Pretty sure he has an agreement with the people who give him games. He plays them poorly on purpose so that people see it and want to get the game to see how much better they could do. It's the only way to explain how inhumanly bad he is at a lot of games.
That feeling in your gut when NL would consider dealing 2 damage to his own unit to push it out of the way of an enemy that would only do 1 damage to it.
i know right? people are saying people are over reacting and should just watch and shut up, but when you see moves like that one being considered seriously....
"All our stuff does 1 damage" Damnit NL! The game clearly states the exact amount of damage every single one of your attacks does, every single time you use them.
That's it. 2 episodes in, 5:35 on time, I am immediately buying this game. I can't handle these misplays. Damn you and your fantastic marketing Eggboi. Stop playing badly on purpose so we all buy the games you like.
He plays so badly that you know you could do better so you have to buy the game just to prove you're right and he's bad. But you don't have to buy it he's just bad. Don't let his badness influence you nooo
I have watched 5 different people play this game, NL is easily the worst and I already get somewhat tilted by the things I see other ppl doing, idk if I have it in me to watch NL play any more ITB (Especially after I noped out of his Slay the Spire videos due to consistent misplays everywhere).
AHHH! Here's how you do the first turn of the air support mission: Punch mec walks down to the pod, collects it, and punches bug into mountain, killing it. Arty mec moves left 2 and shoots on the far side of the skop, pushing it into the bomb zone, killing it. Cannon mec moves one "up", shoots firefly so as to push it past the coal plant.
13:43 First, the punchy dude does two damage and collision with an obstacle does one additional damage. Therefore, punching the rightmost bug, which has three health, into the mountain will kill it AND you recover the pod immediately. Second, the airstrike kills both bugs AND mechs. You could've moved the artillery one space, shoved the bottom bug into the airstrike, and used the tank to stop the top bug from attacking the building. When it comes to sacrifices, it's better to lose one or two health on a mech rather than lose a building. The health will come back, the building will not.
Calm the fuck down. Not our fault NL can't grasp the basics of a puzzle game even though he clearly can and immediately forgets it exactly one turn later.
Ok, one very simple tip. In the nicest least backseat way possible. Move units first, fire second. You can always undo every move until a unit attacks then it will cost your 1 reset.
25:30 NL the utilitarian tactician saying that the means of artillery striking a civilian building causing 99 casualties justifies the end of stopping the enemy from inflicting that same damage, while all the while just barely missing the no casualty solution of meleeing one bug into another, killing one, then artillery striking the then damaged remaining bug to finish it off. A beautiful expression of the fundamental fault in consequentialistic ethics in showing that human's lack of omniscience is inherently inhibitive of the capacity to consistently foreknow the choice resulting in the greatest ultimate utility.
I know you're never going to see this Eggman, so why I even bother?... but I don't mean anything personally, just thought it an interesting remark in a similar vein as your sardonically witty, esoteric style of humor that I love. Edit: also, after listening to your disheartened discussion of the into the breach comments section on the recent NLSS, I'm sorry NL. I love you very much and hope that in the future you are naturally more better at getting gudder. Sincerely, Praepes
I want to watch NL learn and become a god at this game. It would be the greatest underdog story of all time. Edit: On a positive note, NL is gonna be the first lets player I've seen fail a run. I've been curious about whether or not your special pilots levels carry over run to run, so the fact that I'll get to learn that is pretty nice.
There are a bunch of Steam reviews for Slay the Spire from people who bought the game just to prove they are not as terrible at the game as NL. I feel like this is going to have a similar effect.
8:20 "If it makes me look like a genius it will be pretty sick" Sorry Egg, you destroyed that possibility at deployment. There is no way you are looking smart in this video.
NL has 3 units and he still hasn't remembered what they do... This has got to be a new low. I get that talking while playing is difficult. NL also has a history of being really bad at first, but shows significant improvement by the time a series ends. But this is madness.
it's not the misplays that get me though, it's that he doesn't understand very basic signs and symbols. how can a person not are those fucking squares getting hit by airstrikes and still not make a connection... 19:40 yeah let's push this enemy AWAY from an airstrike...
**Ryan commits a mistake on turn 1** Me: Ok, could've done better, but you can compensate on turn 2 and it'll be like nothing ever happened... **Ryan commits a terrible mistake on turn 2** Me: Oh no. Now you'll have a very hard turn 3... **Ryan commits 2 mistakes on turn 3** Me: Ok, turn 4 will be hell.
Don't get angry, people :) Once he gets to a second or even third island, such mistakes will not be forgiven by the game and his power grid will go down to 0 long before his legendary luck kicks is. Then he will be forced to read weapon abilities and improve.
The artillery doesnt push the enemy you target directly, only those adjacent to it. The melee mech does 2 damage. Killing an enemy is better than making said enemy do nothing.
Having played a decent chunk of this I can safely say this will be absolutely impossible for NL beyond the most basic squads and the Easy difficulty; if you thought he was bad at Slay the Spire (or good at getting Slain by the Spire) and FTL (and every other game under the sun) strap in for some baffling degrees of stupidity while he plays a game that's actually difficult.
Nah he's got this! It's a new game to learn and some aspects of it are hard to notice. I didn't notice at first the move spots in the trees, sense everything is green. Probably after playing for about two weeks he'll be proficient.
I did basic squad (normal, 4 x islands) on my first try, but haven't managed with any of the others in about fifteen tries. I feel like NL is going to struggle. Or inadvertantly reveal a seam. Or both.
Holy Shit hes Bad at this Game and Doesnt learn the Basics explained in the Tutorial meelee dude is 2 dmg and Artillerie only dmg in Center and pushes around. How can a Computer nerd take that Long for one Turn in the simpliest lvls and still Missplay so hard
To me it feels like watching Meet the Parents (didn't watch Meet the Fockers). NL is Ben Stiller, repeatedly doing stupid things that make his situation worse, and I find it very difficult to watch. Sure, everyone has misplays. But every single play being a misplay, and not understanding the most basic functions of your units... Either doing commentary is taking most of your brain function, or your brain is actually shutting down and you should rest for a while. P.S. You're my favorite egg.
Loving the series NL! I'm going to enjoy watching you get better and better at this game :) A little helpful tip: Move all your units into the position where they will be BEFORE they commit to an attack. You can undo as many movements as you want until you exhaust a unit. This helps to give you an easier mental image of how your plays are going to turn out.
Watching NL play this game makes me want to just snap my laptop... He had lethal via punch+mountain... Yet he chooses to shoot+punch+mountain... WHAT???
NL, please put in some off camera time in order to figure out the interface. Your misplays are due to your ignorance of the interface, which I admit is overwhelming at first. Holding Ctrl while mousing over enemies will help you a lot. Love what you do bud, keep up the good work.
18:16 move your artillery into position to knock the scropian into the water, thus freeing your close quarters mech. use the cq mech to kill the hornet. use gunner to push the scropion threating the building into the square adjacent. Ta Da... all buildings saved, no mech damange
I can't understand the conundrum he's in every single turn, with almost every single movement or action. It's like a great phylosophykal problem for him every time.
NL.. Play some off-screen before ep. 3. Please my dude. Also pro-tip: it's OK for your mechs to take damage, meaning you can use them to tank damage for your buildings and repair them when they have a turn to do so.
NL can outsmart me in so many different subjects, but these little puzzles are the one area I can outshine him in. Thus, I spend the entire video watching and pulling my hair out while also laughing at how he somehow makes it work
9:08: Taking the easy way out... of a bonus objective. 9:52: Yes, NL, life goes on. 35:28: This is probably the most challenging part of the game NL needs to learn or he might never finish the final island: Learning about how the shot displacement mechanics works.
KSP would like a word with you. It's particularly embarrassing for him since he's been alive a lot longer than he's been playing Into The Breach, and KSP runs with the same fundamental laws of our universe....
Tallen Smith not to be a jerk, but the mistakes he makes when he tries to understand the _actual_ universe are the ones that should make you wanna cut your eyes out or whatever.
Melee unit at the back? Artillery given inferior weaponry? False assumption that knocking an enemy into something deals more damage? 4 minutes spent doing nothing only to misplay? Welcome to Northernlion plays Into the Breach.
I watched part of the first video, got the game, put some hours into it and beat it once and now watching this, I feel a lot less stupid about my decisions ;D Love ya, NL
I'm going back to the series in a few episodes, but for now i'm out. This just hurts way too much. Please nl, take your Time before the video and look at the abilitys of your units. just try to understand the mechanics first and then play the game. You're a smart man, please represent this
I dunno why, but I feel like you have a hint of Andy Bernard in your voice!!! 😁 Great narration while playing I only just picked this up recently on the switch and I'm enjoying the challenge!
I'm starting to the think the frustration of watching NL play the game adds the to the compulsion to the buy the game, just to see decent progress in it. NL is a genius in game marketing
Don't listen to the people who are saying "it's tradition" "it's harmless" blah blah blah. I've been on this channel for YEARS, longer than all these fools and it's not tradition or anything it has just popped up over the last two or three years. It's just people being internet cancer. I used to love the comments section but now all it is are fucking kids complaining, backseat gaming, or insulting Ryan. Not down for that at all.
I will grant that the artillery indicator for movement is a bit confusing BUT it only lights up yellow when its actually moving something in that direction. It only does damage on the target it damages. It literally shows you where things are being pushed and where damage is happening AND how much damage. Please do the tutorial again
I get that, I also get that he's focused on the commentary and being funny and entertaining. But at the same time, for some reason, I just can't stand watching him make these dumb mistakes. I would love to just shut up and enjoy it, but I cannot :(
Northernlion. I have just started playing this game, have done so solely on normal, and have 3 wins and a lot of achievements under my belt. I am not great at this game by any means - which might make the following suggestions more helpful since they are fundamentals that work at your level. I've tried to keep this list of fundamentals short, it could clearly be longer. In a battle, in most given turns, your priorities should be, in order; 1. A levelled up pilot not suffering a deathblow. 2. A mission building that gives a reactor not being destroyed. 3. A building that preserves power not being damaged. 4. Killing an enemy. 5. A mech not taking damage. Your mechs have maneuverability and regenerate at the end of each fight. Your power supply has neither. I have had one game over from losing all mechs, and about 30 game overs from losing power. A common denominator in all of my wins was going into the final battle with full power. In this game your health is a tool at your disposal, and should be used as such.
First move, use the main mech to punch (2 dmg) the firefly into the mtn (1 dmg) and kill it. Use the artillery to knock the critter in the south up one square into the bombing run and kill it. Use the tank to knock the hornet away from the building. Just some thoughts from what I've seen so far of the game mechanics. It looks important to focus on not only killing as many units as you can but also making the most out of the limited turns you have, and sometimes that might mean pushing them around and not doubling up trying to kill them. And on maps like this, push your enemies into the insta-kill zones. If a unit has high health, they can also block a spawn point. Better to stop an enemy from spawning at all for the cost of 1 dmg then it is to have that enemy unit emerge and start hitting buildings or mechs for damage later. Lastly, the main pilot gains XP (and pilot buffs) really fast. It might be helpful to move him into the other mechs to take advantage of his buffs and to spread around XP. For example, if your punching mech is getting all the kills then move the main pilot out and put him in the artillery that isn't getting as many kills and put that pilot in the punching mech so he can start getting kills too. Just some thoughts.
This video is hilarious! So many misplays!!! I laughed way too hard at that ''Matt Damon loot box!'' joke. XD I'm gonna buy this game once I'm home. It looks really fun.
NL is soo bad at this it makes want to buy the game out of frustration. I'd say that playing chess and commenting over it sounds like an impossible task in his defense, given that this games is somewhat chess like.
People! Call Ryan some ******* slack!!! He is doing pretty much non-stop commentary and playing blind a fairly difficult from a strategic point of view game. Most of the other Let's Players play like 8 hours in advance and of course, they are going to be better at the game. I just don't get all the complaining... Isn't that exactly what people are looking for when they click on a video from Northerlion? Mistakes are just part of EVERY learning experience. After a while, he will learn all the ins and outs of the game and it will become just another lets play. Enjoy while it lasts. My absolutely favorite part of any lets plays are the first hours of Dark Souls 1. It's so exciting to see someone not familiar with the game, figuring out mechanics on his/her own. Don't you agree? When and why did the community just become so toxic?? Is everyone here just a genius or what?
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After several years of watching Ryan almost on a daily basis I'm starting to suspect he might not be very good at puzzle games.
He has said this himself multiple times...
And yet, after acknowledging it himself, he does not improve... lots of random facts, no power of self improvement.
Pretty sure he has an agreement with the people who give him games. He plays them poorly on purpose so that people see it and want to get the game to see how much better they could do. It's the only way to explain how inhumanly bad he is at a lot of games.
But he is very good at making us buying those games.
he is very good at that aye, but damn I simply cant give this a thumbs up for such poor playing, it hurt so damn much sadly
That feeling in your gut when NL would consider dealing 2 damage to his own unit to push it out of the way of an enemy that would only do 1 damage to it.
i know right? people are saying people are over reacting and should just watch and shut up, but when you see moves like that one being considered seriously....
4 years too late haha. Punching the tank would have been a good idea, if the tank can then stop the attack on the building.
Puts melee unit at back lul
You're eggspecting Egg to do the right thing turn one? No offense but that might not be the best idea
my dude... punchy boy does 2 damage
I Higgs well, at least he's learned every single one of his units can't attack diagonally... That's a kind of progress... Kind of...
boi*
"All our stuff does 1 damage"
Damnit NL! The game clearly states the exact amount of damage every single one of your attacks does, every single time you use them.
That's it. 2 episodes in, 5:35 on time, I am immediately buying this game. I can't handle these misplays. Damn you and your fantastic marketing Eggboi. Stop playing badly on purpose so we all buy the games you like.
I had to buy it after the first episode
So tempted to buy it after (seemingly) coming up with better strategies just watching his misplays. Probably about to pull the trigger.
He plays so badly that you know you could do better so you have to buy the game just to prove you're right and he's bad.
But you don't have to buy it he's just bad. Don't let his badness influence you nooo
I have watched 5 different people play this game, NL is easily the worst and I already get somewhat tilted by the things I see other ppl doing, idk if I have it in me to watch NL play any more ITB (Especially after I noped out of his Slay the Spire videos due to consistent misplays everywhere).
His marketing strategy is honestly so effective
37:42 oh yes
37:56 OH YES
38:04 YEAH LET'S DO IT
38:08 well i guess i'll just buy the fucking game then huh
It was like making a string of really smart moves to get in position to kill the Queen, and he wastes it to capture a pawn at the last second.
I've yet to get there, but his missplays on the first mission are already triggering me. He needs to learn to tank shots to protect buildings.
Misplay at 0:01
Michael Karper and at 0:02
And at 0:03
I noticed another misplay that you guys missed out, it was a sequence that started at your misplay (0:01) and ended at 40:16
If slay the spire is anything to go by, this entire series is a misplay.
Egg can't even remember that puching deals 2 damage for more than 5 seconds. I don't know how to feel.
AHHH! Here's how you do the first turn of the air support mission:
Punch mec walks down to the pod, collects it, and punches bug into mountain, killing it.
Arty mec moves left 2 and shoots on the far side of the skop, pushing it into the bomb zone, killing it.
Cannon mec moves one "up", shoots firefly so as to push it past the coal plant.
The feels when he figures out how to achieve the bonus objective, doesn't realize it he has it and then eggs it up at the last second
13:43 First, the punchy dude does two damage and collision with an obstacle does one additional damage. Therefore, punching the rightmost bug, which has three health, into the mountain will kill it AND you recover the pod immediately. Second, the airstrike kills both bugs AND mechs. You could've moved the artillery one space, shoved the bottom bug into the airstrike, and used the tank to stop the top bug from attacking the building.
When it comes to sacrifices, it's better to lose one or two health on a mech rather than lose a building. The health will come back, the building will not.
This is a great game! Lets see if NL manages to figure out how the units shoot by epiode 40 or so? (:
Yay another ep! Hopefully he's grasped a bit of the basics now.
Edit: Oh no
MT IT'S LITERALLY HIS SECOND FUCKING MAP, JESUS FUCKING CHRIST GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS!
Calm the fuck down. Not our fault NL can't grasp the basics of a puzzle game even though he clearly can and immediately forgets it exactly one turn later.
I dunno eggy boi it literally tells you right there what all the units do.
Ok, one very simple tip. In the nicest least backseat way possible. Move units first, fire second. You can always undo every move until a unit attacks then it will cost your 1 reset.
25:30 NL the utilitarian tactician saying that the means of artillery striking a civilian building causing 99 casualties justifies the end of stopping the enemy from inflicting that same damage, while all the while just barely missing the no casualty solution of meleeing one bug into another, killing one, then artillery striking the then damaged remaining bug to finish it off.
A beautiful expression of the fundamental fault in consequentialistic ethics in showing that human's lack of omniscience is inherently inhibitive of the capacity to consistently foreknow the choice resulting in the greatest ultimate utility.
I know you're never going to see this Eggman, so why I even bother?... but I don't mean anything personally, just thought it an interesting remark in a similar vein as your sardonically witty, esoteric style of humor that I love.
Edit: also, after listening to your disheartened discussion of the into the breach comments section on the recent NLSS, I'm sorry NL. I love you very much and hope that in the future you are naturally more better at getting gudder. Sincerely, Praepes
its disturbing how long it takes for NL to work out how the artillery works
I want to watch NL learn and become a god at this game. It would be the greatest underdog story of all time.
Edit: On a positive note, NL is gonna be the first lets player I've seen fail a run. I've been curious about whether or not your special pilots levels carry over run to run, so the fact that I'll get to learn that is pretty nice.
Really feeling the burn of Turning off "tell me if i still have actions left" this episode
This game is really cool, but watching ryab is sooooo aggravating
that's him with most games tho
That's half the fun
i cant
eny more
I lost it at 8:20. That was a don Trump moment right there.
"Things are getting tactical" . . . Oh you sweet summer egg. I don't even have the heart to tell him.
This man killed the Mantis Lords on his second try without any upgrades.
How is it even possible this is the same person?
There are a bunch of Steam reviews for Slay the Spire from people who bought the game just to prove they are not as terrible at the game as NL. I feel like this is going to have a similar effect.
8:20 "If it makes me look like a genius it will be pretty sick"
Sorry Egg, you destroyed that possibility at deployment. There is no way you are looking smart in this video.
NL has 3 units and he still hasn't remembered what they do...
This has got to be a new low.
I get that talking while playing is difficult.
NL also has a history of being really bad at first, but shows significant improvement by the time a series ends.
But this is madness.
Before watching this video I already have a tingling sensation in my testicles that NL is going to do something very stupid during this gameplay.
-something-
almost everything
it's not the misplays that get me though, it's that he doesn't understand very basic signs and symbols. how can a person not are those fucking squares getting hit by airstrikes and still not make a connection... 19:40 yeah let's push this enemy AWAY from an airstrike...
8:20 quote was priceless. He doesn't even know how bad was his plays.
**Ryan commits a mistake on turn 1**
Me: Ok, could've done better, but you can compensate on turn 2 and it'll be like nothing ever happened...
**Ryan commits a terrible mistake on turn 2**
Me: Oh no. Now you'll have a very hard turn 3...
**Ryan commits 2 mistakes on turn 3**
Me: Ok, turn 4 will be hell.
I can't get over this soundtrack, seriously, it's so fucking GOOD
The man plays video games for a living, and yet sometimes it’s like he’s never played one in his life.
NL you can move your power around like in FTL. So if you get 1 Reactor you should always assign it.
Don't get angry, people :) Once he gets to a second or even third island, such mistakes will not be forgiven by the game and his power grid will go down to 0 long before his legendary luck kicks is. Then he will be forced to read weapon abilities and improve.
The artillery doesnt push the enemy you target directly, only those adjacent to it. The melee mech does 2 damage. Killing an enemy is better than making said enemy do nothing.
Egg could've knocked the flying unit at 19:50 into the bombing zone, if only I could go into the breach and tell past egg.
Having played a decent chunk of this I can safely say this will be absolutely impossible for NL beyond the most basic squads and the Easy difficulty; if you thought he was bad at Slay the Spire (or good at getting Slain by the Spire) and FTL (and every other game under the sun) strap in for some baffling degrees of stupidity while he plays a game that's actually difficult.
Fredchuckdave you know i have fuck up a few times but man Egg still makes me feel better
Nah he's got this! It's a new game to learn and some aspects of it are hard to notice. I didn't notice at first the move spots in the trees, sense everything is green. Probably after playing for about two weeks he'll be proficient.
I did basic squad (normal, 4 x islands) on my first try, but haven't managed with any of the others in about fifteen tries. I feel like NL is going to struggle. Or inadvertantly reveal a seam. Or both.
Holy Shit hes Bad at this Game and Doesnt learn the Basics explained in the Tutorial meelee dude is 2 dmg and Artillerie only dmg in Center and pushes around. How can a Computer nerd take that Long for one Turn in the simpliest lvls and still Missplay so hard
To me it feels like watching Meet the Parents (didn't watch Meet the Fockers). NL is Ben Stiller, repeatedly doing stupid things that make his situation worse, and I find it very difficult to watch.
Sure, everyone has misplays. But every single play being a misplay, and not understanding the most basic functions of your units... Either doing commentary is taking most of your brain function, or your brain is actually shutting down and you should rest for a while.
P.S. You're my favorite egg.
Loving the series NL! I'm going to enjoy watching you get better and better at this game :)
A little helpful tip:
Move all your units into the position where they will be BEFORE they commit to an attack. You can undo as many movements as you want until you exhaust a unit. This helps to give you an easier mental image of how your plays are going to turn out.
Watching NL play this game makes me want to just snap my laptop... He had lethal via punch+mountain... Yet he chooses to shoot+punch+mountain... WHAT???
I did not know the true meaning of pain until I watched Northernlion play Into the Breach.
NL u ok?
NL you need some sleep bud...
that or get rid of the cat.
I always love watching the egg play strategy games. Makes me feel good about myself.
NL, please put in some off camera time in order to figure out the interface. Your misplays are due to your ignorance of the interface, which I admit is overwhelming at first. Holding Ctrl while mousing over enemies will help you a lot.
Love what you do bud, keep up the good work.
first misplay at 3:12 should have moved artillery to take the hit for the building far left then pushed the web spider to the left
i planned to point out all of nls misplays but there are quite a few
18:16 move your artillery into position to knock the scropian into the water, thus freeing your close quarters mech. use the cq mech to kill the hornet. use gunner to push the scropion threating the building into the square adjacent. Ta Da... all buildings saved, no mech damange
I can't understand the conundrum he's in every single turn, with almost every single movement or action. It's like a great phylosophykal problem for him every time.
Anton Pavlov “fy-low-soff-ick-all”
I think I had an aneurysm trying to read your spelling of philosophical
Disclaimer: spelling intentional. Just to give the guy above an ANEWREESM.
I love that you hate reading
I came very early and this is already painful to watch..
is this game worth buying? cant stand to watch.. nl has done so much for gaming sales recently
1069% worth buying, great game
you also get a free copy of FTL along with it
100% worth. just dont be stupid as nl
Let me know when he uploads an episode after a full 8 hours of sleep and some coffee cause it actually hurts me so much.
NL.. Play some off-screen before ep. 3. Please my dude.
Also pro-tip: it's OK for your mechs to take damage, meaning you can use them to tank damage for your buildings and repair them when they have a turn to do so.
Rabbit He’s got a backlog and has already won a run
Why would he bother when he gets paid the same to do it this way?
If XCOM was anything to go by this series is gonna be one hell of a ride
loki had a medkit damn it
NL can outsmart me in so many different subjects, but these little puzzles are the one area I can outshine him in. Thus, I spend the entire video watching and pulling my hair out while also laughing at how he somehow makes it work
9:08: Taking the easy way out... of a bonus objective.
9:52: Yes, NL, life goes on.
35:28: This is probably the most challenging part of the game NL needs to learn or he might never finish the final island: Learning about how the shot displacement mechanics works.
It took me an hour and a half to beat this game for the first time. And I’m struggling to see how someone can be this bad at the game
Nl has the worst grasp on the mechanics that I've ever seen. And I've seen all of his series.
Go watch Dans Into the Breach series if you want to see someone who has literally no grasp on anything outside of Big Brother lol.
God please no. I cant even imagine
KSP would like a word with you. It's particularly embarrassing for him since he's been alive a lot longer than he's been playing Into The Breach, and KSP runs with the same fundamental laws of our universe....
I've seen his KSP but for some reason watching him make rockets explode is comedic. Watching him make obvious mistakes makes me want to cut myself.
Tallen Smith not to be a jerk, but the mistakes he makes when he tries to understand the _actual_ universe are the ones that should make you wanna cut your eyes out or whatever.
Melee unit at the back?
Artillery given inferior weaponry?
False assumption that knocking an enemy into something deals more damage?
4 minutes spent doing nothing only to misplay?
Welcome to Northernlion plays Into the Breach.
The K.A.I. Games But knocking an enemy into something usually does?
*More damage than it ACTUALLY does.
He kept thinking that the collision damage was 2, not 1.
If it makes him look like a "Genius" it would be great.
So who here wants to tell him the bad news?
Why do I hate myself so much that I watched the whole thing?
fantastic, now in addition to raging at his hopeless play at STS I can rage at his hopeless play on ITB. Truly a golden age of rage.
oh boi, I'm rooting for you egg, but it looks like it will be an uphill battle for you
Love this series, game looks like it has charm.
I'm sorry for this NL but *YOU CAN PUSH THE FUCKING ALIENS OUT OF THE WAY*
That's what makes the artillery so powerful, especially when it gets the ability to fire without hurting buildings.
Everyone else covered what I came to the comments to complain about, so I'll just say thanks for the content Egg.
>Puts melee in back
>Puts artillery in front
*GENIUS*
just once, please, one time before you start recording, hover your dang mouse over anything in the UI, the tooltips in this game are IDIOT PROOF
True, but you actually have to READ them first, not dismiss them because "how can this be difficult".
Those that make an IDIOT PROOF system have forgotten the ingenuity of IDIOTS.
I think I speak for most of us if I say: *WAAAAAAAAAAHHYY ARE YOU MAKING THIS SO COMPLICATED?!?!*
Is this what Pacific Rim 2 is going to be?
Been looking forward to this being a series for a while :) hope it lasts
I watched part of the first video, got the game, put some hours into it and beat it once and now watching this, I feel a lot less stupid about my decisions ;D Love ya, NL
I'm going back to the series in a few episodes, but for now i'm out. This just hurts way too much. Please nl, take your Time before the video and look at the abilitys of your units. just try to understand the mechanics first and then play the game. You're a smart man, please represent this
Tomoffel Inc. same
i wouldnt say nl is a smart man..... we call him egg for a reason
he's cornered the market on people that watch just to suffer :D
8:20 "If it makes me look like a genius it would be great."
Hey Egg why are you trying to build a wall on the Washington/B.C. border?
This is a let's play. Not an UBER LEET MLG 100% SPEED RUN MOST EFFICIENT WAY GAME BEAT DOWN
I dunno why, but I feel like you have a hint of Andy Bernard in your voice!!! 😁 Great narration while playing I only just picked this up recently on the switch and I'm enjoying the challenge!
This game looks amazing.
I watch Ryan just to get frustrated at all his horrible plays :D Thanks for the entertainment man !
"You seein this!?"
- has been seeing it since the beginning of the turn
Every turn this egg studies the board like hes trying to solve the meaning of life. THE SOLUTIONS ARE SIMPLE!
He spends 8 hours carefully studying each turn and then STILL fucks it up consistently
NL, your unit taking a hit is soooo much better than a building taking a hit.
NL's advanced meta: Letting Corporate HQ get destroyed so all your dudes got promoted to fill their positions.
I'm starting to the think the frustration of watching NL play the game adds the to the compulsion to the buy the game, just to see decent progress in it. NL is a genius in game marketing
The brain death is painful.
Watching NL play this game is like watching an infant try to fit the square peg into the round hole.
Dang, the comments are usually quite... direct. But the previous episode and the few comments already posted here are really letting NL have it, huh?
Louie Berg right? youtube is ruthless dude
That is our tradition here tbh
I think since the last 100 episode of Slay the Spire people are losing patience.
To be honest he probably shouldn't play puzzle games.
I'm used to people bashing NL. But either I'm going soft, or there's a bit of a ramping up in the viciousness.
Don't listen to the people who are saying "it's tradition" "it's harmless" blah blah blah. I've been on this channel for YEARS, longer than all these fools and it's not tradition or anything it has just popped up over the last two or three years. It's just people being internet cancer. I used to love the comments section but now all it is are fucking kids complaining, backseat gaming, or insulting Ryan. Not down for that at all.
"We're not doing anything right now, so let's just light a forest on fire." -- NL, 2018
I will grant that the artillery indicator for movement is a bit confusing BUT it only lights up yellow when its actually moving something in that direction. It only does damage on the target it damages. It literally shows you where things are being pushed and where damage is happening AND how much damage. Please do the tutorial again
Watching this guy play is MADDENING....
god have mercy on our souls
Can you spawn block to skip the final turn?
“Half misclick, half my brain is a broken” best moment of the video hands down 40:05
Cut the man some slack, he literally just picked the game up and comes off a 12 hour flight from Korea. The man is only human after all
I get that, I also get that he's focused on the commentary and being funny and entertaining. But at the same time, for some reason, I just can't stand watching him make these dumb mistakes.
I would love to just shut up and enjoy it, but I cannot :(
he didnt have to record straight away.
We would but he literally called himself a "Genius" in this video.
Sorry, but He Shall Be Punished for his Hubris!
The game literally shows what each weapon does EVERY TIME YOU USE IT! Surely he can read this extremely basic UI?
Northernlion.
I have just started playing this game, have done so solely on normal, and have 3 wins and a lot of achievements under my belt. I am not great at this game by any means - which might make the following suggestions more helpful since they are fundamentals that work at your level. I've tried to keep this list of fundamentals short, it could clearly be longer.
In a battle, in most given turns, your priorities should be, in order;
1. A levelled up pilot not suffering a deathblow.
2. A mission building that gives a reactor not being destroyed.
3. A building that preserves power not being damaged.
4. Killing an enemy.
5. A mech not taking damage.
Your mechs have maneuverability and regenerate at the end of each fight. Your power supply has neither. I have had one game over from losing all mechs, and about 30 game overs from losing power. A common denominator in all of my wins was going into the final battle with full power. In this game your health is a tool at your disposal, and should be used as such.
17:39 why not hit it with said tank
keep it up NL you'll get better!
I'm getting KSP-Flashbacks...
And I love this sweet sweet pain
First move, use the main mech to punch (2 dmg) the firefly into the mtn (1 dmg) and kill it. Use the artillery to knock the critter in the south up one square into the bombing run and kill it. Use the tank to knock the hornet away from the building.
Just some thoughts from what I've seen so far of the game mechanics. It looks important to focus on not only killing as many units as you can but also making the most out of the limited turns you have, and sometimes that might mean pushing them around and not doubling up trying to kill them. And on maps like this, push your enemies into the insta-kill zones. If a unit has high health, they can also block a spawn point. Better to stop an enemy from spawning at all for the cost of 1 dmg then it is to have that enemy unit emerge and start hitting buildings or mechs for damage later.
Lastly, the main pilot gains XP (and pilot buffs) really fast. It might be helpful to move him into the other mechs to take advantage of his buffs and to spread around XP. For example, if your punching mech is getting all the kills then move the main pilot out and put him in the artillery that isn't getting as many kills and put that pilot in the punching mech so he can start getting kills too.
Just some thoughts.
This video is hilarious! So many misplays!!!
I laughed way too hard at that ''Matt Damon loot box!'' joke. XD
I'm gonna buy this game once I'm home. It looks really fun.
NL is soo bad at this it makes want to buy the game out of frustration. I'd say that playing chess and commenting over it sounds like an impossible task in his defense, given that this games is somewhat chess like.
We need to set up a gofundme page to hire a developer from this game to stand next to eggboy and explain all of these hard numbers and arrows to him.
We need to see the return of Roll Fizzlebeef and Zhang, the true saviors of humanity.
I'm used to seeing NL make misplays, but this many in one episode is frustrating and hard to watch.
NL dont listen to the haters!! You do you!!
People! Call Ryan some ******* slack!!! He is doing pretty much non-stop commentary and playing blind a fairly difficult from a strategic point of view game. Most of the other Let's Players play like 8 hours in advance and of course, they are going to be better at the game. I just don't get all the complaining... Isn't that exactly what people are looking for when they click on a video from Northerlion? Mistakes are just part of EVERY learning experience. After a while, he will learn all the ins and outs of the game and it will become just another lets play. Enjoy while it lasts. My absolutely favorite part of any lets plays are the first hours of Dark Souls 1. It's so exciting to see someone not familiar with the game, figuring out mechanics on his/her own. Don't you agree? When and why did the community just become so toxic?? Is everyone here just a genius or what?
NL playing chess IRL: "the horses go diagonal, right?"
Ngl I kinda want to get this game just so I can play it better than NL like my goodness the amount of stuff he just does not see is baffling to me
Nice. Can u upload more of these a day
Let's put our melee unit in the back... Solid plays.