC at level 1 if you want some tips about that. I haven't made a challenge run essay video about the DLC yet, but I can tell you from experience that defeating Di'Orbis at level 1 requires a lot of preparation and practice. It might not be as long of a fight as the Creator, but Di'Orbis is easily the hardest mandatory boss in CrossCode (and I would argue that its more challenging than any boss I've faced in FromSoftware's Soulsborne games). The learning curve for defeating Di'Orbis at level 1 is insane, but it's also the most satisfying battle to win in the entire game.
I'm glad you picked up on the Emilea4EVER easter egg, it was really fun to edit that into the loading screen and Shizuka's pause menu dialogue!
@@antomicx1 Oh, I'll definitely refer to that then, sounds cool asf. And Di'Orbis is the ENTIRE reason I want to try my hands at this challenge. Every time I fight him and win a side of me asks for MORE. Knowing it can be done makes me even more pumped to try!
@@BillErak iirc I've managed to perfect guard the entire snipe with my Royal Guard + Riposte build a couple times but it was unreliable, you can also dodge by dashing normally but it comes down to timing before she does the art and whether the dash is off cooldown (could have maybe depended on being in the middle of a dash when she does it, even?). Outside of that I've seen another comment mention T1 dash arts giving instant s, or you could tank the art by switching to wave element (elements give resistance to themselves, although I'm not sure to how big of an extent at lvl1 since a bunch is skill tree related)
I know this comment is 7 months old just wanted to give my own 2 cents
You CAN dodge ether snipe. I've done it before, just don't happen to be dashing WHEN she uses it.
2:35 Neat.
9:53 160 quintillion, JESUS.
So just starting the video, and i'll go to the end you can count on it cuz it sounds very interesting... but the music might be a bit too loud compared to the voice, I can barely hear you above the high pitch notes :p
Thank you for the feedback! I'll try to improve the audio balancing in future videos.
10:59 Alright I gotta ask, is this an in game thing and if so, how do I get that?
It's not in-game, I edited that dialogue into the video as a funny reference to Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Fun fact: the character portrait used for Lea in this part of the video is from the CrossCode April Fool's update.
@@antomicx1 Ok, I knew the text stuff was edited in, but wasn't sure about the portrait for Lea. I remember it being an official thing at some point, but wasn't sure if there was a bonus code for it or something. Good work editing that in!
@@Flashboy284 Thank you for the compliment! The dialogue edits were a lot of fun for this video!
At the part about Shizuka's aether snipe, I was expecting you to use a different method. The fire and ice dash arts, even their level 1 versions, provide I-frames for their (short) duration. And when the I-frames end you're standing nowhere near where you started. So I assume if you timed it right you could bypass even that attack. I did a playthrough with the infinite SP and 1-hit-KO modifiers and leaned heavily on those dash arts for almost every single boss. Though to be fair I had the liberty of spamming them and did enough damage that she probably never got to use that attack.
10:29 I almost beat apollo with a completely different gear setup. I maximized brawler instead of shooter and didn't have adept gloves. I got all the way to the last phase and died to the homing attacks.
21:44 I recently learned that attacks will still damage your shield even if perfect blocked. Tried blocking this and it broke my shield near the end of the attack because my defense was too low.
It's really impressive that you got that far in that battle with a brawler setup! Yeah, Apollo's homing volley attack is vicious, but it is avoidable with the right positioning and dash timing. I wish you all the best with your future attempts to defeat Apollo!
i look down and you only have 450 subscribers... how?
Honestly, this is less of a "can YOU" and more of a "can *I*" beat CrossCode at level one.
It's not, like, a question to be *answered* but a personal challenge to oneself that other people have already done, and will do again, frequently.
Or maybe my sample size is unbalanced due to being in the official CC discord.