This is where the game shines imo. You have to know every movement of the boss, you have to parry them (it's the most efficient, rathar than dash away), and you have to be patient. When you accomplish this, every boss fight become a dance, and the game shows its true form. This combat design is genius.
Yeah the difficulty of this game I found harder than Sekiro being in 2d… brutal and is spiked so much once it hit halfway. No longer having fun and switch to story mode which was just waaaay to easy.
@@NatetheGr891 its worth it. I just finished the 1st ending. It was awesome Edit:Just 100% it with true ending, and holy shit this game is awesome. I think im going to max out all files
Lady Ethereal's boss sequence just instantly shows Red Candle Games' iconic story building method which is extremely dark and full of gore-y, haunting scenes. The same thing can be seen in all of their previous works, all the way from Detention to Devotion. Right in the moment when I saw the sacrifice machine at the beginning of Nine Sols, I said to myself right away:"That's Red Candle Games right there!" as most of their titles ain't gonna f around with beautiful, bright or innocent things.
If I get a dollar for every time I see a Chinese creation that combines sci fi and Chinese mythology, I’ll get two coins. Which is cool because the concept is cool as fuck
To be fair, this has some credence in real life, with the Black Death being the most famous, along with the "Columbian exchange" (where the natives of America were horribly afflicted with the colonists' diseases).
You're missing one more major optional boss that happens after buying everything from Chiyou and bringing him a few items from some mini-bosses scattered around the world!
Players upon first reaching lady Ethereal- Ok time for the next boss fi-HOLY CRAP SHE’S HOT! Some time later- Uhh…Ok this is really screwed up…Now I feel really bad for her… 0-0…I don’t like this… I’m starting to think I’m not the good guy in this situation… In the actual fight- Yep…She’s completely lost it.
The plot is mainly based on the Chinese mythology of hero Yi shooting down the nine suns. Originally, there were ten suns and each take turns to shine, but one day, the suns suddenly decided to all come out at once. Of course, doing so basically turned Earth into a living hell, so Yi the great archer grabbed his bow and shoot down nine of them (since we still need at least one sun to survive), along with some other dangerous evil beasts. Nine Sols just made it a bit more cyberpunk. Basically, Yi and the nine rulers are solarians. They came from another planet with more advanced technology, but their planet is in danger, so they decided to colonize Earth and exploit its resources. Earthlings thought they're deities and worshipped solarians, but solarians see them as nothing but inferior lowlifes and tricked them into making annual sacrifice. Yi, however, after being awakened and lived with Earthlings, decided to save them by destroy this twisted system.
0:10 *record scratch followed by the opening to that song used to promote A Bug's Life and was in that bike movie* Yup. That's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up here.
I KNOW RIGHT Man, her story hit me right in the feels... all she wanted to do was help people. Wish there was another way to trigger her boss fight without hitting her when she's breaking down. I just wanted to hug her. Doesn't help that her boss theme is the one from the trailer, too.
I kinda prefer this one too, but I'm sure if they are implying things will just go bad again eventually in this ending. The other ending is interesting in a way to me as usually cultivators realize they are defying the natural order of things, but Heng is a naturalist, and I view the other ending as being able to let go and reach some resolution between the siblings, even if it's bittersweet. So while accepting reality is prolly more mature and spiritual thing to do... Meh being alive seems way more dope than embracing the void.
Could I ask what specifically is unbalanced? I got through the game without too much trouble myself, there were some difficulty spikes but it never felt excessive
@@goober3889 eh. It wasn’t as unbalanced as I thought. I was just bad. I will say, I still don’t really like not having s after being hit. Other than that it’s just a difficult game
@@alyxlocke1284 I'm late, but there is a perk that lets you recover instantly out of being hit. So you can dash out and parry the next hits. The combat is very rewarding once you learn the bosses moves and timing. By the end of the game, you become a god and counter every boss attack with damage. Water flow talisman is good too. Using talismans to add extra damage can help a lot for longer boss fights and it converts internal damage on bosses to full damage. Waterflow is good because you don't need to manually trigger the explosion with it.
@@AditBasu Trust me when I say I suck at combat related stuff. Never played Sekiro or any Souls game, they intimidate me. But I've now defeated Ji and omw to N&F in Standard mode, having played 18 hours so far. I spent 42 tries on Lady ;_; All you need is patience, and maybe a smidge og luck for a lucky attack pattern :)
@@jarlhenrik I also haven't played Sekiro and any Souls game,but I have played Hollow Knight. And trust me when I say this game's difficulty is nothing compared to Hollow Knight's(it's harder)
@@AditBasu Tell me about it. I've played HK multiple times, and I prefer Soul mode when playing. Done all tiers of Godhome, and tbh, only the last 2 compare to some of the bosses here on Standard. But fireb0rn, a RUclipsr who built his channel on HK, agrees that the only thing this game shares with HK is the Jade = Charm system. Exploration and narrative remind me more of Ori, while apparently the combat is a lot of Sekiro and Katana Zero, though I haven't played either.
My one gripe that pulls any score down, is the lag in certain mechanics. Just because I don't appreciate being stuck in an animation when I want to dash or jump away xD In my case it's the healing pipe + dash.
Real. While the bosses always having some sudden animations that you have to rely on sound cue to get used to their attack patterns, your movement is extremely clunky and restricted by huge delays between attack/parry and talisman/dash.
Another problem to be aware of, load times can be brutal. I'm trying to do the final boss and after every death I get 7-10 seconds loading time, a screen that takes a couple seconds to run out of, another 7-10 seconds of load time, then an intro cut scene that plays _every time_. Makes getting into a rhythm hard. And this is a computer with an SSD and 3070 (mobile but still).
First reaction: " Aww a game with cool art and a bunch of Japanese aspects! " Currently: GORE FILLED EXPLOSION, HORRIFYING THINGS- (Shout out to Lady Ethereal for the **Nightmares** I will have 🗣️) (I'm refusing to sleep, I haven't slept for a good 4 hours after the time I went to bed.) Edit : It wasn't Japanese, I get the two mixed up, I like Japanese mythology and culture YET I GET THE TWO CONFUSED.
Story mode is way too easy. You take no damage when this guy hits you. Try it on the standard mode. He mops the floor with you, until he doesn’t. Dudes a prick.
![Nine Sols - All Bosses [No Damage] + All Endings](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_O697owPEEs/mqdefault.jpg)
![Nine Sols - All Bosses [No Damage] + All Endings](/img/tr.png)
0:00 - Intro
12:59 - Red Tiger Elite: Baichang
22:58 - Yingzhao
39:50 - Goumang
44:53 - Red Tiger Elite: Kuiyan
51:25 - Xingtian
58:25 - Sky Rending Claw
01:14:34 - Kanghui
01:16:32 - Red Tiger Elite: Yanren
01:17:12 - Red Tiger Elite: Lieguan
01:22:50 - Chien
01:24:07 - Jiequan
01:32:55 - Celestial Enforcer: Huanxian
01:38:59 - Lady Ethereal
01:48:47 - The Great Miner: Tianshou
02:08:58 - Ji
02:15:43 - Celestial Spectre: Shangui
02:18:59 - Nuwa & Fuxi
02:38:33 - Eigong
02:43:39 - Ending
Thanks but you missed out another true ending.
In story mode, your energy doesn't drop even if you get hit. In normal mode, you die with just two hits.
This is where the game shines imo. You have to know every movement of the boss, you have to parry them (it's the most efficient, rathar than dash away), and you have to be patient. When you accomplish this, every boss fight become a dance, and the game shows its true form. This combat design is genius.
Literally... Some mini bosses are harder than the bosses ngl.
It's pretty hard early on as u have no upgrades for health.
I came here to see some tricks for the last boss that im struggling, and see this guy just tanking every hit
Yeah the difficulty of this game I found harder than Sekiro being in 2d… brutal and is spiked so much once it hit halfway. No longer having fun and switch to story mode which was just waaaay to easy.
@@NatetheGr891 its worth it. I just finished the 1st ending. It was awesome
Edit:Just 100% it with true ending, and holy shit this game is awesome. I think im going to max out all files
Lady Ethereal's boss sequence just instantly shows Red Candle Games' iconic story building method which is extremely dark and full of gore-y, haunting scenes. The same thing can be seen in all of their previous works, all the way from Detention to Devotion. Right in the moment when I saw the sacrifice machine at the beginning of Nine Sols, I said to myself right away:"That's Red Candle Games right there!" as most of their titles ain't gonna f around with beautiful, bright or innocent things.
If I get a dollar for every time I see a Chinese creation that combines sci fi and Chinese mythology, I’ll get two coins. Which is cool because the concept is cool as fuck
What’s the other one? Monkie Kid?
@@sero.toniii no it’s the Daily Life of the Immortal King
@@labbit35 you actually get three because there also loufu of honkai star rail
Pretty sure the game is Taiwanese
Please for the love of god refer to it as Taiwanese.
That last bow shot with Lady Ethereal was SICK
I find it interesting that the consistent storyline in great civilizations is a disease killing then off
To be fair, this has some credence in real life, with the Black Death being the most famous, along with the "Columbian exchange" (where the natives of America were horribly afflicted with the colonists' diseases).
dude if i had a sibling that appreciated me as much as Heng did Yi, i wouldve gladly eaten pickled veggies and wine until i died smh
You're missing one more major optional boss that happens after buying everything from Chiyou and bringing him a few items from some mini-bosses scattered around the world!
I gave Chiyou several items and bought his entire shop but still cant get that boss
I cant get that boss. What is that boss name do anyone know ?
@@TinhThanh-1990Chiyou's brother. Xing tian Round 2. He's in a different location now compared to where you first meet him.
@@judge2950 It is past the point of no return, explore the part of the map that is available on the way back to Four Seasons to find him.
Players upon first reaching lady Ethereal-
Ok time for the next boss fi-HOLY CRAP SHE’S HOT!
Some time later- Uhh…Ok this is really screwed up…Now I feel really bad for her…
0-0…I don’t like this…
I’m starting to think I’m not the good guy in this situation…
In the actual fight-
Yep…She’s completely lost it.
I hope somebody does a Story Explained and Lore video.
I want it too
The plot is mainly based on the Chinese mythology of hero Yi shooting down the nine suns. Originally, there were ten suns and each take turns to shine, but one day, the suns suddenly decided to all come out at once. Of course, doing so basically turned Earth into a living hell, so Yi the great archer grabbed his bow and shoot down nine of them (since we still need at least one sun to survive), along with some other dangerous evil beasts. Nine Sols just made it a bit more cyberpunk.
Basically, Yi and the nine rulers are solarians. They came from another planet with more advanced technology, but their planet is in danger, so they decided to colonize Earth and exploit its resources. Earthlings thought they're deities and worshipped solarians, but solarians see them as nothing but inferior lowlifes and tricked them into making annual sacrifice. Yi, however, after being awakened and lived with Earthlings, decided to save them by destroy this twisted system.
@@luislee3247 Is this Steven Universe ?
@@Over.Nine.Thousands Pretty much? Except Yi didn't need an alter ego to overthrow his moms.
@@luislee3247 and they don't get along in the end
0:10 *record scratch followed by the opening to that song used to promote A Bug's Life and was in that bike movie* Yup. That's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up here.
10:37 this is just a triple blood sacrifice
Had to slow it down completely to read a few parts. But thanks for posting
So do the people actually get sacrificed? It looked like it ripped their heads off/liquidfied them
Their brains are used to fuel this eternal paradise project
There is a reason they used lady ethereal theme for trailer, best boss.
34:02 *hear me out* ....i think i may want to buy this game now if i might get to fix her
What you mean?
I get what you mean.
You may not be able to, you are considered an inferior apeman to her.
Am i just crazy or does lady ethereal look kinda like toriel from undertale......
I KNOW RIGHT
Man, her story hit me right in the feels... all she wanted to do was help people.
Wish there was another way to trigger her boss fight without hitting her when she's breaking down. I just wanted to hug her.
Doesn't help that her boss theme is the one from the trailer, too.
Nah I though the same thing when I played
Nah bro I thought the same as well
Story mode really takes it easy on you
I look forward to other endings as well.
There is another ending! But I like this ending.
I kinda prefer this one too, but I'm sure if they are implying things will just go bad again eventually in this ending. The other ending is interesting in a way to me as usually cultivators realize they are defying the natural order of things, but Heng is a naturalist, and I view the other ending as being able to let go and reach some resolution between the siblings, even if it's bittersweet. So while accepting reality is prolly more mature and spiritual thing to do... Meh being alive seems way more dope than embracing the void.
@@Dewclaw7787 That's pretty much how I saw it too, you got the normal ending and the Taoist ending
i kinda see the true ending as a completion of Yi’s character arc, where Yi becomes a kinder person and returns to his sister
Nine Sols based on chinese mythology
The eye ball swallow was disgusting. Looks like a good game though
in context its actually a fruit that looks like eyes
You missed one. Celestial warden.
Also this is cool to see. I gave up on the game because it feels incredibly unbalanced so thanks for this.
Could I ask what specifically is unbalanced? I got through the game without too much trouble myself, there were some difficulty spikes but it never felt excessive
@@goober3889 eh. It wasn’t as unbalanced as I thought. I was just bad.
I will say, I still don’t really like not having s after being hit. Other than that it’s just a difficult game
@@alyxlocke1284 I'm late, but there is a perk that lets you recover instantly out of being hit. So you can dash out and parry the next hits.
The combat is very rewarding once you learn the bosses moves and timing. By the end of the game, you become a god and counter every boss attack with damage.
Water flow talisman is good too. Using talismans to add extra damage can help a lot for longer boss fights and it converts internal damage on bosses to full damage. Waterflow is good because you don't need to manually trigger the explosion with it.
Goumang kinda bad tho...
Bro is down bad 😅
@@detectiveeternal7638 you can't blame me. She kinda bad tho.
The music 👌👌😩🗿
It this Story Mode? The bosses deal way less damage than usual
I started playing in standard mode, but I didn't have enough patience, so I switched to story mode
@@DenzifSame here...the game is too hard😢
@@AditBasu Trust me when I say I suck at combat related stuff. Never played Sekiro or any Souls game, they intimidate me. But I've now defeated Ji and omw to N&F in Standard mode, having played 18 hours so far. I spent 42 tries on Lady ;_; All you need is patience, and maybe a smidge og luck for a lucky attack pattern :)
@@jarlhenrik I also haven't played Sekiro and any Souls game,but I have played Hollow Knight.
And trust me when I say this game's difficulty is nothing compared to Hollow Knight's(it's harder)
@@AditBasu Tell me about it. I've played HK multiple times, and I prefer Soul mode when playing. Done all tiers of Godhome, and tbh, only the last 2 compare to some of the bosses here on Standard.
But fireb0rn, a RUclipsr who built his channel on HK, agrees that the only thing this game shares with HK is the Jade = Charm system. Exploration and narrative remind me more of Ori, while apparently the combat is a lot of Sekiro and Katana Zero, though I haven't played either.
How would u rank the game out of 10?
personally, in my opinion, the game deserves a score of 9.5 points
My one gripe that pulls any score down, is the lag in certain mechanics. Just because I don't appreciate being stuck in an animation when I want to dash or jump away xD
In my case it's the healing pipe + dash.
Real. While the bosses always having some sudden animations that you have to rely on sound cue to get used to their attack patterns, your movement is extremely clunky and restricted by huge delays between attack/parry and talisman/dash.
Another problem to be aware of, load times can be brutal. I'm trying to do the final boss and after every death I get 7-10 seconds loading time, a screen that takes a couple seconds to run out of, another 7-10 seconds of load time, then an intro cut scene that plays _every time_. Makes getting into a rhythm hard. And this is a computer with an SSD and 3070 (mobile but still).
I never see this kind indie games is like hollow knight but more upgrade
He takes like zero damage. I die in 2 hits.
Git gud 😂
He is playing on story mode which is basically easy mode. That's why
Reminds me of the dishwasher, I love it
Jiequan never called after Boss. How do I trigger him?
go to the place where you broke the hammer statues. its marked with an x
You need to beat yanlao and ganmong
@@sasuke11457And the centaur too
dark circles soon?
Modo easy?
Is this chinese or Japanese? Because everything in it is chinese but the vibes made it japanese.
34:00 damn, she's beautiful.
42:30
First reaction: " Aww a game with cool art and a bunch of Japanese aspects! "
Currently: GORE FILLED EXPLOSION, HORRIFYING THINGS- (Shout out to Lady Ethereal for the **Nightmares** I will have 🗣️)
(I'm refusing to sleep, I haven't slept for a good 4 hours after the time I went to bed.)
Edit : It wasn't Japanese, I get the two mixed up, I like Japanese mythology and culture YET I GET THE TWO CONFUSED.
Japanese aspects? I think it's Chinese lol
@@ami.7317 Read the last edit /: that last edit clearly stated it actually wasn't Japanese and I get the two mixed up.
@@ami.7317
So Yi ended his brotherly relationship with Heng?
There is another ending actually
How come you are not losing a lot of health when you get hit ?
Me: this game looks so cool, I should buy and play it.
Also me: finish Hollow Knight, Ori, or ALttP first.
Me: shut up
你可以去試試看聽他的歌，非常的不錯
Story mode is way too easy. You take no damage when this guy hits you. Try it on the standard mode. He mops the floor with you, until he doesn’t. Dudes a prick.
kind a like hallow knight
And undertale vibes
The perfect combination of Hollow knight and Sekiro
why does Lady Ethereal have to look like Goat mom?
Lady Ethereal is cat mom
Lynx mom
去台灣真的很危險，因為吃太多美食會變胖
At first i thought this game was Japanese that until i saw the boss name and realizes it's Chinese game not Japanese 😅
I deleted the last comment cause I realized I was talking about the wrong boss. XD
I think you should have practiced the boss fights more before recording them. Watching you struggle through some of them is utterly utterly painful.
2:31:14
Story mode detected.
this game is like blasphemous !
L for using story mode