Let's Play Animal Well Part 1 - The Animals Are, in Fact, Not Well

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
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    Game Description:
    Explore a dense, interconnected labyrinth, and unravel its many secrets. Collect items to manipulate your environment in surprising and meaningful ways. Encounter beautiful and unsettling creatures, as you attempt to survive what lurks in the dark. There is more than what you see.
    Hatch from your flower and spelunk through the beautiful and sometimes haunting world of Animal Well, a pixelated wonder rendered in intricate audio and visual detail. Encounter lively creatures small and large, helpful and ominous as you discover unconventional upgrades and unravel the well’s secrets. This is a truly unique experience that can make you laugh in fear, surprise, or delight.
    EXPLORE - ILLUMINATE THE DARK
    Dense atmospheric puzzle box world with tons of secrets
    Light candles for safety and gradually fill out your map
    Nonlinear -- explore and collect items in whatever order you choose
    SOLVE PUZZLES - OBSERVATION IS REWARDED
    Enemies, environment, and items interact in surprising and systemic ways
    All items have multiple uses
    Learn how innocuous details can become meaningful
    The main game is just the beginning. Players will be discovering hidden puzzles for years
    SURVIVE - TREAD CAREFULLY
    Assess for yourself what is safe and dangerous
    Focus on tension and suspense rather than action
    You are disempowered, but can make clever use of your environment and items
    REVIEWS
    “The new leader to beat in its sector, we're talking pure ecstasy.”
    10/10 - Destructoid
    “I'm astonished by it. Astonished by the ease with which it presents its ideas, the joy these ideas bring, and the sheer range of magical stuff it includes, all clipped together in such a satisfying manner. And fittingly, for a game about wells, I am astonished by how deep it all goes.”
    10/10 - Eurogamer
    “Animal Well redefines the Metroidvania genre”
    10/10 - Noisy Pixel

Комментарии • 65

  • @Number1JettDawsonShrimp
    @Number1JettDawsonShrimp 4 месяца назад +41

    first time I've ever heard someone refer to a seahorse as "the mpreg horse" 😭

  • @andreweber7801
    @andreweber7801 4 месяца назад +12

    oooh, very excited to see this picked up! It feels like 2024 is just full of games you never see coming

  • @mandelbot5318
    @mandelbot5318 4 месяца назад +11

    I wonder if the replacement of a ‘double jump’ with a ‘bubble jump’ is a deliberate play on words? 😁

  • @TheSattocs
    @TheSattocs 4 месяца назад +10

    I am very much looking forward to watching this entire series! Such an awesome and unique game. Love me a good Metroidvania.

  • @liallen9380
    @liallen9380 4 месяца назад +7

    Watched someone do a "first" ending run, and there are a few points I am looking forward to. Also caught it on the stream the other day and was super excited, and not disappointed from what I got to see! Good luck, Keith!

  • @DanielALahey
    @DanielALahey 4 месяца назад +3

    Whoo, this game is definitely pretty fun. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your playthrough.

  • @enif_plays
    @enif_plays 4 месяца назад +3

    So happy you figured out the flute warp!

  • @nahoj.2569
    @nahoj.2569 4 месяца назад +11

    the thing you steal from the ghost dog is probably a frisby, thats why you can fly on top of it.

    • @KeithBallardA
      @KeithBallardA  4 месяца назад +24

      a known property of frisbies

    • @torthos1
      @torthos1 4 месяца назад +2

      Makes me wanna create a witch OC that flies on a frisbee instead of a broom

    • @enif_plays
      @enif_plays 4 месяца назад +4

      ​@@torthos1Or a Roomba, though that's been done before.

  • @sarveshnal200
    @sarveshnal200 4 месяца назад +8

    57:30 I just now noticed that there is a drawing of a fish in the background

  • @pairot01
    @pairot01 2 месяца назад +1

    He noticed the background symbols puzzle at the one hour mark of playtime. He's insane, he can read the matrix!

    • @KeithBallardA
      @KeithBallardA  2 месяца назад

      I've just played a lot of games that are Doing A Thing already lol

  • @greenbean7355
    @greenbean7355 4 месяца назад +2

    1:14:55 Billy Basso actually said that SMB2 was one of the biggest inspirations for the game

  • @mothpawbs027
    @mothpawbs027 4 месяца назад +3

    i heard a lot of buzz about this on the hollow knight subreddits, so excited to watch you play it! it seems like a really cool game

  • @michaelmatter1222
    @michaelmatter1222 4 месяца назад +3

    14:28 - I also forgot the name and was like um it's a uh...horse-fish? 😆

    • @orchidscion
      @orchidscion 4 месяца назад +1

      hippocampus, maybe?

  • @TheMARStudios
    @TheMARStudios 4 месяца назад +2

    Caught the stream of this yesterday but didn’t see if ya got to the end. Was actually just watching Toaster's on his Patreon so is Animal Well day XD.
    If you're not yet done with this then I hope you keep having fun with this charming and eerie game.

  • @Sushi_for_lunch
    @Sushi_for_lunch 4 месяца назад +1

    This game reminds me a lot of the game 'Rain World' and I think it's because it's similar in the fact that you get thrown into an environment and you have to figure out how to navigate through it without much guidance, while also trying to stay alive. I'll have to pick this game up soon!

  • @ShadowDragonWolfie
    @ShadowDragonWolfie 4 месяца назад +1

    Visually and mechanically, this game looks really nice.

  • @pedrostormrage
    @pedrostormrage 4 месяца назад +5

    1:29:18 "In Animal Well, you cannot pet the dog" From a different perspective: in Animal Well, the dog pets you with its teeth 🐕

  • @artfact2
    @artfact2 4 месяца назад

    This is great. Very charming and doing fun new twists on familiar abilities.:)

  • @Rekka7773
    @Rekka7773 3 месяца назад

    29:35 people always reassure me that being a little dumb is ok, lol, too often in fact

  • @AquaticLotus7552
    @AquaticLotus7552 4 месяца назад

    I was kinda there for the livestream, so exited for the full thing!

  • @Adam-dd9lo
    @Adam-dd9lo 4 месяца назад

    I'm so happy you're playing this game!

  • @RudeMyDude
    @RudeMyDude 4 месяца назад +2

    32:51 I think this just might be the loudest gulp ever recorded on a lets play. How does he do it

    • @KeithBallardA
      @KeithBallardA  4 месяца назад +8

      $1000 shotgun microphone that isn't actually reasonable let's play equipment to have lol

    • @RudeMyDude
      @RudeMyDude 4 месяца назад +2

      @@KeithBallardA you truly spoil us

  • @umbra4540
    @umbra4540 4 месяца назад

    really excited to see you playing this! i had a lot of fun with it, and i hope you do too

  • @clarfonthey
    @clarfonthey 4 месяца назад

    I also thought the wolf ghost was a cat, and then I was so confused when everyone else immediately got that it was a wolf.
    To be fair, it *is* in the dog area. But to also be fair, it has pointy ears.

  • @Vlad-t3f6q
    @Vlad-t3f6q 4 месяца назад

    love the little "eh", good noise

  • @RudeMyDude
    @RudeMyDude 4 месяца назад

    Been hearing alot about this one! Looking forward to it

  • @aliajam6187
    @aliajam6187 4 месяца назад +3

    This game and rainworld scratch an itch alot of games cant seem to scratch

  • @Blue_Rogues
    @Blue_Rogues 4 месяца назад

    thats crazy i didnt figure out that teleport to the hub thing until so much later....totally not jealous you found it this early lol

    • @Blue_Rogues
      @Blue_Rogues 4 месяца назад

      oh cool i also chose the empty diamond to mark the wall faces

  • @remrevo3944
    @remrevo3944 4 месяца назад +2

    29:12 I tend to be pedantic, but not usually in reaction to let's plays. So consider me pandered to.
    (And be it just for the algorithm.)

  • @lordofuzkulak8308
    @lordofuzkulak8308 4 месяца назад

    1:18:37 - now to try the songs from OoT to see if they’ve been included as Easter eggs.

  • @ultimagamer3976
    @ultimagamer3976 2 месяца назад

    Finally found time to watch this and I'm immediately upset a didn't watch it sooner- Plus Keith marketing to vore furries at 32:51

  • @LB_
    @LB_ 4 месяца назад +1

    29:20 stuff like this actually makes me hesitant to comment sometimes. If something stands out as being obviously comment bait it makes want to avoid "falling for it" per se. But it's very subjective...

  • @thespeedyyoshi
    @thespeedyyoshi 4 месяца назад +1

    YAYYY KIETH IS PLAYING ANIMAL WELL

  • @fatbrittalking5578
    @fatbrittalking5578 4 месяца назад

    Wasn’t this on sort of animal crossing in by a top down shooter horror game? I seem to remember something about the ballerinas legs being one of the bosses I can’t for the life of me remember the name of it

  • @lordofuzkulak8308
    @lordofuzkulak8308 4 месяца назад +1

    29:42 - *the pedants
    😜

  • @neomothdev2
    @neomothdev2 4 месяца назад

    by the way you can just press B to cancel out of an item or action, you don't need to jump

  • @lordofuzkulak8308
    @lordofuzkulak8308 4 месяца назад

    2:00:26 - word you’re looking for is ‘cypher’ 😉

  • @lordofuzkulak8308
    @lordofuzkulak8308 4 месяца назад

    2:11 - Clover Egg? What, is this an Undertale Yellow prequel?
    😜

  • @chocolate_maned_wolf
    @chocolate_maned_wolf 2 месяца назад

    THE WHAT HORSE

  • @neomothdev2
    @neomothdev2 4 месяца назад

    was hoping you'd play this :3

  • @n0etic_f0x
    @n0etic_f0x 4 месяца назад +9

    This game title is very misleading. These animals are not well at all!

  • @eumim8020
    @eumim8020 4 месяца назад +1

    What's up with the weird horizontal lines? It messes with the colors and it hurts looking at, bad idea in a puzzle game

    • @themaker7822
      @themaker7822 4 месяца назад +3

      You can turn them off in this game, if you want to play it yourself. Keith decided not to turn them off, either for aesthetic reasons or some other

  • @nekoguardianlin6197
    @nekoguardianlin6197 4 месяца назад +2

    do you think if we get enough people to sign some petitions, that we can rename seahorses to “mpreg horse fish”?

  • @enif_plays
    @enif_plays 4 месяца назад

    27:26 this is very true 😂

  • @estebanrodriguez5409
    @estebanrodriguez5409 4 месяца назад

    Shrine of DOG

  • @tombstoneslogan2994
    @tombstoneslogan2994 4 месяца назад

    LETS GO I AM PLAYING THIS GAME RN

  • @lordofuzkulak8308
    @lordofuzkulak8308 4 месяца назад

    1:15:08 - yeah SMB2/DokiDoki Panic.

  • @Charcoal190
    @Charcoal190 4 месяца назад

    I've been so conditioned to think you're gonna make a base 4 joke whenever you say "It's fiiiine"

  • @MadeOfMilk
    @MadeOfMilk 4 месяца назад

    I can't tell if he is calling the Ghost dog a cat on purpose or not...

  • @divineeye147
    @divineeye147 4 месяца назад +1

    Yummy

  • @ShaunYoung-u1w
    @ShaunYoung-u1w 3 месяца назад +1

    I was watching this with the intention of finishing the whole playthrough.
    Then 7 minutes in he said "environs" and I had no choice but to dislike and immediately turn the video off

  • @PPCPackOpenings
    @PPCPackOpenings 4 месяца назад

    @33:38 Did someone tell you the shark teleports? There is zero percent chance you figured out it teleports without help. This is like the IGN reviewer claiming you can finish this game in 5 hours without cheating (because she's too dumb to understand "getting help" from others is cheating).

    • @KeithBallardA
      @KeithBallardA  4 месяца назад +2

      What shark? I misread the word "telephone."

    • @greenbean7355
      @greenbean7355 4 месяца назад

      People’s minds work in different ways, some people figure things out earlier than others. Also, cheating can mean different things to different people. I don’t count my friends giving me a small hint to a puzzle cheating but some might

    • @buttonasas
      @buttonasas 2 месяца назад

      The fish (shark?) literally jumps out of the water looking to the right right left left down down up up, plays accompanying notes that completely match the pitches of the flute and it keeps repeating this sequence practically expecting you to do something - nearly 69% of players who got to this point have figured it out (or looked up a guide, I suppose, yes, but I don't think most players do that)